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Last updated: 2008 August 9.

1976 January 3 Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies. [1] Mateusz Glinski, composer, dies at age 83. [1] Michael V Love, US test pilot (X-24), dies in F-4 crash at age 37. [1] January 4 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at age 84. [1] January 5 Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at age 84. [1] January 6 Oscar Esplá, Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at age 89. [1] January 8 Chou En-lai, China's Prime Minister (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at age 78. [1] January 10 Chester Arthur Burnett, American blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at age 65. [1] Howlin' Wolf, singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at age 65. [1] January 11 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test West Indies vs England 1930, 21 and 13, 0-17), dies. [1] January 12 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Ten Little Indians), dies at age 85. [1] January 13 Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at age 53. [1] January 18 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash. [1] Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at age 67. [1] January 19 Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-and-run at age 30. [1] January 23 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 44. [1] Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at age 77. [1] January 28 Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies. [1] January 29 Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at age 59. [1] January 30 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great, dies at age 80. [1] Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at age 80. [1] Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies. [1] February 1 Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at age 66. [1] Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel Prize 1932, field theory), dies at age 74. [1] February 2 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies. [1] Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at age 78. [1] Maurice Jacobson, composer, dies at age 80. [1] February 3 Neville Lindsay, cricketer (South Africa batsman in Test vs Australia 1921), dies. [1] February 4 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at age 62. [1] February 5 Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Colonel Blimp), dies at age 69. [1] February 6 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at age 43. [1] February 11 Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies. [1] Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at age 89. [1] Lee J Cobb actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at age 64. [1] February 12 James Clifton Williams, composer/band master (Sinfonians), dies at age 52. [1] Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at age 37. [1] February 13 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup. [1] Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Metropolitan Opera), dies at age 71. [1] February 17 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at age 65. [1] Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at age 78. [1] February 18 Anton Betzner, writer, dies at age 81. [1] Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), dies at age 81. [1] Joseph Henabery, actor/director (Cobra), dies at age 88. [1] February 20 Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies. [1] February 21 Frieda Inescort, Scottish actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at age 74. [1] February 22 Angela Baddeley, actress (Mrs Kate Bridges - Upstairs, Downstairs), dies from pneumonia at age 71. [1] Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at age 32. [1] Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at age 84. [1] February 23 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at age 74. [1] L S Lowry, painter, dies. [1] February 24 Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at age 82. [1] H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at age 68. [1] Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at age 85. [1] March 1 Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at age 66. [1] March 3 Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at age 92. [1] March 6 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, light-heavyweight boxing champion (1932-34), dies at age 71. [1] March 7 Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at age 90. [1] March 13 Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at age 77. [1] March 14 Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at age 79. [1] Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/director (Strike Up the Band), dies at age 80. [1] [5] Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies. [1] March 17 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Italian director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at age 69. [1] March 18 James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at age 73. [1] Robert de Roos, composer, dies at age 69. [1] March 19 George Sklavos, composer, dies at age 87. [1] Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at age 25. [1] March 20 Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at age 61. [1] March 24 Bernard L Montgomery, British General, defeated Rommel, dies at age 88. [1] Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at age 66. [1] March 26 Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at age 75. [1] March 30 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at age 99. [1] April 1 Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (The Beatles), dies at age 63. [1] Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at age 85. [1] Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at age 73. [1] S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at age 75. [1] April 2 Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee - Bonanza), dies at age 74. [1] April 3 Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at age 75. [1] April 5 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at age 72. [1] April 6 Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies. [1] April 7 Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at age 76. [1] April 9 Akio Yashiro, composer, dies at age 46. [1] Phil Ochs, singer/producer (Draft Dodger Rag, Joe Hill), commits suicide at age 35. [1] April 11 Liam Dunn dies at age 59. [1] April 12 Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at age 74. [1] April 14 Gerard Romsée, Flemish nationalist, dies at age 74. [1] Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at age 60. [1] April 15 Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (National Christian Crusade), dies at age 78. [1] April 17 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at age 85. [1] April 18 Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at age 78. [1] April 22 Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at age 79. [1] April 23 James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at age 69. [1] Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at age 47. [1] Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at age 68. [1] April 24 Mark Tobey, US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at age 85. [1] April 25 Carol Reed, director (Agony and Ecstasy), dies. [1] Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at age 79. [1] April 26 Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at age 60. [1] Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at age 45. [1] Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at age 65. [1] April 28 Eugen Roth, writer, dies at age 81. [1] April 29 Wilhelm Maler, composer, dies at age 73. [1] April 30 Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at age 51. [1] May 1 Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at age 75. [1] May 3 David Bruce dies at age 62. [1] Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at age 72. [1] May 5 Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at age 47. [1] May 6 Karel Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at age 85. [1] May 8 Alan Baxter dies at age 67. [1] May 9 Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at age 74. [1] Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at age 59. [1] May 10 George Curzon dies at age 77. [1] May 11 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at age 78. [1] Camille Schmit, composer, dies at age 68. [1] J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered. [1] May 14 Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted while tuning his guitar at age 33. [1] May 15 Samuel Eliot Morison, American historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at age 88. [1] May 21 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at age 77. [1] May 24 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch Member of Parliament (PSP), dies at age 62. [1] Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle"), painter/cartoonist, dies at age 65. [1] May 26 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at age 86. [1] May 27 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo - All in the Family), dies at age 80. [1] May 31 Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies. [1] Martha Mitchell, wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at age 57. [1] June 2 Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler - It's About Time), dies at age 52. [1] June 6 J Paul Getty, oil magnate, dies at age 83 in London, England. [1] [5] June 16 Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed. [1] July 12 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at age 72. [1] July 21 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland is assassinated. [1] July 27 Ray Brennan becomes first to die of "Legionnaire's Disease". [1] August 7 Murvyn Vye, actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at age 63. [1] August 8 John Roselli, hired by US Central Intelligence Agency to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro, found murdered. [1] August 10 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at age 74. [1] August 17 William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at age 48. [1] August 26 Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at age 65. [1] August 29 Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy - Family Affair), dies at age 18. [1] September 9 Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at age 82. [1] September 10 Mordecai Johnson, president of Howard University, dies at age 86. [1] September 21 In Washington, DC, Orlando Letelier (age 44) is killed by remote-controlled bomb in his car. Also killed is Ronni Moffit (age 25) in the car. The killer is Michael Townley, member of Argentina's secret police. [46.118] October 4 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at age 74. [1] October 5 Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at age 46. [1] October 10 Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at age 68. [1] November 9 Billy Halop, actor (Bert Munson - All in the Family), dies at age 56. [1] November 23 Andre Malraux, French novelist/art historian/puplic office ("The Voices of Silence"), dies at age 75. [1] November 28 Rosalind Russell dies at age 68. [1] December 2 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at age 59. [1] William Tannen, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at age 65. [1] December 3 Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at age 91. [1] December 4 Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera, War Requiem), dies at age 63. [1] Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose. [1] December 9 Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at age 71. [1] December 12 Jack [John Joseph Edward] Cassidy, actor (Oscar - He and She, Eiger Sanction), dies in fire at age 49. [1] December 13 Eduard Claudius, writer, dies. [1] December 16 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies. [1] December 18 George Emmett, cricketer (England opener vs Australia Old Trafford 1948), dies. [1] December 20 Richard J Daley, Chicago mayor, dies at age 74. [1] Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adventures of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at age 80. [1] December 21 Edward Bartlett, cricketer (West Indies Test batsman in five Tests 1928-31), dies. [1] December 23 Paul M Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies at age 80. [1] Walter Bauer, writer, dies at age 72. [1] December 24 Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at age 79. [1] December 25 Arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in six Tests for England 1933-36), dies. [1] Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at age 58. [1] December 26 Philip A Hart (Senator-Democrat-Michigan), dies at age 64. [1] December 28 Freddie King, rocker, dies at age 42. [1] December 29 Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 metre sprinter (Olympics-silver-1976), dies at age 22. [1]