- January 10
- George Meany, American labor leader, dies at age 85 (born 1894). [1] [120]
- January 12
- Hans Ebeling, cricket player (Victory stalwart, bowled for Australia 1934), dies. [1]
- January 16
- Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dutch author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at age 94. [1]
- January 17
- Barbara Britton, actress (Pamela - Mr and Mrs North), dies at age 59. [1]
- January 18
- Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at age 76. [1]
- January 19
- William O Douglas, member of US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at age 81. [1]
- January 22
- Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at age 64. [1]
- January 25
- David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at age 75. [1]
- January 28
- Death of Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (born 1926). [120]
- January 29
- Jimmy Durante, American actor/singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at age 86 in New York City, New York (born 1893). [1] [5] [120]
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- January 30
- Lil Dagover, actress (Destiny, Spiders), dies at age 82. [1]
- January 31
- J P Duminy, cricket player (30 runs at 5 and 1 wicket at age 39 in three Test South Africa), dies. [1]
- February 1
- Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at age 72. [1]
- Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at age 54. [1]
- February 2
- William H Stein, American biochemist (Nobel Prize 1972), dies at age 68 (born 1911). [1] [120]
- February 6
- Death of Albert Kotin, American abstract expressionist painter (born 1907). [120]
- February 7
- Katherine Emery, actress (Maze, Isle of the Dead), dies at age 73. [1]
- February 12
- Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies. [1]
- February 13
- David Janssen [Meyer], American actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at age 49 (born 1931). [1] [120]
- February 17
- Jerry Fielding, orchestra leader (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, Lively Ones), dies at age 57. [1]
- February 18
- Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies at age 58. [1]
- February 19
- Death of Ronald Belford (Bon) Scott at age 33 by choking on vomit after heavy drinking in London, England; Scottish-born Australian singer (AC/DC - "Whole Lotta Rosie"). [1] [457] (February 20 [120])
- February 20
- Death of Alice Longworth, Theodore Roosevelt's eldest daughter, wife of Nicholas Longworth, at age 96 in Washington, DC (born 1884). [1] [120]
- February 21
- Death of Chester H Lauck at age 78; actor (Lum Edwards - Lum and Abner radio show, Two Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town). [1] [457]
- Death of Janet Vogel at age 38 by suicide in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (Skyliners - "Since I Don't Have You" (1959)). [457]
- Death of Chester H. Lauck at age 78; actor (Lum & Abner radio show). [457]
- February 22
- Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at age 66. [1]
- Richard Kallman, actor (Verboten, Hell Canyon Outlaws), dies at age 46. [1]
- Death of the Expressionist painter and writer, Oskar Kokoschka, in Villeneuve, Switzerland (born in Pöchlarn, Austria). [37]
- February 27
- George Tobias, American actor (Abner Kravitz - Bewitched), dies at age 78 (born 1901). [1] [120]
- February 28
- Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricket player (45 wickets for England), dies. [1]
- February 29
- Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at age 61. [1]
- March 1
- Death of Dixie Dean, English football player (born 1907). [120]
- Death of Wilhelmina, high-fashion model and owner of model agency (born 1940). [120]
- Death of Daniil Khrabrovitsky, Soviet film director (born 1923). [120]
- March 5
- Jay Silverheels, American actor (Tonto - Lone Ranger), dies at age 60 (born 1912). [1] [120]
- Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at age 82. [1] [120]
- March 9
- Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 10
- Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris. [1]
- March 17
- Death of Hugh Farr in Caspar, Wyoming, USA; fiddler (Sons of Pioneers). [457]
- Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at age 68. [1]
- March 18
- Death of Erich Fromm at age 79 in Muralto, Switzerland (born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany); writer, professor of psychoanalysis (born 1900). [1] [37]
- Herman Griffith, cricket player (13 Tests for West Indies, 44 wickets), dies. [1]
- March 21
- Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Atlantic City. [120]
- March 24
- Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated while conducting mass in San Salvador. [1] [120]
- Death of Pierre Etchebaster, French real tennis player (born 1893). [120]
- March 26
- Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at age 32. [1]
- March 28
- Death of Dick Haymes at age 63 of lung cancer; vocalist ("Little White Lies", "Count Every Star", "It Can't Be Wrong", "You'll Never Know", "I'll Get By", "Mamselle"), actor (Real Life, Betrayal). [1] [457]
- March 29
- Death of Annunzio Paolo Mantovani at age 74 in the USA; orchestra leader ("Charmaine", "Song from Moulin Rouge", "Cara Mia"). [1] [120] [457]
- March 31
- Jesse Owens, American athlete (Olympics-gold-1936), dies in Tucson, Arizona at age 66 (born 1913). [1] [120]
- Death of Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (born 1905). [120]
- April 2
- Dick Howorth, cricket player (England slow lefty all-rounder late 1940s), dies. [1]
- April 3
- Luella Gear, actress (Joe and Mabel), dies at age 82. [1]
- April 10
- Death of Kay Medford at age 65 of cancer; actress (Dean Martin Show TV show, To Rome With Love TV show, Barney Miller TV show, Love American Style Tv show). [1] [457]
- April 12
- Stanley De Silva, cricket player (motor bike Sri Lanka 1979 World Cup), dies. [1]
- Samuel Kanyon Doe takes over Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of democratic presidential succession in that country. Liberian President William R Tolbert Junior and 27 others are killed. [1] [120]
- April 14
- Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild - Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at age 84. [1]
- April 15
- Paul Langton, actor (Leslie - Peyton Place), dies at age 76. [1]
- Raymond Bailey, actor (Mr Drysdale - The Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 75. [1]
- Jean-Paul Sartre, French existentialist philosopher/writer (Nobel Prize 1964), dies in Paris, France at age 74 (born 1905). [1] [5] [120]
- Marshall Reed, actor (Fred Asher - Lineup), dies at age 62. [1]
- April 16
- Death of Morris Stoloff at age 81; film composer and conductor (musical director of Columbia Pictures for over 20 years, three Academy Awards, "Moonglow and Theme From Picnic" (1956)). [457]
- Alf Sjöberg, director (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car crash at age 76. [1]
- April 19
- Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet - Aldrich Family), dies at age 88. [1]
- Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at age 51. [1]
- April 20
- Death of Helmut Käutner in Castellina, Italy (born in Düsseldorf, Germany); German/American film director. [37]
- April 21
- Death of Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (born 1928). [120]
- April 22
- Death of Jane Froman at age 72 from chronic heart and lung disease; singer ("I Only Have Eyes for You", "I'll Walk Alone", "I Believe", Jane Froman's USA Canteen TV show). [1] [457]
- Death of the chemist, Fritz Strassmann in Mainz, Germany; co-discovered nuclear fission in 1938. [37]
- April 24
- Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at age 75. [1]
- April 26
- Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at age 87. [1]
- April 28
- Dee Carroll [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies. [1]
- April 29
- Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at age 80 from renal failure (born 1899). [1] [5] [120]
- April 30
- Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies. [1]
- Luis Muñoz Marín, the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico, dies at the age of 82. [120]
- May 2
- Clarrie Grimmett, cricket player (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies. [1]
- May 4
- Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (1945-80), dies at age 87 (born 1892). [1] [120] [1268.87]
- Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe Spirit, Five Golden Hours), dies in Brighton, United Kingdom at age 71. [1]
- May 5
- Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at age 79. [1]
- May 12
- Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at age 67. [1]
- May 17
- Joseph M "Joop" Lücker, Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 18
- Death of David A. Johnston, American volcanoligist, victim of Mount Saint Helens' eruption (born 1949). [120]
- Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide at age 23 (born 1956). [1] [120]
- May 20
- Jack Walsh, cricket player (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies. [1]
- May 21
- Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies. [1]
- May 30
- Death of Carl Radle of a kidney ailment; bassist (Derek and the Dominoes - Layla"). [1]
- June 7
- Death of Elizabeth Craig, British writer (born 1883). [120]
- Death of Henry Miller, American writer (born 1891). [120]
- June 12
- Death of Milburn Stone at age 75 of a heart attack; actor (Doc Adams - Gunsmoke TV show). [1] [120] [457]
- June 21
- Death of German bandleader and composer Bert Kaempfert of a stroke on the Mediterranean island of Majorca at age 56. Kaempfert had a No. 1 song in 1961 with "Wonderland By Night,' and released more than 50 albums. [120] [457]
- June 23
- Sanjay Gandhi, son of Indira Gandhi, dies in an air crash. [120]
- June 27
- Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at age 31. [1]
- Death of Walter Dornberger in Germany; engineer who worked with Werner von Braun on the V-2 rocket engine. [37]
- June 28
- Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at age 81. [1]
- July 6
- Death of Gail Patrick at age 69 of leukemia; actress (My Man Godfrey), producer (Perry Mason TV show (1957-66)). [1] [457]
- July 7
- Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at age 77. [1]
- July 9
- Death of Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian writer, poet and diplomat (born 1913). [120]
- July 11
- Peggy Knudson, actress (April - So This is Hollywood), dies at age 57. [1]
- July 12
- John W Davis, President (West Virginia State college), dies at age 92. [1]
- July 15
- Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at age 84. [1]
- July 17
- Death of Donald Barry at age 68 by suicide; actor (Mr. Gallo - Mr Novak TV show, Police Woman TV show, Little House on the Prairie TV show). [1] [457]
- July 23
- Death of Keith Godchaux in a car accident in Marin County, California, USA; former keyboards player with the Grateful Dead. [457]
- July 24
- Death of Peter Sellers of a heart attack at age 54; actor (BBC radio's Goon Show, The Pink Panther movies). [5] [120] [457]
- July 27
- Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies in Cairo, Egypt at age 60 (born 1919). [1] [120]
- July 30
- Charles McGraw, actor (Michael - Falcon, Smith Family), dies at age 66. [1]
- July 31
- Death of the physicist, Ernst Pascual Jordan in Hannover, Germany; professor of physics, early contributor to quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics (born 1902). [37] [120]
- Death of Bobby Van AKA Robert Stein of brain cancer at age 49; singer, actor, and game show panellist (Tattletales), host (Showoffs, The Fun Factory, Make Me Laugh). [457]
- August 10
- Death of Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (born 1917). [120]
- August 14
- Vancouver-born actress and Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten is shot-gunned to death by her husband Paul Snider in a West Los Angeles apartment. Snider then shoots himself. [120] [457]
- August 25
- Gower Champion, dancer (Marge and Gower Champion Show), dies at age 60. [1]
- August 26
- Death of Tex Avery, American cartoonist and creator of Looney Toons (born 1908). [5] [120]
- August 27
- Death of Sam Levinson at age 68; humorist, host (Sam Levenson Show, Two for the Money TV show). [1] [457]
- September 5
- Barbara Loden, actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at age 48. [1]
- September 8
- Death of Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908). [120]
- September 12
- Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at age 65. [1]
- September 16
- Death of Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (born 1896). [120]
- September 17
- Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is assassinated in Asunción, Paraguay (born 1925). [1] [120]
- September 25
- Death of John Bonham, British drummer (Led Zeppelin) (born 1948). [120]
- October 6
- Death of Hattie Jacques, star of Carry On films, of a heart attack (born 1922). [120]
- October 15
- James Hoskins forces his way into WCPO's television studio in Cincinnati, holding nine employees hostage for several hours before releasing them and taking his own life. [120]
- October 20
- Death of Lady Isobel Barnett, British television personality (suicide following her conviction for shoplifting) (born 1918). [120]
- October 25
- Death of Sahir Ludhianvi, Urdu/Hindustani poet and Hindi film lyricist (born 1921). [120]
- October 27
- Death of John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899). [120]
- Death of Steve Peregrin Took, British musician (T. Rex) (born 1949). [120]
- October 28
- Death of Leon Janney at age 63 of cancer; actor (Charlie Chan radio show, Chick Carter, Helen Trent, X Minus One, Hawk TV show, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Another World, Edge of Night). [1] [457]
- November 6
- Mary Michael, actress (Birdie - Wonderful John Acton), dies at age 77. [1]
- November 7
- Death of Steve McQueen at age 50 of lung cancer; American actor (Josh Randall - Trackdown, Wanted: Dead or Alive). [1] [120] [457]
- November 9
- Death of Gloria Guinness, fashion icon (born 1912). [120]
- Carmel Myers, actress (Carmel Myers Show), dies at age 79. [1]
- Victor Sen Yung, actor (Bonanza, Bachelor Family), dies at age 65. [1]
- November 17
- Death of Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha, 41st master of the Oveyssi Sufi order (born 1916). [120]
- November 18
- Death of Conn Smythe, NHL coach 1927-1931 (born 1895). [120]
- November 20
- Death of John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (born 1900). [120]
- November 22
- Death of Mae West, American actress, at her Hollywood residence at age 87 (born 1893). [1] [120]
- Death of Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter and illustrator (born 1901). [120]
- Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at age 77. [1]
- November 26
- Death of Rachael Roberts at age 53 of barbiturate poisoning; British actress (The Tony Randall Show, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Marcus Welby MD). [1] [457]
- November 29
- Death of Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors), social progressive and founder of the Catholic Worker, at age 83 (born 1897). [1] [120]
- December 1
- Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 2
- Four American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador. [1]
- December 4
- Portuguese Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro dies in a plane crash in Camarate in the outskirts of Lisbon (born 1934). [120]
- Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympics-gold-1932), shot dead at age 69. [1]
- December 5
- Don Taylor, cricket player (3 Tests for New Zealand 1947-56, 159 runs), dies. [1]
- December 7
- Death of Darby Crash by heroin overdose at age 22; American songwriter, singer (The Germs) (born 1958). [1] [120]
- December 8
- Death of John Lennon at age 40, shot dead outside his New York City home by Mark David Chapman; singer/songwriter/guitarist ("(Just Like) Starting Over", The Beatles, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1988), Lifetime Achievement Grammy (1991)). [1] [120] [129] [457] [1096.145]
- December 13
- Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at age 73. [1]
- December 14
- Elston Howard, Most Valuable Player catcher (New York Yankees), dies at age 59. [1]
- December 16
- Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at age 90 (born 1890). [1] [120]
- December 18
- Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet Prime Minister (1964-80), suffers a fatal heart attack at age 76. [1]
- December 21
- Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at age 90. [1]
- December 22
- Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn - Hank), murdered at age 47. [1]
- December 24
- Death of German Admiral Karl Donitz in Aumuhle, Germany; submarine officer in WWI, rebuilt a submarine fleet after the war, commander of the German navy (1943), leader of the nation for a few days (1945). [1] [120] (December 22 [37])
- Death of Siggie Nordstrom; model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer (The Nordstrom Sisters) (born 1893). [120]
- December 25
- Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at age 80. [1]
- Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, is murdered. [1]
- December 26
- Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento," kills himself by overdose on San Quentin prison death row (born 1950). [120]
- December 28
- Amir Elahi, cricket player, first Pakistani Test cricket player to die. [1]
- Jersey calf that lived 222 days with an artificial heart, dies. [1]
- December 29
- Death of Roy Engle of meningitis at age 67; supporting actor Police Chief - My Favorite Martian, President Ulysses S. Grant - Wild Wild West, Sky King radio show). [1] [457]
- Death of Tim Hardin of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles at age 40; singer-songwriter ("If I Were A Carpenter", "Bird on a Wire"). [1] [120] [457]
- December 31
- Arthur Wellard, cricket player (two Tests for England, legendary 6-hitter), dies. [1]
- Marshall McLuhan, Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at age 69 (born 1911). [1] [120]
- Raoul Walsh, US director (High Sierra), dies at about age 88. [1]
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