- January 7
- Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash. [1]
- January 8
- Death of Reta Shaw at age 69 of emphysema; actress (The Ghost and Mrs Muir TV show). [1] [457]
- Gregoire Aslan, character actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of a heart attack at age 73. [1]
- January 10
- Death of Paul Lynde at age 55 from cardiac arrest due to extreme substance; American actor/comedian (Bye Bye Birdie, Hollywood Squares TV show, The Perry Como Show TV show, Uncle Arthur - Bewitched TV show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Donny and Marie TV show, The Paul Lynde Show TV show). [116] [457]
- January 13
- Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at age 69. [1]
- January 15
- Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at age 76. [1]
- January 18
- Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at age 93. [1]
- Trent Lehman, actor (Butch - Nanny and the Professor), dies at age 20. [1]
- January 19
- Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WWII), dies at age 77. [1]
- Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1976), dies at age 31. [1]
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- January 22
- Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (1964-70), dies at age 71. [1]
- January 23
- Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 25
- Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at age 79 (born 1902). [1] [116]
- January 27
- Iris Korn, actress (Widder - Palmerstown USA), dies at age 60. [1]
- January 30
- Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at age 91. [1]
- Félix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at age 76. [1]
- February 2
- Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 4
- Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies of a heart attack at age 73. [1]
- February 5
- Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at age 56. [1]
- Death of Neil Aggett, South African labor leader (suicide). [1] [116]
- February 6
- Ben Nicholson, English painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at age 87. [1]
- February 8
- John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at age 76. [1]
- February 10
- K R Meher-Homji, cricket player (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies. [1]
- February 11
- Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, Seven Samurais), dies at age 76 (born 1905). [1] [116]
- February 12
- Hal Hooker, cricket player (307 partners with Alan Kippax for last wicket), dies. [1]
- Victor Jory of Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, actor (Adventures of Tom Sawyer, First Lady, Jigsaw), dies at age 79 (born 1902). [1] [116]
- Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at age 87. [1]
- February 13
- Zeng Jinlian, of Hunan, China, grew to 8 feet 1 inch (tallest woman), dies at age 17. [1]
- February 15
- Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman - George Burns Show), dies at age 86. [1]
- February 17
- Lee [Israel] Strasberg, father of method acting/actor (And Justice for All), dies of a heart attack at age 80. [1]
- Theolonious S Monk, American jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at age 64 (born 1917). [1] [116]
- February 18
- Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at age 58. [1]
- Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at age 82. [1]
- February 22
- Murray "the K" Kaufman, New York City disc jockey (The 5th Beatle), dies at age 60. [1]
- February 24
- Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 25
- J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (two Tests for India 1947-48), dies. [1]
- February 26
- Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at age 45. [1]
- February 27
- Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at age 39. [1]
- March 2
- Philip K[indred] Dick, American author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at age 53 (born 1928). [1] [116]
- March 3
- Georges Perec, French writer, dies at age 45. [1]
- March 5
- John Belushi, American actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live), dies of drug overdose at age 33 (born 1949). [1] [5] [116]
- March 6
- Ayn Rand, Russian-born author-philosopher (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged), dies in New York at age 77 (born 1905). [1] [5] [116]
- Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at age 97. [1]
- March 9
- Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at age 58. [1]
- Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies. [1]
- March 11
- Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at age 55. [1]
- March 12
- Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at age 90. [1]
- March 13
- Wilfred Hawker, Suriname Sergeant-Major, executed. [1]
- March 17
- Four Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador: Hans ter Laag (sound technician), Jan Kuiper (news editor (IKON)), Joop Willemsen (cameraman), Koos Koster (newscaster (IKON)). [1]
- Death of Samuel George Junior at age 38 from a stabbing; drummer (Capitols - "Cool Jerk"). [457]
- March 18
- Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at age 60. [1]
- March 19
- Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), dies in plane crash at age 25 (born 1956). [1] [116]
- March 20
- Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at age 52. [1]
- March 21
- Harry H Corbett, British actor (Steptoe and Son, Jabberwocky), dies at age 57. [1]
- March 23
- Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at age 85. [1]
- March 24
- Ace Goodman, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at age 83 in Kansas City, Missouri. [1]
- March 25
- Death of Goodman Ace at age 83; columnist, humorist, voice actor (Easy Aces radio show), writer (Danny Kaye, Perry Como, The Big Show). [457]
- March 26
- Agathe "Henriëtte" de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies at age 91. [1]
- March 28
- Death of William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895). [116]
- March 29
- Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at age 86 in Munich, Germany. [1] [37]
- Rudy Bond, character actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of a heart attack at age 68. [1]
- Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at age 80. [1]
- Death of Ray Bloch at age 79; orchestra leader (Milton Berle's radio show), TV musical director (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason). [457]
- March 31
- Death of Dave Clement, Queens Park Rangers football player - suicide. [116]
- April 3
- Death of Warren Oates at age 53 from a heart attack; supporting actor in 1950s westerns (East of Eden, Stoney Burke). [1] [457]
- April 5
- Abe Fortas, US Supreme court justice, dies at age 71 (born 1910). [1] [116]
- April 7
- Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at age 36. [1]
- April 9
- Wilfrid Pelletier, symphony conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at age 85. [1]
- April 15
- Arthur Lowe, British actor (Captain Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at age 66 (born 1915). [1] [116]
- Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78), commits suicide at age 70. [1]
- April 20
- Archibald MacLeish, American lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at age 89. [1]
- Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris and Roses), dies at age 82. [1]
- Andrew Sandham, cricket player (325 England 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies. [1]
- April 21
- Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara - Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at age 80. [1]
- April 22
- Melville Bell Grosvenor, president of National Geographic Society, dies at age 80. [1]
- April 25
- Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at age 81. [1]
- John Cody, US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at age 74. [1]
- Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies. [1]
- William R Burnett, American writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at age 82. [1]
- April 26
- Celia Johnson, British actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed, Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at age 73. [1]
- Ville Ritola, Finnish 5km/10km runner (Olympics-gold-1924, 1928), dies. [1]
- April 27
- Death of Tom Tully at age 85; actor (The Line-up, Shane). [1] [457]
- April 28
- EW "Nobby" Clark, English cricket player (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies. [1]
- April 30
- Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies. [1]
- Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at age 67. [1]
- May 1
- Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo - Zorro), dies at age 72. [1]
- May 2
- Death of Helmut Dantine, American actor/director/producer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, of a massive coronary at age 64 (born 1917). [1]
- Hugh Marlowe, actor (Ellery Queen, Jim Matthews - Another World), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 8
- Death of Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (racing accident) (born 1950). [1] [116]
- May 9
- Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Kaïn sloeg Abel), dies. [1]
- May 10
- Death of Peter Weiss, German dramatist and novelist, at age 65 in Stockholm, Sweden (born in Berlin in 1916). [1] [37] [116]
- Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies. [1]
- May 11
- Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies of cancer at age 51. [1]
- May 12
- Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at age 66. [1]
- May 13
- Irmgard Keun, West German writer (Blühende Neurosen), dies at age 72. [1]
- May 14
- Death of Hugh Beaumont at age 73 following a heart attack; actor (Ward Cleaver - Leave It To Beaver TV show). [1] [116] [457]
- May 15
- Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (racing accident) (born 1946). [116]
- May 23
- Louis J N Gérardin, bicyclist (world champion sprint 1930), dies at age 69. [1]
- May 25
- Larry J Blake, character actor (Earth versus the Flying Saucers), dies at age 68. [1]
- May 28
- Death of Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones, Victory Cross, British soldier (Falklands War) (born 1940). [116]
- May 29
- Romy Schneider, American actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at age 43 (born 1938). [1] [116]
- June 2
- Death of Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, President of Pakistan (born 1904). [116]
- June 6
- Death of Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (born 1905). [116]
- June 9
- Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at age 74. [1]
- June 10
- Death of Micki Harris at age 42 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (The Shirelles). [457]
- June 12
- Death of Karl von Frisch in Munich, Germany; won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1973 for his work on the communication among bees. [37] [116]
- Death of Sergeant Ian McKay, Victoria Cross recipient, British Soldier (Falklands War) (born 1953). [116]
- June 13
- King Khalid of Saudi Arabia dies at age 69. [1]
- June 14
- Death of Marjorie Bennett at age 87 of cancer; actress (Blossom - Dobie Gillis TV show, Birdie Brockway - Lassie). [1] [457]
- June 16
- Death of John Honeyman-Scott of an overdose on drugs; guitarist (The Pretenders). [1]
- June 19
- The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi, chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. [116]
- June 27
- Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at age 49. [1]
- June 28
- Death of Harry Mills at age 70; baritone singer (Mills Brothers). [457]
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