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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1982 January 1 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orléans), dies at age 83. [1] Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at age 43. [1] Vladimir K Zworykin, Russian/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies. [1] January 3 Derek Sealy, cricketer (West Indies 1930-39), dies. [1] January 5 Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at age 64. [1] Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at age 56. [1] January 7 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash. [1] January 8 Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost and Mrs Muir), dies of emphysema at age 69. [1] Gregoire Aslan, character actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of a heart attack at age 73. [1] January 10 Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at age 84. [1] Paul Lynde, American comedian/actor (Uncle Arthur - Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie), dies at age 55 (born 1926). [1] [116] 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] Ramón (J) Sender (Garcés), Spanish writer, dies at age 79. [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] Death of Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (born 1945). [116] 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 Lightning Hopkins, American musician, dies of cancer at age 69 (born 1912). [1] [116] Riccardo Nielsen, composer, dies at age 73. [1] 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] Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide. [1] Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/Nazi, dies at age 84. [1] Death of Neil Aggett, South African labor leader (suicide). [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, cricketer (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies. [1] February 11 Eleanor Powell, American tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies of cancer at age 69 (born 1912). [1] [116] Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at age 76 (born 1905). [1] [116] February 12 Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with 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 14 Henk Schaer [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at age 79. [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] Death of Lee Strasberg, American actor (born 1901). [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] [116] March 6 Ayn Rand, Russian-born author-philosopher (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged), dies in New York at age 77 (born 1905). [1] [116] Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at age 97. [1] March 7 Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at age 68. [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] Richard A Butler, English minister of Finance, dies at age 79. [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 Albert Weisser, composer, dies at age 64. [1] Wilfred Hawker, Suriname Sergeant-Major, executed. [1] March 14 Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at age 59. [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] March 18 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at age 60. [1] March 19 Alan Badel, actor, dies of a heart attack at age 58. [1] 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 26 Agathe "Henriëtte" de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies at age 91. [1] March 27 Joris Noë, Flemish literary, dies at age 68. [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] March 31 Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at age 85. [1] Death of Dave Clement, Queens Park Rangers footballer - suicide. [116] April 3 Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at age 53. [1] Herman W Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at age 69. [1] April 4 Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer, dies at age 50. [1] 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 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies. [1] 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, cricketer (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 (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at age 73. [1] Ville Ritola, Finnish 5km/10km runner (Olympics-gold-1924, 1928), dies. [1] April 27 Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at age 85. [1] April 28 EW "Nobby" Clark, English cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies. [1] Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at age 66. [1] April 30 Albert Bird, lecture artist, dies. [1] Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies. [1] Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at age 67. [1] May 1 Death of William Primrose, Scottish violist (born 1903). [116] 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 3 Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward - Leave it to Beaver), dies at age 73. [1] May 6 Sam Baker dies. [1] May 7 Alfred Adam dies at age 72. [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 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at age 70. [1] 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] Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer, dies at age 64. [1] Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer, dies at age 74. [1] May 14 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies. [1] Hugh Beaumont, American actor (Ward - Leave it to Beaver), dies at age 73 (born 1909). [1] [116] 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 vs the Flying Saucers), dies at age 68. [1] May 27 Jo Lagrillière [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at age 47. [1] May 28 Death of Lt Col 'H'. Jones, VC, 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] May 31 Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion/actor, dies at age 86. [1] 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 8 Death of Satchel Paige, baseball player (born 1906). [116] June 9 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at age 74. [1] June 10 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, film-maker, dies of drug overdose in Munich, Germany, at age 36. [1] [37] 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 Sgt Ian McKay, VC, British Soldier (Falklands War) (born 1953). [116] June 13 Death of Riccardo Paletti, Italian Formula 1 driver (born 1958). [116] King Khalid of Saudi Arabia dies at age 69. [1] June 14 Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom - Dobie Gillis), dies at age 87 of cancer. [1] Death of Arthur Coles, Australian businessman and philanthropist (born 1892). [116] June 15 Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor, dies at age 90, in Princeton, New Jersey. [1] June 16 John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist of the Pretenders, dies of overdose on drugs. [1] June 18 Curt Jurgens, German actor, dies of an acute heart attack at age 66 (born 1915). [1] [116] June 22 Alan Webb, actor, dies at age 75. [1] June 27 Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at age 49. [1] June 29 Henry King, director, dies at age 86. [1]