- January 12
- Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumière du Soir), dies at age 86. [1]
- January 13
- Abdel Fattah Ismail, President of South-Yemen (1969-80), murdered. [1]
- January 14
- Death of Donna Reed of pancreatic cancer at age 64; actress (Donna Reed Show TV show, Dallas TV show) (born 1921). [1] [84] [457]
- January 15
- James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 18
- Claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies. [1]
- January 23
- Death of Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, in Düsseldorf, Germany, at age 64. [1] [37]
- January 24
- Death of Gordon MacRae at age 64 of mouth cancer in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; singer/actor (Railroad Hour radio show, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Desert Song), host (Colgate Comedy Hour TV show, Lux Television Theatre TV show). [1] [84] [457]
- L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, American author (Dianetics, Death Quest) and founder of Scientology, dies at age 74 (born 1911). [1] [84]
- January 25
- Horace Smith, cricket player (one Test New Zealand versus England 1933, one wicket at 113), dies. [1]
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- January 27
- Lilli Palmer [Lillie Marie Peiser], German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at age 71 (born 1914). [1] [84]
- January 28
- 25th Space Shuttle mission (51L) - Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff. Killed are: Christa McAuliffe (teacher), Dr Judith Arlene Resnik, US Air Force Major Ellison S Onizuka, US Air Force Francis R Scobee, payload specialist Gregory B. Jarvis, US Navy Commander Michael J Smith, Ronald E McNair. [1] [84] [129]
- January 29
- Death of Leif Erickson at age 74 of cancer; actor (Big John Cannon - High Chaparral TV show). [1] [5] [457]
- January 30
- Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 1
- Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at age 84 (born 1902). [1] [84]
- Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at age 58. [1]
- February 6
- William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies. [1]
- Death of Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (born 1899). [84]
- February 10
- Death of Brian Aherne of heart failure at age 83; actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie, Lux Video Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, Goodyear Theatre, Star & The Story, Disneyland, Simon Templar - The Saint on radio, host on Lux Radio Theatre). [1] [457]
- February 11
- Frank [Patrick] Herbert, American sci-fi author (Dune), dies at age 65 (born 1920). [1] [84]
- February 12
- Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at age 82. [1]
- February 16
- Death of Howard Da Silva at age 77 of lymphoma; actor (Ben Franklin - 1776, When The Boat Comes In TV show, For the People TV show, The American Parade TV mini-series, Masquerade TV movie, The Cafeteria TV movie). [1] [457]
- February 17
- Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at age 90. [1]
- Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies. [1]
- February 19
- Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at age 63. [1]
- James O Eastland, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Mississippi) dies at age 81. [1]
- Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at age 77. [1]
- February 20
- Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at age 58. [1]
- February 21
- Death of Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese supercentenarian, the oldest man ever (born 1865?). [84]
- February 24
- Death of Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician and "Father of Medicare" in Canada (born 1904). [84]
- February 27
- Death of Jacques Plante, Canadian hockey player (born 1929). [84]
- February 28
- (11:21 PM) While walking home with his wife from a movie, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot dead in Stockholm. (To date, his murder remains unsolved.) [1] [7] [84]
- March 2
- Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered. [1]
- March 4
- Richard Manuel, Canadian rock vocalist/pianist (The Band), commits suicide at age 40 (born 1943). [1] [84]
- March 5
- Teddy Hoad, cricket player (West Indian captain 1930), dies. [1]
- March 6
- Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies. [1]
- Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (Flowers), dies at age 98 (born 1887). [1] [84]
- March 7
- Jacob K Javits, American politician (Senator-Republican-New York), dies in Palm Beach, Florida at age 81. [1]
- March 9
- Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 10
- Death of Ray Milland AKA Reginald Truscott-Jones at age 79 of lung cancer; actor (Lost Weekend - Academy Award 1945, Meet Mr. McNulty, Markham, Rich Man Poor Man (I & II), Seventh Ave., Dream Merchants, Testimony of Two Men. [84] [457]
- March 13
- Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies. [1]
- March 14
- Death of Edith Atwater from cancer at age 74; actress (Peyton Place, Phyllis - Love on a Rooftop, Kaz, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries). [1] [457]
- Death of Marlin Perkins at age 80 of cancer; host (Wild Kingdom TV show). [457]
- March 17
- Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy - OK Crackerby), dies at age 49. [1]
- March 18
- Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at age 71. [1]
- March 22
- Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies. [1]
- March 24
- Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews - Trapper John MD), dies at age 67. [1]
- March 26
- Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy and Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 27
- Cass Canfield, US publisher, dies at age 88. [1]
- March 28
- Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey - Man From Atlantis), dies at age 39. [1]
- Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies. [1]
- March 29
- Harry Ritz, comedian/actor (Three Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 30
- James F Cagney, American actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at his Stanfordville, New York farm at age 86 (born 1899). [1] [84]
- John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at age 69. [1]
- March 31
- Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry - Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at age 60. [1]
- Death of O'Kelly Isley of heart attack at age 48; American singer (Isley Brothers). [1]
- April 3
- Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at age 75 (born 1910). [1] [84]
- Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (The Band), dies on 41st birthday. [1]
- April 5
- Colin McCool, cricket player (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wickets), dies. [1]
- Manly Wade Wellman, science-fiction author (Devil's Planet), dies at age 82. [1]
- April 7
- Death of Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912). [84]
- April 10
- Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Senator-Democrat), dies at age 61. [1]
- Death of Linda Creed at age 37 in Pennsylvania, USA; soul music songwriter ("The Greatest Love of All"). [457]
- April 13
- Stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies. [1]
- April 14
- Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist author (Deuxième Sexe), dies at age 86 (born 1908). [1] [84]
- April 15
- Jean Genêt, French playwright (Lesson Nègres), dies at age 75 (born 1910). [1] [84]
- Tim McIntire, actor (Bob Younger - Legend of Jesse James), dies at age 42. [1]
- April 19
- Death of Alvin Childress at age 78; actor (Amos - Amos 'n' Andy TV show). [1] [457]
- April 22
- Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer, dies (born 1907). [1] [84]
- April 23
- Harold Arlen [Hyman Arluck], American music composer, murdered at age 81 (born 1905). [1] [84]
- Jim Laker, cricket player (193 wickets for England at 21 24), dies. [1]
- Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (Advise and Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at age 79 (born 1906). [1] [84]
- April 24
- Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (wife of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Windsor) dies at age 89 (born 1896). [1] [84]
- Bill Edrich, cricket player (39 Tests for England), dies. [1]
- April 26
- Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at age 87. [1]
- Death of Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (born 1899). [84]
- [William] Broderick Crawford, American actor (Highway Patrol), dies at age 74 (born 1911). [1] [84]
- April 29
- Seamus McElwaine, Irish Republican Army-terrorist, killed at age 25. [1]
- May 3
- Death of Robert Alda at age 72 from an embolism caused by a stroke; actor (By Popular Demand, What's Your Bid?, Supertrain, Love of Life, Days of Our Lives, MASH). [1] [84] [457]
- May 9
- Death of Herschel Bernardi at age 62; actor (Arnie TV show, Lieutenant Jacoby - Peter Gunn, The Jetsons, Hail to the Chief, the voice on the Charlie the Tuna commercials). [1] [457]
- Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (one of first pair to peak of Mount Everest 1953), dies at age 71 (born 1914). [1] [5] [84]
- May 11
- Death of Henry P. McIlhenny, American art collector, socialite, philanthropist. and the chairman of the Philadelphia Art Museum (born 1910). [84]
- May 15
- Theodore H White, American journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at age 71 (born 1958). [1] [84]
- Death of Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (born 1958). [84]
- May 18
- John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at age 84. [1]
- May 22
- Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at age 63. [1]
- May 23
- Sterling Hayden, American actor (Blue and Gray), dies at age 70 (born 1916). [1] [84]
- May 24
- Gunnar Björnstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at age 76. [1]
- Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at age 33. [1]
- Yakima Canutt, actor/director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at age 91. [1]
- May 25
- Chester Bowles, American senator/ambassador, dies at age 85 (born 1901). [1] [84]
- May 26
- Death of Gian-Carlo Coppola, American film producer (born 1963). [84]
- May 27
- Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at age 82. [1]
- May 28
- Death of Lurene Tuttle at age 79 of cancer; actress (Sam Spade radio show, Red Skelton, Great Gildersleeve, Dr. Christian, Life with Father TV show, Julia, Father of the Bride, Pete and Gladys, These Are the Days, Perry Mason). [1] [457]
- May 30
- Death of Joe Brown at age 60 of a heart attack; Canadian country singer (The Family Brown, 1985 Juno award). [457]
- May 31
- Death of Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank), American artist (born 1918). [84]
- Death of James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917). [84]
- June 3
- Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine - Woman to Remember), dies at age 42. [1]
- June 12
- Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at age 66. [1]
- June 13
- Death of Benny Goodman of a heart attack at age 77 in New York, USA; bandleader and clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing" ("Let's Dance", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Sing, Sing, Sing"). [84] [457] [457]
- June 14
- Death of Alan Jay Lerner at age 67 of lung cancer in New York, USA; lyricist and composer (Camelot, Brigadoon, My Fair Lady). [1] [457]
- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author, dies in Geneva, Switzerland at age 86 (born 1899). [1] [84]
- Death of Marlin Perkins at age 81 of cancer near Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; zoologist, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom TV show, Zoo Parade TV show). [1] [457]
- June 17
- Death of Kate Smith of diabetes at age 79 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; singer (Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"), radio host in 1930s-40s. [1] [84] [457]
- June 18
- Death of Frances Scott Fitzgerald, daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre (born 1921). [84]
- June 19
- Len Bias, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure (born 1963). [1] [84]
- Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville, Kentucky. [1]
- Death of Michel "Coluche" Colucci, French comedian and humorist (born 1944). [84]
- June 20
- Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at age 71. [1]
- June 27
- Birth of Drake Bell; actor and singer (Drake and Josh). [84] [457]
- Don Rogers of the Cleveland Browns dies of cocaine poisoning. [1]
- June 29
- Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at age 47. [1]
- July 1
- Death of Roy Poole at age 62; actor (Winds of War). [1]
- July 3
- Death of Rudy Vallee at age 84; singer ("Vagabond Dreams"). [1] [5]
- July 7
- Australian drug smugglers Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers are executed in Malaysia. [84]
- July 11
- Death of Frances Griffiths, Cotingley Fairies girl (born 1907). [84]
- July 15
- Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at age 87. [1]
- Florence Halop, actress (Florence - Night Court), dies at age 63. [1]
- Death of Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (born 1923). [84]
- July 20
- Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at age 74. [1]
- July 21
- Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol - Space Patrol), dies at age 60. [1]
- July 24
- Death of Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1899). [84]
- July 26
- Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, New York at age 94. [1]
- July 27
- Death of Leroy Holmes at age 72 in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer-arranger (The High and the Mighty movie theme), conductor (NBC Tonight Show Orchestra (1956-57)). [1] [457]
- August 2
- Death of Roy Cohn, American lawyer and anti-Communist (born 1927). [84]
- August 6
- William J Schroeder, second person to receive permanent artificial heart, dies at age 54 in Louisville, Kentucky, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump. [1] [84]
- August 19
- Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at age 79. [1]
- August 20
- Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at age 76. [1]
- In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide. [1] [84]
- Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon - Green Hornet), dies at age 71. [1]
- August 25
- Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at age 51. [1]
- August 26
- Jennifer Levin strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park, New York. [1]
- Death of Ted Knight at age 62 of colon cancer; actor (Ted Baxter - Mary Tyler Moore TV show). [1] [5] [84] [457]
- August 31
- Death of Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (born 1900). [84]
- September 1
- Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at age 63. [1]
- September 4
- Death of Hank Greenberg, baseball player (born 1911). [84]
- September 7
- Death of Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (born 1914). [84]
- September 12
- Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph - I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at age 75. [1]
- Death of photojournalist, Ernst Haas, in New York (born in Vienna, Austria). [37]
- September 15
- Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at age 69. [1]
- September 21
- Cheryl Keeton is found dead in her van on the Sunset Highway (California), inspiring the novel Dead By Sunset. [84]
- September 25
- Death of Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896). [84]
- September 27
- Death of Cliff Burton at age 24 when tour bus skids off icy road in Sweden; bassist (Metallica). [84] [457]
- September 29
- Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker - Leave it to Larry), dies at age 69. [1]
- October 11
- Norm Cash, first baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 51. [1]
- October 14
- Death of Keenan Wynn at age 70 of cancer; actor (Dallas, Call to Glory, Last Precinct). [1] [84] [457]
- October 22
- Ivor Francis, actor (Dusty's Trail), dies at age 68. [1]
- Jane Dornacker, traffic reporter for WNBC radio in New York City, is killed when the helicopter she is broadcasting live from crashes into the Hudson River. [1] [84] [467]
- Death of Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893). [84]
- October 23
- Death of Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1893). [84]
- October 25
- Death of Forrest Tucker at age 67 from lung cancer; actor (O'Rourke - F Troop, Dusty Trail, Crunch and Des). [1] [84] [457]
- October 31
- Death of Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1896). [84]
- November 2
- Death of Paul Frees of heart failure at age 66; performed voices in thousands of radio, TV, movies, many Disney roles and in Disneyland attractions, named Disney Legend in 2006. [84] [457] [510.176]
- November 3
- President Machel killed in air crash in Mozambique. [1]
- November 8
- Death of Beatrice Kay at age 78; singer, actress (Sister Sue - Calvin and the Colonel). [1]
- November 11
- Roger C Carmel, actor (Harry Mudd - Star Trek, Mothers-in-Law), dies at age 54. [1]
- November 17
- Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan - My Favorite Martian), dies at age 71. [1]
- November 18
- Death of Gia Carangi, supermodel (born 1960). [84]
- November 22
- Death of Scatman Crothers, American actor (Louie - Chico and the Man), musician, at age 76 (born 1910). [84] (November 26 [1])
- Edith Webster suffers a real heart attack during a scripted death scene in a performance of The Drunkard and dies at age 60. [467]
- November 25
- Nancy McCormick, Cincinnati reporter for radio station WKRC, is killed along with the pilot in the crash of the station's helicopter. [467]
- November 27
- Death of Steve Tracy from AIDS at age 61; actor (Percy Dalton - Little House on the Praire TV show). [1] [457]
- November 28
- Herb Vigran, actor (Ernest - Ed Wynn Show), dies at age 76. [1]
- December 1
- Death of Horace Heidt at age 85; orchestra leader (Ship of Joy radio show, Answers by the Dancers radio show, Anniversary Night with Horace Heidt radio show, Pot of Gold radio show, Tums Treasure Chest radio show, Horace Heidt's Original Youth Opportunity Program radio and TV show, The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt TV show, American Way TV show). [1] [457]
- Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at age 59. [1]
- December 2
- Death of Desi Arnaz of lung cancer at age 69; American actor (Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy). [84] [1454.76]
- December 10
- Death of Kate Wolf of leukemia at age 44; folksinger (Back Roads). [1]
- Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies. [1]
- December 11
- Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at age 30. [1]
- December 13
- Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at age 77. [1]
- December 17
- Ron Kass, record company president (MGM), dies at age 52 of cancer. [1]
- December 18
- Mamo Clark, actor (One Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies. [1]
- December 20
- Three African Americans are assaulted by a group of white teens in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. One of the victims, Michael Griffith, is run over and killed by a motorist while attempting to flee the attackers. [1] [84]
- December 22
- British Liberal Party Member of Parliament David Penhaligon, 42, is killed in a car crash near Truro in Cornwall, England. [84]
- December 24
- Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 26
- Death of Elsa Lanchester AKA Elizabeth Sullivan at age 84 of bronchial pneumonia; actress (The Bride of Frankenstein, The John Forsythe Show). [1] [457]
- December 27
- Cliff Burton, bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at age 24. [1]
- December 29
- Andrei Tarkovski, Russian film director (Stalker), dies at age 54 (born 1932). [1] [84]
- [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, former British Prime Minister (1957-63), dies in Sussex, England, at age 92 (born 1894). [1] [84]
- December 31
- Lloyd Haynes, actor (Pete Dixon - Room 222), dies at age 54. [1]
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