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Last updated: 2008 October 2.

1990 January 1 Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at age 82. [1] Gerhard Schröder, West German minister of Defense, dies at age 79. [1] Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (23 Tests for England, 1636 runs), dies. [1] Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies. [1] January 2 Alan Hale Jr, American actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby - Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at age 71 (born 1921). [1] [42] Belcampo [Herman Schönfeld Wichers], Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at age 87. [1] Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at age 78. [1] January 3 Ken Hill, actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies. [1] January 4 Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia (1945-46, 1958-62), dies. [1] Robert F Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at age 57. [1] Death of Doc Edgerton, American electrical engineer (born 1903). [42] January 5 Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at age 76. [1] Bart LaRue, entertainer, dies. [1] January 6 Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies. [1] Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at age 40. [1] Death of Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904). [42] January 7 Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at age 81. [1] Gail Lucas, entertainer, dies. [1] Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86. [1] Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at age 73. [1] January 8 Terry Thomas, English comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at age 78. [1] January 9 Ugandan Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara-Okello, who led a coup against Dr. Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. [42] Death of Spud Chandler, baseball player (born 1907). [42] January 10 Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at age 42. [1] Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies. [1] January 11 Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies. [1] January 12 Laurence J Peter, author (Peter Principle), dies from a stroke at age 70. [1] Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer, dies at age 96. [1] January 14 David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies. [1] January 15 Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at age 66. [1] January 17 Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies. [1] January 18 Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim), dies of liver cancer at age 23. [1] January 19 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru, dies at age 58. [1] Herbert Wehner, German ex-communist/chairman (1958-73), dies at age 83. [1] January 20 Barbara Stanwyck [Ruby Stevens], American actress (Big Valley), dies at age 82 (born 1907). [1] [42] Miloslav Istvan, composer, dies at age 61. [1] Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese Prime Minister (1945), dies. [1] January 22 Death of Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer (born 1897). [42] January 23 Allen Larkin Collins, guitarist, dies of pneumonia at age 37. Collins was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern US rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. His unique guitar playing and songwriting skills were vital to the success of the band during his time with them. [1] [42] Mariano Rumor, Italy's Prime Minister (1968-70, 1973-74), dies. [1] January 24 Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie), dies at age 87. [1] January 25 Alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies. [1] Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies from pneumonia in London, England, at age 67 (born 1922). [1] [42] Ian Dudley Hardy, entertainer, dies. [1] January 26 FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies. [1] Death of Lewis Mumford, American historian of science (born 1895). [42] January 27 Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 92. [1] February 2 Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at age 79. [1] Death of Joe Erskine, Former British heavyweight boxing champion (born 1934). [42] February 6 Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at age 94. [1] John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies. [1] February 7 Dom Heider Camara, nonviolent/human rights Bishop of Brazil, dies. [1] Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (Call Me Irresponsible), dies at age 77 (born 1913). [1] [42] Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies from pneumonia at age 88. [1] February 8 Del Shannon, in Coopersville, Michigan, rock vocalist ("Runaway"), shoots self at age 55 (born 1934). [1] [42] February 13 Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at age 79. [1] February 14 Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies. [1] Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at age 66. [1] February 15 Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at age 77. [1] Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at age 68. [1] February 16 Keith Haring, American artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDS at age 31 (born 1954). [1] [42] February 17 Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at age 84. [1] Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at age 39. [1] Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies. [1] February 19 Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), dies at age 84 (born 1905). [1] [42] February 22 Stephen Burns, actor (Casey's Shadow), dies. [1] February 23 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Member of Parliament (Liberal), dies at age 53. [1] James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Division (Normandy), dies at age 82. [1] Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of Salvador (1984-89), dies at age 62. [1] February 24 Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at age 61. [1] Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at age 70 (born 1919). [1] [42] Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (1978, 1985), dies at age 93. [1] Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), dies in Salem, Massachusetts at age 45 of pneumonia and kidney failure. [1] [56] February 25 Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, Two of a Kind), dies at age 30. [1] February 26 Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at age 53. [1] Leslie Ames, cricketer (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies. [1] Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Association), dies. [1] Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies. [1] February 27 Death of Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (born 1903). [42] February 28 Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies. [1] Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at age 86. [1] Tuppy Owen-Smith, South Africa cricketer (batsman vs England 1929), dies. [1] March 1 Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies. [1] March 3 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at age 86. [1] Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Méd), dies at age 88. [1] March 5 Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at age 75. [1] Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at age 63 from cancer. [1] March 7 Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at age 50. [1] March 10 Michael Stewart, United Kingdom Secretary of State (1965-66, 1968-70), dies. [1] March 13 Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/American child psychoanalyst, commits suicide at age 86 in Silver Spring, Maryland (born 1903). [1] [37] [42] Death of Karl Münchinger, German conductor (born 1915). [42] March 15 Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies in Los Angeles at age 70. [1] March 16 Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at age 91. [1] March 17 Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet, Curse of the Pink Panther), commits suicide in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 57 (born 1933). [1] [42] Marí Mejía, Guatemalian feminist, murdered. [1] Rick Grech, British rock bassist (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at age 44 (born 1946). [1] [42] March 18 A Tampa little league player dies after being struck by a pitch. [1] Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at age 36. [1] March 19 Death of Andrew Wood, American musician (born 1966). [42] March 20 Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at age 90. [1] Jev Jasjin (Lev Yashin), Russian soccer goalie, dies at age 60 (born 1929). [1] [42] March 24 Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies. [1] An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at age 70 from cancer. [1] Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob and Ray), dies from kidney failure at age 68. [1] Rene Enriquez actor (Hill Street Blues), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 56. [1] March 26 International Chrysis Transvestite actor (Q&A), dies of cancer at age 38. [1] Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDS at age 68. [1] March 28 Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at age 65. [1] March 29 New York City's Zodiac killer shoots second victim, Germaine Montenesdro. [1] March 31 Lillian "Miss" Miller audience member (Merv Griffin, The Tonight Show), dies. [1] April 2 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at age 85. [1] April 3 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at age 69. [1] Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at age 66 (born 1924). [1] [42] April 5 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at age 59. [1] April 6 Lady Nancy Hawkes (1946 best-dressed woman) dies at age 73. [1] Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at age 57. [1] April 8 Doreen Sloane dies. [1] Jose De Vega dies of AIDS at age 56. [1] Ryan White, hemophiliac AIDS sufferer, dies at age 18 (born 1971). [1] [42] April 11 Barbara Ann Miller dies. [1] April 12 Henry Kendrick dies. [1] April 13 Luis Trenker dies at age 97. [1] Ronald Ibbs dies. [1] April 14 Martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday. [1] Peter Dunn, actor (Invaders from Mars) dies. [1] April 15 Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at age 84 (born 1905). [1] [5] [42] April 17 Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, American civil rights activist, dies at 64 (born 1926). [1] [42] April 18 Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at age 87. [1] Death of Gory Guerrero, Hispanic wrestler and father of Eddie Guerrero (born 1921). [42] April 19 Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at age 52. [1] April 20 Horst Sinderman, RDA first minister (1973-76), dies. [1] April 21 Death of Romain de Tirtoff (pseudonym Erté), French Art Deco artist (born 1892). [1] [42] Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies. [1] April 22 Bertil Unger, actor (Devil and Max Devlin), dies. [1] April 23 Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies. [1] Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies of heart failure in Ronco, Switzerland at age 78 (born 1910). [1] [42] April 24 Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies. [1] Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies. [1] April 25 Dexter Gordon, jazz saxophonist, dies in Philadelphia of kidney failure at age 67. [1] April 26 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian presidential candidate, assassinated. [1] April 28 Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies. [1] May 1 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at age 62. [1] May 2 Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 49. [1] William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at age 90. [1] May 3 Pimen [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, dies at age 79. [1] May 4 Don Appell dies. [1] May 6 Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at age 89. [1] May 7 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at age 60. [1] May 8 Tomas O'Fiach [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies (born 1923). [1] [42] May 9 Luigi Nono, Italian composer (Intolleranza), dies at age 66. [1] Pauline Frederick, first woman to moderate Presidential debate, dies at age 84. [1] May 10 Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at age 61. [1] Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at age 73. [1] May 13 Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies. [1] May 14 Andre Ameller, composer, dies at age 78. [1] May 16 Jim Henson, muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), dies of pneumonia at age 53 (born 1936). [1] [42] Sammy Davis Jr, American entertainer (Golden Boy), dies from throat cancer at age 64 (born 1925). [1] [42] May 18 Jill Ireland, English actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at age 54 (born 1936). [1] [42] May 21 Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at age 37. [1] Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around the Empire State Building in 1930, dies. [1] Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered. [1] May 22 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies. [1] May 23 Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock and Roll), dies of heart failure at age 71. [1] May 25 Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at age 60. [1] [42] May 28 Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at age 67. [1] Hussein Bin Onn, first minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies. [1] Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at age 71. [1] June 1 Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army shoot and kill Major Michael Dillon-Lee and Private William Robert Davies of the British Army. Dillon-Lee is killed outside his home in Dortmund, Germany and Davies is killed at a railway station in Lichfield, England. [42] June 2 Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at age 76. [1] Rex Harrison, English actor (My Fair Lady), dies at age 82 of cancer (born 1908). [1] [42] June 3 Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founded Intel, dies (born 1927). [42] (June 2 [1]) Death of Stiv Bators, American singer (The Dead Boys) (born 1949). [42] June 4 Jack Gilford, comedic actor, dies at age 82 of stomach cancer. [1] June 7 Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at age 63 of a heart attack. [1] June 16 Death of Dame Eva Turner, British soprano (born 1892). [42] June 17 Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies at age 44 of cerebral hemorrhage. [1] June 20 Ina Balin, actress, dies at age 52 of pulmonary hypertension in Connecticut. [1] June 22 Death of Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908). [42] June 29 Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at age 74. [1]