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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1991 January 1 Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at age 83. [1] Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies at age 81. [1] January 2 Edmond Jabés, writer, dies. [1] Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at age 78. [1] January 4 Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at age 78. [1] Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon), suicide at age 94. [1] Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), dies at age 57. [1] January 5 John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at age 82. [1] Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at age 80. [1] Vasko Popa, Serbian WWII-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at age 68 (born 1922). [1] [41] January 6 Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at age 64. [1] January 7 Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at age 64. [1] January 8 Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard - "Hysteria"), dies at age 30 (born 1960). [1] [41] January 10 Dimitris Myrat dies of cancer at age 62. [1] January 11 Jason Christmas dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at age 49. [1] Death of Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905). [41] January 12 Keye Luke, actor (Charlie Chan's No 1 Son), dies after a stroke at age 86. [1] Vasco Pratolini of Italy, writer (Ragazze di San Frediano), dies at age 77. [1] January 14 Three Palestinian Liberation Organization guerilla chiefs are assassinated in Tunis, including Sallah Kharaf [Abu Iyad], co-founder of Al-Fatah. [1] [41] January 17 Olav AFEC van Sleeswijk-Holstein-S-G V, King of Norway (1957), dies. [1] Death of King Olav V of Norway (born 1903). [41] January 18 Hamilton Fish, congressman (New York), dies at age 102. [1] Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at age 83. [1] Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin - The Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at age 85. [1] January 19 Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at age 87. [1] Glenn Langan, actor (Big Chase, Jungle Heat, Rapture), dies at age 73. [1] John Russell, actor/writer (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at age 70. [1] January 20 Bill Riordon, US tennis promoter (Jimmy Connors), dies. [1] Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at age 87. [1] January 21 Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies. [1] Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at age 87. [1] Richard Bolling, (Representative-Democrat-Missouri)/US civil-rights leader, dies at age 74. [1] January 24 Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at age 40. [1] January 25 Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at age 59. [1] January 26 Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at age 46. [1] January 28 Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at age 66. [1] January 29 Jan Odé, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies. [1] Death of John McIntire, American actor (born 1907). [41] Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies (born 1907). [1] [41] January 30 John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies of emphysema at age 83. [1] Death of John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908). [41] February 1 Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at age 89. [1] H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch Member of Parliament (CPN), dies. [1] James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at age 84. [1] Phil Watson, NHL coach (New York Rangers), dies. [1] February 2 Death of Pete Axthelm, sportswriter (born 1943). [41] February 3 Nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway - The Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 69. [1] February 4 Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako Jaws of Death), dies at age 64. [1] February 5 Dean Jagger, US actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about age 87 (born 1903). [1] [41] Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at age 83. [1] February 6 Danny Thomas, Americen singer/comedian/actor (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at age 76 (born 1914). [1] [41] Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies. [1] Death of Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1912). [41] February 7 Dick Winslow, actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at age 75. [1] Gladys LaVerne dies of heart problems at age 87. [1] Death of Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (born 1920). [41] February 8 Miran Bux, cricketer (two Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at age 47. [1] February 11 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at age 90. [1] February 12 Edward A Blatt, director (Between Two Worlds), dies at age 88. [1] Robert Wagner, mayor (New York City-Democrat-1954-65), dies. [1] February 13 Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at age 67. [1] Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at age 83. [1] February 14 Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at age 90. [1] John A McCone, head of US Central Intelligence Agency (1961-65), dies (born 1902). [1] [41] February 15 Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at age 46 of a heart attack. [1] Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at age 78. [1] February 16 Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contras, dies. [1] February 19 Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at age 50. [1] February 21 Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina, dies of cancer at age 71 (born 1919). [1] [41] Roger Swaybill, actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at age 47. [1] Death of John Sherman Cooper, a U.S. Republican senator. [41] February 24 George Gobel of Chicago, Illinois, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies after surgery at age 71 (born 1919). [1] [41] Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at age 74. [1] Marcella Markham dies of breast cancer at age 68. [1] Webb Pierce, American country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at age 64. [1] Death of John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host (born 1914). [41] February 27 H J of Royen manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at age 52. [1] Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered. [1] February 28 Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies. [1] March 1 Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid camera), dies at age 81 (born 1909). [1] [41] Katharine Blake, actress (To Have and To Hold), dies at age 62. [1] Scott Huston, composer, dies at age 74. [1] March 2 Clark Mollenhoff, US journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies. [1] Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-Nazi, dies. [1] James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great, dies at age 87. [1] Serge Gainsbourg, French composer/actor (Fury of Hercules), dies at age 62 (born 1928). [1] [41] March 3 Arthur Murray, American dance instructor, dies at age 95 of pneumonia (born 1895). [1] [41] Clara Eggink [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at age 84. [1] March 4 Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at age 72. [1] March 5 August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at age 92. [1] Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at age 109. [1] March 12 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at age 92. [1] Death of Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1900). [41] March 13 Cor Witschge [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at age 65. [1] Jimmy McPartland, America jazz cornetist, dies. [1] March 14 Howard Ashman, American song writer ("Under the Sea"), dies of AIDS at 40 (born 1950). [1] [41] Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at age 68. [1] Jerome "Doc" Pomus, American lyricist ("Save Last Dance for Me"), dies at 65 (born 1925). [1] [41] Robert Maroff dies at age 57. [1] March 15 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at age 84. [1] Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at age 93. [1] March 16 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at age 85. [1] Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies. [1] March 18 Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at age 72. [1] Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at age 93. [1] March 19 John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies. [1] Ron Pagano dies after lengthy illness at age 37. [1] Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at age 86. [1] March 21 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies (born 1909). [1] [41] Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at age 46. [1] March 22 Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at age 73. [1] March 23 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at age 68. [1] Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies at age 65. [1] Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at age 88. [1] March 25 Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at age 78. [1] Death of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic bishop who fought for Catholic Tradition (born 1905). [41] Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at age 96. [1] March 26 Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at age 81. [1] March 27 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies of cancer at age 64. [1] Elinor Remick Warren, composer, dies at age 91. [1] Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at age 77. [1] Ralph Bates, British actor (Persecution, Graveyard), dies at age 50. [1] March 28 Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at age 85. [1] March 29 Lee Atwater, American political strategist (Republican), dies of brain tumor at age 40 (born 1951). [1] [41] Matt Bennett, actor (Hickey and Boggs), dies of brain tumor at age 52. [1] March 30 Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies. [1] March 31 John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies. [1] April 1 Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at age 96 (born 1894). [1] [41] Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies. [1] The president of the Berlin Treuhandanstalt (the organization responsible for the privatization of East German property), Detlev Karsten Rohwedder is murdered by terrorists. [37] April 3 Graham Greene, British writer (Third Man, Our man in Havana), dies at age 86 (born 1904). [1] [41] Death of Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (born 1901). [41] April 4 H. John Heinz III (Senator-Republican-Pennsylvania), dies in a plane crash, at age 52 (born 1938). [1] [41] Death of Forrest Towns, American runner (born 1914). [41] Death of Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (born 1920). [41] Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies. [1] Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at age 79 (born 1911). [1] [37] [41] April 5 Former Texas Republican Senator John Tower (age 65) and 22 others are killed in an airplane crash in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. [1] [41] Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr, USN/astronaut (STS 33), dies at age 43. [1] April 6 Bill Ponsford, cricketer (Test average 48 22, first-class average 65 18), dies. [1] April 8 Death of Per "Dead" Yngve Ohlin, vocalist for Mayhem/Morbid (suicide) (born 1969). [41] April 9 Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at age 73. [1] April 10 Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry and the Hendersons), dies of AIDS at age 35. [1] Natalie Schafer, American actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at age 90 from cancer (born 1900). [1] [41] April 11 Tom Rosqui dies at age 62. [1] April 12 James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies. [1] April 15 Marjorie Warfield dies at age 88. [1] Martin Ashe dies. [1] April 16 David Lean, director (two Academy Awards-Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia), dies of pneumonia at age 83. [1] April 17 Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at age 97. [1] April 19 Death of Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (born 1905). [41] April 20 Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at age 78. [1] Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician, dies. [1] Sean O'Faolain [J Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at age 91. [1] Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at age 44 (born 1947). [1] [41] Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, Prime Minister of Mongolia (1952-74), dies. [1] April 21 Richard Bolling (Representative-Democrat-Missouri), dies at age 74. [1] Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at age 81. [1] April 23 Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies. [1] April 24 J de Graaf, ethicus/president church and peace, dies. [1] April 25 Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at age 66. [1] Theo Laseroms [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies. [1] April 26 Carmine Coppola, American composer/conductor/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies (born 1910). [1] [41] Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at age 61. [1] April 27 Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at age 74. [1] Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies. [1] April 28 Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies. [1] Death of Ken Curtis, American actor (born 1916). [41] Death of Johnny Eck, American sideshow performer (born 1911). [41] April 29 Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies. [1] April 30 George Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at age 91. [1] Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at age 39. [1] May 1 Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies. [1] May 2 Hal Bell dies at age 65. [1] Leib Lensky dies at age 82. [1] May 3 Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch Member of Parliament (D66), dies. [1] Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at age 57. [1] Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the third Floor), dies. [1] May 4 Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at age 54. [1] May 5 William De Acutis dies at age 33. [1] May 6 Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies. [1] Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies. [1] Thomas A Carlin dies at age 62. [1] Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (Peyton Place, 140+ films), dies at age 87. [1] May 8 Jean Langlais, French composer and organist, dies at age 84 (born 1907). [1] [41] Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at age 79. [1] Death of Rudolf Serkin in Guilford, Vermont, USA (born in 1903 in Eger, Austria-Hungary); concert pianist. [37] [41] May 9 James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies. [1] Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at age 72. [1] Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies. [1] May 10 Armand Boni [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer, dies. [1] May 11 Filip J Field dies at age 67. [1] Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies. [1] May 13 Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at age 83. [1] May 14 Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies. [1] Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies. [1] Jiang Qing, Chinese radical revolutionary, widow of leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide (born 1914). [1] [41] John Edward Craven dies. [1] Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies. [1] May 15 Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at age 84. [1] Freddie Paris dies. [1] Death of Andreas Floer, German mathematician (born 1956). [41] Reno Brown dies. [1] Ronald Lacey, actor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at age 55. [1] May 16 Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies. [1] May 18 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at age 86. [1] May 19 Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies. [1] Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at age 74. [1] May 20 Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at age 65. [1] May 21 Bobby Dale dies at age 92. [1] Jean Van Houtte Prime Minister of Belgium (1952-54), dies. [1] Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at age 46 in Madras, India (born 1944). [1] [41] May 22 Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at age 51. [1] Death of Derrick Henry Lehmer, American mathematician (born 1905). [41] May 23 Peter T Thwaites, British Brigadier-General/playwright (Love or money), dies. [1] William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at age 30. [1] May 24 Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at age 49. [1] May 25 Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies. [1] May 26 Tom Cassidy, news anchor (CNN), dies of AIDS at age 41. [1] Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at age 50. [1] May 27 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at age 88. [1] May 28 Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies. [1] Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chicago Defender), dies at age 79. [1] May 29 Coral Browne, Australian actress, (Dreamchild, Ruling Class), dies of cancer at age 77. [1] May 30 Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at age 74. [1] May 31 Angus Wilson [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies. [1] H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at age 91 from a stroke. [1] June 3 Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mount Unzen Volcano in Japan. [1] Thomas C Lasorda, artist/son of Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at age 33. [1] June 6 Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies from AIDS. [1] Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at age 64. [1] Sylvia Porter, economist/author, dies at age 77. [1] June 8 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at age 43. [1] June 18 Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at age 69. [1] June 22 Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at age 56. [1]