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Last updated: 2008 August 9.

1991 July 1 Michael Landon, American actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie), dies at age 54 from cancer (born 1936). [1] [5] [41] July 2 Lee Remick, actress, dies at age 55 from cancer. [1] July 4 Death of Victor Chang, Australian physician (murdered) (born 1936). [41] July 8 James Franciscus, actor, dies at age 57 of emphysema. [1] July 10 Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies at age 48 of cancer. [1] July 15 Bert Convy, American actor and game show host (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at age 57 of a brain tumor (born 1933). [1] [41] July 16 Frank Rizzo (Mayor-Democrat-Philadelphia, 1972-80), dies from a heart attack at age 70. [1] Death of Robert Motherwell, American painter (born 1915). [41] July 18 Death of André Cools, Belgian politician (assassinated) (born 1927). [41] July 24 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Nobel Prize winning Yiddish author, dies at age 87. [1] [41] July 31 Death of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (born 1930). [41] August 1 Death of Chris Short, American baseball pitcher (born 1937). [41] August 3 Death of Ali Sabri, Prime Minister of Egypt. [41] August 4 Death of Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (born 1920). [41] August 5 Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), dies at age 82 (born 1908). [1] [41] Soichiro Hondo, CEO and founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at age 84. [1] August 6 Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at age 68. [1] August 7 Shapour Bakhtiar, former prime minister of Iran, is assassinated. [41] August 8 Death of James Irwin, astronaut (born 1930). [41] August 11 Death of J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (born 1938). [41] August 13 Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at age 65. [1] Death of James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (born 1907). [41] August 14 Death of Richard A. Snelling, Governor of Vermont (born 1927). [41] Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at age 61. [1] August 15 Marietta Tree (United Nations Commissioner of Human Rights) dies at age 74. [1] August 16 Shamu the Whale dies at age 16, from respiratory failure. [1] Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at age 38 of skin cancer. [1] August 17 In Sydney, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. [41] August 20 Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at age 90. [1] August 22 Colleen Dewhurst, actress (Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at age 67. [1] August 24 Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at age 99. [1] Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at age 87. [1] August 30 Death of Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (born 1925). [41] Death of Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (born 1944). [41] September 2 Death of Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1911). [41] September 3 Frank Capra, Italian-born film director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at age 94 (born 1897). [1] [41] Dottie West, American country music singer, dies at age 58 in a car crash (born 1932). [41] (September 4 [1]) September 4 Charlie Barnet, saxophonist, dies of pneumonia at age 77. [1] Thomas Tryon, actor (Cardinal)/writer (Other), dies at age 65. [1] September 7 Death of Edwin McMillan, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907). [41] September 8 Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at age 80 of cancer. [1] Death of Brad Davis, American actor (AIDS) (born 1949). [41] September 10 Yves Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at age 70. [1] September 12 Regis Toomey, actor (You're in the Army Now), dies at age 93. [1] September 13 Joseph Pasternak, movie producer, dies at age 89 of cancer. [1] September 14 Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at age 61 of cancer. [1] September 17 Death of Zino Francescatti, French violinist (born 1902). [41] September 24 Theodore Geisel, American cheldren's author (Dr Seuss), dies at age 87 (born 1904). [1] [41] September 25 Death of the "Butcher of Lyon", Klaus Barbie, in Lyon, France; head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942-1944, had 4,000 people executed. [37] September 28 Miles Davis, American jazz musician (trumpet), dies at age 65 from pneumonia (born 1926). [1] [5] [41] October 4 Leonard C Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at age 83. [1] October 6 Death of Igor Talkov, Russian singer, poet and composer, author of many anti-soviet songs (born 1956). [41] October 7 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86. [1] October 11 Redd Foxx, American actor/comedian (Sanford and Son), dies at age 68 from a heart attack (born 1922). [1] [41] October 14 Death of Walther M. Elsasser in Baltimore, Maryland (born in Mannheim, Germany); physicist, professor, author. [37] October 16 George Jo Hennard, age 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Killeen, Texas. [1] [41] October 17 Tennessee Ernie Ford, American country singer ("16 Tons"), dies at age 72 (born 1919). [1] [41] October 22 Death of Leonora Knatchbull, daughter of Lord Romsey (born 1986). [41] October 24 Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, dies of a heart attack at age 70 (born 1921). [1] [41] October 28 John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at age 51. [1] October 30 William Shea, Shea Stadium namesake, dies at age 84. [1] October 31 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at age 70. [1] November 5 Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies at age 84. [1] Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born American billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), is found floating dead in the Atlantic Ocean, at age 68 (born 1923). [1] [41] November 6 Gene Tierney, actress, dies at age 70 of emphysema. [1] November 9 Yves Montand, actor, dies at age 70 from a heart attack. [1] November 14 Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDS at age 63. [1] November 17 Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter) suicides at age 33. [1] November 18 Death of Gustáv Husák, Czechoslovakian president (born 1913). [41] November 21 David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (New York Jets), dies at age 81. [1] November 24 Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born lead singer of Queen, dies of AIDS at 46 (born 1946). [41] (November 23 [1]) Death of Eric Carr, American drummer (Kiss) at age 41 (born 1950). [1] [41] November 25 Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at age 60. [1] November 29 Ralph Bellamy, actor, dies. [1] December 1 Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at age 58. [1] George Joseph Stigler, American economist (Nobel Prize 1982), dies at age 80 (born 1911). [1] [41] December 3 Alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies. [1] December 5 Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies. [1] Jill Browne dies at age 54. [1] Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday. [1] December 6 Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at age 62. [1] Death of Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913). [41] December 8 Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies. [1] Kimberly Bergalis, got AIDS from health care worker, dies at age 23. [1] December 10 Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at age 93. [1] Death of Greta Kempton, American artist (born 1901). [41] December 11 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/professor (Swedish Academy), dies. [1] Daniel Simon Scott dies of Alzheimer's disease at age 71. [1] Headman Tshabala, South African musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at age 44. [1] Robert Q Lewis, US comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at age 70. [1] December 12 Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at age 93. [1] Ken Keltner, US baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at age 75. [1] Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral director (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies. [1] December 13 André Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at age 82. [1] December 14 John Arlott, cricketer (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies. [1] Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at age 83. [1] December 15 Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at age 90. [1] Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at age 55. [1] Death of Vasily Zaitsev, Russian World War II hero (born 1915). [41] December 16 Fred D Scott, actor (Two Gun Troubador), dies. [1] Death of Horatio Luro, Argentine-born racehorse trainer (born 1901). [41] December 17 John Blatnik (Representative-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at age 80. [1] December 18 June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at age 73. [1] Death of George Abecassis, English race car driver (born 1913). [41] December 19 Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at age 81. [1] Paul Maxwell, actor (City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at age 70. [1] December 20 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies. [1] Fop[pe] I Brouwer, biologist (Everything That Lives and Grows), dies. [1] Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at age 86. [1] Sam Rabin, speaker of house, dies at age 88. [1] Stephen Birnbaum, US tourism writer, dies at age 54. [1] Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at age 60. [1] Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at age 67. [1] December 23 Death of Ernst Krenek in Palm Springs, California, at age 91; Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike). [1] [37] Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at age 73. [1] December 24 Walter Hudson, 1,025-pound man, dies at age 46. [1] December 25 Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at age 90. [1] Mahmood Hussain, cricketer (27 Tests for Pakistan, 68 wickets), dies. [1] Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et César), dies at age 87. [1] Sal Provenza, entertainer, dies of lymphoma at age 45. [1] December 26 Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at age 70. [1] Sam Cresson dies at age 73. [1] December 27 Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at age 43. [1] John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at age 49. [1] W Hudson, "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies. [1] December 28 Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at age 39. [1] Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure. [1] December 29 Julia McCarthy dies of cancer at age 64. [1]