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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1994 January 1 Cesar Romero, Cuban-American actor (Joker-Batman), dies at age 86 (born 1907). [1] [30] Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright (Female Presidents), dies at age 35. [1] Death of Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (born 1900). [30] January 2 Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at age 79. [1] Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of International Monetary Fund (1963-73), dies at age 81. [1] Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at age 81. [1] January 3 Roel Bazen, Dutch sound technician (Van Kooten and The Bie), dies at age 48. [1] January 4 Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at age 48. [1] Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Governor of Curaçao (1951-67), dies at age 80. [1] January 5 Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 years), dies (born 1912). [1] [30] Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at age 87. [1] Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill (Democrat-Massachusettes)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies of cancer at age 81 (born 1912). [1] [30] Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at age 39. [1] William Raynor, writer, dies at age 73. [1] Death of Elmar Lipping, Estonian statesman and soldier (born 1906). [30] January 6 "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersecretary of Navy (1963-72), dies at age 80. [1] Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies. [1] Morty the Moose (Northern Exposure), dies at age 6. [1] Virginia Kelley Clinton, mother of US President Clinton, dies at age 70. [1] January 7 Bobby Pratt jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at age 67. [1] Jay Blackton, broadway conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at age 84. [1] Lewis Boddington, aerospace engineer, dies at age 85. [1] Lynn Blessing, vibes player, dies at age 65. [1] Phoumi Vongvichit, President of Laos (1986-91), dies. [1] Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52. [1] January 8 Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at age 40. [1] Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at age 68. [1] Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at age 84. [1] Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide. [1] Pat Buttram, American actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78 (born 1915). [1] [30] Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at age 99. [1] Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at age 52. [1] January 9 Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist, dies at age 82. [1] Death of Johnny Temple, baseball player (born 1927). [30] January 10 Catharina I "Ien" Dales, minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at age 62. [1] Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball president (National League), dies at age 72. [1] Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at age 73. [1] January 11 John Bradley, raised US flag at Iwo Jima, dies at age 70. [1] Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at age 80. [1] January 12 Bob Horen dies of cancer at age 67. [1] Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at age 85. [1] January 13 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at age 79. [1] Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of defense/foreign affairs, dies at age 56. [1] January 14 Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at age 91. [1] Federica Montseny, anarchist/Spanish minister of Health (1936), dies at age 80. [1] January 15 György Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at age 72. [1] Harry Nilsson, rock vocalist (Without You, Everybody's Talkin'), dies at age 52 (born 1941). [1] [5] [30] Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at age 85. [1] January 16 Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at age 86. [1] Noël Foré, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at age 61. [1] Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at age 42. [1] January 17 Allan G Odell, ad executive (Burma Shave), dies at age 90. [1] Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea (1964-70), dies. [1] Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player, dies at age 66. [1] Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at age 61. [1] Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at age 77. [1] Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/sax, dies at age 84. [1] Death of Helen Stephens, American runner (born 1918). [30] January 18 Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at age 83. [1] January 20 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan Vice-President (1963-66), dies at about age 81. [1] Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at age 84 (born 1909). [1] [30] January 21 Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad's son, dies in car accident at age 31. [1] January 22 Frances Gifford dies of emphysema, at age 71. [1] Irving B Kahn, inventor (teleprompter), dies at age 76. [1] Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at age 83. [1] Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies of prostate cancer at age 70 (born 1924). [1] [30] January 23 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at age 76. [1] Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at age 44. [1] Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at age 95. [1] Death of Brian Redhead, British journalist and broadcaster (born 1929). [30] January 24 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at age 48. [1] January 25 Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at age 85 (born 1909). [1] [30] January 27 Claude Akins; actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at age 75 (born 1914). [1] [30] Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist, dies at age 72. [1] Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at age 44. [1] Stanley Adams, songwriter, dies at age 86. [1] January 28 Hal Smith, American actor (Otis Campbell - Andy Griffith Show), dies at age 77 (born 1916). [1] [30] Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at age 79. [1] William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at age 86. [1] January 29 Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at age 67. [1] Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at age 81. [1] January 30 Bahjat Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan (1960-62, 1964-65, 1967-69, 1969-70), dies. [1] Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer, dies at age 64. [1] Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at age 86. [1] Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at age 53. [1] Death of Pierre Boulle, French author (Executioner) (born 1912). [30] (January 31 [1]) February 1 Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at age 88. [1] Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at age 83 (born 1909). [1] [30] February 2 John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at age 62. [1] Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at age 75. [1] Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel singer/songwriter, dies at age 89. [1] Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger, dies at age 95. [1] February 4 Han Jansen, Dutch painter, dies at age 62. [1] Harold Schneider, US producer (Five Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at age 55. [1] Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at age 84. [1] Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at age 79. [1] February 5 Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at age 63. [1] Hermann J. Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at age 92 in Bad Soden, Germany. [1] [37] Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at age 59. [1] February 6 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at age 84. [1] Jack Kirby, American cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk), dies at age 76 (born 1917). [1] [30] Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at age 88. [1] Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at age 74. [1] February 7 Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch Social-Democrat minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at age 74. [1] Richard Bissell, US under director of US Central Intelligence Agency (Pig's Bay), dies at age 84. [1] Death of Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (born 1913). [30] February 8 Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at age 70. [1] Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at age 92. [1] Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 85. [1] February 9 Arnold Smith, British first Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at age 79. [1] Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakia/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at age 86. [1] Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone With the Wind), dies at age 88. [1] Death of Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1934). [30] February 11 Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at age 23. [1] Sorrell Booke, American actor (Mayor Boss Hogg - Dukes of Hazzard), dies at age 64 (born 1930). [1] [30] William Conrad, American actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at age 73 (born 1920). [1] [30] Death of Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946). [30] February 12 Donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at age 65. [1] February 13 Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist, dies at age 84. [1] Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at age 79. [1] February 14 Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at age 61. [1] Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at age 47. [1] Death of Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (born 1936). [1] [30] February 15 Tiger Haynes, US actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at age 79. [1] February 17 Randy Shilts, American journalist (And the band played on), dies of AIDS at age 41 (born 1951). [1] [30] February 18 Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at age 76. [1] February 19 Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at age 52. [1] Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at age 71. [1] Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at age 19. [1] February 20 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at age 52. [1] Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at age 49. [1] February 21 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at age 68. [1] William Elgin Swinton, child psychiatrist, dies at age 54. [1] February 22 "Papa" John Creach, American jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at age 76 (born 1917). [1] [30] February 23 Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at age 40. [1] February 24 Dinah Shore, American singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at age 76 (born 1916). [1] [30] Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at age 80. [1] Jean Sablon, French singer, dies at age 87 (born 1906). [1] [30] Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative, dies at age 83. [1] Lores Bonney, aviator, dies at age 96. [1] February 25 Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (170 wickets for South Africa in 37 Tests), dies. [1] Israeli Kahanist Baruch Goldstein opens fire inside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank. He kills 29 Muslims before worshippers beat him to death. [1] [30] Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer, dies at age 80 (born 1914). [1] [30] Wladyslaw Sila, Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki dies at age 80. [1] Yann Piat, French Member of Parliament (FN/PR), murdered at age 44. [1] February 26 Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (first hi-fi), dies at age 87. [1] William "Bill" M Hicks, American comedian, dies at age 32 (born 1961). [1] [30] February 27 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at age 84. [1] Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor, dies at age 66. [1] Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer, dies at age 92. [1] Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher/economist, dies at age 84. [1] February 28 Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at age 88. [1] Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor sax player, dies at age 77. [1] George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at age 92. [1] Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard dies at age 90. [1] Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at age 86. [1]