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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1996 January 1 Arleigh Albert Burke, British Admiral, dies at age 94. [1] Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer, dies at age 89. [1] Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic, dies at age 55. [1] January 2 Death of Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (born 1915). [28] Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at age 81. [1] Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at age 82. [1] January 3 Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at age 67. [1] Terence Tenison Cuneo, artist, dies at age 88. [1] January 4 Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at age 83. [1] Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at age 83. [1] January 5 Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at age 86. [1] Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at age 84. [1] Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at age 88. [1] Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone. [28] Richard Versaille, tenor, dies at age 63. [1] January 6 Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at age 60. [1] Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at age 94. [1] John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at age 68. [1] Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at age 80. [1] January 7 James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at age 90. [1] Karoly Grosz, Prime Minister of Hungry (1987-88), dies at age 65. [1] Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist, dies at age 88. [1] Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist, dies at age 93. [1] January 8 Francois Mitterrand, President of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at age 79. [1] [28] William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at age 52. [1] January 9 Mary "Fearless" Nadia Wadia, Indian actress and stuntwoman, dies at age 88 (born 1908). [1] [28] Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies. [1] Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at age 45. [1] Death of Sultan Rahi, Pakistani film actor (born 1938). [28] Art forger Eric Hebborn is assassinated in Rome, Italy. [28] (January 11 [1]) January 10 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at age 88. [1] Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at age 81. [1] January 11 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, dies at age 96. [1] Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist, dies at age 87. [1] Ike Isaacs, guitarist, dies at age 76. [1] January 12 Edmund Happold, engineer, dies at age 65. [1] John Howard Purnell, scientist, dies at age 70. [1] Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper, dies at age 76. [1] January 13 Denise Grey [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at age 99. [1] Willian Myuon Bany, guerrilla leader dies. [1] January 14 Eric Briault, educationalist, dies at age 84. [1] Pamelo Mounk'a, musician, dies at age 50. [1] January 15 Les Baxter, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), dies at age 73 (born 1922). [1] [28] Chief Moshushu II, King of Lesotho (1966-90), dies at age 51 (born 1938). [1] [28] Richard Charles Cobb, historian, dies at age 78. [1] January 16 Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at age 75. [1] Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at age 81. [1] January 17 Barbara Charline Jordan, American politician, dies at age 59 (born 1936). [1] [28] Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist, dies at age 83. [1] Giles William Playfair, writer, dies at age 85. [1] John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at age 83. [1] Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at age 54. [1] January 18 Leonor Fini, Argentine painter, dies at age 87 (born 1908). [1] [28] Minnesota Fats [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at age 82. [1] (January 15 [5]) Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Prime Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (1983-84, 1984-89, 1994-95), dies (born 1923). [1] [28] January 19 Bernard Baily, comic artist, dies at age 79. [1] Donald Simpson, film producer, dies at age 52. [1] Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/South African activist, dies at age 70. [1] January 20 Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, dies at age 63. [1] David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at age 61. [1] Ellis Hillman, politician, dies at age 68. [1] Gerald Joseph Mulligan, American baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at age 68 (born 1927). [1] [28] Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at age 83. [1] Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at age 85. [1] Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at age 87. [1] January 21 Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at age 65. [1] Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at age 88. [1] January 22 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at age 77. [1] Efua Theodore Sutherland, writer, dies at age 71. [1] Mabel Leigh, potter, dies at age 80. [1] Yisrael Eldad, extremist politician, dies at age 85. [1] January 23 John Mackin, programmer, dies at age 36. [1] Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at age 85. [1] Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at age 54. [1] January 24 Sandor Iharos, athlete, dies at age 65. [1] Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner, dies at age 75. [1] January 25 Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright, dies of aortic aneurysm at age 35 (born 1960). [1] [28] Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at age 68. [1] January 26 David Schultz, wrestler (Olympics-Gold-1984), killed by John Du Pont. [1] Harold Brodkey, writer, dies at age 65. [1] Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at age 63. [1] January 27 Fifteen-day old siamese twins separated; Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies. [1] Barbara Skelton, writer, dies at age 79. [1] John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha), dies at age 93. [1] Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at age 91. [1] Olga Havlova, political activist, dies at age 63. [1] Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician, dies at age 92. [1] Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, five Tests for England), dies. [1] January 28 Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at age 84. [1] Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at age 44. [1] Jerry Siegel, American comic book writer (Superman), dies at age 81 (born 1914). [1] [28] John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at age 81. [1] Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at age 55 (born 1940). [1] [28] U San Yu, soldier/politician, President of Burma in (1981-88), dies at age 77. [1] Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at age 71. [1] January 29 Jack Sutherland, journalist, dies at age 79. [1] John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at age 82. [1] January 30 Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at age 73. [1] Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at age 72. [1] Irish National Liberation Army leader Gino Gallagher is killed in an internal feud, while in line for his unemployment benefits. [28] January 31 Gustave Solomon, American mathematician and engineer, dies at age 65 (born 1930). [1] [28] February 1 Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at age 54. [1] February 2 Gene Kelly, American actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at age 83 (born 1912). [1] [28] Ray McIntire, chemical engineer, dies at age 77. [1] Shamus Culhane, animator, dies at age 87. [1] February 3 Audrey Meadows, American actress (Alice - The Honeymooners), dies at 69 (born 1926). [1] [28] Broderick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane, photographer, dies at age 83. [1] Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at age 84. [1] Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer, dies at age 81. [1] Tibor Reich, textile designer, dies at age 79. [1] Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, dies at age 61. [1] February 5 Antonio Ruiz Soler, Spanish dancer, dies at age 74. [1] Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at age 86. [1] Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at age 84. [1] W R Lee, language teacher, dies at age 84. [1] February 6 Guy Madison, American actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at age 74 (born 1922). [1] [28] Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at age 85. [1] Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at age 76. [1] February 7 George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary, dies at age 89. [1] Isian Kehinde I K Dairo musician/academic, dies at age 65. [1] Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist, dies at age 84. [1] Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer, dies at age 88. [1] Tiny Winters, musician, dies at age 87. [1] Death of Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1925). [28] February 8 John Hartford Worlock, Roman Catholic Bishop (Liverpool), dies at age 76. [1] Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at age 76. [1] February 9 Adolf Galland, General (Luftwaffe), dies at age 83. [1] Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at age 80. [1] Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist, dies at age 44. [1] Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at age 80. [1] Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at age 86. [1] Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at age 74. [1] Death of Adolf Galland in Oberwinter, Germany; fighter pilot in World War II, shot down over 100 Allied planes. [37] February 10 Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist, dies at age 67. [1] February 11 Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, dies at age 65 (born 1930). [1] [28] Cyril Poole, English cricket player (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in three Tests), dies (born 1921). [1] [28] Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (1985-89), dies (born 1946). [1] [28] Phil Regan, American actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at age 88 (born 1906). [1] [28] February 12 Bob Shaw, Irish science fiction writer, dies of cancer at age 64 (born 1931). [28] (February 11 [1]) Roger Omond, journalist, dies at age 51. [1] February 13 Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist, dies at age 91. [1] Martin Balsam, actor (Archie's Place), dies at age 76. [1] February 14 Bob Paisley, English football manager, dies at age 77 (born 1919). [1] [28] Caroline Blackwood, writer, dies at age 64. [1] Eva Hart, Titanic survivor, dies at age 90. [1] Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist, dies at age 64. [1] February 15 Bruno Ferenc Straub, Hungarian statesman, dies. [1] Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at age 72. [1] McLean Stevenson, American actor (MASH, Hello Larry), dies at age 66 (born 1929). [1] [28] Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at age 58. [1] Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at age 54. [1] February 16 Brownie McGhee, American blues guitarist, dies at age 81 (born 1915). [1] [28] Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at age 47. [1] Edmund G "Pat" Brown, Governor of California, dies at age 90 (born 1905). [1] [28] Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at age 84. [1] Roger Bowen, American actor (MASH, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at age 62 (born 1932). [1] [28] Susan Bosence, textile designer, dies at age 82. [1] Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer/guitarist, dies at age 80. [1] February 17 Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary, dies at age 84. [1] Henry Guinness, missionary, dies at age 87. [1] Jean Writer-Pierre Herve Bazin dies at age 84. [1] Michael Raptis, writer/revolutionary, dies at age 84. [1] [Elsie] Evelyn Laye, actress/singer (Sun Child), dies at age 95. [1] February 18 Brian Daley, writer, dies at age 48. [1] Jack Thieuloy, writer, dies at age 64. [1] Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at age 89. [1] Richard Leslie Hill, historian, dies at age 94. [1] February 19 Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at age 77. [1] Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland Athletics), dies at age 76. [1] Grant Sawyer, US politician, dies at age 76. [1] Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist, dies at age 83. [1] February 20 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot, dies at age 83. [1] Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer, dies at age 69. [1] Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer, dies at age 65 (born 1930). [1] [28] Walter Charles Marshall, scientist, dies at age 63. [1] February 21 Horace Leonard Gold, science fiction writer/editor, dies at age 81. [1] Jean Burroughs, educationalist, dies at age 67. [1] Morton Gould, American musician and composer, dies at age 82 (born 1913). [1] [28] Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer, dies at age 75. [1] February 22 Helmut Schoen, soccer coach, dies at age 80. [1] Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician, dies at age 79. [1] February 23 Freddie Stocks, cricket center on debut and wicket on first ball, Notts, dies. [1] George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at age 66. [1] Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at age 78. [1] February 24 Anna Larina, revolutionary, dies at age 82. [1] Gene Mitchell, museum director, dies on 70th birthday. [1] James Runcieman Sutherland, academic, dies at age 95. [1] Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at age 71. [1] February 25 Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian doctor/actor (Killing Fields), murdered at age 45 (born 1940). [1] [28] Marion Farouk, political scientist-Sluglett dies at age 59. [1] Vehbi Koc, industrialist/philanthropist, dies at age 94. [1] February 26 Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at age 76. [1] Death of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Polish composer (born 1919). [28] February 27 François Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at age 72. [1] George Ian Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at age 64. [1] Pat Smythe, show jumper, dies at age 67. [1] Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator, dies at age 60. [1] February 28 Daniel Chipenda, Angolan politician, dies at age 64. [1] February 29 Duncan Stuart Wilson, Fighter pilot-MacDonald dies at age 83. [1] Joe Minogue, journalist, dies at age 72. [1] John Grant, Rear Admiral, dies at age 87. [1] Wes Farrell, songwriter, dies at age 56. [1]