- January 22
- Death of Tommie Agee of cardiac arrest in Manhattan, New York, at age 58; Major League Baseball center fielder for the New York Mets, American League Rookie of the Year in 1966. [56]
- January 27
- Death of Marie-José of Belgium, last Queen of Italy (born 1906). [22]
- February 4
- Death of Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (born 1922). [22]
- February 6
- Death of Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (born 1953). [22]
- February 7
- Death of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (born 1906). [22]
- February 9
- Death of Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916). [22]
- February 10
- Death of Abraham Beame, mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977 (born 1906). [22]
- February 17
- Death of Khalid Abdul Muhammad, an ex-felon and a controversial figure in the Black Nationalist, Pan Africanist movement. [22]
- February 18
- NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed instantly in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 while his DEI cars driven by his son, Dale Earnhardt Junior, and Michael Waltrip, finish second and first, respectively. [22]
- Death of Balthus, French painter (born 1908). [22]
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- Death of Eddie Mathews, baseball player (born 1931). [22]
- February 20
- Death of Rosemary DeCamp at age 90 of pneumonia; actress (The Life of Riley, Petticoat Junction, Partridge Family, Days of Our Lives, Bob Cummings Show). [457]
- February 21
- Death of Ronnie Hilton at age 75; British singer ("No Other Love", "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam"). [457]
- March 4
- Death of Glenn Hughes at age 50 of lung cancer; singer (Village People - "YMCA"). [22] [457]
- March 7
- Death of Frankie Carle at age 97; bandleader/pianist ("Sunrise Serenade", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be"). [457]
- March 15
- Death of Ann Sothern AKA Harriette Lake at age 92 of heart failure; comedic actress (Private Secretary TV show, The Ann Sothern Show TV show, Here's Lucy TV show). [22] [457]
- March 18
- Death of John Phillips at age 65 of heart failure; singer (The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreamin'", "San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]"). [22] [457]
- March 22
- Death of William Hanna at age 90 of throat cancer; animation studio executive (Hanna-Barbera, The Flintstones TV show, Quick Draw McGraw TV show, Huckleberry Hound TV show, The Jetsons TV show, Magilla Gorilla TV show, Jonny Quest TV show, Scooby Doo: Where are You TV show). [22] [457]
- March 28
- Death of Moe Koffman at age 72 from cancer; saxophonist and flute player ("Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (1958)).. [457]
- March 31
- Death of Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915). [22]
- April 7
- Death of Beatrice Straight of pneumonia at age 86; actress (Network movie, Potergeist movie, Armstrong Circle Theatre TV show, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show, Kraft Television Theatre, Studio One, The United States Steel Hour, Playhouse 90, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, The Defenders, Mission: Impossible, St. Elsewhere, Wonder Woman). [22] [457]
- April 9
- Death of Willie Stargell, from kidney failure at age 61 (born 1940); American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates). [56] (April 10 [22])
- April 15
- Death of Joey Ramone AKA Jeffrey Hyman at age 49 of lymphoma; punk rocker (The Ramones - "Beat on the Brat" (1976), "Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue"). [22] [457]
- April 16
- Death of Michael Ritchie at age 62 of prostate cancer; director (Dr. Kildare TV show, Felony Squad, The Outsider, Beggars and Choosers). [457]
- April 18
- Death of Billy Mitchell at age 74; bebop tenor saxophonist (in bands of Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie). [457]
- April 20
- Italian conductor and composer Giuseppe Sinopoli collapses and dies of a heart attack at age 54 in Berlin, Germany while conducting Verdi's Aida. [22] [467]
- Death of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricket player (born 1923). [22]
- April 24
- Death of Al Hibbler at age 85; singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, solo - "Unchained Melody" (1955), "He", "After the Lights go Down Low"). [457]
- May 5
- Death of Clifton Hillegass, American author and creator of Cliff Notes (born 1918). [22]
- May 22
- Death of Whitman Mayo at age 70 after a heart attack; actor (Grady TV show, Sanford and Son, The Van Dyke Show, Hell Town, The Cape, The Best of Times). [457]
- May 31
- Death of Arlene Francis at age 93 of Alzheimer's and cancer in San Francisco, California, USA; actress and broadcaster (25 Broadway shows, host of NBC-TV's Home show, panelist on What's My Line 1950-75). [457]
- June 1
- Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal kills his father (King Birendra), his mother (Queen Aiswarya), and other members of the royal family with an assault rifle and then shoots himself, dying June 4. [22] [1113.49]
- June 4
- Death of King Dipendra of Nepal from a coma from a self-inflicted gunshot wound June 1. [22] [1113.49]
- June 7
- Death of Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (born 1907). [22]
- June 10
- Death of Princess Leila of Iran (born 1970). [22]
- June 11
- In Terre Haute, Indiana, Timothy McVeigh is executed for the Oklahoma City Bombing. [5] [22]
- June 13
- Death of Marcelo Fromer, guitarist of Brazilian band Titãs (born 1961). [22]
- June 17
- Death of Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919). [22]
- June 19
- Death of Steve Broadie, voice actor in video games Sonic Adventure, Sonic Shuffle and Sonic Adventure 2. [22]
- Death of John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (born 1916). [22]
- June 21
- Death of John Lee Hooker natural causes at 83; veteran bluesman ("I'm in the Mood", Grammy award 1990, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991). [22] [457]
- Death of Carroll O'Connor of a heart attack at age 76; actor (Archie Bunker - All in the Family TV show, In the Heat of the Night TV show). [22] [457]
- June 27
- Death of Jack Lemmon at age 76 of complications from bladder cancer; actor, director (Morrie - Tuesdays with Morrie). [5] [22] [457]
- June 30
- Death of Chet Atkins at age 77 of cancer in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country music guitarist (Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", Hank Williams' "Jambalaya", Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie"), producer and executive (R-C-A Records, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, Jim Reeves, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Eddy Arnold). [22] [457]
- July 1
- Death of Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922). [22]
- July 5
- Hannelore Kohl, the wife of the former chancellor, Helmut Kohl commits suicide. She suffered from a rare, incurable and increasingly painful allergy to light. She had not been able to leave a completely darkened room in their home for 15 months prior to her death. [22] [37]
- July 12
- Death of Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (born 1907). [22]
- July 20
- (to July 22) The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations are held against the meeting by anti-globalisation groups. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is shot dead by a carabiniere and several others are badly injured, during a police attack on a school used by the protesters as their headquarters. [22]
- July 22
- Death of Frances Rappaport Horwich (Miss Frances), children's show host (born 1907). [22]
- August 4
- Death of Lorenzo Music at age 64; actor (voice of Garfield the cat, voice of the unseen Carlton the Doorman - Rhoda TV show), writer/producer (The Bob Newhart Show). [457]
- August 20
- Death of Kim Stanley at age 76 of uterine cancer; actress (Ben Casey TV show (1963, Emmy Award), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof TV show (1985, Emmy Award)). [457]
- September 3
- Death of Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-born actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) (born 1973). [22]
- September 9
- A suicide bomber kills Ahmed Shah Massoud, military commander of the Afghan Northern Alliance. [22] [160.39]
- September 11
- Death of Barbara Olson, American television commentator (born 1955). [22]
- September 13
- Death of Dorothy McGuire at age 85 of heart disease; actress (Rich Man, Poor Man, Little Women, The Young and The Restless, St. Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, The Love Boat). [457]
- September 18
- Death of Ernie Coombs at age 73; actor (Mr. Dressup TV show (1967-1996)). [457]
- October 1
- Death of Elvira Clain-Stenanelli, Smithsonian Institution numismatic curator. [551.22]
- October 5
- Emilie Schindler, the widow of Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List) dies in Berlin, Germany. [37]
- October 7
- Death of Chris Adams, American judoka and professional wrestler (murdered) (born 1955). [22]
- Death of Polly Rowles at age 87; actress (The Defenders TV show, The Nurses TV show, Somerset TV show, US Steel Hour TV show, Alcoa Hour TV show, Philco TV Playhouse TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Studio One TV show). [457]
- October 11
- Death of Billy Maxted at age 84; pianist, songwriter, arranger (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller's Orchestra). [457]
- October 17
- Death of Jay Livingston at age 86; songwriter ("Mona Lisa", "Que Sera, Sera", "Buttons and Bows", "Silver Bells", "Bonanza" TV show theme, "Mr. Ed" TV show theme). [457]
- November 12
- Death of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American-born Hindu guru who spearheaded a global Hindu renaissance and founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery (born 1927). [22]
- November 18
- Death of Malcolm McFee, British actor (Please Sir! and The Fenn Street Gang) (born 1949). [22]
- November 21
- Death of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, King of Malaysia (born 1926). [22]
- November 24
- Former German Minister of Defense, Gerhard Stoltenberg (CDU) dies of cancer at his home in Bonn-Bad Godesberg. [37]
- November 25
- Death of Gohar Shahi, internationally renowned spiritual leader and founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfroshan-e-Islam (born 1941). [22]
- November 29
- Death of George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles, Travelling Wilburies), of cancer (born 1943). [22] [129] [457]
- December 3
- Death of Grady Martin at age 72; Nashville session guitarist (Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", Marty Robbins' "El Paso", Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter"). [457]
- December 8
- Death of Betty Holberton, American programmer (ENIAC) (born 1917). [22]
- December 14
- Death of John Guedel at age 88; radio and TV producer (Ozzie and Harriet radio show, You Bet Your Life, People Are Funny). [457]
- December 20
- Death of Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal (born 1906). [22]
- December 26
- Death of Nigel Hawthorne at age 72 of a heart attack; British actor (Yes Minister , Yes, Prime Minister). [5] [22] [457]
- December 31
- Death of Eileen Heckart at age 82 from cancer; actress (One Life to Live, Cybil, Annie McGuire, Out of the Blue, Suspense, The Fugitive). [22] [457]
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