January 02 |
Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 |
January 05 |
Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine
Workers pres, murdered |
January 05 |
Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel
1954), dies at 87 |
January 05 |
Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at 73 |
January 07 |
Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go
West), dies at 81 |
January 08 |
Jani Christou, composer, dies on 44th birthday |
January 10 |
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod
II), dies at 44 |
January 12 |
Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 |
January 14 |
John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY
Yankees), dies at 61 |
January 16 |
Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak
merpati), dies at 61 |
January 17 |
Billy Stewart, singer (I Do Love You), dies in
auto-accident at 32 |
January 18 |
David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96 |
January 19 |
Albert M?hll, German writer, dies at 76 |
January 19 |
Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee
Pasha), dies at 49 |
January 24 |
James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep & Limelites),
beaten to death |
January 25 |
Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in
NY, dies at 70 |
January 25 |
Marie Benavente, actress (Paradise), dies at 84 |
January 27 |
Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at
72 |
January 27 |
Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch & 11 stumpings,
14 Tests for Ind), dies |
January 28 |
Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26,
cricketer (592 runs), dies |
January 29 |
Basil H Liddell Hart, English military
historian, dies at 74 |
January 30 |
Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama),
dies at 82 |
January 31 |
Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28 |
February 01 |
Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69 |
February 02 |
Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies
in Merioneth at 97 |
February 02 |
Jaroslav Vogel, composer, dies at 76 |
February 06 |
Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey),
dies at 78 |
February 11 |
Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87 |
February 12 |
Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 |
February 13 |
Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for
Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies |
February 17 |
Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Nobel
1966), dies at 81 |
February 17 |
Alfred Newman, US composer, dies at 69 |
February 17 |
Schmuel J Agnon, novelist (Nobel 1966), dies |
February 18 |
Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature
historian, dies at 94 |
February 19 |
Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89 |
February 20 |
Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86 |
February 24 |
Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at
73 |
February 25 |
Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on
Blue), dies at 66 |
February 26 |
Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83 |
February 27 |
Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies |
March 01 |
Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren),
dies at 59 |
March 06 |
William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason),
dies at 55 |
March 11 |
Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason),
dies at 80 |
March 13 |
Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45 |
March 15 |
Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68 |
March 15 |
Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer
(Isslottet), dies at 72 |
March 16 |
Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies
at 61 |
March 16 |
Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies
of brain tumor at 24 |
March 17 |
Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud
et Frois), dies at 83 |
March 21 |
Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49 |
March 31 |
Semjon Timoshenko, Russ
marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75 |
April 04 |
Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat
Junction), dies at 70 |
April 05 |
Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies
at 78 |
April 07 |
Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st pres
Samora Machel, dies |
April 08 |
Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies |
April 10 |
Charles Paton, dies at 96 |
April 11 |
Cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66 |
April 11 |
John H O'Hara, US journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to
Live), dies at 65 |
April 16 |
P?ter Veres, Hungarian minister of
defense/writer, dies at 73 |
April 16 |
Richard J Neutra, Aust/US architect (Who Bought
America?), dies at 78 |
April 17 |
Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of
Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92 |
April 23 |
Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner
Show), dies at 51 |
April 25 |
Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony
Adverse), dies at about 55 |
April 26 |
Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S
Hampton), dies at 56 |
April 26 |
John Knittel, writer, dies at 79 |
April 26 |
Paul Celan, writer, dies at 49 [or May 5] |
April 27 |
Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at
73 |
April 28 |
Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry),
dies at 69 |
April 30 |
Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82 |
April 30 |
Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's
Daughter), commits suicide at 35 |
April 30 |
Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom,
Ondergang), dies at 71 |
May 03 |
Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82 |
May 04 |
4 students, at Kent State University killed by
Ohio National Guard |
May 07 |
Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 |
May 09 |
Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84 |
May 09 |
Walter P Reuther, US worker's union
leader/president (CIO), dies |
May 12 |
Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet
(Nobel 1966), dies at 78 |
May 12 |
Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II),
dies at 78 |
May 14 |
Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz),
dies at 84 |
May 17 |
Nigel M Balchin, English author (My
Executioner), dies at 61 |
May 21 |
Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream
of Jeannie), dies at 63 |
May 22 |
Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man),
dies at 76 |
May 23 |
Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr
Bobbins), dies at 68 |
May 27 |
Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 |
May 29 |
John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High
Road), dies at 68 |
June 01 |
G Ungaretti, writer, dies at 82 |
June 03 |
Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries
boer/writer, dies at 70 |
June 03 |
H G Hjalmar Schacht, pres Germany Kingdom
bank/minister of Eco, dies |
June 04 |
Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi
minister, dies |
June 04 |
Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies |
June 04 |
Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the
Magnificent), dies at 78 |
June 04 |
Sonny Tufts, actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year
Itch), dies at 58 |
June 05 |
"Jopie" Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname
(1963-69), dies at 54 |
June 05 |
Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies
at 69 |
June 07 |
Edward M Forster, Brit writer (Maurice, passage
to India), dies at 91 |
June 11 |
Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917),
dies at 89 |
June 11 |
Camille Bombois, French circus
wrestler/painter, dies at 87 |
June 11 |
Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading
through phonetics, dies |
June 11 |
Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral),
dies at 55 |
June 16 |
Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 |
June 16 |
Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83 |
June 17 |
Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ
1930), dies |
June 21 |
Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia
(1945-67), dies at 68 |
June 29 |
Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia
philosophica), dies at 77 |
June 29 |
Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia),
dies at 64 |
July 02 |
Jessie Street, Australian civil rights
activist, dies |
July 04 |
Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930,
34, 37), dies at 85 |
July 06 |
Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80 |
July 07 |
Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher
(Penguin Books), dies at 67 |
July 07 |
Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies |
July 07 |
Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch
Song), dies at 80 |
July 07 |
Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford
Festival), dies at 60 |
July 14 |
Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront,
Gunslinger), dies at 69 |
July 17 |
Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two
Loves), dies at 74 |
July 18 |
Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere
of Sun), dies at 86 |
July 19 |
Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at
61 |
July 26 |
Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet),
dies at 81 |
July 27 |
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of
Portugal (1932-68), dies |
July 28 |
John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY
Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70 |
July 29 |
John G B Barbirolli, English
conductor/composer, dies at 70 |
July 29 |
Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69 |
July 30 |
George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland
Orch), dies at 73 |
August 01 |
Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come &
Get It), dies at 55 |
August 06 |
Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante &
Arioso), dies at 58 |
August 07 |
... Haley, US judge, shot dead |
August 07 |
James McClain, US black activist, shot dead |
August 07 |
Jonathan P Jackson, US black activist, shot
dead |
August 07 |
William Christmas, US black activist, shot dead |
August 10 |
Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer
(Requiem), commits suicide at 52 |
August 13 |
Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies
at 75 |
August 14 |
Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62 |
August 15 |
Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66 |
August 20 |
Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86 |
August 21 |
Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79 |
August 22 |
Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 |
August 23 |
Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55 |
August 29 |
Mary Clare, dies at 76 |
August 30 |
Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41 |
August 30 |
Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor
Father), dies at 53 |
September 01 |
Fran?ois Mauriac, writer, dies |
September 02 |
Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show),
dies at 64 |
September 02 |
Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer
(Hollow Men), dies at 63 |
September 03 |
Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist
(Canned Heat), dies at 27 |
September 03 |
Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at
28 |
September 03 |
Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies
in Washington DC at 57 |
September 04 |
James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39 |
September 06 |
Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against
W Indies 1948), dies |
September 11 |
Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown),
dies at 69 |
September 14 |
Rudolph Carnap, German
philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79 |
September 18 |
Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Hayes),
dies of an overdose at 27 |
September 19 |
Greville Stevens, cricketer (10 Tests for
England 1922-29), dies |
September 21 |
Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax
office), dies |
September 25 |
Efim Golishev, composer, dies at 73 |
September 25 |
Erich M Remarque, German writer (Im West Nichts
Neues), dies at 72 |
September 28 |
Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70),
dies of heart attack at 52 |
September 28 |
John Roderigo Dos Passos, US writer (Manhattan
Transfer), dies at 74 |
September 29 |
Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle
Show), dies at 84 |
September 30 |
Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany
Bay), dies at 69 |
October 01 |
Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 |
October 01 |
Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87 |
October 02 |
Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 |
October 02 |
Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer, dies at 37 |
October 04 |
George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71 |
October 04 |
Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies of
a drug overdose at 27 |
October 06 |
Julian Przybos, Polish poet (P?ki my Zyjemy),
dies at 69 |
October 08 |
Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit),
dies at 75 |
October 08 |
Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French
sociologist/philosopher, dies |
October 09 |
Jean Giono, writer, dies |
October 10 |
Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime
(1956-68), dies at 60 |
October 10 |
Edouard Daladier, premier of France (1933..40),
dies at 86 |
October 11 |
Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 |
October 13 |
Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 |
October 19 |
Unica Z?rn, writer, dies at 54 |
October 20 |
Patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia),
dies at 44 |
October 21 |
John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey
trial" 1925), dies at 70 |
October 22 |
Ren? Schneider, Chilean general/supreme
commander, murdered |
October 24 |
Richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54 |
October 28 |
Baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey &
Babysitters), dies |
October 28 |
Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer, dies
at 99 |
October 31 |
P?l Szab?, Hungarians farmer/writer (Isten
Malmai), dies |
November 02 |
Johannes Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Goethe in
B?hmen), dies at 74 |
November 02 |
Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at
75 |
November 03 |
Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of
Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57 |
November 09 |
William L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84 |
November 10 |
Charles DeGaulle, general/president France
(Free French), dies at 79 |
November 17 |
Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at
69 |
November 18 |
Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56 |
November 23 |
Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore
1965-70, dies at about 60 |
November 24 |
Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76 |
November 25 |
Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri),
dies at 45 |
November 26 |
B O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in
Chicago |
November 28 |
Fritz v Unruh, writer, dies at 85 |
November 28 |
Jan Drda, Czech author (Nema Barikada), dies at
55 |
November 29 |
Robert Ruthenfranz, composer, dies at 65 |
December 01 |
Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler
Test v India 1946), dies |
December 02 |
Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabareti?re, dies at
about 72 |
December 06 |
Thomas S Power, USAF-gen (Raid on Tokyo-March
1945), dies at 65 |
December 07 |
Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike,
Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 |
December 08 |
Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at
77 |
December 09 |
Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG),
dies at 65 |
December 12 |
Louis Zimmer, Flem clock maker (Jubelklok,
Wonder Clock), dies at 82 |
December 23 |
Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles,
Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84 |
December 28 |
Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champ
(1962-64), dies |
December 28 |
L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 |
December 29 |
John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58 |
December 31 |
Cyril M Scott, English composer/author
(Alchemist), dies at 91 |