| January 01 |
Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret
Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91 |
| January 01 |
Kenneth Patchen, US poet/writer (Cloth of
Tempest), dies at 60 |
| January 01 |
Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can,
Gigi), dies at 83 |
| January 03 |
Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance
fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82 |
| January 04 |
Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57 |
| January 07 |
Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for
6th wkt for Jamaica), dies |
| January 07 |
John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew),
dies |
| January 08 |
Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the
Morning), dies at 60 |
| January 09 |
Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80 |
| January 10 |
Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC
Comedy Hour), dies at 81 |
| January 10 |
Georg Rendl, Austriam miner/beekeeper
(Satan on Earth), dies at 68 |
| January 10 |
Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82 |
| January 12 |
Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder
(Irish Review), dies at 90 |
| January 14 |
Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKW], king of
Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72 |
| January 16 |
David Seville, singer (Alvin & Chipmunks),
dies at 52 |
| January 17 |
Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy),
dies at 55 |
| January 18 |
Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 |
| January 24 |
Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie),
dies at 74 |
| January 27 |
Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the
Whole World), dies at 60 |
| January 27 |
Richard Courant, German/US mathematician,
dies at 84 |
| January 28 |
Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor,
dies at 66 |
| January 30 |
Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81 |
| January 31 |
Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of
Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 |
| January 31 |
Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of
Firestone), dies at 79 |
| January 31 |
Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67 |
| February 02 |
Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by
Northwest), dies at 67 |
| February 03 |
John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor,
My Buddy), dies at 79 |
| February 05 |
Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951),
dies at 84 |
| February 06 |
Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South
American), dies at 70 |
| February 11 |
Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium,
Amsterdam), dies at 80 |
| February 14 |
Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre,
composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65 |
| February 15 |
Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle
for Asia), dies at 66 |
| February 15 |
Jef [Josephus CF] Last, Dutch
poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73 |
| February 17 |
Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer, dies
at 67 |
| February 17 |
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen
Center), ? ashes buried |
| February 20 |
Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69 |
| February 20 |
Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love
& Hisses), dies at 74 |
| February 22 |
Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat
Annie), dies at 65 |
| February 23 |
Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 |
| February 26 |
Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus),
dies at 50 |
| February 28 |
Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies |
| March 01 |
Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63 |
| March 02 |
Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at
56 |
| March 05 |
Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 |
| March 11 |
Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author
(Martians Go Home), dies at 65 |
| March 16 |
Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd
baseman (Pirates), dies at 72 |
| March 17 |
Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for
WI, 34 wickets), dies |
| March 20 |
Aad de Haas, Dutch religious
painter/graphic artist, dies at 51 |
| March 20 |
Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the
Front), dies at 71 |
| March 20 |
Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop),
dies at 50 |
| March 27 |
Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie),
dies at 73 |
| March 29 |
J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank,
industrialist/film magnate |
| March 30 |
Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81 |
| March 30 |
Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies
at 55 |
| April 02 |
Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of
heart attack at 57 |
| April 03 |
Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe,
composer, dies at 80 |
| April 03 |
Ferde Grof?, US composer (Grand Canyon
Suite), dies at 80 |
| April 04 |
Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at
63 |
| April 04 |
John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor
in chief (illegal), dies |
| April 04 |
Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus &
Elidco), dies at 69 |
| April 05 |
Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous
Assignment), dies at 73 |
| April 05 |
Isabel Jewell, dies at 62 |
| April 06 |
Heinrich L?bke, West Germany president
(1959-69), dies at 77 |
| April 07 |
"Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his
43rd birthday party |
| April 07 |
Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president,
murdered |
| April 07 |
Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King
Kong) dies at 65 |
| April 12 |
C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer
(1st American), dies at 57 |
| April 12 |
Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89 |
| April 15 |
Otto Brenner, German trade union leader,
dies at 64 |
| April 16 |
Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel
1968), dies at 72 |
| April 19 |
Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist,
dies at 82 |
| April 25 |
George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman,
Ivanhoe), dies at 65 |
| April 26 |
Margaret A R Bonds, US
pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59 |
| April 27 |
Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at
62 |
| April 27 |
Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in
head at 24 while gambling |
| April 29 |
Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in
an abortive coup |
| April 30 |
Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim
at the Stars), dies at 38 |
| April 30 |
Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered |
| May 01 |
Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo),
dies at 82 |
| May 02 |
Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 |
| May 02 |
J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross
dresser, dies at 77 |
| May 03 |
Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever),
dies at 68 |
| May 03 |
Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at
43 |
| May 03 |
Les Harvey, rocker, dies |
| May 05 |
Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76 |
| May 13 |
Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at
41 |
| May 15 |
Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress
File), dies at 47 |
| May 16 |
Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79 |
| May 18 |
Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 |
| May 20 |
Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch
biologist/zoologist, dies at 78 |
| May 20 |
Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator
(Untouchables), dies at 75 |
| May 22 |
Margaret Rutherford, English actress
(Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 |
| May 24 |
Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street),
dies at 88 |
| May 24 |
Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton
Show), dies at 64 |
| May 28 |
Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor
(India 1936), dies at 77 |
| May 30 |
Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at
104 |
| June 02 |
Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 |
| June 04 |
Godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79 |
| June 08 |
Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 |
| June 12 |
Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland
station), dies at 79 |
| June 12 |
Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L
Lewis), dies at 63 |
| June 13 |
Clyde L Mcphatter, US singer
(Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39 |
| June 20 |
Horst Salomon, writer, dies |
| June 20 |
Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel
founder, dies at 75 |
| June 21 |
Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90 |
| June 23 |
Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night
Jamboree), dies at 54 |
| June 26 |
David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US
choreographer, dies at 61 |
| July 02 |
Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch,
dies at 95 |
| July 03 |
Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist,
dies at 68 |
| July 06 |
Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30
in a car crash |
| July 06 |
Sam de Grasse, dies at 97 |
| July 06 |
Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler
(England 1933), dies |
| July 07 |
Athenagoras, 268th patriarch of
Constantinople, dies |
| July 09 |
Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana |
| July 16 |
Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65 |
| July 16 |
Max Zehnder, composer, dies at 70 |
| July 21 |
Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies |
| July 22 |
Hugo Kauder, composer, dies at 84 |
| July 22 |
Pavel Borkovek, composer, dies at 78 |
| July 24 |
Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash),
killed at 23 in bar brawl |
| July 28 |
Heal Traubel, US singer (Sieglinde in
Walk?re, Nightclubs), dies |
| July 31 |
Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen
(NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73 |
| August 02 |
Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association),
dies of overdose at 29 |
| August 02 |
Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies
at 60 |
| August 02 |
Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95 |
| August 05 |
Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr
Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 |
| August 07 |
Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show),
dies at 44 of cancer |
| August 09 |
Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen
Magazine), dies at 53 |
| August 09 |
Richard Elsasser, composer, dies at 45 |
| August 11 |
Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel
1951), dies at 73 |
| August 13 |
George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees),
dies at 78 |
| August 14 |
Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of
Nobody), dies at 86 |
| August 14 |
Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris,
Dance of Life), dies at 65 |
| August 14 |
Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des
Brumes), dies at 66 |
| August 15 |
Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 |
| August 16 |
John Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39 |
| August 17 |
Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone
slaapster), dies at 76 |
| August 17 |
Wampilow, writer, dies |
| August 23 |
Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68 |
| August 24 |
Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz
saxophonist, dies at 59 |
| August 25 |
Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71 |
| August 25 |
Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80 |
| August 26 |
Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies
at 63 |
| August 28 |
William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George
V, dies in accident at 29 |
| August 29 |
Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club
performer/singer, dies |
| August 29 |
Rene Leibowitz, composer, dies at 59 |
| September 01 |
May Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84 |
| September 04 |
Alan Kippax, cricketer (1st-class batting
average 67), dies |
| September 05 |
Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered |
| September 05 |
Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling
coach, murdered |
| September 07 |
Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian, dies at
81 |
| September 10 |
Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading
S Afr prior to WWI), dies |
| September 12 |
William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy),
dies at 77 |
| September 14 |
Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70 |
| September 15 |
Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer, dies at 66 |
| September 17 |
Akim Tamiroff, actor (Hotel Paradisio, Lord
Jim), dies at 72 |
| September 19 |
Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer
(Prix Di?mer), dies at 73 |
| September 21 |
Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port
Royal), dies at 76 |
| September 22 |
Robert KJE Antonissen, South African
literary, dies at 53 |
| September 23 |
Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies
at 63 |
| September 26 |
Charles J Correll, actor/voice (Calvin &
the Colonel), dies at 82 |
| September 27 |
Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm &
Hurricane), commits suicide |
| September 28 |
Maurice Thiriet, composer, dies at 66 |
| October 01 |
Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87 |
| October 01 |
Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies
at 68 |
| October 04 |
Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at
61 |
| October 04 |
Louis S B Leakey,
archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 68 |
| October 09 |
Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies
at 72 |
| October 09 |
Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary
Coast), dies at 69 |
| October 14 |
Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68 |
| October 16 |
Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From
Uncle), dies at 80 |
| October 18 |
Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman
in one Test 1935), dies |
| October 20 |
Harlow Shapley, astronomer (Sun's position
in galaxy), dies at 86 |
| October 22 |
Kurt Edzard, German sculptor
(nudist/portraits), dies |
| October 24 |
Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player
(Bkln Dodgers), dies at 53 |
| October 25 |
Norman Norell [Levinson], US fashion
designer, dies at 72 |
| October 26 |
Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter
builder, dies at 83 |
| October 27 |
Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl),
dies a day before turning 65 |
| October 30 |
Alan Roth, orch leader (Milton Berle Show),
dies at 68 |
| November 01 |
Ezra Loomis Pound, US poet (Throne), dies
at 87 |
| November 05 |
Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love
on the Run), dies at 85 |
| November 06 |
Billy Murcia, rocker (New York Dolls),
chokes to death at 21 |
| November 06 |
Tod Andrews, actor (Gray Ghost,
Counterthrust), dies at 52 |
| November 07 |
Tod Andrews, actor (From Hell it Came,
Outrage), dies at 51 |
| November 10 |
Charlie Hallows, cricketer (1000 runs-May
1928, 2 Tests for Eng), dies |
| November 11 |
Berry Oakley, US rock bassist (Allman Bro),
dies in car crash at 24 |
| November 12 |
Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian
suite), dies at 92 |
| November 14 |
Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House
Un-American, dies |
| November 16 |
Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer,
dies at 87 |
| November 18 |
Danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug
overdose |
| November 18 |
Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer, dies
at 90 |
| November 21 |
Karel H?ba, Czech violinist/composer, dies
at 74 |
| November 23 |
Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma),
dies at 56 |
| November 24 |
Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear
Tree), dies at 52 |
| November 25 |
Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin
Philharmonic), dies at 79 |
| November 27 |
Mahalia Jackson, vocalist (Got Whole World
in His Hands), dies at 61 |
| November 28 |
Gustave Frederic Soderlund, composer, dies
at 91 |
| November 28 |
Havergal Brian, composer, dies at 96 |
| November 30 |
Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana,
Requiem), dies at 71 |
| November 30 |
Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister
of Defense (1957-59), dies |
| November 30 |
Valentin Ruiz Azner, composer, dies at 70 |
| December 01 |
Antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57,
59-60, 62-64), dies at 81 |
| December 02 |
Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German
Luftwaffe general, dies |
| December 02 |
Jos? Lim?n, Mexican/US dancer (moor's
pavane), dies at 64 |
| December 06 |
Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss
Family Robinson), dies at 38 |
| December 07 |
Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour),
dies at 91 |
| December 08 |
George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in
airplane crash |
| December 10 |
Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady
Peace), dies at 78 |
| December 11 |
John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in
early 1930's, 241 runs), dies |
| December 11 |
Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Zolushka),
dies at 66 |
| December 15 |
Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting
at Midnight), dies at 90 |
| December 15 |
Herbert Eimert, German composer
(Glockenspiel), dies at 75 |
| December 17 |
Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 |
| December 20 |
G?nter Eich, German literary (Botschaften
des Regens), dies at 65 |
| December 21 |
Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln
University (Pa), dies at 70 |
| December 23 |
Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder,
dies at 84 |
| December 23 |
Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano], body
builder, dies at 79 |
| December 24 |
Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 |
| December 24 |
Ernst Kreuder, writer, dies at 69 |
| December 26 |
Harry Truman, 33rd US Pres (1945-53), dies
in KC Mo at 88 |
| December 27 |
Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM
(Nobel 1957), dies at 75 |
| December 29 |
Fritz Behrend, composer, dies at 83 |
| December 31 |
Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate),
dies in a plane crash at 38 |