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Who Died in 1977?
| January 02 |
Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53 |
| January 03 |
Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing,
commits suicide |
| January 03 |
Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician, dies
at 75 |
| January 05 |
Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the
Life), dies at 74 |
| January 09 |
Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71 |
| January 09 |
Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood),
dies at 62 |
| January 12 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot, director (Diabolique,
Truth), dies at 69 |
| January 14 |
Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia
(1970-77), dies at 53 |
| January 14 |
Ana?s Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of
Venus), dies at 73 |
| January 14 |
Anthony Eden, British premier (1955-57), dies
at 79 |
| January 14 |
Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story,
Judith), dies at 60 |
| January 17 |
Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US
execution since 1967 |
| January 18 |
Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright
(Second Wind), dies at 80 |
| January 18 |
Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies
at 67 |
| January 18 |
Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage
to America), dies at 81 |
| January 19 |
Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co,
Dumplings), dies at 51 |
| January 21 |
John Vincent, composer, dies at 74 |
| January 21 |
Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer, dies at 76 |
| January 23 |
Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73 |
| January 25 |
Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats),
dies at 85 |
| January 26 |
Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery
Presents), dies at 61 |
| January 27 |
Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88 |
| January 28 |
Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy
Griffith Show), dies at 92 |
| January 29 |
E P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S
Af, lost eye), dies |
| January 29 |
Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the
Man), shoots himself at 22 |
| February 01 |
Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author
(Danger Planet), dies at 72 |
| February 03 |
Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno,
Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 |
| February 05 |
Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies
at 67 |
| February 07 |
Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer,
dies at 82 |
| February 09 |
Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le
mouton noir), dies at 92 |
| February 09 |
Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59 |
| February 09 |
Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin),
dies at 82 |
| February 10 |
Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70 |
| February 11 |
Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59),
dies at 74 |
| February 13 |
Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3
Russian Girls), dies at 77 |
| February 17 |
Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News),
dies at 76 |
| February 18 |
Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's
Gang), dies at 71 |
| February 18 |
Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Cura?ao),
dies at 87 |
| February 18 |
Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77 |
| February 22 |
Edith Barrett, actress (Molly & Me, Ghost
Ship), dies at 64 |
| February 22 |
Jack O'Connor, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for
England 1929-30), dies |
| February 26 |
Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43 |
| February 26 |
Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71 |
| February 27 |
Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot
Woman), dies at 47 |
| February 28 |
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack
Benny Show), dies at 71 |
| March -- |
Anthony Nicholls, actor (Tremayne-The
Champions), dies at 74 |
| March 03 |
Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon),
dies at 93 |
| March 05 |
Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 |
| March 05 |
Moses Pergament, composer, dies at 83 |
| March 08 |
Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys
Town), dies at 86 |
| March 10 |
E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS),
dies at 70 |
| March 10 |
Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian,
dies at 74 |
| March 10 |
Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch premier (1945-46),
dies at 82 |
| March 13 |
Fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies |
| March 13 |
Jan Patocka, Czech philosopher, dies in prison |
| March 15 |
Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered |
| March 18 |
Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville,
murdered |
| March 24 |
Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73 |
| March 27 |
Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is
Enough), dies at 41 |
| March 27 |
Eve Meyer, X actress (Immoral Mr Teas), dies in
a plane crash at 46 |
| March 27 |
Lodewijk de Vocht, composer, dies at 89 |
| March 30 |
Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at
88 |
| April -- |
Marion Gering, actress (Sarumba, Rumba, 24
Hours), dies at 75 |
| April 03 |
Jack Ryder, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 1394
runs), dies |
| April 04 |
Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82 |
| April 05 |
John Marriott, dies at 83 |
| April 07 |
Siegfried Buback, German FR procureur-genl,
murdered attorney-general |
| April 08 |
Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71 |
| April 11 |
Jacques Pr?vert, French poet (La puil et le
beau), dies at 77 |
| April 12 |
Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago
Cubs), dies at 82 |
| April 14 |
Riekus Waskowsky, Dutch poet, dies at 44 |
| April 17 |
Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family),
dies at 86 |
| April 20 |
Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80 |
| April 20 |
Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia,
3-66 & 3-8), dies |
| April 21 |
Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers),
dies at 84 |
| April 22 |
Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of
Shows), dies at 71 |
| April 27 |
Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field,
Thunder Alley), dies at 61 |
| April 28 |
Ricardo Cortez, actor/director (Bad Company,
Flesh), dies at 87 |
| April 30 |
Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73 |
| May 05 |
Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic
Affairs (CDU), dies at 80 |
| May 07 |
Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 |
| May 09 |
James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to
Eternity), dies at 55 |
| May 09 |
Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71 |
| May 10 |
Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies
at 69 |
| May 22 |
Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam
(1957-67), dies at 73 |
| May 22 |
Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies
at 80 |
| May 26 |
Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's
Family), dies at 63 |
| May 26 |
William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer
at 35 |
| May 28 |
Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63 |
| May 29 |
Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66 |
| May 30 |
Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86 |
| May 30 |
Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52 |
| June 02 |
Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve,
Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 |
| June 02 |
Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies
at 91 |
| June 02 |
Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur,
Lisa), dies at 48 |
| June 03 |
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (Roma citt?
aperta), dies at 71 |
| June 05 |
"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at
74 |
| June 06 |
Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies
at 69 |
| June 09 |
Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin
for NZ, 12 wkts), dies |
| June 09 |
Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant], Dutch
poet, dies at 51 |
| June 13 |
Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice
(1949-67), dies in NY at 77 |
| June 14 |
Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred
Flintstone), dies at 69 |
| June 14 |
Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies
at 66 |
| June 16 |
Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2),
dies at 65 of smoking |
| June 20 |
Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at
68 |
| June 25 |
Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65 |
| June 25 |
Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80 |
| June 26 |
Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod
Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 |
| June 26 |
Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at
75 |
| June 29 |
Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus),
dies at 70 |
| July 02 |
Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita),
dies at 78 |
| July 03 |
Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63 |
| July 03 |
Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered |
| July 06 |
Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69 |
| July 09 |
Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer
(Animal Secrets), dies at 69 |
| July 10 |
Norman Paris, orch leader (For Your Pleasure),
dies at 41 |
| July 12 |
Ed Holmes, actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a
Tune), dies at 66 |
| July 12 |
Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 75 |
| July 15 |
Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies |
| July 19 |
John R Powers, US director model bureau, dies
at 80 |
| July 20 |
Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great
Dictator), dies at 90 |
| July 20 |
F G J?nger, writer, dies |
| July 23 |
Ren? de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent
Mijn Leven), dies at 79 |
| July 26 |
Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95 |
| July 26 |
Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75 |
| July 26 |
Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of
respratory failure at 6 |
| July 29 |
Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ
1937), dies |
| July 30 |
Johanna Andersen-Nex?, wife of Danish poet
Martin A-N, dies at 74 |
| July 30 |
J?rgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered |
| July 31 |
Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam,
at 20 |
| August 01 |
Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47 |
| August 03 |
Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of
Sawdust), dies at 83 |
| August 03 |
Makarios III, [Michail Mouskos],
archbishop/pres (Cyprus), dies at 63 |
| August 04 |
Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope,
Traces), dies at 92 |
| August 05 |
Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved
Country), dies at 87 |
| August 09 |
Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt),
dies at 75 |
| August 10 |
Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human
Jungle), dies at 75 |
| August 13 |
Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the
Otter), dies |
| August 16 |
Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart
ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42 |
| August 18 |
Tibor D?ry, writer, dies at 82 |
| August 19 |
Groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies
in LA at 86 |
| August 21 |
Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal
in Paris), dies at 87 |
| August 22 |
Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family
Affair), dies at 59 |
| August 23 |
Sebastian Cabot, actor (Giles French-Family
Affair), dies at 59 |
| August 26 |
HA Rey, author of popular constellation book,
dies at 78 |
| August 26 |
Heinz Rottger, composer, dies at 67 |
| August 26 |
Willis Bouchey, actor (Battle Cry, From Here to
Eternity), dies at 34 |
| August 27 |
George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury
Tale), dies at 86 |
| August 27 |
Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies
at 59 |
| August 29 |
Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog,
Arena), dies at 54 |
| September 01 |
Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy
Weather), dies at 76 |
| September 06 |
Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85 |
| September 06 |
Paul Burkhard, composer, dies at 65 |
| September 07 |
Gustave Reese, composer, dies at 77 |
| September 08 |
Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on
the Roof), dies at 62 |
| September 09 |
John Breeden, actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute),
dies at 73 |
| September 10 |
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to,
die by guillotine |
| September 11 |
Don Blackman, actor (Old Man & Sea, Desert
Legion), dies at 65 |
| September 11 |
Leonard Carey, actor (Laughter), dies at 90 |
| September 12 |
Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the
Ocean), dies at 60) |
| September 12 |
Steven Biko, S African black student leader,
dies in police custody |
| September 13 |
Arthur Fagg, cricketer (5 Tests for England
1936-39/umpire), dies |
| September 13 |
Leopold Stokowski, symphonic conductors, dies
in England, at 95 |
| September 16 |
Marc Bolan, rock vocalist/guitarist (T Rex),
dies in a car crash at 29 |
| September 16 |
Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies
in Paris at 53 |
| September 25 |
Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch
businessman/politician, dies at 78 |
| September 29 |
Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian
composer, dies at 78 |
| October 11 |
Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the
Money), dies at 66 |
| October 12 |
Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News,
Westerner), dies at 81 |
| October 14 |
Bing Crosby, singer/actor (Going My Way), dies
of a heart attack at 74 |
| October 15 |
Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island),
dies at 77 |
| October 16 |
Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81 |
| October 17 |
Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball
player/umpire, dies at 77 |
| October 18 |
Rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on
1939 England tour), dies |
| October 20 |
Cassie Gaines, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in
a plane crash at 28 |
| October 21 |
Ferit Tuzun, composer, dies at 48 |
| October 21 |
Ronnie Van Zant, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band),
killed in plane crash |
| October 21 |
Stevie Gaines, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band),
killed in plane crash |
| October 27 |
James M Cain, US writer (Postman Always Rings
Twice), dies at 85 |
| October 30 |
Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies
in a plane crash at 29 |
| October 30 |
Steve Gaines, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd),
dies in air crash |
| October 31 |
Joan Tetzel, actress (Hell Below Zero), dies at
56 |
| November 02 |
H E Nossak, writer, dies at 76 |
| November 03 |
Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man), dies
at 82 |
| November 05 |
Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies
at 72 |
| November 05 |
Guy Lombardo, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne),
dies in Houston at 75 |
| November 05 |
Ren? Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at
51 |
| November 09 |
Gertrude Astor, actress (Ship of Wanted Men),
dies on 90th birthday |
| November 14 |
Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in
Wonderland), dies at 73 |
| November 18 |
Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio),
dies at 89 |
| November 20 |
Maxie Wander, writer, dies |
| November 22 |
Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler
(1938-39), dies |
| November 24 |
Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes,
Hunted), dies at 65 |
| November 25 |
Richard Carlson, actor (Col
MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65 |
| November 27 |
John L McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81 |
| November 28 |
Trevor Bardette, actor (Clanton-Legend of Wyatt
Earp), dies at 75 |
| November 29 |
George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the
Curtain), dies at 78 |
| December 01 |
Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country,
dies at 69 |
| December 04 |
Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman,
Freaks), dies at 72 |
| December 07 |
Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8
Tests), dies |
| December 09 |
Clarice Lispector, writer, dies |
| December 12 |
Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier),
British barones, dies at 92 |
| December 18 |
Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 |
| December 18 |
Louis Untermeyer, poet/critic/TV panelist
(What's My Line), dies at 92 |
| December 19 |
Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at
101 |
| December 22 |
Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 |
| December 24 |
Harri?t Freezer, Dutch journalist/author, dies
at 66 |
| December 25 |
Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in
Switzerland at 88 |
| December 26 |
Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!),
dies at 81 |
| December 26 |
Ivan Rezak, composer, dies at 53 |
| December 31 |
Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at
62 |
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