January 04 |
Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood
manufacturer, dies at 76 |
January 06 |
John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire,
dies at 80 |
January 08 |
Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a
Secret), dies at 75 |
January 09 |
Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld
quick got Don for a duck), dies |
January 10 |
Don Gillis, US composer (Symphony #5?),
dies at 65 |
January 10 |
John D Rockefeller III, US
billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 |
January 10 |
Pedro Joaqu?n Chamorro, of La Prensa,
assassinated in Managua |
January 10 |
Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew
Tobacco Rag), dies at 62 |
January 11 |
Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange,
Salt & Pepper), dies at 57 |
January 12 |
Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by
boyfriend Sid Vicious |
January 13 |
Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at
66 in Waverly, Minn |
January 13 |
Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY
Yankees), dies at 96 |
January 14 |
Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma-Addams
Family), dies at 81 |
January 14 |
Robert Heger, composer, dies at 91 |
January 15 |
Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega,
FSU, killed by Ted Bundy |
January 18 |
Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed
Show), dies at 67 |
January 18 |
Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies
at 68 |
January 19 |
Carl Betz, actor (Donna Reed Show), dies at
56 |
January 22 |
Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (54 Tests for
England 4555 runs), dies |
January 23 |
Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang
Buster), dies at 74 |
January 23 |
Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago),
accidently shot in head at 32 |
January 25 |
Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest
known thoroughbred horse |
January 26 |
Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover,
Henry V), dies at 72 |
January 27 |
Marguerite Canal, composer, dies at 87 |
January 27 |
Oscar Homolka, actor (7 Year Itch, Ball of
Fire), dies at 79 |
January 29 |
Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at
86 |
February 02 |
Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie
Show), dies at 65 |
February 04 |
Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000
Question), dies at 73 |
February 05 |
Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch
historian (Omzien), dies at 83 |
February 05 |
Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic
artist, dies at 68 |
February 09 |
Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake
City Fla at 12 |
February 11 |
James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard
University), dies at 84 |
February 15 |
Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party),
dies at 72 |
February 18 |
Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma,
Moon over Miami), dies at 84 |
February 18 |
Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance,
Projected Man), dies at 71 |
February 18 |
Maggie McNamara, actress (3 Coins in a
Fountain, Cardinal), dies at 49 |
February 20 |
Vitorino Nem?sio, Portuguese author (Presen?a),
dies at 76 |
February 22 |
Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party,
Trials of O'Brien), dies at 74 |
February 22 |
Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer
1961), dies at 72 |
February 25 |
Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air
Force general, dies at 58 |
February 27 |
Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies
at 65 |
February 28 |
Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo,
Deep Space), dies at 73 |
February 28 |
Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master
Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66 |
March 12 |
John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer
Hunter), dies at 41 |
March 12 |
Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies |
March 13 |
David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at
91 |
March 13 |
Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in
2 Tests for India), dies |
March 16 |
Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy,
assassinated by terrorists |
March 17 |
George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3
Tests for NZ), dies |
March 18 |
Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love),
dies at 84 |
March 18 |
Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live,
Mama), dies at 86 |
March 22 |
Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking
high-wire in PR at 73 |
March 24 |
Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author
(Ginger Star), dies at 62 |
March 25 |
Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at
85 |
March 27 |
Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay
Dog), dies at 73 |
March 29 |
Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade,
cricketer (8 Tests for India), dies |
March 30 |
George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for
England in WI 1935), dies |
March 30 |
Harold Gimblett, cricketer (Batted in 3
Tests for England), suicide |
March 31 |
Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl
for Calgary), dies at 68 |
April 04 |
Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70 |
April 06 |
Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil),
dies at 74 |
April 06 |
Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor (Unrest of
Grave), dies at 65 |
April 07 |
Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at 83 |
April 08 |
Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies
at 83 |
April 13 |
Paul McGrath, actor (Witness, No Time for
Love), dies at 74 |
April 16 |
Lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany
(airlift), dies at 80 |
April 19 |
Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher,
dies at 70 |
April 21 |
Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 |
April 22 |
Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons),
dies at 75 |
April 27 |
Mohammed Daud, premier/president of
Afghanistan, murdered |
May 01 |
Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The
Earth), dies at 74 |
May 03 |
Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF),
dies at 71 |
May 05 |
Alfred H H Gilligan, cricketer (4 Tests for
England), dies |
May 06 |
Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3
gold-1920), dies at 76 |
May 06 |
Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P),
dies at 61 |
May 11 |
John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch
journalist/poet, dies at 93 |
May 13 |
Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ,
7 wickets), dies |
May 17 |
John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of
house of commons, dies |
May 19 |
George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v
England 1930), dies |
May 21 |
Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch
cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77 |
May 22 |
Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 |
May 29 |
Bob Crane, actor (Donna Reed Show,
Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 49 |
June 05 |
John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at
71 |
June 14 |
Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74 |
June 15 |
Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman,
dies at 83 |
June 17 |
Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me
Charlie), dies at 68 |
June 20 |
Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies
at 66 |
June 25 |
Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of
North-Yemen, murdered |
June 26 |
Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed |
June 29 |
Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered
at 59 |
July 03 |
James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at
59 |
July 09 |
Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq,
murdered |
July 09 |
Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49 |
July 10 |
Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85 |
July 13 |
Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78 |
July 17 |
Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots,
Savages), dies at 51 |
July 27 |
Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72 |
July 27 |
[John] Willem van Otterloo,
conductor/composer (Symphonic), dies at 70 |
July 28 |
Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at
70 |
July 29 |
Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84 |
July 31 |
Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius,
Dark Places), dies at 80 |
July 31 |
Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show
with Bob Smith), dies at 70 |
August 02 |
Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer,
dies at 79 |
August 02 |
Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun
Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82 |
August 02 |
Totie Fields, [Sophie Feldman], comedienne,
dies at about 48 |
August 03 |
Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO
representative in Paris, murdered |
August 05 |
Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side),
dies at 79 |
August 06 |
Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at
76 |
August 06 |
Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope
(1963-78), dies at 80 |
August 07 |
Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60 |
August 09 |
James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor,
Pulitzer), dies at 74 |
August 09 |
Johan Daisne, [Thiery], Belgian writer (Lago
Maggiore), dies at 66 |
August 15 |
Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80 |
August 16 |
Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, gov-gen
of Neth Indies, dies at 90 |
August 20 |
Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51 |
August 20 |
Petros John Petridis, composer, dies at 86 |
August 21 |
Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies
at 71 |
August 21 |
Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for
India, 2,109 runs), dies |
August 22 |
Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara,
Pane e vino), dies at 78 |
August 22 |
Jomo Kenyatta, 1st premier of Kenya
(1963-78), dies at 83 |
August 24 |
Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66 |
August 26 |
Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues),
dies at 78 |
August 26 |
Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer, dies
at 86 |
August 27 |
Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies
of heart attack at 51 |
August 28 |
Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil
War), dies at 78 |
September -- |
Craig Slocum, actor (Jarry-Dark Shadows),
dies |
September 01 |
Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies at 33 |
September 06 |
Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59 |
September 07 |
Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of
drug OD at 31 |
September 08 |
Pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79 |
September 09 |
Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner
Bros), dies at 86) |
September 12 |
Frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West,
Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69 |
September 15 |
Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft
builder, dies at 80 |
September 19 |
Rolf G?nther, East German priest, self
imolation |
September 22 |
Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken
Jug), dies at 85 |
September 23 |
Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line,
Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79 |
September 23 |
Lyman Bostock, outfielder (Angels), shot &
killed at 27 |
September 24 |
Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld
Follies), dies at 80 |
September 25 |
Claire Adams, actress (Legally Dead, End of
the Road), dies at 80 |
September 28 |
John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], Pope (1978),
dies after 33 days as pope |
September 28 |
Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263rd
Catholic Pope, died |
September 29 |
John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65 |
September 30 |
Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie
McCarthy), dies at 75 |
October 08 |
Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49 |
October 08 |
Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on
the Prairie), dies at 70 |
October 08 |
Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer
(American Elegy), dies at 76 |
October 09 |
Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried
on Atuama, dies at 49 |
October 10 |
Gesina Van de Molen, Dutch lawyer, dies at
86 |
October 10 |
Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance
fighter/lawyer, dies at 86 |
October 10 |
Ralph H Metcalfe, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 68 |
October 11 |
Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six
Vicious in NYC |
October 16 |
Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor
& JJ), dies at 63 |
October 17 |
Jean Am?ry, [Johannes Mayer], Austr writer
(Mind's Limits), dies at 65 |
October 18 |
Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class
runs), dies |
October 18 |
Jacques Mornard, [Ram?n Mercader], murderer
of Trotsky, dies at 64 |
October 19 |
Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks &
then commits suicide at 64 |
October 21 |
Anastas I Mikojan, Russian politician, dies
at 83 |
October 23 |
Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny
Cash Show), dies at 69 |
October 26 |
George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain
through early 1930's), dies |
November 05 |
Denis O'Dea, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower),
dies at 73 |
November 06 |
Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date
With Judy), dies at 67 |
November 07 |
Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing
champ (1926-28), dies at 80 |
November 07 |
Janet Flanner, writer, dies at 86 |
November 08 |
Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening
Post covers), dies at 84 |
November 09 |
Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at
75 |
November 09 |
Otto Siegl, composer, dies at 82 |
November 10 |
Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell
Island), dies at 28 |
November 10 |
Theo Lingen, actor (Grosse Gluck), dies at
75 |
November 12 |
Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71 |
November 13 |
George Hearne, S Afr cricketer (open bat in
3 Tests 1922-24), dies |
November 15 |
Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts &
Female), dies in NY at 76 |
November 16 |
Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les
Miserables, Mado), dies at 75 |
November 16 |
Cornelis P "Cor" Bru?n, Dutch novelist (Sil),
dies at 95 |
November 17 |
Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct),
dies at 75 |
November 17 |
James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing
champ (1926-8), dies at 80 |
November 18 |
Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown
Cult, commits suicide |
November 18 |
Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in
Jonestown, Guyana by members of |
November 18 |
Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass
suicide of 914 member |
November 27 |
George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan
White |
November 27 |
Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by
Dan White |
November 27 |
Susan Damante Shaw, actress (Wilderness
Family), dies at 58 |
November 28 |
Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the
Baskervilles), dies at 69 |
November 29 |
Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74 |
December 03 |
William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83 |
December 04 |
Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists,
dies at 76 |
December 08 |
Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in
Jerusalem at 80 |
December 10 |
Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies
of heart failure at 54 |
December 10 |
Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai
line, dies at 75 |
December 12 |
Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou
Blues), dies at 53 |
December 12 |
Fay Compton, actress (Othello), dies at 74 |
December 15 |
Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus,
Rounders), dies at 75 |
December 16 |
Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio
hostess, dies at 76 |
December 27 |
Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director
(Daniel), dies at 62 |
December 27 |
Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies
at 27 in car crash |
December 27 |
Houari Boum?diene, Algerian Pres, dies
after 40 days in a coma at 53 |
December 28 |
Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich &
famous", dies at 82 |