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Results 1 - 28 of 28

1st - Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61
1st - Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)
2nd - Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies
5th - Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)
6th - Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
8th - Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63
8th - Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 70
8th - Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (b. 1910)
9th - Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies
9th - Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
9th - P K "Perker" Lee, cricketer (Australian bowler 1931-33, 2 Tests), dies
9th - Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix (b. 1906)
11th - Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
14th - Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider
18th - Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
20th - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91
20th - Joe Dassin, American singer (b. 1938)
21st - Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies
22nd - James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1899)
22nd - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (b. 1891)
23rd - Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77
24th - Yootha Joyce, British actress (b. 1927)
25th - Gower Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60
26th - Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
26th - Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
26th - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
27th - Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68
27th - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (b. 1947)