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Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

2nd - Edith Bunker, character on "All in the Family", dies
2nd - Willie Sutton, US bank robber, dies at 79
3rd - Ludwig Hohl, writer, dies
4th - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1905)
6th - Mary Michael, actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77
7th - Steve McQueen, actor (Tom Horn, Bullitt), dies at 50
9th - Carmel Myers, actress (Carmel Myers Show), dies at 79
9th - Victor Sen Yung, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family), dies at 65
12th - Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85
12th - Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident, dies at 42
12th - Haya van Someren-Downer, Dutch MP, dies at 54
15th - Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75
16th - Imogen Hassall, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng), suicide at 37
18th - Conn Smythe, NHL coach 1927-1931 (b. 1895)
21st - Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
22nd - Herbert Wade, cricketer (South African batsman & captain 1935-36), dies
22nd - Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77
22nd - Mae West, actress (She Done Him Wrong), dies in Hollywood at 87
22nd - Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
Actress Mae West (22nd) 23rd - Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies
23rd - Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
24th - George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
24th - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
25th - George Raft, NYC, actor (Scarface), dies at 85
26th - Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53
27th - F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)
29th - Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and devout member of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 83