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Deaths 1 - 150 of 371

Jan 1st - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
Jan 1st - Bruce Norris, American hockey executive (Detroit Red Wings) (b. 1924)
Jan 2nd - Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
Jan 2nd - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (b. 1914)
Jan 3rd - Jens Bjerre, composer, dies at 82
Jan 4th - Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions & Shadows), dies at 81
Jan 4th - Phil Lynott, rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34
Jan 6th - Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90
Jan 7th - Juan Rulfo, writer, dies
Jan 7th - M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79
Jan 7th - Philip D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1909)
Jan 8th - Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
Jan 8th - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)
Jan 10th - Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
Jan 11th - Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
Jan 12th - Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumière du Soir), dies at 86
Jan 14th - Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
Jan 14th - Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53
Jan 14th - Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
Jan 15th - James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83
Jan 16th - Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
Jan 18th - Claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies
Jan 23rd - Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64
Jan 24th - Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64
Jan 24th - L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 74
Jan 24th - Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954)
Jan 25th - Ernst Schnabel, writer, dies at 72
Jan 25th - Horace Smith, cricketer (1 Test NZ v Eng 1933, one wkt at 113), dies
Jan 27th - L Ron Hubbard, novelist/founder (Church of Scientology), dies at 74
Jan 27th - Lilli Palmer, German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at 71
Jan 28th - Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
Jan 28th - Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
Jan 28th - Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
Jan 28th - Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
Jan 28th - Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
Jan 28th - Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
Jan 28th - Greg Jarvis - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944)
Jan 29th - Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
Jan 30th - Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
Feb 1st - Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
Feb 1st - Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
Feb 1st - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
Feb 6th - William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies
Feb 6th - Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (b. 1899)
Feb 6th - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. 1912)
Feb 7th - Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81
Feb 7th - Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923)
Feb 10th - Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83
Feb 11th - Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
Feb 11th - Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (b. 1942)
Feb 12th - Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86
Feb 12th - Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
Feb 16th - Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
Feb 17th - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90
Feb 17th - Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies
Feb 19th - Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63
Feb 19th - James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss), dies at 81
Feb 19th - Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77
Feb 20th - Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88
Feb 20th - Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58
Feb 21st - Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, once thought to be the world's oldest man ever but now disputed (b. 1865)
Feb 21st - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (b. 1895)
Feb 24th - Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician (b. 1904)
Feb 27th - Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
Feb 28th - Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
Feb 28th - Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (b. 1900)
Mar 2nd - Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian, dies at 56
Mar 2nd - Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered
Mar 4th - Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75
Mar 4th - Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 42
Mar 4th - Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
Mar 5th - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies
Mar 6th - Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies
Mar 6th - Georgia O'Keefe, US painter (Flowers), dies at 98
Mar 6th - Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
Mar 7th - Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81
Mar 8th - Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50
Mar 9th - Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78
Mar 10th - Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81
Mar 11th - Sonny Terry, American blues musician (b. 1911)
Mar 13th - Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies
Mar 14th - Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81
Mar 14th - Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74
Mar 14th - Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at 73
Mar 14th - Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80
Mar 17th - Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49
Mar 18th - Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
Mar 21st - August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90
Mar 22nd - Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies
Mar 22nd - Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
Mar 24th - Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67
Mar 26th - Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy & Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at 73
Mar 27th - Cass Canfield, US publisher, dies at 88
Mar 28th - Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39
Mar 28th - Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies
Mar 29th - Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies at 79
Mar 30th - James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86
Mar 30th - John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
Mar 31st - Harry Ritz, comedian/actor (Ritz Brothers), dies at 79
Mar 31st - Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60
Mar 31st - O'Kelly Isley, US, singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
Apr 3rd - Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75
Apr 4th - Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87
Apr 5th - Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies
Apr 5th - Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82
Apr 8th - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)
Apr 9th - Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64
Apr 10th - Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61
Apr 10th - Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
Apr 12th - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
Apr 13th - Stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies
Apr 15th - Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75
Apr 15th - Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut, dies at 76
Apr 15th - Tim McIntire, actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42
Apr 17th - Bessie Head, writer, dies
Apr 18th - Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94
Apr 19th - Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
Apr 19th - Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
Apr 20th - Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916)
Apr 21st - Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930)
Apr 22nd - Mircea Eliade, writer, dies
Apr 23rd - Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81
Apr 23rd - Jim Laker, cricketer (193 wkts for England at 21 24), dies
Apr 23rd - Otto Preminger, dir (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79
Apr 24th - Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89
Apr 24th - Bill Edrich, cricketer (39 Tests for England), dies
Apr 26th - Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
Apr 26th - [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
Apr 26th - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
Apr 29th - Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25
May 1st - Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
May 1st - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
May 2nd - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)
May 3rd - Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72
May 5th - Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76
May 5th - Rui Coelho, composer, dies at 94
May 7th - Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
May 7th - Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949
May 9th - Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
May 9th - Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
May 9th - Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71
May 11th - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
May 11th - Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
May 12th - Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85
May 12th - Lee Bonnell, dies
May 15th - Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71
May 15th - Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
May 18th - John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84
May 19th - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
May 20th - Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78

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