Notable Deaths - 1969
1969 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68 |
Jan 1 |
Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (b. 1888) |
Jan 1 |
Barton MacLane, The Maltese Falcon |
Jan 1 |
Micheline Francey, Le Corbeau: The Raven |
Jan 2 |
Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74 |
Jan 2 |
Gilbert Miller, Ladies in Retirement |
Jan 3 |
Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63 |
Jan 3 |
Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (b. 1909) |
Jan 4 |
Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83 |
Jan 4 |
Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (b. 1908) |
Jan 5 |
Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83 |
Jan 5 |
Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY |
Jan 6 |
Eugene Gericke, Green Hell |
Jan 8 |
Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889) |
Jan 9 |
Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86 |
Jan 10 |
John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900) |
Jan 11 |
Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890) |
Jan 13 |
Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies |
Jan 13 |
Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65 |
Jan 15 |
Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82 |
Jan 16 |
Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czech, self immolates at 20 |
Jan 16 |
Vernon Duke, composer, dies at 65 |
Jan 17 |
Grazyna Bacewicz, composer, dies at 59 |
Jan 18 |
Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. 1887) |
Jan 19 |
Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84 |
Jan 23 |
Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86 |
Jan 24 |
Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78 |
Jan 24 |
Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Wash Senators), dies at 72 |
Jan 25 |
Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887) |
Jan 27 |
Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82 |
Jan 27 |
Hanns Jelinek, composer, dies at 67 |
Jan 30 |
Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75 |
Jan 30 |
Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58 |
Jan 31 |
Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77 |
Jan 31 |
Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894) |
Feb 2 |
Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81 |
Feb 2 |
Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83 |
Feb 3 |
Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered |
Feb 5 |
Thelma Ritter, American actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63 |
Feb 7 |
Bainbridge Crist, composer, dies at 85 |
Feb 9 |
Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68 |
Feb 9 |
[George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83 |
Feb 11 |
James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48 |
Feb 12 |
Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80 |
Feb 14 |
Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at 71 |
Feb 14 |
Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72 |
Feb 14 |
Nikola Balabanov, Pod staroto nebe |
Feb 18 |
Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76 |
Feb 19 |
Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899) |
Feb 20 |
Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 |
Feb 20 |
Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66 |
Feb 21 |
Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies |
Feb 23 |
Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 |
Feb 23 |
Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75 |
Feb 24 |
Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 |
Feb 24 |
Frances White, Milk |
Feb 25 |
Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates |
Feb 26 |
Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 |
Feb 26 |
Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies at 73 |
Feb 27 |
John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73 |
Feb 27 |
Marius Barbeau, French Canadian folklorist (b. 1883) |
Mar 4 |
Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881) |
Mar 6 |
Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952) |
Mar 9 |
Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies |
Mar 9 |
Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50 |
Mar 11 |
John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 |
Mar 13 |
Felix Locher, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 86 |
Mar 14 |
Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70 |
Mar 15 |
Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80 |
Mar 18 |
Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 |
Mar 19 |
Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65 |
Mar 19 |
Wojciech Zasadzinski, Kontrybucja |
Mar 20 |
Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896) |
Mar 21 |
Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44 |
Mar 22 |
Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78 |
Mar 23 |
Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87 |
Mar 24 |
Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55 |
Mar 25 |
Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72 |
Mar 25 |
Max Eastman, American critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at 86 |
Mar 25 |
Norman Gallichan, cricketer (one Test for NZ, 30 & 2, 3-113), dies |
Mar 25 |
Billy Cotton, British bandleader & entertainer (b. 1889) |
Mar 26 |
B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 |
Mar 26 |
Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at 66 |
Mar 28 |
Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78 |
Mar 28 |
Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi |
Mar 30 |
Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34 |
Apr 2 |
Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74 |
Apr 3 |
Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65 |
Apr 5 |
Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 |
Apr 5 |
Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/president (1947-48), dies at 84 |
Apr 5 |
Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (b. 1903) |
Apr 5 |
Shelby Storck, American television producer (b. 1917) |
Apr 8 |
Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 |
Apr 8 |
Denton Cooley, got 1st fully artificial heart, dies at 48 |
Apr 10 |
Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893) |
Apr 11 |
Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at 74 |
Apr 15 |
Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81 |
Apr 15 |
Kangshi Mu, Wu di nu sha shou |
Apr 18 |
Piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82 |
Apr 23 |
Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37 |
Apr 25 |
Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80 |
Apr 26 |
Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder of aikido (b. 1883) |
Apr 27 |
Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 |
Apr 27 |
René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (b. 1919) |
Apr 28 |
Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70 |
May 1 |
Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 |
May 1 |
George Parker, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1924), dies |
May 2 |
Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 |
May 2 |
Franz von Papen, Victory of the Faith |
May 3 |
Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42 |
May 3 |
Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897) |
May 4 |
Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892) |
May 5 |
Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57 |
May 8 |
Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892) |
May 14 |
Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 |
May 14 |
Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888) |
May 15 |
Colette Jackson, Teenage Doll |
May 16 |
Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44 |
May 17 |
Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 |
May 19 |
Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies |
May 20 |
Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 |
May 20 |
Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69 |
May 23 |
Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79 |
May 23 |
Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74 |
May 23 |
Peter Alma, painter/graphic artist, dies at 83 |
May 24 |
Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 |
May 26 |
Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 |
May 26 |
Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937) |
May 26 |
Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation; b. 1889) |
May 27 |
Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 |
May 28 |
Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71 |
May 30 |
Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66 |
May 30 |
John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45 |
Jun 1 |
Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904) |
Jun 7 |
Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53 |
Jun 8 |
Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 |
Jun 8 |
Robert Taylor, Quo Vadis |
Jun 10 |
Frank Lawton, actor (David Copperfield, Skin Game), dies at 64 |
Jun 11 |
John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89 |
Jun 12 |
Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) |
Jun 16 |
Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78 |
Jun 16 |
John BMR "John" Hanlo, poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57 |
Jun 16 |
Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53 |
Jun 21 |
Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 |
Jun 22 |
Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 of an overdose |
Jun 22 |
John L. Bury, The Terror |
Jun 23 |
Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 |
Jun 23 |
Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (b. 1907) |
Jun 24 |
Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies |
Jun 24 |
Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster) |
Jun 24 |
Willey Ley, US science writer, dies at 62 |
Jun 27 |
Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42 |
Jun 29 |
Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies |
Jun 29 |
Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29 |
Jun 29 |
Vesselin Stoyanov, composer, dies at 67 |
Jun 30 |
Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76 |
Jul 2 |
Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923) |
Jul 3 |
Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 |
Jul 3 |
Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83 |
Jul 5 |
Ben Alexander, dies at 58 |
Jul 5 |
Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65 |
Jul 5 |
Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86 |
Jul 5 |
Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85 |
Jul 5 |
Leo McCarey, American film director (b. 1898) |
Jul 7 |
Erskine Sanford, dies at 83 |
Jul 7 |
Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies at 69 |
Jul 8 |
Gladys Swarthout, Champagne Waltz |
Jul 9 |
Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies |
Jul 9 |
Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63 |
Jul 9 |
Rob de Vries, actor/director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51 |
Jul 13 |
Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela's son, dies in a car accident at 24 |
Jul 15 |
Peter Van Eyck, dies after long illness at 56 |
Jul 18 |
Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 |
Jul 19 |
Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28 |
Jul 19 |
Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies |
Jul 20 |
Roy Hamilton, American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929) |
Jul 22 |
Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies |
Jul 23 |
Deli Floyd, writer, dies |
Jul 24 |
Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64 |
Jul 25 |
Douglas Stuart Moore, composer, dies at 75 |
Jul 26 |
Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81 |
Jul 28 |
Ernst Tittel, composer, dies at 59 |
Jul 28 |
Frank H Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 59 |
Jul 28 |
Gabriel von Wayditch, composer, dies at 80 |
Jul 28 |
Ramón Grau, Cuban president (b. 1882) |
Jul 31 |
Harry Ahlin, Port of Call |
Aug 2 |
Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 |
Aug 3 |
Rune Halvarsson, Springpojkar är vi allihopa! |
Aug 6 |
Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 65 |
Aug 7 |
Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 |
Aug 7 |
Russ Morgan, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65 |
Aug 8 |
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (b. 1896) |
Aug 9 |
Abigail Folger, US, coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered |
Aug 9 |
George P Marshall, NFL president (Washington Redskins), dies at 72 |
Aug 9 |
Robert Lehman, US multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies |
Aug 9 |
Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls), murdered by Manson's gang at 26 |
Aug 9 |
Voyteck Freykowski, US director, murdered |
Aug 9 |
Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (b. 1936) |
Aug 9 |
Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (murdered) (b. 1933) |
Aug 9 |
Steven Parent, American student (murdered) (b. 1951) |
Aug 9 |
Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist, dies at 65 |
Aug 10 |
Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b. 1925) |
Aug 10 |
Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (murdered) (b. 1930) |
Aug 12 |
Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72 |
Aug 14 |
Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 |
Aug 14 |
Sigrid Gurie, actor (3 Faces West, Algiers), dies at 58 |
Aug 14 |
Sven d'Ailly, Doctor Glas |
Aug 15 |
Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 |
Aug 16 |
Russ Bender, actor/writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59 |
Aug 16 |
Russ Bender, The Hitch-Hiker |
Aug 17 |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83 |
Aug 17 |
Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies |
Aug 18 |
Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48 |
Aug 18 |
Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68 |
Aug 18 |
Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81 |
Aug 18 |
Mildred Davis, Safety Last! |
Aug 22 |
E.M. Dennis, The Ten Thousand Dollar Trail |
Aug 27 |
Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 |
Aug 27 |
Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies |
Aug 27 |
Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies |
Aug 27 |
Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist, dies |
Aug 28 |
Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 |
Aug 31 |
Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72 |
Aug 31 |
Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 |
Sep 1 |
Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71 |
Sep 1 |
William Flanagan, composer, dies at 46 |
Sep 2 |
Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 |
Sep 3 |
Ho Chi Minh [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], Vietnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69), dies at 79 of heart failure |
Sep 3 |
John Lester, American cricketer (b. 1871) |
Sep 3 |
George Hager, Jolson Sings Again |
Sep 5 |
Henk Bijvanck, composer, dies at 59 |
Sep 5 |
Mitchell Ayres, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58 |
Sep 6 |
Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (b. 1892) |
Sep 7 |
Everett McKinley Dirksen, (Sen-R), dies at 73 |
Sep 8 |
Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61 |
Sep 8 |
Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (b. 1868) |
Sep 9 |
Cecil Dixon, cricketer (S Afr 1913-14, dismissed Hobbs twice), dies |
Sep 9 |
Katherine Singleton, actress/Miss Universe (1926), dies at 65 |
Sep 9 |
Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928) |
Sep 13 |
Charles Foulkes, Canada gen/honorary citizen of Wageningen, dies at 66 |
Sep 14 |
James Anderson, actor (Connection, Five), dies at 48 |
Sep 18 |
Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66 |
Sep 19 |
Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies |
Sep 19 |
Rex Ingram, actor/director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73 |
Sep 22 |
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59 |
Sep 27 |
Violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81 |
Oct 2 |
Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85 |
Oct 3 |
Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902) |
Oct 4 |
Vibart Wight, cricketer (member of WI 1st Test touring 1928), dies |
Oct 4 |
Natalino Otto, Italian singer (b. 1912) |
Oct 6 |
Walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76 |
Oct 7 |
Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888) |
Oct 8 |
Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), dies at 81 |
Oct 12 |
Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies |
Oct 12 |
Sonja Henie, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1928, 32, 36), dies at 57 |
Oct 15 |
Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies |
Oct 15 |
Shermake, president of (Somalia), murdered |
Oct 21 |
Jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47 |
Oct 21 |
Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (b. 1882) |
Oct 22 |
Giovanni Martinelli, Ital opera singer (NY Met), dies on 84th birthday |
Oct 23 |
Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47 |
Oct 24 |
Otto Jochum, composer, dies at 71 |
Oct 25 |
Rudolf Forster, actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger), dies at 84 |
Oct 27 |
Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89 |
Oct 27 |
Konrad Mayerhoff, Gideon |
Oct 28 |
Constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49 |
Oct 29 |
Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies |
Oct 30 |
Pops Foster, American musician (b. 1892) |
Oct 31 |
Hugo Pfister, composer, dies at 55 |
Nov 2 |
Marion Lloyd Vince, fencer (National champ 1928, 31), dies at 63 |
Nov 4 |
Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle |
Nov 4 |
Ferenc Szabo, composer, dies at 66 |
Nov 5 |
Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies |
Nov 5 |
Lloyd Corrigan, actor (Prof McKillup-Hank), dies at 69 |
Nov 6 |
Augustin Lara, composer, dies at 69 |
Nov 8 |
Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at 62 |
Nov 8 |
Vesto Slipher, American Astronomer who provided the first evidence to support the expanding-universe theory |
Nov 11 |
Frank Newburg, actor (Homemaker), dies at 83 |
Nov 12 |
Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77 |
Nov 15 |
Roy D'Arcy, actor (Lovers, Actress), dies at 75 |
Nov 18 |
Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81 |
Nov 18 |
Leon Jongen, composer, dies at 85 |
Nov 18 |
Ted Heath, British musician and bandleader (b. 1902) |
Nov 21 |
Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924) |
Nov 22 |
Acario Cotapos, composer, dies at 80 |
Nov 28 |
Roy Barcroft, actor (Eyes of Texas, Son of Zorro), dies at 67 |
Dec 1 |
Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937) |
Dec 2 |
Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies |
Dec 3 |
Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55 |
Dec 3 |
Mathias Wieman, German actor (b. 1902) |
Dec 4 |
Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 |
Dec 4 |
Fred Hampton, US Black-Panther leader, murdered |
Dec 7 |
Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 |
Dec 7 |
Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65 |
Dec 7 |
Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player (b. 1897) |
Dec 8 |
Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80 |
Dec 10 |
Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75 |
Dec 10 |
Leigh Harline, composer, dies at 62 |
Dec 13 |
Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83 |
Dec 13 |
Spencer Williams, Jr., American actor (b. 1893) |
Dec 17 |
Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 |
Dec 22 |
Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80 |
Dec 22 |
Ilse Steppat, actress (Invisible Terror), dies at 52 |
Dec 22 |
Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75 |
Dec 23 |
Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80 |
Dec 26 |
Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67 |
Dec 28 |
Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 |
Dec 31 |
Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69 |
Dec 31 |
Salvatore Baccaloni, Fanny |
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