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* [[January 1]] |
* [[January 1]] |
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** [[Ceferino Garcia]], Filipino champion boxer (b. [[1906]]) |
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** [[Hephzibah Menuhin]], American-Australian pianist, writer, and human rights campaigner (b. [[1921]]) |
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** [[Kazimierz Michałowski]], Polish archaeologist (b. [[1901]]) |
** [[Kazimierz Michałowski]], Polish archaeologist (b. [[1901]]) |
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** [[Mauri Rose]], American race car champion (b. [[1906]]) |
** [[Mauri Rose]], American race car champion (b. [[1906]]) |
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* [[January 3]] |
* [[January 3]] |
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** [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]], the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria (b. [[1883]]) |
** [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]], the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria (b. [[1883]]) |
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** [[Felton Jarvis]], American [[record producer]] of [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]], [[Willie Nelson]], and other musicians and a singer (b. 1934) |
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** [[Marvin Opler]], American anthropologist (b. [[1914]]) |
** [[Marvin Opler]], American anthropologist (b. [[1914]]) |
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* [[January 4]] – [[Ruth Lowe]], Canadian pianist and songwriter (b. [[1914]]) |
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* [[January 5]] |
* [[January 5]] |
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** [[Guy Paquinet]], French jazz trombonist |
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** [[Harold Urey]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cohen | first1 = K. P. | last2 = Runcorn | first2 = S. K. | author-link2 = Keith Runcorn| last3 = Suess | first3 = H. E. | last4 = Thode | first4 = H. G. | author-link4 = Harry Thode| title = Harold Clayton Urey 29 April 1893-5 January 1981 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0022 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 622–659 | year = 1983 | jstor = 769815| doi-access = free }}</ref> |
** [[Harold Urey]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cohen | first1 = K. P. | last2 = Runcorn | first2 = S. K. | author-link2 = Keith Runcorn| last3 = Suess | first3 = H. E. | last4 = Thode | first4 = H. G. | author-link4 = Harry Thode| title = Harold Clayton Urey 29 April 1893-5 January 1981 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0022 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 622–659 | year = 1983 | jstor = 769815| doi-access = free }}</ref> |
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** [[Lanza del Vasto]], Italian philosopher, poet and activist (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Galiana |first=Ismael |date=1 July 1981 |title=Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia |trans-title=The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |location=Madrid |page=24 |language=es |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/cgi-bin/pagina.pdf?fn=exec;command=stamp;path=H:%5Ccran%5Cdata%5Cprensa_pages%5CMadrid%5CABC%5C1981%5C198101%5C19810107%5C81E07-032.xml;id=0001341288 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
** [[Lanza del Vasto]], Italian philosopher, poet and activist (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Galiana |first=Ismael |date=1 July 1981 |title=Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia |trans-title=The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |location=Madrid |page=24 |language=es |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/cgi-bin/pagina.pdf?fn=exec;command=stamp;path=H:%5Ccran%5Cdata%5Cprensa_pages%5CMadrid%5CABC%5C1981%5C198101%5C19810107%5C81E07-032.xml;id=0001341288 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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* [[January 6]] – [[A. J. Cronin]], Scottish novelist (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/10/obituaries/aj-cronin-author-of-citadel-and-keys-of-the-kingdom-dies.html|title=A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies|date=10 January 1981|website=New York Times|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> |
* [[January 6]] – [[A. J. Cronin]], Scottish novelist (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/10/obituaries/aj-cronin-author-of-citadel-and-keys-of-the-kingdom-dies.html|title=A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies|date=10 January 1981|website=New York Times|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[January 7]] |
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* [[January 9]] – [[Donald H. Bochkay]], 64, American Air Force pilot and flying ace (b. [[1916]]) |
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** [[José Ardévol|Jose Ardevol]], Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation (b. [[1911]]) |
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** [[Alvar Lidell]], English radio announcer and newsreader for the [[BBC]] and compere (b. 1908) |
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* [[January 9]] |
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** [[Donald H. Bochkay]], 64, American Air Force pilot and flying ace (b. [[1916]]) |
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** [[Obdulio Morales]], Cuban pianist, conductor, composer and [[Ethnomusicology|ethnomusicologist]] (b. [[1910]]) |
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** [[Kazimierz Serocki]], Polish [[composer]] and one of the founders of the [[Warsaw Autumn]] contemporary music festival (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[January 10]] |
* [[January 10]] |
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** [[Katharine Alexander|Katherine Alexander]], American actress (b. [[1898]]) |
** [[Katharine Alexander|Katherine Alexander]], American actress (b. [[1898]]) |
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** [[Richard Boone]], American actor (b. [[1917]]) |
** [[Richard Boone]], American actor (b. [[1917]]) |
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** [[Fawn M. Brodie]], American biographer and history professors at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] (b. 1915) |
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* [[January 11]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (b. [[1889]]) |
* [[January 11]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (b. [[1889]]) |
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* [[January 12]] |
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** [[Isobel Elsom]], English film, theatre, and television actress (b. [[1893]]) |
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** [[John Fearns Nicoll|Sir John Nicoll]], British colonial administrator, governor of Singapore (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=d787b132-b0f1-409c-8f66-9a7ae06591d4 John Fearns Nicoll]</ref> |
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* [[January 15]] |
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** [[David E. Lilienthal]], American attorney and public administrator (b. [[1899]]) |
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** [[Emanuel Celler]], American Democratic politician from New York (b. [[1888]]) |
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* [[January 16]] – [[Bernard Lee]], English actor (b. [[1908]]) |
* [[January 16]] – [[Bernard Lee]], English actor (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[January 17]] – [[Loukas Panourgias]], Greek athlete and footballer (b. [[1899]]) |
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* [[January 19]] – [[Francesca Woodman]], American photographer (b. [[1958]]) |
* [[January 19]] – [[Francesca Woodman]], American photographer (b. [[1958]]) |
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* [[January 21]] – [[Allyn Joslyn]], American actor (b. [[1901]]) |
* [[January 21]] – [[Allyn Joslyn]], American actor (b. [[1901]]) |
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* [[January |
* [[January 22]] – [[Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi]], Pakistani nationalist historian and playwright (b. [[1903]]) |
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* [[January 23]] |
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** [[Samuel Barber]], American composer (b. [[1910]]) |
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** [[Bobby Sherwood]], American guitarist, trumpeter, bandleader, actor and radio host (b. [[1914]]) |
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** [[Olin E. Teague]], American politician and member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1946 to 1978 (b. [[1910]]) |
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* [[January 25]] – [[Adele Astaire]], American dancer and actress (b. [[1896]]) |
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* [[January 29]] – [[Lajos Korányi]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1907]]) |
* [[January 29]] – [[Lajos Korányi]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1907]]) |
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* [[January 30]] – [[John Gordon (archbishop)|John Gordon]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1912]]) |
* [[January 30]] – [[John Gordon (archbishop)|John Gordon]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1912]]) |
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** [[Ernst Pepping]], German composer (b. [[1901]]) |
** [[Ernst Pepping]], German composer (b. [[1901]]) |
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** [[Geirr Tveitt]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1908]]) |
** [[Geirr Tveitt]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[February 2]] – [[Hugh J. Addonizio]], Italian-American politician and [[Mayor of Newark]] (b. [[1914]]) |
* [[February 2]] – |
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** [[Hugh J. Addonizio]], Italian-American politician and [[Mayor of Newark]] (b. [[1914]]) |
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** [[Louise Lorraine]], American actress (b. 1904) |
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** [[J Harlen Bretz]], American geologist (b. [[1882]]) |
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**[[Jan Donner]], Dutch politician (b. 1891) |
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* [[February 4]] – [[Mario Camerini]], Italian film director and screenwriter (b. [[1895]]) |
* [[February 4]] – [[Mario Camerini]], Italian film director and screenwriter (b. [[1895]]) |
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* [[February 5]] |
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* [[February 6]] – [[Frederica of Hanover]], [[Queen Consort]] of the [[Hellenes]] and wife of King [[Paul of Greece]] (b. [[1917]]) |
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** [[Ella Grasso]], American politician and member of the Democratic Party (b. 1919) |
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** [[Kuda Bux]], [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] and [[Firewalking|firewalker]] (b. [[1905]]) |
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** [[Frederica of Hanover]], [[Queen Consort]] of the [[Hellenes]] and wife of King [[Paul of Greece]] (b. [[1917]]) |
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** [[Hugo Montenegro]], American orchestra leader and composer of [[Film soundtrack|film soundtracks]] (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[February 7]] – [[Hermann Esser]], German journalist and editor of the [[Nazi]] newspaper ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'' (b. [[1900]]) |
* [[February 7]] – [[Hermann Esser]], German journalist and editor of the [[Nazi]] newspaper ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'' (b. [[1900]]) |
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* [[February 9]] – [[Bill Haley]], American rock musician, member of [[Bill Haley & The Comets]] (b. [[1925]]) |
* [[February 9]] – [[Bill Haley]], American rock musician, member of [[Bill Haley & The Comets]] (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[February 12]] – [[Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape]], British admiral (b. [[1888]]) |
* [[February 12]] – [[Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape]], British admiral (b. [[1888]]) |
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* [[February 13]] – [[Jack Crapp]], English [[Cricket|cricketer]] (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[February 15]] |
* [[February 15]] |
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** [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], German conductor (b. [[1926]]) |
** [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], German conductor (b. [[1926]]) |
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** [[Leonard Howell]], Founder of [[Rastafari]] (b. [[1898]]) |
** [[Leonard Howell]], Founder of [[Rastafari]] (b. [[1898]]) |
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** [[Gunichi Mikawa]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1888]]) |
** [[Gunichi Mikawa]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1888]]) |
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* [[February 26]] |
* [[February 26]] |
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** [[Robert Aickman]], English writer and [[Conservation movement|conservationist]] (b. [[1914]]) |
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** [[Howard Hanson]], American composer (b. [[1896]]) |
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* [[February 27]] – [[Jacob H. Gilbert|Jacob H Gilbert]], American lawyer and politician (b. [[1920]]) |
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===March=== |
===March=== |
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[[File:Maxdelbrück-cr.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Max Delbrück]]]] |
[[File:Maxdelbrück-cr.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Max Delbrück]]]] |
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[[File:John S. McCain, Jr. color portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|[[John S. McCain Jr.]]]] |
[[File:John S. McCain, Jr. color portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|[[John S. McCain Jr.]]]] |
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* [[March 1]] – [[Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón]], 14th [[President of Panama]] (b. [[ |
* [[March 1]] – [[Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón]], 14th [[President of Panama]] (b. [[1905]]) |
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* [[March 2]] |
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** [[Brenda de Banzie|Brenda De Banzie]], British actress (b. [[1909]]) |
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** Janear Hines, American actress and [[Earl Hines]]' daughter (b.[[1950]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-03-05 |title=JANEAR HINES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/05/obituaries/janear-hines.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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** [[Tony Gulotta]], American [[racing driver]] (b. [[1903]]) |
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* [[March 4]] – [[Torin Thatcher]], American actor (b. [[1905]]) |
* [[March 4]] – [[Torin Thatcher]], American actor (b. [[1905]]) |
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* [[March 5]] – [[Yip Harburg]], American lyricist (b. [[1896]]) |
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** [[Yip Harburg]], American lyricist (b. [[1896]]) |
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** [[Paul Hörbiger]], Austrian theatre and film actor (b. [[1894]]) |
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** [[Red Saunders (musician)|Red Saunders]], American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[March 6]] – [[George Geary]], English cricketer (b. [[1893]]) |
* [[March 6]] – [[George Geary]], English cricketer (b. [[1893]]) |
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* [[March 7]] |
* [[March 7]] |
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** [[Peter Birch (bishop)|Peter Birch]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1911]]) |
** [[Peter Birch (bishop)|Peter Birch]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1911]]) |
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** [[Jon Gnagy]], self-taught artist remembered for being America's original television art instructor |
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** [[Kirill Kondrashin]], Russian conductor (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA459|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=459}}</ref> |
** [[Kirill Kondrashin]], Russian conductor (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA459|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=459}}</ref> |
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** [[Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling]], German-Danish tennis player (b. [[1908]]) |
** [[Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling]], German-Danish tennis player (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[March 10]] – [[Flavio Calzavara]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. [[1900]]) |
* [[March 10]] – [[Flavio Calzavara]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. [[1900]]) |
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* [[March 11]] – [[Kazimierz Kordylewski]], Polish astronomer (b. [[1903]]) |
* [[March 11]] – [[Kazimierz Kordylewski]], Polish astronomer (b. [[1903]]) |
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* [[March 14]] |
* [[March 14]] |
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** [[Ken Barrington]], English international cricketer (b. [[1930]]) |
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** [[Paolo Grassi]], Italian actor (b. [[1919]]) |
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* [[March 15]] – [[René Clair]], French film director (b. [[1898]]) |
* [[March 15]] – [[René Clair]], French film director (b. [[1898]]) |
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* [[March 17]] – [[Paul Dean (baseball)|Paul Dean]], American [[Major League Baseball]] right-handed pitcher ([[1912]]) |
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* [[March 19]] – [[Frank Lane]], American executive in professional baseball (b. [[1895]]) |
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* [[March 20]] – [[Gerry Bertier]], American college football player (b. [[1953]]) |
* [[March 20]] – [[Gerry Bertier]], American college football player (b. [[1953]]) |
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* [[March 21]] – [[Mark Donskoy]], Russian Soviet film director (b. [[1901]]) |
* [[March 21]] – [[Mark Donskoy]], Russian Soviet film director (b. [[1901]]) |
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* [[March 22]] |
* [[March 22]] |
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** [[Jumbo Elliott (coach)|Jumbo Elliott]], American track and field coach (b. [[1915]]) |
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** [[John S. McCain Jr.]], American admiral (b. [[1911]]) |
** [[John S. McCain Jr.]], American admiral (b. [[1911]]) |
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** [[Gil Puyat]], Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippines. Supreme Court|title=Supreme Court Reports, Annotated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qUxAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Central Book Supply, Incorporated|page=655}}</ref> |
** [[Gil Puyat]], Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippines. Supreme Court|title=Supreme Court Reports, Annotated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qUxAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Central Book Supply, Incorporated|page=655}}</ref> |
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** [[Beatrice Tinsley]], English astronomer (b. [[1941]]) |
** [[Beatrice Tinsley]], English astronomer (b. [[1941]]) |
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* [[March 26]] – [[Cyril Dean Darlington]], English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, (b. [[1903]]) |
* [[March 26]] – [[Cyril Dean Darlington]], English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, (b. [[1903]]) |
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* [[March 27]] – [[Mao Dun]], Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and minister of culture (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{Cite journal|last=McDougall|first=Bonnie S.|date=December 1998|title=Disappearing women and disappearing men in may fourth narrative: a post-feminist survey of short stories by Mao Dun, Bing Xin, Ling Shuhua and Shen Congwen|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357829808713209|journal=Asian Studies Review|volume=22|issue=4|pages=427–458|doi=10.1080/10357829808713209|s2cid=197655380 |issn=1035-7823}}</ref> |
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* [[March 29]] – [[Eric Williams]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] (b. [[1911]]) |
* [[March 29]] – [[Eric Williams]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] (b. [[1911]]) |
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* [[March 30]] |
* [[March 30]] |
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** [[Sherman Edwards]], American songwriter (b. [[1919]]) |
** [[Sherman Edwards]], American songwriter (b. [[1919]]) |
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** [[Noel Harford]], New Zealand cricketer (b. [[1930]]) |
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** [[Douglas Lowe (athlete)|Douglas Lowe]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1902]]) |
** [[Douglas Lowe (athlete)|Douglas Lowe]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1902]]) |
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** [[DeWitt Wallace]], American magazine publisher (b. [[1889]]) |
** [[DeWitt Wallace]], American magazine publisher (b. [[1889]]) |
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* [[March 31]] |
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* [[March 31]] – [[Frank Tieri (mobster)|Frank Tieri]], American gangster (b. [[1904]]) |
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** [[Enid Bagnold]], British writer and playwright (b. [[1889]]) |
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** [[Frank Tieri (mobster)|Frank Tieri]], American gangster (b. [[1904]]) |
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===April=== |
===April=== |
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[[File:Joe Louis by van Vechten.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Louis]]]] |
[[File:Joe Louis by van Vechten.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Louis]]]] |
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[[File:Prince Asaka Yasuhiko 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]]]] |
[[File:Prince Asaka Yasuhiko 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]]]] |
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* [[April |
* [[April 1]] – [[Eua Sunthornsanan]], singer, Thai composer and [[bandleader]] of the [[The Suntaraporn Band|Suntaraporn Band]] (b. [[1910]]) |
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* [[April |
* [[April 2]] – [[Delfo Cabrera]], Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] (b. [[1918]]) |
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* [[April 3]] |
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* [[April 7]] – [[Norman Taurog]], American film director (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman Taurog, Director, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 10, 1981 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/10/obituaries/norman-taurog-director-dies-winner-of-an-oscar-for-skippy.html |access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> |
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** [[Juan Trippe]], American airline entrepreneur (b. [[1899]]) |
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** [[Leo Kanner]], Austrian-American psychiatrist, physician, and social activist (b. [[1894]]) |
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* [[April 5]] |
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** [[Bob Hite]], American musician ([[Canned Heat]]) (b. [[1943]]) |
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** [[Maurice Zbriger]], Canadian violinist, composer and conductor (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maurice-zbriger-emc Maurice Zbriger]</ref> |
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* [[April 7]] |
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** [[Kit Lambert]], British producer, record label owner and manager of [[The Who]] (b. [[1935]]) |
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** [[Norman Taurog]], American film director (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman Taurog, Director, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 10, 1981 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/10/obituaries/norman-taurog-director-dies-winner-of-an-oscar-for-skippy.html |access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[April 8]] – [[Omar Bradley]], American army general (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Reagan, Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duTcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343|date=1 January 1982|publisher=Best Books on|isbn=978-1-62376-932-1|pages=343}}</ref> |
* [[April 8]] – [[Omar Bradley]], American army general (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Reagan, Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duTcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343|date=1 January 1982|publisher=Best Books on|isbn=978-1-62376-932-1|pages=343}}</ref> |
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* [[April 10]] |
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** [[George Carlyle Marler]], Canadian politician, notary and philatelist (b. [[1901]]) |
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** [[Howard Thurman]], American author, philosopher, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader (b. [[1899]]) |
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* [[April 11]] |
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** [[Caroline Gordon]], American novelist and [[Literary criticism|literary critic]] (b. [[1895]]) |
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** [[Marie Ney]], British character actress (b. [[1895]]) |
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* [[April 12]] |
* [[April 12]] |
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** [[Hendrik Andriessen]], Dutch composer (b. [[1892]]) |
** [[Hendrik Andriessen]], Dutch composer (b. [[1892]]) |
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** [[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]] of Japan (b. [[1887]]) |
** [[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]] of Japan (b. [[1887]]) |
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** [[Joe Louis]], American boxer (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGowen |first=Deane |date=April 13, 1981 |title=Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0513.html |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref> |
** [[Joe Louis]], American boxer (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGowen |first=Deane |date=April 13, 1981 |title=Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0513.html |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref> |
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** [[Hans Chemin-Petit]], German composer, conductor and [[music educator]] (b. [[1902]]) |
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* [[April 14]] – [[Ivan Galamian]], [[Armenian-American]] violin teacher (b. [[1903]]) |
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* [[April 15]] |
* [[April 15]] |
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** [[John Thach]], American naval aviator and admiral (b. [[1905]]) |
** [[John Thach]], American naval aviator and admiral (b. [[1905]]) |
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** [[Lorenzo Guerrero]], former [[President of Nicaragua]] (b. [[1900]]) |
** [[Lorenzo Guerrero]], former [[President of Nicaragua]] (b. [[1900]]) |
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* [[April 16]] – |
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** [[Eric Hollies]], English [[Cricket|cricketer]] (b. [[1912]]) |
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** [[Effa Manley]], American sports executive (b. [[1897]]) |
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* [[April 18]] – [[James H. Schmitz]], German-American writer (b. [[1911]]) |
* [[April 18]] – [[James H. Schmitz]], German-American writer (b. [[1911]]) |
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* [[April 19]] – [[Ernst Levy]], Swiss [[Musicology|musicologist]], composer, pianist and conductor (b. [[1895]]) |
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* [[April 21]] – [[Eddie Sauter]], American composer and arranger (b. [[1914]]) |
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* [[April 23]] – [[Josep Pla]], Spanish journalist and author (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Josep Miquel Sobrer|title=Catalonia, a Self-portrait|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TU9F4xq2GzsC&pg=PA157|year=1992|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-28883-5|pages=157}}</ref> |
* [[April 23]] – [[Josep Pla]], Spanish journalist and author (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Josep Miquel Sobrer|title=Catalonia, a Self-portrait|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TU9F4xq2GzsC&pg=PA157|year=1992|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-28883-5|pages=157}}</ref> |
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* [[April 26]] |
* [[April 26]] |
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** [[Muhammad Lafir]], Sri Lankan snooker player (b. [[1930]]) |
** [[Muhammad Lafir]], Sri Lankan snooker player (b. [[1930]]) |
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* [[April 27]] – [[John Aspinwall Roosevelt]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. [[1916]]) |
* [[April 27]] – [[John Aspinwall Roosevelt]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. [[1916]]) |
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* [[April 28]] |
* [[April 28]] |
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** [[Cliff Battles]], American football player ([[Boston Redskins]]) and a member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1910]]) |
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** [[Mickey Walker (boxer)|Mickey Walker]], American professional boxer (b. [[1903]]) |
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* [[April 30]] – [[Peter Huchel]], German poet and editor (b. [[1903]]) |
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** [[Nelson Algren]], American author (b. [[1909]]) |
** [[Nelson Algren]], American author (b. [[1909]]) |
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** [[Margaret Lindsay]], American actress (b. [[1910]]) |
** [[Margaret Lindsay]], American actress (b. [[1910]]) |
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** [[Nip Pellew]], Australian [[Cricket|cricketer]] (b.[[1893]]) |
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* [[May 10]] – [[Ismail of Johor]], Malaysian sultan (b. [[1894]]) |
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* [[May 11]] |
* [[May 11]] |
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** [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{Citation|last=Pedersen|first=Bjørn|title=Odd Hassel|date=2019-09-24|url=http://snl.no/Odd_Hassel|work=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> |
** [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{Citation|last=Pedersen|first=Bjørn|title=Odd Hassel|date=2019-09-24|url=http://snl.no/Odd_Hassel|work=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> |
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** [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician (b. [[1945]]) |
** [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician (b. [[1945]]) |
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** [[Hoyt W. Fuller]], American editor, educator, critic, and author during the [[Black Arts Movement]] (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[May 12]] – [[Benjamin Sheares]], Singaporean politician and professor, 2nd [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1907]]) |
* [[May 12]] – [[Benjamin Sheares]], Singaporean politician and professor, 2nd [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1907]]) |
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* [[May 13]] |
* [[May 13]] |
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** [[Ben Andrews (actor)|Ben Andrews]], American actor (b. [[1942]]) |
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* [[May 14]] – [[J. Posadas]], Argentine politician (b. [[1912]]) |
* [[May 14]] – [[J. Posadas]], Argentine politician (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[May |
* [[May 16]] – [[Ernie Freeman]], American pianist, [[organist]], bandleader, and [[arranger]] (b. [[1922]]) |
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* [[May 17]] – |
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** [[Hugo Friedhofer]], German-American film composer (b. [[1901]]) |
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** [[Jeannette Piccard|Jeannette Ridlon Piccard]], American high-altitude [[balloonist]], and in later life an [[Episcopalianism|Episcopal]] priest (b. [[1895]]) |
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* [[May 18]] |
* [[May 18]] |
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** [[Eleonore Baur]], German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch (b. [[1885]]) |
** [[Eleonore Baur]], German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch (b. [[1885]]) |
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** [[William Saroyan]], American author (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Leo Hamalian|title=William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu1gEq5Zqq8C&pg=PA233|year=1987|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3308-3|pages=233}}</ref> |
** [[William Saroyan]], American author (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Leo Hamalian|title=William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu1gEq5Zqq8C&pg=PA233|year=1987|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3308-3|pages=233}}</ref> |
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* [[May 20]] – [[Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia]] (b. [[1906]]) |
* [[May 20]] – [[Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia]] (b. [[1906]]) |
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* [[May 21]] |
* [[May 21]] |
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** [[Yuki Shimoda]], American actor (b. [[1921]]) |
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** [[Patsy O'Hara]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]] [[1981 Irish hunger strike|hunger striker]] and member of the [[Irish National Liberation Army]] (b. [[1957]]) |
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** [[Raymond McCreesh|Raymond Mccreesh]], Irish volunteer in the [[South Armagh Brigade]] of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (b. [[1957]]) |
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* [[May 22]] – [[Boris Sagal]], Ukrainian-American television and film director (b. [[1923]]) |
* [[May 22]] – [[Boris Sagal]], Ukrainian-American television and film director (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[May 23]] |
* [[May 23]] |
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** [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], American actor (b. [[1898]]) |
** [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], American actor (b. [[1898]]) |
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** [[Donald Macintyre (Royal Navy officer)|Donald Macintyre]], British naval officer and naval historian (b. [[1904]]) |
** [[Donald Macintyre (Royal Navy officer)|Donald Macintyre]], British naval officer and naval historian (b. [[1904]]) |
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** [[Rayner Heppenstall]], British novelist, poet, diarist, and a BBC radio producer (b. [[1911]]) |
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* [[May 24]] |
* [[May 24]] |
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** [[Jaime Roldós Aguilera]], 33rd [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1940]]) |
** [[Jaime Roldós Aguilera]], 33rd [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1940]]) |
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** [[Ruby Payne-Scott]], Australian radio astronomer (b. [[1912]]) |
** [[Ruby Payne-Scott]], Australian radio astronomer (b. [[1912]]) |
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** [[A. Thiagarajah]], Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician (b. [[1916]]) |
** [[A. Thiagarajah]], Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician (b. [[1916]]) |
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** [[Fredric Warburg]], British publisher, who in 1935 founded the company [[Secker & Warburg]] (b. [[1898]]) |
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* [[May 28]] |
* [[May 28]] |
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** [[John Bryan Ward-Perkins]], British archaeologist (b. [[1912]]) |
** [[John Bryan Ward-Perkins]], British archaeologist (b. [[1912]]) |
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* [[June 2]] – [[Rino Gaetano]], Italian musician and singer-songwriter (b. [[1950]]) |
* [[June 2]] – [[Rino Gaetano]], Italian musician and singer-songwriter (b. [[1950]]) |
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* [[June 5]] – [[Miguel Contreras Torres]], Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. [[1899]]) |
* [[June 5]] – [[Miguel Contreras Torres]], Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. [[1899]]) |
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* [[June |
* [[June 9]] – [[Allen Ludden]], 63, American television host (Password), stomach cancer. |
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* [[June 10]] |
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** [[Jenny Maxwell]], American actress (b. [[1941]]) |
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** [[Phelps Phelps]], 38th [[Governor of American Samoa]], [[United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic]] (b. [[1897]]) |
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* [[June 11]] – [[Botak Chin]], Malaysian criminal and gangster (b. [[1951]]) |
* [[June 11]] – [[Botak Chin]], Malaysian criminal and gangster (b. [[1951]]) |
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* [[June 12]] – [[Mahmoud Fawzi]], Egyptian diplomat and political figure, 35th [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (b. [[1900]]) |
* [[June 12]] – [[Mahmoud Fawzi]], Egyptian diplomat and political figure, 35th [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (b. [[1900]]) |
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** [[George Voskovec]], Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director (b. [[1905]]) |
** [[George Voskovec]], Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director (b. [[1905]]) |
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* [[July 3]] – [[Ross Martin]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) |
* [[July 3]] – [[Ross Martin]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) |
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* [[July 7]] – [[Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi]], South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st |
* [[July 7]] – [[Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi]], South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st President of [[South Yemen]] (b. [[1920]]) |
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* [[July 8]] |
* [[July 8]] |
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** [[Jugah Barieng]], Malaysian politician (b. [[1903]]) |
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** [[Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)|Joe McDonnell]], Irish republican hunger striker (b. [[1951]]) |
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* [[July 10]] – [[Giorgio De Lullo]], Italian actor and director (b. [[1921]]) |
* [[July 10]] – [[Giorgio De Lullo]], Italian actor and director (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[July 16]] – [[Harry Chapin]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1942]]) |
* [[July 16]] – [[Harry Chapin]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1942]]) |
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* [[July 26]] – [[Stafford L. Warren]], American physician and radiologist; inventor of the mammogram (b. 1896)<ref>[https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/stafford-leak-warren-1896-1981 Stafford Leak Warren (1896–1981)]</ref> |
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* [[July 27]] – [[William Wyler]], American movie director (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriel Miller|title=William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHY17v9qCQ0C&pg=PA394|date=5 June 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4211-1|pages=394}}</ref> |
* [[July 27]] – [[William Wyler]], American movie director (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriel Miller|title=William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHY17v9qCQ0C&pg=PA394|date=5 June 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4211-1|pages=394}}</ref> |
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* [[July 28]] – [[Stanley Rother|Stanley Francis Rother]], American priest, martyr, and Blessed (b. [[1935]]) |
* [[July 28]] – [[Stanley Rother|Stanley Francis Rother]], American priest, martyr, and Blessed (b. [[1935]]) |
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* [[August 4]] – [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor (b. [[1901]]) |
* [[August 4]] – [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor (b. [[1901]]) |
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* [[August 14]] – [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1894]]) |
* [[August 14]] – [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1894]]) |
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* [[August 15]] – [[Karl Gero, Duke of Urach]], Lichtenstein noble (b. [[1899]]) |
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* [[August 15]] |
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** [[Carlo Buscaglia]], Italian football player (b. [[1909]]) |
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** [[Karl Gero, Duke of Urach]], Lichtenstein noble (b. [[1899]]) |
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* [[August 18]] |
* [[August 18]] |
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** [[Robert Russell Bennett]], American composer and arranger (b. [[1894]]) |
** [[Robert Russell Bennett]], American composer and arranger (b. [[1894]]) |
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* [[August 19]] – [[Jessie Matthews]], English dancer, singer and actress (b. [[1907]]) |
* [[August 19]] – [[Jessie Matthews]], English dancer, singer and actress (b. [[1907]]) |
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* [[August 22]] – [[Glauber Rocha]], Brazilian filmmaker (b. [[1939]]) |
* [[August 22]] – [[Glauber Rocha]], Brazilian filmmaker (b. [[1939]]) |
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* [[August 27]] |
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* [[August 27]] – [[Valeri Kharlamov]], Soviet ice hockey player (b. [[1948]]) |
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** [[Irmgard Bartenieff]], German-American dancer, physical therapist and pioneer of [[dance therapy]] (d. [[1981]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/02/obituaries/irmgard-bartenieff-founder-of-new-york-laban-institute.html IRMGARD BARTENIEFF, FOUNDER OF NEW YORK LABAN INSTITUTE]</ref> |
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* [[August 28]] – [[Béla Guttmann]], Hungarian Association footballer and coach (b. [[1899]])<ref>David Bolchover (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&dq=B%C3%A9la+Guttmann+27+January+1899&pg=PT165 ''The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory; The Story of Béla Guttman'']</ref> |
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** [[Valeri Kharlamov]], Soviet ice hockey player (b. [[1948]]) |
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* [[August 28]] – [[Béla Guttmann]], Hungarian football player and coach (b. [[1899]])<ref>David Bolchover (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&dq=B%C3%A9la+Guttmann+27+January+1899&pg=PT165 ''The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory; The Story of Béla Guttman'']</ref> |
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* [[August 29]] – [[Lowell Thomas]], American writer and broadcaster (b. [[1892]]) |
* [[August 29]] – [[Lowell Thomas]], American writer and broadcaster (b. [[1892]]) |
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* [[August 30]] |
* [[August 30]] |
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** [[Ann Harding]], American actress (b. [[1902]]) |
** [[Ann Harding]], American actress (b. [[1902]]) |
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** [[Albert Speer]], German Nazi architect and war minister (b. [[1905]]) |
** [[Albert Speer]], German Nazi architect and war minister (b. [[1905]]) |
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* [[September 2]] – [[Enid Lyons|Dame Enid Lyons]], |
* [[September 2]] – [[Enid Lyons|Dame Enid Lyons]], Australian politician (b. [[1897]]) |
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* [[September 7]] – [[Christy Brown]], Irish writer and painter (b. [[1932]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterkin |first=Tom |title=Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=6 November 2007 |location=London|date=6 November 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
* [[September 7]] – [[Christy Brown]], Irish writer and painter (b. [[1932]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterkin |first=Tom |title=Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=6 November 2007 |location=London|date=6 November 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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* [[September 8]] |
* [[September 8]] |
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** [[Uri Zvi Greenberg]], Israeli poet and journalist (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE7DB1738F933A25756C0A967948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet | date=10 May 1981}}</ref> |
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** [[Hideki Yukawa]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kemmer | first1 = N. | author-link = Nicholas Kemmer| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0023 | title = Hideki Yukawa. 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 660–676| year = 1983 | jstor = 769816| doi-access = free }}</ref> |
** [[Hideki Yukawa]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kemmer | first1 = N. | author-link = Nicholas Kemmer| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0023 | title = Hideki Yukawa. 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 660–676| year = 1983 | jstor = 769816| doi-access = free }}</ref> |
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** [[Roy Wilkins]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1901]]) |
** [[Roy Wilkins]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1901]]) |
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** [[Jacques Lacan]], French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. [[1901]]) |
** [[Jacques Lacan]], French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. [[1901]]) |
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** [[Ricardo Balbín]], Argentine politician, leader of the [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR) (b. [[1904]]) |
** [[Ricardo Balbín]], Argentine politician, leader of the [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR) (b. [[1904]]) |
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** [[Robert Askin|Sir Robert |
** [[Robert Askin|Sir Robert Askin]], Premier of New South Wales (b. [[1907]]) |
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* [[September 11]] |
* [[September 11]] |
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** [[Harold Bennett]], British actor (b. [[1899]]) |
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** [[Frank McHugh]], American actor (b. [[1898]]) |
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* [[September 12]] – [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1975/montale/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> |
* [[September 12]] – [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1975/montale/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[September 14]] – [[Charles L. Melson]], American admiral (b. [[1904]]) |
* [[September 14]] – [[Charles L. Melson]], American admiral (b. [[1904]]) |
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* [[September 15]] |
* [[September 15]] – [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. [[1906]]) |
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** [[Harold Bennett]], British actor (b. [[1899]]) |
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** [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. [[1906]]) |
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* [[September 17]] – [[Milton Allen|Sir Milton Allen]], Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.historicstkitts.kn/people/milton-pentonville-allen Sir Milton Allen]</ref> |
* [[September 17]] – [[Milton Allen|Sir Milton Allen]], Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.historicstkitts.kn/people/milton-pentonville-allen Sir Milton Allen]</ref> |
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* [[September 21]] – [[Nigel Patrick]], English actor (b. [[1912]]) |
* [[September 21]] – [[Nigel Patrick]], English actor (b. [[1912]]) |
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[[File:Natalie Wood publicity 1963.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Natalie Wood]]]] |
[[File:Natalie Wood publicity 1963.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Natalie Wood]]]] |
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* [[November 2]] – [[Wally Wood]], American cartoonist (b. [[1927]]) |
* [[November 2]] – [[Wally Wood]], American cartoonist (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[November |
* [[November 5]] – [[Jean Eustache]], French film director (b. [[1938]]) |
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* [[November 7]] – [[Will Durant]], American philosopher and writer (b. [[1885]]) |
* [[November 7]] – [[Will Durant]], American philosopher and writer (b. [[1885]]) |
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* [[November 10]] – [[Abel Gance]], French film director (b. [[1889]]) |
* [[November 10]] – [[Abel Gance]], French film director (b. [[1889]]) |
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* [[November 12]] – [[William Holden]], American actor |
* [[November 12]] – [[William Holden]], 63, American actor, bleeding. |
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* [[November 13]] – [[Gerhard Marcks]], German sculptor (b. [[1889]]) |
* [[November 13]] – [[Gerhard Marcks]], German sculptor (b. [[1889]]) |
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* [[November 15]] |
* [[November 15]] |
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** [[Enid Markey]], American actress (b. [[1894]]) |
** [[Enid Markey]], American actress (b. [[1894]]) |
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* [[November 17]] – [[Wilhelm Pelikan]], Austrian chemist (b. [[1893]])<ref>[https://steinerbooks.presswarehouse.com/browse/author/523454f0-d006-4472-8f4d-27fd69d3d317/Wilhelm-Pelikan?page=1 Wilhelm Pelikan]</ref> |
* [[November 17]] – [[Wilhelm Pelikan]], Austrian chemist (b. [[1893]])<ref>[https://steinerbooks.presswarehouse.com/browse/author/523454f0-d006-4472-8f4d-27fd69d3d317/Wilhelm-Pelikan?page=1 Wilhelm Pelikan]</ref> |
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* [[November 21]] – [[Ejner Federspiel]], Danish actor (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=236 Ejner Federspiel] {{in lang|da}}</ref> |
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* [[November 22]] |
* [[November 22]] |
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** [[Jack Fingleton]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1908]]) |
** [[Jack Fingleton]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1908]]) |
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* [[November 26]] – [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess grandmaster (b. [[1901]]) |
* [[November 26]] – [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess grandmaster (b. [[1901]]) |
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* [[November 27]] – [[Lotte Lenya]], Austrian singer and actress (b. [[1898]]) |
* [[November 27]] – [[Lotte Lenya]], Austrian singer and actress (b. [[1898]]) |
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* [[November 29]] – [[Natalie Wood]], American actress |
* [[November 29]] – [[Natalie Wood]], 43, American actress, drowning. |
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===December=== |
===December=== |
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* [[December 13]] – [[Cornelius Cardew]], English composer (b. [[1936]]) |
* [[December 13]] – [[Cornelius Cardew]], English composer (b. [[1936]]) |
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* [[December 15]] |
* [[December 15]] |
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** [[Catherine T. MacArthur]], American philanthropist (b. [[ |
** [[Catherine T. MacArthur]], American philanthropist (b. [[1908]]) |
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** [[Karl Struss]], American cinematographer (b. [[1886]]) |
** [[Karl Struss]], American cinematographer (b. [[1886]]) |
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* [[December 17]] |
* [[December 17]] |
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** [[Franz Dahlem]], German politician. (b. [[1892]]) |
** [[Franz Dahlem]], German politician. (b. [[1892]]) |
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** [[Mehmet Shehu]], Albanian politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (b. [[1913]]) |
** [[Mehmet Shehu]], Albanian politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (b. [[1913]]) |
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* [[December 18]] |
* [[December 18]] |
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** [[Enrique Hertzog]], Bolivian politician, 42nd [[President of Bolivia]] (b. [[1896]]) |
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** [[Juan Miles]], Argentine polo player (b. [[1895]]) |
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* [[December 23]] |
* [[December 23]] |
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** [[Luther H. Evans]], American political scientist and librarian, 3rd Director General of the [[UNESCO]] (b. [[1902]]) |
** [[Luther H. Evans]], American political scientist and librarian, 3rd Director General of the [[UNESCO]] (b. [[1902]]) |
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[[Category:1981-related lists|Deaths in 1981]] |
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The following is a list of notable deaths in 1981. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Deaths in 1981
[edit]January
[edit]- January 1
- Ceferino Garcia, Filipino champion boxer (b. 1906)
- Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist, writer, and human rights campaigner (b. 1921)
- Kazimierz Michałowski, Polish archaeologist (b. 1901)
- Mauri Rose, American race car champion (b. 1906)
- January 3
- Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria (b. 1883)
- Felton Jarvis, American record producer of Elvis, Willie Nelson, and other musicians and a singer (b. 1934)
- Marvin Opler, American anthropologist (b. 1914)
- January 4 – Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (b. 1914)
- January 5
- Guy Paquinet, French jazz trombonist
- Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)[1]
- Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher, poet and activist (b. 1901)[2]
- January 6 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist (b. 1896)[3]
- January 7
- Jose Ardevol, Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation (b. 1911)
- Alvar Lidell, English radio announcer and newsreader for the BBC and compere (b. 1908)
- January 9
- Donald H. Bochkay, 64, American Air Force pilot and flying ace (b. 1916)
- Obdulio Morales, Cuban pianist, conductor, composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1910)
- Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer and one of the founders of the Warsaw Autumn contemporary music festival (b. 1922)
- January 10
- Katherine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
- Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
- Fawn M. Brodie, American biographer and history professors at UCLA (b. 1915)
- January 11 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
- January 12
- Isobel Elsom, English film, theatre, and television actress (b. 1893)
- Sir John Nicoll, British colonial administrator, governor of Singapore (b. 1899)[4]
- January 15
- David E. Lilienthal, American attorney and public administrator (b. 1899)
- Emanuel Celler, American Democratic politician from New York (b. 1888)
- January 16 – Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
- January 17 – Loukas Panourgias, Greek athlete and footballer (b. 1899)
- January 19 – Francesca Woodman, American photographer (b. 1958)
- January 21 – Allyn Joslyn, American actor (b. 1901)
- January 22 – Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani nationalist historian and playwright (b. 1903)
- January 23
- Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
- Bobby Sherwood, American guitarist, trumpeter, bandleader, actor and radio host (b. 1914)
- Olin E. Teague, American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1946 to 1978 (b. 1910)
- January 25 – Adele Astaire, American dancer and actress (b. 1896)
- January 29 – Lajos Korányi, Hungarian footballer (b. 1907)
- January 30 – John Gordon, Irish Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1912)
- January 31 – Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (b. 1909)
February
[edit]- February 1
- Donald Wills Douglas Sr., American industrialist (b. 1892)
- Wanda Hendrix, American actress (b. 1928)
- Ernst Pepping, German composer (b. 1901)
- Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908)
- February 2 –
- Hugh J. Addonizio, Italian-American politician and Mayor of Newark (b. 1914)
- Louise Lorraine, American actress (b. 1904)
- February 3 –
- J Harlen Bretz, American geologist (b. 1882)
- Jan Donner, Dutch politician (b. 1891)
- February 4 – Mario Camerini, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1895)
- February 5
- Ella Grasso, American politician and member of the Democratic Party (b. 1919)
- Kuda Bux, magician and firewalker (b. 1905)
- February 6 –
- Frederica of Hanover, Queen Consort of the Hellenes and wife of King Paul of Greece (b. 1917)
- Hugo Montenegro, American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks (b. 1925)
- February 7 – Hermann Esser, German journalist and editor of the Nazi newspaper Völkischer Beobachter (b. 1900)
- February 9 – Bill Haley, American rock musician, member of Bill Haley & The Comets (b. 1925)
- February 12 – Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, British admiral (b. 1888)
- February 13 – Jack Crapp, English cricketer (b. 1912)
- February 15
- Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
- Mike Bloomfield, American blues guitarist (b. 1943)
- February 17 – David Garnett, English novelist and writer (b. 1892)
- February 18
- Jack Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (b. 1895)
- Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha, Egyptian politician, 28th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1896)
- February 20
- Bernard B. Brown, American sound engineer and composer (b. 1898)
- Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, French magazine editor and playboy (b. 1904)
- February 22
- Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (b. 1908)
- Curtis Bernhardt, German film director (b. 1899)
- February 25
- Leonard Howell, Founder of Rastafari (b. 1898)
- Gunichi Mikawa, Japanese admiral (b. 1888)
- February 26
- Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914)
- Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896)
- February 27 – Jacob H Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
March
[edit]- March 1 – Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón, 14th President of Panama (b. 1905)
- March 2
- Brenda De Banzie, British actress (b. 1909)
- Janear Hines, American actress and Earl Hines' daughter (b.1950)[5]
- Tony Gulotta, American racing driver (b. 1903)
- March 4 – Torin Thatcher, American actor (b. 1905)
- March 5 –
- Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
- Paul Hörbiger, Austrian theatre and film actor (b. 1894)
- Red Saunders, American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. 1912)
- March 6 – George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
- March 7
- Peter Birch, Irish Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1911)
- Jon Gnagy, self-taught artist remembered for being America's original television art instructor
- Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)[6]
- Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German-Danish tennis player (b. 1908)
- March 9 – Max Delbrück, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1906)[7]
- March 10 – Flavio Calzavara, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- March 11 – Kazimierz Kordylewski, Polish astronomer (b. 1903)
- March 14
- Ken Barrington, English international cricketer (b. 1930)
- Paolo Grassi, Italian actor (b. 1919)
- March 15 – René Clair, French film director (b. 1898)
- March 17 – Paul Dean, American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher (1912)
- March 19 – Frank Lane, American executive in professional baseball (b. 1895)
- March 20 – Gerry Bertier, American college football player (b. 1953)
- March 21 – Mark Donskoy, Russian Soviet film director (b. 1901)
- March 22
- Jumbo Elliott, American track and field coach (b. 1915)
- John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (b. 1911)
- Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President (b. 1907)[8]
- March 23
- Sir Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (b. 1884)
- Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (b. 1940)
- Beatrice Tinsley, English astronomer (b. 1941)
- March 26 – Cyril Dean Darlington, English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, (b. 1903)
- March 27 – Mao Dun, Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and minister of culture (b. 1896)[9]
- March 29 – Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
- March 30
- Sherman Edwards, American songwriter (b. 1919)
- Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1930)
- Douglas Lowe, British Olympic athlete (b. 1902)
- DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (b. 1889)
- March 31
- Enid Bagnold, British writer and playwright (b. 1889)
- Frank Tieri, American gangster (b. 1904)
April
[edit]- April 1 – Eua Sunthornsanan, singer, Thai composer and bandleader of the Suntaraporn Band (b. 1910)
- April 2 – Delfo Cabrera, Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1948 Summer Olympics (b. 1918)
- April 3
- Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (b. 1899)
- Leo Kanner, Austrian-American psychiatrist, physician, and social activist (b. 1894)
- April 5
- Bob Hite, American musician (Canned Heat) (b. 1943)
- Maurice Zbriger, Canadian violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1896)[10]
- April 7
- Kit Lambert, British producer, record label owner and manager of The Who (b. 1935)
- Norman Taurog, American film director (b. 1899)[11]
- April 8 – Omar Bradley, American army general (b. 1893)[12]
- April 10
- George Carlyle Marler, Canadian politician, notary and philatelist (b. 1901)
- Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader (b. 1899)
- April 11
- Caroline Gordon, American novelist and literary critic (b. 1895)
- Marie Ney, British character actress (b. 1895)
- April 12
- Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch composer (b. 1892)
- Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
- Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914)[13]
- Hans Chemin-Petit, German composer, conductor and music educator (b. 1902)
- April 14 – Ivan Galamian, Armenian-American violin teacher (b. 1903)
- April 15
- John Thach, American naval aviator and admiral (b. 1905)
- Lorenzo Guerrero, former President of Nicaragua (b. 1900)
- April 16 –
- Eric Hollies, English cricketer (b. 1912)
- Effa Manley, American sports executive (b. 1897)
- April 18 – James H. Schmitz, German-American writer (b. 1911)
- April 19 – Ernst Levy, Swiss musicologist, composer, pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
- April 21 – Eddie Sauter, American composer and arranger (b. 1914)
- April 23 – Josep Pla, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1897)[14]
- April 26
- Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
- Madge Evans, American actress (b. 1909)
- Muhammad Lafir, Sri Lankan snooker player (b. 1930)
- April 27 – John Aspinwall Roosevelt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1916)
- April 28
- Cliff Battles, American football player (Boston Redskins) and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1910)
- Mickey Walker, American professional boxer (b. 1903)
- April 30 – Peter Huchel, German poet and editor (b. 1903)
May
[edit]- May 1 – Barry Jones, American actor (b. 1893)
- May 3 – Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
- May 4 – Paul Green, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (b. 1894)[15]
- May 5 – Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1954)
- May 6 – Frank O'Grady, Australian public servant (b. 1900)
- May 7 – Hiromichi Yahara, Imperial Japanese Army officer (b. 1902)
- May 8 – Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1897)
- May 9
- Nelson Algren, American author (b. 1909)
- Margaret Lindsay, American actress (b. 1910)
- Nip Pellew, Australian cricketer (b.1893)
- May 10 – Ismail of Johor, Malaysian sultan (b. 1894)
- May 11
- Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)[16]
- Bob Marley, Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician (b. 1945)
- Hoyt W. Fuller, American editor, educator, critic, and author during the Black Arts Movement (b. 1923)
- May 12 – Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean politician and professor, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)
- May 13
- Ben Andrews, American actor (b. 1942)
- May 14 – J. Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1912)
- May 16 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist, organist, bandleader, and arranger (b. 1922)
- May 17 –
- Hugo Friedhofer, German-American film composer (b. 1901)
- Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, American high-altitude balloonist, and in later life an Episcopal priest (b. 1895)
- May 18
- Eleonore Baur, German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch (b. 1885)
- Richard Hale, American singer and actor (b. 1892)[17]
- Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
- William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)[18]
- May 20 – Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia (b. 1906)
- May 21
- Yuki Shimoda, American actor (b. 1921)
- Patsy O'Hara, Irish republican hunger striker and member of the Irish National Liberation Army (b. 1957)
- Raymond Mccreesh, Irish volunteer in the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (b. 1957)
- May 22 – Boris Sagal, Ukrainian-American television and film director (b. 1923)
- May 23
- George Jessel, American actor (b. 1898)
- Donald Macintyre, British naval officer and naval historian (b. 1904)
- Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist, poet, diarist, and a BBC radio producer (b. 1911)
- May 24
- Jaime Roldós Aguilera, 33rd President of Ecuador (b. 1940)
- Jack Warner, British actor (b. 1895)
- May 25
- Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (b. 1897)
- Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian radio astronomer (b. 1912)
- A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician (b. 1916)
- Fredric Warburg, British publisher, who in 1935 founded the company Secker & Warburg (b. 1898)
- May 28
- John Bryan Ward-Perkins, British archaeologist (b. 1912)
- Mary Lou Williams, American jazz pianist (b. 1910)
- Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop and Servant of God (b. 1901)
- Lem Billings, American businessman (b. 1916)
- May 29 – Soong Ching-ling, Acting head of State of the People's Republic of China (b. 1893)
- May 30
- Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
- Peter Lindgren, Swedish actor (b. 1915)
- Ziaur Rahman, 7th President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)
- May 31
- Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, British economist (b. 1914)
- Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 31st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1902)
June
[edit]- June 1 – Carl Vinson, American politician (b. 1883)[19]
- June 2 – Rino Gaetano, Italian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
- June 5 – Miguel Contreras Torres, Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1899)
- June 9 – Allen Ludden, 63, American television host (Password), stomach cancer.
- June 10
- Jenny Maxwell, American actress (b. 1941)
- Phelps Phelps, 38th Governor of American Samoa, United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (b. 1897)
- June 11 – Botak Chin, Malaysian criminal and gangster (b. 1951)
- June 12 – Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian diplomat and political figure, 35th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1900)
- June 13 – George Walsh, American actor (b. 1889)
- June 16 – Sir Thomas Playford, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (b. 1896)
- June 17 – Sir Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
- June 19 – Lotte Reiniger, German silhouette animator (b. 1899)
- June 22
- Henri Bouillard, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1908)
- Lola Lane, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
- June 23 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1907)
- June 28
- Mohammad Beheshti, Chief Justice of Iran (b. 1928)
- Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
July
[edit]- July 1
- Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect (b. 1902)
- George Voskovec, Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director (b. 1905)
- July 3 – Ross Martin, American actor (b. 1920)
- July 7 – Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st President of South Yemen (b. 1920)
- July 8
- Jugah Barieng, Malaysian politician (b. 1903)
- Joe McDonnell, Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1951)
- July 10 – Giorgio De Lullo, Italian actor and director (b. 1921)
- July 16 – Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (b. 1942)
- July 26 – Stafford L. Warren, American physician and radiologist; inventor of the mammogram (b. 1896)[20]
- July 27 – William Wyler, American movie director (b. 1902)[21]
- July 28 – Stanley Francis Rother, American priest, martyr, and Blessed (b. 1935)
- July 29 – Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
- July 31 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian leader (b. 1929)
August
[edit]- August 1 – Paddy Chayefsky, American screenwriter (b. 1923)
- August 2
- Delfo Cabrera, Argentine athlete (b. 1919)
- Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
- August 4 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
- August 14 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
- August 15 – Karl Gero, Duke of Urach, Lichtenstein noble (b. 1899)
- August 18
- Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger (b. 1894)
- Anita Loos, American screenwriter (b. 1888)
- August 19 – Jessie Matthews, English dancer, singer and actress (b. 1907)
- August 22 – Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker (b. 1939)
- August 27
- Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer, physical therapist and pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)[22]
- Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- August 28 – Béla Guttmann, Hungarian football player and coach (b. 1899)[23]
- August 29 – Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster (b. 1892)
- August 30
- Mohammad-Ali Rajai, 47th Prime Minister of Iran and 2nd President of Iran (assassinated) (b. 1933)
- Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Iranian theologian and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Iran (assassinated) (b. 1933)
- Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)
September
[edit]- September 1
- Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1902)
- Albert Speer, German Nazi architect and war minister (b. 1905)
- September 2 – Dame Enid Lyons, Australian politician (b. 1897)
- September 7 – Christy Brown, Irish writer and painter (b. 1932)[24]
- September 8
- Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)[25]
- Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)[26]
- Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
- September 9
- Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
- Ricardo Balbín, Argentine politician, leader of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) (b. 1904)
- Sir Robert Askin, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)
- September 11
- Harold Bennett, British actor (b. 1899)
- Frank McHugh, American actor (b. 1898)
- September 12 – Eugenio Montale, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)[27]
- September 14 – Charles L. Melson, American admiral (b. 1904)
- September 15 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. 1906)
- September 17 – Sir Milton Allen, Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (b. 1888)[28]
- September 21 – Nigel Patrick, English actor (b. 1912)
- September 22 – Harry Warren, American songwriter (b. 1893)
- September 23 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor and writer, tribal chief of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (b. 1899)
- September 24 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
- September 27 – Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (b. 1904)
- September 28
- Rómulo Betancourt, 2-time President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
- Sir Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, British Conservative cabinet minister (b. 1923)
- September 29
- Javad Fakoori, Iranian military officer, former minister of Defence (b. 1913)
- Mousa Namjoo, Iranian military officer, minister of Defence (b. 1938)
- Bill Shankly, British football manager (b. 1913)
October
[edit]- October 2
- Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
- Hazel Scott, American jazz singer and pianist (b. 1920)
- October 3 – Chrysostom Blashkevich, Soviet Benedict monk (b. 1915)
- October 4 – Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player (New York Giants) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1905)
- October 5 – Gloria Grahame, 57, American actress, breast cancer.
- October 6 – Anwar Sadat, 62, 37th Prime Minister of Egypt and 3rd President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, assassinated.
- October 13
- Antonio Berni, Argentine painter (b. 1905)
- Nils Asther, Danish-Swedish actor (b. 1897)
- October 16
- Stanley Clements, American actor (b. 1926)
- Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (b. 1915)
- October 22 – Michael Granger, American actor (b. 1923)
- October 24 – Edith Head, American costume designer (b. 1897)
- October 25 – Barbara Bedford, American actress (b. 1903)
- October 27 – John Warburton, British actor (b. 1899)
- October 29 – Georges Brassens, French singer and songwriter (b. 1921)
November
[edit]- November 2 – Wally Wood, American cartoonist (b. 1927)
- November 5 – Jean Eustache, French film director (b. 1938)
- November 7 – Will Durant, American philosopher and writer (b. 1885)
- November 10 – Abel Gance, French film director (b. 1889)
- November 12 – William Holden, 63, American actor, bleeding.
- November 13 – Gerhard Marcks, German sculptor (b. 1889)
- November 15
- Walter Heitler, German physicist (b. 1904)
Fellow of the Royal Society[29] - Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
- Walter Heitler, German physicist (b. 1904)
- November 17 – Wilhelm Pelikan, Austrian chemist (b. 1893)[30]
- November 21 – Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (b. 1896)[31]
- November 22
- Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
- Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1900)[32]
- November 25
- Jack Albertson, American actor and comedian (b. 1907)
- Morris Kirksey, American athlete (b. 1895)[33]
- November 26 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess grandmaster (b. 1901)
- November 27 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
- November 29 – Natalie Wood, 43, American actress, drowning.
December
[edit]- December 2
- Wallace Harrison, American architect (b. 1895)
- Francis Hunter, American tennis player (b. 1894)
- December 6 – Harry Harlow, American psychologist (b. 1905)
- December 7 – William Edmunds, Italian stage and screen character actor (b. 1886)
- December 8 – Ferruccio Parri, Italian partisan and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1890)
- December 13 – Cornelius Cardew, English composer (b. 1936)
- December 15
- Catherine T. MacArthur, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
- Karl Struss, American cinematographer (b. 1886)
- December 17
- Franz Dahlem, German politician. (b. 1892)
- Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1913)
- December 18
- Enrique Hertzog, Bolivian politician, 42nd President of Bolivia (b. 1896)
- Juan Miles, Argentine polo player (b. 1895)
- December 23
- Luther H. Evans, American political scientist and librarian, 3rd Director General of the UNESCO (b. 1902)
- Reginald Miles Ansett, Australian businessman and aviator (b. 1909)
- December 26 – Suat Hayri Urguplu, Turkish politician, 11th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
- December 27 – Hoagy Carmichael, American jazz composer (b. 1899)
- December 28 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American film director (b. 1885)
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