- Deaths in 1997
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Contents
The following is a list of notable deaths in 1997. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
January
- January 1
- Aenne Brauksiepe, German politician (b. 1912)
- Townes Van Zandt, American folk singer (b. 1944)
- January 2
- Leighton Buckwell, Canadian politician (b. 1918)
- Randy California, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1951)
- Samuel Carlisi, Chicago gangster (b. 1914)
- January 4
- Hédi Berkhissa, Tunisian footballer (b. 1972)
- Dwight Billings, American ecologist (b. 1910)
- Harry Helmsley, American real estate mogul (b. 1909)
- January 5
- Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Prince of Sweden (b. 1912)
- Peter Cain, American artist (b. 1959)
- Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912)
- January 6
- Herbert Blitzstein, Chicago Outfit mobster (b. 1934)
- Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
- January 8
- Sidney M. Aronovitz, American lawyer (b. 1920)
- Melvin Calvin, American chemist (b. 1911)
- January 9
- Karol Borhy, Slovak football coach (b. 1912)
- Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
- January 10
- Darrell A. Amyx, American classical archaeologist (b. 1911)
- Francisco Aramburu, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
- Robert Atwood, American newspaper publishers (b. 1907)
- Samuel Preston Bayard, American folklorist and musicologist (b. 1908)
- Sheldon Leonard, American producer, actor, director (b. 1907)
- Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- January 11 – Cliff Birkett, English footballer (b. 1933)
- January 12
- Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901)
- Jill Summers, English actress (b. 1910)
- January 13 – Ernest Bayer, American rower (b. 1904)
- January 14 – John Amdisen, Danish footballer (b. 1934)
- January 15 – Oscar Auerbach, American physician (b. 1905)
- January 16 – Ennis Cosby, comedian Bill Cosby's son (b. 1969)
- January 17
- Karel Benedík, Czech painter (b. 1923)
- W. A. Camps, British classical scholar (b. 1910)
- Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
- January 18
- Herbert A. Allen, Sr., American stock broker (b. 1908)
- Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator from (Massachusetts) and one-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination (b. 1941)
- January 19 – James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
- January 20
- Edith Brown, one of the last remaining and oldest survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912 (b. 1896)
- Albín Brunovský, Slovak painter, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator and pedagogue (b. 1935)
- Curt Flood, American baseball player (b. 1938)
- January 21 – Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-born celebrity manager (b. 1909)
- January 22
- Ênio Andrade, Brazillian football player and manager (b. 1928)
- Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican educator and historian (b. 1898)
- Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer (b. 1957)
- January 23 – Richard Berry African-American singer and composer (b. 1935)
- January 24 – Lourdino Barreto, Indian musicologist and composer (b. 1938)
- January 25
- Werner Aspenström, Soviet poet (b. 1918)
- Dan Barry, American cartoonist (b. 1923)
- James Boyd, American boxer (b. 1930)
- José Luis Cabezas, Argentine news photographer (b. 1961)
- Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
- January 26 – Sufi Barkat Ali, Muslim Sufi saint (b. 1911)
- January 27 – Cecil Arthur Lewis MC, British fighter pilot who flew in World War I and last surviving World War I ace (b. 1898)
- January 28
- January 29 – Antal Benda, Hungarian field handball player (b. 1910)
- January 30 – Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, British earl and activist (b. 1919)
- January 31
- Harold Raymond Ballard, Canadian MP (b. 1918)
- Johnny Klein, American drummer (b. 1918)
February
- February 1
- February 2
- Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive (b. 1904)
- Chico Science, Brazilian musician (b. 1967)
- February 3
- February 4 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist (b. 1915)
- February 5
- Frederick J. Almgren, Jr., American mathematician (b. 1933)
- Bob Brown, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1938)
- Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
- February 6 – Ernie Anderson, American disc jockey, and television and radio announcer/voiceover artist (b. 1923)
- February 7
- Owen Aspinall, American attorney and politician (b. 1927)
- John Baker, British musician and composer (b. 1937)
- February 9
- David Austick, British Liberal Party politician and bookshop owner (b. 1920)
- Brian Connolly, Scottish musician (b. 1945)
- February 10
- Harriet Andreassen, Norwegian labour activist and politician (b. 1925)
- Lou Bennett, American jazz organist (b. 1926)
- February 11 – Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912)
- February 12 – James Cossins, English actor (b. 1933)
- February 13
- Bobby Adams, American Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)
- John Ries Bartels, United States federal judge (b. 1897)
- Otto Beckmann, Austrian sculptor and pioneer of media and computer art (b. 1908)
- February 15
- Oscar Adams, African-American Alabama Supreme Court justice (b. 1925)
- Arne Berg, Swedish road racing cyclist (b. 1909)
- Georges Bergé, French Army general who served during World War II (b. 1909)
- February 16 – Leon Bankoff, American dentist and mathematician (b. 1908)
- February 17
- Amha Selassie of Ethiopia, the last Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1916)
- Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
- February 18
- Bozorg Alavi, Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual (b. 1904)
- Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist (b. 1928)
- February 19
- David Ashkenazi, Russian pianist, concertmaster and composer (b. 1915)
- Jarmil Burghauser, Czech composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1921)
- Afonso Guimarães da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1914)
- Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (b. 1904)
- February 20 – Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)
- February 21 – Ziya Bunyadov, Azerbaijani historian, academician, and Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (b. 1921)
- February 22 – Joseph Aiuppa, American mobster (b. 1907)
- February 23
- Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (b. 1912)
- Tony Williams, American musician (b. 1945)
- February 24 – Isabelle Lucas, Canadian-born British actress (b. 1927)
- February 25
- Cal Abrams, American Major League Baseball player (b. 1924)
- Bill "Hoss" Allen, American radio disc jockey (b. 1922)
- Louis Auslander, American mathematician (b. 1928)
- February 26
- Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer and constructor (b. 1914)
- David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)
- February 27 – Helen Boyce, American film actress (b. 1918)
- February 28 – Ivan Arkhipov, Soviet-Russian statesman (b. 1907)
March
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- Stanislaus Joseph Brzana, the tenth Roman Catholic Bishop of Ogdensburg (b. 1917)
- Miltiades Caridis, German-Greek conductor (b. 1923)
- March 2
- Abdel Azim Ashry, Egyptian basketball player, referee and sports administrator (b. 1911)
- Judi Bari, American environmentalist and labor leader (b. 1949)
- Douglas Blackwood, British publisher (b. 1909)
- March 3
- Bradford Angier, American wilderness survivalist and proponent of back to earth living (b. 1910)
- Jascha Brodsky, Russian-American violinist (b. 1907)
- March 4
- Joe Baker-Cresswell, British Royal Navy officer (b. 1901)
- Roger Brown, American basketball player (b. 1942)
- Robert H. Dicke, American experimental physicist (b. 1916)
- Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (b. 1914)
- March 5
- Zalman Abramov, Israeli politician (b. 1908)
- Josef Ackermann, German politician (b. 1905)
- Amjad Ali, Pakistani civil servant (b. 1907)
- Samm Sinclair Baker, American health and wellness writer (b. 1909)
- Ralph Bass, American musician (b. 1911)
- Frank Brennan, Scottish footballer (b. 1924)
- March 6 – Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
- March 7
- Wilfred Conwell Bain, American music educator (b. 1908)
- Emanuel Bronner, the maker of Dr. Bronner's castile soap (b. 1908)
- Martin Kippenberger, German artist (b. 1953)
- Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- March 9
- Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE (b. 1952)
- John Boyd, American military strategist (b. 1927)
- The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972)
- Terry Nation, Welsh screenwriter (b. 1930)
- March 10
- Jimmy Airlie, Scottish trade unionist (b. 1936)
- La Vern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
- Raymond Bass, American gymnast (b. 1910)
- Peter H. Behr, American politician (b. 1915)
- March 11
- Lars Ahlin, Swedish author and aesthetician (b. 1915)
- Hubert de Bèsche, Swedish Olympic fencer (b. 1911)
- Paul Archibald Brent, American musician, the first African American to attend the prestigious Peabody Conservatory (b. 1907)
- Robert Browning, Scottish Byzantinist (b. 1914)
- March 12
- Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi, Pakistani Islamic scholar and a prolific translator of classical Islamic texts (b. 1917)
- Hendrik Brugmans, Dutch academic and linguist (b. 1906)
- March 14
- Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer, film-author and GDR dissident (b. 1937)
- Charles Weldon Cannon, American rancher (b. 1915)
- Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (b. 1907)
- March 15
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- Boediardjo, Indonesian politician (b. 1921)
- Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)
- March 17 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer (b. 1957)
- March 19
- Johannes Bråten, Norwegian politician (b. 1920)
- Willem de Kooning, Dutch artist (b. 1904)
- March 20
- Ronnie Barron, American musician (b. 1943)
- Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
- March 21
- Liv Andersen, Norwegian politician (b. 1919)
- Wilbert Awdry, British children's writer (b. 1911)
- John Nemechek, NASCAR driver (b. 1970)
- March 24
- Herbert Bauer, German pilot (b. 1919)
- Martin Caidin, American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation (b. 1927)
- March 25
- Robert Arthur, American radio announcer (b. 1921)
- Baltazar, Brazilian footballer (b. 1926)
- March 26
- Norman Alexander, New Zealand physicist (b. 1907)
- Marshall Applewhite, leader of the Heaven's Gate religious group (b. 1931)
- March 27 – George Malcolm Brown, English geologist (b. 1925)
- March 28 – Arthur Arntzen, Norwegian politician (b. 1906)
- March 31
- Ed Alberian, American stage and television actor (b. 1920)
- Eugenie Anderson, United States diplomat (b. 1909)
- Karl Auer, German military officer (b. 1916)
April
- April 1 – Jolie Gabor, Hungarian socialite (b. 1896)
- April 2
- Anthony Bushell, English film actor and director (b. 1904)
- Craig D. Button, United States Air Force pilot (b. 1964)
- April 3
- Isaac Felipe Azofeifa, Costa Rican poet, politician and educator (b. 1909)
- Thomas Barthel, German ethnologist and epigrapher (b. 1923)
- April 4 – Leo Picard, Israeli geologist and an expert in the field of hydrology (b. 1900)
- April 5
- Paul de Bruyn, German athlete (b. 1907)
- Ignazio Buttitta, Sicilian dialectal poet (b. 1899)
- Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
- August Heckscher II, American public intellectual and author (b. 1913)
- April 6
- Max Alvarado, Filipino film actor (b. 1929)
- Arturo de Ascanio, Spanish magician (b. 1929)
- William T. Brotherton, Jr., Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate (b. 1926)
- April 7
- Witto Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
- Georgi Shonin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- April 8
- Audrey Atterbury, British puppeter (b. 1921)
- Bob Cain, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1924)
- Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. 1947)
- April 9 – Mae Boren Axton, American songwriter and music promoter (b. 1914)
- April 10 – Robert Aitken, New Zealand physician and university administrator (b. 1901)
- April 11 – Faith Burrows, nationally syndicated cartoonist during the Jazz Age (b. 1904)
- April 12 – George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)
- April 13
- Mustafa Amin, Egyptian columnist and journalist (b. 1914)
- Bryant Bowles, American white supremacist (b. 1920)
- April 15
- Don Bexley, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)
- L. Brent Bozell, Jr., American conservative activist and Catholic writer (b. 1926)
- Mildred Cleghorn, Chairwoman of the Fort Sill Apache tribe (b. 1910)
- April 16
- Doris Angleton, American socialite (b. 1951)
- Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, Mexican businessman, newspaper publisher, and television executive (b. 1930)
- Jan Bruins, Dutch motorcycle racer (b. 1940)
- Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
- April 17 – Dale Burnett, American football running back for the New York Giants (b. 1909)
- April 18
- April 19 – El Duce, American singer and drummer (b. 1958)
- April 20
- Jean Louis, American costume designer (b. 1907)
- Henry Mucci, American Colonel of the 98th Ranger Battalion (b. 1909)
- April 21
- Alfred Bailey, Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator (b. 1905)
- Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines (b. 1910)
- April 22 – Baroness Seear, President of the UK Liberal Party (b. 1913)
- April 23 – Brian Alderson, Scottish footballer (b. 1950)
- April 24
- Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Soviet historian and writer turned anti-communist (c. 1908/10)
- Assen Bossev, Bulgarian author of children's literature (b. 1913)
- John A. Brown, American murderer
- Pat Paulsen, American comedian (b. 1927)
- April 25
- Aleksejs Auziņš, Latvian football midfielder, manager and also an ice hockey player (b. 1910)
- Nicholas Baker, British MP (b. 1938)
- Kay Blumetta, American baseball player (b. 1923)
- April 26 – John Beal, American actor (b. 1909)
- April 30
- Heinz Bergmann, German military officer (b. 1914)
- Henry Picard, American golfer (b. 1906)
May
- May 1
- Charles Baron, American minor league baseball player and manager
- Bo Widerberg, Swedish film director (b. 1930)
- May 2
- Kenneth Allen, British nuclear physicist (b. 1923)
- John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)
- May 3
- Bruce Beetham, New Zealand academic and politician (b. 1936)
- Gerrit den Braber, Dutch song writer and lyricist (b. 1929)
- May 4
- Jerome Alden, American playwright and screenwriter for television and documentary films (b. 1921)
- Alvy Moore, American actor (b. 1921)
- May 5
- Bob Briggs, American football player (b. 1945)
- George Burns, British Army officer (b. 1911)
- Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
- May 8 – Ralph Wendell Burhoe, American theologian (b. 1911)
- May 9 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian woman who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world (b. 1926)
- May 11
- William Ragsdale Cannon, American theologian (b. 1916)
- Howard Morton, American actor (b. 1925)
- May 12 – Louis Barbarin, New Orleans jazz drummer (b. 1902)
- May 14
- Jambyn Batmönkh, Mongolian communist political leader (b. 1926)
- Mel Bay, American musician (b. 1913)
- Rouville Beaudry, Canadian politician (b. 1904)
- Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (b. 1934)
- Thelma Carpenter, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
- May 15 – Oscar Berger, American editorial cartoonist (b. 1901)
- May 16
- Friedrich Bader, German military officer (b. 1908)
- Giuseppe De Santis, Italian film director (b. 1917)
- May 17 – Mikhail Bychkov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
- May 18
- Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
- Mikhail Anikushin, Soviet Russian sculptor (b. 1917)
- May 19 – John Browell, British radio producer (b. 1917)
- May 20 – Virgilio Barco Vargas, Colombian Liberal Party politician (b. 1921)
- May 21
- William Arthur, Australian politician (b. 1918)
- William Aston, Australian politician (b. 1916)
- Amasa Stone Bishop, American nuclear physicist (b. 1921)
- Noël Browne, Irish politician and doctor (b. 1915)
- May 22
- Klaus von Bismarck, German radio executive (b. 1912)
- Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)
- May 23
- Anne Anstine, American politician
- James Lee Byars, American artist (b. 1932)
- May 24
- Kinpei Azusa, Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)
- Robbie Branscum, American writer of children's books and young adult fiction (b. 1937)
- Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
- May 25 – Syd Bidwell, British Labour politician (b. 1917)
- May 26
- Manfred von Ardenne, German physicist and inventor (b. 1907)
- Cezar Baltag, Romanian poet (b. 1937)
- May 27
- Henry Barakat, Egyptian film director (b. 1912)
- Edilberto Campadese, Italian bobsledder (b. 1915)
- May 28
- Lynn Archibald, American basketball coach (b. 1944)
- Conway Baker, American football offensive tackle (b. 1911)
- Ronald V. Book, American theoretical computer scientist 1937)
- May 29
- Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)
- George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
- May 30
- West Arkeen, American musician (b. 1960)
- Béla Barényi, Austro-Hungarian automotive engineer (b. 1907)
- May 31
- Donald Beer, American rower (b. 1935)
- James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)
- Lionel Booth, Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman (b. 1914)
June
- June 1
- Florence Wysinger Allen, African American artists' model (b. 1913)
- Ruth Atkinson, American cartoonist (b. 1918)
- Garland T. Byrd, United States Democratic politician from Georgia (b. 1924)
- June 2
- Lukas Aurednik, Austrian footballer and football manager (b. 1918)
- Martin Bronfenbrenner, American economist (b. 1914)
- Helen Jacobs, American tennis champion (b. 1908)
- June 3
- Pidge Browne, American professional baseball player (b. 1929)
- Dennis James, American game show host (b. 1917)
- June 6
- Eitel Cantoni, Uruguayan racecar driver (b. 1906)
- Magda Gabor, American actress (b. 1914)
- June 7
- Diogenes Angelakos, American electrical engineer and academic (b. 1920)
- Lewis White Beck, American philosopher and scholar of German philosophy (b. 1913)
- Jacques Canetti, French talent manager
- June 8
- Betty Andujar, American politician (b. 1912)
- Reid Shelton, American actor (b. 1924)
- June 9 – Christina Kokubo, American actress (b. 1950)
- June 11 – Robert Bates, Ulster loyalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland (b. 1948)
- June 12
- Rick Baldwin, American racing driver (b. 1955)
- Bulat Okudzhava, Soviet non-mainstream singer of Georgian descent (b. 1924)
- June 13 – Al Berto, Portuguese poet (b. 1948)
- June 14
- Marjorie Best, American Hollywood costume designer (b. 1903)
- Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
- June 15 – Desmond Banks, Baron Banks, British Liberal Party politician (b. 1918)
- June 18 – Waldo Don Carlos, American football center (b. 1909)
- June 20
- John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country (b. 1949)
- Paul Carell, German Nazi politician (b. 1911)
- June 22
- Lars Bergendahl, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1909)
- Don Henderson, British actor (b. 1932)
- Gérard Pelletier, French journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1919)
- June 23
- Len Bailey, British automobile designer (b. 1926)
- Harry Botterell, Canadian neurosurgeon (b. 1906)
- William Slater Brown, American novelist, biographer and translator of French literature (b. 1895)
- Betty Shabazz, American widow of Malcolm X (b. 1936)
- June 24
- Marion Jones Callister, United States federal judge (b. 1921)
- Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
- Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
- June 25
- Elmer Batters, German erotic photographer (b. 1919)
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
- June 26
- George Bassman, American composer and arranger (b. 1914)
- Don Bradley, English footballer (b. 1924)
- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
- June 27
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- Cesar Y. Alzona, Filipino songwriter (b. 1926)
- Ray Benge, American baseball pitcher (b. 1907)
- June 28 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
- June 29
- Griffith Borgeson, American race car historian (b. 1918)
- William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
- June 30 – Bill Bradley, English cyclist (b. 1933)
July
- July 1
- Lester Asheim, American librarian and scholar of library science (b. 1914)
- Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)
- July 2
- Stan Barker, English jazz pianist (b. 1926)
- Jimmy Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
- July 4
- William Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan, British peer and professional soldier (b. 1914)
- Charles Kuralt, American television reporter (b. 1934)
- John Zachary Young, British biologist (b. 1907)
- July 5 – Arunasalam Thangathurai, Sri Lankan Tamil politician
- July 6
- Chetan Anand, Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director (b. 1915)
- Gabriel Asaad, Assyrian composer and musician (b. 1907)
- Ajaib Singh, Sant of Surat Shabd Yoga (b. 1926)
- July 7
- Raghu Raj Bahadur, Indian mathematician (b. 1924)
- Mate Boban, Bosnian Croat politician and the only president of the short lived and self proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (b. 1940)
- Leonid Bykovets, Soviet airman (b. 1921)
- Royston Tickner, English actor (b. 1922)
- July 10 – Ivor Allchurch, Welsh international footballer (b. 1929)
- July 11
- Felix Barker, British drama critic and historian (b. 1917)
- Fred Beavis, Canadian politician (b. 1914)
- July 12 – Pietro Buscaglia, Italian professional football player (b. 1911)
- July 13
- Garfield Barwick, Australian politician, lawyer, and Chief Justice of Australia (b. 1903)
- Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician for the People's Party (b. 1968)
- Alexandra Danilova, Russian dancer (b. 1903)
- July 14 – Sir Garfield Barwick, Australian Chief Justice (b. 1903)
- July 15
- Sennen Andriamirado, Malagasy journalist (b. 1945)
- Gordie Bruce, Canadian professional ice hockey forward (b. 1919)
- Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946)
- July 16 – Ron Berry, Welsh author of novels and short stories (b. 1920)
- July 18 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer (b. 1928)
- July 20 – John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (b. 1949)
- July 21
- Tony Alvarez, Spanish actor (b. 1956)
- Roger Bowman, pitcher in Major League Baseball (b. 1927)
- July 22
- Khalil Ahmed, Pakistani composer (b. 1936)
- Marilyn Brown, American actress (b. 1953)
- Ephraim John Burford, English historian and author (b. 1905)
- July 23
- Walter Behrendt, German politician of the Social Democratic Party and president of the European parliament (b. 1914)
- Norman William Black, American federal judge (b. 1931)
- Barney Bright, American sculptor (b. 1927)
- Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904)
- July 24
- William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
- Frank Parker, American tennis champion (b. 1916)
- July 25
- Jack Bickham, American novelist (b. 1930)
- Ben Hogan, American golf champion (b. 1912)
- July 29
- Alex Archer, British Ice Hockey player (b. 1911)
- John Archer, English sprinter (b. 1921)
- July 30
- Robert Bryce, Canadian civil servant (b. 1910)
- Bao Dai, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1913)
August
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- Berta Alves de Sousa, Portuguese pianist and composer (b. 1906)
- Kenneth W. Bilby, executive vice president of RCA (b. 1918)
- August 2
- William S. Burroughs, American author (b. 1914)
- Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist (b. 1938)
- August 4
- Ján Brezina, Slovak poet, literally historian and theoretician (b. 1917)
- Horace Bristol, American photographer (b. 1908)
- Dick Bush, English cinematographer (b. 1931)
- Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history. (b. 1875)
- Jean Pierre Capron, French painter (b. 1921)
- August 6
- Lance Barnard, Australian politician (b. 1919)
- Sandy Beadle, Canadian ice hockey left winger (b. 1960)
- Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, Indian writer (b. 1924)
- August 8
- Joseph Aquilina, Maltese author and linguist (b. 1911)
- Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
- August 9
- Maria Antonietta Beluzzi, Italian actress (b. 1930)
- Max Blösch, Olympic Swiss field handball player (b. 1908)
- August 10
- Peter Braestrup, American journalist (b. 1929)
- Conlon Nancarrow, American-born composer (b. 1912)
- August 12
- Luther Allison, American musician (b. 1939)
- Rex Barney, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers (b. 1924)
- Gösta Bohman, Swedish politician (b. 1911)
- Henry Calley, English pilot, owner and manager of a stud farm, and Conservative politician (b. 1914)
- August 16
- Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian activist, politician and diplomat (b. 1921)
- Mercedes Alison Bates, American magazine editor, buisnessperson, and director of the Betty Crocker division of General Mills (b. 1916)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Punjabi: نصرت فتح علی خان (Shahmukhi)), Pakistani Qawwali musician (b. 1948)
- Hendrik van den Bergh, South African police official who founded the Bureau of State Security (b. 1914)
- August 17
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- Geoffrey Burnand, English painter, theatrical designer and mural artist (b. 1912)
- Jorge Cañas, Salvadoran football player (b. 1942)
- Doug Carl, American politician from Michigan (b. 1951)
- August 18 – Burnum Burnum, Australian Aboriginal activist, actor, and author (b. 1936)
- August 20 – Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909)
- August 22 – Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera, Prince of the Royal House of France and the 6th Duke of Galliera (b. 1910)
- August 23 – John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917)
- August 24
- Werner Abrolat, German actor (b. 1924)
- Hardial Bains, founder of the Communist Party of Canada (b. 1939)
- Louis Essen, English physicist (b. 1908)
- August 25 – Clodomiro Almeyda, Chilean politician (b. 1923)
- August 27
- Sally Blane, American actress (b. 1910)
- Sotiria Bellou, Greek singer (b. 1921)
- Basu Bhattacharya, Hindi film director (b. 1934)
- Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (b. 1949)
- August 28 – Masaru Takumi, Japanese yakuza lord (b. 1936)
- August 31
- Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
- Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman (b. 1955)
September
- September 1 – Gordon Blake, U.S. Air Force lieutenant general (b. 1910)
- September 2
- George E. Allen, American football player and coach of football and basketball (b. 1911)
- Julien Binford, American painter (b. 1909)
- Rudolph Bing, Austrian opera manager (b. 1902)
- Boris Brunov, Soviet actor and entertainer (b. 1922)
- Karl Buckel, German military officer (b. 1920)
- Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
- September 3 – George Henry Andrews, Liberian sports journalist and minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs of Liberia (b. 1926)
- September 4
- Chuck Arnold, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
- Jeffrey Bernard, British journalist (b. 1932)
- Dharamvir Bharati, Hindi poet, author, playwright and a social thinker of India (b. 1926)
- September 5
- Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (b. 1912)
- Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)
- September 6 – Salvador Artigas, Spanish former footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- September 7
- Mukul S. Anand, Indian film director and producer (b. 1951)
- Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (The Howling) (b. 1951)
- Edwin Brock, British poet (b. 1927)
- Mobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire (b. 1930)
- September 8 – René Bihel, French footballer (b. 1916)
- September 9
- Richie Ashburn, American center fielder in Major League Baseball (b. 1927)
- Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907)
- September 10
- Satish Chandra Agarwal, Bharatiya Janata Party politician
- Abraham Akaka, American clergyman (b. 1917)
- Richard Brandt, American philosopher (b. 1910)
- Bakeer Markar, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1917)
- September 11
- Fernando Ayala, Argentine film producer, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1920)
- Cay-Lorenz Baron von Brockdorff, German military officer (b. 1923)
- September 12
- Stig Anderson, Swedish talent manager (b. 1931)
- Constantin Andronikof, French theologian (b. 1916)
- Leslie E. Brown, United States Marine Corps aviator (b. 1920)
- Leonard Maguire, Scottish actor (b. 1924)
- September 13
- Paul Brechler, athletic director for the University of Iowa (b. 1911)
- Robert Cant, British Labour politician (b. 1915)
- September 15
- Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo, Finnish artist and architect (b. 1900)
- Angel Balevski, Bulgarian inventor and engineer (b. 1910)
- Bulldog Brower, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
- September 16 – Bill Burns, American journalist and news anchor (b. 1913)
- September 17
- Benjamin Atkins, American serial killer (b. 1968)
- Red Skelton, American comedian (b. 1913)
- Aida Yūji, Japanese historian (b. 1916)
- September 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American blues singer (b. 1920)
- September 19
- Józef Bielawski, Polish arabist and Muslim scholar (b. 1910)
- Louis Bisson, Canadian aviator (b. 1909)
- Bill Butland, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (b. 1918)
- Jack May, English actor (b. 1922)
- Rich Mullins, American musician (b. 1955)
- September 22 – Deolindo Bittel, Argentine politician (b. 1922)
- September 23
- Darko Bratina, Italian sociologist, film theorist and politician (b. 1942)
- Shirley Clarke, American filmmaker (b. 1919)
- September 25
- Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer, actor and folklorist (b. 1916)
- Paul Bernard, British television director (b. 1929)
- Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)
- September 27 – Walter Trampler, American violist (b. 1915)
- September 28 – Munir Bashir, Assyrian musician in Iraq and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century (b. 1930)
- September 29 – Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)
October
- October 1 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
- October 3
- Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician (b. 1908)
- John Ashley, American actor (b. 1934)
- October 4
- Romano Amerio, Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1905)
- Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game franchise creator (b. 1941)
- October 5
- Chitta Basu, Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc (b. 1926)
- Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- Arthur Tracy, American singer (b. 1899)
- October 6
- Orlando Ramón Agosti, Argentine general (b. 1924)
- Warren Louis Boudreaux, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1918)
- Adrienne Hill, British actress (b. 1937)
- Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (b. 1914)
- October 8
- William H. Amoss, American politician (b. 1936)
- Henryk Bista, Polish actor (b. 1934)
- Albert Blumberg, American philosopher and political activist (b. 1906)
- October 10
- Chuck Andrus, American jazz double-bassist (b. 1928)
- Stella Bonheur, Stella Bonheur (b. 1904)
- October 11
- Udo Anneken, German military officer (b. 1917)
- Gordon Arnold, American man who claimed to have witnessed the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (b. 1943)
- Paul Doughty Bartlett, American chemist (b. 1907)
- October 12
- Rodrigue Bourdages, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
- John Denver, American musician (b. 1943)
- October 13
- Ian Stuart Black, British novelist, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- Adil Çarçani, Albanian politician (b. 1922)
- October 14
- Hy Averback, American radio, television, and film actor who eventually became a producer and director (b. 1920)
- Harold Robbins, American writer (b. 1916)
- October 16
- A. H. Armstrong, English educator and author (b. 1909)
- Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
- James A. Michener, American writer (b. 1907)
- October 18 – Leonard Andrzejewski, Polish actor (b. 1924)
- October 19
- Donald R. Bensen, American book editor and science fiction writer (b. 1927)
- Glen Buxton, American guitarist (b. 1947)
- October 20 – Ron Tarr, English actor (b. 1936)
- October 21 – Dolph Camilli, American first baseman in Major League Baseball (b. 1907)
- October 22 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
- October 23
- Wilhelm Berkenbusch, German military officer (b. 1918)
- Scrappy Blumer, American pilot (b. 1917)
- Hedley Bunton, missionary in China and a Minister in the Congregational Church in Australia (b. 1906)
- Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
- October 24
- Skip Alexander, American golfer (b. 1918)
- Don Messick, American voice actor (b. 1926)
- October 26 – Georg Adelly, Swedish film actor (b. 1919)
- October 28
- Walter Capps, American politician (b. 1934)
- Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
- October 29
- Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American NASA astrophysicist (b. 1947)
- Anton Szandor LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (b. 1930)
- October 30 – Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter and director (b. 1912)
- October 31
- Bram Appel, Dutch footballer (b. 1921)
- Hans Bauer, German footballer (b. 1927)
November
- November 1 – Wolfgang Abel, Austrian anthropologist and one of Nazi Germany's racial biologists (b. 1905)
- November 3 – Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (b. 1931)
- November 4 – Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (b. 1916)
- November 5
- James Robert Baker, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1946)
- Isaiah Berlin, British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas of Russian-Jewish origin (b. 1909)
- November 6
- Abdelaziz Ben Sediq, Muslim scholar from Morocco (b. 1920)
- Luigi Cantone, Italian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1917)
- November 7 – Sheila Bellush, American woman whose murder created a media frenzy and inspired several books
- November 9 – William Browning, American concert pianist, vocal coach and piano pedagogue
- November 10 – Lloyd Cardwell, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
- November 11
- William Alland, American actor, producer, writer and director of science fiction and western films (b. 1916)
- Rod Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
- November 12
- Luke Brown, American professional wrestler (b. 1935)
- Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
- November 13
- Dorothy Arnold, American film actress (b. 1917)
- André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
- November 14
- Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (b. 1916)
- Ann Bishop, American broadcast journalist (b. 1931)
- November 15
- Aaron Brown, American football defensive lineman (b. 1943)
- Saul Chaplin, American composer (b. 1912)
- Douglas MacArthur II, nephew of World War II General Douglas MacArthur (b. 1909)
- November 17 – John Wimber, American leader of the Vineyard Movement (b. 1934)
- November 20 – Asbjørn Aavik, Norwegian Lutheran missionary to China and writer (b. 1902)
- November 21
- George Araujo, American lightweight professional boxer (b. 1931)
- Bill Boyd, American poker player (b. 1906)
- Robert Simpson, English composer (b. 1921)
- November 22
- Roger Brown, American artist (b. 1941)
- Michael Hutchence, Australian musician (b. 1960)
- November 24
- Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
- Bonnie HeavyRunner, founder of the Native American Studies program at the University of Montana
- Czeslaw Brzozowicz, Canadian engineer (b. 1911)
- November 25
- Monique Serf, French singer (b. 1930)
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda, former President of Malawi (b. 1896)
- November 26 – Rudolf Buhse, Bundeswehr general (b. 1905)
- November 27
- David ''D'' Barron, Mexican Gang member (b. 1963)
- Buck Leonard, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- November 28 – Qemal Butka, Albanian architect, painter, politician, and postage stamps engraver (b. 1907)
- November 29
- Thomas E. Autzen, American philanthropist (b. 1918)
- Coleman Young, Detroit mayor (b. 1918)
- November 30 – Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)
December
- December 1
- Julius Barnathan, American broadcast engineer (b. 1927)
- Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
- Stephane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
- December 2
- Shirley Crabtree, British wrestler best known as Big Daddy (b. 1930)
- Michael Hedges, American composer and guitarist (b. 1953)
- December 3
- Stan Anderson, Scottish footballer (b. 1939)
- Abe Bluestein, American anarchist (b. 1909)
- December 4
- Leo August, American philatelist (b. 1914)
- Buck Barry, American actor and radio and television personality (b. 1917)
- Joe Brown, American boxer (b. 1925)
- December 5 – Rudolf Bahro, German politician (b. 1935)
- December 6
- Bob Adkins, American National Football League player (b. 1917)
- Mario Benazzi, Italian zoologist (b. 1902)
- December 7
- Billy Bremner, British footballer (b. 1942)
- Barry S. Brook, American musicologist (b. 1918)
- Félix Candela, Spanish architect (b. 1910)
- December 8 – Bob Bell, American actor famous for his alter-ego, Bozo the Clown (b. 1922)
- December 10 – Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Azerbaijani footballer (b. 1946)
- December 11 – Roger Brown, American social psychologist (b. 1925)
- December 12 – R. Stanton Avery, American inventor (b. 1907)
- December 14
- John Adair, American anthropologist (b. 1913)
- Owen Barfield, British philosopher, author, poet, and critic (b. 1898)
- Frank Baumholtz, American outfielder for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds (b. 1918)
- Stubby Kaye, American actor (b. 1918)
- December 15
- Karsten Andersen, Norwegian conductor (b. 1920)
- Cosmo Campoli,American sculptor (b. 1923)
- December 16 – Emilio Attard Alonso, Spanish politician (b. 1915)
- December 17
- Juan Francisco Barraza, Salvadoran footballer (b. 1935)
- Katharine Fowler-Billings, American writer, naturalist, and geologist (b. 1902)
- Ernest Bromley, American minister and civil rights and peace activist (b. 1912)
- December 18 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
- December 19
- Michael Alldredge, American actor (b. 1941)
- David Bradley, American motion picture director, actor, film collector, and university instructor (b. 1920)
- David Schramm, American astrophysicist (b. 1945)
- December 20
- Juzo Itami, Japanese film director (b. 1933)
- Denise Levertov, English-born American poet (b. 1923)
- December 21
- Joseph Ahrens, German composer and organist (b. 1904)
- Roger Barkley, American radio personality (b. 1936)
- Amie Comeaux, American country singer (b. 1976)
- December 22 – Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban human rights activist (b. 1931)
- December 23
- Felix Bwalya, Olympic boxer from Zambia (b. 1970)
- Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (b. 1908)
- December 24 – Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor (b. 1920)
- December 25
- Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakhstani (USSR/Kazakhstan) climber (b. 1958)
- Denver Pyle, American actor (b. 1920)
- December 26 – Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician (b. 1910)
- December 27
- December 28
- Heikki A. Alikoski, Finnish astronomer (b. 1912)
- Shaikh Ayaz, Sindhi poet (b. 1923)
- Corneliu Baba, Romanian painter (b. 1906)
- Henry Barraud, French composer (b. 1900)
- December 29
- Richard Lindsey Batten, English orthopaedic surgeon (b. 1920)
- Ignácz Berecz, Hungarian cross country skier (b. 1912)
- December 31 – Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
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- William Allsop, English footballer (b. 1912)
- Elena Altieri, Italian film actress (b. 1910)
- Giacomo Amari, American mobster
- Bernard Anderson, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1919)
- George Antonio, English professional footballer (b. 1914)
- Ken Arensbak, Danish lithographer and artist (b. 1923)
- Phyllis Arkle, English children's writer (b. 1910)
- Gurgen Askaryan, Soviet physicist (b. 1928)
- George Assang, American singer and actor (b. 1927)
- Frances Baard, South African trade unionist, organiser for the African National Congress Women's League and a Patron of the United Democratic Front (b. 1909)
- Anthony Baines, English organologist (b. 1912)
- Peter Baines, Australian footballer (b. 1918)
- Andrei Bantaş, Romanian dictionary author, translator and teacher (b. 1930)
- George Barclay, American football player
- Evgenia Baykova, Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist (b. 1907)
- Jerry Beit haLevi, Israeli football player and manager (b. 1912)
- Mary Bernheim, British biochemist (b. 1902)
- Trygve Bjørgo, Norwegian educator and lyricist (b. 1916)
- Bobby Blackwood, Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
- Malvina Bolus, Canadian historian and art collector (b. 1906)
- Charles Brady, American artist (b. 1926)
- Braaq, English painter (b. 1951)
- Umberto Branchini, Italian boxing promoter and manager (b. 1914)
- Paul Brown, senior journalist and presenter of Channel Report (b. 1950)
- Eugen Buktenica, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
- Eleanor Butler, Lady Wicklow, Irish Labour Party politician and architect (b. 1915)
- Tim Byrne, Canadian university administrator (b. 1907)
- Geoff Campion, British comics artist (b. 1916)
- Piero Camporesi, Italian historian (b. 1926)
- Ricardo Caputo, Argentine serial killer (b. 1949)
- Jacques Carayon, French entomologist (b. 1916)
- Laurence Henry Hicks, Australian composer (b. 1912)
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