Deaths 201 - 304 of 304
- Aug 8 Johnny Goodman, American golfer (US Open 1933), dies at 60
- Aug 10 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (The Soldiers Requiem), commits suicide at 52
- Aug 10 Alexander Gode, German-American linguist, dies at 63
- Aug 12 Glenn Hartranft, American athlete (discus WR 47.89m 1925; Olympic silver shot putt 1924), dies at 68
- Aug 13 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75
- Aug 14 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62
- Aug 15 Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
- Aug 17 Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker and cinematographer (Tang), dies at 62
- Aug 19 Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian, dies at 60
- Aug 20 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86
- Aug 21 Timothy Mather Spelman, American composer, dies at 79
- Aug 22 Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78
- Aug 22 Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
- Aug 23 Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher, dies at 55
- Aug 29 Mary Clare, British actress, dies at 78
- Aug 30 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
- Aug 30 Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
- Sep 1 Francois Mauriac, French novelist, poet and playwright (Nobel 1952), dies at 84
- Sep 2 Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63
- Sep 3 Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
Vince Lombardi
Sep 3 Vince Lombardi, American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Green Bay Packers 1949-67; NFL Coach of the Year 1959, 61; Super Bowl 1967, 68), dies at 57

Vince Lombardi
- Sep 4 James M. Taylor, American USAF/astronaut, killed during training mission at 39
- Sep 5 Jochen Rindt, Austrian auto racer (posthumous World F1 title 1970), dies of throat injuries in practice accident at 28
- Sep 6 Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against W Indies 1948), dies
- Sep 8 Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)
Cy Denneny
Sep 10 Cy Denneny, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (NHL leading scorer 1923-24), dies at 78

Cy Denneny
Jimi Hendrix
Sep 18 Jimi Hendrix, American rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies from asphyxiation at 27

Jimi Hendrix
- Sep 19 Greville Stevens, cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies
- Sep 21 Gijsbert Friedhoff, Dutch architect (Wibautstrat tax office, Amsterdam), dies at 78
- Sep 23 Bourvil [André Robert Raimbourg], French actor and singer (Le Corniaud, La Grande Vadrouille), dies of Kahler's syndrome at 53
- Sep 25 Efim Golishev, Ukrainian painter and composer, dies at 73
- Sep 25 Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front), dies at 72
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sep 28 Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52

Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Sep 28 John Roderigo Dos Passos, American writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies at 74
- Sep 29 Edward Everett Horton, American actor and narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
- Sep 30 Patrick Aherne, British actor (Green Dolphin Street, Rocketship X-M, The Court Jester), dies at 69
- Oct 1 Hans Poser, German composer, dies at 52
- Oct 1 Petar Konjović, Serbian composer, dies at 87
- Oct 2 Alfred Swan, Russian composer, dies at 79
- Oct 2 Bo Linde, Swedish composer, dies at 37
- Oct 4 George Frederick McKay, American composer, dies at 71
Janis Joplin
Oct 4 Janis Joplin, American rocker and blues singer-songwriter (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27

Janis Joplin
- Oct 4 Curtis Turner, American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years, 17 wins), dies in aeroplane crash at 46
- Oct 8 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
- Oct 8 Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies
- Oct 8 Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
- Oct 9 Jean Giono, French writer (Le Hussard sur le toit), dies at 75
- Oct 10 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60
Édouard Daladier
Oct 10 Edouard Daladier, 72nd Prime Minister of France (1933, 1934 and 1938-40) and PM at the start of World War II, dies at 86

Édouard Daladier
- Oct 11 Anis Fuleihan, American composer, dies at 69
- Oct 12 Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani Urdu poet, dies at 40
- Oct 13 Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
- Oct 17 Pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921)
- Oct 17 Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
- Oct 19 Unica Zürn, German writer and artist, dies at 54
- Oct 20 Patrick Wymark [Cheeseman], British actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies of a heart attack at 44
John T. Scopes
Oct 21 John T. Scopes, American teacher convicted for teaching evolution (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies of cancer at 70

John T. Scopes
- Oct 22 René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
- Oct 24 Richard Hofstadter, American historian, dies at 54
- Oct 28 Baby Huey [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies
- Oct 28 Eduardo López-Chávarri y Marco, Spanish composer, music critic and lawyer, dies at 99
- Nov 2 Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75
- Nov 3 Peter II Karadjordjevic, last King of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57
- Nov 6 Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and one of the most popular songwriters of his era (Granada, Solamente Una Vez), dies at 73
- Nov 8 Huw T. Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician, dies at 77
- Nov 8 Napoleon Hill, American writer and philosopher (Think and Grow Rich), dies at 87
- Nov 9 William L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84
Charles de Gaulle
Nov 9 Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1958-69), dies at 79

Charles de Gaulle
- Nov 10 Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79
- Nov 17 Naunton Wayne, Welsh actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession), dies at 69
- Nov 18 Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
- Nov 21 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey (Montreal Canadiens) and lacrosse player, dies at 83
- Nov 21 Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist (Nobel Prize 1930 for light scattering), dies at 82
- Nov 23 Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60
- Nov 24 Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
- Nov 25 Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45
- Nov 26 B O Davis Sr, 1st African American general, dies at 93 in Chicago
- Nov 28 Fritz von Unruh, German writer, dies at 85
- Nov 28 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani), dies at 55
- Nov 29 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, dies at 65
- Nov 29 Karl Ottó Runólfsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 70
- Dec 1 Frank Smailes, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 8 County C'ships, Yorkshire), dies at 60
- Dec 6 Thomas S Power, American USAF-gen (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65
Rube Goldberg
Dec 7 Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist who made the easy outrageously difficult (Pulitzer Prize 1948, dies of cancer at 87

Rube Goldberg
- Dec 7 Romaine Brooks [Beatrice Romaine Goddard], American painter, dies at 96
- Dec 8 Christopher Kelk Ingold, English chemist (Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules), dies at 77
- Dec 9 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
- Dec 9 Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
- Dec 12 Louis Zimmer, Flemish astronomer and clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82
- Dec 12 Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (Member of the Australian Parliament for Bourke), dies at 81
- Dec 14 Franz Schlegelberger, German Nazi politician, dies at 94
- Dec 23 Charlie Ruggles, American actor (Bringing Up Baby, The Patchwork Girl of Oz), dies at 84
- Dec 23 Mimi Benzell, American operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), dies at 52
- Dec 24 Gideon Nxumalo, South African jazz composer and pianist, dies at 41
- Dec 26 Lillian Board, British 400m athlete (Olympic silver 1968), dies at 22
- Dec 28 L. Mendel Rivers, US politician (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65
- Dec 29 John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
- Dec 29 Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite, dies at 61
- Dec 29 William King Gregory, American palaeontologist (mammalian teeth, evolutionary theory), dies at 94
Sonny Liston
Dec 30 Sonny Liston, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1962-64), dies of lung congestion and heart failure at 40; foul play suspected

Sonny Liston