Famous People Who Died in 1977 (Part 2)

Deaths 201 - 341 of 341

• Aug 3 Alfred Lunt, American actor (The Guardsman, Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 83
• Aug 3 Makarios III [Michail Moeskos], Cypriot clergyman (Archbishop of Cyprus, 1950-77), and politician (1st President of Cyprus, 1966-74), dies of a heart attack at 63
• Aug 4 Edgar Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932-function of neurons), dies at 87
• Aug 4 Emil Bloch, German Marxist philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92
• Aug 5 Charles Carson, British actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 91
• Aug 9 Edward Chapman, British actor (Things to Come, Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75
• Aug 9 George Kenney, American Air Force General (Commander of South West Pacific Area, 1942-45), dies at 88
• Aug 10 Vince Barnett, American actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75
• Aug 11 John Howard Lawson, American scriptwriter and playwright (Blockade, Algiers, Sahara), dies at 82
• Aug 13 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies at 81
• Aug 14 Alexander Luria, Russian neuropsychologist (Higher Cortical Functions in Man), dies at 75

• Aug 17 Petros John Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite), dies at 86

• Aug 21 Danny Lockin, American actor and dancer (Hello Dolly), dies after being stabbed at 34
• Aug 21 Octave van Aerschot, Dutch actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87
• Aug 22 Sebastian Cabot, British actor (Kismet; Family Affair - "Mr. French", Time Machine), dies at 59
• Aug 23 Naum Gabo [Pevsner], Russian-American sculptor (Stillife Flower), dies at 87
• Aug 24 Buddy O'Connor, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup 1944, 46 Montreal Canadiens; Hart Memorial Trophy & Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1948), dies at 61
• Aug 24 Soewarsih Djojopoespito, Indonesian writer (Toe the Line), dies at 65
• Aug 26 H. A. Rey, American author of popular constellation book, dies at 78
• Aug 26 Heinz Rottger, German composer, dies at 67
• Aug 27 George Merritt, English actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86
• Aug 29 Edward Sinclair, English actor (Dad's Army), dies at 63
• Aug 29 Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54
• Sep 1 Ethel Waters, American actress (Beulah), singer ("Stormy Weather"), dies at 80
• Sep 2 Stephen "Steve" Dunne, American actor (Professional Father, Shock), dies at 59
• Sep 4 E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
• Sep 4 Gabriel Mekler, Israeli-American songwriter and record producer (Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Janis Joplin, Etta James), dies in a motorcycle crash at 32
• Sep 4 Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher, dies at 82
• Sep 4 Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, dies at 78
• Sep 5 George Barnes, American swing-jazz and session guitarist, and electric guitar pioneer, dies of a heart attack at 56
• Sep 5 Marcel Thiry, Belgian writer and wallon militant, dies at 80
• Sep 6 Guido Pannain, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 85
• Sep 6 Paul Burkhard, Swiss composer, dies at 65
• Sep 7 Gustave Reese, American musicologist (Music in the Middle Ages; Music in the Renaissance), and teacher, dies at 77
• Sep 8 Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel, American comedian and actor (Fiddler on the Roof, The Producers), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 62
• Sep 9 John Breeden, American actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street), dies at 73
• Sep 10 Hamida Djandoubi, Tunisian convicted murderer who was the last person to be executed in Western Europe, is beheaded in Marseille by guillotine at 28
• Sep 11 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man & Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65
• Sep 11 Leonard Carey, American actor (Rebecca, Laughter), dies at 90
• Sep 12 Robert Lowell, American poet and pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean), dies at 60
• Sep 12 Steven Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist, dies in police custody at 30
• Sep 13 Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), dies at 62
• Sep 13 Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912-39; Disney's Fantasia), dies of a heart attack at 95
• Sep 16 Marc Bolan, English rock vocalist and guitarist (T-Rex - "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"), dies in a car crash at 29

• Sep 17 Lou Hooper, Canadian jazz pianist, and educator, dies at 83
• Sep 18 Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888)
• Sep 25 Sidney James van den Bergh, Dutch businessman and politician, dies at 78
• Sep 26 Ernie Lombardi, American Baseball HOF catcher (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1940; NL MVP 1938; Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, NY Giants), dies at 69

• Sep 27 Willis Bouchey, American character actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 70
• Sep 29 Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 78
• Sep 30 Mary Ford [Iris Colleen Summers], American vocalist (with Les Paul - "How High The Moon"), dies from complications of alcohol abuse at 53
• Oct 4 Del Porter, American jazz singer (Foursome - "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"; Spike Jones and His City Slickers - "Der Fuehrer's Face"), dies at 75
• Oct 8 Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer, composer and lyricist, dies at 75
• Oct 10 Angelo Muscat, Maltese-born British actor (The Prisoner, Doctor Who), dies at 47
• Oct 10 Jean Duvieusart, 36th Prime Minister of Belgium, dies at 77
• Oct 11 MacKinlay Kantor, American novelist (Andersonville), dies at 73
• Oct 11 Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66
• Oct 12 Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81
• Oct 12 Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter, dies at 86

• Oct 15 Ralph Truman, British actor (Henry V, Treasure Island, Web of Evidence), dies at 77
• Oct 16 Michael Balcon, English film producer (head of Ealing Studios), dies at 81
• Oct 17 Cal Hubbard, American Baseball HOF umpire (AL 1936-51) and Pro/College Football HOF tackle (4 × NFL C'ship 1927, 29–31; 4 × First-team All-Pro; NY Giants, GB Packers), dies of cancer at 77

• Oct 18 Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist and founder of the Red Army Faction, commits suicide along with other RAF leaders at 37
• Oct 18 Hanns Martin Schleyer, German industrialist, murdered by leftist kidnappers at 64
• Oct 18 Jan-Carl Raspe (b. 1944)
• Oct 18 Kristian Hauger, Norwegian jazz pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter ("Charleston i Grukkedalen"), dies at 71
• Oct 18 Rolph Grant, West Indian cricketer (West Indian captain on 1939 England tour), dies at 67
• Oct 20 Cassie Gaines, American rock singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 28
• Oct 20 Ronnie Van Zant, American rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 29
• Oct 20 Steve Gaines, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 28
• Oct 21 Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (Esintiler - Inspirations; The Ears of Midas), and conductor (Turkish State Opera and Ballet Orchestra, 1959-77), dies at 48
• Oct 24 Hugo Myrtelius, Swedish conductor, composer, and educator, dies at 85
• Oct 27 (Anton) "Tony" Hulman Jr., American businessman and motorsport entrepreneur (owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1945-77), dies of heart failure at 76
• Oct 27 James M. Cain, American writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85
• Oct 27 Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
• Oct 28 Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish philologist and anthropologist (studied Inuit and Eyak), dies at 84
• Oct 31 Joan Tetzel, American actress (Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning), dies of cancer at 56
• Nov 1 Franco Albini, Italian Rationalist architect, industrial and furniture designer (Albini desk), dies at 72
• Nov 2 Hans Erich Nossak, German writer, dies at 76
• Nov 3 Florence Vidor, American actress (Jack Knife Man), dies at 82
• Nov 3 William Kurelek, Canadian artist and writer (The Maze, Passion of Christ series), dies of cancer at 50
• Nov 5 (Jacob) "Jan" Garber, American violinist and sweet jazz bandleader, dies at 82
• Nov 5 Aleksey Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72

• Nov 5 [Gaetano] Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American orchestra leader ("Auld Lang Syne"), dies of heart attack in Houston at 75

• Nov 8 Georg Wüst, German Oceanographer (provided first complete understanding of the temperature, salinity and deep-current structure of the Atlantic Ocean), dies at 87
• Nov 9 Fred Haney, American MLB baseball player, 1922-29 (Detroit Tigers and 3 other teams), manager, 1939-41 and 1953-59 (Milwaukee Braves and 2 other teams), and executive, 1961-68 (Los Angeles Angels), dies of a heart attack at 81
• Nov 9 Gertrude Astor [Eyster], American silent and sound screen character actress (The Strong Man: Hell Bound), dies of a stroke on her 90th birthday
• Nov 11 Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and political activist, dies at 27
• Nov 11 Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903)
• Nov 13 Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (b. 1944)
• Nov 14 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian guru, founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at 81
• Nov 14 Richard Addinsell, English composer (Warsaw Concerto, Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
• Nov 15 Serafin Pro, Cuban composer, dies at 71
• Nov 18 Davey O'Brien, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1938, Texas Christian University; NFL: Philadelphia Eagles), dies from cancer at 60
• Nov 18 Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (Dictator of the Austrian Federal State), dies at 79
• Nov 18 Victor Francen, Belgian actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89
• Nov 19 William "Sonny" Criss, American bebop jazz saxophonist (Jazz U.S.A.), commits suicide while suffering from stomach cancer at 50
• Nov 20 Maxie Wander, Austrian writer (Good Morning My Lovely), dies at 44
• Nov 22 Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies
• Nov 25 Richard Carlson, American stage and screen actor (All I Desire,; I Led 3 Lives), screenwriter and director (Riders to the Stars), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 65
• Nov 27 John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
• Nov 28 Trevor Bardette, American actor (Refugee, None Shall Escape), dies at 75
• Nov 29 George Hamilton Combs, American politician and TV and radio commentator (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
• Nov 30 Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet (Seobe), dies at 84

• Dec 1 Teun Struycken [Antoon Arnold Marie Struycken], Dutch Minister of Justice (1950-51) and Governor of the Netherlands Antilles (1951-56), dies at 70
• Dec 4 Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
• Dec 5 Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895)
• Dec 5 Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Bright Moments, The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color), dies of a stroke at 42
• Dec 7 Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies

• Dec 9 Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (Laços de Família), dies at 56
• Dec 10 Adolph Rupp, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Div I Tournament 1948, 49, 51, 58; Uni of Kentucky; 5 × National Coach of the Year), dies of spinal cancer at 76
• Dec 11 Bodi Rapp [Johanna Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano and teacher, dies at 1977
• Dec 12 Clementine Churchill, British life peer and wife of Winston Churchill, dies at 92
• Dec 12 Frank Boucher, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Ottawa Sens, Vancouver Maroons, NY Rangers), coach (Stanley Cup 1939–40 NY Rangers) and executive (GM NY Rangers), dies at 76
• Dec 13 Charles Petrie, British historian known for his study of royalism and Jacobitism (If: A Jacobite Fantasy), dies at 82
• Dec 15 Wilfred Kitching, English, 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
• Dec 16 Benny de Weille, German swing jazz clarinetist and bandleader, dies at 62
• Dec 16 Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker, major figure during Finnish New Wave cinema, dies in a car accident at 43
• Dec 18 Cyril Ritchard, Australian actor (Peter Pan; Hans Brinker), dies at 80
• Dec 18 Louis Untermeyer, American poet and critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems), dies at 92
• Dec 18 Walter Breedveld, Dutch writer (Een ship vergaat), dies at 76
• Dec 19 Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator, politician, 1st woman to serve as a governor (Wyoming, 1925-27), and administrator (Director of US Mint, 1933-53), dies at 101
• Dec 22 Johann Nepomuk David, Austrian-German composer, dies at 82
• Dec 24 Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (b. 1917)

• Dec 26 Howard Hawks, American director and producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface, The Big Sleep), dies at 81
• Dec 26 Ivan Rezak, Czech composer, dies at 53
• Dec 28 Charlotte Greenwood, American actress (Oklahoma; Moon Over Miami), dies at 87
• Dec 31 Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62
• Dec 31 Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait (b. 1924)

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