Famous People Who Died in 1990

Deaths 1 - 200 of 553

• Jan 1 Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at 82
• Jan 1 James W. Wood, American astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 65
• Jan 1 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 78

• Jan 1 Suzuki Sochu, Japanese-born Zen teacher, dies at 80

• Jan 2 Vladimir Ussachevsky, Manchurian-American composer (Creation), dies at 78
• Jan 3 Arthur Gold, American pianist, half of Gold and Fizdale duo (b. 1917)
• Jan 3 Ken Hill, American actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies at 49
• Jan 4 Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
• Jan 4 Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer and photographer who created high-speed photography techniques, dies at 86
• Jan 4 Robert Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57
• Jan 4 Sir Henry Bolte, Premier of Victoria 1955-1972 (b. 1908)
• Jan 5 Arthur Kennedy, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Death of a Salesman; Fantastic Voyage; Peyton Place; Some Came Running),dies of complications from thyroid cancer at 75
• Jan 5 Bart LaRue, American character actor, dies of a heart attack at 57
• Jan 6 Hans Jaray, Austrian actor (Lydia, Fedora) and playwright, dies at 83
• Jan 6 Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40

• Jan 7 Gail Lucas, American entertainer, dies at 37
• Jan 7 Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (owner New York / San Francisco Giants 1936-76), dies at 86
• Jan 7 Joseph Robbie, American lawyer and NFL owner and founder of the Miami Dolphins, dies at 73
• Jan 8 Terry-Thomas [Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens], English comedian and actor (I'm All Right Jack, Private's Progress), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
• Jan 9 Sir Edward McTiernan, Australian jurist, lawyer and politician (b. 1892)
• Jan 9 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), dies at 82
• Jan 10 Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
• Jan 10 Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
• Jan 11 Kittens Reichert [Catherine Alma Reichert], American silent screen child actor [House of Cards, Les Misérables], dies at 79
• Jan 11 Mary Jane Carr, American actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies at 74
• Jan 12 Laurence J. Peter, Canadian author (Peter Principle), dies of a stroke at 70
• Jan 12 Paul Amadeus Pisk, Austrian-American composer, musicologist, and educator, dies at 96
• Jan 14 David Arkin, American actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), takes his own life at 49
• Jan 14 Mani Madhava Chakyar, Koodiyattam artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
• Jan 15 Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, The Professionals, The Great Escape), dies after a short illness at 66
• Jan 17 Anna Arnold Hedgeman, African-American social activist (NYC cabinet), dies at 90
• Jan 17 Charles Hernu, French politician (Minister of Defense, 1981-85; Mayor of Villeurbanne, 1977-90), and environmental antagonist, dies at 66
• Jan 17 Fritz "Freddie" Brocksieper, German big band jazz drummer, and bandleader, dies at 77
• Jan 18 Melanie Appleby, English singer (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
• Jan 18 Russell "Rusty "Hamer, American actor (Make Room for Daddy - "Rusty"), takes his own life at 52
• Jan 19 (Alberto) Semprini, British pianist and radio broadcaster (BBC's Semprini Serenade), dies at 81
• Jan 19 Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and statesman (UN ambassador, Supreme Court justice 1962-65), dies at 81
• Jan 19 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian leader of the Rajneesh movement, dies at 58
• Jan 19 Herbert Wehner, German politician (Member of the Bundestag, 1949-83; chairman of the SPD, 1969-83), dies of complications from Binswanger's disease at 83
• Jan 19 Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher, dies at 84
• Jan 20 Barbara Stanwyck [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
• Jan 20 Hayedeh [Ma'soumeh Dadehbala], Persian classical, pop, and folk singer, dies of a heart attack at 47
• Jan 20 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, dies at 102
• Jan 23 (Larken) Allen Collins, American southern rock guitarist, and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"; "Gimme Three Steps"; Rossington-Collins Band - "Don't Misunderstand Me"), dies from chronic pneumonia, a complication of the paralysis suffered in a drunk driving accident, at 37
• Jan 23 Mariano Rumor, Italian politician (Prime Minister of Italy, 1968-70; 73-1974), dies at 74
• Jan 23 [Piet] "Peter" Sweval, American rock bassist (Looking Glass - "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" ; Starz - "Cherry Baby"), dies of AIDS at 42
• Jan 24 Madge Bellamy, American actress, dies of heart failure at 90
• Jan 25 Alexander Lockwood, American actor (Duel), dies at 87

• Jan 26 Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
• Jan 26 Boy Trip, Dutch minister, dies at 68
• Jan 26 Lewis Mumford, American cultural historian, city planner and writer, dies at 94
• Jan 26 Miloslav Ištvan, Czech composer, dies at 61
• Jan 27 Helen Jerome Eddy, American actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92
• Jan 28 Sandra "Puma" Jones, American reggae singer (Black Uhuru, 1979-86), dies of breast cancer at 36
• Jan 31 Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-born imam (b. 1935)
• Feb 2 Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (British heavyweight champion 1956-58), dies at 56
• Feb 2 Joel Fluellen, American actor (Porgy and Bess, Burning Cross, Learning Tree), commits suicide at 82

• Feb 6 Jane Novak, American silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94

• Feb 6 John Merivale, Canadian-British actor (Caltiki), dies at 72
• Feb 7 Alfredo M. Santos, Philippine's first four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)
• Feb 7 Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Archbishop, and human rights activist, Bishop of Brazil, dies at 90
• Feb 7 Nathan Wartels, American publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
• Feb 8 Del Shannon [Charles Westover], American rock musician and songwriter ("Runaway"), commits suicide at 55
• Feb 8 George de Mestral, Swiss engineer (invented Velcro), dies at 83
• Feb 13 Ken Lynch, American actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
• Feb 14 Graeme Hole, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 6 x 50; NSW CA), dies from cancer at 59
• Feb 14 Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66
• Feb 14 Tony Holiday, German singer, dies of complications from AIDS at 38
• Feb 15 Henry Brandon [Heinrich von Kleinbach], German-American character actor (The Searchers; Assault on Precinct 13; Drums of Fu Manchu), dies of a heart attack at 77
• Feb 15 Jack Fletcher, American actor (Calucci's Department, Once Upon a Mattress), dies of a heart attack at 68

• Feb 17 Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], American actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz), dies of pneumonia at 84
• Feb 17 Frans Kellendonk, Dutch novelist (Bouwval (Ruin); Mystiek lichaam (Mystical Body). dies at 39
• Feb 17 Hap Day, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1932 [captain], 42, 45, 47, 48, 1949 [coach], 1951 [assistant manager]; Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 88
• Feb 17 Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies at 39
• Feb 18 Hulk, fictional character in "Death of Incredible Hulk" on NBC, dies
• Feb 19 Michael Powell, English director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84
• Feb 22 Stephen Burns, American actor (Casey's Shadow), dies from AIDS complications at 35
• Feb 23 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch lawyer and politician (Liberal), dies at 53
• Feb 23 James Gavin, US 82nd Airborne Division General (Sicily/Normandy), dies at 82
• Feb 23 Jose Napoleon Duarte, Salvadoran politician, President of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62
• Feb 24 Johnnie Ray, American singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61

• Feb 24 Sandro Pertini, 7th President of Italy (1978-85), dies at 93
• Feb 24 Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45
• Feb 26 Cornell Gunther, American musician (The Coasters - "Poison Ivy"), dies at 53
• Feb 26 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Association), dies
• Feb 26 Scott Jarvis, American theatrical actor and singer (1776; Here's Where I Belong), dies of AIDS at 48
• Feb 27 Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56), dies at 84
• Feb 27 Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (b. 1903)
• Feb 28 Colin Milburn, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 139; Northamptonshire CCC, MCC, WA CA), dies of a heart attack at 48
• Feb 28 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
• Feb 28 Tuppy Owen-Smith, South African cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
• Mar 1 Dainin Katagiri, Japanese Buddhist monk, Zen teacher (abbot of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, 1972-90), and associate of Shunryu Suzuki, dies of cancer at 62
• Mar 3 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86
• Mar 3 Gérard Blitz, Belgian waterpoloist and entrepreneur (b. 1912)
• Mar 5 Gary Merrill, American actor (Young Dr. Kildare (TV series); All About Eve), dies of a lung cancer at 74
• Mar 5 Gloria Carter Spann, US President Jimmy Carter's sister, dies of cancer at 63
• Mar 6 Joe Sewell, American Baseball HOF infielder (World Series 1920, 32; Cleveland Indians, NY Yankees; MLB record 167.7 at-bats per strikeout 1932), dies at 91
• Mar 10 Michael Stewart, British politician (Foreign Secretary 1965-66, 68-70), dies at 83
• Mar 11 Dean Horrix, English footballer (b. 1961)
• Mar 12 Philippe Soupault, French writer and poet, novelist, critic, Dadaist and co-founder of the Surrealist movement, dies at 92
• Mar 12 Wallace Breem, British author (Eagle in the Snow), dies at 73
• Mar 13 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), commits suicide at 86
• Mar 13 Karl Münchinger, German conductor (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, 1945-87), dies at 74
• Mar 15 Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-born journalist (hanged) (b. 1958)

• Mar 16 Ernst Bacon, American composer, dies at 91
• Mar 17 Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], French actress and fashion model (Pink Panther, What's New Pussycat?), commits suicide at 62
• Mar 17 Rick Grech, British musician (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
• Mar 18 Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies of a heart attack at 36
• Mar 19 Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
• Mar 20 Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90
• Mar 20 Lev Yashin, Russian soccer goalkeeper (74 caps USSR; Dynamo Moscow 326 games; namesake FIFA award for best World Cup Finals GK), dies of stomach cancer at 60
• Mar 20 Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter, dies at 82
• Mar 22 Alexander Chugayev, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 66
• Mar 22 Gerald Bull, Canadian long range artillery designer and engineer, dies at 62
• Mar 23 Al Sears, American jazz and R&B saxophonist (Duke Elllington Orchestra; Johnny Hodges - "Castle Rock"), dies at 80
• Mar 23 René Enriquez, Nicaraguan-American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Ray Calletano"), dies of complications from AIDS at 56
• Mar 24 Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies
• Mar 24 An Wang, Chinese-American computer engineer (Wang Labs, Wang Computers), dies of cancer at 70 [1]
• Mar 24 Ray Goulding, American comedian (Bob & Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68
• Mar 26 Halston, American fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame), dies of AIDS at 68
• Mar 26 International Chrysis, American Transvestite actor (Q&A), dies of cancer at 38
• Mar 28 Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65
• Mar 29 Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer, shot dead
• Mar 31 John Hawkes, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles, doubles, mixed doubles 1926), dies at 90
• Mar 31 Lillian "Miss" Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
• Apr 1 Russell Vis, American Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold freestyle lightweight 1924), dies at 89
• Apr 2 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
• Apr 3 Katharine Balfour, American actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69
• Apr 3 Sarah Vaughan, American jazz and pop singer ("Body and Soul; "Broken Hearted Melody"), often known as "Sassy" and "The Divine One", dies of lung cancer at 66
• Apr 5 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist and poet, dies at 59
• Apr 6 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dressed woman), dies at 73
• Apr 6 Ronald E Evans, American astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
• Apr 8 Doreen Sloane, English actress (Coronation Street), dies of cancer at 56
• Apr 8 Jose De Vega, American actor dies of AIDS at 56
• Apr 8 Ryan White, American hemophiliac AIDS sufferer, dies at 18
• Apr 11 Barbara Miller, British stage and screen actress (Blackadder), dies of a brain tumor at 71
• Apr 11 Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club (Toronto Maple Leafs, 1972-90), and football team (Hamilton Tiger Cats, 1978-88) owner, dies at 86
• Apr 11 Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece, dies at 86
• Apr 13 Luis Trenker, South Tyrolean film producer, director and actor (Berge in Flammen), dies at 97
• Apr 13 Ronald Ibbs, Irish actor (No Hiding Place, The Saint), dies at 74
• Apr 14 Martin Kessel, German writer (Mr. Brecher's Fiasco), dies on 89th birthday
• Apr 14 Thurston Harris, American pop vocalist (The Sharps, Little Bitty Pretty One), dies of a heart attack at 58

• Apr 15 Henry Kendrick, American actor (Raising Arizona), dies at 56
• Apr 15 Ulrich Becher, German writer and playwright, dies at 80

• Apr 18 Gory Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler, dies at 69
• Apr 18 Robert D. Webb, American director and actor (Love Me Tender; The Jackals), dies at 87
• Apr 19 Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 52
• Apr 20 Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (Star Wars, Eye of the Needle), dies at 78
• Apr 20 Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies
• Apr 20 Philip Werner Amram (1900 – 1990) was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and educator, dies at 90
• Apr 21 Erté [Romain de Tirtoff], Russian-French artist and designer, dies at 97
• Apr 21 Johnny Beazley, American MLB baseball pitcher (1941-42 & 1946-49 (St. Louis Cardinals - winner of two 1942 World Series games; Boston Braves), and WWII veteran, dies of cancer at 71
• Apr 22 Albert Salmi, American stage and screen character actor (Caddyshack; The Brothers Karamazov; Bus Stop), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
• Apr 22 Bertil Unger, Swedish actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies at 69
• Apr 23 Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
• Apr 23 Paulette Goddard, American actress (Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Hazard), dies at 79
• Apr 24 Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies
• Apr 24 Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies
• Apr 25 Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist Go!; The Other Side of 'Round Midnight), and actor ('Round Midnight), dies of kidney failure at 67
• Apr 26 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian presidential candidate, assassinated at 38
• Apr 27 Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), dies at 91
• Apr 29 Floyd Butler, American soul singer (Friends of Distinction - "Grazin' in the Grass"), dies of a heart attack at 52
• May 1 Sunset Carson [Michael Harrison] American western actor (Cat of Rockies, El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 69
• May 2 David Rappaport, American 3'11' actor (Wizard; LA Law), shoots himself at 38
• May 2 Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
• May 2 William L. Dawson, American choir director, composer (Negro Folk Symphony), educator, and musicologist, dies at 90
• May 3 Pimen [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
• May 4 Don Appell, American writer and director, dies at 70
• May 6 Charles Farrell, American actor (7th Heaven, My Little Margie), dies at 89
• May 7 Berta Waterstradt, German writer and actress, dies at 82
• May 7 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
• May 8 Luigi Nono, Italian avant-garde composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
• May 8 Tomas O'Fiach [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies of a heart attack at 66
• May 9 Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life & Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion - Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), dies at 74
• May 9 Pauline Frederick, American journalist and author (NBC), dies at 84
• May 10 Susan Oliver [Charlotte Gercke], American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Ann"; Star Trek - The Cage), television director, and airplane pilot, dies of lung cancer at 58
• May 10 Walker Percy, American writer and novelist ("The Moviegoer"; "Lancelot"), dies of cancer at 73
• May 12 Andrei Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of Communist Party, dies at 83
• May 13 Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies at 51
• May 14 Andre Ameller, French double bassist (Paris Opéra, 1937-53), conductor, composer, and educator (École Nationale de Musique - Dijon, 1953-81), dies at 78
• May 14 Franklyn Seales, West Indian-American stage and screen actor (The Onion Field; Silver Spoons - "Dexter"), dies of AIDS at 37
• May 15 Doug Young, Canadian NHL defenceman (Stanley Cup 1936-37, Detroit Red Wings captain), dies at 81
• May 16 Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by her brother Christian

• May 17 Frank Wright, American free jazz saxophonist, dies at 54
• May 18 Jill Ireland, English actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
• May 21 Mary Victor Bruce (née Petre), British speedboat pilot, race car driver, and aviator who flew around Empire State building in 1930, dies at 94
• May 21 Max Wall [Lorimer], British music hall, screen, and stage comic and actor (Professor Wallofski), dies of head injuries from a fall at 82
• May 21 Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered

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