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Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1970

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1969 * * 1971

January

February

Marie Dionne (secluded quintuplet) -- Dead. Blood clot. Died February 23, 1970. Born May 28, 1934.

March

William Hopper (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died March 6, 1970. Born January 26, 1915. Paul Drake on Perry Mason, son of Hedda Hopper.  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

April

Gypsy Rose Lee (stripper, actress, writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 26, 1970. Born February 9, 1911. Extremely varied career, the musical Gypsy was based on her life, toured frequently with the USO, wonderful player during the '60s on Hollywood Squares, had a son with Otto Preminger, sister of June Havoc. Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

Inger Stevens (actress) -- Dead. Suicide. Died April 30, 1970. Born October 18, 1934. TV series The Farmer's Daughter.  IMDb

May

Billie Burke (a good witch) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 14, 1970. Born August 7, 1885. Glinda in The Wizard of Oz.  IMDb

June

July

August

Frances Farmer (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 1, 1970. Born September 19, 1913. Never had her revenge on Seattle.  IMDb

September

Jimi Hendrix (musician) -- Dead. Aspirated vomit after taking sleeping pills. Died September 18, 1970. Born November 27, 1942. Raging guitarist of the '60s, Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has interesting paraphenalia from his life.  IMDb

Edward Everett Horton (actor) -- Dead. Died September 29, 1970. Born March 18, 1886. The voice of Fractured Fairy Tales, co-starred in several Astaire-Rogers movies.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

October

Janis Joplin (singer) -- Dead. Heroin overdose. Died October 4, 1970. Born January 19, 1943.  Home Page  IMDb

November

Charles de Gaulle (French ) -- Dead. Died November 9, 1970. Born November 22, 1890. Led the French government during and after World War II.  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (Army General) -- Dead. Died November 27, 1970. Born July 1, 1877. First black general in the Army.  Home Page

December

1969 * * 1971