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Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1990

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January

Alan Hale, Jr. (actor) -- Dead. Cancer of the thymus. Died January 2, 1990. Born March 8, 1918. The Skipper on Gilligan's Island Home Page IMDb

Arthur Kennedy (actor) -- Dead. Brain tumor. Died January 5, 1990. Born February 17, 1914. IMDb

Terry-Thomas (hyper British comic) -- Dead. Parkinson's disease. Died January 8, 1990. Born July 14, 1911. Many comedies, including It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World IMDb

Northern Calloway (actor) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died January 9, 1990. Born circa 1950. David on Sesame Street, appeared on Broadway in Pippin. IBDB IMDb

Lawrence J. Peters (author) -- Dead. Died January 12, 1990. Born circa 1925.

Gordon Jackson (actor) -- Dead. Bone cancer. Died January 15, 1990. Born December 19, 1923. Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs Home Page IMDb

Rusty Hamer (TV actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died January 18, 1990. Born February 15, 1947. Son on Make Room for Daddy IMDb

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (spiritual leader) -- Dead. Died January 19, 1990. Born December 11, 1931. AKA Osho - his followers claim, "he left his body..." Home Page

Barbara Stanwyck (actress) -- Dead. Died January 20, 1990. Born July 16, 1907. IMDb

Ava Gardner (actress) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died January 25, 1990. Born December 24, 1922. An ex-wife of Frank Sinatra and Mickey Rooney Home Page IMDb

February

Del Shannon (musician) -- Dead. Suicide. Died February 8, 1990. Born December 30, 1939.

Keith Haring (artist) -- Dead. AIDS. Died February 16, 1990. Born May 4, 1958. His simple cartoons, especially "brilliant baby," are icons of the '90s. Home Page

Malcolm Forbes (businessman) -- Dead. Died February 24, 1990. Born August 19, 1919. Threw himself a memorable 70th birthday party before his sudden death

Johnnie Ray (singer) -- Dead. Diabetes/liver failure. Died February 24, 1990. Born January 10, 1927. IMDb

March

Gary Merrill (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died March 5, 1990. Born August 2, 1915. Co-starred in All About Eve, did lots of TV in the '50s and '60s, married to Bette Davis for ten years.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Ray Goulding (comic) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died March 24, 1990. Born March 20, 1922. Bob and Ray.  Home Page  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Halston (fashion designer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 26, 1990. Born April 23, 1932.

April

Sarah Vaughan (singer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died April 3, 1990. Born March 27, 1924. Sarah Vaughn's Finest Hour IMDb

Ryan White (AIDS role model) -- Dead. Respiratory infection/AIDS. Died April 8, 1990. Born December 6, 1971. Just a kid with hemophilia who got AIDS from blood products, was denied the right to attend public school and fougnt a very public battle to stay in school.  Home Page    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Greta Garbo (actress) -- Dead. Died April 15, 1990. Born September 18, 1905. IMDb

Rev. Ralph David Abernathy (civil rights leader) -- Dead. Died April 17, 1990. Born March 11, 1926.

Paulette Goddard (actress) -- Dead. Heart failure, complicated by emphysema. Died April 23, 1990. Born June 3, 1911. IMDb

Albert Salmi (actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died April 23, 1990. Born March 11, 1928. Murdered his wife and then shot himself IMDb

Dexter Gordon (musician) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died April 25, 1990. Born February 27, 1923. He starred as Dale Turner in Round Midnight IMDb

May

Sergio Franchi (singer) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died May 1, 1990. Born circa 1930. IMDb

David Rappaport (actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died May 2, 1990. Born November 23, 1951. IMDb

Charles Farrell (actor) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died May 6, 1990. Born August 9, 1901. Janet Gaynor's co-star, My Little Margie's dad IMDb

Susan Oliver (actress/director/pilot) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 10, 1990. Born February 13, 1937. Vina in the Star Trek pilot IMDb

Sammy Davis, Jr. (singer) -- Dead. Throat cancer. Died May 16, 1990. Born December 8, 1925. Home Page IMDb

Jim Henson (puppeteer) -- Dead. Bacterial pneumonia. Died May 16, 1990. Born September 24, 1936. Father of the Muppets, voice of Kermit and Ernie.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Jill Ireland (actress/writer) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died May 18, 1990. Born April 24, 1936. Married to David McCallum then Charles Bronson IMDb

Vic Tayback (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 25, 1990. Born January 6, 1930. Mel in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and in the Alice as well IMDb

June

Jack Gilford (actor) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died June 2, 1990. Born July 25, 1907. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and famous Cracker Jack commericals in the '60.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Sir Rex Harrison (actor) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died June 2, 1990. Born March 5, 1908. Home Page IMDb

Robert Noyce (engineer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 3, 1990. Born December 12, 1927. Invented the semiconductor, co-founder of Intel Home Page

Ina Balin (actress/humanitarian) -- Dead. Pulmonary hypertension. Died June 20, 1990. Born November 12, 1937. Actress with many bit parts in movies and on TV, she helped to rescue children from Viet Nam and adopted three of them after the war (The Children of An Lac).  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Irving Wallace (author) -- Dead. Died June 29, 1990. Born March 19, 1916. The Man, father of David Wallechinsky IMDb

July

Bill Cullen (game show host) -- Dead. Died July 7, 1990. Born February 18, 1920. Many game shows since the '50s, his last game was Joker's Wild IMDb

Howard Duff (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died July 8, 1990. Born November 24, 1917. Once married to Ida Lupino IMDb

August

Kliban (cartoonist) -- Dead. Heart disease. Died August 12, 1990. Born January 1, 1935. Never ate anything larger than his head

Pearl Bailey (actress/singer) -- Dead. Died August 17, 1990. Born March 29, 1918. Carmen Jones, lots of TV, and a revival of Hello Dolly, married to Louie Bellson for nearly 40 years.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Stevie Ray Vaughan (musician) -- Dead. Helicopter crash. Died August 27, 1990. Born October 3, 1954. Greatest Hits IMDb

September

Irene Dunne (actress) -- Dead. Died September 4, 1990. Born December 20, 1894. Anna and the King of Siam, Life with Father.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

October

Curtis LeMay (military leader) -- Dead. Died October 1, 1990. Born November 15, 1906.

Le Duc Tho (politician) -- Dead. Died October 13, 1990. Born October 14, 1911.

Leonard Bernstein (conductor/composer/musician) -- Dead. Heart attack/pulmonary failure. Died October 14, 1990. Born August 25, 1918. "Chichester Psalms", West Side Story IMDb

Joel McCrea (actor) -- Dead. Died October 20, 1990. Born November 5, 1905. Mostly acted in Westerns, played Buffalo Bill, married to Frances Dee IMDb

Tom Carvel (ice cream mogul) -- Dead. Died October 21, 1990. Born July 14, 1906. Carvel Ice Cream founder

Xavier Cugat (band leader) -- Dead. Died October 27, 1990. Born January 1, 1900. Bandleader married to the much-younger Charo IMDb

November

Mary Martin (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 3, 1990. Born December 1, 1913. Musical comedy actress, mother of Larry Hagman IMDb

Eve Arden (actress) -- Dead. Died November 12, 1990. Born April 30, 1909. Our Miss Brooks IMDb

Roald Dahl (writer) -- Dead. Died November 23, 1990. Born September 13, 1916. Acclaimed children's author, married to Patricia Neal for 30 years IMDb

David White (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 27, 1990. Born April 4, 1916. Always remembered as Larry Tate on Bewitched IMDb

December

Aaron Copland (composer) -- Dead. Died December 2, 1990. Born November 14, 1900. "Simple Gifts" IMDb

Robert Cummings (actor) -- Dead. Died December 2, 1990. Born June 10, 1908. Popular TV star in the '50s IMDb

Joan Bennett (singer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 7, 1990. Born February 27, 1910. The venerable mistress of Collinwood in Dark Shadows IMDb

Armand Hammer (industrialist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 10, 1990. Born May 21, 1898.

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