Dead People Server
Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1990
Dead People Server Sitemap
1989 * * 1991
January
Alan Hale, Jr. (actor) -- Dead. Cancer of the thymus. Died January 2, 1990.
Born March 8, 1918. The Skipper on Gilligan's Island 
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 
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..."
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 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.
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.
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.
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. IMDb
Jim Henson
(puppeteer) -- Dead. Bacterial pneumonia. Died May 16, 1990. Born September 24, 1936. Father of the Muppets, voice of Kermit and Ernie.
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. IMDb
Robert Noyce (engineer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 3, 1990. Born December 12, 1927. Invented the semiconductor, co-founder of Intel
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.
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.
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.