Explore notable deaths.

Delmore Schwartz

1913–1966

poet, writer, university teacher

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Clyde Lamb

1913–1966

painter

Official cause

pancreas disease

Carmelita Geraghty

1901–1966

actor, painter, film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Anne Nagel

1915–1966

actor, television actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer

Pete Fox

1909–1966

baseball player

Official cause

cancer

Robert Cochrane

1931–1966

Official cause

intoxication

John Russell Young

1882–1966

politician

Official cause

arteriosclerosis

Slim Willet

1919–1966

singer-songwriter, radio personality, songwriter

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Alice Calhoun

1900–1966

actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer

Alexandre Mahamba

Unknown–1966

politician

Official cause

hanging to death

Évariste Kimba

1926–1966

politician, minister

Official cause

hanging to death

William H. Blanchard

1916–1966

military officer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Dorothy Kelly

1894–1966

actor, film actor

Official cause

cerebral hemorrhage

Thelma Terry

1901–1966

bandleader, conductor, jazz musician

Official cause

esophageal cancer

George Garrett

1896–1966

trade unionist, writer, sailor

Official cause

cancer

Edmond T. Gréville

1906–1966

film actor, film director, screenwriter

Official cause

traffic collision

Pierre de Lagarde Boal

1895–1966

diplomat, aircraft pilot, liaison officer

Official cause

stroke

Diane Oliver

1942–1966

writer

Official cause

traffic collision

Robert P. Knight

1902–1966

psychoanalyst

Official cause

lung cancer

Richard Fariña

1937–1966

singer, novelist, singer-songwriter

Official cause

traffic collision

Patrick V. McNamara

1894–1966

politician

Official cause

stroke

Eugene O'Brien

1880–1966

stage actor, film actor

Official cause

pneumonia

Richard Gordon Vivian

1908–1966

archaeologist

Official cause

leukemia

Paula Strasberg

1909–1966

stage actor, drama teacher, actor

Official cause

bone cancer