Deaths
- 27 January - Lewis Jones, miners' leader and novelist, 41
- 17 March - Owen Badger, Wales national rugby player, 67
- 24 March - Gwyn Nicholls, rugby player, 64
- 23 April - Morgan Jones, sitting MP for Llanelli, 52
- 29 April - Timothy Rees, Bishop of Llandaff, 64
- 14 June - Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician, 66
- 29 June - Henry Stuart Jones, academic, 72
- 9 July - Charles Nicholl, Wales international rugby union player, 69
- 18 September - Gwen John, artist, 63
- 21 September - Sir John Lynn-Thomas, surgeon, 78
- 26 September - Leif Jones, politician, 77
- 7 November - Gwenllian Morgan, local politician
- 2 December - Llewelyn Powys, writer, 55
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