Deaths
- 17 January - Stan Davies, footballer, 73
- 25 February - S. O. Davies, politician
- 7 March - Jack Morley, Wales and British Lions rugby player
- 10 March - Gwynfor Davies, cricketer, 63
- 10 April - Ormond Jones, footballer, 61
- 28 May - The Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII and a former Prince of Wales)
- 14 June (at Goathurst) - Glyn Simon, Archbishop of Wales (1968-71), 69
- 9 July - Sir Henry Morris-Jones, doctor, soldier and politician, 87
- 12 August - Reg Anderson, cricketer, 58
- 28 September - Tom Roberts, Wales international rugby union player
- 19 October - David Hughes, opera singer
- November - Fred Keenor, footballer, 78
- 6 November - Hilary Marquand, economist and MP
- 30 November - Frank Evans, dual-code international rugby player, 75
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