Deaths
- 26 January - David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, 66 (car accident)
- 4 April - Kate Roberts, author, 94
- 22 April – Sir Thomas Parry, academic, 80
- 8 May - Tom Hooson, politician, 52
- 9 June - Clifford Evans, actor, 73
- 1 September - Saunders Lewis, writer, 91
- 17 September - Laura Ashley, designer, 60 (brain haemorrhage)
- 28 October - Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek, politician, 81
- 1 November - Bruce Dargavel, singer
- 17 December - Gwyn Richards, dual-code rugby player, 79
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