Deaths
- 23 January - Fred Bakewell, cricketer (born 1908)
- 28 January - Billy Fury, singer songwriter (born 1940)
- 13 February - Edward Fletcher, Labour Member of Parliament (born 1911)
- 22 February - Sir Adrian Boult, conductor (born 1889)
- 8 March - William Walton, composer (born 1902)
- 3 April - Jimmy Bloomfield, former footballer and footbal manager (born 1934)
- 13 April - Gerry Hitchens, former footballer (born 1934)
- 15 March - Rebecca West, writer (born 1892)
- 21 May - Kenneth Clark, art historian (born 1903)
- 4 July - John Bodkin Adams, suspected serial killer (born 1899)
- 29 July - David Niven, actor (born 1910)
- 10 October - Ralph Richardson, actor (born 1902)
- 15 November - John Le Mesurier, actor (born 1912)
- 25 November - Anton Dolin, dancer and choreographer (born 1904)
- 30 November - Richard Llewellyn, novelist (born 1906)
- 11 December - Sir Neil Ritchie, general (born 1897)
- 13 December - Mary Renault, novelist (born 1905)
- 23 December - Colin Middleton, artist (born 1910)
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