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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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“This is the 184th Demonstration.
...
What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
we do not break the panes of safety glass
stretching between people on the street
and the deaths they hire.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)