Deaths
- February 22 – David Susskind, 66, commentator and producer
- February 25 – James Coco, 56, actor
- March 3 – Danny Kaye, 74, actor and comedian
- March 21 – Dean Paul Martin, 35, actor on Misfits of Science and son of Dean Martin
- March 28 – Patrick Troughton, 67, actor who is best known for playing the Second Doctor on the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969.
- April 17 – Dick Shawn, 63, comedian
- May 4 – Cathryn Damon, 56, actress (Mary on Soap and Cassie on Webster)
- May 31 – Roy Winsor, 75, soap opera writer (Search for Tomorrow)
- June 6 - Fulton Mackay, actor (Porridge)
- June 24 – Jackie Gleason, 71, comedian
- August 6 – Quinn Martin, 65, producer
- August 11 – Clara Peller, 85, Wendy's spokesperson (Where's the Beef? ad campaign)
- August 19 – Hayden Rorke, 76, actor (Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie)
- September 11 – Lorne Greene, 72, actor (Ben Cartwright on Bonanza)
- September 22 – Dan Rowan, 65, comedian, co-host of Laugh-In
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“On almost the incendiary eve
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