Deaths
- January 2 – Alan Hale, Jr., actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby on Gilligan's Island)
- January 9 – Northern Calloway, actor (David on Sesame Street)
- January 15 - Gordon Jackson, (Hudson the butler in Upstairs, Downstairs)
- January 18 – Rusty Hamer, former child actor (Make Room For Daddy), suicide
- February 15 – Jack Fletcher, character actor
- March 24 – Ray Goulding, comedian, half of the comedy team Bob and Ray.
- May 10 – Susan Oliver, actress
- May 16 – Jim Henson, puppeteer
- May 21 – Franklyn Seales, actor (Dexter on Silver Spoons), AIDS
- May 25 – Vic Tayback, actor (Mel Sharples on Alice)
- June 2 – Jack Gilford, actor
- July 7 – Bill Cullen, game show host
- July 8 – Howard Duff, actor
- October 26 – William S. Paley, founder and longtime head of CBS
- November 3 – Mary Martin, actress/singer
- November 12 - Eve Arden, actress
- November 27 – David White, actor (Larry Tate on Bewitched)
- December 2 – Bob Cummings, actor
- December 28 – Kiel Martin, actor (Officer J.D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues)
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