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Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1995
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January
Peter Cook (comedian) -- Dead. January 9, 1995. Born 1937. (The marrying bishop in Princess Bride) IMDb
Rose Kennedy (mother/grandmother/great-grandmother...) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died January 22, 1995. Born July 22, 1890.
George Abbott (writer/director) -- Dead. extreme old age. Died January 31, 1995. Born June 25, 1887. Directed Damn Yankees and the Broadway debut of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum IBDB IMDb
February
Donald Pleasence (actor) -- Dead. After heart surgery. Died February 2, 1995. Born October 5, 1919. IMDb
Doug McClure (TV actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died February 5, 1995. Born May 11, 1938. IMDb
J. William Fulbright (politician) -- Dead. Stroke. Died February 9, 1995. Born April 9, 1905.
David Wayne (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died February 9, 1995. Born January 30, 1914. Dr. Dutton in The Andromeda Strain, Dr Wetherby in House Calls IMDb
Michael V. Gazzo (actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died February 14, 1995. Born April 5, 1923. (Gangsters in many movies, Frankie Pentangeli in The Godfather II.) IMDb
Ed Flanders (actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died February 22, 1995. Born December 29, 1934. St. Elsewhere IMDb
James Herriot
(author) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died February 23, 1995. Born October 3, 1916. Pen name of British veternarian James Alfred Wright who wrote a series of books starting with All Things Bright and Beautiful.
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March
Vivian Stanshall (musician) -- Dead. Fire. Died March 5, 1995. Born 1943. (Bizarre Brit also known as Ginger Geezer.)
Ian Ballantine (publisher) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died March 9, 1995. Born February 15, 1916. 
Eric "Easy E" Wright (rap artist) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 26, 1995. Born 1963.
Hugh O'Connor (actor) -- Dead. Suicide/drug addiction. Died March 28, 1995. Born April 7, 1962. IMDb
Selena Perez
(musician) -- Dead. Gun murder by her fan club president. Died March 31, 1995.
Born April 16, 1971. Jennifer Lopez portrayed her in the obligatory movie about her life.
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April
Hannes Alfvén (physicist) -- Dead. Died April 2, 1995. Born May 30, 1908. (Nobel prize winner.)
Priscilla Lane (actress, retired young) -- Dead. Old age. Died April 4. 1995. Born June 12, 1915. (Arsenic and Old Lace.) IMDb
Burl Ives (folk singer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 14, 1995. Born June 14, 1909. (Voice of the snowman in "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer".) IMDb
Maggie Kuhn (activist) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died April 22, 1995. Born August 3, 1905. (Gray Panther co-founder.)
Howard Cosell (sportscaster) -- Dead. Heart aneurism. Died April 23, 1995. Born March 21, 1920. IMDb
John Stennis (politician) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died April 23, 1995. Born August 3, 1901.
Art Fleming (game show host) -- What is Dead? Pancreatic cancer. Died April 25, 1995. Born May 1, 1924. (First Jeopady! host back in the '60s.) IMDb
Ginger Rogers (dancer) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died April 25, 1995. Born July 16, 1911. (In several movies with Fred Astaire, including The Barkleys of Broadway.) IMDb
May
Elisha Cook Jr. (actor) -- Dead. Died May 18, 1995. Born December 26, 1903. IMDb
Alexander Godunov (dancer/actor) -- Dead. Alcoholism. Died May 18, 1995. Born November 28, 1949. IMDb
Elizabeth Montgomery (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 18, 1995. Born April 15, 1933. (Daughter of Robert Montgomery, survived being married to Gig Young, even if his last wife didn't.)
Les Aspin (politician) -- Dead. Stroke complications. Died May 21, 1995. Born July 21, 1938.
Harold Wilson (British prime minister) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 24, 1995. Born March 11, 1916.
Isadore "Friz" Freling (cartoon director) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 25, 1995. Born August 21, 1906. (Animated Sylvester, Yosemite Sam.) IMDb
Margaret Chase Smith (legislator) -- Dead. Stroke. Died May 29, 1995. Born December 14, 1897. (One of the first Republicans to condemn Joe McCarthy for the witchhunter that he was.)
June
Roger Zelazny (author) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 14, 1995. Born May 13, 1937.
Jonas Salk (biologist) -- Dead. Heart failure, not polio. Died June 23, 1995. Born October 28, 1914.
Gale Gordon (actor) -- Dead. Died June 30, 1995. Born February 2, 1906. (Lucy's frequent boss in the '60s and '70s, the second Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace.) IMDb
Warren Earl Burger (jurist) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died June 25, 1995. Born September 17, 1907.
Lana Turner (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 29, 1995. Born February 8, 1921. IMDb
July
Miklos Rozsa (composer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died July 1995. Born April 18, 1907. (Ben-Hur.) IMDb
Wolfman Jack (deejay) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died July 1, 1995. Born January 21, 1939. (Memorable bit part in American Graffiti.) IMDb
Krissy Taylor (model) -- Dead. Asthma attack. Died July 2, 1995. Born May 15, 1978.
Pancho Gonzales (athlete) -- Dead. Cancer. Died July 3, 1995. Born May 9, 1928.
Eva Gabor (actress) -- Dead. Respiratory distress and other infections. Died July 4, 1995. Born February 11, 1920. (Oliver survived her by ten years.) IMDb
Bob Ross (PBS painter show guy) -- Dead. Cancer. Died July 4, 1995. Born October 29, 1942. (The Joy of Painting)
May Sarton (author) -- Dead. Died July 16, 1995. Born May 3, 1912.
George Romney (politician) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died July 26, 1995. Born July 8, 1907. (Former govenor of Michigan.)
August
Ida Lupino (actress/director) -- Dead. Stroke, colon cancer. Died August 3, 1995. Born February 4, 1918. (Once married to Howard Duff.) IMDb
Jerry Garcia
(musician) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died August 9, 1995.
Born August 1, 1942. What a long, strange trip it was... Grateful
Dead leader.
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Phil Harris (cartoon voices/musician) -- Dead. Died August 11, 1995. Born June 24, 1904. (Baloo in The Jungle Book, married to Alice Faye for over 50 years.) IMDb
Mickey Mantle
(athlete) -- Dead. Cancer, liver disease. Died August 13, 1995.
Born October 20, 1931. Yankee player who led the team in the late '50s and early '60s, won baseball's Triple Crown in 1956.
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John Cameron Swayze (TV reporter/wristwatch pitchman) -- Stopped ticking. Died August 15, 1995. Born April 4, 1906. IMDb
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (physicist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died August 21, 1995. Born October 19, 1910. (Nobel Prize winner, 1983.)
Gary Crosby (actor/singer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died August 24, 1995. Born June 27, 1933. Hunter, Emergency and many bit parts, oldst son of Bing Crosby. IMDb FindAGrave
John Brunner (author) -- Dead. Stroke. Died August 25, 1995. Born September 24, 1934. (British science fiction writer who was stricken at the World Science Fiction Convention in Scotland and died the next day.)
Evelyn Wood (speed reading guru/businesswoman) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died August 26, 1995. Born 1909.
Sterling Morrison (musician) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 30, 1995. Born August 29, 1942. IMDb
September
Madalyn Murray O'Hair (activist) -- Dead. Murdered. Died Sep, 1995.
Born April 13, 1919. Killed along with other family members; sucessfully fought racism and mandatory school prayer in the '50s and '60s
William Kunstler (lawyer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died September 4, 1995. Born July 7, 1919.
Jeremy Brett (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 12, 1995. Born November 3, 1933. (Sherlock Holmes in '80s movies, also played Freddie in My Fair Lady.) IMDb
Orville Redenbacher (popcorn researcher) -- Dead. Drowned in bathtub after heart attack. Died September 19, 1995. Born July 16, 1907.
Bessie Delany (author/dentist) -- Dead. Old age. Died September 25, 1995. Born September 1891. (Having Our Say.)
October
Maxene Andrews (singer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 21, 1995. Born January 3, 1916. IMDb
Kingsley Amis (author) -- Dead. Injuries from a fall. Died October 22, 1995. Born April 16, 1922. The Green Man
Mary Wickes (actress) -- Dead. Surgical complications. Died October 22, 1995. Born June 13, 1910. Many TV and movie bit parts including Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, played nuns in the Angel and Sister Act movies. IMDb FindAGrave
Viveca Lindfors (actress) -- Dead. Died October 25, 1995. Born December 29, 1920. IMDb
Bobby Riggs (athlete) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died October 25, 1995. Born February 25, 1918.
Terry Southern (writer) -- Dead. Died October 29, 1995. Born May 1, 1926. (One of the writers of Dr. Strangelove....) IMDb
Rosalind Cash (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died October 31, 1995. Born December 31, 1938. (Nominated for an Emmy for 1984's Go Tell It On the Mountain.) IMDb
November
Yitzhak Rabin (politician) -- Dead. Assassination. Died November 4, 1995. Born March 1, 1922.
Aneta Corsaut (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 6, 1995. Born November 3, 1933. (Sheriff Taylor's girlfriend on The Andy Griffith Show.) IMDb
Slappy White (comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 7, 1995. Born September 20, 1921. IMDb
Ralph Blane
(songwriter) -- Dead. Died November 13, 1995 Born July 26, 1914.
Wrote the melody for the standard "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, worked with many lyricists, notably Hugh Martin.
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Jack Finney (author) -- Dead. Died November 16, 1995. Born 1911. (Wrote Invasion of the Body Snatchers.)
Eugene Wigner (physicist) -- Dead. Died January 1, 1995. Born November 17, 1902. (Joint winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1963.)
Ted Sannella (square and contra dance caller) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 18, 1995.
Sergei Grinkov (Olympic skater) -- Dead. Heart attack while skating. Died November 20, 1995. Born February 4, 1967.
Louis Malle (director) -- Dead. Lymphoma. Died November 23, 1995. Born October 30, 1932. (Directed Pretty Baby, married to Candice Bergan.) IMDb
December
Robertson Davies (author) -- Dead. Died December 2, 1995. Born August 28, 1913.
Roxie Roker (actress) -- Dead. Died December 3, 1995. Born 1929. (Mother of Lenny Kravitz.) IMDb
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator who needed a navigator) -- Dead. Died December 9, 1995. Born January 22, 1907.
Rob Harris (sky surfer) -- Dead. Killed while skydiving. Died December 14, 1995. Born 1967.
Butterfly McQueen (actress) -- Dead. Fire. Died December 22, 1995. Born January 7, 1911. (Prissy in Gone with the Wind) IMDb
Dean Martin (singer/actor) -- Dead. Acute respiratory failure. Died December 25, 1995. Born June 7, 1917. (Steubenville, OH's favorite son, a public mural was dedicated to him on the 80th anniversary of his birth, teamed with Jerry Lewis in the '50s and the Rat Pack in the '60s.)
Calvin & Hobbes (comic strip) -- Dead. Died December 31, 1995. Born circa 1985.