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Total Record Results: 51 - Group: DATES / Category: 20TH CENTURY: 70S / Subcategory: DEATH DATES
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1970 - 56 years ago
1April 13, 1970 THE PRETENDER 1996 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

THE PRETENDER
April 13, 1970
Miss Parker's mother dies.



2April 14, 1970 THE PRETENDER 1996 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

THE PRETENDER
April 14, 1970
The day after Miss Parker's mother dies. Jarod gives Miss Parker several letters that her mother Catherine Parker wrote to her - one dated March 20, 1970, containing the passage: "You and I will put all of this behind us on April 14" - the day after she died.



3April 18, 1970 LONGLEGS 2024 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LONGLEGS
April 18, 1970
Lester Wormwood calls authorities to report finding his brother Curtis and his family murdered in their home.



4October 31, 1970 BOB'S BURGERS 2011 Animated Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

BOB'S BURGERS
October 31, 1970
Dolores' lover dies on Halloween night - 50 years later, the Belcher kids meet her in the hotel at the end of the street attempting to conjure him up so she can banish him to Hell for all eternity. Gus: Dolores' lover died on Halloween night in room 313, 50 years ago, so she comes up here every year to conjure up Roger's spirit.

 

1971 - 55 years ago
5January 8, 1971 DARK 2017 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

DARK
January 8, 1971
Date of death on Regina Tiedemann's headstone.



6March 11, 1971 LONGLEGS 2024 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LONGLEGS
March 11, 1971
Eldritch Hesse murders his wife Ruberta and nine-year-old daughter Mary Kathleen by stabbing them with a long, serrated bread knife.



7March 12, 1971 LONGLEGS 2024 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LONGLEGS
March 12, 1971
Police discover the Hesse family crime scene, where Eldritch Hesse murdered his wife Ruberta and nine-year-old daughter Mary Kathleen by stabbing them with a long, serrated bread knife.



8December 31, 1971 NIGHT GALLERY 1970 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

NIGHT GALLERY
December 31, 1971
Aging movie star Miss Carrie Crane visits talk show host Holly Shaefer's New Year's eve party, gifting her a very special diary containing entries complete in advance, before jumping to her death.

 


1972 - 54 years ago
9May 19, 1972 SOMEWHERE IN TIME 1980 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

SOMEWHERE IN TIME
May 19, 1972
Richard Collier's play Too Much Spring opens at Millfield College, attended by famous American theater actress Elise McKenna, who approaches Richard backstage after the show, gives him a gold pocket watch, tells him to come back to her, and then dies later that night.



10June 17, 1972 THE TICK 2016 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

THE TICK
June 17, 1972
J. Christian dies, aged 55 years, per headstone visible during the scene when Dot and Overkill are in the graveyard.



11November 17, 1972 LONGLEGS 2024 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LONGLEGS
November 17, 1972
Longlegs victims the Angstrom family found dead, the case ruled a homicide-suicide.

 

1973 - 53 years ago
12March 15, 1973 BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II 1989 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II
March 15, 1973
Date of Death on Marty's father George Douglas McFly's headstone.



13April 13, 1973 THE TICK 2016 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

THE TICK
April 13, 1973
G. Harrowitz dies, age 82 years old - per headstone visible during The Tick's opening monologue.



14September 30, 1973 DREAMSCAPE 1984 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

DREAMSCAPE
September 30, 1973
Actually September 31, an impossible date. Tommy Ray Glatman stabs his father to death after a family argument.



15December 19, 1973 A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS 2022 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS
December 19, 1973
Ralphie's father - the Old Man - dies.



16December 22, 1973 A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS 2022 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS
December 22, 1973
M. Lewis dies - obituary in the paper that Ralphie reviews when preparing to write one for his father.



1974 - 52 years ago
17January 11, 1974 PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE 1985 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
January 11, 1974
Ghost trucker Large Marge dies in a car accident.



18May 26, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
May 26, 1974
The Ripper murders masseuse Laura Maresco. Kolchak (VoiceOver): May 26. Laramie Street. 3:55 a.m. Chicago. Miss Laura Maresco, age 24, a masseuse. She was fond of stuffed animals and had been given one as a gift by an exceptionally satisfied customer. She was anxious to get home and find a place for it in her bedroom.



19July 5, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
July 5, 1974
Chez Voltaire chef Honore Piaget killed.



20July 6, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
July 6, 1974
Chez Voltaire chef Honore Piaget found dead. Chez Voltaire pastry chef Roman Clementi arraigned for the murder. Street musician Bobby Ray Solange killed. Kolchak: But the big strikeout that night was made by Bobby Ray Solange. Age 22 Occupation - would-be superstar. But at 11:00 the night of July 6, Solange had finished a very hard day of playing street guitar to less-than-enthusiastic audiences, and he figured he owed it to himself to relax with his version of the evening martini.



21July 21, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
July 21, 1974
Eric Berringer's last supper, as he dies the next day in a car accident. Kolchak: Springfield, Illinois. Eric Berringer, self-made millionaire and heavy contributor to many causes, was driving to a late candlelight supper with his wife, Vivian. He didn't know it, of course, but his last supper had been the night before.



22July 22, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
July 22, 1974
Eric Berringer killed in car accident. Kolchak: Springfield, Illinois. Eric Berringer, self-made millionaire and heavy contributor to many causes, was driving to a late candlelight supper with his wife, Vivian. He didn't know it, of course, but his last supper had been the night before.



23August 9, 1974 WATCHMEN 2019 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

WATCHMEN
August 9, 1974
Nelson Gardner dies in a traffic accident in New York. He is decapitated after flying through the windshield, but his head is never found.



24August 19, 1974 LONGLEGS 2024 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LONGLEGS
August 19, 1974
Longlegs victims the Weir family found dead in an apparent murder-suicide perpetrated by father Jasper Weir.

 


25September 7, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
September 7, 1974
Violinist George Mason dies of apparent spontaneous human combustion. Kolchak: The Lake Shore apartment of George Mason, first violinist and concertmaster of the Great Lakes Symphony. Mr. Mason was trying for his customary preconcert nap.

 
 

26September 8, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
September 8, 1974
Felicia Porter dies of apparent spontaneous human combustion. Kolchak: Patterson Towers Apartments. Miss Felicia Porter, Sorbonne graduate and international music groupie, stepped out to improve her tan. The sun that day was hot, but not hot enough to cause what eventually happened.



27November 8, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
November 8, 1974
Dr. Jules Copenik of Oceanic International Oil Corporation killed upon his return to work following a month long trip attending a conference in Helsinki.

 
 

28November 12, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
November 12, 1974
Rhonda June Markay killed and robbed by a shape-shifting Indian. Kolchak (VoiceOver): November 12, 11:20 p.m. Rhonda June Markay, real name Adele Sapperstein, was coming home after an unusually successful day. Miss Markay was chairman of the board of Maison de Markay, Incorporated, manufacturers of the famous Rhonda June brassiere line, a longtime bulwark of the garment industry, serving women from 8 to 80.



29November 13, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
November 13, 1974
Lucy LaPont Addison killed and robbed by a shape-shifting Indian. Kolchak (VoiceOver): November 13, 1:30 a.m. Lucy LaPont Addison, the reigning queen of what was left of Chicago's old society, was returning home after an opera opening. She supplied the opera house. Lucy Addison had accumulated fortunes like she accumulated husbands. Friends referred to her as the "Steel Butterfly".

 


30December 15, 1974 A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS 2022 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS
December 15, 1974
E. Jefferson dies - obituary in the paper that Ralphie reviews when preparing to write one for his father.



1975 - 51 years ago
31March 8, 1975 LONGLEGS 2024 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LONGLEGS
March 8, 1975
Carrie Anne Camera's father murders his wife, a local priest and himself with a axe. Carrie Anne survives, since she is at school.

 
 
 

32March 14, 1975 LONGLEGS 2024 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LONGLEGS
March 14, 1975
Carrie Anne Camera's birthday - six days after her father murders his wife, a local priest and himself with a axe. Carrie Anne survived, since she is at school.

 
 
 

33May 5, 1975 OZARK 2017 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

OZARK
May 5, 1975
After Buddy dies, Marty finds an award in his room: "The Federated Manufacturers Presents Veterans Support Award to Jimmy Small In recognition for fostering financial literacy among military personnel and veterans - May 5, 1975"



34May 12, 1975 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
May 12, 1975
College student Maria Vanegas dies, only to vanish and turn up later.

 


35June 15, 1975 CREEPSHOW 1982 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

CREEPSHOW
June 15, 1975
Grantham family matriarch Great Aunt Bedelia murders her late father: the miserly and domineering Nathan Grantham who had accumulated the family's fortune through bootlegging, fraud, extortion and murder.



36September 20, 1975 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
September 20, 1975
Youthful jogger William Cubby drastically aged and killed by Helen Surtees, sacrificed for the goddess Hecate in her quest for immortality.

 

37September 21, 1975 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
September 21, 1975
Youthful Cynthia Tibbs drastically aged and killed by Helen Surtees, sacrificed for the goddess Hecate in her quest for immortality.

 


1976 - 50 years ago
38October 31, 1976 THE KIDS IN THE HALL 1988 TV Series20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

THE KIDS IN THE HALL
October 31, 1976
The great vaudeville entertainer, Cyril St. John, almost completely forgotten and entirely dead, laid to rest.



1977 - 49 years ago
39August 16, 1977 WHITE NOISE 2022 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

WHITE NOISE
August 16, 1977
According to Murray Siskind, Professor Cotsakis was in Memphis when the King died, and apparently interviewed members of his entourage.



40October 18, 1977 THE NICE GUYS 2016 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

THE NICE GUYS
October 18, 1977
Adult film star Misty Mountains dies in automobile accident. Radio in Healy's apartment on October 26: Good morning, Los Angeles. Today, yet another stage-two smog alert. The A.Q.M.D. has cautioned residents not to stay outside or engage in unnecessary exercise before 6:00 p.m. In other news, a police spokesman says he has not ruled out foul play in the death of adult film star Misty Mountains, whose car went off-road in the early hours of last Tuesday. And now back to America's favourite family, The Waltons.



1978 - 48 years ago
41January 15, 1978 REAL LIFE 1979 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

REAL LIFE
January 15, 1978
Day 11. Albert Brooks films Warren preparing for horse surgery, which goes horribly wrong when the horse is given too much sedation, and dies.

 

42January 18, 1978 REAL LIFE 1979 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

REAL LIFE
January 18, 1978
Day 14. Jeannette Yeager informed that her grandmother passed away from her stroke. Mentioned during Albert's narration for Day 16 - the day of the funeral.



43October 31, 1978 HALLOWEEN 2018 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

HALLOWEEN
October 31, 1978
Laurie Strode's first encounter with Michael Myers, surviving his murderous rampage. Referred to as the Babysitter Murders, which also happened to be the original name of the first movie.



44October 31, 1978 HALLOWEEN 1978 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

HALLOWEEN
October 31, 1978
Michael Myers returns home to Haddonfield, going on a murder rampage.



45October 31, 1978 HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS 1988 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS
October 31, 1978
Michael Myers attacks Laurie Strode and the residents of Haddonfield (events of the first 2 Halloween movies). Mentioned a couple of times - first by a security officer at Ridgemont, later by Rachel.



46October 31, 1978 HALLOWEEN ENDS 2022 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

HALLOWEEN ENDS
October 31, 1978
Michael's first murderous rampage (archive footage from the original movie), which Laurie Strode writes about in her book.



47October 31, 1978 HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER 1998 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER
October 31, 1978
Michael Myers kills several people on Halloween, though babysitter Laurie Strode escapes.



48October 31, 1978 HALLOWEEN KILLS 2021 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

HALLOWEEN KILLS
October 31, 1978
The night of Michael Myers' original rampage. Officer Hawkins accidentally shoots his fellow officer, and prevents Dr. Loomis from shooting Michael after he is apprehended.



49October 31, 1978 HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION 2002 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION
October 31, 1978
Michael Myers kills three high school students. Also killed three nurses and a paramedic same night - mentioned by Grace Anderson Sanitarium patient Harold.



1979 - 47 years ago
50February 3, 1979 SUPER 8 2011 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

SUPER 8
February 3, 1979
Date of Death on Joe Lamb's mother Elizabeth's headstone.



51April 17, 1979 LARS AND THE REAL GIRL 2007 Film20th Century: 70sDeath Dates

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
April 17, 1979
Lars and Gus' mother Elinor Lindstrom dies.




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