Deaths in 1972
See also Births in 1972
- Mahalia Jackson died 27 January 1972
- Natalie Barney died 2 February 1972
- Walter Winchell died 20 February 1972
- George Sanders died 25 April 1972
- J. Edgar Hoover died 2 May 1972
- Oscar Levant died 14 August 1972
- William Boyd died 12 September 1972
- Miriam Hopkins died 9 October 1972
- Marie Wilson died 23 November 1972
- Harry S. Truman died 26 December 1972
- Lester B. Pearson died 27 December 1972
- Roberto Clemente died 31 December 1972
