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Actors and Actresses - Stage and Real Names

January 14 - Teddy Pendergrass, R&B Singer - ("Turn Off the Lights" and "Love TKO,") age 59

January 22 - James Mitchell, Actor, dancer - Palmer Cortlandt on "All My Children" for 30 years - age 89

January 22 - Jean Simmons, Actress, starred in The Robe, Spartacus, Guys and Dolls and others - age 80

January 24 - Pernell Roberts, Actor - Adam Cartwright on "Bonanza" '59 - '65 and Dr John McIntyre on "Trapper John" - age 81

January 27 - JD Salinger, Writer & recluse - wrote "Catcher In The Rye" in 1951 - age 91

February 3 - Francis Reid, Actress - was Alice Horton on "The Days Of Our Lives" from 1965 to 2007 - age 95

February 8 - Robert Hoy, Actor / stunt man - appeared in High Chaparral and numerous other TV shows - age 82

February 9 - Walter Fredrick Morrison, Inventor - was responsible for the greatest recreational item ever - THE FRISBEE - age 90

February 9 - Phil Harris, Fisherman - star of the Discovery Channel's reality TV show "Deadliest Catch" - age 53

February 10 - Charles Wilson, Politician - 12 term Congressman who led a behind the scenes war in Afghanistan against the Soviets - age 76

February 17 - Kathryn Grayson, Actress / Operatic Singer - starred in musicals like Anchors Aweigh, Showboat, Kiss Me Kate and others- age 88

February 20 - Alexander Haig, Career Military - retired as Four Star General, then served in several assignments for President's Reagan, Ford and Nixon - age 85

March 3 - Nan Martin, Actress - known for strong roles, recurring part on the Drew Carey Show - age 82

March 10 - Corey Haim, Actor - roles in the '80's in Lucas, Lost Boys and others - age 38

March 11 - Merlin Olsen, NFL Player/ actor/ broadcaster - 15 years with the LA Rams, acted in Little House on the Prairie and NBC Sports - age 69

March 14 - Peter Graves, Actor - Mission Impossible, Airplane's I & II, brother of James Arness (Gunsmoke) - age 83

March 17 - Alex Chilton, Musician - played with the Box Tops and Big Star had hit in 1960's "The Letter" - age 59

March 18 - Fess Parker, Actor - immortalized the role of Davy Crockett and later Daniel Boone on television - age 85

March 24 - Robert Culp, Actor - broke racial television ground in "I Spy", early role in Trackdown (1954) - age 79

April 1 - John Forsythe, Actor - Bachelor Father, Dynasty and voice of Charlie in Charlie's Angels - age 92

April 10 - Dixie Carter, Actress - Julia Sugerbaker on Designing Women 1986 - '93 - age 70

May 1 - Helen Wagner, Actress - Nancy Hughes-McClosky on "As the World Turns" from 1956 until April 5, 2010 - age 91

May 2 - Lynn Redgrave, Oscar nominated Actress - "Tom Jones", latest movie "Confessions of a Shopoholic" - age 67

May 9 - Lena Horne, Singer/ Actress/ Dancer - Signature song was "Stormy Weather" she also starred in the movie by the same name - age 92

May 26 - Art Linkletter, Author and Radio and TV Personality - "House Party" 1952 - 1969 and "People Are Funny" 1954 - 1961 - age 97

May 28 - Gary Coleman, Actor - Arnold Jackson on "Different Strokes" 1978 - 1986 (had congenital kidney disease and received two transplants) age 42

May 29 - Dennis Hopper, Actor, Filmmaker and Artist - Rebel Without a Cause, Giant, and Easy Rider as an actor plus others as a producer - age 74

May 30 - Ali-Ollie Woodson, R&B Singer and songwriter - sang with the Temptations, co-wrote hit single "Treat Her Like a Lady" - age 58

June 3 - Rue McClanahan, Emmy Award winning Actress - Blanche Deveraux on "Golden Girls" 1985 - 1992 also Maude and others - age 76

June 4 - John Wooden, Basketball Coach - Coached UCLA 1948 - 1975 and won 10 National Championships, Hall of Fame as Player and Coach - age 99

June 13 - Jimmy Dean, Singer, Actor, Entrepreneur - won a Grammy for "Big Bad John", best known for self named sausage brand - age 81

June 28 - Sen. Robert Byrd, Politician - represented W Virginia, was the longest seving Senator in the U.S. Congress - age 92

July 6 - Harvey Fuqua, Singer / Song Writer - was original member of the Moonglows, helped form Motown records - age 80

July 13 - George Steinbrenner, Businessman - owner of the New York Yankees, won 7 World Series Championships and 11 Pennants - age 80

July 16 - James Gammon, Actor - was the coach on "Major League" and father on "Nash Bridges" - age 70

July 31 - Mitch Miller, Musician, Conductor, Singer - "Sing Along with Mitch" NBC 1961 - 1966 - age 99

August 3 - Bobby Hebb, Singer, Songwriter - Wrote and performed hit song "Sunny" - age 72

August 8 - Patricia Neal, Actress - Won Academy Award for "HUD" and a Tony Award for "Another Part of the Forest" - age 84

August 20 - Jack Horkheimer, Astronomer - Host of "Star Gazer" show on PBS and Executive Dirirector of Miami Space Transit Planetarium - age 72

September 11 - Kevin McCarthy, Actor - "Death of a Salesman", best known for "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" - age 96

September 18 - Jamas Bacon, Journalist / Columnist - Hollywood insider for Associated Press & Los Angeles Herald Examiner - age 96

September 22 - Eddie Fisher, Singer - best known for his marriges to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens - age 82

September 26 - Gloria Stuart, Actress - the 100 year old Rose in "Titanic" and "The Invisible Man" - age 100

September 29 - Tony Curtis, Actor - "Some Like It Hot", "The Defiant One", married to Janet Leigh - age 85

September 30 - Stephen J Cannell, Screen Writer, Producer, Novelist - wrote or produced over 40 TV shows - age 79

October 15 - Johnny Sheffield, Actor -played Boy in many "Tarzan" films also starred in "Bomba the Jungle Boy" - age 79

October 16 - Barbara Billingsley, Actress - best known as June Cleaver on "Leave It To Beaver" - age 94

October 19 - Tom Bosley, Actor - "Happy Days", "Murder She Wrote" and "Father Dowling Mysteries" - age 83

October 25 - Lisa Blount, Actress - played Lynette Pomeroy in "An Officer and a Gentleman" - age 53

October 28 - James MacArthur, Actor - Danno on "Hawaii Five-O", son to Helen Hayes and grandson to Lillian Gish - age 72

October 31 - Ted Sorensen, Lawyer, Writer - Special Counsel, adviser and speech writer to JFK 1961-1964 - age 82

November 1 - Charlie O'Donnell, Voice Actor - announcer on "Wheel of Fortune" 1975-1980 and 1988-present - age 78

November 2 - Sannon Tavarez, Actress, Singer - played the young Nala in "The Lion King" on Broadway - age 11

November 5 - Jill Clayburgh, Actress - won a Oscar for An Unmarried Woman, nominated for Starting Over - age 66

November 10 - Dino DeLaurentis, Movie Producer - won a Oscar for Serpico plus two for Italian films - age 91

Novenber 28 - Leslie Nielsen, Actor - best known for the Airplane and Naked Gun franchises - age 84

December 5 - Don Meredith, Athlete, Actor - quarterback for Dallas Cowboys 1960 - 1968 - age 72

December 7 - Elizabeth Edwards, Wife of Senator John Edwards, Author and health care activist - age 61

December 15 - Blake Edwards, Writer, Director, Producer married to Julie Andrews, Breakfast at Tiffany's - age 88

December 20 - Steve Landesberg, Actor, portrayed Arthur Dietrich on Barney Miller - age 65

unknown 2010 - Yvette Vickers, Actress - "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" also 1958 Playboy Centerfold - age 81?










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