January 02 - Anne Francis, Actress - Detective Honey West also Cmd. JJ Adams in movie "Forbidden Planet" - age 80

January 04 - Gerry Rafferty, Singer / Songwriter - "Baker Street", "Stuck in the Middle With You" - age 63

January 10 - Margaret Whiting, Singer / Actress - popular singer had TV show "Those Whiting Girls" - age 86

January 10 - John Dye, Actor - Andrew (The Angel of Death) on "Touched By An Angel" - age 47

January 11 -David Nelson, Actor - "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" from 1952 - 1966 - age 74

January 15 - Susannah York, British Actress - "They Shoot Horses Don't They" - age 72

January 17 - Don Kirshner, Record Producer / Promoter worked with Bobby Darin, Neal Diamond, Carole King - age 76

January 18 - Sargent Shriver, Politician, Diplomat - married Eunice Kennedy to join the Kennedy clan - age 95

January 23 - Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne, Fitness expert who had a popular work out TV program - age 96

January 26 - Gladys Horton, R&B Singer - founder and lead singer for the Marvelettes - age 65

January 27 - Charlie Callas, Comedian - was a favored sidekick of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in the 60s & 70s - age 83

February 03 - Maria Schneider, Actress - when she was 20 years old starred in "Last Tango in Paris" - age 58

February 12 - Betty Garrett, Actress - had roles in "All in the Family" and "Laverne & Shirley" - age 91

February 16 - Len Lesser, Actor - Uncle Leo on "Seinfield" and had a role on "Everybody Loves Raymond" - age 88

February 28 - Jane Russell, Actress - "Outlaw", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was discovered by Howard Hughes - age 89
    webmaster note:We had the privilege of meeting Ms. Russell at a an event in her honor in 2010 and Wow what a gal!!

March 17 - Ferlin Husky, Musician - Country Music star with over 20 Top 20 hits - age 85

March 17 - Michael Gough, Actor - played Alfred the Butler in Batman movies - age 94

March 18 - Warren Christopher, Diplomat - Secretary of State under President Clinton - age 85

March 23 - Elizabeth Taylor, Actress - famed for her beauty, talent and philanthropy as well as her many husbands and lavish jewelry - age 79

March 26 - Geraldine Ferraro, Politician - 3 term Congresswoman from NY, V Presidential candidate 1984 with Walter Mondale - age 75

March 27 - Farley Granger, Actor - the Hitchcock films "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" - age 85

April 09 - Sidney Lumet, Director / Producer - "12 Angry Men", "Dog Day Afternoon", "Network" - age 86

April 12 - Gail Robbins, Musician / Singer - Sang with The Highwaymen, best known song "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" - age 80

April 17 - Michael Sarrazin, Actor - "They Shoot Horse, Don't They?" and "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud" - age 70

April 19 - Elisabeth Sladen, Actress - Sarah Jane Smith on "Dr Who" also "Sarah Jane Adventures" a spin off - age 63

April 26 - Phoebe Snow, Singer / Songwriter - 1975 "Poetry Man", mostly quit performing to care for an ill child - age 60

May 03 - Jackie Cooper, Actor/ Director/ Producer - Youngest Oscar nominee at age 9, also Perry White in Superman - age 88

May 04 - Sada Thompson, Actress - the family matriarch Kate Lawrence on "Family" - age 83

May 04 - Mary Murphy, Actress - starred in "The Wild One" with Marlon Brando - age 80

May 05 - Dana Wynter, Actress - starred in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" - age 79

May 10 - Norma Zimmer, Singer - was the Champagne Lady on the "Lawrence Welk Show" for 22 years - age 87

May 16 - Edward Hardwicke, British Actor - Doctor Watson on "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" TV series - age 78

May 16 - Robert "Bob" Flanigan, Musician - last surviving member of "The Four Freshman" - age 84

May 20 - Randy "Machoman" Savage, Pro Wrestler - WCF & WWF Champion multi times - age 58

May 27 - Jeff Conaway, Actor - played Kenickie in "Grease" and Bobby Wheeler in "Taxi" - age 60

May 27 - Gill Scott-Heron, Poet / Musician - helped to popularize the spoken word type of performances - age 62

May 30 - Clarice Taylor, Actress - Anna Huxtable (Bill Cosbys stage Mother) in "The Cosby Show" - age 93

June 03 - James Arness, Actor - Marshall Matt Dillon on TV series "Gunsmoke" from 1955 - 1975 - age 88

June 03 - Jack Kevorkian, MD / Pathologist - was jailed for assisting the suicides of terminally ill patients - age 83

June 07 - Leonard Stern, Screenwriter / Producer "Get Smart", "McMillan & Wife" also invented Mad Libs Game - age 87

June 12 - Carl Gardner, Singer - Founding member of the "Coasters", biggest hit was Yakety Yak - age 83

June 12 - Laura Ziskin, Film Producer - "Pretty Woman", all 3 "Spider Man" films - age 61
    (webmaster note: she was one of the co-creators of Stand Up To Cancer - she died of breast cancer at home)

June 18 - Clarence Clemons, Musician - played saxophone with "Bruce Springsteens E Street Band" - age 69

June 20 - Ryan Dunn, Actor / Daredevil - was in the "Jackass" TV series and movies - age 34

June 23 - Peter Falk, Actor - portrayed Lieutenant Columbo in the TV series "Columbo" from 1971 - '78 and 1989 - 2003 - age 83

July 08 - Betty Ford, First Lady from 1974 - 1977, an outspoken activist for Womens Rights, Founder of the Betty Ford Clinic for substance abuse - age 93

July 08 - Roberts Blossom, Actor - "Home Alone", "Doc Hollywood" and the "Quick and the Dead" - age 87

July 12 - Sherwood Schwartz, Writer / Composer - created and wrote the theme songs for Gilligan's Island & Brady Bunch - age 94

July 15 - Googie Withers, Actress - Helen Nosseross in "Night and the City" (1950) - age 94

July 22 - Linda Christian, Actress - the first "Bond" girl in (1954) Casino Royale, married to Tyrone Power - age 87

July 23 - Amy Winehouse, Singer / Songwriter - British solo female recording artist, won 5 Grammy Awards for "Back to Black" album - age 27

July 23 - Christopher Mayer, Actor - "Dukes of Hazzard" for 1 season and Santa Barbara - age 57

July 26 - G. D. Spradlin, Actor - played Senator Geary in The Godfather Part II and numerous roles in Dragnet - age 90

July 29 - Gene McDaniels, Singer / Songwriter - "A Hundred Pounds of Clay", "Tower of Strength" - age 76

August 03 - Bubba Smith, Athlete / Actor - defensive end for several NFL teams and Hightower in the "Police Academy" movies - age 66

August 03 - Annette Charles, Actress - ChaCha in Grease (1978)also the Bionic Women, Barnaby Jones and more - age 63

August 08 - Francis Quinn, Actor - Rhoh in "Platoon", Syed Ali in "24", son of Anthony Quinn - age 48

August 22 - Nick Ashford, R&B Songwriter- with Valerie Simpson, "Aint No Mountain High Enough" - age 70

August 22 - Jerry Leiber, Songwriter - with Mike Stoller, "Jailhouse Rock" "Hound Dog" - age 78

August 23 - Ross Barbour, Singer - Original member of The Four Freshman, sang baritone - age 82

August 23 - Frank Potenza, Actor / Security Guard - "Uncle Frank" on the Jimmy Kimmel show - age 77

August 24 - Esther Gordy Edwards, Music mogul - co-founded Motown Records with younger brother Berry Gordy - age 91

September 08 - Mary Fickett, Actress - Nurse Ruth Martin on "All My Children" - age 83

September 10 - Cliff Robertson, Actor - Lt. Jack Kennedy in the movie "PT-109", also "Charly" - age 88

September 16 - Kara Kennedy, Philanthropist - oldest child of Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy - age 51

September 17 - Eleanor Mondale, Radio Personality - only daughter of V. President Walter Mondale - age 51

September 19 - Dolores Hope, Singer - married to the late Bob Hope for 69 years - age 102

October 05 - Steve Jobs, Inventor, Entrepuener - co-founder of Apple Computers also developed Pixar Studios - age 56

October 05 - Charles Napier, Actor - "Silence of the Lambs", "Philadelphia", "Rambo II" - age 75

October 08 - Roger Williams, Pianist - "Autumn Leaves", "Born Free" the best selling pianist ever - age 87

October 16 - Dan Wheldon, Race Car Driver - won Indianapolis 500 in 2005 & 2011 - age 33

October 25 - Wyatt Knight, Actor - Tommy Turner in the Porky's trilogy - age 56

October 28 - Beryl Davis, Singer - with Benny Goodman Band, Frank Sinatra on Hit Parade, Four Girls singing group - age 87

November 01 - Dorothy Rodham, Mother of former First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton - age 92

November 02 - Leonard Stone, Actor - "Jean Arthur Show" (1966) and Judge Paul Hanson on "L.A. Law" - age 87

November 04 - Andy Rooney, Writer - had a weekly commentary on "60 Minutes" from 1978-2011 - age 92

November 07 - "Smokin" Joe Frazier, Boxer - Heavyweight Champ 1970, boxing gold medal 1964 Olympics - age 67

November 15 - Karl Slover, Actor - a munchkin in the (1939) "Wizard of Oz" - age 93

November 19 - John Neville, Actor - played the Well Manicured Man on "X Files" series - age 86

November 25 - Frederik Meijer, Businessmann - owned Meijer Thrifty Acres chain of supermarkets - age 91

November 25 - Judy Lewis, Actress - General Hospital illegitimate daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable - age 76

December 07 - Harry Morgan, Actor - Col. Sherman T Potter on M*A*S*H* (1975-'83) - age 96

December 17 - Kim Jong Il, Dictator - Supreme (tyranical) leader of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (N. Korea) - age 69

December 24 - Cheetah, Chimpanzee Actor - beloved sidekick to Johnny Weissmuller's "Tarzan" in the 1930's - age 80