January 17 - Johnny Otis, Singer/Songwriter - "Willie and the Jive Hand" also wrote "Every Beat of My Heart" - age 90

January 20 - Etta James, Singer - Jazz/Blues singer "Dance With Me", "At Last" won 6 Grammy Awards - age 73

January 22 - Joe Paterno, College football coach - Penn State head coach for 46 years - age 85

January 24 - James Farentino, Actor - "The Bold Ones" (1967-72) "The Final Countdown" (1980) - age 73

January 26 - Ian Abercrombie, Actor - Mr. Pitt on "Seinfield" also Alfred Pennyworth in "Birds of Prey" - age 77

January 26 - Robert Hegyes, Actor - Epstein on "Welcome Back Kotter" (1975-79) - age 60

February 01 - Don Cornelius, TV Host & Producer - creator of "Soul Train" tv dance show - age 75

February 03 - Ben Gazzara, Actor - "Run for Your Life" (1965-68), villain in "Road House" - age 81

February 06 - Peter Breck, Actor - Nick Barkley in "Big Valley" (1965-69) - age 82

February 08 - John Fairfax, Adventurer - first person to row across an ocean solo (Atlantic Ocean in 1969)- age 74

February 11 - Whitney Houston, Singer/Actress - "I Will Always Love You", "How Will I Know", "Greatest Love of All" - age 48

February 24 - Jan Berenstain, Writer - Co-created with her husband "The Berenstain Bears" series of children's books - age 88

February 29 - Davy Jones, Singer/Actor - Lead singer in "The Monkees" also "Monkees" tv show - age 66

March 03 -    Steve Bridges, Comedian - did a George W Bush impression - age 48

March 08 -    Jimmy Ellis, Singer/Song Writer - sang with The Trammps, "Disco Inferno" - age 74

March 28 -    Earl Scruggs, Musician/Banjo player - performed theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies" called "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" - age 88

April 07 -     Mike Wallace, Journalist - original correspondent on "60 Minutes" for 40 years (1968 - 2008) age - 93

April 14 -     Jonathan Frid, Actor - Barnabas Collins on TV show "Dark Shadows" (1969 - '71) age - 87

April 18 -     Dick Clark, radio and television personality - American Bandstand 1957 -'87, New Year's Rockin' Eve (1972 - 2011) - age 82

May 06 -      George Lindsey, Actor - Goober on "Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw" age - 83

May 10 -      Caroll Shelby, Automotive Designer - Shelby Cobra & Shelby Mustang - age 89

May 17 -      Donna Summer, Singer/Songwriter - "Last Dance", "Bad Girls", "Hot Stuff" - age 63

May 20 -      Robin Gibb, Singer/Songwriter - with his three brothers formed The Bee Gees - age 62

May 24 -      Janet Carroll, Actress - played Tom Cruise's mother in "Risky Business" - age 71

June 02 -     Richard Dawson, Actor - "Family Feud" Host (1976-'85) & "Hogans Heroes" (1965-'71) - age 79

June 02 -     Kathryn Joostin, Actress - Karen McCluskey in "Desperate Housewives" won 2 Emmy's - age 72

June 04 -     Herb Reed, Muscian/ Singer - founding member of The Platters (1953) - age 83

June 05 -     Ray Bradbury, Writer - science fiction - "Martian Chronicles", "Fahrenhart 451" - age 91

June 07 -     Bob Welch, Singer/ Songwriter - with Fleetwood Mac (1971 - '74) - age 65

June 08 -     Frank Cady, Actor - store owner Sam Drucker on "Green Acres" (1965 - '71) - age 96

June 26 -     Nora Ephron, Writer/ Director/ Producer - "Sleepless in Seattle", "When Harry Met Sally" - age 71

June 26 -     Doris Singleton, Actress/ Singer - Carol Appleby on "I Love Lucy" also "My Three Sons" - age 92

June 27 -     Don Grady, Actor - Robbie Douglas on "My Three Sons" also a Mouseketeer - age 68

July 03 -     Andy Griffith, Actor/Director/Producer/Singer - "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-'68), "Matlock" (1986-'95) - age 86

July 08 -     Ernest Borgnine, Actor - Won Academy Award for "Marty", also "McHales Navy" (1962-'68), "Airwolf" (1984-'86)- age 95

July 13 -     Richard Zanuck, Producer - Academy Award for "Driving Miss Daisy" also "Jaws", "Cocoon", "The Sound of Music" - age 77

July 13 -     Ginny Tyler, Actress - Mouseketeer (1963) on "Mickey Mouse Club" - age 86

July 15 -     Celeste Holm, Actress - Academy Award for "Gentleman's Agreement" also in "All About Eve" - age 95

July 16 -     Kitty Wells, C&W Singer - 1952 hit "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" - age 92

July 23 -     Sally Ride, Physicist, Astronaut - First woman in space aboard the Shuttle Challenger in 1983 - age 61

July 24 -     Sherman Hemsley, Actor - George Jefferson on "The Jeffersons" (1975-'85) age - 74

July 25 -     Chad Everett, Actor - Dr. Joe Gannon in "Medical Center" (1969-'76) age - 75

July 27 -     Tony Martin, Singer - "To Each His Own" (1946),did radio and film musicals - age 98

July 31 -     Gore Vidal, Author /Playwright/ Activist - wrote "Myra Breckenridge" and 1000's of others - age 86

August 01 - Marvin Hamlisch, Composer - won 3 Oscars, 4 Grammys, 4 Emmys, 1 Tony, 3 Golden Globes - "The Way We Were" - age 68

August 07 - Judith Crist, Film Critic - Today Show (1964-'73) also for TV Guide, New York Magazine and others - age 90

August 13 - Helen Gurley Brown, Author, Publisher - Editor of Cosompolitan Magazine (1965 -'97) - age 90

August 14 - Ron Palillo, Actor - Horshack on "Welcome Back Kotter" (1975 - '79) - age 63

August 14 - Phyllis Thaxter, Actress - Ma Kent in "Superman" movie (1978) - age 92

August 15 - William Windom, Actor - played a doctor on "Murder, She Wrote" - age 88

August 18 - Scott McKenzie, Singer / Songwriter - "Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair" - age 73

August 19 - Tony Scott, Film Director - "Top Gun", "Beverly Hills Cop II", "The Last Boy Scout" and others - age 68

August 20 - Phyllis Diller, Comedienne / TV Personality - known for her wild hair, long cigarette holder and self-deprecating humor - age 95

August 24 - Steve Franken, Actor - Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - age 80

August 25 - Neil Armstrong, Astronaut - 1st man to ever step foot on the moon, a true American hero - age 82

September 01 - Hal David, Song Writer - with partner Burt Bacharach "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - age 90

September 03 - Michael Clarke Duncan, Actor - "Armageddon", "The Green Mile" - age 54

September 05 - Joe South, Songwriter - won a Grammy for "Games People Play" - age 72

September 07 - Dorothy McGuire, Singer - one of three sisters that formed The McGuire Sisters,in the 1960s and '70s - age 84

September 11 - Johnny Perez, Drummer / Song Writer - Sir Douglas Quintet, biggest hit, "She's About a Mover" - age 69

September 16 - John Ingle, Actor - Edward Quartermaine on "General Hospital" from 1993 - 2004 - age 84

September 25 - Andy Williams, Singer / Entertainer - biggest hit was "Moon River", weekly variety show (1959-1971) - age 84

September 27 - Frank Wilson, Songwriter / Producer - "Love Child" for Supremes, "Castles In the Sand" for Stevie Wonder - age 71

October 10 -  Alex Karras, Athlete / Actor - Detroit Lions (1958-1970), starred in "Webster" (1983–87), "Blazing Saddles" (1974) - age 77

October 13 -  Gary Collins, Actor - host Miss America Pageant, The Sixth Sense, The Wackiest Ship in the Army" (1965-66) - age 74

October 14 -  Arlen Specter, Politician - Senator from Pennsylvania (1980-2011), known as a outspoken moderate - age 82

October 21 -  George McGovern, Politician - liberal Senator from South Dakota and Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1972 - age 90

November 17 - Bonnie Lynn Fields, Actress / Dancer - A Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer, season three (1957-58) - age 68

November 21 - Art Ginsburg, Writer / Chef - "Mr Food" syndicated ninety second tv cooking spots, "Ooh! It's so good!" - age 81

November 23 - Larry Hagman, Actor - JR Ewing on "Dallas" (1978 -'91)& (2012) and Major Tony Nelson on "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965 - '70)- age 81

November 29 - Susan Luckey, Actress - "Carousel" (1956) and Zaneeta Shinn in "The Music Man" (1962) - age 74

December 13 - Jack Hanlon, Child Actor - played in two "Our Gang" films (1927) retired at sixteen - age 96

December 17 - Daniel Inouye, Politician - Senator from Hawaii (1963-death), Medal of Honor recipient - age 88

December 24 - Jack Klugman, Actor - Oscar Madison in "The Odd Couple" (1970 - '75), "Quincy, M.E." (1976 -'83) - age 90

December 24 - Charles Durning, Actor - "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", "Tootsie", Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" - age 89

December 27 - Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Soldier - commanded coalition forces in the first Persian Gulf War, "Desert Storm" - age 78

December 27 - Harry Carey, Jr., Character Actor - appeared in many big budget western movies, and a regular role as Bill Burnett on "Spin and Marty" (1955-'57) - age 91