Welcome to our Dead Celebrities section of FiftiesWeb, a tribute to the legends who have left an indelible mark on our lives through their talents and contributions during 2024, 2023 and beyond.
A friend of mine once said “All the great men are dying and I don’t feel too well”. That was a joke of course but unfortunately a lot of the great ones have passed away and from what I see of today’s offerings they can never be replaced.
In the following pages I have attempted to keep up with some of the more memorable celebrity deaths. In answer to the question, where have you gone Joe DiMaggio…well, he died. I get a lot of mail asking what happened to this one or that, and sadly, the response too often is – dead!
Not everyone who ever lived is on these lists. Just people we cared about, people who impacted our lives to some degree.
People who were part of the culture from the Fifties onward. I tried to list a popular credit for many of them in case the name was familiar but you needed a helpful hint to bring a face into focus.
For each of the celebrities featured on our website, I’ve tried my best to meticulously curate biographical information to give you an understanding of who they were. Learn about their birthdate, place of birth, and the memorable moments that defined their careers.
You’ll come across iconic figures who have left an indelible mark on history. Take, for example, Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, whose electrifying performances and chart-topping hits continue to captivate audiences worldwide. Elvis’s passing in 1977 marked the end of an era, but his music and charisma live on. Then there’s John Wayne, the quintessential American hero of the silver screen. Known for his roles in classic Westerns like ‘Stagecoach’ and ‘Rio Grande,’ Wayne’s rugged on-screen persona and patriotic fervor made him a beloved symbol of American values. Then of course the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor, the glamorous actress of ‘National Velvet‘ and ‘Cleopatra‘ fame, was not only a cinematic icon but also a dedicated advocate for AIDS-related causes. Who could forget the classic tv show of Lucille Ball in ‘I Love Lucy‘? These are just a few that we celebrate on our Dead Celebrities section.
This section is a labor of love, dedicated to preserving the memories of those who have enriched our lives through their talents and contributions. I invite you to explore our pages, learn more about these unforgettable figures, and join in celebrating their enduring legacies. In a world where time marches forward, we make sure to remember those who will forever hold a special place in our hearts. We’ll miss them. A nation does turn its lonely eyes toward them. Because many were people who rightly could be called heroes.
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Celebrity Deaths By Year
- Celebrity Deaths in 2024
- Celebrity Deaths in 2023
- Celebrity Deaths in 2022
- Celebrity Deaths in 2021
- Celebrity Deaths in 2020 (COVID-19)
- Celebrity Deaths in 2019
- Celebrity Deaths in 2018
- Celebrity Deaths in 2017
- Celebrity Deaths in 2016
- Celebrity Deaths in 2015
- Celebrity Deaths in 2014
- Celebrity Deaths in 2013
- Celebrity Deaths in 2012
- Celebrity Deaths in 2011
- Celebrity Deaths in 2010
- Celebrity Deaths in 2009
- Celebrity Deaths in 2008
- Celebrity Deaths in 2007
- Celebrity Deaths in 2006
- Celebrity Deaths in 2005
- Celebrity Deaths in 2004
- Celebrity Deaths in 2003
- Celebrity Deaths in 2002
- Celebrity Deaths in 2001
- Celebrity Deaths in 2000
- Celebrity Deaths in 1999
- Celebrity Deaths in 1998
- Celebrity Deaths in 1997
Celebrity Deaths Alphabetically by Last Name
A
Gracie Allen 1964 |
Nick Adams 1968 |
Desi Arnaz 1986 |
Steve Allen 2000 |
Yasser Arafat 2004 |
Eddie Albert 2005 |
Don Adams 2005 |
Lew Anderson (Clarabell) 2006 |
June Allyson 2006 |
Bea Arthur 2009 |
James Arness 2011 |
Neil Armstrong 2012 |
Patty Andrews 2013 |
Allen Arbus 2013 |
Michael Ansara 2013 |
James Avery 2013 |
Maya Angelou 2014 |
Richard Attenborough 2014 |
Mohamed Ali 2016 |
Lola Albright 2017 |
Richard Anderson 2017 |
Bud Abbott b. 1896. d. 1974 (cancer)
Actor – Half of Abbott and Costello
Ian Abercrombie b. 1934 d. January 26, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor – Elaines boss Mr. Pitt on “Seinfield”
Ralph David Abernathy b. 1926 d. 1989 (cancer)
Civil Rights leader
Bella Savitzky Abzug b. 1920. d. 1988 (complications of heart surgery)
Congresswoman from New York
Roy Acuff b. 1903. d. 1992 (congestive heart failure)
Singer – Known as King of Country Music
Ansel Adams b. 1902. d. 1984 (heart failure and cancer)
Photographer
Don Adams b. 1923 d. September 25, 2005 (pulmonary infection)
Actor – Maxwell Smart on Get Smart
Douglas Adams b. 1952 d. May 11, 2001 (heart attack)
Author – Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Edie Adams b.1927 d. 2008 (cancer)
Comedian/Actress-spokesperson for Muriel Cigars
Mason Adams b. 1919 d. April 26, 2005
Actor – Charlie Hume on “Lou Grant”
Nick Adams b. 1931. d. 1968 (suicide-disputed)
Actor – The Rebel
Spiro T. Agnew b. 1918. d. 1996 (leukemia)
Vice-President of the United States
Alvin Ailey Jr. b. 1931. d. 1989 (AIDS)
Dancer
Claude Akins b. 1926 d. 1994 (cancer)
Actor – Sheriff Elroy S. Lobo on B.J. and the Bear
Carl Albert b. 1908 d. 2000
Speaker of the US House from 1971-1977
Eddie Albert b. 1908 d. May 26, 2005 (pneumonia)
Actor – Oliver Douglas on Green Acres
Edward Albert Jr. b. 1951 d. September 22, 2006 (lung cancer)
Actor – Don Baker in Butterflies Are Free
Jack Albertson b. 1907 d. 1981
Actor – The Man on Chico and the Man
Lola Albright b. 1924 d. 2017 (peacefully)
Actress – Edie Hart (Peter’s girlfriend) in “Peter Gunn”
Robert Alda b. 1914. d. 1986 (stroke)
Actor and Father of Alan Alda
Shana Alexander b. 1925 d. June 23, 2005 (cancer)
Pioneering Journalist – Point-Counterpoint segments on 60 Minutes
Mohamed Ali b. 1942 d. 2016 (Parkinson Disease)
Professional Boxer – (Cassius Clay) three time heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, and 1978), proclaimed “The Greatest”
Gracie Allen b. 1902. d. 1964 (heart attack)
Actress and wife of George Burns
Irwin Allen b. 1916. d. 1991 (heart attack)
Producer of films and TV
Mel Allen b. 1913. d. 1996
Yankee sportscaster
Rex Allen b. 1920 d. 1999 (had a heart attack and fell down behind a parked car, which then ran over him)
Actor – Dr. Bill Baxter on Frontier Doctor
Steve Allen b. 1921 d. 2000
Comedian/author/musician – First Host of the Tonight Show
Duane Allman b. 1946 d.1971 (motorcycle accident)
Singer – Allman Brothers
Gregg Allman b. 1947 d. 2017 (liver cancer)
The Allman Brothers Band, “Ramblin Man” younger brother of Duane
June Allyson b. 1917 d. July 8, 2006 (pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis)
Actress – The Glenn Miller Story and Strategic Air Command
Robert Altman b. 1925 d. November 20, 2006
Director – M.A.S.H. and Gosford Park
Lyle Martin Alzado b. 1949 d. 1992 (brain cancer)
Football Player
Stephen Ambrose – b. 1936 d. October 13, 2002 (lung cancer)
Author/historian – Band of Brothers; chronicler of “greatest generation” and WWII
Don Ameche b. 1908 d. 1993 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Art Selwyn in Cocoon
Morey Amsterdam b. 1908 d. 1996 (heart attack)
Actor – The Dick Van Dyke Show
Eddie Anderson b. 1905 d. 1977 (cancer)
Actor – Rochester on Jack Benny Show
Herbert Anderson b. 1917 d. 1994
Actor – Father on Dennis the Menace
Jack Anderson b. 1922 d. December 17, 2005 (Parkinson’s disease)
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Lew Anderson b. d. May 14, 2006 (prostate cancer)
Actor and musician – Clarabell on Howdy Doody Show
Lynn Anderson b. 1947 d. 2015
C&W Singer – (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden
Marian Anderson b. 1897 d. 1993
Opera singer
Richard Anderson b. 1926 d. 2017
Actor – Oscar Goldman on TV shows The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman
Laverne Andrews b. 1915 d. 1967 (cancer)
Singer – The Andrews Sisters
Maxene Anglyn Andrews b. 1918. d. 1995 (heart attack)
Singer – The Andrews Sisters
Patty Andrews b. 1918 d. 2013 (natural)
Last surviving Andrews Sister, “Boogie, Woogie Bugle Boy”
Stanley Andrews b. 1891 d. 1969
Actor – The Old Prospector on Death Valley Days
Tige Andrews b. 1920 d. January 27, 2007 (cardiac arrest)
Actor – Capt. Greer on the Mod Squad
Tod Andrews b. 1914 d. 1972 (heart attack)
Actor – Maj. John Singleton Mosby on the Gray Ghost
Maya Angelou b. 1928 d. May 28, 2014 (natural)
Author / Poet – She was also an actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs
Walter Annenberg – b. 1908 d. October 1, 2002 (pneumonia)
Founder of TV Guide, Sixteen magazines; U.S Ambassador to the U.K.
Michael Ansara – b. 1922 d. July 31, 2013
Actor – Cochise in tv show “Broken Arrow” (1956-1958)
Yasser Arafat b. 1929 d. November 10, 2004 (mystery blood disease)
Palestinian leader
Allen Arbus b. 1918 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Actor – psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on “MASH” (1972-1983)
Eddie Arcaro b. 1916 d. 1997 (liver cancer)
Jockey – Won 2 Triple Crowns
Eve Arden b. 1909 d. 1990 (cancer/heart failure)
Actress – Our Miss Brooks
Roone Arledge b. 1931 d. 12/5/2002 (prostate cancer)
TV producer and pioneer – Wide World of Sports, Nightline, 20/20
Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong b. 1900 d. 1971 (heart attack)
Musician
Neil Armstrong b. 1930 d. 2012 (complications from heart surgery)
Astronaut – 1st man to ever step foot on the moon, a true American hero
Desi Arnaz b. 1917 d. 1986 (lung cancer)
Actor – Husband of Lucille Ball
James Arness b. 1923 d. 2011 (natural causes)
Actor – Marshal Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke” for 20 years (1955-75) and movies until 1993
Eddy Arnold b.1918 d. 2008 (natural causes)
C&W Musician- baritone voice helped change Nashville
Bea Arthur b.1922 d. 2009 (cancer)
Actress/comedienne Emmy awards for hit tv shows Maude & The Golden Girls
Arthur Ashe b. 1943 d. 1993 (AIDS)
Tennis Player
Nick Ashford b. 1941 d. 2011 (throat cancer)
Songwriter – “Aint No Mountain High Enough”
Isaac Asimov b. 1920 d. 1992 (heart and kidney failure)
Science Fiction Writer
Leon Askin b. 1907 d. June 3, 2005
Actor – General Burkhalter on Hogan’s Heroes
Hafez al-Assad b. 1931 d. June 10, 2000
President of Syria
Fred Astaire b. 1899 d. 1987 (pneumonia)
Actor/Dancer – Top Hat with partner Ginger Rogers
Chet Atkins b. 1924 d. June 30, 2001 (cancer)
Guitarist – a founding father of Nashville sound
Robert Atkins, M.D. b.1931 d. April 17, 2003 (complications from a head injury due to fall on ice)
Diet guru of no carb fame
Charles Atlas b. 1892. d. 1972
Body builder
Richard Attenborough b. 1923 d. Aug. 24, 2014
Actor / Director – “Miracle on 34th Street”, and “Jurassic Park”, directed “Gandhi”
Red Auerbach b. 1917 d. October 28, 2006 (heart attack)
Coach – legendary winning coach of the Boston Celtics
Gene Autry b. 1907 d. 1998 (cancer)
Singer/actor/businessman
Richard Avedon b. 1923 d. October 1, 2004 (brain hemorrhage)
Photographer – Known for black and white celebrity photos
James Avery b. 1948 d. Dec. 31, 2013 (complications following open heart surgery)
Actor – Philip Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
B
Richard Boone 1981 |
John Belushi 1982 |
Lucille Ball 1989 |
Sonny Bono 1998 |
Jonathan Brandis 2003 |
Marlon Brando 2004 |
Anne Bancroft 2005 |
Barbara Bel Geddes 2005 |
Ed Bradley 2006 |
Barbaro 2007 |
Joey Bishop 2007 |
Gene Barry 2009 |
Sen. Robert Byrd 2010 |
Barbara Billingsley 2010 |
Tom Bosley 2010 |
Roberts Blossom 2011 |
Peter Breck 2012 |
Ernest Borgnine 2012 |
Karen Black 2013 |
Richard Bull 2014 |
Shirley Temple Black 2014 |
David Brenner 2014 |
Lauren Bacall 2014 |
James Best 2015 |
Martin Brooks 2015 |
David Bowie 2016 |
Tony Burton 2016 |
Peter Brown 2016 |
Chuck Berry 2017 |
Lauren Bacall b. 1924 d, 2014 (stroke)
Actress – “To Have and Have Not”, “Key Largo”, “How to Marry a Millionaire” married to Humphrey Bogart
Jim Backus b. 1913 d. 1989 (pneumonia)
Actor – Thurston Howell, III on Gilligan’s Island
Pearl Bailey b. 1918. d. 1990
Singer
Lennie Baker b. 1946 d. 2016 (an infection)
Musician – 1950s music tribute group and TV show Sha-Na-Na (1969-2000)
Conrad Bain b. 1923 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Actor – Phillip Drummond in “Diff’rent Strokes”
George Balanchine b. 1904 d. 1983
Choreographer – New York City Ballet
James Baldwin b. 1924 d. 1987 (cancer)
Writer – Go Tell It On The Mountain
Lucille Ball b. 1911 d. 1989 (ruptured aorta after heart surgery)
Actress – The one and only Lucy
Florence Ballard b. 1943 d. 1976
Singer – The Supremes
Hank Ballard b. 1936 d. March 2, 2003 (throat cancer)
Singer – original artist for The Twist
Martin Balsam b. 1919 d. 1996
Actor – Murray Klein on All in the Family
Howard Baker b. 1925 d. June 26, 2014 (complications of a stroke)
Politician – Senator for Tennessee (1967–1985), Senate Majority Leader (1981–1985), White House Chief of Staff (1987–1988)
Anne Bancroft b. 1931 d. June 6, 2005 (cancer)
Actress – Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate; Anne Sullivan in the Miracle Worker
Frank Bank b. 1942 d. April 13, 2013
Actor – Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford on “Leave It To Beaver” (1957 – ’63)
Jack Bannon b. 1940 d. Oct. 25, 2017
Actor – Art Donovan on TV show “Lou Grant” (1977-’82)
Barbaro d. January 29, 2007 (euthanized)
Kentucky Derby winner injured at Preakness
Ron Barbour b. 1928 d. August 23, 2011 (lung cancer)
Original member of The Four Freshman
Christiaan Barnard b.1923 d. September 2, 2001
Heart transplant surgeon
Mike Barnett b. 1927 d. 2016 (heart problems)
Singer – co-founder of “The Lettermen” singing group (1959)
Syd Barrett b. 1946 d. July 7, 2006 (complications of diabetes)
Musician – Founder of Pink Floyd
Gene Barry b. 1919 d. 2009 (heart failure)
Actor- had numerous series incl. Bat Masterson and Burkes Law
Jack Barry b. 1918 d. 1984 (heart attack)
Hosted Twenty One
Skye McCole Bartusiak b. 1992 d. July 19, 2014 (epileptic seizure?)
Child Actress – Mel Gibson’s daughter in The Patriot
Richard Basehart b. 1914 d. 1984 (stroke)
Actor – Adm. Harriman Nelson on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
William “Count” Basie b. 1904 d. 1984
Musician
Alan Bates b. 1934 d. December 27, 2003 (cancer)
Actor – Zorba the Greek, Gosford Park
Anne Baxter b. 1923 d. 1986 (stroke)
Actress – Eve Harrington in All about Eve
Hugh Beaumont b. 1909 d. 1982 (heart attack)
Actor – Ward Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver
Terry Becker b. 1921 d. 2014 (in his sleep)
Actor – Chief Sharkey in “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”
Samuel Beckett b. 1906 d. 1989
Novelist/playwright – Waiting for Godot
Geoffrey Beene b. 1927 d. September 28 (complications of pneumonia)
Fashion designer known for sportswear and comfort
Noah L. Beery, Jr. b. 1913 d. 1994 (complications of brain surgery)
Actor – Joseph ‘Rocky’ Rockford on The Rockford Files
Menachem Begin b. 1913 d. 1992
Israeli Prime Minister signed Camp David accord in 1978
Barbara Bel Geddes b. 1922 d. August 8, 2005 (lung cancer)
Actress – Miss Ellie on Dallas
1922 d. William J. Bell b. 1927 d. April 29, 2005
Producer/writer/creator – Young and the Restless and Bold and the Beautiful
Ralph Bellamy b. 1904 d. 1991(respiratory Infection)
Actor – FDR in Winds of War
Saul Bellow b. 1915 d. April 5, 2005
Nobel Prize winning author – Humboldt’s Gift, The Adventures of Augie March
John A. Belushi b. 1949. d. 1982 (drugs)
Actor/comedian – SNL, Blues Brothers
Peter Benchley – b. 1940 d. February 12, 2006 (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
Author – Jaws
Paul Benedict b. 1938 d. 2008 (actor)
Estelle Bennett b. 1941 d. February 11, 2009 (colon cancer)
Singer – the girl group The Ronettes
Jack Benny b. 1894 d. 1974 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor/comedian – The Jack Benny Show
Obie Benson b. 1937 d. July 2, 2005 (lung cancer)
Singer – The Four Tops
Lloyd Bentsen b. 1921 d. May 23, 2006
Secretary of the Treasury (under Clinton) and U.S. Senator from Texas 1971-1993
John Berardino b. May 1, 1917 d. May 19, 1996 (cancer)
Actor – Dr. Steve Hardy on General Hospital
Jan Berenstain b. 1923 d. February 24, 2012 (stroke)
Co-creator of the Berenstain Bears with husband Stan 1962
Stan Berenstain b. 1923 d. November 26, 2005
Co-creator of the Berenstain Bears with wife Jan
Polly Bergen b. 1930 d. Sept. 20, 2014
Actress/singer – Helen Morgan in “The Helen Morgan Story”, Peggy Bowden in “Cape Fear”
Ingmar Bergman b. 1918 d. July 30, 2007
Famed Swedish director – The Seventh Seal
Ingrid Bergman b. 1915 d. 1982 (breast cancer)
Actress – Ilsa Lund Laszlo in Casablanca, mother of Isabella Rosellini
Milton Berle b. 1908 d. March 27, 2002 (colon cancer)
Comedian – Texaco Star Theatre; called Uncle Miltie.
Elmer Bernstein b. 1922 d. August 18, 2004
Film Composer – Magnificent 7, Great Escape, True Grit
Leonard Bernstein b. 1918 d. 1990 (heart attack)
Composer/conductor – West Side Story
Yogi Berra b.1924 d. 2015 (natural)
Baseball player – NY Yankees most of (1946-65)
Chuck Berry b. 1926 d. 2017 (in his sleep)
Singer/Songwriter – 1950s rock & roll pioneer, “Maybellene” (1955), “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
Fred Berry b. 1951 d. October 21, 2003 (consequences of stroke)
Actor – Fred “Rerun” Stubbs in What’s Happening
Jan Berry b. 1941 d. March 26,2004 (lingering effects of brain damage from a 1966 car crash)
Singer – half of Jan and Dean, Deadman’s Curve
Pierre Berton b. 1920 d. 2004 (heart failure)
Author – The National Dream and The Last Spike
Bibi Besch b. 1940 d. 1996 (cancer)
Actress – Dr. Marcus in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
Ted Bessell b. 1935 d. 1996 (aortic aneurysm)
Actor – Donald Holinger in That Girl
James Best b. 1926 d. 2015 (complications of pneumonia)
Actor – Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in “The Dukes of Hazard” (1979-1985)
Carl Betz b. 1921 d. 1978 (cancer)
Actor – Dr. Alex Stone on The Donna Reed Show
Beau Biden b. 1969 d. 2015 (brain cancer)
Politician – Attorney General of Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden
Richard Biggs b. 1960 d. May 22, 2004 (stroke)
Actor – Dr. Stephen Franlin on Babylon 5
Theodore Bikel b.1924 d. 2015 (natural)
Actor – Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones
Barbara Billingsley b. 1915 d. 2010
Actress – June Cleaver on “Leave It To Beaver”
Whit Bissell b. 1909. d. 1996 (Parkinson’s Disease)
Character Actor
Norman Bird b. 1924 d. April 22, 2005 (cancer)
British character actor
Bill Bixby b. 1934. d. 1993 (cancer)
Actor – Dr. David Banner on the Incredible Hulk
Joey Bishop b. 1918 d. October 17, 2007
Actor, comedian – last surviving member of the Rat Pack
Karen Black b. 1939 d. Aug. 08, 2013
Actress – “Easy Rider” (1969), “Five Easy Pieces” (1970)
Shirley Temple Black b. 1928 d. Feb. 10, 2014
Actress – 1934 film “Bright Eyes” with the song “On the Good Ship Lollipop”
Harry A. Blackmun b. 1908 d. 1999
U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Otis Blackwell b. 1932 d. May 6,2002 (heart attack)
Songwriter – Don’t Be Cruel, All Shook Up, Return to Sender, Great Balls of Fire
Richard Blackwell b. 1922 d. Oct. 19, 2008 (unknown causes) fashion critic, famous for his “Worst Dressed” List
Betsy Blair b.1925 d. 2009 (cancer)
Actress – nominated for an Oscar for the movie “Marty”
Amanda Blake b. 1927 d. 1989 (AIDS, infected by husband)
Actress – Miss Kitty in Gunsmoke
Dan Blocker b. 1928 d. 1972 (pulmonary embolisim)
Actor – Hoss on Bonanza
Joan Blondell b. 1906 d. 1979 (leukemia)
Actress – Lottie Hatfield on Here Comes the Brides
Roberts Blossom b. 1924 d. 2011 (natural causes)
Actor – “old man Marley” in Home Alone
Lisa Blount b. 1957 d. 2010 (Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura)
Actress – An Officer and a Gentleman
Larry Blyden b. 1925 d. 1975 (car crash)
Host of What’s My Line
Humphrey Bogart b. 1899 d. 1957 (cancer)
Actor – Casablanca, Maltese Falcon
Ray Bolger b. 1904 d. 1987
Actor – Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz
Erma Bombeck b. 1927 d. 1996 (kidney failure)
Newspaper columnist/humorist
Ward Bond b. 1903 d. 1960 (heart attack)
Actor – Major Seth Adams in Wagon Train
Sonny Bono b. 1935 d. 1998 (skiing accident)
Congressman/Actor/Singer
Sorrell Booke b. 1930 d. 1994 (colon cancer)
Actor – Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazzard
Richard Boone b. 1917 d. 1981 (throat cancer)
Actor – Paladin on Have Gun, Will Travel also Hec Ramsey
Billy Booth b. 1949 d. 2006 (liver disease)
Child actor – Tommy Anderson on “Dennis the Menace”
Shirley Booth b. 1907 d. 1992
Actress – Hazel
Victor Borge b. 1909 d. December 23, 2000 (heart failure)
Actor/musician – The Clown Prince of Denmark
Ernest Borgnine b. 1917 d. 2012 (renal failure)
Actor – Won Academy Award for “Marty”, also in “McHales Navy” (1962-’68)
Tom Bosley b. 1927 d. 2010 (heart failure)
Actor – Howard Cunningham “Mr. C” on Happy Days
David Bowie b. 1947 d. 2016 (liver cancer)
Musician – influenced music and culture for four decades – “Fame” “Young Americans”
Tommy Boyce b. 1939 d. 1994 (suicide)
Singer / Songwriter – wrote most of the hits for the Monkees (Boyce and Hart)
Jimmy Boyd b. 1939 d. 2009 (cancer)
Singer/actor – recorded the original “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
Stephen Boyd b. 1928 d. 1977 (heart attack)
Actor – Messala in Ben Hur
William Boyd b. 1895 d. 1972 (heart failure complicated by Parkinsons Disease)
Actor – Hopalong Cassidy
Charles Boyer b. 1899 d. 1978 (suicide – overdosed on seconal)
Actor – Victor Velasco in Barefoot in the Park
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington b. 1912 d. 1988
WWII Ace – Baa Baa Black Sheep was about him
Peter Boyle b. 1935 d. December 12, 2006. (multiple myeloma and heart disease)
Actor – Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
Ray Bradbury b. 1920 d. June 6, 2012 (long illness)
Writer – “Martian Chronicles”, “Fahrenhart 451”
Benjamin C. Bradlee b. 1921 d. Oct. 21, 2014 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Executive Editor of The Washington Post (1968-1991), responsible for the uncovering of the Watergate scandal
Ed Bradley b. 1941 d. November 9, 2006 (leukemia)
Journalist – longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes
Omar Bradley b. 1893 d. 1981
5 Star US Army General
Tom Bradley b. 1917 d. 1998 (heart attack)
Mayor of Los Angeles
James Brady b. 1940 d. 2014
Journalist – he was White House Press Secretary and was shot in the head during an assignation attempt on President Ronald Reagan
Pat Brady b. 1914 d. 1972 (car accident)
Actor – Sidekick to Roy Rogers
Sarah Brady b. 1942 d. 2015 (pneumonia)
Crusader for gun control, wife of James Brady, the White House Press Secretary under President Reagan
Neville Brand b. 1920 d. 1992 (emphysema)
Actor and WWII hero – Reese Bennett on Laredo
Jonathan Brandis b. 1976 d. November 12, 2003 (suicide by hanging)
Actor – Lucas Wolenczak on SeaQuest DSV
Christian Brando b. 1958 d. January 26, 2008 (pneumonia)
Son of actor Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando b. 1924 d. July 1, 2004 (pulmonary fibrosis)
Actor – Oscars for On the Waterfront and Godfather
Laura Branigan b. 1952 d. August 26, 2004 (brain aneurysm)
Composer/singer – Gloria, Power of Love, Solitaire
Hugh “Lumpy” Brannum b. 1909 d. 1987
Actor – Mr. Green Jeans on Captain Kangaroo
Scott Brazil b. 1955 d. April 17, 2006 (ALS – Lou Gherig’s Disease)
Producer/director (The Shield and Hill Street Blues)
Rossano Brazzi b. Sep 18, 1919 d. Dec 24, 1994 (infection)
Actor/singer – Emile de Becque in movie South Pacific
Peter Breck b. 1929 d. February 6, 2012
Actor – Nick Barkley on “Big Valley (1965-69)
Eileen Brennan b. 1932 d. July 28, 2013 (bladder cancer)
Actress – Doreen Lewis the mean Captain in Private Benjamin
Walter Brennan b. 1894 d. 1974 (emphysema)
Actor – Grandpa Amos McCoy on The Real McCoys
William Joseph Brennan, Jr. b. 1906 d. 1997
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
David Brenner b. 1936 d. Mar. 15, 2014 (cancer)
Comedian – the most frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s “The Tonight Show”
Teresa Brewer b. d. October 17, 2007 (neuromuscular disease)
Singer – Music! Music! Music!
Lloyd Bridges b 1913 d. 1998
Actor – Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt, father of Beau, Jeff and Cindy
Richard Bright b. 1937 d. February 18, 2006 (run over by a bus)
Actor – Al Neri in the The Godfather films
Paul Brinegar b.1917 d. 1995
Actor – Wishbone on Rawhide
David Brinkley b. 1920 d. June 11, 2003 (complications from a fall)
Journalist – At NBC, the Huntley Brinkley Report and at ABC, This Week with David Brinkley
Albert “Cubby” Broccoli b. 1909 d. 1996
Producer – James Bond Films
Charles Bronson b. 1921 d. August 30, 2003 (pneumonia)
Actor – Magnificent Seven, Dirty Dozen and the Great Escape
Foster Brooks b.1912 d. 2001 (heart failure)
Comedian – fairly regular on The Dean Martin Show
Martin E. Brooks b. 1925 d. 2015 (natural)
Actor – Dr. Rudy Wells in “The Six Million Dollar Man”
Dr Joyce Brothers b. 1927 d. 2013
Psychologist – syndicated advice columnist (1960-2013), radio and television personality
Bobbi Kristina Brown b. 1993 d. 2015 (od in a bathtub exactly like her mother)
Singer – only child of Whitney Houston
Edmund G. “Pat” Brown b. 1905 d. 1996 (heart attack)
Former Governor of California, and the father of Jerry Brown
Helen Gurley Brown b. 1922 d. August 13, 2012
Author, Publisher – Editor of Cosompolitan Magazine (1965 -’97)
James Brown b. 1933 d. December 25, 2006 (congestive heart failure)
Godfather of Soul – “I Got You (I Feel Good)”
James Brown b. 1920 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actor – Lt. Rip Masters on Rin Tin Tin
Jim Ed Brown b. 1934 d. 2015 (lung cancer)
C&W Performer – “Looking Back To See”, “Pop a Top”
Peter Brown b. 1935 d. 2016 (Parkinson’s disease)
Actor – Deputy Johnny McKay in “Lawman” (1958-62) and Chad Cooper in “Laredo” (1965-67)
Lenny Bruce b. 1925 d. 1966 (drugs)
Comedian
Les Brown b. 1912 d. January 4, 2001 (lung cancer)
Composer/bandleader
Jack Bruce b. 1943 d. 2014 (liver disease)
Musician – bass guitarist, for the group Cream (1966-68)
Yul Brynner b. 1920 d. 1985 (lung cancer)
Actor – The King and I
Edgar Buchanan b. 1903 d. 1979
Actor – Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction
Navy Cmdr. Lloyd “Pete” Bucher b. 1927 d. January 28, 2004
Commander of spy ship USS Pueblo
Art Buchwald b. 1925 d. January 17, 2007 (kidney failure)
Columnist for the Washington Post
William F. Buckley b. 1925 d. February 27, 2008
Author and conservative commentator
Richard Bull b. 1924 d. Feb. 3, 2014
Actor – Mr. Oleson on “Little House on the Prairie”
William Bundy b. 1917 d. 2000 (heart failure)
Advisor to JFK and LBJ – big supporter of war in Vietnam
Warren Earl Burger b. 1907 d. 1995 (heart failure)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Billie Burke b. 1884 d. 1970
Actress – The Good Witch in Wizard of Oz
Paul Burke b. 1926 d. 2009 (lukemia)
Actor – Twelve O’Clock High and Naked City
George Burns b. January 20, 1896 d. March 9, 1996
Actor/Comedian – Straight man to wife Gracie Allen
Raymond Burr b. 1917 d. 1993 (liver cancer)
Actor – Perry Mason, Ironside
Richard Burton b. 1925 d. 1984 (brain hemorrhage)
Actor – King Arthur of Camelot
Tony Burton b. 1935 d. 2016 (pneumonia)
Actor – boxing trainer to Apollo Creed and later Rocky in six “Rocky” movies
Jerry Buss b. 1933 d. 2013 (cancer)
Owner of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team
Pat Buttram b. 1915 d. 1994 (kidney failure)
Actor/comedian – Mister Eustace Charleton Haney on Green Acres
Spring Byington b. 1893 d. 1971(cancer)
Actress – Lily Ruskin on December Bride
Sen. Robert Byrd b. 1933 d. 2010 (natural causes)
Democratic Senator from W Virginia, was the longest serving U.S. Senator (1948-1965)
Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. b. 1914 d. 2013 (natural)
Politician – U.S. Senator from Virginia (1965-1983), took over his Father’s seat
Edd Byrnes – b. 1932 d. 2020 (natural)
Actor – played Kookie on “77 Sunset Strip” also had a hit song “Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)” with Connie Stevens
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Chuck Connors 1992 |
John Candy 1994 |
John Chancellor 1996 |
Rory Calhoun 1999 |
Johnny Cash 2003 |
Gordon Cooper 2004 |
Johnny Carson 2005 |
Johnnie Cochran 2005 |
Darlene Conley 2007 |
Kitty Carlisle (Hart) 2007 |
George Carlin 2008 |
Cyd Charisse 2008 |
David Carradine 2009 |
Walter Cronkite 2009 |
Robert Culp 2010 |
Dixie Carter 2010 |
Gary Coleman 2010 |
Tony Curtis 2010 |
Stephen J Cannell 2010 |
Jill Clayburgh 2010 |
Charlie Callas 2011 |
Jackie Cooper 2011 |
Jeff Conaway 2011 |
Linda Christian 2011 |
Annette Charles 2011 |
Dick Clark 2012 |
Gary Collins 2012 |
Sid Caesar 2014 |
Cassius Clay 2016 |
Fidel Castro 2016 |
Mike Connors 2017 |
Robert Conrad 2020 |
Sebastian Cabot b. 1918. d. 1977
(stroke) Actor – Mr. French on Family Affair
Dr.Robert Cade b. 1927 d. November 27, 2007 (kidney disease)
Univ. of Florida (Gator’s) researcher who invented Gatorade in 1965
Frank Cady b. 1915 d. 2012 (natural)
Actor – Sam Drucker on “Green Acres” (1965 – ’71)
Sid Caesar b. 1922 d. Feb. 12, 2014
Comedian – “Your Show of Shows” and “Caesar’s Hour”
James Cagney b. 1899 d. 1986 (heart attack/diabetes)
Actor – The Yankee Doodle Dandy
Rory Calhoun b. 1922 d. 1999 (diabetes and emphysema)
Actor – Bill Longely on The Texan
Charlie Callas b. 1927 d. 2011 (natural)
Comedian, frequently appeared with Jerry Lewis
Cab Calloway b. 1907 d. 1994 (stroke)
Jazz musician
David Canary b. 1938 d. 2015 (natural)
Actor – Candy on Bonanza (1967-73)
John Candy b. 1950 d. 1994 (heart attack)
Actor – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Mary Grace Canfield b. 1924 d. Feb. 15, 2014 (lung cancer)
Actress – Ralph Monroe the carpenter on Green Acres
Stephen J Cannell b. 1941 d. 2010 (melanoma)
Screen Writer, Producer, Novelist – wrote or produced over 40 TV shows incl. Silk Stockings, Rockford files, A-Team
J.D. Cannon b. 1922 d. May 20, 2005
Actor – NYPD Chief Peter Clifford on McCloud
Truman Capote b. 1924 d. 1984 (disputed)
Writer – In Cold Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Alfred ‘Al’ Capp b. 1909. d. 1979
Cartoonist
Frank Capra b. 1897 d. 1991
Director – It’s a Wonderful Life and others
MacDonald Carey b. 1913 d. 1994 (cancer)
Actor – Dr. Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives
Harry Carey Jr. b. 1921 d. 2012
Actor – character actor in John Ford and Howard Hawks westerns and a regular on “Spin & Marty”
Ron Carey b. 1935 d. January 16, 2007 (stroke)
Actor – Ofc. Carl Levitt on Barney Miller
George Carlin b. 1937 d. 2008
Comedian – known for “off color language”
Kitty Carlisle (Hart) b. 1910 d. April 17, 2007 (pneumonia)
Actress – To Tell the Truth
Hoagy Carmichael b. 1899 d. 1981
Actor
Judy Carne b. 1939 d. 2015 (pneumonia)
Actress – the “sock-it-to-me” girl on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (1968-70)
Art Carney b. 1918 d. November 9, 2003
Actor – Ed Norton on the Honeymooners
Karen Anne Carpenter b. 1950 d. 1983 (heart failure resulting from years of anorexia)
Singer – The Carpenters, “We’ve Only Just Begun”
Charmian Carr b. 1942 d. 2016 (complications of dementia)
Actress – Liesl Von Trapp (eldest daughter) in The Sound of Music (1965)
David Carradine b. 1936 d. 2009 (circumstantial/accident)
Actor – best known for role in “Kung Fu” tv series and “Kill Bill” movies
Leo Carrillo b. 1881 d. 1961(cancer)
Actor – Pancho in the Cisco Kid
Janet Carroll b. 1940 d. 2012
Actress – Tom Cruises’s mother in “Risky Business”
Leo G. Carroll b. 1892 d. 1972 (pneumonia and cancer)
Actor – Cosmo Topper
Johnny Carson b. 1925 d, January 23, 2005 (emphysema)
King of Late Night TV – Host of the Tonight Show for nearly 30 years
Billy Carter b. 1937 d. 1988 (pancreatic cancer)
Brother of President Jimmy Carter
Dixie Carter b. 1939 d. April 10, 2010 (endometrial cancer)
Actress – Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women for 7 years
Nell Carter b. 9/13/1948 d. January 23, 2003 (heart disease complicated by diabetes)
Actress – Nell Harper in Gimme a Break!
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter b. 1937 d. April 20, 2014 (colon cancer)
Boxer – Pro boxer who was wrongly jailed for 20 years, a song was written about his case
Barbara Cartland b. 1901 d. 2000
Romance novel writer
Johnny Cash – b. 1932 d. September 12, 2003 (complications of diabetes)
Singer – “Ring of Fire” and “I Walk the Line.” Wife, June (below.)
June Carter Cash b. 1929 d. May 15, 2003 (complications after heart surgery)
Singer/actress – wife of Johnny Cash and composer of “Ring of Fire”
Peggy Cass b. 1924 d. 1999 (heart failure)
Actress/panelist – To Tell the Truth
John Cassavetes b. 1929 d. 1989 (cirrhosis of the liver)
Actor/director – Victor Franko in The Dirty Dozen
David Cassidy b. 1950 d. 2017 (early onset dementia)
Actor/Singer – portrayed Keith Partridge in TV series “The Partridge Family” (1970-74)
Jack Cassidy b. 1927 d. 1976 (fire – fell asleep smoking in living room, couch ignited)
Actor – father of Shawn and David Cassidy
Fidel Castro b. 1926 d. 2016
Dictator – Prime Minister then President of Cuba from 1959-2008 then gave same powers to his brother
Joan Caulfield b. 1922. d. 1991(cancer)
Actress – “Dear Ruth”
Christine Cavanaugh b. 1963 d. 2014
Voice actress – voiced Babe in “Babe”
Eugene Cernan b. 1934 d. 2017
NASA astronaut – Gemini 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo 17 (1972) last man to walk on the moon
Roger Chaffee b. 1935 d. 1967 (Killed when their Apollo 1 command module had a flash fire on the pad)
Astronaut
Wilt Chamberlain b. 1936 d. 1999 (heart attack)
Basketball player and self-professed stud
John Chancellor b. 1927 d. 1996 (cancer)
Journalist
Harry Chapin b. 1942 d. 1981(car accident)
Musician – Cat’s in the Cradle
Cyd Charisse b. 1922 d. 2008 (heart failure)
Dancer – Singing in the Rain
Annette Charles b. 1948 d. 2011 (lung cancer)
Actress – Cha Cha in Grease (1978)
Ray Charles b. 1918 d. June 10, 2004 (liver disease)
Composer/singer – Georgia on my Mind
Paddy Chayefsky b. 1923 d. 1981(cancer)
Director
John Cheever b. 1912 d. 1982
Writer – Falconer
Maurice Chevalier b. 1888. d. 1972 (cardiac arrest after surgery)
Actor – Honore Lachaille in GiGi
Chiang Kai-shek b. 1887 d. 1975 (heart attack)
Taiwan president – China’s only elected president in 1948
Julia Child b. 1912 d. August 12, 2004
Gourmet author – Known for “Bon Appetite”
Alex Chilton b. 1950 d. 2010 (heart attack)
musician had hit “The Letter” with the Box Tops in the 60’s
Linda Christian b. 1923 d. 2011 (colon cancer)
Actress – played the first Bond girl also married to Tyrone Power
Virginia Christine b. 1920 d. 1996 (heart disease)
Actress – Mrs. Olson in the Folger’s Coffee television commercials
Warren Christopher b. 1925 d. 2011 (kidney and bladder cancer)
Secretary of State during Pres. Clintons Administration
William Christopher b. 1932 d. 2016 (small-cell carcinoma)
Actor – Father Mulcahy on TV show M*A*S*H
Winston Churchill b. 1874 d. 1965
British Prime Minister and statesman
Craig Claiborne b. 1920 d. 2000
Writer – Food books and the NY Times
Liz Claiborne b. 1929 d. June 26, 2007 (cancer)
Famed fashion designer
Tom Clancy b. 1947 d. Oct. 1, 2013
Author – “The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games”
Dick Clark b. 1929 d. April 18, 2012 (massive heart attack)
Host of American Bandstand 1957 – 1987 also New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1972 – 2011
Tom Campbell Clark b. 1899 d. 1977
U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Arthur C. Clarke b. 1917 d. March 18, 2008 (post-polio syndrome)
Writer – 2001: A Space Odyssey
Cassius Clay b. 1942 d. 2016 (Parkinson Disease)
Professional Boxer – (Mohamed Ali) three time heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, and 1978), proclaimed “The Greatest”
Jill Clayburgh b. 1944 d. 2010 (Leukemia)
Actress – “An Unmarried Woman”, “Starting Over”
Jan Clayton b. 1917 d. 1983
Actress – Lassie
Eldridge Cleaver b. 1935 d. 1998 (heart attack)
Militant Black Panther and activist
Roberto Clemente b. 1934 d. 1972 (Plane crash while delivering relief supplies to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua)
Baseball Hall of Fame
Clarence Clemons b. 1942 d. 2011 (stroke)
Musician – Saxophone player and earliest member of Bruce Springsteens E Street Band
Clark Clifford b. 1906 d. 1998
Lawyer/DC insider
Montgomery Clift b. 1920 d. 1966 (heart attack)
Actor – Perce Howland in the Misfits
Patsy Cline b. 1932 d. 1963 (plane crash)
Singer and country music pioneer
Rosemary Clooney b. 1928 d. June 29, 2002
Singer/Actress – aunt of George Clooney; with Bing Crosby in White Christmas
Lee J. Cobb b. 1911 d. 1976
Actor – Judge Henry Garth on the Virginian
James Coburn b. 1928 d. November 18, 2002 (heart attack)
Actor – Magnificent 7, Affliction
Imogene Coca b.1908 d. June 2, 2001
Actress – co-star with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows
Eddie Cochran b. 1938 d. 1960 (car crash)
Musician – Summertime Blues
Johnnie Cochran b. 1937 d. March 29, 2005 (brain tumor)
Famed attorney who represented O.J. Simpson
Joe Cocker b. 1944 d. 2014 (lung cancer)
Singer – sang “With a Little Help from My Friends” at Woodstock
Iron Eyes Cody b. 1907 d. 1999
Actor – Native American who shed tear in environmental ads
Tristam Coffin b. 1909 d. 1990 (lung cancer)
Actor – Captain Tom Rynning on 26 Men
Leonard Cohen b. 1934 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Poet / Songwriter – “Suzanne”, “Hallelujah” and “Bird on the Wire”
Claudette Colbert b. 1903 d. 1996 (stroke)
Actress – It Happened One Night
Nat ‘King’ Cole b. 1919 d. 1965 (lung cancer)
Singer – Unforgettable
Natalie Cole b. 1950 d. 2015 (congestive heart failure)
Singer – Daughter of Nat King Cole, sang “Unforgettable”
Gary Coleman b. 1968 d. 2010 (inter cranial hemorrhage)
Actor – Arnold Jackson on “Different Strokes”
John Colicos b. 1928 d. 2000 (heart attack)
Actor – Baltar on Battlestar Gallactica
Gary Collins b. 1938 d. 2012
Actor – The Sixth Sense (1972), The Wackiest Ship in the Army” (1965-66)
Jackie Collins b. 1937 d. 2015 (breast cancer)
Novelist – Hollywood Wives (1983)
Bud Collyer b.1908 d. 1969
Game show host – To Tell the Truth
Alex Comfort b. 1919 d. 2000 (strokes)
Writer – Joy of Sex
Perry Como b. 1912 d. 5/12/2001
Singer – Catch a Falling Star
Jeff Conaway b. 1950 d. 2011 (pneumonia & sepsis)
Actor – Kenickie in “Grease” and Zack Allan on “Babylon 5”
Darlene Conley b. 1934 d. January 14, 2007 (stomach cancer)
Actress – Sally Spectra on Bold and the Beautiful
Joe Conley b. 1928 d. July 07, 2013
Ike Godsey the storekeeper on “The Waltons”
John B. Connally b. 1917 d. 1993
Texas Governor wounded in Dallas Nov. 22, 1963
Nellie Connally b. 1919 d. September 1, 2006
Wife of former Texas Governor John B. Connally
Chuck Connors b. 1921 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actor – Lucas McCain on The Rifleman
Mike Connors b. 1925 d. 2017 (leukemia)
Actor – Joe Mannix in TV show “Mannix” (1967-1975)
Charles Pete Conrad, Jr. b. 1930 d. 1999 (motorcycle accident)
Astronaut, third man to walk on the moon
Michael Conrad b. 1925 d. 1983 (urethral cancer)
Actor – Sgt. Phil Esterhauser in Hill Street Blues
Robert Conrad b.1935 d.2020 (heart failure)
Actor/stuntman/producer – played James West in TV Western “The Wild Wild West” (1965-’69) and Pappy Boyington in TV show “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (1976-’78)
William Conrad b. 1920 d. 1994 (heart attack)
Actor – Jake and the Fat Man also Cannon
Bert Convy b. 1933 d. 1991(cancer)
Actor/host – Win, Lose or Draw
Pat Conway b. 1931 d. 1981
Actor – Sheriff Clay Hollister on Tombstone Territory
Alistair Cooke b. 1908 d. March 30, 2004
Broadcaster – Letter from America
Jackie Coogan b. 1914 d. 1984 (cardiac arrest)
Actor – Uncle Fester in the Addams Family
Sam Cooke b. 1931 d. 1964 (shooting)
Singer – Wonderful World
Gary Cooper b. 1901 d. 1961(cancer)
Actor – Will Kane in High Noon
Gordon Cooper b. 1927 d. October 4, 2004
Astronaut – One of the original Mercury 7
Jackie Cooper b. 1922 d. 2011 (short illness)
Actor, Director, Producer – Perry White on originl Superman movies
Jeanne Cooper b. 1928 d. 2013
Actress – Katherine Chancellor on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless” (1973–2013)
Aaron Copland b. 1900 d. 1990 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Composer – Fanfare for the Common Man
Ellen Corby b. 1911 d. 1999
Actress – Grandma Walton on the Waltons
Kevin Corcoran b. 1949 d. 2015 (colorectal cancer)
Actor – Old Yeller and Spin & Marty
Don Cornelius b. 1936 d. February 01, 2012 (suicide – gunshot to the head)
TV host & producer – “Soul Train” creator and host
Charles Correll b. 1890 d. 1972
Actor – Andy of Amos and Andy
Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan b. 1907 d. 1995
Flew to Ireland instead of the West coast of US
Howard Cosell b 1918 d. 1995 (heart aneurysm)
Sports announcer
Lou Costello b. 1906 d. 1959 (heart attack)
Half of Abbott and Costello
Joseph Cotten b. 1905 d. 1994 (pneumonia)
Actor – Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane
Jacques-Yves Cousteau b. 1910 d. 1997 (heart attack)
Oceanographer
Sir Noel Coward b. 1899 d. 1973 (heart attack)
Playwright
William Cowsill b. 1948 d. February 18, 2006 (emphysema, osteoporosis, and other ailments)
Singer – The Cowsills, the band that inspired the TV series “The Partridge Family”
Archibald Cox b. 1912 d. May 29, 2004
Lawyer – Special Prosecutor, Watergate, fired in “Saturday Night Massacre” by Nixon
Wally Cox b. 1924 d. 1973 (heart attack)
Actor – Mr. Peepers
Buster Crabbe b. 1908 d. 1983
Actor – Tarzan
Yvonne Craig b. 1937 d. Aug. 17, 2015 (metastatic breast cancer)
Actress / Dancer – Batgirl and Barbara Gordon in Batman (1967-68)
Jeanne Crain b.1925 d. December 14, 2003 (heart attack)
Actress – “State Fair” and “Pinky”
Bob Crane b. 1928 d. 1978 (murdered)
Actor – Col. Robert Hogan on Hogan’s Heroes
Richard Crane b. 1918 d. 1969 (heart attack)
Actor – Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
Alan Cranston b. 1914 d. December 31, 2000
US Senator from California 1969 – 1993
Broderick Crawford b. 1911 d. 1986 (stroke)
Actor – Chief Dan Mathews on Highway Patrol
Joan Crawford b. 1904 d. 1977 (cancer)
Actress – also known as Mommie Dearest
Richard Crenna b. 1927 d. January 17, 2003 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Real McCoys and Rambo
Bob Crewe b. 1931 d. Sept. 11, 2014
Songwriter/singer/music producer – wrote and produced many of The Four Seasons hits
Francis Crick b.1916 d. July 28, 2004 (cancer)
Nobel Prize for Medicine – With Watson, revealed the structure of DNA
Judith Crist b. 1922 d. 2012
Film Criic and Author – Today Show Critic (1964 – ’73)
Jim Croce b. 1943 d. 1973 (plane crash)
Musician – Time in a Bottle
Walter Cronkite b. 1916 d. 2009 (cerebrovascular disease)
Broadcast Journalist – Anchored the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981,he was considered an American icon
Hume Cronyn b. 1911 d. June 15, 2003 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Cocoon, husband of 52 years to Jessica Tandy
Bing Crosby b. 1904 d. 1977 (heart attack)
Singer/actor – Jim Hardy in Holiday Inn
Gary Evan Crosby b. 1933 d. 1995 (cancer)
Actor – Bing’s Son
Scatman Crothers b. 1910 d. 1986 (lung cancer)
Actor – Dick Hallorann in the Shining
Suzanne Crough b. 1963 d. 2015
Actress – Tracy Partridge on “The Partridge Family”
George Cukor b. 1899 d. 1983
Director – My Fair Lady
Bill Cullen b. 1920 d. 1990 (lung cancer)
Host – The Price is Right, Name That Tune, Joker’s Wild
Robert Culp b. 1930 d. 2010 (head trauma)
played opposite Bill Cosby on “I Spy”
Bob Cummings b. 1908. d. 1990
Actor – Love That Bob
Mario Cuomo b.1932 d. 2015 (heart failure)
Politician – Former Governor of New York from 1983 to 1994
Peter Cushing b. 1913 d. 1994 (cancer)
Actor – played both Frankenstein and Sherlock Holmes
Ken Curtis d. 1991 b. 1916
Actor – Festus on Gunsmoke
Tony Curtis b. 1925 d. 2010 (cardiac arrest)
Actor – did comedies and serious , film and stage, “Some Like It Hot”
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James Dean 1955 |
Bette Davis 1989 |
Gail Davis 1997 |
John Denver 1997 |
Rodney Dangerfield 2004 |
Ossie Davis 2005 |
Sandra Dee 2005 |
James Doohan 2005 |
Bob Denver 2005 |
Mike Douglas 2006 |
Bo Diddley 2008 |
Dom Deluise 2009 |
Jimmy Dean 2009 |
John Dye 2011 |
Richard Dawson 2012 |
Phyllis Diller 2012 |
Michael Clarke Duncan 2012 |
Charles Durning 2012 |
Donna Douglas 2015 |
Larry Drake 2016 |
Patty Duke 2016 |
Fats Domino 2017 |
Kirk Douglas 2020 |
Hugh Downs 2020 |
Richard Daley b. 1902 d. 1976 (heart attack)
Mayor of Chicago
Paul Dana b. 1976 d. March 26, 2006 (warmup session crash)
IRL race car driver – Rahal Letterman Racing team
Dorothy Jean Dandridge b. 1922 d. 1965 (possible bone fragment poisoning from fractured ankle)
Singer
Rodney Dangerfield b. 1921 d. October 5, 2004 (complications of heart surgery)
Comedian – I don’t get no respect!
Royal Dano b. 1922 d. 1994 (heart attack)
Character Actor
Ray Danton b. 1931 d. 1992 (kidney disease)
Actor – Nifty Cronin on the Alaskans
Bobby Darin b. 1936 d. 1973 (heart disease)
Singer/Actor – Mack the Knife
Linda Darnell b. 1924 d. 1965 (died running back into a burning house to save others)
Actress – Star Dust
Sam Dash b. 1925 d. May 29, 2004
Lawyer/Politician – chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee
Hal David b. 1921 d. Sept. 1, 2012 (stroke)
Lyricist – with partner Burt Bacharach “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”
Ann B. Davis b.1926 d. June 01, 2014 (Subdural hematoma)
Actress – Schultzy in “The Bob Cummings Show” (1955-59) and Alice in “The Brady Bunch” (1969-74)
Beryl Davis b. 1924 d. 2011 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Singer- Benny Goodman,and Four Girls singing group
Bette Davis b. 1908 d. 1989 (breast cancer)
Actress – All About Eve
Brad Davis b. 1949 d. 1991 (AIDS)
Actor – Robert Kennedy in Robert Kennedy and His Times
Gail Davis b. 1925 d. 1997 (cancer)
Actress – Annie Oakley
Jim Davis b. 1915 d. 1981(complications from surgery for a perforated ulcer)
Actor – Jock Ewing on Dallas
Joan Davis b. 1912 d. 1961(heart attack)
Actress – I Married Joan
Miles Davis b. 1926 d. 1991(pneumonia and stroke)
Musician
Ossie Davis b. 1917 d. February 4, 2005
Actor, humanitarian – husband of Ruby Dee; Roots, The Stand, Do the Right Thing
Priscilla Davis b.1942 d. February 19, 2001 (breast cancer)
Dallas socialite shot in 1976. Ex-husband T. Cullen Davis was acquitted of the crime.
Sammy Davis, Jr. b. 1925 d. 1990 (throat cancer)
Entertainer and member of the Rat Pack
Skeeter Davis b. 1931 d. September 19, 2004 (breast cancer)
Singer – Grand Ole Opry; song – End of the World
Richard Dawson b. 1932 d. June 2, 2012 (esophageal cancer)
Actor – Host of “Family Feud” (1976-1985), Hogans Heroes
James Dean b. 1931 d. 1955 (car crash)
Actor – Rebel Without a Cause
Jimmy Dean b. 1928 d. 2010 (natural)
Singer, Businessman – “Big Bad John”, also founder Jimmy Dean Sausage
Michael Deaver b. 1938 d. August 18, 2007 (pancreatic cancer)
Close advisor to President Ronald Reagan
Rosemary DeCamp b.1910 d. February 20, 2001(complications of pneumonia)
Actress – Margaret MacDonald on The Bob Cummings Show
Yvonne De Carlo b. 1922 d. January 8, 2007
Actress – Lily on the Munsters
Jeanine Decker b. 1933 d. 1985 (drug and alcohol overdose)
The Singing Nun – Dominique
Fred de Cordova b. 1910 d. September 15, 2001
Producer/director – The Tonight Show, also Burns and Allen, Jack Benny Show, My Three Sons
Ruby Dee b. 1922 d. June 11, 2014 (natural)
Actress / playwright – “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961) also civil rights activist, married to Ossie Davis
Sandra Dee b. 1942 d. February 20, 2005 (kidney failure and pneumonia)
Actress – Gidget and Tammy;Married to Bobby Darin 1960-1967
Gloria DeHaven b. 1925 d 2016 (in her sleep)
Actress/Singer – “So This Is Paris”, “The Girl Rush”
Dino De Laurentiis b. 1919 d. 2010 (natural)
Producer – Serpico, King Kong, Barbarella and many Italian films
John DeLorean b. 1925 d. March 19, 2005 (complications from a stroke)
Launched DeLorean Motor Corp., made time-traveling vehicle for “Back to the Future” films
Brad Delp b. 1951 d. March 9, 2007 (suicide)
Lead singer of Boston – More Than a Feeling and Long Time
Dom DeLuise b. 1933 d. May 4, 2009 (cancer)
Actor/Comedian/chef, best known for comedy films
William Demarest b. 1892 d. 1983 (heart attack)
Actor – Uncle Charlie in My Three Sons
Richard Denning b. 1914 d. 1998 (cardiac arrest)
Actor – the Governor in Hawaii Five-O
Sandy Dennis b. 1937 d. 1992 (ovarian cancer)
Actress – Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Bob Denver b. 1935 d. September 2, 2005 (cancer & heart problems)
Actor – Maynard G. Krebs on “Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” and Gilligan on “Gilligan’s Island,”
John Denver b. 1943 d. 1997 (plane crash)
Musician and environmental activist
Albert DeSalvo b. 1931 d. 1973 (stabbed to death by inmates)
The Boston Strangler
Johnny Desmond b. 1919 d. 1985
Actor – Jim Kendall in Sally
Andy Devine b. 1905 d. 1977 (heart attack)
Actor – Andy’s Gang and Wild Bill Hickock
Colleen Dewhurst d. 1991 b. 1926
Actress – twice married to George C. Scott
Brandon DeWilde b. 1942 d. 1972 (car accident)
Actor – Joey Starrett in Shane
Selma Diamond b. 1920 d. 1985 (cancer)
Actress – Baliff Selma Hacker in Night Court
Little Jimmy Dickens b. 1920 d. 2015 (cardiac arrest)
C&W Musician – biggest hit, “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”
Nancy Dickerson b. 1927 d. 1997 (stroke/heart attack)
Journalist
James Dickey b. 1923 d. 1997 (lung disease)
Writer – Deliverance
Bo Diddley b.1928 d. 2008
(real name Ellas McDaniel) was a behind the scenes influence on most of early rock & roll
Marlene Dietrich b. 1901 d. 1992
Singer/actress – Destry Rides Again
Phyllis Diller b.1917 d. 2012
Comedienne / TV Personality – known for her wild hair, long cigarette holder and self-deprecating humor
Joe DiMaggio b. 1914. d. 1999 (lung cancer)
Baseball Player and husband of Marilyn Monroe
Emilie Dionne b. 1934 d.1954
One of famed Dionne quintuplets
Marie Dionne b. 1934 d.1970
One of famed Dionne quintuplets
Yvonne Dionne b. 1934 d. 2001
One of famed Dionne quintuplets
Walt Disney b. 1901 d. 1966
Entertainment Genius
Jeanne Dixon b. 1918 d. 1997 (heart attack)
Astrologer
Larry Doby b. 1924 d. June 18, 2003
Baseball Hall of Famer – Cleveland Indians,Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
Jimmie W. Dodd b. 1910 d. 1964
Head Mousketeer
Denny Doherty b. 1940 d. January 19, 2007 (kidney problems after surgery)
Singer – Mamas and the Papas
Fats Domino b. 1928 d. Oct. 25, 2017 (natural)
Singer/Songwriter – “Ain’t That a Shame” (1955), “Blueberry Hill” (1956), he sold over 65 million records
Troy Donahue b. 1936 d. September 2, 2001 (heart attack)
Actor – A Summer Place and Surfside Six
James Doohan b. 1920 d. July 20, 2005 (Alzheimers and pneumonia)
Actor – Commander Montgomery “Scotty” Scott on Star Trek
James “Jimmy” Doolittle b. 1896 d. 1993
Aviator, Medal of Honor Winner
Donna Douglas b. 1933 d. 2015 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress – Elly May Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies
Kirk Douglas b.1916 d. 2020
Actor/producer/director/author – appeared in over 90 films here are a few of his movies “Champion” (1949), “Bad & the Beautiful” (1952), “Lust for Life” (1956); his awards are too numerous to list so please click here for the list
Marjory Stoneman Douglas b. 1890 d. 1998
Environmentalist, writer – “First Lady of the Everglades”
Mike Douglas b. August 11, 1925 d. August 11, 2006
Singer and talk show host – The Mike Douglas Show
Hugh Downs b. 1921 d. 2020
Radio and television broadcaster/announcer/host/news anchor
Joe Dowell b. 1940 d. 2016 (heart attack)
Pop Singer – #1 hit song “Wooden Heart” (1961)
Morton Downey Jr. b. 1933 d. March 12, 2001 (lung cancer, respiratory problems)
Talk show host – Mort the Mouth
Jerry Doyle b. 1956 d. 2016 (unknown)
Actor – Michael Garibaldi in Babylon 5 (1994–98)
Larry Drake b. 1950 d. 2016
Actor – Benny Stulwicz on L.A. Law (1987-1994)
Allen Drury b. 1918 d. 1998 (heart failure)
Lawyer/writer – Advise and Consent
James Drury b. 1934 d. 2020 (natural)
Actor – had the title role in TV show “The Virginian” as the ranch foreman (1962-’71)
Peter Duel b. 1940 d. 1971(suicide)
Actor – Hannibal Heyes Alias Smith and Jones
Howard Duff b. 1913 d. 1990 (heart attack)
Actor – Married to Ida Lupino
Andrew Duggan b. 1923 d. 1988 (cancer)
Actor – Bourbon Street Beat and Lancer
Patty Duke b. 1946 d. 2016 (sepsis from a ruptured intestine)
Actress – played identical cousins in “The Patty Duke Show” (1963-1966)
David Dukes b. 1945 d. 2000 (heart attack)
Actor – Dr. Wade Halsey on Sisters
Michael Clarke Duncan b. 1957 d. 2012 (complications from a heart attack)
Actor – “Armageddon”, “The Green Mile”
Michael Dunn b.1934 d. 1973 (suicide)
Actor – Dr. Miguelito Loveless on Wild Wild West
Irene Dunne b. 1898 d. 1990 (heart attack)
Actress – nominated five times for Academy Award for Best Actress
Ryan Dunn b. 1977 d. 2011 (alcohol related car accident)
did stupid stunts in the “Jackass” TV series and movies
John Gregory Dunne b. 1932 d. December 30, 2003 (heart attack)
Writer – husband of Joan Didion, brother of Dominick Dunne
Jimmy Durante b. 1893 d. 1980
Entertainer
Deanna Durbin b. 1921 d. 2013
Actress/Singer – Christmas Holiday (1944)
Charles Durning b. 1923 d. 2012 (natural causes)
Actor – “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”, “Tootsie”
Leo “The Lip” Durocher b. 1905 d. 1991
Baseball Manager
Dan Duryea b. 1907 d. 1968 (cancer)
Actor – China Smith
John Dye b. 1963 d. 2011 (heart attack)
Actor – Andrew the Angel of Death on “Touched By An Angel
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Albert Einstein 1955 |
Dwight Eisenhower 1969 |
Cass Elliott 1974 |
Dale Evans 2001 |
Leif Erickson 1986 |
Dale Earnhardt 2001 |
Buddy Epsen 2003 |
Dana Elcar 2005 |
Chad Everett 2012 |
Roger Ebert 2013 |
Sen. Thomas Eagleton b. 1929 d. March 4, 2007 (heart and respiratory complications)
Briefly a Vice Presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972
Dale Earnhardt b. 1951 d. February 18, 2001 (auto accident during Daytona 500 competition)
Race car driver
Fred Ebb b. 1933 d. September 11, 2004 (heart attack)
Lyricist – Chicago, Cabaret, New York, New York
Roger Ebert b. 1942 d. April 4, 2013
Journalist – Pulitzer Prize winning film critic and screenwriter
Billy “Mr. B” Eckstine b. 1914 d. 1993 (cancer)
Singer
Blake Edwards b. 1922 d. 2010 (natural)
Writer, Director, Producer – Pink Panther, Victor/Victoria, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Elizabeth Edwards b. 1949 d. 2010 (breast cancer)
Author and spokesperson for health care reform
Ralph Edwards b. 1913 d. November 16, 2005 (heart failure)
TV pioneer and host – This Is Your Life
Ronnie Claire Edwards b. 1933 d. 2016 (in her sleep)
Actress – Corabeth Walton Godsey on The Waltons (1972-81)
Vince Edwards b. 1928 d. 1996 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Ben Casey
Richard Egan b. 1921 d. 1987 (cancer)
Actor – Jim Redigo in Redigo and Empire
John Ehrlichman b. 1926 d. 1999
Advisor to Richard Nixon convicted of federal crimes
Albert Einstein b. 1879 d. April 18 1955
Scientific genius
Dwight D. Eisenhower b. 1890 d. 1969
34th US President
John Eisenhower b. 1922 d. Dec. 21, 2013
Army Brigadier General and son of Dwight and Mamie
Mamie Doud Eisenhower b. 1896 d. 1979
Wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jack Elam – b. 1916 d. October 20, 2003
Character actor – Rawhide (movie) and Wichita
Dana Elcar – b. 1927 d. June 6, 2005
Actor – Pete Thornton on “MacGyver“; Col. Lard on “Baa Baa Black Sheep”
Duke Ellington b. 1899 d. 1974 (cancer)
Musician
Bob Elliot b. 1923 d. 2016 (throat cancer)
Comedian – one-half of the comedy duo of Bob and Ray
Cass “Mama” Elliot b. 1941 d. 1974 (heart attack)
Singer – The Mamas and the Papas
Patricia Elliott b. 1938 d. 2015 (leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer)
Actress – Renée Divine Buchanan on “One Life To Live”
John Ellis b. 1939 d. 2012 (alzheimers disease)
Played with the Trammps, “Disco Inferno”
Jack Ely b. 1943 d. 2015 (after a long illness)
Musician / Singer – sang “Louie Louie” while with the Kingsmen (1963)
Keith Emerson b. 1944 d. 2016 (suicide)
Musician / keyboardist – created Emerson, Lake & Palmer rock group (1970)
John Entwistle b. 1944 d. June 27, 2002
Musician – Bassist for the Who
Nora Ephron b. 1941 d. 2012 (acute myeloid leukemia)
Screenwriter/Producer/Director/Novelist – “When Harry Met Sally”, “Sleepless in Seattle”
Buddy Epsen b. 1908 d. July 6, 2003
Actor- Davy Crockett, Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones
Leif Erickson b. 1911 d. 1986
Actor – Big John Cannon on the High Chaparral
Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd ) b. 1944 d. April 11, 2003 (cervical cancer)
Singer – The Loco-Motion
Dale Evans b. 1912 d.2001 (congestive heart failure)
Actress – wife of Roy Rogers and Queen of the West
Gene Evans b. 1922 d. 1998
Actor – Rob McLaughlin on My Friend Flicka
Mike Evans b. 1949 d. 2006 (throat cancer)
Actor/Writer – Lionel Jefferson on “The Jeffersons”
Michael Evans b. 1920 d. September 4, 2007
Actor – Col. Douglas Austin on the Young and the Restless
Chad Everett b. 1936 d. July 25, 2012 (lung cancer)
Actor – Dr. Joe Gannon in “Medical Center” (1969-’76)
Phil Everly b. 1939 d. Jan. 03, 2014 (smoking)
Singer – younger half of the duo The Everly Brothers, “Wake Up Little Susie”
Medgar Evers b. 1925 d. 1963 (murdered – shot)
Civil Rights leader
Tom Ewell b. 1909 d. 1994
Actor – The Tom Ewell Show
Judith Katherine Campbell Exner b. 1934 d. 1999 (breast cancer)
Reported mistress of both JFK and Sam Giancana
F
Larry Fine 1975 |
James Franciscus 1991 |
Ed Flanders 1995 |
Ella Fitzgerald 1996 |
Betty Friedan 2006 |
Glenn Ford 2006 |
President Gerald R. Ford 2006 |
Betty Ford 2011 |
Rev. Jerry Falwell 2007 |
Farrah Fawcett 2009 |
John Forsythe 2010 |
Anne Francis 2011 |
Geraldine Ferraro 2011 |
Peter Falk 2011 |
James Farentino 2012 |
John Frid 2012 |
Bonnie Lynn Fields 2012 |
Bonnie Franklin 2013 |
Annette Funicello 2013 |
Dennis Farina 2013 |
David Frost 2013 |
Joan Fontaine 2013 |
Glen Frey 2016 |
Bernard Fox 2016 |
Carrie Fisher 2016 |
Miguel Ferrer 2017 |
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. b. 1909 d. 2000 (heart attack)
Actor – Son of Douglas Sr. and 1st husband of Joan Crawford
John Fairfax b. 1937 d. 2012 (heart attack)
Adventurer – rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Percy Faith b. 1908. d. 1976
Composer – The Virginian
Peter Falk b. 1927 d. 2011 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Lieutenant Columbo in the TV series “Columbo” from 1971 – ’78 and 1989 – 2003
Jerry Falwell b. 1933 d. May 15, 2007
Founder and Chancellor of Liberty University
James Farentino b. 1938 d. January 24, 2012 (heart failure)
Actor – “The Final Countdown” “The Bold Ones” (TV: 1969-72)
Dennis Farina b. 1944 d. July 22, 2013 (a blood clot in his lung)
Detective Joe Fontana on “Law & Order”
Chris Farley b. 1964 d. 1997 (drugs)
Comedian – SNL
Richard Farnsworth b. 1920 d. 2000 (suicide by gunshot – he had terminal cancer)
Cowboy Stuntman turned actor
Charles Farrell b. 1901 d. 1990 (cardiac arrest)
Actor – My Little Margie’s dad
Minnesota Fats b. 1913 d. 1996 (congestive heart failure)
Pool Player
Farrah Fawcett b. 1947 d. 2009 (cancer)
Actress/ had many challenging roles but was best known for Charlie’s Angels
William Fawcett b. 1894 d. 1974
Actor – Pete Wilkie on Fury
Alice Faye b. 1915. d. 1998 (stomach cancer)
Actress – Melissa Frake in State Fair
Joey Martin Feek b. 1975 d. 2016 (cervical cancer)
C&W Muscian – husband and wife country duo “Joey + Rory”
Marty Feldman d. 1982 b. 1933 (heart attack)
Comedian
Norman Fell b. 1924 d. 1998 (cancer)
Actor – Stanley Roper on Three’s Company
Federico Fellini b. 1920 d. 1993 (heart attack)
Director – La Dolce Vita
Freddy Fender b. 1937 d. October 14, 2006 (lung cancer)
Country singer – Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Vincent M. Fennelly b. 1920 d. December 4, 2000 (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
Producer – Rawhide, Trackdown, Stagecoach West, Maverick
José Fernández b. 1992 d. 2016 (boating accident)
Baseball player – starting pitcher for the Miami Marlins and Cuban refugee
Geraldine Ferraro b. 1935 d. 2011 (multiple myeloma)
3 term Congresswoman from NY and Vice Presidential candidate 1984 with Walter Mondale
Jose Ferrer b. 1909 d. 1992
Actor/Director – State Fair, George Clooney’s uncle via marriage to Rosemary Clooney!
Miquel Ferrer b. 1955 d. 2017 (throat cancer)
Actor – Bob Morton in “Robocop” and Owen Granger in NCIS:Los Angeles (son of Jose Ferrer)
Mary Fickett b. 1928 d. 2011
Actress – Nurse Ruth Martin “All My Children”
Bonnie Lynn Fields b. 1944 d. 2012 (throat cancer)
Actress / Dancer – A Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer
Arthur Fiedler b. 1894 d. 1979
Conductor – Boston Pops
John Fielder b. 1925 d. June 25, 2005
Actor – voice of Piglet in Walt Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh; Mr. Peterson on The Bob Newhart Show
Totie (Johnston) Fields b. 1930 d. 1978 (diabetes)
Comedian
Peter Finch b. 1916 d. 1977 (heart attack)
Actor – Howard Beale in Newtork
Larry Fine b. 1902 d. 1975 (stroke)
One of the Three Stooges
Fyvush Finkel b. 1922 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Actor – lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on “Picket Fences”
Bobby Fischer b. 1943 d. January 17, 2008
World class chess champ and eccentric
Carrie Fisher b. 1956 d. 2016 (heart failure)
Actress/Author – Princess Leia in “Star Wars” (1977) and two sequels, daughter of Eddie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher b. 1928 d. 2010 (complications from hip surgery)
Singer – best known for his marriages to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens
Gail Fisher b. 1935 d. December 2, 2000
Actress – Peggy Fair on Mannix
Ella Fitzgerald b. 1918. d. 1996 (congestive heart failure)
Jazz Singer
Geraldine Fitzgerald b. 1913 d. July 17, 2005(respiratory distress & Alzheimers)
Actress – Wuthering Heights
Jim Fixx b. 1932 d. 1984 (heart attack – while jogging!)
Runner/writer – The Complete Book of Running
Ed Flanders b. 1934 d. 1995 (suicide)
Actor – Dr. Donald Westphall on St. Elsewhere
Robert “Bob” Flanigan b. 1926 d. 2011 (congestive heart failure)
Musician – last surviving original member of “The Four Freshman”
Richard Fleischer b. 1916 d. March 25, 2006
Director – Tora, Tora, Tora and Soylent Green
Art Fleming b. 1924 d. 1995 (pancreatic cancer)
Host – Jeopardy
Eric Fleming b. 1925 d. 1966 (drowned)
Actor – Gil Favor on Rawhide
Ian Fleming b. 1908 d. 1964 (heart failure)
Author – Bond, James Bond
Joe Flynn b. 1924 d. 1974 (heart attack)
Actor – Capt. Wallace Binghamton on McHale’s Navy
Shelby Foote b. 1916 d. June 27, 2005
Novelist and historian – “The Civil War: A Narrative”
Henry Fonda b. 1905 d. 1982 (heart failure)
Actor – Grapes of Wrath
Frankie Fontaine b. 1920 d. 1978
Actor/comedian – Crazy Guggenheim on the Jackie Gleason Show
Joan Fontaine b. 1917 d. Dec. 16, 2013 (natural)
Actress – starred in “Rebecca” and “Suspicion” (1941) sister to Olivia de Havilland
Malcolm Forbes b. 1919 d. 1990 (Threw himself a memorable 70th birthday party before his sudden death)
Businessman/publisher
Scott Forbes b. 1920 d. 1997
Actor – Jim Bowie on Adventures of Jim Bowie
Betty Ford b. 1918 d. 2011 (complications from a stroke)
First Lady 1974 – ’77 and Founder of the Betty Ford Clinic
“Tennessee Ernie” Ford b. 1919 d. 1991 (liver disease)
Musician
Frankie Ford b. 1939 d. 2015
Singer – “Sea Cruise” (1959)
President Gerald R. Ford b. 1913 d. December 26, 2006
President of the United States 1974-1977
Glenn Ford b. 1916 d. August 30, 2006
Actor – The Blackboard Jungle and Put the Blame on Mame
John Ford b. 1895 d. 1973 (stomach cancer)
Director – Rio Bravo and many other Westerns
Steve Forrest b. 1925 d. 2013
Actor – Lt. Hondo Harrelson on tv show S.W.A.T. (1975-1976)
John Forsythe b. 1918 d. 2010 (colrectal cancer)
Actor – Bachelor Father, Dynasty and the voice of Charlie in Charlie’s Angels
Abe Fortas b. 1910 d. 1982
US Supreme Court Justice
Bob Fosse b. 1927 d.1987 (heart attack)
Choreographer/director
Dian Fossey b .1932 d. 1985 (murdered)
Zoologist/writer – Gorillas in the Mist
Preston Foster b. 1900 d. 1970
Actor – Capt. Zachary Wingate in Gunslingers
Pete Fountain b. 1930 d. 2016 (heart failure)
Jazz Musician – played with both Al Hirt and Lawrence Welk
Conrad Fowkes b. 1933 d. 2009 (cancer)
Actor, original cast member of Dark Shadows played Frank Garner
Benard Fox b. 1927 d. 2016 (heart failure)
Actor – Dr. Bombay in “Bewitched” and Colonel Crittendon in “Hogan’s Heroes”
Redd Foxx b. 1922 d. 1991(heart attack)
Comedian – Sanford and Sons
Sergio Franchi b. 1930 d. 1990 (brain cancer)
Singer
Anthony Franciosa b. d. January 19, 2006 (stroke)
Actor – The Long Hot Summer and The Name of the Game
Anne Francis b. 1930 d. 2011 (pacreatic cancer)
Actress- title role in Honey West series (1965-66) also the SciFi movie Forbidden Planet
Arlene Francis b. 1908 d. May 31, 2001
Actress – panelist on What’s My Line for 25 years
James Franciscus b. 1934 d. 1991 (emphysema)
Actor – Mike Longstreet
Francisco Franco Bahamonde b. 1892 d. 1975
Spanish Dictator
Pierre Franey b. 1921 d. 1996
Cookbook author
Otto Frank b. 1889 d. 1980
Anne Frank’s father
Steve Franken b. 1932 d. 2012
Actor – Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Felix Frankfurter b. 1882 d. 1965
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Bonnie Franklin b.1944 d. 2013 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress – portrayed Ann Romano on “One Day at a Time”
Mary Frann b. 1943 d. 1998 (heart failure)
Actress – Wife of Bob Newhart on The Newhart Show
William Frawley b. 1887 d. 1966 (heart attack)
Actor – Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy and My Three Sons
“Smokin” Joe Frazier b. 1944 d. 2011 (liver cancer)
Boxer – heavyweight champ & Olympic gold medal winner
Alan Freed b. 1921 d. 1965
DJ and Rock pioneer
Victor French b. 1934 d. 1989 (lung cancer)
Actor – Isaiah Edwards in Little House on the Prairie; Mark Gordon on Highway to Heaven
Glen Frey b. 1948 d. 2016 (complications from intestinal surgery)
Founding member of The Eagles “Take It Easy”, “Peaceful Easy Feeling”
John Frid b. 1924 d. 2012 (after a fall)
Actor – Barnabas Collins in “Dark Shadows” TV show
Florida Friebus b. 1909 d. 1988
Dobie Gillis’ mom and “the knitting patient” on the Bob Newhart Show
Betty Friedan b. 1921 d. February 4, 2006 (congestive heart failure)
Author – “The Feminine Mystique” and early leader of the feminist movement
David Frost b. 1939 d. Aug. 31, 2013 (heart attack)
Journalist, comedian, writer – Interviewed politicians including Nixon
Robert Frost b. 1874 d. 1963
Poet – The Road Not Taken
J. William Fulbright b.1905 d. 1995 (stroke)
Political heavy hitter
Annette Funicello b. 1942 d. 2013 (complications from multiple sclerosis)
Actress / Singer – popular “Mouseketeer” on the original Mickey Mouse Club (1955-1959) also “Beach Party” genre movies
Allen Funt b. 1914 d. 1999 (suffered a stroke in 1993; never fully recovered)
Candid Camera guy
Harvey Fuqua b. 1928 d. 2010 (heart attack)
Singer/Songwriter – The Moonglows
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Arthur Godfrey 1983 |
Jackie Gleason 1987 |
Andy Gibb 1988 |
John Gielgud 2000 |
Maurice Gibb 2003 |
L. Patrick Gray 2005 |
Curt Gowdy 2006 |
Estelle Getty 2008 |
Henry Gibson 2009 |
Kathryn Grayson 2010 |
Peter Graves 2010 |
Betty Garrett 2011 |
Michael Gough 2011 |
Carl Gardner 2011 |
Ben Gazzara 2012 |
Robin Gibb 2012 |
Don Grady 2012 |
Andy Griffith 2012 |
Art Ginsburg 2012 |
James Gandoifini 2013 |
Andy Granatelli 2013 |
James Garner 2014 |
Leslie Gore 2015 |
Frank Gifford 2015 |
Joe Garagiola 2016 |
John Glenn 2016 |
Zsa Zsa Gabor 2016 |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2020 |
Clark Gable b. 1901 d. 1960 (heart attack)
Actor – Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind
Eva Gabor b. 1919 d. 1995 (Respiratory failure)
Actress – Lisa Douglas on Green Acres
Zsa Zsa Gabor b. 1917 d. 2016 (in her sleep)
Hungarian Actress and Socialite – Moulin Rouge (1952), married nine times to mostly wealthy men
Magda Gabor b. 1918 d. 1997
Another Gabor – Eva and Zsa Zsa’s sister
Don Galloway b. 1937 d. 2009 (stroke)
Actor – Ironside
James Gammon b. 1940 d. 2010
Actor – father on “Nash Bridges”
Indira Gandhi b. 1917 d. 1984 (murdered)
Indian President
Rajiv Gandhi d. 1991 b. 1944 (murdered)
Indian President
James Gandoifini b. 1961 d. 2013 (heart attack)
Actor – played Tony Soprano in “The Sopranos”
Joe Garagiola b. 1926 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Baseball Player – MLB catcher and announcer and television host
Greta Garbo b. 1905 d. 1990 (kidney failure)
Actress – Camille
Jerry Garcia b. 1942 d. 1995 (heart attack)
Musician – The Grateful Dead
Vincent Gardenia d. 1992 b.1922 (heart attack)
Actor – Murray Melman on L.A. Law
Ava Gardner b. 1922 d. 1990 (pneumonia)
Actress – Maxine Faulk in Night of the Iguana
Erle Stanley Gardner b. 1889 d. 1970 (cancer)
Writer – Perry Mason
Hank Garland b.1930 d. December 27, 2004 (staph infection)
Guitarist – For Elvis, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Charlie Parker…
Judy Garland b. 1922 d. 1969 (drug overdose)
Actress – Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz
James Garner b. 1928 d. July 19, 2014
Actor – Bret Maverick in Maverick(1957-’62) also Rockford Files (1974-’80)
Betty Garrett b. 1919 d. 2011 (aortic aneurysm)
Actress – “All in the Family“, “Laverne & Shirley”
David Garroway b. 1913 d.1982 (suicide)
First Today Show host
Greer Garson b. 1904 d. 1996 (heart failure)
Actress – Mrs. Miniver
Dick Gautier b. 1931 d. 2017
Actor – Hymie the Robot in TV series “Get Smart” (1965-’70)
Marvin Gaye b. 1939 d. 1984 (shot)
Singer – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
George Gaynes b. 1917 d. 2016
Actor – Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy movies
Janet Gaynor b. 1906 d. 1984 (pneumonia)
Actress – Seventh Heaven and Sunrise
Ben Gazzara b. 1930 d. February 3, 2012 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Run for Your Life (1965-68)
Will Geer b. 1902 d. 1978 (respiratory arrest)
Actor – Grandpa Walton on the Waltons
Theodore Geisel b. 1904 d. 1991
Writer/illustrator – Dr. Seuss
Vito Genovese b. 1897 d. 1969
Mobster – ‘Boss of all Bosses.’ He died in prison
Christopher George b. 1929 d. 1983 (heart attack)
Actor – Sgt. Sam Troy on the Rat Patrol
Ira Gershwin b. 1896 d. 1983
Composer
Vitas Gerulaitis b. 1954 d. 1994 (carbon monoxide poisoning)
Tennis Player
Estelle Getty b.1923 d.2008
actress, starred on The Golden Girls
J. Paul Getty b. 1892 d. 1976
Really, really rich guy
John Paul Getty Jr. b. 1933 d. April 17, 2003 (heart problems)
Billionaire philanthropist
Alice Ghostley b. 1926 d. September 21, 2007 (colon cancer)
Actress – Esmeralda on Bewitched and Bernice on Designing Women
Sam (Salvatore) Giancana b. 1908 d. 1975 (mob hit)
Mobster – Friend of Frank Sinatra
Andy Gibb b. 1958 d. 1988 (heart attack)
Singer – cute Bee Gee
Maurice Gibb b. 1949 d. January 12, 2003 (complications after surgery for intestinal blockage)
Singer – Bee Gees
Robin Gibb b. 1949 d. May 20, 2012 (colorectal cancer)
Singer – Bee Gees (survived by the oldest brother Barry Gibb)
Althea Gibson b. 1927 d. September 28, 2003 (respiratory failure)
Tennis – First Black to win Wimbleton and U.S. National
Henry Gibson b. 1935 d. 2009 (cancer)
Actor – Rowan & Martins Laugh-in, Boston Legal
Sir John Gielgud b. 1904 d. 2000
Actor – Hobson in Arthur
Frank Gifford b. 1930 d 2015
Football player and television sportscaster – ABC’s Monday Night Football 1971-’97
Jack Gilford b. 1907 d. 1990
Actor – Bernie Lefkowitz in Cocoon
“Dizzy” Gillespie b. 1917 d. 1993 (pancreatic cancer)
Musician
Allen Ginsberg b. 1926 d. 1997 (liver cancer)
Beat poet – Howl
Art Ginsburg b. 1930 d. 2012 (pancreatic cancer)
Celebrity Chef – “Mr Food” his tag line was “Ooh! It’s so good!”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg b. 1933 d. 2020 (pancreatic cancer)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1993-’20)
Lillian Gish b. 1893 d. 1993 (heart failure)
Actress
Elizabeth Glaser b. 1946 d. 1994
(AIDS) Activist – Married Paul Michael Glazer
Ron Glass b. 1945 d. 2016 (respiratory failure)
Actor – Det. Ron Harris on “Barney Miller” (1975-’82)
Jackie Gleason b. 1916 d. 1987 (colon cancer)
Actor/comedian – And away he went…
Paul Gleason b. 1944 d. May 27, 2006 (lung cancer)
Actor – Principal Richard Vernon in Breakfast Club
John Glenn b. 1921 d. 2016 (peacefully)
WWII & Korean War Fighter Pilot. Marine Colonel. NASA Astronaut. Senator from Ohio (1974-99). Married for 73 yrs – first American to orbit the Earth (1962)
Marty Glickman b. 1918 d. February 3, 2001(complications of heart surgery)
Voice of New York sports for 55 years
George Gobel, b. 1919 d. 1991(complications after surgery)
Actor/comedian
Paulette Goddard b. 1914 d. 1990 (heart failure)
Actress
Trevor Goddard b. 1965 d. June 8 2003 (overdose)
Actor – Mic Brumby on JAG
Arthur Godfrey b. 1903 d. 1983
Host/Singer – The Arthur Godfrey Show
Alexander Godunov b. 1948 d. 1995 (disputed – alcoholism)
Dancer/actor – Karl in Die Hard
Sarah Goldberg b. 1975 d. Sept. 27, 2014 (heart ailment)
Actress – Sarah Glass Camden on “7th Heaven” tv series
William Golding b. 1911 d. 1993
Writer – Lord of the Flies
Jerry Goldsmith b. 1929 d. July 21, 2004 (cancer)
Composer – Star Trek, Barnaby Jones, Waltons, Air Force One, Mummy
Barry Goldwater b. 1909 d. 1998 (stroke)
U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1964 presidential candidate
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. b. 1926 d. 2015 (congestive heart disease)
Producer – Mystic Pizza (1988)
Benny Goodman b. 1909 d. 1986
Musician
Mark Goodson b. 1915 d. 1992
TV Producer – To Tell The Truth, What’s My Line, I’ve Got a Secret
Leo Gorcey b. 1917 d. 1969 (liver failure)
Actor – played Terence Aloysius ‘Slip’ Mahoney
Gale Gordon b. 1906 d. 1995 (cancer)
Actor – Theodore Mooney on The Lucille Ball Show
Ruth Gordon b. 1896 d. 1985 (stroke)
Actress – Rosemary’s Baby
Esther Gordy (Edwards) b. 1920 d. August 24, 2011
co-founded Motown records with brother Berry Gordy
Lesley Gore b. 1946 d. 2015 (lung cancer)
Singer/ Songwriter – “It’s My Party” &: “You Don’t Own Me”
Eydie Gormè b. 1928 d. Aug. 10, 2013
Singer – worked with husband Steve Lawrence, “Blame It on the Bossa Nova”
Frank Gorshin b. 1934 d. May 17, 2005 (lung cancer, emphysema)
Actor and Impressionist – Riddler on TV’s “Batman“)
John Gotti – b. 1940 d. June 10, 2002 (cancer)
Thug – Gambino crime family boss
Michael Gough b. 1916 d. March 17, 2011 (natural causes)
starred in over 150 films incl. Alfred in 4 Batman movies
Robert Goulet b. 1933 d. October 30, 2007 (pulmonary fibrosis)
Singer/actor – Sir Lancelot in Camelot
Curt Gowdy b. 1919 d. February 20, 2006 (leukemia)
Sportscaster – American Sportsman
Betty Grable b. 1916 d. 1973 (lung cancer)
Actress – The ultimate pin-up girl in WWII
Don Grady b. 1944 d. June 27, 2012 (cancer)
Actor – Robbie Douglas on “My Three Sons” also a Mouseketeer
Katherine Graham b. 1917 d. July 17, 2001
Publisher – The Washington Post
Ruth Graham b. June 10, 1920 d. June 14, 2007 (pneumonia)
beloved wife of Rev. Billy Graham
Virginia Graham b. 1912 d. 1998 (heart disease)
Talk show trail-blazer and a founder of the Cerebral Palsy Association
Andy Granatelli b. 1923 d. Dec. 29, 2013 (natural)
Race Car Designer & Promoter – CEO of STP (motor oil company)
Farley Granger b. 1925 d. 2011 (natural causes)
Actor – played in Hitchcock films “Strangers on a Train” & “Rope”
Stewart Granger b. 1913 d. 1993 (cancer)
Actor – Col. Alan MacKenzie on the Virginian
Cary Grant, b. 1904 d. 1986 (stroke)
Actor – Houseboat, North by Northwest
Kirby Grant b. 1912 d. 1985 (car crash)
Actor –Sky King
Peter Graves b.1926 d. 2010 (heart attack)
Actor – Mission Impossible
L. Patrick Gray b. 1917 d. July 5, 2005 (complications from pancreatic cancer)
F.B. I. Director (1972 – 1973). A Nixon loyalist during Watergate years
Spalding Gray b. 1941 d. January 10, 2004 (suicide)
Actor/writer – Swimming to Cambodia, Killing Fields
Kathryn Grayson b. 1922 d. 2010
Operatic Singer & Actress, Showboat, Anchors Aweigh also did Broadway
Rocky Graziano b. 1922 d. 1990
Boxer
Lorne Greene b. 1915 d. 1987 (respiratory failure)
Actor – Ben Cartwright on Bonanza
Richard Greene b. 1918 d. 1985 (cardiac arrest)
Actor – Robin Hood on The Adventures of Robin Hood
Meg Greenfield b. 1930 d. 1999 (cancer)
Journalist – Editorial editor of the Washington Post for 20 years
Jose Greco b. 1918 d. December 31, 2000 (heart failure)
Musician/choreographer
Merv Griffin b.1925 d. August 13, 2007 (prostate cancer)
Talk show host, game show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune) and casino owner
Andy Griffith b. 1923 d. July 3, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor/Director/Producer/Grammy Award-winning Singer – “The Andy Griffith Show” (1960-’68), “Matlock” (1986-’95)
Richard Griffiths b. 1947 d. March 28, 2013 (complications following heart surgery)
Actor – Vernon Dursley in the “Harry Potter” films
Tammy Grimes b.1934 d. 2016
Actress – Molly in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” stage production
Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov b. 1967 d. 1995 (heart attack)
Olympic figure skating champion
Ann Guilbert b. 1928 d. 2016 (cancer)
Actress – Millie Helper in The Dick Van Dyke Show and Yetta Rosenberg in The Nanny
Virgil “Gus” Grissom b. 1926 d. 1967 (Killed when their Apollo 1 command module had a flash fire on the pad)
One of the first seven, Project Mercury, astronauts
Lewis Grizzard, Jr. b. 1946. d. 1994
Author/humorist
David Groh b. 1941 d. February 13, 2008 (kidney cancer)
Actor – Rhoda’s hubby Joe, on Rhoda
Eddie Guerrero b. 1967 d. November 13, 2005 (inconclusive)
WWE wrestler
William Guest b. 1941 d.2015 (congestive heart failure)
Gladys Knight’s cousin and one of the Pips
Ernesto “Che” Guevara b. 1928 d. 1967 (executed by Bolivian troops)
Revolutionary
Sir Alec Guinness b. 1914 d. 2000 (liver cancer)
Actor – Bridge on the River Kwai – also Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Woody Guthrie b. 1912 d. 1967 (Huntington’s corea?)
Musician – This Land Is Your Land
Fred Gwynne b. 1926 d. 1993 (pancreatic cancer) Actor – Herman on the Munsters
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Gabby Hayes 1969 |
Rock Hudson 1985 |
Audrey Hepburn 1993 |
Phil Hartman 1998 |
Katharine Hepburn 2003 |
June Haver 2005 |
Betty Hutton 2007 |
Charlton Heston 2008 |
Jesse Helms 2008 |
Isaac Hayes 2008 |
John Hughes 2009 |
Connie Hines 2009 |
Alexander Haig 2010 |
Corey Haim 2010 |
Lena Horne 2010 |
Dennis Hopper 2010 |
Robert Hegyes 2012 |
Whitney Houston 2012 |
Celeste Holm 2012 |
Sherman Hemsley 2012 |
Marvin Hamlisch 2012 |
Larry Hagman 2012 |
Richie Havens 2013 |
Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014 |
Pat Harrington 2016 |
Dan Haggarty 2016 |
Robert Horton 2016 |
Ken Howard 2016 |
Steven Hill 2016 |
Florence Henderson 2016 |
Barbara Hale 2017 |
Hugh Hefner 2017 |
Buddy Hackett b 1924 d. June 30, 2003
Comedian/actor – It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Love Bug
Joan Hackett b.1933 d. 1983 (ovarian cancer)
Actress – Joan Miller in the Defenders
Kevin Hagen b. 1928 d. July 9, 2005 (esophageal cancer)
Actor – Doc Baker on Little House on the Prairie
Merle Haggard b. 1937 d. 2016 (double pneumonia)
C&W singer/songwriter – “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive”, “Okie From Muskogee”
Dan Haggerty b. 1941 d. 2016 (spinal cancer)
Actor – The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977-78)
Larry Hagman b.1931 d. 2012 (liver cancer)
Actor – JR Ewing on Dallas and Maj. Nelson on “I Dream of Jeannie”
Alexander Haig b. 1924 d. 2010 (staph infection)
Four Star General then Politiian served in serveral wars and later as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State
Corey Haim b. 1971 d. 2010 (drug overdose)
Actor – the Lost Boys, Lucas and others
Arthur Hailey b. 1920 d. November 24, 2004 (stroke)
Author – Airport, Hotel, Moneychangers
David Halberstam b. 1934 d. April 23, 2007 (car crash)
Author – The Best and the Brightest and The Fifties
H. R. “Bob” Haldeman b. 1926 d. 1993 (cancer)
Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff turned felon
Alan Hale, Jr. b. 1918 d. 1990 (cancer of the thymus)
Actor – The Skipper on Gilligan’s Island
Barbara Hale b. 1922 d. 2017 (in her sleep)
Actress – Della Street on TV show “Perry Mason” (1957-1966)
Alex Haley b. 1921 d. 1992
Writer – Roots
Bill Haley b. 1925 d. 1981 (heart attack)
Musician – Rock Around the Clock
Jack Haley b. 1898 d. 1979 (cancer)
Actor – The Tin Man in Wizard of Oz
Kevin Peter Hall b. 1955 d. 1991(AIDS)
Actor – Harry in Harry and the Hendersons
Monte Hall b. 1921 d. 2017n(heart failure)
Game Show Host – hosted and produced “Let’s Make a Deal” (1963 – 1991 incl syndication)
Andrew (Andy) Hallet b. 1975 d. 2009 (congestive heart failure)
Actor / Singer – Lorne the Vampire on “Angel” tv series
Halston b. 1932 d. 1990 (AIDS)
Fashion designer
Rusty Hamer b. 1947 d. 1990 (suicide)
Actor – Rusty Williams in Make Room for Daddy
George Hamilton IV b. 1937 d. 2014 (heart attack)
C&W star, sang at Grand Ole Opry
John Hamilton b. 1887 d. 1958
Actor – Perry White on Superman
Margaret Hamilton b. 1902 d. 1985 (heart attack)
Actress – The Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz
Marvin Hamlisch b. 1944 d. 2012
Composer – “The Way We Were”
Armand Hammer d. 1990 b. 1898 (cancer)
Industrialist
Earl Hamner Jr. b. 1923 d. 2016 (cancer)
Writer/Producer – created “The Waltons” TV show
Lionel Hampton b 1908 d. August 31, 2002 (heart failure)
Legendary, great jazz musician
Ruth Handler b.1917 d. April 27, 2002 (compliations of colon surgery)
Creator of Barbie doll, co-founder of Mattel toy company
William Hanna b. 1910 d. March 22, 2001
Annimator – half of Hanna-Barbera Productions – The Flintstones, The Jetsons
Edward Hardwicke b. 1932 d. 2011 (cancer)
English Actor – Doctor Watson on TV series “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”
Oliver Hardy b. 1892 d. 1957
Comedian – Of Laurel and Hardy
Michael Hargitay b. 1926 d. September 14, 2006
Bobybuilder ex-husband of Jayne Mansfield and father of Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay
John Marshall Harlan b. 1899 d. 1971
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Valerie Harper b.1939 d.2019 (lung cancer which went to her brain)
Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1970–’77), also on the spin off “Rhoda” (1974–’78)
Pamela Harriman b. 1920 d. 1997 (stroke)
Ambassador to France – Collector of husbands
Pat Harrington Jr. b. 1929 d. 2016 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Actor – Schneider on “One Day At A Time”
Damon Harris b. 1950 d. February 23, 2013 (prostate cancer)
Singer – Temptations (1971 – ’75)
Jonathan Harris b. 1914 d. November 3, 2002 (blood clot in heart)
Actor – Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space
Julie Harris b.1924 d. Aug. 24, 2013 (congestive heart failure)
Actress – “East of Eden” (1955) “Requiem for a Heavyweight” (1962)
Richard Harris b. 1930 d. October 25, 2002 (Hodgkin’s Disease)
Actor – Dumbledore in Harry Potter, King Arthur in Camelot
George Harrison b. 2/25/1943 d. 11/29/2001 (cancer)
The quiet and youngest Beatle
Sir Rex Harrison b. 1908 d. 1990 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
Don Harron b. 1924 d. 2015 (cancer)
Actor – Charlie Farquharson on “Hee Haw”
Phil Hartman b. 1948 d. 1998 (murdered by wife)
Actor/Comedian – SNL, News Radio
Paul Harvey (Aurandt) b. 1918 d. Feb. 28, 2009 (old age complications)
Radio Newsman & Broadcaster
Richard Hatch b. 1945 d. 2017 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Captain Apollo in “Battlestar Galactica” (1978-80)
Bobby Hatfield b. 1940 d. November 5, 2003
Singer – One of the Righteous Brothers
Richie Havens b. 1941 d. April 22, 2013 (heart attack)
Musician – folk singer and guitarist who’s song “Freedom” opened the 1969 Woodstock Festival
June Haver b. 1926 d. July 4, 2005 (respiratory failure )
Actress – The Dolly Sisters; known as the “pocket Grable”
Howard Hawks b. 1896 d. 1977
Director – Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo
Russell “Lucky” Hayden b. 1912 d. 1981
Western actor
Richard Haydn b. 1905 d. 1985 (heart attack)
Actor – Max Detweiler in the Sound of Music
George “Gabby” Hayes b. 1885 d. 1969 (heart failure)
Actor – Sidekick to Roy Rogers
Helen Hayes b. 1900 d. 1993 (heart failure)
Actress – First Lady of American Theatre
Isaac Hayes b.1942 d. August 10, 2008
Musician/composer (wrote the theme to “Shaft”)
Lloyd Haynes b. 1934 d. 1987 (lung cancer)
Actor – Mr. Dixon on Room 222 – also on General Hospital
Louis “Deke” Hayward b. 1921 d. March 26, 2002 (complications of pneumonia)
Creator of Winky Dink and You
Susan Hayward b. 1917 d. 1975 (brain cancer)
Actress – Barbara Graham in I Want to Live
Rita Hayworth b. 1918 d. 1987 (Alzheimers)
Actress – Vera Simpson in Pal Joey
Edith Head b. 1897 d. 1981 (bone marrow disease)
Costume Designer
Bobby Hebb b. 1938 d. 2010 (lung cancer)
Singer / Songwriter – hit single “Sunny”
Mitch Hedberg b. 1968 d. March 30, 2005 (heart failure)
Comedian
Van Heflin b. 1910 d. 1971 (heart attack)
Actor – Joe Starritt in Shane
Hugh Hefner b. 1926 d. Sept. 27, 2017 (natural)
Publisher – editor-in-chief and publisher of Playboy magazine (1953 – present)
Robert Hegyes b. 1961 d. January 26, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor – Juan Epstein on “Welcome Back Kotter” (1975-79)
Robert Anson Heinlein b. 1907 d. 1988 (Emphysema and related disabilities)
Writer – Science Fiction
Joseph Heller b. 1923 d. 1999 (heart attack)
Writer – Catch-22
Bobby Helms b. 1933 d. 1997
Singer – Jingle Bell Rock, My Special Angel
Sen. Jesse Helms b. 1921 d. 2008 (natural Causes)
Outspoken 5 term Senator from N. Carolina
Leone Helmsley b. 1920 d. August 20, 2007 (heart failure)
New York hotelier known as the “queen of mean”
Margaux Hemingway b. 1954 d. 1996 (suicide – overdose of sedatives)
Actress – Chris McCormick in Lipstick
David Hemming b. 1941 d. December 4, 2003 (heart attack)
Actor – Photographer in Blow Up
Sherman Hemsley b. 1938 d. July 24, 2012
Actor – George Jefferson on “The Jeffersons” (1975 – ’85)
Florence Henderson b. 1934 d. 2016 (heart failure)
Actress / Singer – Carol Brady on “The Brady Bunch” (1969 to 1974)
Skitch Henderson b. 1918 d. October 31, 2005 (natural causes)
Composer, conductor, bandleader – The Tonight Show
Benjamin Hendrickson b. 1950 d. July 1, 2006 (suicide)
Actor – Hal Munson on As the World Turns
Jimi Hendrix b. 1942 d. 1970 (aspirated vomit after taking sleeping pills)
Musician
Douglas James Henning b. 1947 d. 2000 (liver cancer)
Magician
Paul Henreid b. 1908 d. 1992 (complications from pneumonia)
Actor/director – directed over 80 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Jim Henson b. 1936 d. 1990 (bacterial pneumonia)
Puppeteer – The Muppets
Audrey Hepburn b. 1929 d. 1993 (colon cancer)
Actress – Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady
Katharine Hepburn b. 1907 d. June 29, 2003
Actress – 4 time Oscar winner (Morning Glory, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Lion in Winter, On Golden Pond)
Frank Herbert b. 1920 d. 1986 (pancreatic cancer)
Writer – Created the Dune series
James Herriot b. 1916 d. 1995 (cancer)
British veternarian/writer – All Things Bright and Beautiful
Edward Herrmann b. 1943 d. 2014
Actor – FDR in “Eleanor and Franklin”
Charlton Heston b. 1924 d. April 5, 2008 (Alzheimers)
Actor – Moses in The Ten Commandments
Don Hewitt b. 1922 d. August 19, 2009 (pancreatic cancer)
Television news producer – 60 Minutes
William Hewlett b. 1914 d. January 12, 2001
Half of Hewlett-Packard
Thor Heyerdahl b. 1914 d. April 18, 2002 (brain tumor)
Author of Kon-Tiki and world adventurer
William Hickey b.1928 d. 1997 (emphysema)
Actor – The Don in Prizzi’s Honor
William “Bill” Melvin Hicks b. 1961 d. 1994
Cult comedian
Benny Hill b. 1924 d. 1992 (heart attack)
Actor – The Benny Hill Show
George Roy Hill b. 1922 d. 12/27/2002 (Parkinson’s Disease)
Director – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting
Steven Hill b. 1922 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Actor – District Attorney Adam Schiff on “Law & Order” (1990-2000)
Cliff Hillegass b. 1918 d. May 5, 2001 (complications from a stroke)
Founder of Cliff Notes.
Wendy Hiller b. 1912 d. May 14, 2003
Actress – Seperate Tables
Conrad Hilton, Jr. b. 1926 d. 1969
Elizabeth Taylor’s first husband
Earl Hindman b. 1942 d. December 29, 2003 (lung cancer)
Actor – Wilson on Home Improvement
Connie Hines b. 1930 d. 2009 (heart disease)
Actress – Carol Post on Mr. Ed tv series
Gregory Hines b. 1946 d. August 9, 2003 (cancer)
Actor/dancer – White Nights, Running Scared
Martin ‘Pat’ Hingle b. 1924 d. 2009 (leukemia)
Actor – the Commissioner in Batman movies
Al Hirt b. 1922 d. 1999 (liver failure)
One of the great trumpeters
Alger Hiss b. 1904 d. 1996
Alleged spy
Alfred Hitchcock b. 1899 d. 1980
Director – Psycho
Don Ho b. 1930 d. April 14, 2007 (heart failure)
Singer/performer – Tiny Bubbles
Cheryl Holdridge b. 1944 d. Jan 06, 2009 (lung cancer)
Actress – a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club
James “Jimmy” Hoffa b. 1913 d. 1975 (good question)
Teamster leader – His body is still missing
Abbie Hoffman b.1936 d. 1989 (suicide)
60s activist
Philip Seymour Hoffman b. 1967 d. Feb. 2, 2014 (drug overdose)
Actor / director – “Capote”, “Scent of a Woman”, “Twister”
Ben Hogan b. 1912 d. 1997 (stroke/cancer)
Golfer
William Holden b. 1918 d. 1981(Bled to death from a minor fall while drunk)
Actor- Shears in Bridge on the River Kwai
Geoffrey Holder b. 1930 d. 2014 (Pneumonia)
Actor/ choreographer/ dancer – bad guy Baron Samedi in “Live and Let Die”
Buddy (Holley) Holly b. 1936 d. February 3, 1959 (plane crash)
Musician – Peggy Sue
Celeste Holm b. 1917 d. 2012
Actress – “Gentleman’s Agreement”
Bob Homme b. 1918 d. 2000
Actor – The Friendly Giant on Canadian TV
Jan Hooks b. 1957 d. Oct. 9, 2014 (a long illness)
Actress/Comedian – was a player on Saturday Night Live SNL (1986-1991)
J. Edgar Hoover b. 1895 d. 1972
Director of the FBI
Bob Hope b 1903 d. July 27, 2003 (pneumonia)
“Mr. Entertainment” – consummate comedian, actor, patriot
Dolores Hope b. 1909 d. Sept. 19, 2011 (natural cause)
Singer – Wife of Bob Hope for 69 years
Dennis Hopper b. 1936 d. may 29, 2010 (prostate cancer)
Actor, Filmmaker and Artist – best known for Easy Rider also Rebel Without a Cause and others
Hedda Hopper b. 1890 d. 1966
Gossip Columnist – Mother of William, see below
William Hopper b. 1915 d. 1970 (pneumonia)
Actor – Paul Drake on Perry Mason – son of Hedda
Jack Horkheimer b. 1938 d. 2010 (respiratory ailment)
Astronomer – “Star gazer Show” on PBS and Director of the Miami Planetarium
Lena Horne b. 1917 d. 2010
Actress/Singer – jazz singer starred in movies “Cabin in the Sky” was an activist for civil rights
Gladys Horton b. 1945 d. 2011 (stroke)
R&B Singer – founded and lead singer of the Marvelettes
Johnny Horton b. 1925 d. 1960 (killed by drunk driver)
Singer/actor – Battle of New Orleans
Robert Horton b. 1924 d. 2016 (natural)
Actor – Flint McCullough in “Wagon Train” (1957-1962)
Bob Hoskins b. 1942 d. 2014 (pneumonia due to Parkinson’s disease)
Actor – “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”,”Mona Lisa”
Aaliyah Dana Houghton b. 1979 d. 2001 (plane crash)
R&B singer – “Are You that Somebody?”
John Houseman b. 1902 d. 1988 (spinal cancer)
Actor – Prof. Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr in The Paper Chase
Whitney Houston b. 1963 d. April 11, 2012 (cause, to be announced)
Singer/Actress – movie: “The Bodyguard”, songs: “I Will Always Love You”, “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
Larry Hovis b. 1936 d. September 10, 2003 (cancer)
Actor – Sgt. Andrew Carter on Hogan’s Heroes
Jerome “Curly” Howard b. 1903 d. 1952 (stroke)
Actor – A Stooge
Ken Howard b. 1944 d. 2016 (heart attack)
Actor – Coach Reeves on TV show “White Shadow” & President of SAG-AFTRA
Moe Howard b. 1897 d. 1975 (lung cancer)
Actor – A Stooge
Trevor Howard b. 1916 d. 1988 (bronchitis and influenza)
Actor – Cpt. William Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty
Gordon “Gordie” Howe b. 1920 d. 2016 (dementia)
Hockey 23 time all-star, Detroit Red Wings 25 seasons
Beth Howland b. 1941 d. 2015 (lung cancer)
Actress – Vera Gorman in the TV show “Alice”
L. Ron Hubbard d. 1986
Author – Founder Church of Scientology
David Huddleston b. 1930 d. 2016 (natural)
Actor – Character actor “Santa Claus: The Movie”
Rock Hudson b. 1925 d. 1985 (AIDS)
Actor – Police Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan in McMillan and Wife
Barnard Hughes b. 1915 d. July 11, 2006
Actor – Grandpa in the Lost Boys
Howard Hughes b. 1905 d. 1976
Billionaire nutcase
John Hughes b. 1950 d. 2009 (Heart Attack
Film director, producer and writer – “Pretty in Pink”, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Home Alone and more
Rex Humbard b. 1919 d. 2007
TV Evangelist – Cathedral of Tomorrow
Hubert Horatio Humphrey b. 1911 d. 1978 (cancer)
Vice President of the United States under LBJ
Ross Hunter b. 1920 d. 1996
Producer – Pillow Talk, Flower Drum Song
Chet Huntley b. 1911 d. 1974
Newscaster – Goodnight Chet
John Hurt b. 1940 d. 2017 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – John Merrick in “The Elephant Man” (1980)
Ferlin Husky b. 1925 d. 2011 (congestive heart failure)
Country Muscian – had numerous Top 20 hits including “Wings of a Dove†(1960)
Ruth Hussey b. 1911 d. April 19, 2005 (complications of appendectomy)
Actress – The Philadelphia Story
John Huston b. 1906 d. 1987 (emphysema)
Actor/director – African Queen
Betty Hutton b. 1921 d. March 11, 2007 (colon cancer)
Actress – Greatest Show on Earth and Annie Get Your Gun
Rick Huxley b. 1940 d. 2013 (emphysema)
Musician – bassist for “The Dave Clark Five”
Wilfred Hyde-White b. 1903 d. 1991 (heart failure)
Actor – Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady
Diana Hyland b. 1936 d. 1977 (cancer)
Actress – Dating John Travolta at the time of her death
I
John Ireland 1992 |
Burl Ives 1995 |
Steve Irwin 2006 |
Gwen Ifill b. 1955 d. 2016 (endometrial cancer)
Journalist – “Washington Week” and “PBS NewsHour” on PBS
Marty Ingels b. 1936 d. 2015 (massive stroke)
I’m Dickens He’s Fenster tv show (1962-63)
John Ingle b. 1928 d. 2012 (cancer)
Actor – Edward Quartermaine on “General Hospital” from 1993 – 2004
Jill Ireland b. 1936 d. 1990 (breast cancer)
Actress – Married to David McCallum and then Charles Bronson
John Ireland b. 1914 d. 1992 (leukemia)
Actor – Jed Colby on Rawhide
Steve Irwin b. 1962 d. September 4, 2006 (stringray attack)
Environmentalist – The Croc Hunter
Burl Ives b. 1909 d. 1995 (mouth cancer)
Musician/Actor – Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
J
Janis Joplin 1970 |
Anissa Jones 1976 |
David Janssen 1980 |
Ben Johnson 1996 |
Peter Jennings 2005 |
Lady Bird Johnson 2007 |
Michael Jackson 2009 |
Steve Jobs 2011 |
Davy Jones 2012 |
Kathryn Joostin 2012 |
George Jones 2013 |
Russell Johnson 2014 |
Wolfman Jack b. 1939 d. 1995 (heart attack)
DJ extraordinaire
J.J. Jackson b. 1941 d. March 17, 2004 (heart attack)
L.A. D.J. – first MTV VJ
Mahalia Jackson b. 1912 d. 1972
Singer
Maynard Jackson b. 1938 d. June 23, 2003
Politician – First Black mayor of Atlanta Georgia
Michael Jackson b.1958 d. 2009 (cardiac arrest)
Entertainer – “The King of Pop” was the most influential force in music and culture of his generation
Pervis Jackson b.1938 d. 2008 (cancer)
Singer/ sang bass vocals for the Spinners
Oswald Jacoby b. 1902 d. 1984
Bridge player extraordinaire
Richard Jaeckel b. 1926 d. 1997 (cancer)
Actor – Sergeant Clyde Bowren on the Dirty Dozen
Sam Jaffe b. 1891 d. 1984 (cancer)
Actor – Dr. David Zorba on Ben Casey
Dean Jagger b. 1903 d. 1991 (heart disease)
Actor – Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
Art James b. 1922 d. March 28, 2004
Game show host/announcer – Concentration, Family Feud Challenge
Dennis James b. 1917 d. 1997 (cancer)
Actor, game show host
Etta James b. 1938 d. January 20, 2012 (leukemia & Alzheimer’s disease)
Singer “At Last”, “Dance With Me”
Harry James b. 1916 d. 1983
Musician
Rick James b. 1948 d. August 6, 2004 (heart attack)
Singer – Superfreak
Sonny James b. 1928 d. 2016
Country Music Singer/Songwriter – “Young Love” (1957)
Jimi Jamison b. 1951 d. 2014 (heart attack)
Singer – frontman for Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” and sang the “Baywatch” theme
David Janssen b. 1931 d. 1980 (heart attack)
Actor – The Fugitive
Al Jarreau b. 1940 d. 2017
Jazz Singer – 7 Grammy Awards, “We’re in This Love Together”, “After All”
Gregory B. “Greg” Jarvis b. 1944. d. January 28, 1986
Challenger astronaut
Rick Jason b. 1926 d. 2000 (suicide – self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head)
Actor – Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat!
Leon Jaworski b. 1905 d. 1982
Watergate prosecutor
Aunt Jemima (Rosie Riles) b. 1901 d. 1969
Pancake lady
Richard Jeni b. 1957 d. March 10, 2007 (suicide)
Comedian – HBO special Richard Jeni: Good Catholic Boy
Peter Jennings b. 1938 d. August 7, 2005 (lung cancer)
Journalist – Anchor & chief editor ABC News Tonight
Waylon Jennings b. 1937 d. Ferbruary 13, 2002 (complications of diabetes)
Country music great
George Jessel b. 1898 d. 1981 (heart attack)
Comedian/actor
Michael Jeter b. 1952 d. March 30, 2003 (complications of HIV)
Actor – The Green Mile
Steve Jobs b. 1955 d. October 5, 2011 (pancreatic cancer)
co-founder of Apple Computer invented ipod, itunes, iphone, ipad and more
Ben Johnson b. June 13, 1918. d. April 8, 1996 (heart attack)
Actor – Chisum, Undefeated and many more Westerns
Gail Johnson b. 1942 d. 1999
Actress – Mimi Grosset on Days of Our Lives
John H. Johnson b. 1918 d. August 8, 2005
Publisher – Ebony and Jet magazines
Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson b 1912 d. July 11, 2007
Former First Lady of the United States 1963-1969
Lyndon B. Johnson b. 1908 d. 1973 (heart attack)
36th President of the United States
Russell Johnson b. 1924 d. Jan. 16, 2014 (kidney failure)
Actor – The Professor on “Gilligan’s Island“(1964-1967)
Van Johnson b. 1916 d. 2008 (natural causes)
Actor / many supporting roles for MGM
Anissa Jones b. 1958 d. 1976 (drug overdose)
Actress – Buffy on Family Affair
Brian Jones b. 1942 d. 1969 (drowned)
Rolling Stone
Carolyn Jones b. 1929 d. 1983 (cancer)
Actress – Morticia on the Addams Family
Davy Jones b. 1945 d. 2012 (heart attack)
Singer/Actor “The Monkees” band and tv show
Deacon Jones b. 1938 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Athlete – Pro football player (1961-1974),he coined the term “sack the quarterback”
Dean Jones b. 1931 d. 2015 (Parkinson’s disease)
Actor – several Walt Disney movies incl. “The Love Bug” and both sequels
Dick Jones b.1927 d. 2014 (natural causes)
Actor – Artimer “Artie” Peters, nephew of Buck Peters, in the Hopalong Cassidy film
George Jones b. 1931 d. 2013 (fever and irregular blood pressure)
Musician – known as the greatest C&W singer for the last 5 decades
Louis “Grandpa” Jones b. 1914 d. 1998 (strokes)
Musician – Co-star of Hee Haw
Robert Trent Jones b. 1906 d. 2000
Golf course architect – 300 courses including Spyglass Hill (Pebble Beach)
Kathryn Joostin b. 1939 d. 2012 (lung cancer)
Actress – Dolores Landingham on “West Wing”
Janis Joplin b. 1943 d. 1970 (herion overdose)
Singer – Me and My Bobby McGee
Barbara Jordan b. 1936 d. 1996
U.S. Congresswoman
Jim “Fibber McGee” Jordan b. 1896 d. 1988
Radio personality
Richard Jordan b.1938 d. 1993 (brain tumor)
Actor – Dirk Pitt in Raise the Titanic
Christine Jorgensen, (George William Jorgensen, Jr.) b. 1926 d. 1989 (bladder cancer)
1952 Sex change pioneer
Louis Jourdan b. 1921 d. 2015
Actor – Gigi (1958), Octopussy (1983)
Florence Griffith “FloJo” Joyner b. 1959 d. 1998 (heart attack)
Olympic track star
Raul Julia b. 1940 d. 1994 (stroke/cancer)
Actor – Gomez Addams in the Addams Family movies
Gordon Jump b. 1932 d. September 23, 2003 (heart and respiratory failure)
Actor – Mr. Arthur “Big Guy” Carlson from WKRP; the second Matag repairman
K
Jack Kelly 1992 |
Charles Kuralt 1997 |
DeForest Kelley 1999 |
Bob Keeshan 2004 |
Alan King 2004 |
Coretta Scott King 2006 |
Don Knotts 2006 |
Jack Kemp 2009 |
Edward “Ted” Kennedy 2009 |
Alex Karras 2012 |
Jack Klugman 2012 |
Jane Kean 2013 |
Casey Kasem 2014 |
Richard Kiel 2014 |
B.B. King 2015 |
George Kennedy 2016 |
Madeline Gail Kahn b. 1942 d. 1999 (ovarian cancer)
Actress – Pauline in Cosby
Paul Kantner b. 1941 d. 2016 (complications from a heart attack)
Musician – lead guitarist and co-founder of The Jefferson Airplane and Starship
Robert Kardashian b. 1944 d. October 1, 2003 (cancer of the esophagus)
O.J. Simpson’s best bud and pal
Alex Karras b. 1935 d. 2012 (kidney failure)
Athlete / Actor – Detroit Lions (1958-1970), Mondo in “Blazing Saddles”
Casey Kasem b. 1932 d. 2014 (Lewy body dementia)
Radio Disk Jockey – American Top 40, American Top 20 and American Top 10 (1970-2009)
Andreas Katsulas b. 1946 d. February 13, 2006 (lung cancer)
Actor – GKar on Babylon 5
Andy Kaufman b. 1949 d. 1984 (lung cancer)
Comedian – SNL, Latka Gravas in Taxi
Danny Kaye b. 1913 d. 1987 (hepatitis)
Entertainer – The Danny Kaye Show
Elia Kazan b. 1909 d. September 28, 2003
Director – On the Waterfront, Streetcar Named Desire
Beau Kazer b. 1951 d. 2014
Brock Reynolds on “The Young and the Restless”
Jane Kean b. 1924 d. November 26, 2013
Actress – Trixie Norton in the “The Honeymooners Show” (1966-1970)
Joseph Kearns b. 1907. d. 1962
Actor – Mr Wilson on Dennis the Menace
Howard Keel b. 1919 d. November 7, 2004 (colon cancer)
Actor- Broadway – Kiss Me Kate; TV – Dallas
Ruby Keeler b. 1909 d. 1993 (cancer)
Actress – Married to Al Jolson
Bob Keeshan b. 1927 d. January 23, 2004
Legend – Captain Kangaroo
Carey Estes Kefauver b. 1903 d. 1963
U.S. Senator
Brian Keith b. 1921 d. 1997 (Suicide – after being bedridden with cancer, emphysema)
Actor – Uncle Bill on Family Affair
Helen Keller b. 1880 d. 1968
Woman about whom the movie Miracle Worker was made
Clarence M. Kelley b. 1911 d. 1997
Director, FBI
DeForest Kelley b. 1920 d. 1999 (stomach cancer)
Actor – Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy on Star Trek TOS
Brian Kelly b. 1931 d. February 12, 2005 (pneumonia)
Actor – Porter Ricks on Flipper
Emmett Kelly b. 1898 d. 1979 (heart attack)
Famous clown
Gene Kelly b.1912 d. 1996 (stroke complications)
Actor, Singer,Dancer – American in Paris
Jack Kelly b. 1927 d. 1992 (stroke)
Actor – Brother Bart on Maverick
Lisa Robin Kelly b. 1970 d. 2013 (possible overdose while in substance abuse facility)
Actress – Laurie Forman on “That ’70s Show”
Princess Grace (Kelly) b. 1929 d. 1982 (car crash)
Actress and Princess of Monaco
Jack Kemp b. 1935 d. 2009 (cancer)
Pro football player turned politician, Congressman and Secretary of HUD
Arthur Kennedy b. 1914 d. 1990 (brain tumor)
Actor – Pontius Pilate in Barrabbas
Burt Kennedy b.1922 d. February 15, 2001 (cancer)
Director – The Virginian, Combat, Lawman, Simon and Simon
Douglas Kennedy b. 1915 d. 1973 (cancer)
Actor – Marshal Steve Donovan on Steve Donovan, Western Marshal and Sheriff Fred Madden on The Big Valley
Edward Moore Kennedy b. 1932 d. Aug. 25, 2009 (brain cancer)
9 term US Senator from Mass. referred to as “The Lion of the Senate” younger brother of John and Bobby Kennedy
George Kennedy b. 1925 d. 2016
Actor – Academy Award for “Cool Hand Luke”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy b. May 29, 1917 d. November 22, 1963 (assasinated)
35th President of the United States
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. b. 1960 d. July 16, 1999 (plane crash)
Son of JFK, Publisher of George
Kara Kennedy (Allen) b. 1960 d. Sept. 16, 2011 (heart attack)
oldest child of Edward Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy b. 1925. d. June 6, 1968 (shot)
U.S. Attorney General – brother of JFK
Rose Kennedy b. 1890 d. 1995 (pneumonia)
Mother of JFK
Doris Kenner-Jackson b. 1942 d. February 4, 2000
Singer – A Shirelle
Shell Kelpler b. 1959 d. February 1, 2008
Actress – Amy Vining on General Hospital
Jack Kerouac b. 1922 d. 1969
Writer – On the Road – Beat architect
Deborah Kerr b. 1921 d. October 23, 2007 (Parkinson’s Disease)
Actress – From Here to Eternity and The King and I
Ken Kesey – b. 1935 d. November 10, 2001 (liver cancer)
Author – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Hank Ketchum b. 1920 d. June 1, 2001
cartoonist – Creator of Dennis the Menace
Jack Kevorkian b. 1928 d. 2011 (Kidney & Liver disease)
Pathologist – brought national attention to the “Death with Dignity” agenda
Persis Khambatta b. 1950 d. 1998 (heart attack)
Actress who shaved her head to co-star in Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini b. 1900 d. 1989 (heart failure)
Iranian revolutionary leader
Nikita Khrushchev b. 1894 d. 1971
Soviet Premier
Richard Kiel b. 1939 d. 2014 (complications from a a broken leg)
Actor – played the steel-toothed Jaws in two James Bond movies
Richard Kiley b. 1922 d. 1999 (blood disorder)
Actor/singer – The original Man of La Mancha
Dorothy Kilgallen b. 1913. d. 1965 (drug overdose, possible suicide)
Gossip columinist/celebrity – panelist, What’s My Line
Harmon Killebrew b. 1936 d. 2011
Baseball player – Minnesota Twins “Hammerin’ Harmon” top homerun hitter
Alan King b. 1927 d. May 9, 2004 (lung cancer)
Comedian/Actor
B.B. King b. 1925 d. 2015 (complications of high blood pressure and diabetes)
Blues singer/guitarist – “The King of Blues”
Cammie King b. 1935 d. 2010 (lung cancer)
Child Actress – “Bonnie Blue Butler” in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Coretta Scott King b. 1927 d. January 30, 2006
Widow of Martin Luther King and Civil Rights matriarch
Martin Luther King, Jr. b. 1929 d. 1968 (shot)
Civil Rights Activist
Yolanda King b. 1955 d. May 15, 2007
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s eldest child
Sam Kinison b. 1953 d. 1992 (killed in traffic accident)
Comedian
Bruno Kirby b. 1949 d. August 14, 2006 (leukemia)
Ed Funillo in City Slickers
Durward Kirby b. 1912 d. 2000 (congestive heart failure)
Sidekick – The Garry Moore Show and also Candid Camera
Phyllis Kirk b. 1929 d. October 20, 2006 (post-cerebral aneurysm )
Actress – Nora Charles on The Thin Man
Don Kirshner b. 1934 d. 2011 (heart failure)
Promoter – Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, Carole King, The Archies, The Monkees
Eartha Kitt b.1927 d. 2008 (colon cancer) Entertainer/ Singer/ Actress
best known for singing the song Santa Baby
Richard C. Kleindienst b. 1924 d. February 2, 2000
Nixon’s Attorney General who served for one year during the Watergate scandal
Werner Klemperer b. 1920 d. December 6, 2000 (cancer)
Actor – Colonel Wilhelm Klink on Hogan’s Heroes
Jack Klugman b. 1922 d. December 24, 2012 (throat cancer)
Actor – Oscar Madison in “The Odd Couple” (1970 – ’75), “Quincy, M.E.” (1976 -’83)
Evel Knievel b. 1938 d. November 30, 2007
Legendary motorcycle daredevil
Ted Knight b. 1923 d. 1986 (kidney cancer)
Actor – Ted Baxter in the Mary Tyler Moore Show
Wyatt Knight b. 1955 d. 2011 (cancer then suicide)
Tommy Turner in the Porky’s trilogy
Don Knotts b. 1924 d. February 24, 2006 (pulmonary and respiratory complications)
Actor – Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and landlord Ralph Furley on Three’s Company
Keith Knudsen b. 1948 d. February 8, 2005 (pneumonia)
Musician – Longtime drummer for the Doobie Brothers
Ed Koch b.1924 d. February 01, 2013 (heart failure)
Politician – 3 term Mayor of New York City
Howard W. Koch b. 1916 d. February 16, 2001
Producer/director – Johnny Ringo, Maverick, The Odd Couple
Mary Jo Kopechne b. 1940. d. July 19, 1969
Campaign worker Teddy Kennedy drove off a bridge, whereupon she drowned.
Ernie Kovacs b. 1919 d. 1962 (car crash)
Comedian – Husband of Edie Adams
Stanely Kramer b.1913 d.2001 (pneumonia)
Producer/director – High Noon
Ray Kroc b. 1902 d. 1984
Founder of McDonalds, the franchise
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross b. d. August 24, 2004 (compliations of strokes)
Psychiatrist & author – “On Death and Dying”
Stanley Kubrick b. 1928 d. 1999
Director – 2001, A Space Odyssey
Bowie Kuhn b. 1926 d. March 15, 2007
Former Major League Baseball commissioner
William Kunstler b.1919 d. 1995 (heart failure)
Lawyer/activist
Charles Kuralt b. 1934 d. 1997 (Lupus)
Journalist
Akira Kurosawa b. 1910 d. 1998 (stroke)
Movie Director
Burt Kwouk b. 1930 d. 2016 (cancer)
Actor – Cato in the “Pink Panther” films
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Greg Lake b. 1947 d. 2016 (cancer)
founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer “Lucky Man”
Fernando Lamas b. 1915 d. 1982
Actor – Married to Esther Williams, father of Lorenzo (by Arlene Dahl)
Dorothy Lamour b. 1914 d. 1996 (cardiac arrest)
Actress – Road Shows with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
Burt Lancaster b. 1913 d. 1994 (heart attack)
Actor – Elmer Gantry
Martin Landau b. 1928 d. 2017 (lung cancer)
Actor – “Mission: Impossible” (1966 -1973), “Space: 1999” (1976-’77)
Ann Landers (Esther Pauline Friedman) b. July 4, 1918 d. June 22, 2002 (multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer)
Columnist – dispensed advice to millions
Steve Landesberg b. 1945 d. 2010 (cancer)
Actor – Arthur Dietrich on Barney Miller
Michael Landon b. 1936 d. 1991(cancer)
Actor – Little Joe on Bonanza
Tom Landry b. 1924 d. 2000 (leukemia)
First coach of the Dallas Cowboys
Allan “Rocky” Lane b. 1904. d. 1973
Voice of Mr. Ed
Hope Lange b. 1931 d. December 19, 2003 (intestinal inflammation – ischemic colitis)
Actress – “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”
Jim Lange b. 1932 d. Feb. 25, 2014 (heart attack)
Radio and TV Host – hosted “The Dating Game” (1965-1980)
Frances Langford b. 1914 d. July 11, 2005 (congestive heart failure)
Actress and USO entertainer known as “Sweetheart of the Fighting Fronts,”
Meyer Lansky b. 1902 d. 1983
Gangster they never could convict
Gracie Lantz b. 1903 d. 1992 (spinal cancer)
Voice of Woody Woodpecker, wife of Walter
Walter Lantz b. 1900 d. 1994
Cartoonist – creator of Woody Woodpecker
Ring Lardner Jr. b. 1915 d. October 31, 2000
Screenwriter – One of the blacklisted Hollywood 10
Julius La Rosa b.1930 d. 2016 (natural)
Singer – “Anywhere I Wander” fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air
Jack Larson b. 1928 d. 2015
Actor – Jimmy Olsen on Adventures of Superman (1952-58)
Fred LaRue b. 1929 d. July 24, 2004
Watergate bagman
Lash LaRue b. 1917 d. 1996
Western Actor – often played character by own name or Cheyenne Davis
Estee Lauder b. 1906 d. April 26, 2004 (cardiopulmonary arrest)
Cosmetics pioneer
Tom Laughlin b. 1931 d. Dec. 12, 2013 (complications from pneumonia)
Actor – wrote, co-produced and starred in four “Billy Jack” movies
Stan Laurel b. 1890 d. 1965 (heart attack)
Actor – half of Laurel and Hardy
Ed Lauter b. 1938 d. Oct. 16, 2013
Actor – character actor, “The Magnificent Seven Ride!”, “ER”, “Golden Years”, hundreds more
Harry Lauter b. 1914 d. 1990 (heart failure)
Actor – Ranger Clay Morgan on Tales of the Texas Rangers
Patricia Kennedy Lawford b. 1924 d. September 17, 2006 (pneumonia)
Sister of John F. Kennedy and former wife of Peter Lawford
Peter Lawford b. 1923 d. 1984 (cirrhosis of the liver)
Actor/Rat Pack/brother-in-law of JFK – Ocean’s Eleven
Ken Lay b. 1942 d. July 5, 2006
Fomer CEO of Enron – Convicted of 9 counts of conspiracy and fraud
Timothy Leary b. 1920 d. 1996 (prostate cancer)
Writer and free thinker
Heath Ledger b. 1979 d. January 22, 2008 (Cardiac arrest brought on by prescription drug intoxication)
Actor – A Knight’s Tale and Brokeback Mountain
Alvin Lee b. 1944 s. March 06, 2013 (complications from minor surgery)
Musician – lead guitarist for Ten Years After rock group
Anna Lee b.1913 d. May 14, 2004 (pneumonia)
Actress – Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital
Brandon Lee b. 1965 d. 1993 (Shot by a gun that was supposed to have been cleaned out by a stage hand, but it hadn’t been completely)
Actor – The Crow
Bruce Lee b. 1940 d. 1973 (brain edema)
Actor – Fist of Fury
Christopher Lee b. 1922 d. 2015 (heart failure)
Actor – Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
Curtis Lee b. 1939 d. 2015 (cancer)
Singer – “Pretty Little Angel Eyes”
Gypsy Rose Lee b. 1914 d. 1970 (cancer)
Stripper – subject of play/movie Gypsy
Harper Lee b. 1926 d. 2016
Novelist – Pulitzer Prize for fiction (1961) for novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Peggy Lee b. 1920 d. January 21, 2002 (heart attack)
Singer – Fever
Ernest Lehman b. 1915 d. July 2, 2005
Screenwriter – North by Northwest, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Sound of Music
Jerry Leiber b. 1933 d. August 22, 2011 (heart ailment)
Songwriter – “Jailhouse Rock”, “Hound Dog”
Janet Leigh b. 19.27 d. October 3, 2004 (vasculitis)
Actress – Psycho; mother of Jamie Lee Curtis
Vivien Leigh b. 1913 d. 1967 (tuberculosis)
Actress – Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind
Harvey Lembeck b. 1923 d. 1982 (heart attack)
Actor – The Phil Silvers Show and Ensign O’Toole
Jack Lemmon b. 1925 d. June 27, 2001
Actor – Felix Unger in the Odd Couple movies
Bob Lemon b. 1920 d. 2000
Baseball player – pitcher for Cleveland Indians
Medowlark Lemon b. 1932 d. 2015
Basketball Player – Harlem Globetrotters (1955-1980)
Mark Lenard b. 1924 d. 1996 (cancer)
Actor – Sarek, Spock’s father on Star Trek
Cynthia Lennon b.1939 d. 2015 (cancer)
1st wife of John Lennon of the Beatles, married, 1962 divorced, 1968
John Lennon b. 1940 d. 1980 (shot)
Beatle
Elmore Leonard, Jr b.1924 d. 2013
Novelist – “Get Shorty”, “Mr. Majestyk”, “3:10 to Yuma”
Sheldon Leonard b. 1907 d. 1997
Actor/Producer – Make Room for Daddy, I Spy, The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC
Mervyn LeRoy b. 1900 d. 1987 (Alzheimers disease)
Director – Mister Roberts, Gypsy
Len Lesser b. 1922 d. 2011 (pneumonia from cancer)
Actor – Uncle Leo on Seinfield
Irving R Levine b. 1922 d. 2009 (colon cancer)
Newsman with NBC for over 40 years
Al Lewis b. 1923 d. February 3, 2006
Actor – Grandpa on The Munsters and Officer Leo Schnauzer on Car 54, Where Are You?
Geoffrey Lewis b. 1935 d. 2015 (natural)
Actor – Orville Boggs in “Every Which Way But Loose” and “Any Which Way You Can”
Jerry Lewis b. 1926 d. 2017 (natural)
Comedian/Actor/Humanitarian – “The Bellboy” (1960), Nutty Professor (1963), Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1966-2010)
Judy Lewis b. 1935 d. November 25, 2011 (colon cancer)
Actress – illegitimate daughter of Hollywood stars Loretta Young and Clark Gable
Rick Lewis b. 1934 d. April 19, 2005
Pop singer – The Silhouettes
Shari Lewis b. 1933 d. 1998 (pneumonia/ovarian cancer)
Entertainer – Lamb Chop’s mom
Liberace (Wladziu Valentino) b. 1919 d. 1987 (AIDS)
Pianist and colorful entertainer
Richard Libertini b. 1933 d. 2016 (cancer)
Actor – the Editor in “Fletch” (1985) and two sequels
Corey Lidle b. 1972 d. October 12, 2006 (plane crash)
Pitcher for the New york Yankees
Evelyn Norton Lincoln b. 1909 d. 1995
Personal secretary to JFK
Anne Morrow Lindbergh b. 1907 d. February 7, 2001
Writer – Gift from the Sea, widow of Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh b. 1902 d. 1974
Aviator
Audra Lindley b. 1918 d. 1997 (leukemia)
Actress – Mrs. Roper on Three’s Company
Art Linkletter b. 1912 d. 2010 (natural death)
“House Party” on both Radio and TV, 1944 – 1969 and “People Are Funny, 1954 – 1961
John Lindsay b. 1921 d. December 19, 2000
Mayor of New York City 1966-1974
George Lindsey b. 1928 d. May 6, 2012
Actor – Goober on “Andy Griffith” and “Hee Haw”
Larry Linville b. 1939 d. 2000 (lung cancer)
Actor – Major Frank Burns on MASH
Charles Sonny Liston b. 1932 d. 1970 (drug overdose)
Boxer
Cleavon Little b. 1939 d. 1992 (colon cancer)
Actor – Ron Freeman on True Colors
Desmond Llewelyn b. 1914 d. 1999 (car crash)
Actor – Q in 17 of the James Bond movies
Frederick Loewe b. 1904 d. 1988
Composer – My Fair Lady
Robert Loggia b. 1930 d. 2015 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Actor – “Big”, “An Officer and a Gentleman”, “Scarface”
Vince Lombardi b. 1913 d. 1970 (cancer)
Coach of the Green Bay Packers
Guy Lombardo b. 1902 d. 1977
Orchestra Leader
Julie London b. 1926 d. 2000 (complications of a stroke)
Singer/Actress – nurse Dixie McCall oEmergency, with husband Bobby Troup as neurosurgeon Dr. Joe Early, and ex-husband Jack Webb as producer
Huey Long b. 1904 d. 2009 (natural)
Guitarist – was original member of the Ink Spots
Richard Long b. 1927 d. 1974 (heart failure)
Actor – Jarod Barkley on the Big Valley
Jack Lord b. 1920. d. 1998 (heart failure)
Actor – Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-O. Book ’em Dano!
Marjorie Lord b. 1918 d. 2015 (natural)
Actress – Kathy “Clancy” Williams on “Make Room for Daddy”
Sherman Loudermilk b. 1913 d. April 30, 2005 (complications from Alzheimer’s disease)
Art director;also host of Cowboy Slim on KTLA-TV
Joe “The Brown Bomber” Louis b. 1914 d. 1981(heart attack)
Boxer
Anita Louise b. 1915 d. 1970 (stroke)
Actress – Nell McLaughlin on My Friend Flicka
Linda Lovelace – b. 1949 d. April 22, 2002 (car crash)
Porn star turned anti-porn advocate – Deep Throat
Myrna Loy b. 1905 d. 1993 (complications during surgery)
Actress – Mrs. Blandings in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Susan Luckey b. 1938 d. 2012
Actress – “Carousel” (1956) and Zaneeta Shinn in “The Music Man” (1962)
Allen Ludden b. 1917 d. 1981(cancer)
Host – Password. married to Betty White
Robert Ludlum b. 1927 d. March 12, 2001 (heart attack)
Writer – The Bourne Identity, Holcroft Covenant
Sidney Lumet b. 1924 d. 2011 (Lymphoma)
Director & Producer “12 Angry Men”, “Dog Day Afternoon”, “Network”
Lamar Lundy b. 1935 d. February 24, 2007
Defensive lineman and part of the “Fearsome Foursome” of the L.A. Rams of the ’60s
Ida Lupino b. 1918 d. 1995 (stroke,colon cancer)
Actress/Director – directed episodes of Untouchables, Fugitive, Twilight Zone. Married to Howard Duff
Pierce Lyden b. 1908 d. 1998
Western actor
Frankie Lymon b. 1942 d. 1968 (heroin overdose)
Singer – Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Richard Lynch b. 1940 d. 2012 (heart attack)
Actor – King Cromwell in The Sword and the Sorcerer
Paul Lynde b. 1927 d. 1982 (cardiac arrest due to extreme substance abuse)
Actor/comedian – Center Square on the Hollywood Squares
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Christa McAuliffe 1986 |
Jock Mahoney 1989 |
Walter Matthau 2000 |
Richard Mulligan 2000 |
Eugene McCarthy 2005 |
Tammy Faye Messner 2007 |
Garry Marshall b. 1934 d. 2016 (pneumonia after suffering a stroke)
Writer/Producer/Actor – created “Happy Days”, “Mork & Mindy”, “Laverne & Shirley”
Sir George Martin b. 1926 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Producer for the “Beatles” albums, known as “The Fifth Beatle”
Dean Martin b. 1917 d. 1995 (lung cancer)
Actor/Singer – movie- “Ocean’s 11” hit song – “Everybody Loves Somebody”
Jeanne Martin b. 1927 d. 2016 (cancer)
Model – Orange Bowl Queen (1947), Dean Martin’s 2nd wife
Ricci Martin b. 1954 d. 2016
Entertainer – youngest son of Dean Martin
Joseph Mascolo b. 1929 d. 2016 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Stefano DiMera in “Days of Our Lives”
John McCain b.1936 d. 2018 (brain tumor “glioblastoma”)
War Hero – US Senator (2001-’14), US House (1983-’87), Capt. US Navy ret. (1958-’81) was called a “maverick” in the Senate
Brooke McCarter b. 1963 d. 2015 (rare liver disease)
Actor – Paul in “The Lost Boys” (1987)
Jayne Meadows b. 1919 d. 2015
Actress – “To Tell the Truth” married to Steve Allen
Dale Messick b. 1906 d. April 5, 2005
Cartoonist – Brenda Starr
Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner b.1942 d. July 20, 2007 (cancer)
Fomer wife of TV preacher Jim Bakker
Michu Meszaros b.1939 d. 2016 (complications from a stroke)
Actor / Circus Performer – was the man in the ALF costume (ALF TV Show 1986-1990)
Grace Metalious b. 1924 d. 1964 (liver disease)
Writer – Peyton Place
Lou Meyers b. 1935 d. 2013
Actor – Mr. Gaines on “A Different World” (1987-’93)
George Michael b. 1963 d. 2016 (?)
Singer/Songwriter – #1 hits; “Faith”, “I Want Your Sex”, “Careless Whisper”
James A. Michener b. 1907 d. 1997 (kidney failure)
Writer – Tales of the South Pacific, Space, Hawaii
George Mikan b. 1924 d. June 1, 2005 (diabetes and kidney ailments)
Basketball Center – Minneapolis Lakers
John Milford b. 1929 d. 2000 (melanoma)
Actor – a hundred parts in a hundred shows
Ann Miller b. 1923 d. Jaunary 22, 2004 (lung cancer)
Actress/dancer – On the Town, Easter Parade and Sugar Babies
Arthur Miller b. 1915 d. February 10, 2005 (heart failure)
Playright – Death of a Salesman, Married to Marilyn Monroe 1956-1961
Denny Miller b. 1934 d. 2014 (ALS)
Duke Shannon on Wagon Train
Henry Miller b. 1891 d. 1980 (heart failure)
Writer – Tropic of Cancer
Mitch Miller b. 1911 d. 2010
Singer, Conductor, Musician – “Sing Along with Mitch” TV Show 1961 – 1966
Roger Miller b. 1936 d. 1992 (throat cancer)
Singer – King of the Road, Dang Me, Chug-A-Lug
Donald Mills b. 1915 d. 1999 (pneumonia)
Singer – The Mills Brothers
Harry Mills b. 1913 d. 1982 (pneumonia)
Singer – The Mills Brothers
Sir John Mills b. 1908 d. April 23, 2005
Brisitsh actor – “Ryan’s Daughter”; father of Haley, Juliet and Jonathan Mills
Herbert Mills b. 1912 d. 1989 (pneumonia)
Singer – The Mills Brothers
Martin Milner b.1931 d. 2015 (heart failure)
Actor – Route 66 (1960-64) and Adam-12 (1968-75)
Slobodan Milosevic b. 1942 d. March 11, 2006
Tyrant – Butcher of the Balkans
Sal Mineo b. 1939 d. 1976 (murdered/stabbing)
Actor – Dov Landau in Exodus
Jan Miner b. 1917 d.February 15, 2004 (natural causes)
Actress – Madge the manicurist in the Palmolive ads
Vincente Minnelli b. 1903 d. 1986
Director/producer – Father of Liza Minnelli, husband of Judy Garland
Cameron Mitchell b. 1918 d. 1994 (lung cancer)
Actor – Buck on High Chaparral
Don Mitchell b. 1943 d. 2013
Actor – Mark Sanger on Ironside
Guy Mitchell b. 1925 d. 1999 (complications after surgery)
Singer/actor – Heartaches by the Number
James Mitchell b. 1920 d. 2010 (pulmonary disease)
actor, dancer – portrayed Palmer Cortlandt on “All My Children” also was a ballet dancer
Martha Mitchell b. 1918 d. 1976
Watergate gossip – Wife of Attorney General John Mitchell
Shirley Mitchell b. 1919 d. 2013 (heart failure)
Actress – “I Love Lucy” played Lucy’s friend Marion Strong (last surviving cast member)
Robert Mitchum b. 1917 d. 1997 (emphysema and lung cancer)
Actor – Victor ‘Pug’ Henry in Winds of War
François Mitterrand b. 1916 d. 1996 (prostate cancer)
Twenty-first president of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995
Art Mix b. 1896 d. 1972
Western Actor
Mary Ann Mobley b. 1939 d. 2014 (breast cancer)
Actress / Beauty Queen – Miss America 1959 and tv shows Fantasy Island and Diff’rent Strokes
Arnold Molinaro b. 1919 d. 2015 (infected gallbladder)
Actor – Arnold on Happy Days
John Paul “Jay” Monahan b. 1956 d. 1998 (colon cancer)
NBC legal analyst – Husband of Katie Couric
Eleanor Mondale b. 1960 d. 2011 (brain cancer)
daughter of VP Walter Mondale
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Baker) b. 1926 d. 1962 (suicide?)
Actress – The Misfits
Montie Montana b. 1910 d. 1998 (stroke)
Western actor
Yves Montand b. 1921 d. 1991(heart attack)
Actor – Jean-Marc Clement in Let’s Make Love
Cory Monteith b. 1982 d. 2013 (mixture of drugs and alcohol)
Actor / Singer – Finn Hudson on the tv series “Glee”
Hugo Montenegro b. 1925. d. 1981 (emphysema)
Composer – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Elizabeth Montgomery b. 1933 d. 1995 (cancer)
Actress – Samantha Stephens in Bewitched
George Montgomery b. 1916 d. December 12, 2000
Actor – Matt Rockford in Cimarron City
Ricardo Montalban b. 1920 d. January 14, 2009 (aging)
Actor – Fantasy Island
Keith Moon b. 1946 d. 1978 (drugs)
Musician – The Who
Archie Moore b. 1913 d. 1998(heart failure)
Boxer
Clayton Moore b. 1914 d. 1999 (heart attack)
Actor – The Lone Ranger
Dudley Moore b. 1935 d. March 27, 2002 (pneumonia as a complication of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
Actor – Arthur and 10
Garry Moore b. 1915 d. 1993 (emphysema)
Actor/host – To Tell the Truth, I’ve Got a Secret
Mary Tyler Moore b. 1936 d. 2017 (Diabetes)
Actress – Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966) and Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Show (1970-1977)
Scotty Moore b. 1931 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Guitarist – backed Elvis in early recordings and pioneered new styles
Agnes Moorehead b. 1906 d. 1974 (cancer)
Actress – Endora, Samantha’s mother on Bewitched
Harry Morgan b. 1915 d. December 07, 2011
Actor – Col. Potter on M.A.S.H. & Det. Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967- ’70)
Henry Morgan b. 1915 d. 1994
Actor/panelist – I’ve Got a Secret
Pat Morita b. 1932 d. November 24, 2005 (natural causes)
Actor – Arnold on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid
Greg Morris b. 1934 d. 1996 (cancer)
Actor – Barney Collier on Mission Impossible
Howard Morris b. 1919 d. May 21, 2005 (heart problem)
Actor/director – Ernest T. Tubbs on the Andy Griffith Show
Morris The Cat, I. b. 1968. d. 1978
Cat actor known for 9 Lives commercials
Jim Morrison b. 1943 d. 1971 (drugs)
Musician – The Doors
Barry Morse b. 1918 d. February 2, 2008
Actor – Lt. Philip Gerard on The Fugitive
Anna Karen Morrow b. 1914 d. 2009 (aging)
Actress – portrayed Mrs Chernak on “Peyton Place”
Vic Morrow b. 1929 d. 1982 (Killed by helicopter blade while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie)
Actor – Sergeant Chip Saunders on Combat!
Gary Morton b. 1921 d. 1999 (lung cancer)
Husband of Lucille Ball
Milt Moss b. 1922 d. 2016
Actor – Did Alka-Seltzer commercial (1972) which coined the phrase “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”
Daniel Partick Moynihan b. 1927 d. March 26, 2003 (infection stemming from a ruptured appendix )
U.S. Senator from New York
Mr. Ed b. in the 50s d. 1979
Animal actor – Mr. Ed
Edward Mulhare b. 1923 d. 1997 (lung cancer)
Actor – Capt. Daniel Gregg (the Ghost) in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Richard Mulligan b.1932 d. 2000 (colon cancer)
Actor – Burt Campbell on Soap and Dr. Harry Weston on Empty Nest
Audie Murphy b. 1924 d. 1971(plane crash)
Actor – Most decorated soldier in WWII, including Medal of Honor, starred in Whispering Smith
Brittany Murphy b. 1977 d. 2009 (cardiac arrest??)
Actor and singer – Girl Interrupted, 8 Mile, Sin City also produced an award winning dance song
Danny Murphy b. 1955 d. 2014 (cancer)
Actor – a quadriplegic since he was 19, appeared in several Farrelly Bros. movies incl. “There’s Something About Mary”
Mary Murphy b. 1931 d. 2011 (heart disease)
Actress – “The Wild One” with Marlon Brando, discovered in a diner
Jan Murray b. 1916 d. July 2, 2006
Comic host – Treasure Hunt
Edward R. Murrow b. 1908 d. 1965
Journalist
Stan Musial (“Stan the Man”) b. 1920 d. 2013 (natural)
Athlete – played MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1963)
Edmund Muskie b. 1914 d. 1996 (heart attack)
Vice-Presidential candidate with Hubert Humphrey in 1968
Bess Myerson b. 1924 d. 2014
Model – she was the first Jewish Miss America 1945
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Ozzie Nelson 1975 |
David Niven 1983 |
Pat Nixon 1993 |
Richard Nixon 1994 |
Paul Newman 2008 |
Patricia Neal 2010 |
Leslie Nielsen 2010 |
Ricky Nelson 1985 |
Harriet Nelson 1994 |
David Nelson 2011 |
Ed Nelson 2014 |
Taylor Negron 2015 |
Leonard Nimoy 2015 |
James Noble 2016 |
Noel Neill 2016 |
Jim Nabors 2017 |
Jim Nabors b. 1930 d. 2017
Actor/Singer – Gomer Pyle on TV shows; “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Gomer Pyle USMC”
Noel Neill b. 1920 d. 2016
Actress – Lois Lane in “Adventure of Superman” (1952-58)
Harriet Nelson b. 1909 d. 1994(congestive heart failure)
Actress – Ozzie and Harriett
Ozzie Nelson b. 1907 d. 1975 (cancer)
Actor – Ozzie and Harriett
Ricky Nelson b. 1940 d. 1985 (plane crash)
Actor/singer – Ozzie and Harriett, Hello Mary Lou
Lois Nettleton b. 1927 d. January 18, 2008 (lung cancer)
Actor – Evelyn in Crossing Jordan
Anthony Newley b. 1931 d.1999 (renal cell cancer)
Singer, actor, composer – Stop the World I Want to Get Off
Paul Newman b. 1925 d. Sptember 26, 2008 (lung cancer)
Actor – “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, “Cool Hand Luke”, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
Tommy Newsom – b.1929 d. April 29, 2007 (cancer)
Bandleader called “Mr. Excitement” by Johnny Carson on the “Tonight Show”
Haing S. Ngor b. 1940 d. 1996 (murdered)
Actor – The Killing Fields
Mike Nichols b. 1931 d. 2010 (heart attack)
Director – The Graduate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, married to Diane Sawyer
Leslie Nielsen b. 1926 d. 2010 (pneumonia)
Actor, Airplane and Naked Gun movies
Harry Nilsson b. 1941 d. 1994 (heart attack)
Musician – The Point
Chester W. Nimitz b. 1885 d. 1966
U.S. Naval Admiral
Leonard Nimoy b. 1931 d. 2015 (Pulmonary disease)
Actor – Spock in the original Star Trek series and through the franchise (1966-2013)
David Niven b. 1910 d. 1983 (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Actor – Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days
Pat Nixon b. 1912 d. 1993 (cancer)
Wife of Richard M. Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon b. 1913 d. 1994 (stroke)
37th American President
James Noble b. 1922 d. 2016
Actor – Governor Gatling on “Benson” (1979-1986)
Lloyd Nolan b. 1902 d. 1985
Actor – Dr. Morton Chegley in Julia
Ken Norton b. 1943 d. 2013 (heart failure)
Heavyweight boxer – won the title from Muhammad Ali, (1973)
Rudolf Nureyev b. 1938 d. 1993 (AIDS)
Dancer
Laura Nyro b. 1947 d. 1997 (ovarian cancer)
Musician/composer – Wrote Stoney End, And When I Die,Wedding Bell Blues
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Heather O’Rourke 1988 |
Susan Oliver 1990 |
Jacqueline Onassis 1994 |
Hugh O’Connor 1995 |
Jerry Orbach 2004 |
Peter O’Toole 2013 |
Maureen O’Hara 2015 |
Hugh O’Brien 2016 |
Lani O’Grady 2001 |
Edmond O’Brien b. September 10, 1915. d. 1985 (Alzheimers)
Actor – Frank Bigelow in D.O.A.
Hugh O’Brian b. 1925 d. 2016
Actor – starred in TV series “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” (1955–1961)
Pat O’Brien b. November 11, 1899 d. October 15, 1983 (heart attack)
Actor – Knute Rockne, All American
Carroll O’Connor b. d. June 21, 2001 (heart attack)
Actor – Archie Bunker in “All in the Family”
Donald O’Connor b. 1925 d. Deptember 27, 2003 (heart failure)
Actor/dancer – Singin’ in the Rain, There’s No Business Like Show Business
Hugh O’Connor b. April 7, 1962. d. March 28, 1995 (suicide, shot himself in the head)
Actor – Lonnie Jamison on In the Heat of the Night – adopted son of Carroll O’Connor
Kenneth O’Donnell P. b. 1924. d. 1977
Press Secretery to JFK. After the assassination, he became a depressed alcoholic
Lani O’Grady b. 1954 d. 2001 (multiple drug intoxication)
Actress – Mary Bradford in “Eight Is Enough” 1977-81
Madalyn Murray O’Hair d 1995 (missing presumed dead?)
Atheist activist – Disappeared with son Jon, grandaughter Robin and US$629,500 of American Atheists organization money
Maureen O’Hara b. 1920 d. 2015
Actress – Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Georgia O’Keeffe b. 1887 d. 1986
Artist – American abstract painter
Kate O’Mara b. 1939 d. 2014
Actress – Caress Morell, the sister of Alexis Colby (Joan Collins) in “Dynasty” (1986)
Patrick O’Neal b.1927 d. 1994 (respiratory failure)
Actor
Tip O’Neill d. 1994 b. 1912
Speaker of the U.S. House
Heather O’Rourke b. December 27, 1975 d. February 1, 1988 (intestinal stenosis)
Actress – Poltergeist Girl
Maureen O’Sullivan b. May 17, 191. d. June 23, 1998 (heart attack)
Actress – Mia Farrow’s Mother
Milo O’Shea b. 1926 d. 2013 (natural)
Character Actor – the Judge in 1982 movie “The Verdict”
Warren Oates b. 1928 d. 1982 (heart attack)
Actor
Merle Oberon b. 1911 d. 1979 (stroke)
Actress
Michaela Odone b. 1939 d. 2000 (lung cancer)
Real mother from story in the movie Lorenzo’s Oil. Her son has outlived her
Susan Oliver b.1937 d. 1990 (cancer)
Actress – Vina in the Star Trek pilot, The Cage
Lord Laurence Olivier b. 1907 d. 1989
Actor – former husband of Vivien Leigh
Johnny Olsen b. 1910 d. 1985 (brain hemhorrage)
Game show announcer – Price is Right, Match Game, Concentration
Merlin Olsen b. 1940 d. 2010 (mesothelioma)
Football great for LA Rams, Actor on Little House on the Prairie
Aristotle Onassis b. 1906 d. 1975 (Myesthenia Gravis)
Greek tycoon – Husband of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Christina Onassis b. 1950 d. 1988 (heart attack)
Heiress – Daughter of Aristotle
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis b. 1929 d. 1994 (Non-Hodgkins lymphoma)
Former First Lady and later, editor at Doubleday (see kennedy section on this site)
Robert J. Oppenheimer b. 1904 d. 1967
Nuclear Physicist
Jerry Orbach b. 1935 d. December 28, 2004 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Promises, Promises; Lennie Briscoe in Law and Order
Roy Orbison b. 1936 d. 1988 (heart attack)
Singer
Robert Osborn b. 1932 d. 2017
Film historian – host of Turner Classic Movies and The Movie Channel
Johnny Otis b. 1921 d. January 17, 2012
R&B Singer/Songwriter – “Willie and the Jive Hand”
Peter O’Toole b. 1932 d. December 14, 2013 (long illness)
Actor – T. E. Lawrence in “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962)
Buck Owens b. 1929 d. March 26, 2006
Singer and host of Hee Haw
Gary Owens b. 1934 d. 2015 (complications from diabetes)
Voice Actor – the announcer on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (1968-1973)
Jesse Owens b. 1913. d. 1980 (lung cancer)
Olympic Athlete
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Eva Peron 1952 |
Elvis Presley 1977 |
George Peppard 1994 |
Walter Payton 1999 |
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) 2005 |
Rosa Parks 2005 |
Richard Pryor 2005 |
Jack Palance 2006 |
Tom Poston 2007 |
Luciano Pavoratti 2007 |
Suzanne Pleshette 2008 |
Betty Page 2008 |
Fess Parker 2010 |
Ron Palilla 2012 |
Patti Page 2013 |
Prince 2016 |
Arnie Palmer 2016 |
Bill Paxton 2017 |
Luke Perry 2019 |
Regis Philbon 2020 |
Prince Philip 2021 |
Jack Paar b. 1918 d. January 27, 2004 (long illness after stroke)
Talk show host – Pioneered the Tonight Show
Doris Packer b. 1904 d. 1979
Actress – Mrs. Rayburn on Leave It To Beaver
Bettie Page b.1923 d. 2008 (heart attack)
Model/ famous 1950s pin up girl
Geraldine Page b. 1924 d. 1987 (heart attack)
Actress – Wife of Rip Torn
Joy Page b.1924 d. 2008 (stroke)
Actress/ was the newlywed woman in Casablanca
Patti Page b.1927 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Singer – Top selling female artist of the 1950’s – “Tennessee Waltz” & “(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window”
Alan Pakula b. 1928 d. 1998 (killed when another car struck a metal pipe lying in the road and it flew into the windshield of his car)
Director/producer – To Kill A Mockingbird, Klute and All the President’s Men
Jack Palance b. 1919 d. November 10, 2006
Actor – Curly in City Slickers
Ron Palillo b. 1949 d. August 14, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor – Horshack on “Welcome Back Kotter” (1975 – ’79)
Arnold “Arnie” Palmer b. 1929 d. 2016 (heart related complications)
Golfer – One of the greatest golfers ever, did more to popularize the sport than any other golfer
Robert Palmer b.1949 d. September 26, 2003 (heart attack)
Singer – Addicted to Love, Simply Irresistible
Bruce Paltrow b. 1943 d. October 3, 2002 (throat cancer, pneumonia)
Producer-director of St. Elsewhere; father of Gwyneth Paltrow
Andreas Papandreau b. 1919. d. 1996
First Socialist Prime Minister of Greece
Fess Parker b. 1924 d. 2010 (natural)
Actor – appeared as Davy Crockett in Disney TV series also Daniel Boone
Colonel Tom Parker b. June 28, 1909. d. January 22, 1997 (stroke)
Elvis Presley’s manager
Williard Parker b. 1912 d. 1996 (heart failure)
Actor – Ranger Jace Pearson on Tales of the Texas Rangers
Bert Parks b. 1914 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actor/singer/host
Rosa Parks b. 1913 d. October 24, 2005
“The mother of civil rights” in America
Louella Parsons b. 1880 d. 1972.
Gossip Columnist
Robert Pastorelli b. 1954 d. March 8, 2004 (drug overdose)
Actor – Eldin the painter on Murphy Brown
Joseph “Joe” Paterno b. 1926 d. January 22, 2012
Head Coach Penn State University 1966 – 2011, final win/loss record of 409-136-3 (111 wins were vacated by the NCCA in 2012)
Luana Patten b. 1938. d. 1996 (respiratory failure)
Actress – many Disney films
Floyd Patterson b. 1935 d. May 11, 2006 (Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer)
Heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic Gold medalist
Billy Paul b. 1934 d. 2016 (pancreatic cancer)
Singer – Grammy Award for “Me and Mrs. Jones” (1972)
Les Paul b. 1915 d. August 13, 2009 (complications from pneumonia)
Inventor, muscian and songwriter – credited with inventing the electric guitar
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Dr. Linus Pauling b. 1901 d. 1994
Chemist – only person to win two, unshared Nobel Prizes
Pat Paulsen b. 1927 d. 1997 (complications after surgery, brain and colon cancer)
Comedian and presidential candidate
Luciano Pavoratti b. 1935 d. September 6, 2007 (pancreatic cancer)
Legendary Italian tenor
Bill Paxton b. 1955 d. 2017 (complications from heart surgery)
Actor – “Aliens”, “Predator 2”, “True Lies”, “Apollo 13”, “Twister”
Johnny Paycheck b. 1938 d. 2/19/2003 (emphysema and asthma)
Musician – Take This Job and Shove It
John Payne b. 1912 d. 1989 (heart ailment)
Actor – Vint Bonner on the Restless Gun
Walter “Sweetness” Payton b.1954. d. 1999 (liver disease complicated by cancer)
Running back for Chicago Bears
Dick Peabody b. 1925. d. 1999 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Littlejohn on Combat
Minnie Pearl b. 1912. d. 1996 (cancer)
Country comedian
Drew Pearson b. 1897 d. 1969
Journalist
Lester Bowles Pearson b. 1897 d. 1972
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Gregory Peck b. 1916 d. June 11, 2003 (old age, no ailment)
Oscar winning actor – Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
M. Scott Peck b. 1936 d. September 25, 2005 ( pancreatic and liver duct cancer)
Author – “The Road Less Traveled”
Sam Peckinpah b. 1925 d. 1984 (stroke)
Director – The Wild Bunch
Clara Peller b. 1901 d. 1987
“Where’s the beef?” lady
Elizabeth Peña b. 1959 d. 2014
Actress / Director Rosie Morales-Valenzuela in “La Bamba”
Teddy Pendergrass b. 1950 d. 2010 (colon cancer),
R&B Singer (Turn Off the Lights” and “Love TKO),
Chris Penn b. 1965 d. January 24, 2006
Actor – Reservoir Dogs; brother of Sean Penn
George Peppard b. 1928 d. 1994 (pneumonia)
Actor – Banacek and Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith on the “A-Team”
Frank Perdue b. 1920 d. April 1, 2005
CEO of Perdue Farms – the chicken man
Anthony Perkins b. 1932 d. 1992 (AIDS)
Actor – Norman Bates in Psycho
Carl Perkins b. 1932 Â d. 1998
Musician – Blue Suede Shoes
Marlin Perkins b. 1905 d. 1986
Host of The Wild Kingdom
Eva “Evita” Peron, (Maria Eva Duarte) b. 1919 d. 1952 (cervical cancer)
Argentinian wife of Juan Peron
Juan Peron b. 1895 d. 1974
President of Argentina 1946-1955
Jim Perry b. 1933 d. 2015 (cancer)
TV Host – “$ale of the Century” game show
Luke Perry b. 1966 d. March 03, 2019 (stroke)
played Dylan McKay on the TV series “Beverly Hills, 90210” (1990-2000)
Brock Peters b. 1927 d. August 23, 2005 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird
Ray Peterson b. 1935 d. January 25, 2005 (cancer)
Singer – Tell Laura I Love Her
Roger Peterson b. May 24, 1937. d. February 3, 1959 (plane crash)
Pilot of the plane that crashed killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
Tom Petty b. 1950 d. Oct. 02, 2017 (heat attack)
Singer/Songwriter – Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers: “I Won’t Back Down”, “Free Fallin”, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (2002)
Regis Philbin b.1931 d. July 25, 2020 (natural)
TV personality/singer/actor – Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh b.1921 d. 2021
husband to Queen Elizabeth II for 75 years (1947-2021)
John Phillips b. 1935 d. March 18, 2001 (heart failure)
Singer/songwriter – The Mamas and Papas
Sam Phillips b 1923 d. July 30, 2003 (respiratory failure)
Music promoter – Founder of Sun Records; Man who “discovered” Elvis
River Phoenix b. 1970. d. 1993 (multiple drug intoxication)
Actor
Edith Piaf b. 1915. d. 1963
Singer
Pablo Picasso b. 1881. d. 1973
Artist
Brian Piccolo b. 1943. d. 1970 (cancer)
Football Player – Running back, Chicago Bears, roommate of Gayle Sayers
Nigel Pickering b. 1929 d. 2014
Musician – founder of the 1960s folk-rock group “Spanky and Our Gang”
Mary Pickford b. 1893. d. 1979 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Actress – silent film star
Slim Pickens b. 1919 d. 1983 (brain tumor)
Comic cowboy and bomb-rider in Dr. Strangelove
Bobby “Boris” Pickett b. 1938 d. April 25, 2007 (leukemia)
Singer – Monster Mash
Wilson Pickett b. 1941 d. January 19, 2006 (heart attack)
Soul singer – Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally
Walter Pidgeon b. 1897 d. 1984 (stroke)
Actor – Advise & Consent, Funny Girl
Michael Piller b. 1948 d. November 1, 2005 (cancer)
Writer/prodcer – Star Trek TNG, DS9 and Voyager
Gene Pitney b.1941 d. April 5, 2006
Singer/songwriter – Town Without Pity and Liberty Valance
Dana Plato b. 1964. d. 1999 (drug overdose – suicide?)
Actress – Kimberly Drummond on Different Strokes
Edward Platt b. 1916 d. 1974 (cancer)
Actor – Chief on Get Smart
Donald Pleasence b. 1919. d. 1995.
Actor – Dr. Loomis in the Halloween movies
Suzanne Pleshette – b. 1937 d. January 19, 2008 (lung cancer)
Actress – Bob Newhart Show and Rome Adventure
George Plimpton b. 1927 d. September 26, 2003
Author – The Paper Lion
Jackson Pollock b. 1912. d. 1956 (car crash)
Abstract Expressionist Artist
Sidney Pollock b.1934 d. 2008 (stomach cancer)
Director / The Way We Were, Jeremiah Johnson, Out of Africa
Georges Pompidou b. 1911. d. 1974
19th President of France from 1969 to 1974
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Jon Polito b. 1950 d. 2016 (Multiple myeloma)
Actor – Steve Crosetti on “Homicide: Life on the Street”
Carlo Ponti b. 1912 d. January 10, 2007
Producer of Doctor Zhivago and husband of Sophia Loren
Cole Porter b. June 9, 1891 d. 1964
Composer / Lyricist
Don Porter b. 1912 d. 1997
Actor – Gidget‘s Dad
Emily (Price) Post b. 1872. d. 1960
Etiquette Writer
Tom Poston b. 1921 d. May 1, 2007
Actor – Married to Suzanne Pleshette; Cliff Murdock on The Bob Newhart Show
Ezra (Weston Loomis) Pound b. 1885. d. 1972
Poet/Critic
Dick Powell b. 1904. d. 1963 (cancer)
Actor – Married to Joan Blondell and then to June Allyson
Eleanor Powell b. 1912. d. 1982
Dancer/actress – Married to Glenn Ford
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. b. 1907 d. 1998 (pneumonia)
US Supreme Court Justice
William H. Powell b. 1892. d. 1984 (heart attack – in his sleep!)
Actor
Ben Powers b. 1950 d. 2015
Actor – Thelma’s husband Keith on “Good Times”
Francis Gary Powers b. 1929. d. 1977 (crash of the helicopter he piloted for television station KNBC in Los Angeles)
U-2 Spy Pilot
Otto Preminger b. 1906. d. 1986
Director/producer
Elvis Presley b. January 8, 1935. d. August 16, 1977 (heart attack)
The King
Gladys Love Smith Presley b. April 25, 1912. d. August 14, 1958 (heart failure)
Mother of Elvis Presley
Reg Presley b. 1941 d. Feb. 4, 2013 (lung cancer and strokes)
Singer – The Troggs,biggest hit “Wild Thing”
Vernon Elvis Presley b. April 10, 1916. d. June 26, 1979
Father of Elvis Presley
Vester Presley b. September 11, 1914. d. January 18, 1997.
Uncle of Elvis Presley – Known as “Uncle Vester” to fans
Billy Preston b. 1946 d. June 6, 2006 (heart and kidney disease)
Keyboardist who played with the Beatles and the Stones
Robert Preston b. 1918. d. 1987 (lung cancer)
Actor – Harold Hill in The Music Man
Wayde Preston b. 1929 d. 1992 (colon cancer)
Actor – Christopher Colt on Colt 45
Ray Price b. 1926 d. Dec. 16, 2013 (pancreatic cancer)
C&W Singer – “For the Good Times”, “Night Life”
Vincent Price b. 1911. d. 1993 (lung cancer)
Actor – The Fly
Louis Prima b. 1910. d. 1978
Big Bandleader
Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) b. 1958 d. 2016 (flu like symptoms?)
Musician – flamboyant on stage, seven Grammy Awards “Purple Rain”
Bob Prince b. 1915. d. 1985 (cancer)
Voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Freddie Prinze b. 1954. d. 1977 (suicide by .32 caliber revolver)
Actor – Chico and the Man
Juliet Prowse b. 1936 d. 1996 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress/dancer – Mona McCluskey
William Proxmire b. 1915 d. December 15, 2005
U.S. Senator (1957-1989) known for “Golden Fleece” awards
Richard Pryor b. 1940 d. December 10, 2005 (heart attack)
Comedian, actor – Silver Streak
Kirby Puckett b. 1961 d. March 6, 2006 (stroke)
Baseball Hall of Famer who played for Minnesota Twins
Tito Puente b. 1923 d. 2000 (heart disease)
Bandleader – “The Mambo King”
Melvin Purvis b. 1900. d. 1960
FBI agent that lead the group that gunned down John Dillinger in Chicago
Buford Hayse Pusser b. 1937. d. 1974 (car crash)
Real McNairy County, TN Sheriff, of ‘Walking Tall’ movie fame
Mario Puzo b. 1920 d. 1999 (heart failure)
Writer – The Godfather
Denver Dell Pyle b. 1920 d. December 25, 1997 (lung cancer)
Actor – Uncle Jesse in Dukes of HazzardJack Paar b. 1918 d. January 27, 2004 (long illness after stroke)
Talk show host – Pioneered the Tonight Show
Doris Packer b. 1904 d. 1979
Actress – Mrs. Rayburn on Leave It To Beaver
Bettie Page b.1923 d. 2008 (heart attack)
Model/ famous 1950s pin up girl
Geraldine Page b. 1924 d. 1987 (heart attack)
Actress – Wife of Rip Torn
Joy Page b.1924 d. 2008 (stroke)
Actress/ was the newlywed woman in Casablanca
Patti Page b.1927 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Singer – Top selling female artist of the 1950’s – “Tennessee Waltz” & “(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window”
Alan Pakula b. 1928 d. 1998 (killed when another car struck a metal pipe lying in the road and it flew into the windshield of his car)
Director/producer – To Kill A Mockingbird, Klute and All the President’s Men
Jack Palance b. 1919 d. November 10, 2006
Actor – Curly in City Slickers
Ron Palillo b. 1949 d. August 14, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor – Horshack on “Welcome Back Kotter” (1975 – ’79)
Robert Palmer b.1949 d. September 26, 2003 (heart attack)
Singer – Addicted to Love, Simply Irresistible
Bruce Paltrow b. 1943 d. October 3, 2002 (throat cancer, pneumonia)
Producer-director of St. Elsewhere; father of Gwyneth Paltrow
Andreas Papandreau b. 1919. d. 1996
First Socialist Prime Minister of Greece
Fess Parker b. 1924 d. 2010 (natural)
Actor – appeared as Davy Crockett in Disney TV series also Daniel Boone
Colonel Tom Parker b. June 28, 1909. d. January 22, 1997 (stroke)
Elvis Presley’s manager
Williard Parker b. 1912 d. 1996 (heart failure)
Actor – Ranger Jace Pearson on Tales of the Texas Rangers
Bert Parks b. 1914 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actor/singer/host
Rosa Parks b. 1913 d. October 24, 2005
“The mother of civil rights” in America
Louella Parsons b. 1880 d. 1972.
Gossip Columnist
Robert Pastorelli b. 1954 d. March 8, 2004 (drug overdose)
Actor – Eldin the painter on Murphy Brown
Joseph “Joe” Paterno b. 1926 d. January 22, 2012
Head Coach Penn State University 1966 – 2011, final win/loss record of 409-136-3 (111 wins were vacated by the NCCA in 2012)
Luana Patten b. 1938. d. 1996 (respiratory failure)
Actress – many Disney films
Floyd Patterson b. 1935 d. May 11, 2006 (Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer)
Heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic Gold medalist
Les Paul b. 1915 d. August 13, 2009 (complications from pneumonia)
Inventor, muscian and songwriter – credited with inventing the electric guitar
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Dr. Linus Pauling b. 1901 d. 1994
Chemist – only person to win two, unshared Nobel Prizes
Pat Paulsen b. 1927 d. 1997 (complications after surgery, brain and colon cancer)
Comedian and presidential candidate
Luciano Pavoratti b. 1935 d. September 6, 2007 (pancreatic cancer)
Legendary Italian tenor
Johnny Paycheck b. 1938 d. 2/19/2003 (emphysema and asthma)
Musician – Take This Job and Shove It
John Payne b. 1912 d. 1989 (heart ailment)
Actor – Vint Bonner on the Restless Gun
Walter “Sweetness” Payton b.1954. d. 1999 (liver disease complicated by cancer)
Running back for Chicago Bears
Dick Peabody b. 1925. d. 1999 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Littlejohn on Combat
Minnie Pearl b. 1912. d. 1996 (cancer)
Country comedian
Drew Pearson b. 1897 d. 1969
Journalist
Lester Bowles Pearson b. 1897 d. 1972
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Gregory Peck b. 1916 d. June 11, 2003 (old age, no ailment)
Oscar winning actor – Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
M. Scott Peck b. 1936 d. September 25, 2005 ( pancreatic and liver duct cancer)
Author – “The Road Less Traveled”
Sam Peckinpah b. 1925 d. 1984 (stroke)
Director – The Wild Bunch
Clara Peller b. 1901 d. 1987
“Where’s the beef?” lady
Elizabeth Peña b. 1959 d. 2014
Actress / Director Rosie Morales-Valenzuela in “La Bamba”
Teddy Pendergrass b. 1950 d. 2010 (colon cancer),
R&B Singer (Turn Off the Lights” and “Love TKO),
Chris Penn b. 1965 d. January 24, 2006
Actor – Reservoir Dogs; brother of Sean Penn
George Peppard b. 1928 d. 1994 (pneumonia)
Actor – Banacek and Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith on the “A-Team”
Frank Perdue b. 1920 d. April 1, 2005
CEO of Perdue Farms – the chicken man
Anthony Perkins b. 1932 d. 1992 (AIDS)
Actor – Norman Bates in Psycho
Carl Perkins b. 1932 Â d. 1998
Musician – Blue Suede Shoes
Marlin Perkins b. 1905 d. 1986
Host of The Wild Kingdom
Eva “Evita” Peron, (Maria Eva Duarte) b. 1919 d. 1952 (cervical cancer)
Argentinian wife of Juan Peron
Juan Peron b. 1895 d. 1974
President of Argentina 1946-1955
Brock Peters b. 1927 d. August 23, 2005 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird
Ray Peterson b. 1935 d. January 25, 2005 (cancer)
Singer – Tell Laura I Love Her
Roger Peterson b. May 24, 1937. d. February 3, 1959 (plane crash)
Pilot of the plane that crashed killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
John Phillips b. 1935 d. March 18, 2001 (heart failure)
Singer/songwriter – The Mamas and Papas
Sam Phillips b 1923 d. July 30, 2003 (respiratory failure)
Music promoter – Founder of Sun Records; Man who “discovered” Elvis
River Phoenix b. 1970. d. 1993 (multiple drug intoxication)
Actor
Edith Piaf b. 1915. d. 1963
Singer
Pablo Picasso b. 1881. d. 1973
Artist
Brian Piccolo b. 1943. d. 1970 (cancer)
Football Player – Running back, Chicago Bears, roommate of Gayle Sayers
Nigel Pickering b. 1929 d. 2014
Musician – founder of the 1960s folk-rock group “Spanky and Our Gang”
Mary Pickford b. 1893. d. 1979 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Actress – silent film star
Slim Pickens b. 1919 d. 1983 (brain tumor)
Comic cowboy and bomb-rider in Dr. Strangelove
Bobby “Boris” Pickett b. 1938 d. April 25, 2007 (leukemia)
Singer – Monster Mash
Wilson Pickett b. 1941 d. January 19, 2006 (heart attack)
Soul singer – Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally
Walter Pidgeon b. 1897 d. 1984 (stroke)
Actor – Advise & Consent, Funny Girl
Michael Piller b. 1948 d. November 1, 2005 (cancer)
Writer/prodcer – Star Trek TNG, DS9 and Voyager
Gene Pitney b.1941 d. April 5, 2006
Singer/songwriter – Town Without Pity and Liberty Valance
Dana Plato b. 1964. d. 1999 (drug overdose – suicide?)
Actress – Kimberly Drummond on Different Strokes
Edward Platt b. 1916 d. 1974 (cancer)
Actor – Chief on Get Smart
Donald Pleasence b. 1919. d. 1995.
Actor – Dr. Loomis in the Halloween movies
Suzanne Pleshette – b. 1937 d. January 19, 2008 (lung cancer)
Actress – Bob Newhart Show and Rome Adventure
George Plimpton b. 1927 d. September 26, 2003
Author – The Paper Lion
Jackson Pollock b. 1912. d. 1956 (car crash)
Abstract Expressionist Artist
Sidney Pollock b.1934 d. 2008 (stomach cancer)
Director / The Way We Were, Jeremiah Johnson, Out of Africa
Georges Pompidou b. 1911. d. 1974
19th President of France from 1969 to 1974
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Carlo Ponti b. 1912 d. January 10, 2007
Producer of Doctor Zhivago and husband of Sophia Loren
Cole Porter b. June 9, 1891 d. 1964
Composer / Lyricist
Don Porter b. 1912 d. 1997
Actor – Gidget‘s Dad
Emily (Price) Post b. 1872. d. 1960
Etiquette Writer
Tom Poston b. 1921 d. May 1, 2007
Actor – Married to Suzanne Pleshette; Cliff Murdock on The Bob Newhart Show
Ezra (Weston Loomis) Pound b. 1885. d. 1972
Poet/Critic
Dick Powell b. 1904. d. 1963 (cancer)
Actor – Married to Joan Blondell and then to June Allyson
Eleanor Powell b. 1912. d. 1982
Dancer/actress – Married to Glenn Ford
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. b. 1907 d. 1998 (pneumonia)
US Supreme Court Justice
William H. Powell b. 1892. d. 1984 (heart attack – in his sleep!)
Actor
Ben Powers b. 1950 d. 2015
Actor – Thelma’s husband Keith on “Good Times”
Francis Gary Powers b. 1929. d. 1977 (crash of the helicopter he piloted for television station KNBC in Los Angeles)
U-2 Spy Pilot
Otto Preminger b. 1906. d. 1986
Director/producer
Elvis Presley b. January 8, 1935. d. August 16, 1977 (heart attack)
The King
Gladys Love Smith Presley b. April 25, 1912. d. August 14, 1958 (heart failure)
Mother of Elvis Presley
Reg Presley b. 1941 d. Feb. 4, 2013 (lung cancer and strokes)
Singer – The Troggs,biggest hit “Wild Thing”
Vernon Elvis Presley b. April 10, 1916. d. June 26, 1979
Father of Elvis Presley
Vester Presley b. September 11, 1914. d. January 18, 1997.
Uncle of Elvis Presley – Known as “Uncle Vester” to fans
Billy Preston b. 1946 d. June 6, 2006 (heart and kidney disease)
Keyboardist who played with the Beatles and the Stones
Robert Preston b. 1918. d. 1987 (lung cancer)
Actor – Harold Hill in The Music Man
Wayde Preston b. 1929 d. 1992 (colon cancer)
Actor – Christopher Colt on Colt 45
Ray Price b. 1926 d. Dec. 16, 2013 (pancreatic cancer)
C&W Singer – “For the Good Times”, “Night Life”
Vincent Price b. 1911. d. 1993 (lung cancer)
Actor – The Fly
Louis Prima b. 1910. d. 1978
Big Bandleader
Prince b. 1958 d. 2016 (flu like symptoms?)
Musician – flamboyant on stage, seven Grammy Awards “Purple Rain”
Bob Prince b. 1915. d. 1985 (cancer)
Voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Freddie Prinze b. 1954. d. 1977 (suicide by .32 caliber revolver)
Actor – Chico and the Man
Juliet Prowse b. 1936 d. 1996 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress/dancer – Mona McCluskey
William Proxmire b. 1915 d. December 15, 2005
U.S. Senator (1957-1989) known for “Golden Fleece” awards
Richard Pryor b. 1940 d. December 10, 2005 (heart attack)
Comedian, actor – Silver Streak
Kirby Puckett b. 1961 d. March 6, 2006 (stroke)
Baseball Hall of Famer who played for Minnesota Twins
Tito Puente b. 1923 d. 2000 (heart disease)
Bandleader – “The Mambo King”
Melvin Purvis b. 1900. d. 1960
FBI agent that lead the group that gunned down John Dillinger in Chicago
Buford Hayse Pusser b. 1937. d. 1974 (car crash)
Real McNairy County, TN Sheriff, of ‘Walking Tall’ movie fame
Mario Puzo b. 1920 d. 1999 (heart failure)
Writer – The Godfather
Denver Dell Pyle b. 1920 d. December 25, 1997 (lung cancer)
Actor – Uncle Jesse in Dukes of Hazzard
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Queen Elizabeth 2002 |
Anthony Quinn 2001 |
Francis Quinn 2011 |
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother b. 1900 d. March 30, 2002 (died in her sleep, age 101)
Wife of King George, Mother of Queen Elizabeth
Mae Questel b. September 13, 1908. d. January 4, 1998 (Alzheimer’s Disease)
Actress and cartoon voice – Betty Boop, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea
Anthony Quinn b. 1915 d. June 3, 2001 (Pneumonia and respiratory failure)
Actor – Zorba the Greek
Francis Quinn b. 1963 d. August 08, 2011 (Heart attack)
Actor – “Rhoh” in Platoon, son of Anthony Quinn
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Donna Reed 1977 |
Gilda Radner 1989 |
Harry Reasoner 1991 |
John Russell 1991 |
John Ritter 2003 |
Fred Rogers 2003 |
Tony Randall 2004 |
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President Ronald Reagan 2004 |
Christopher Reeve 2004 |
Prince Rainier III 2005 |
William Rehnquist 2005 |
Lou Rawls 2006 |
Patsy Ramsey 2006 |
Tim Russert 2008 |
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Candace Rich 2008 |
Natasha Richardson 2009 |
Pernell Roberts 2010 |
Lynn Redgrave 2010 |
Jane Russell 2011 |
Cliff Robertson 2011 |
Andy Rooney 2011 |
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Sally Ride 2012 |
Dale Robertson 2013 |
Harold Ramis 2014 |
James Rebhorn 2014 |
Mickey Rooney 2014 |
Joan Rivers 2014 |
Alan Rickman 2016 |
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Nancy Reagan 2016 |
Doris Roberts 2016 |
Debbie Reynolds 2016 |
Don Rickles 2017 |
Sean Rich 2019 |
Little Richard 2020 |
Carl Reiner 2020 |
Eddie Rabbitt b. 1941. d. 1998 (lung cancer)
Singer – Every Which Way But Loose, I Love a Rainy Night
Yitzak Rabin b. 1922 d. 1995 (assassinated)
Israeli Prime Minister
Gilda Radner (Wilder) b. 1946 d. 1989 (ovarian cancer)
Actress/comedian – SNL, married to Gene Wilder
Prince Rainier III b. 1923 d. April 6, 2005 (heart, lung and kidney failure)
Monaco monarch who married Grace Kelly in 1956
John Raitt b. 1917 d. February 20, 2005 (complications from pneumonia)
Musical theatre – Carousel, Oklahoma, Pajama Game; father of Bonnie Raitt
Dack Rambo b. 1941 d. 1994 (AIDS)
Actor – Jeff Sonnet on Guns of Will Sonnett; twin of Dirk
Dirk Rambo b. 1941 d.1967 (fire)
Twin of Dack
Harold Ramis b. 1944 d. Feb. 24, 2014 ( vasculitis)
Actor – Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Russell Ziskey in Stripes
Patsy Ramsey b. 1956 d. June 24, 2006 (ovarian cancer)
Mother of slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey
Ayn Rand b. 1905 d. 1982
Writer/Philosopher – Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged
Sally Rand b. 1903 d. 1979 (heart failure)
Fan dancer, actress
Sue Randall b. 1935. d. 1984
Actress – Miss Landers on Leave It To Beaver
Tony Randall b. 1920 d. May 17, 2004 (complications from a prolonged illness)
Actor – Felix Unger on The Odd Couple
Boots Randolph b. 1927 d. 2007 (brain hemorrhage)
Musician – 1963 saxophone hit “Yakety Sax”
Basil Rathbone b. 1892 d. 1967
Actor – Sherlock Holmes
Thurl Ravenscroft b. 1914 d. May 22, 2005 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Voice of Tony the Tiger
Lou Rawls b. 1935 d. January 6, 2006 (lung cancer)
Singer – Lady Love
Aldo Ray b. 1926 d. 1991
Actor
James Earl Ray b. 1928 d. 1998 (liver failure)
Confessed assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. He quickly recanted his confession
Johnnie Ray b. 1927 d. 1990 (liver failure)
Singer – Cry
Martha Raye b. 1916 d. 1994
Comedian
Gene Rayburn b. 1917. d. 1999 (heart disease) Game show host -The Match Game
Sam Rayburn b. 1882 d. 1961 (cancer)
US Speaker of The House
Maureen Reagan b. 1941 d. August 8, 2001 (cancer)
Activist – daughter of President Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan b. 1921 d. March 6, 2016 (in her sleep)
First Lady of the U.S.(1981-1989) Husband, 40th President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan b. February 6, 1911 d. June 5, 2004 (pneumonia)
President of the United States 1981-1989
Harry Reasoner b. 1923. d. 1991 (heart attack)
Journalist and host of 60 Minutes
James Rebhorn b. 1948 d. 2014 (skin cancer)
Secretary of Defense Albert Nimzicki in “Independence Day”
Otis Redding b. 1941 d. 1967 (plane crash)
Musician – Sittin on the Dock of the Bay
Orville Redenbacher b. 1907 d. 1995
Popcorn Pioneer
Lynn Redgrave b. 1943 d. 2010 (breast cancer)
Actress – Oscar nominated for “Georgey Girl” also did Weight Watchers commercials
Alan Reed b. 1920 d. 1977
Actor – Voice of Fred Flintstone
Donna Reed b. 1921 d. 1986 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress – The Donna Reed Show
Herb Reed b. 1928 d. 2012 (heart disease)
Muscian/ Singer – Founded The Platters (1953) and was last surviving original member
Jerry Reed b. 1937 d. 2008 (emphysema)
Country Musician, Actor/ co-starred in Smokey and the Bandit
Lou Reed b. 1942 d. 2013 (complications from a liver transplant)
Musician – 1960’s group “The Velvet Underground” also solo hit “Walk on the Wild Side”
Oliver Reed b. 1938 d. 1999 (heart attack)
Actor – Bill Sykes in Oliver!
Robert Reed b. 1932 d. 1992 (AIDS)
Actor – Mike Brady in the Brady Bunch
Roger Rees b. 1944 d. 2015 (stomach cancer)
Robin Colcord in Cheers and Lord John Marbury in The West Wing
Harold Henry “Pee Wee” Reese b. 1918 d. 1999 (cancer)
Baseball Player – The Brooklyn Dodgers
Christopher Reeve b. September 25, 1952 d. October 10, 2004 (complications of infection)
Actor/advocate – Superman and advocate for stem cell research
Dana Reeve b. 1961 d. March 6, 2006 (lung cancer)
Widow of actor Christopher Reeve
George Reeves b. 1914 d. 1959 (suicide? – gunshot wound to the head with a 9mm Luger pistol)
Actor – Superman
Steve Reeves b. 1926 d. 2000 (complications from lymphoma)
Actor and Body Builder – Mr. Universe
Donald Regan b. 1919 d. June 10, 2003
Secretary of the Treasury and Chief of Staff under Pres. Ronald Reagan
William Rehnquist b. 1924 d. September 3, 2005 (thyroid cancer)
Associate Justice United States Supreme Court 1972-2005, Chief Justice 1986-2005
Charles Nelson Reilly b. 1931 d. 2007 (pneumonia)
Actor – many game shows, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Hugh Reilly b. 1915 d. 1998 (emphysema)
Actor – Paul Martin on Lassie
Carl Reiner b. 1922 d. 2020
Creator, producer, writer, and actor on “The Dick Van Dyke Show“
Estelle Reiner b.1914 d. 2008 (natural causes)
Actress/ also Mother of Rob and wife to Carl Reiner
Lee Remick, b. 1935 d. 1991 (cancer)
Actress – The Omen
Duncan Renaldo b. 1904 d. 1980 (lung cancer)
Actor – The Cisco Kid
Brad Renfro b. 1982 d. January 15, 2008
Actor – Mark Shay in The Client
Michael Rennie b. 1909 d. 1971
Actor – Klaatu in Day the Earth Stood Still
Janet Reno – b.1938 d. 2016 (Parkinson’s Disease)
Attorney General of the United States 1993-2001 nominated by President Bill Clinton
Oscar de la Renta b. 1932 d. 2014 (cancer)
Fashion Designer – dressed Jacqueline Kennedy, Ann Hathaway, Amy Adams, Sarah Jessica Parker and many more
Judith Resnick b. 1950 d. 1986
Space shuttle Challenger astronaut
Tommy Rettig b. 1941 d. 1996 (heart attack)
Actor – Jeff on Lassie
Paul Revere b. 1939 d. 2014 (cancer)
Musician – front man and organist for Paul Revere and The Raiders
Charles Revson b. 1906 d. 1975
Revlon Founder
Alejandro Rey b. 1930 d. 1987 (cancer)
Actor
Debbie Reynolds b. 1932 d. 2016 (stroke)
Actress – Kathy Selden in “Singin’ in the Rain”, Mother of Carrie Fisher (died the day after her daughter)
Madlyn Rhue b. 1935 d. December 16, 2003 (pneumonia and multiple sclerosis)
Actress – “Bracken’s World” as Marjorie Grant
Mack Rice b. 1933 d. 2016 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Song writer – “Mustang Sally” & “Respect Yourself”
Buddy Rich b. 1917 d. 1987
Drummer
Candace Rich b. 1950 d. May 20, 2008
Writer, author, webmaster, beloved Sister – created FiftiesWeb.com and others
Sean Rich b. 1980 d. June 25, 2019
Fisherman/outdoorsman/beloved Son – jack of all trades, he contributed to the lives of everyone he met
Little Richard b. 1932 d. May 09, 2020 (bone cancer)
Singer/song writer – “Tutti Frutti” (1955), “Long Tall Sally” (1956), rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1986)
Ann Richards b. 1933 d. September 13, 2006 ( esophageal cancer)
Governor of Texas 1991 – 1995
Elliot Richardson b. 1920 d. 1999 (brain hemorrhage)
Attorney General of US who refused to fire Archibald Cox so Nixon fired him
J. P “Big Bopper” Richardson, Jr. b. 1930. d. February 3, 1959 (plane crash)
Singer – Chantilly Lace
Natasha Richardson b. 1963 d. March 18, 2009 (brain damage due to a sking accident)
Tony Award winning Actress – from an acting dynasty family
Sir Ralph David Richardson b. 1902. d. 1983 (stroke)
Actor – Alexander Gromeko in Dr. Zhivago
Eddie Vernon Rickenbacker b. 1890 d. 1973 (heart failure)
America’s “Ace of Aces”
Don Rickles b. 1926 d. 2017 (kidney failure)
Comedian/Actor – comedic style was “King of the insults”, starred in C.P.O. Sharkey (1976-78)
Alan Rickman b. 1946 d. 2016 (cancer)
Hans Gruber in “Die Hard” (1988) and Severus Snape in Harry Potter
Nelson Riddle b. 1921 d. 1985 (cardiac and kidney failure)
Composer and orchestra leader
Sally Ride b. 1951 d. 2012 (pancreatic cancer)
Physicist/Astronaut – 1st woman in space 1983 on Challenger
Bobby Riggs b. 1918 d. 1995 (prostate cancer)
Tennis player – famous match with Billy Jean King
Jack Riley b. 1935 d. 2016 (pneumonia)
Actor – Elliot Carlin on “The Bob Newhart Show”
Michael Ritchie b. 1938 d. April 16, 2001 (complications of prostate cancer)
Director – Fletch, Downhill Racer
John Ritter b. 1948 d. September 11, 2003 (aortic dissection – heart)
Actor – “Three’s Company” – son of Tex Ritter (below)
Tex Ritter b. 1905 d. 1974
Western Actor
Joan Rivers b. 1933 d. Sept. 4, 2014 (complications from throat surgery)
Comedian/Writer/TV Host – best known for her self deprecating humor and celebrity bashing
Phil Rizzuto b. 1917 d. August 13, 2007 (pneumonia)
New York Yankee shortstop and Baseball Hall of Famer
Harold Robbins b. 1916 d. 1997 (heart failure)
Writer – The Carpetbaggers
Jerome Robbins b. 1918 d. 1998 (stroke)
Choreographer – West Side Story
Doris Roberts b. 1925 d. 2016
Actress – Marie Barone on “Everybody Loves Raymond” (1996–2005)
Oral Roberts b. 1918 d. 2009 (natural causes)
Christian Minister, author, televangelist and founder of Oral Roberts University
Pernell Roberts b. 1928 d. 2010 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – portrayed Adam Cartwright on “Bonanza” ’59-’65 and Dr John McIntyre on “Trapper John”
Cliff Robertson b. 1923 d. 2011 (natural)
played young Lt. Jack Kennedy in “PT-109”
Dale Robertson b. 1923 d. 2013 (lung cancer)
Actor – Tales of Wells Fargo (1957-’62), Death Valley Days (1969-’72)
Edward G. Robinson b. 1893 d. 1973 (cancer)
Actor best known for portraying a gangster in numerous roles
Jason Robards b. 1922 d. December 26, 2000 (metastasized lung cancer)
Actor – Dashiell Hammett in Julia
Gail Robbins b. 1931 d. April 12, 2011(colon cancer)
Musician with The Highwaymen, “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” also father to Tim Robbins
Eddie Robinson b. 1919 d. April 3, 2007 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Head football coach for 56 years at Grambling State University
Jackie Robinson b. 1919 d. 1972
Baseball Hall of Famer, 1962
Max Robinson b. 1939 d. 1988 (AIDS)
Journalist – First full-time black evening news anchor, ABC
Sugar Ray Robinson b. 1921 d. 1989
Boxer
Vickie Sue Robinson d. 2000 b. 1955
Singer (disco) – Turn theBeat Around
Alex Rocco b. 1926 d. 2015 (cancer)
Actor – Moe Greene in The Godfather
Laurance Rockefeller b. 1910 d. July 7, 2004 (pulmonary fibrosis)
Billionarie philanthropist
Nelson Rockefeller b. 1908 d. 1979 (heart attack)
US Vice President and Governor of New York
Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller b. 1948 d. July 16, 2006 (blood disorder)
Arkansas politician, billionaire great-grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller
Norman Rockwell b.1894 d. 1978
Artist
Gene Roddenberry b. 1921 d. 1991 (heart attack)
Producer/writer – Star Trek
Peter Rodino b. 1909 d. May 7, 2005
House Judiciary Committee chairman who directed the impeachment investigation of Nixon
Richard Rodgers b. 1902 d. 1979
Composer 1/2 of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Bobby Rogers b. 1940 d. 2013
Singer / songwriter – original member of The Miracles (1956 – ’11)
Fred Rogers b. 1928 d. February 27, 2003 (stomach cancer)
Television’s “Mister Rogers”
Ginger Rogers b. 1911 d. 1995 (diabetic coma)
Dancer/Entertainer
Kenny Rogers b 1938 d. 2020
C&W singer/songwriter/actor – sang with The First Edition – “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” (1969) and solo won a Grammy Award for “The Gambler”
Roy Rogers, (Leonard Franklin Slye) b. 1911 d. 1998 (congestive heart failure)
Cowboy Actor/Singer/Entertainer – “King of Cowboys”
William P. Rogers b. 1909 d. January 2, 2001
Eisnehower’s Attorney General (1957–1961) and Nixon’s Secretary of State
Esther Rolle b. 1920 d. 1998 (diabetes)
Actress – Florida Evans on “Good Times”
Howard Rollins b. 1950 d. 1996 (lymphoma)
Actor – Virgil Tibbs in TV version of In the Heat of The Night
Ruth Roman b. 1923 d. 1999
Actress
Cesar Romero b. 1907 d. 1994
Actor – Joker on TV’s Batman plus many other roles
George Romney b. 1907 d. 1995 (heart attack)
Chairman of American Motors, Governor of Michigan, Secretary of HUD (1969-1972)
Andy Rooney b. 1919 d. 2011 (complications from minor surgery)
Writer – commentary on 60 Minutes news show for 33 years (’78-’11)
Mickey Rooney b. 1920, d. 2014
Actor, performed on stage and in films from 1920 till 2014, Boys Town (1938)
Teddy Rooney b. 1950 d. 2016 (a long illness)
Actor/Musician – son of Mickey Rooney and Martha Vickers
David Rose b. 1909 d. 1990
Composer – “The Stripper” and music of TV themes
Judd Rose b. 1955 d. 2000 (brain cancer)
Journalist
Ethel Rosenberg b. 1915 d. June 19, 1953 (executed)
Convicted Spy
Julius Rosenberg b. 1918 d. June 19, 1953 (executed)
Convicted Spy
Steve Rossi b. 1932 d, June 22, 2014 (cancer)
Singer / Comedian – the straight man half of the comedy duo “Allen & Rossi” with Marty Allen
Judith Rossner b. 1935 d. August 9, 2005
Author – Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Carl T. Rowan b. 1925 d. 2000
Journalist/columnist
Dan Rowan b. 1922 d. 1987 (lymphatic cancer)
Comedian – Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In
Billy Joe Royal b. 1942 d. 2015
Singer – Down in the Boondocks (1965)
Mike Royko b. 1932 d.1997 (brain aneurysm and strokes)
Columnist
Pete Rozelle b. 1926 d. 1996 (brain cancer)
NFL commissioner from 1960-1989
Jerry Rubin b. 1938 d. 1994 (killed while jaywalking)
Activist – One of the Chicago Seven
Jack Ruby b. 1911 d. 1967
Shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Wilma Rudolph b. 1940 d. 1994
Olympic athlete – 3 Golds in 1960 for track and field
Jimmy Ruffin b. 1936 d. 2014
Singer – recorded “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”
Louis Rukeyser b. 1933 d. May 2, 2006 (multiple myeloma)
Journalist – Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser
Janice Rule b.1931 d. October 17, 2003 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Actress – Bell, Book and Candle
Dean Rusk b. 1909 d. 1994
US Secretary of State from 1961-1969 under JFK and LBJ
Jane Russell b. 1921 d. 2011 (respiratory Failure)
Legendary Actress – “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “the Road” movies with Bob Hope
John Russell b. 1921 d. 1991
Actor – Marshal Dan Troop on the Lawman
Leon Russell b. 1942 d. 2016
Musician / Songwriter – “A Song for You”, “Tight Rope” and “This Masquerade”
Nipsey Russell b. 1924 d. October 2, 2005 (cancer)
Poet laureate of television – Hollywood Squares, The $50,000 Pyramid, and Match Game
Rosalind Russell b. 1908 d. 1976 (cancer)
Actress – Auntie Mame
Irene Ryan b.1902 d. 1973 (stroke)
Actress – Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies
Tim Russert b. 1950 d. 2008 (heart attack) Political Commentatory and host of NBC’s Meet the Press
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Rod Serling 1975 |
Anwar Sadat 1981 |
Barbara Stanwyck 1990 |
Frank Sinatra 1998 |
Terri Schiavo 2005 |
Hank Stram 2005 |
Aaron Spelling 2006 |
Anna Nicole Smith 2007 |
Wally Schirra 2007 |
Beverly Sills 2007 |
Tom Snyder 2007 |
Roy Schneider 2008 |
Merl Saunders 2008 |
Ron Silver 2009 |
Eunice Kennedy Shriver 2009 |
Patrick Swayze 2009 |
Soupy Sales 2009 |
Jean Simmons 2010 |
George Steinbrenner 2010 |
Sargent Shriver 2011 |
Elisabeth Sladen 2011 |
Michael Sarrazin 2011 |
Leonard Stone 2011 |
Donna Summer 2012 |
Jean Stapleton 2013 |
Elaine Stritch 2014 |
Stuart Scott 2015 |
Bob Simon 2015 |
Omar Sharif 2015 |
Joe Santos 2016 |
Garry Shandling 2016 |
William Schallert 2016 |
Morley Safer 2016 |
Theresa Saldana 2016 |
Jerry Stiller 2020 |
Robin Sachs b. 1951 d. 2013
Actor – Ethan Rayne on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Anwar Sadat b. 1918 d. 1981 (assassinated)
Egyptian President
Barry Sadler b. 1940 d. 1987
US Army Sgt./composer/singer – Ballad of the Green Berets
Morley Safer b. 1931 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Journalist – CBS News for 52 years (1964-2016), 60 Minutes for 46 years (1970-2016), won 12 Emmy Awards
Carl Sagan b. November 9, 1934. d. December 20, 1996 (bone marrow cancer)
Astronomer/writer – The Cosmos
Craig Sager b. 1951 d. 2016 (acute myeloid leukemia)
Sports Reporter – best known for covering the NBA and for his loud suits
Andrei Sakharov b. 1921 d. 1989 (heart attack)
Nobel Prize wining Russian physicist
Theresa Saldana b. 1954 d. 2016 (pneumonia)
Actress – Rachel Scali on “The Commish” (1991-’96)
Soupy Sales b.1926 d. 2009
Comedian, panelist on What’s My Line? and childrens show Lunch with Soupy
JD Salinger b. 1919 d. 2010 (natural causes)
Author, wrote “Catcher In The Rye” he shunned fame and became a recluse
Pierre Salinger b.1925 d. October 16, 2004 (heart failure)
Press Secretary to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
Jonas Salk – b. 1914 d. 1995
Physician/microbiologist – Developed the polio vaccine
Albert Salmi d. 1990 b. 1928 (murdered his wife and then shot himself)
Actor – many Western parts
Carl Sandburg b. 1878. d. 1967 (heart attack)
Poet/biographer
Harland ‘Colonel’ Sanders b. 1890. d. 1980 (leukemia)
Kentucky Fried Chicken founder – Finger lickin’ good!
Billy Sands b. 1911 d. 1984 (lung cancer)
Actor – Machinist Mate Harrison ‘Tinker’ Bell on McHale’s Navy
Isabel Sanford b. 1917 d. July 9, 2004 (natural causes)
Actress – Louise Jefferson on “The Jeffersons”
Joe Santos b. 1931 d. 2016 (heart attack)
Actor – Lieutenant Dennis Becker on The Rockford Files (1974-1980)
Dick Sargent b. 1933. d. 1994 (cancer)
Actor – He replaced Dick York as Darren on Bewitched
David Sarnoff b. 1891 d. 1971
First to recieve the wireless message from the Titanic. Founded NBC. Was Brig. General in Army in WWII.
Michael Sarrazin b. 1940 d. 2011 (cancer)
Canadian Actor – “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”
Merl Saunders b. 1934 d. 2008 (complications from stroke)
Musician – keyboardist with The Grateful Dead
Randy “MachoMan” Savage b. 1958 d. 2011 (heart attack)
Entertainer / Wrestler – WCW and WWF Champ many times over
Telly Savalas b. 1924 d. 1994 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Kojack
Antonin Scalia b. 1936 d. 2016
Supreme Court Justice 1986-2016(death), appointed by Ronald Reagan
Rebecca Schaeffer b. 1967 d. 1989 (Murdered by stalker, Robert John Bardo, who was sentenced to life in prison. )
Actress – Patti Russell on My Sister Sam
William Schallert b. 1922 d. 2016
Actor – Martin Lane (Patty’s Father) on The Patty Duke Show
Roy Scheider b. 1932 d. February 10, 2008 (multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell)
Actor – Police Chief Brodie in Jaws
Maximilian Schell b.1930 d. Feb. 1, 2014 (pneumonia)
Actor – “Judgment at Nuremberg,”
DrBo Schembechler b. 1929 d. November 17, 2006 (heart failure)
Legendary football coach at University of Michigan
Chris Schenkel b. 1923 d. September 11, 2005 (emphysema)
Sportscaster
Vincent Schiavelli b. 1948 d. December 26, 2005 (lung cancer)
Actor -Subway ghost in “Ghost”
Terri Schiavo b.12/3/1963 d. March 31, 2005
Brain damaged woman whose care and death sparked controversy
Oskar Schindler b. 1908 d. 1974
Saved 1200 Jews during WWII – subject of Spielberg movie
Wally Schirra b. 1923 d. May 3, 2007
Original Mercury 7 astronaut who also flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. b. 1917 d. February 28, 2007 (heart attack)
Historian and Kennedy family confidant
Maria Schneider b.1952 d. 2011 (cancer)
Actress – Jeanne in Last Tango in Paris
William Scholl b. 1921 d. March 15, 2002
Famed for foot comfort!
Marge Schott b. d. March 2, 2004 (lung related problems)
Deposed owner of the Cincinnati Reds
Charles Schulz b. 1922. d. February 12, 2000 (colon cancer)
Creator of Peanuts – His last strip ran Sunday, February 13, 2000
Jack Schwab b. 1904. d. 1980
Owner of Schwab’s Drug Store on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood
General Norman Schwarzkopf b. 1934 d. 2012 (complications of pneumonia)
Soldier – commanded coalition forces in the first Persian Gulf War, “Desert Storm”
Albert Schweitzer b. 1875. d. 1965
German philosopher, physician and humanitarian
Francis R. “Dick” Scobee b. 1939 d. 1986
A Challenger astronaut
Paul Scofield b. 1922 d. March 19, 2008 (leukemia)
Actor – A Man for All Seasons
George C. Scott b. 1927 d. 1999 (ruptured abdominal aortic aneurism)
Actor – Patton
Gordon Scott (Werschkul) b. 1926 d. 2007 (complications from multiple heart surgeries)
Actor – the eleventh Tarzan in the series (1955-1960)
Randolph Scott b. 1898. d. 1987
Western Actor
Stuart Scott b. 1965 d. 2015 (cancer)
Sportscaster – anchor on ESPN’s Sports Center
Tony Scott b. 1944 d. 2012 (suicide)
Movie & TV Director – “Top Gun”, “Days of Thunder”, “A-Team”
William Scranton b. 1917 d. 2013 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Politician – Governor of Pennsylvania (1963 to 1967)and Ambassador to the U.N. (1976)
Angus Scrimm b. 1926 d. 2016
Actor – the Tall Man in “Phantasm” (1979) and four sequels
Earl Scruggs b. 1924 d. 2012 (natural causes)
Banjo Player – “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” (theme to Beverly Hillbillies)
Jean Seberg b. 1938 d. 1979 (barbiturate overdose)
Actress – Lillith, Saint Joan
Pete Seeger b. 1919 d. 2013
Singer / songwriter – folk singer, wrote “If I Had a Hammer”, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Peter Sellers b. 1925. d. 1980 (heart attack)
Actor – Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther
Rod Serling b. 1924. d. 1975 (complications of heart surgery)
Writer/producer – The Twilight Zone
Dr. (Theodore Geisel) Seuss b. 1904 d. 1991
Writer/illustrator
Eric Sevareid b.1912 d. 1992
Journalist
Johnny Seven b. 1926 d. 2010
Actor- Lt. Carl Reese on Ironside (1967-75)
Garry Shandling b. 1949 d. 2016 (heart attack)
Comedian – “Garry Shandling Show” and “The Larry Sanders” Show
Del Shannon b. 1934 d. 1990 (self-inflicted gunshot wound)
Singer – Runaway
Omar Sharif b. 1932 d. 2015 (natural)
Actor – Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Funny Girl (1968)
Ray Sharkey b. 1952 d. 1993 (AIDS)
Actor – Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy
Artie Shaw b. 1910 d. December 30, 2004
Clarinetist and Bandleader
Robert Shaw b. 1927 d. 1978 (heart attack)
Actor – Quint in Jaws
Dick Shawn b. 1929. d. 1987 (heart attack – while onstage)
Comedian
George Beverly Shea, b.1909 d. 2013 (at 104 years old)
Gospel singer and hymn composer – described as “America’s beloved Gospel singer”
Johnny Sheffield, b. 1931 d. 2010 (heart attack)
Actor – Boy in Tarzan movies
Carroll Shelby b. 1922 d. 2012
Automotive designer – Shelby Cobra, Shelby Mustang
Sidney Sheldon b. 1917 d. January 30, 2007 (pneumonia)
Author, producer – The Other Side of Midnight and I Dream of Jeannie
Alan B Shepard, Jr b. 1923 d. 1998 (leukemia)
Astronaut – First American in space, oldest man to walk on the moon (Apollo 14)
Dr. Sam Sheppard b. 1923 d. 1970
Accused of murdering his wife and spent ten years in prison
Tony Sheridan b. 1940 d. 2013 (complications from heart surgery)
Singer / songwriter – recorded several songs singing with the Beatles (1961)
Allan Sherman b. 1924 d. 1973
Musician/comic – Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh
Madeleine Sherwood b. 1922 d. 2016 (in her sleep)
Actress – Reverend Mother Placido in “The Flying Nun” (1967-70)
Roberta Sherwood b. 1913 d. 1999
Singer – “Lazy River”
Willie Shoemaker b. 1931 d. October 12, 2003 (died in his sleep)
Jockey – 8,883 victories are the second-most in thoroughbred racing history
Dinah Shore b. 1916 d. 1994 (cancer)
Actress, host, great lady
Bobby Short b. 1924 d. March 21, 2005
Pianist, for 35 years at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City
Eunice Kennedy Shriver b. 1921 d. August 11, 2009
Philanthropist and champion for the mentally disabled , founded the Special Olympics
Sargent Shriver b. 1915 d. 2011 (Alzheimers disease)
Diplomat and Politician – married to Eunice Kennedy
Hugh Sidey b. 1927 d. November 21, 2005 (heart attack)
Journalist – Covered White House for Time magazine
Joel Siegel b. 1943 d. June 29, 2007 (colon cancer)
Longtime movie critic for “Good Morning America”
Ruth Siems b. 1931 d. November 13, 2005 (heart attack)
Invented Stove Top Stuffing
Simone Signoret b. 1921 d. 1985 (cancer)
Actress – Room at the Top
Karen Silkwood b. 1946. d. 1974 (murdered)
Nuclear Reactor Worker
Beverly Sills b.1929 d. July 2, 2007 (cancer)
Brooklyn-born opera diva
Ron Silver b. 1948 d. March 15, 2009 (esophageal cancer)
Actor & political activist – West Wing
Jay Silverheels b. 1919. d. 1980 (stroke)
Actor – Tonto on The Lone Ranger
Phil Silvers b.1911 d. 1985
Comedian – Sgt. Bilko
Jean Simmons b. 1928 d. 2010 (lung cancer)
Actress – The Robe, Spartacus, Guys and Dolls
Richard Simmons b. 1913 d. January 11, 2003 (Alzheimers)
Actor – Sgt. Preston of the Yukon
Paul Simon b.1928 d. December 9, 2003 (complications of heart surgery)
U.S. Senator from Illinois with signature bow tie
Bob Simon b. 1941 d. 2015 (car accident)
Journalist – television correspondent for CBS News (1969–2015)
Nina Simone b.1933 d. April 21, 2003
Singer – I Loves You Porgy
Nicole Brown Simpson b. 1959 d. 1994
Murdered by ex-husband O.J. Simpson – hey, my site, my opinion
Barbara Sinatra b.1927 d.2017 (natural)
Performer/model – married Frank Sinatra (1976-1998)
Frank Sinatra b. 1915. d. 1998 (heart attack)
Singer/actor – Ol’ Blue Eyes
Frank Sinatra Jr. b. 1944 d. 2016 (heart attack)
Singer- son of Frank Sinatra and a talented singer
Isaac B. Singer b. 1904 d. 1991
Writer – Nobel Prize winner in 1978
Doris Singleton b. 1919 d. 2012
Actress – Carolyn Appleby on “I Love Lucy” (Lucy’s wealthy neighbor)
Penny Singleton b. 1908 d. 2003
Actress – comic strip heroine Blondie Bumstead (1939-1950)
Gene Siskel b. 1946 d. 1999 (complication from brain surgery)
Movie critic
Red Skelton b. 1913. d. 1997 (pneumonia)
Comedian – The Red Skelton Hour
Elisabeth Sladen b. 1946 d. 2011 (cancer)
Actress – Sarah Jane Smith on “Doctor Who”
Donald K. “Deke” Slayton b. 1924 d. 1993 (brain cancer)
One of the “Original Seven” Mercury astronauts
Joni Sledge b. 1957 d. 2017 (unknown)
Singer – with two sisters founded R&B group Sister Sledge “We Are Family”
Percy Sledge b. 1941 d. 2015 (liver cancer)
R&B Singer – “When a Man Loves a Woman”
Karl Slover b. 1918 d. 2011 (heart attack)
munchkin in 1939 production of “Wizard of Oz”
Sen. George Smathers b. 1913 d. January 20, 2007 (stroke)
Former U.S. Senator and confidant to several Presidents
Anna Nicole Smith b. 1967 d. February 8, 2007
Playmate and Reality TV star
Buffalo Bob Smith b. 1917 d. 1998
Actor – Howdy Doody Show
Bubba Smith b. 1945 d. 2011 (acute drug intoxication and heart disease)
Athlete/Actor – NFL defensive end and Hightower in “Police Academy” films
Claydes Charles Smith b. 1948 d. June 20, 2006
Musician – Co-founder and lead guitarist of Kool & the Gang
Harold “Hal” Smith b. 1916. d. 1994 (heart attack)
Actor – Otis, the town drunk on the Andy Griffith Show
Howard K. Smith b. 1914 d. February 15, 2002 (pneumonia, complication of heart disease)
Journalist – one of the “Murrow Boys” and anchor for ABC
Jewel “Sammi” Smith b. 1943 d. February 12, 2005
Country Singer – Help Me Make It Through The Night
John Smith b. 1931 d. 1995 (cirrhosis of the liver)
Actor – Slim Sherman on Laramie
Kate Smith b. 1909 d. 1986 (diabetes)
Singer – The Kate Smith Show
Lane Smith b. 1936 d. June 13, 2005 (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Actor – Perry White in Lois & Clark:The New Adventures of Superman
Merriman Smith b. 1913 d. 1970 (suicide by gunshot)
UPI White House Correspondent – broke the story of JFK’s assassination
Michael John Smith b. 1945. d. January 28, 1986
US Space Shuttle Challenger Pilot
Mike Smith b. 1943 d. 2008 (pneumonia)
Musician/ was lead vocalist for the Dave Clark Five
William French Smith b. 1917 d. 1990
Attorney General of the U.S., 1981-1985
Sam Snead b. 1912 d. May 23, 2002 (complications from stroke)
Golfer – Slammin’ Sammy
Carrie Snodgress b. 1946 d. April 1, 2004 (heart failure)
Actress – Diary of a Mad Housewife, Pale Rider
Hank Snow b. 1914 d. December 20, 1999
Musician – The Singing Ranger
Phoebe Snow b. 1950 d. 2011 (brain hemorrage)
Singer / Songwriter most famous for “Poetry Man” and setting aside her career to care for a sick daughter
Tony Snow b. 1955 d. 2008 (colon cancer)
Reporter/ was White House spokesman/ Press Secretary for the Bush Administration
Tom Snyder b. 1936 d. July 29, 2007 (leukemia)
TV talk host – Tomorrow and Late Late Show
Arlen Specter b. 1930 d. 2012 (non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
Moderate Pennsylvania Senator served 1980-2011
Aaron Spelling b. 1923 d. June 23, 2006 (stroke)
Producer – Mod Squad, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210
Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder d. 1996
Oddsmaker
Jack Soo b. 1917 d. 1979 (cancer)
Actor – Det. Nick Yemana on Barney Miller
Joe South b. 1940 d. Sept. 5, 2012 (heart Failure)
Songwriter – won a Grammy for “Games People Play”
Ted Sorensen b. 1928 d. 2010 (stroke)
White House Counsel, special advisor and speech writer for President Kennedy
Ann Sothern b. 1909 d. March 15, 2001 (heart failure)
Actress – The Ann Sothern Show
John Spencer b. 1946 d. December 16, 2005 (heart attack)
Actor – Leo McGarry on the West Wing
Wendie Jo Sperber b. 1958 d. November 29, 2005 (breast cancer)
Actress – Bosom Buddies, also Back to the Future
Mickey Spillane b. 1918 d. July 17, 2006 (cancer)
Writer – Mike Hammer novels
Dr. Benjamin Spock b. 1903 d. 1998
Pediatrician/writer – Baby and Child Care
Dusty Springfield b. 1939 d. 1999 (breast cancer)
Singer – I Only Want to Be with You, Wishin’ and Hopin’
Robert Stack b. 1919 d. May 15, 2003 (heart failure)
Actor – Elliott Ness in the Untouchables
Lionel Stander b.1908 d. 1994 (lung cancer)
Actor – Max on Hart to Hart
Barbara Stanwyck b. 1907 d. 1990 (congestive heart failure)
Actress – Victoria Barkley on The Big Valley
Jean Stapleton b. 1923 d. May 31, 2013 (natural)
Actress – Edith Bunker on “All in the Family” (1971-1979)
Maureen Stapleton b. 1925 d. March 13, 2006 (chronic pulmonary disease)
Actress – Reds and Interiors
Ray Stark b. 1914 d. January 17, 2004 (heart attack)
Producer – Funny Girl, The Way We Were
Charles Starrett b. 1903 d. 1986 (cancer)
Western actor – Durango Kid
Harold E. Stassen b. 1908 d. March 4, 2001
Ran 9 times for the Republican presidential nomination between 1948 and 1992
James St. Clair b. 1921 March 10, 2001
Tricky Dick’s Watergate lawyer
Bob Steele b. 1907 d. 1988 (heart failure)
Actor – Trooper Duffy on F Troop
Don Steele b. 1936 d. 1997 (lung cancer)
DJ – L.A. “Boss Jock” of the 1960’s
Karen Steele b. 1931 d. 1988 (cancer)
Actress – Virginia in “Marty” and Eve McHuron in the Star Trek episode “Mudd’s Women” – age 56
Rod Steiger – b. 1925 d. July 9, 2002 (pneumonia and kidney failure)
Actor – On the Waterfront, In the Heat of the Night
George Steinbrenner b. 1930 d. July 13, 2010 (heart attack)
Businessman – Flamboyant owner of the NY Yankees, won 7 World Series and 11 Pennants
Max Steiner b. 1888 d. 1971
Composer – Gone With the Wind ,77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Sugarfoot
Casey Stengel b. 1890 d. 1975
Manager of the New York Yankees
Robert Sterling b. 1917 d. May 30, 2006
Actor – ghost George Kerby in Topper
Issac Stern b. 1920 d. September 22, 2001 (heart attack)
Violinist
Leonard Stern b. 1923 d. 2011 (heart failure)
Screenwriter/ Producer/ Director – developed word game “Ad Libs”
Craig Stevens b. 1918 d. 2000 (cancer)
Actor – Peter Gunn
George Stevens b. 1904 d. 1975 (heart attack)
Actor/director – Giant, Diary of Anne Frank, Gunga Din
Inger Stevens b. 1934 d. 1970 (suicide-overdose)
Actress – Katy Holstrum on The Farmer’s Daughter
Adlai Stevenson b. 1900 d. 1965 (heart attack)
Governor of Illinois, Presidential candidate (lost to Ike)
McLean Stevenson b. 1929 d. 1996 (heart attack)
Actor – Lt. Col. Henry Blake on MASH
Jay Stewart b. 1918 d. 1989 (suicide)
Monty Hall’s assistant on Let’s Make a Deal
Jimmy Stewart b. 1908. d. 1997 (pulmonic blood clot)
Actor – It’s a Wonderful Life
John Stewart b.1939 d. 2008 (brain aneurysm)
Muscian/ sang with the Kinston Trio
Potter Stewart b. 1915 d. 1985
US Supreme Court Justice
Jerry Stiller b. 1927 d. 2020 (natural)
Ben Stiller’s Father,played Frank, George Costanza’s father on TV show “Seinfeld”
Retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale b. 1923 d. July 5, 2005 (Alzheimers)
Medal of Honor recipient and Ross Perot’s running mate for president in 1992
Leonard Stone b. 1923 d. November 02, 2011
Actor – Judge Hanson on “L.A. Law” and the father in “Willy Wonka”
Milburn Stone b. 1904 d. 1980 (heart attack)
Actor – Dr. Galen ‘Doc’ Adams on Gunsmoke
Gale Storm b. 1922 d. 2009 (aging)
Actress – TV series My Little Marjie and Gale Storm Show
Beatrice Straight b. 1914 d. April 7, 2001
Actress – Network and the Mother on Wonder Woman
Hank Stram b. 1923 d. July 4, 2005 (complications of diabetes)
Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and Pro Football Hall of Famer
Glenn Strange b. 1899 d. 1973
Actor – Sam the bartender on Gunsmoke
Lee Strasberg b. 1901 d. 1982
Actor/teacher – Actor’s Studio famed for “method acting”
Susan Strasberg b. 1938 d. 1999 (breast cancer)
Actress – Daughter of Lee, friend of Marilyn Monroe
Marica Strassman b. 1948 d. Oct. 25, 2014 (breast cancer)
Actress – Julie Kotter in “Welcome Back, Kotter”
Dorothy Stratten b. 1960 d. 1980 (murdered by husband)
Playboy Model
Richard Street b. 1942 d. 2013 (pulmonary embolism)
Singer – member of The Temptations (1971 – ’93)
David Strickland b. 1969 d. 1999 (suicide)
Actor – Todd Stites on Suddenly Susan
Elaine Stritch b. 1925 d. 2014 (natural causes)
Actress / singer – primarily a stage actrees also Jack Donaghy’s mother, Colleen, on NBC’s 30 Rock
Levi Stubbs b. 1936 d. 2008 (cancer)
he was the front man for the very popular 50’s group The Four Tops
Barry Sullivan b.1912 d. 1994 (respiratory ailment)
Actor – Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett on The Tall Man
Ed Sullivan b. 1901 d. 1974
Entertainer – The Ed Sullivan Show
Donna Summer b. 1948 d. 2012 (lung cancer)
Singer/Songwriter – many disco hits “Last Dance”, “Bad Girls”
Pat Summerall b. 1930 d. 2013 (cardiac arrest following hip surgery)
Athlete / Broadcaster – “the voice of the NFL” did commentary for CBS & Fox
Pat Summitt b. 1952 d. 2016 (Alzheimer’s disease)
NCAA Basketball Coach – University of Tennessee Woman’s team (1974 – 2012) the winningest NCAA coach ever
JD Sumner b. 1924. d. 1998
Singer – backed up Elvis – JD Sumner and the Stamps
Carol Ann Susi b. 1952 d. 2014 (cancer)
Actress- voice of Mrs. Wolowitz on “Big Bang Theory”
Bob Suter b. 1957 d. 2014 (heart attack)
Athlete – member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team
Frank Sutton b. 1922 d. 1974
Actor – Sgt. Vincent Carter on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gloria Swanson b. 1899 d. 1983
Actress – Sunset Boulevard
John Cameron Swayze b. 1906 d. 1995
Journalist/Timex ads – Just this once, it took a licking but…
Patrick Swayze b. 1952 d. 2009 (pancreatic cancer)
actor/dancer, movies include Ghost, Road House, Dirty Dancing
Patsy Swayze b. 1927 d. 2013 (stroke)
Dancer / Choreographer – Mother of Patrick Swayze
Sawyer Sweeten b. 1995 d. 2015 (self inflicted gunshot)
Actor – one of two twins sons on “Everyone Loves Raymond”
Jack Swigert b. 1931 d. 1982 (cancer)
Command module pilot of Apollo 13 – Said, “Houston, we have a problem”
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William Talman b. 1915. d. 1968 (lung cancer)
Actor – District Attorney Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason
Paul Tanner b. 1917 d. 2013 (pneumonia)
Musician – Trombonist with The Glen Miller Band
Herman Tarnower b. 1910 d. 1980 (shot)
“Scarsdale Diet” doctor who was murdered by a jilted lover, Jean Harris
Brandon Tartikoff b. 1949. d. 1997 (Hodgkin’s disease)
NBC Executive
Sharon Tate b.1943 d. 1969 (murdered by members of the Manson Family)
Actress – Jennifer North in movie “Valley of the Dolls”
Vic Tayback b. 1930. d. 1990 (heart failure)
Actor – Mel on Alice
Clarice Taylor b. 1917 d. 2011 (congestive heart failure)
Actress – Anna Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”
Elizabeth Taylor b. 1932 d. March 23, 2011
Actress- many Oscars, many famous films some include: National Velvet (1944), Giant (1956),
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1956) Cleopatra (1960), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966)
Jackie Lynn Taylor b. 1925 d. 2014 (Alzheimer’s)
Actress – as a child was in “Our Gang” (1934-’35)
Kent Taylor b. 1907 d. 1987 (complications from a heart operation)
Actor – Boston Blackie and Capt. Jim Flagg on Rough Riders
Koko Taylor b. 1928 d. 2009 (complications from surgery)
Singer – known as the “Queen of the Blues”
Meshach Taylor b. 1947 d. June 28, 2014
Actor – Anthony Bouvier on Designing Women (1986-1993)
Robert Taylor b. 1911 d. 1969 (lung cancer)
Actor
Rod Taylor b. 1930 d. 2015 (heart attack)
Actor – “The Time Machine”, “The Birds”
Sean Taylor b. 1984 d. November 27, 2008 (homicide)
Safety for the Washington Redskins, and before, the Miami Hurricanes
Walter “Dub” Taylor b. 1907. d. 1994 (congestive heart failure)
Western Actor
Shirley Temple (Black) b. 1928 d. Feb. 10, 2014
Actress – 1934 film “Bright Eyes” with the song “On the Good Ship Lollipop”
Margaret Thatcher b. 1925 d. April 8, 2013 (stroke)
Politician – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 – 1990) “The Iron Lady”
Phyllis Thaxter b. 1919 d. August 14, 2012 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Actress – Ma Kent in “Superman” Movie (1978)
Alan Thicke b. 1947 d. 2016 (heart attack)
Actor – Jason Seaver, the father on “Growing Pains” (1985-’92)
Lynne Thigpen b.1948 d. March 12, 2003
Actress – Ella Farmer on the District
Mel Tillis b.1932 d. 2017
C&W Singer/Songwriter – “I Ain’t Never”, “Good Woman Blues”; CMA Entertainer of the Year 1976
Fred Thompson b. 1942 d. 2015 (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma)
Actor / Politician – Senator from Tenn. (1994-2003) and was a DA on Law & Order
Danny Thomas d. 1914 d. 1991 (heart attack)
Actor/singer – Make Room for Daddy
Dave Thomas b. 1932 d. January 8, 2002 (liver cancer)
Wendy’s founder
Helen Thomas b. 1920 d. July 20, 2013
Journalist – United Press International (UPI) for 57 years and White House corespondent
Jay Thomas b. 1948 d. 2017 (cancer)
Actor – Remo DaVinci on “Mork & Mindy” (1979–’81), Eddie LeBec on “Cheers” (1987–’89)
Michelle Thomas b. 1969 d. 1998 (stomach cancer)
Actress – Myra Monkhouse on Family Matters
Hunter S. Thompson b. 1937 d. February 20, 2005 (self-inflicted gunshot wound)
Author – “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; coined term “gonzo journalism”
Sada Thompson b. 1927 d. 2011 (lung disease)
Actress – Kate Lawrence on “Family”
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton b. 1926 d. 1984
Musician – ‘Hound Dog and Ball and Chain were her songs first
Strom Thurmond b. 1902 d. June 26, 2003
U.S. Senator from South Carolina who served 8 terms, for 47 years and five months
Gen. Paul Tibbets b. 1915 d. November 1, 2007
Pilot of the Enola Gay which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
Gene (Lee) Tierney b. 1920 d. 1991(emphysema)
Actress – Laura in the movie Laura
Pat Tillman b. 1977 d. April 22, 2004 (killed in Afghanistan in war)
NFL star (Arizona Cardinals), Hero and Patriot
Tiny (Herbert Khaury) Tim b. 1932 d. 1996 (cardiac arrest)
Singer – Tip Toe Thru the Tulips With Me
Grant Tinker b.1925 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Television executive – Chairman and CEO of NBC (1981-’86) married to Mary Tyler Moore (1962-’81)
Josip Broz (Josef) Tito b. 1892 d. 1980 (complications of surgery to amputate his leg)
Leader of Yugoslavia, 1945-1980
George Tobias b. 1901 d. 1980
Actor – Abner Kravits on Bewitched
Dqan Toler b. 1948 d. 2013 (ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
Musician – guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band
Clyde Tolson d. 1975
Best Friend for Life of J. Edgar Hoover
Mel Torme b. 1925 d. 1999 (stroke)
Singer – “The Velvet Fog”
John Tower b.1925 d. 1991 (plane crash)
US Senator from Texas
Mary Ellen Trainor b. 1950 d. 2015 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress – Dr. Stephanie Woods in all 4 Lethal Weapon movies
Maria Franziska von Trapp b. 1914 d. 2014 (natural)
Singer – last of “The Sound of Music” siblings, portrayed as “Louisa”
Mary Allin Travers b. 1936 d. 2009 (leukemia)
Singer / songwriter with the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary
Jet Travolta b. 1992 d. 2009 (seizure)
Son of John Travolta & Kelly Preston
Jay Traynor b. 1943 d. 2014 (liver cancer)
Singer – Jay of Jay and the Americans, “She Cried”
Trigger b. 1932 d. 1965
Roy Rogers‘ horse – yes, Roy had him stuffed.
Bobby Troup b. 1918 d. 1999 (heart attack)
Singer/songwriter/actor – Wrote theme for Route 66, played Dr. Joe Early on Emergency
Pierre Elliot Trudeau b. 1919 d. 2000 (prostate cancer)
15th Prime Minister of Canada
Harry S. Truman b. 1884 d. 1972
33rd President of the U.S.
Tom Tryon b. 1926 d. 1991 (cancer)
Writer/actor – J.D. Slaughter in Texas John Slaughter
Mao (Zedong) Tse-Tung b. 1893 d. 1976
Chinese Leader
Paul Tsongas b. 1941 d. 1997
US Senator from Massachusetts
Forrest Tucker b. 1919. d. 1986 (cancer)
Actor – Sgt. Morgan O’Rourke on F-Troup
Big Joe Turner b. 1911 d. 1985
Musician – “Boss of the Blues”
Ike Turner b. 1931 d. December 12, 2007
Controversial Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Tina Turner’s ex-husband
Lana Turner b. 1921 d. 1995 (throat cancer)
Actress
Conway Twitty b. 1933 d. 1993 (complications of surgery)
Musician
Ginny Tyler b. 1925 d. 2012
Animal Voice Actress – Head Mouseketeer (1963)
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“Johnny Unitas b. 1933 d. September 11, 2002 (heart attack)
Quarterback – Baltimore Colts (1956-72); San Diego Chargers, (1973)
John Updike b. 1932 d. January 9, 2009 (lung cancer)
Novelist, poet, reviewer – won 2 Pulitzer Prizes for his Rabbit series
Robert Urich b. 1946 d. April 16, 2002 (synovial cell sarcoma – cancer)
Actor – Spenser: For Hire
Leon Uris b. 1924 d. June 21, 2003
Writer – Exodus
Peter Ustinov b.1921 d. March 28, 2004 (heart failure)
Actor – Spartacus, Topkapi
Garrick Utley b. 1939 d. Feb. 20, 2014 (prostate cancer)
Journalist – worked for NBC for 30 years anchoring the weekend news
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Ritchie Valens 1959 |
Vivian Vance 1979 |
Herve Villechaize 1993 |
Gianni Versace 1997 |
Luther Vandross 2005 |
Dick Van Patten 2015 |
Abe Vigoda 2016 |
Robert Vaughn 2016 |
Bobby Vee 2016 |
Roger Vadim b. 1928 d. 2000 (cancer)
Director – Barbarella, married Bridget Bardot and Jane Fonda
Jerry Vale b. 1932 d. 2014 (natural)
Singer / Actor – his version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” was a favorite at sporting events
Michael Vale b. 1922 d. December 24, 2005 (diabetes)
Actor – Dunkin’ Donuts ad man – “Time to make the doughnuts”
Ritchie Valens (Valenzuela) b. May 13, 1941. d. February 3, 1959 (plane crash)
Singer – Come On Let’s Go, La Bamba
Jack Valenti b. 1921 d. April 26, 2007 (complications of a stroke)
Former White House aide and long time president of the Motion Picture Association of America
Rudy Vallee b. 1901 d. 1986
Singer/bandleader
Bobby Van b. 1928. d. 1980 (brain tumor)
Actor/host – Tattletales, Showoffs
Lee Van Cleef b. 1925. d. 1989 (heart attack)
Actor – Angel Eyes Sentenza in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
James “Jimmy” Van Heusen b. 1913 d. 1990
Composer – Themes for Hazel, Ocean’s Eleven and many more
Dick Van Patten b. 1928 d. 2015 (complications from diabetes)
Actor – Tom Bradford on “Eight is Enough”
Vivian Vance b. 1909 d. 1979 (cancer)
Actress – Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy
Jean Vander Pyl b. 1919 d. 1999 (lung cancer)
Actress – Voice of Wilma Flintstone
Luther Vandross b. 1951 d. July 1, 2005 (complications of stroke)
R&B singer – “Never Too Much”James ”
Jim” Varney b. 1949 d. 2000 (lung cancer)
Actor – Ernest in all the Ernest Goes To… movies
Sarah Vaughan b. 1924 d. 1990 (lung cancer)
Singer
Stevie Ray Vaughan b. 1954 d. 1990 (helicopter crash)
Musician
Robert Vaughn b.1932 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Actor – Napoleon Solo in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-’68)
Bobby Vee (Velline) b. 1943 d. 2016 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Singer – “Take Good Care of My Baby”, “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes”
Gwen Verdon b. 1925 d.2000
Actress/dancer – 4 time Tony winner and wife to Bob Fosse
John Vernon b. 1932 d. February 1, 2005 (complications of heart surgery)
Actor – Dean Wormer in Animal House
Gianni Versace b. 1946 d. July 15, 1997 (murdered)
Fashion designer
Yvette Vickers b. 1928 d. unknown date 2010 (heart failure)
Actress – “Attack of the 50 Woman” found alone in her home after 1 year of death
Gore Vidal b. 1925 d. July 31, 2012 (pneumonia)
Author/ Playwright/ Activist – wrote “Myra Breckenridge”
Abe Vigoda b. 1921 d. 2016 (natural)
Actor – Salvatore Tessio in “The Godfather” (1972) Fish in Barney Miller
Herve “Tattoo” Villechaize b. 1943 d. 1993 (suicide – self-inflicted gunshot wound)
Actor – Tattoo on Fantasy Island
Gene Vincent b. 1935 d. 1971 (bleeding ulcer)
Singer – Be Bop a Lula
Joe Viterelli b. 1937 d. January 28, 2004 (stomach hemorrhage after heart surgery)
Actor – Jelly in Analyze This and Analyze That
Werner Von Braun b. 1912. d. 1977 (cancer)
Rocket scientist
Maria Von Trapp b. 1905 d. 1987
The real Sound of Music woman
Kurt Vonnegut b. 1922 d. April 11, 2007 (brain injury after a fall)
Author – Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle
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John Wayne 1979 |
Natalie Wood 1981 |
Guy Williams 1989 |
Terry Wilson 1999 |
Paul Winfield 2004 |
Gen. William Westmoreland 2005 |
Shelley Winters 2006 |
Dennis Weaver 2006 |
Jane Wyatt 2006 |
Jim Walsh 2007 |
Jane Wyman 2007 |
Dick Wilson (Mr. Whipple) 2007 |
Jerry Wallace 2008 |
James Whitmore 2009 |
Joseph Wiseman 2009 |
Helen Wagner 2010 |
Margaret Whiting 2011 |
Dana Wynter 2011 |
Amy Winehouse 2011 |
Mike Wallace 2012 |
William Windom 2012 |
Andy Williams 2012 |
Ned Wertimer 2013 |
Jonathan Winters 2013 |
Esther Williams 2013 |
Marcia Wallace 2013 |
Paul Walker 2013 |
Ralph Waite 2014 |
Eli Wallach 2014 |
Robin Williams 2014 |
Gene Wilder 2016 |
Van Williams 2016 |
Henry M. Wade b. 1914 d. March 1, 2001
Dallas Prosecutor – in the Roe v. Wade case
Porter Wagoner b. 1927 d. October 28, 2007 (lung cancer)
Country Singer and Grand Ole Opry star
Helen Wagner b. 1916 d. 2010 (cancer)
Actress – Nancy Hughes-McClosky on “As the World Turns” from 1956 until 2010 (50 Years)
Ralph Waite b. 1928 d. Feb. 13, 2014
Actor – John Walton, Sr. on “The Waltons” and Jackson Gibbs on “NCIS”
Jimmy Wakely b. 1914 d. 1982 (heart failure)
Country singer/actor
Jersey Joe Walcott b. 1914 d. 1994
Boxer – Heavyweight Champion
Nancy Walker b. 1921 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actress – Ida on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, Bounty paper towel spokeswoman
Paul Walker b. 1973 d. 2013 (car crash)
Actor – Brian O’Conner in “The Fast and the Furious” films
George C Wallace b. 1919 d. 1998 (heart failure)
Governor of Alabama, Presidential candidate in 1968,1972 and 1976
Irving Wallace b. 1916 d. 1990 (pancreatic cancer)
Writer – The Prize, the Chapman Report and others
Jerry Wallace b.1928 d. 2008 (heart disease)
Muscian, 1950’s country & western star
Lurleen B. Wallace b. 1926 d. 1968
Alabama Governor – Wife of George C. Wallace
Marcia Wallace b. 1942 d. 2013 (complications from breast cancer)
Actress – Receptionist Carol Kester on “Bob Newhart Show“(1972 – 1978)
Myron Leon “Mike” Wallace b. 1918 d. 2012
correspondent for “60 Minutes” news show (1968 – 2008)
Eli Wallach b. 1915 d. 2014 (natural)
Actor – Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Karl Wallenda b.1905 d. 1978 (fell!)
High wire circus performer
Eddy Waller b. 1889 d. 1977 (stroke)
Western Actor
Deborah Walley b. 1943 d. May 10, 2001 (esophageal cancer)
Actress – Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Wallis (Simpson), Duchess of Windsor b. 1896 d. 1986
King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne for her
J. T Walsh b. 1943 d. 1998 (heart attack)
Actor – John Ehrlichman in Nixon
Bill Walsh b. 1931 d. July 31, 2007 (leukemia)
Legendary coach of the San Francisco 49ers
Ray Walston b. 1914 d. January 1, 2001 (lupus)
Actor – My Favorite Martian and Judge Henry Bone on Picket Fences
John Walton b. 1947 d. June 27, 2005 (plane crash)
Wal-Mart heir, Sam Walton’s son
Sam Wanamaker b. 1919 d. 1993 (cancer)
Actor/director
Andy Warhol b. 1928 d. 1987 (complications of surgery)
Artist
Jack Warden b. 1920 d. July 19, 2006 (heart and kidney failure)
Actor – Crazy Like a Fox and Heaven Can Wait
Jack Warner b. 1892 d. 1978 (pulmonary edema)
Warner Brothers President
Earl Warren b. 1891 d. 1974
Chief Justice, US Supreme Court 1953-1969
Fran Warren b. 1926 d. 2013
Singer – biggest hit, “A Sunday Kind Of Love”
Robert Penn Warren b. 1905 d. 1989
Writer – All the King’s Men
Ruth Warrick b. 1915 d. January 15, 2005 (complications from pneumonia)
Actress – Phoebe Wallingford on All My Children
Harold Washington b. 1922 d. 1987
First Black Mayor of Chicago
Ethel Waters b. 1896 d. 1977 (heart disease)
Actress – Beulah
Muddy Waters b. 1915 d. 1983
Musician – I Got My Mojo Working
Thomas Watson, Jr. b. 1914 d. 1993
Made IBM B-I-G
Bernie Wayne b. 1919 d. 1993
Songwriter – Miss America theme and Blue Velvet
John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison) b. 1907 d. 1979 (lung and stomach cancer)
Actor – The Duke
David Wayne b. 1914 d. 1995 (lung cancer)
Actor – Dr. Amos Wetherby on House Calls
Ken Weatherwax b. 1955 d. 2014 (heart attack)
Actor – Pugsley on the original Addams Family (1964-’66)
Rudd Weatherwax d. 1985 b. 1915
Dog trainer – Lassie
Dennis Weaver b. 1924 d. February 24, 2006 (cancer)
Actor – Chester Goode on Gunsmoke and Sam McCloud on McCloud
Fritz Weaver b. 1926 d. 2016
Dr. Josef Weiss in the mini series “Holocaust”
Sylvester “Pat” Weaver b. 1908 d. March 15, 2002 (pneumonia)
TV Pioneer, created Today show – father of Sigourney Weaver
Jack Webb b. 1920 d. 1982 (heart attack)
Actor – Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet
Caspar Weinberger b. 1917 d. March 28, 2006 (pneumonia)
Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan
Johnny Weissmuller b. 1904 d. 1984 (series of strokes)
Swimming champion and actor – Tarzan and Jungle Jim
Bob Welch b.1945 d. 2012 (suicide after unsuccessful spinal surgery)
Guitarist / song writer with Fleetwood Mac (1971 – 1974)
Lawrence Welk b. March 11, 1903 d. 1992 (pneumonia)
Musician/Bandleader – The Lawrence Welk Show 1955-1982
Kitty Wells b. 1919 d. 2012 (stroke)
C&W Singer – 1952 hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”
Orson Welles b. 1915 d. 1985 (heart attack)
Actor/Director – Citizen Cane
Cory Wells b. 1941 d. 2015 (myeloma blood cancer)
Singer – Three Dog Night
Mary Wells b. 1943 d. 1992 (throat cancer)
Singer – My Guy
Vince Welnick b. 1951 d. June 2, 2006
Keyboard Player for the Grateful Dead
Ned Wertimer b. 1923 d. January 08, 2013 (complications from a fall)
Actor – Ralph Hart the doorman on “The Jeffersons” (1975 – ’85)
Dottie West b. 1932 d. 1991 (car accident)
Country Singer
Mae West b. 1893 d. 1980 (complications from stroke)
Actress and sex symbol
Gen. William Westmoreland b. 1914 d. July 18, 2005
Leader of the U.S. forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968
Jack Weston b. 1924 d. 1996
Actor – Max Kellerman in Dirty Dancing
Dan Wheldon b. 1978 d. October 16, 2011
British born race car driver, won Indy 500 twice, died in a 15 car accident at Las Vegas 300
Barry White b. 1944 d. July 4, 2003 (kidney failure as a result of high blood pressure)
Singer – Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” and “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything.”
David White b. 1916 d. 1990 (heat attack)
Actor – Larry Tate on Bewitched
Lt. Col. Edward White II b. 1930 d. 1967
Astronaut – died in Apollo 1 fire
Jesse White b. 1917 d. 1997
Actor – the Maytag repairman
Maurice White b. 1941 d. 2016 (Parkinson’s disease)
Singer / Songwriter – founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
Reggie White b. 1961 d. December 26, 2004 (heart attack)
Defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers from 1985-1998
Billie Whitelaw b. 1932 d. 2014
Mrs Baylock, the demonic nanny in “The Omen”
Margaret Whiting b.1924 d. 2011 (natural)
Singer, popular in late 40’s early 50’s
Slim Whitman b. 1924 d. 2013 (natural)
Singer – known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth high octave falsetto
James Whitmore b.1921 d. 2009 (lung cancer)
Actor, portrayed Will Rogers on stage
Grace Lee Whitney b. 1930 d. 2015 (natural)
Actress – Yeoman Janice Rand in Star Trek the original series
Mary Wickes b. 1910 d. 1995 (complications of surgery)
Actress – Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act (1&2)
Richard Widmark b. 1914 d. March 24, 2008
Actor – How the West Was Won and Madigan
Elie Wiesel b. 1928 d. 2016 (natural)
Jewish Writer/political activist – Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Laureate
Simon Wiesenthal b. 1908 d. September 20, 2005
Holocaust survivor who devoted his life to hunting Nazi war criminals
Frank Wilcox b. 1907 d. 1974
Actor – John Brewster on the Beverly Hillbillies
Cornel Wilde b. 1915 d. 1989 (leukemia)
Actor – The Great Sebastian in Greatest Show on Earth
Gene Wilder b. 1933 d. 2016 (Alzheimer Disease)
Actor – Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein, Willy Wonka
Roy Wilkins b. 1901 d. 1981
Civil Rights Leader
Andy Williams b. 1927 d. 2012 (bladder cancer)
Singer – Moon River, Andy Williams Show (1959-’71)
Billy Williams b. 1915 d. 1992 (brain tumor)
Actor – Kit Carson, father, with Barbara Hale of William Katt
Esther Williams b. 1921 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Swimmer & Actress – starred in movies that featured swimming and diving
Grant Williams b. 1930 d. 1985 (peritonitis)
Actor – Scott Carey in The Incredible Shrinking Man
Guy Williams b. 1924 d. 1989 (brain aneurysm)
Actor – Zorro and Prof. John Robinson on Lost in Space
Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams b. 1915 d. 2002
Saxaphone Player – biggest hit “The Hucklebuck”, was the only act to play the Moondog Coronation Ball
Paul Williams b. 1939 d. 1973 (suicide – shooting)
Singer – Temptations, asked to leave band due to drinking problem
Robin Williams b. 1951 d. 2014 (suicide by asphyxiation)
Actor / Comedian – “Good Will Hunting”, “Good Morning, Vietnam”, “Dead Poets Society”
Roger Williams b. 1924 d. 2011 (pancreatic cancer)
Pianist – Autumn Laeves, Born Free was discovered by Authur Godfrey
Roy Williams b. 1907 d. 1976
“The Big Moosketeer” on the Mickey Mouse Club
Ted Williams b. 1918 d. July 5, 2002 (heart failure)
Baseball legend – 2 time triple crown winner, Boston Red Sox
Tennessee Williams b. 1911 d. 1983 (accidental asphyxiation while drunk)
Writer – Streecar Named Desire, Glass Menagerie and more
Tex Williams b. 1917 . d. 1985
Country Singer/Songwriter
Van Williams b. 1934 d. 2016 (renal failure)
Actor – Kenny Madison in “Bourbon Street Beat” (1959) & “Surfside 6” (1960)
Boxcar Willie b. 1932 d. 1999 (leukemia)
Country singer
Noble Willingham b. 1931 d. January 17, 2004 (natural causes)
Actor – C. D. Parker on Walker, Texas Ranger
August Wilson b. 1945 d. October 2, 2005 (liver cancer)
Playwright – “Fences” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Charles “Charlie” Wilson b. 1933 d. 2010 (pulmonary arrest)
Politician – 12 term US Congressman, helped to organize and fund the secret war in Afghanastan
Dick Wilson b. 1916 d. November 19, 2007
Actor – Mr. Whipple of over 500 Charmin ads
Frank Wilson b. 1940 d. 2012 (prostate cancer)
Songwriter / Producer – “Love Child” for Supremes, “Castles In the Sand” for Stevie Wonder
Meredith Wilson b. 1902 d. 1984(heart failure)
Composer – The Music Man, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and more
Carl Wilson b. 1946 d. 1998 (brain cancer)
Musician – The Beach Boys
Dennis Wilson b. 1944 d. 1983 (drowning)
Musician – The Beach Boys
Flip Wilson b. 1933 d. 1998 (liver cancer)
Actor/Comedian, “The Flip Wilson Show”
Harold Wilson b. 1916 d. 1995 (cancer)
British Prime Minister, 1964-1970 and 1974-1976
Jackie Wilson b. 1934 d. 1984 (stroke)
Singer – Lonely Teardrops, Higher and Higher
Terry Wilson b. 1923 d. 1999
Stuntman/Actor – Bill Hawks on Wagon Train
Paul Winchell b. 192 d. June 24, 2005 (natural causes)
Ventriloquist – voice of Tigger in Walt Disney’s “Winnie-the-Pooh”; “The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show”
Walter Winchell b. 1897 d. 1972
Journalist
Amy Winehouse b. 1983 d. 2011 (alcohol overdose)
Singer/Songwriter – “Back to Black”, 5 Grammy awards
William Windom b. 1923 d. 2012 (congestive heart failure)
Actor – played a doctor on “Murder, She Wrote”
Paul Winfield b. 1941 d. March 7, 2004 (heart attack)
Actor – Sounder, King, Roots: The Next Generation
Edward Winter b. 1937 d. 2001 (Parkinson’s disease)
Actor – Col. Samuel Flagg in M*A*S*H
Johnny Winter b. 1944 d. July 16, 2014
Musician – Grammy Award winning blues guitarist and producer
Jonathan Winters b. 1925 d. April 11, 2013
Comedian / Actor – The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–74) also Mork & Mindy
Shelley Winters b. 1920 d. January 14, 2006 (heart failure)
Actor – The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue
Robert Wise b. 1914 d. September 14, 2005 (heart failure)
Producer/director – West Side Story and Sound of Music
Joseph Wiseman b. 1915 d. October 19, 2008 (natural causes)
Canadian Actor played Dr. No in the James Bond film
Bobby Womack b. 1944 d. 2014
R&B Singer/ Songwriter – “Lookin’ For a Love”, “Across 110th Street”
Ed Wood b. 1914 d. 1978 (heart failure)
Dubbed worst director of all time
Evelyn Wood b. 1909 d. 1995
Speed reading guru
Natalie Wood b. 1938 d. 1981 (drowning)
Actress – Rebel Without A Cause, West Side Story – wife of Robert Wagner
Pat Woodell b. 1944 d. 2015 (cancer)
Actress / Singer – Bobbie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction
John Wooden b. 1910 d. 2010 (natural)
Basketball Coach – UCLA 1948 – 1975 won ten National Championships
Earl Woods b. 1932 d. May 3, 2006 (prostate cancer)
Father of golfer Tiger Woods, age 74
Georgie Woods b. 1927 d. June 18, 2005 (heart attack)
Legendary Philadelphia radio broadcaster,”The Guy With the Goods” on WDAS and WHAT
Rose Mary Woods b.1918 d. January 22, 2005
Secretary to Richard Nixon who took blame for 18 ½ minute gap in tapes
Ali-Ollie Woodson b. 1951 d. May 30, 2010 (Leukemia)
Singer / Songwriter sang with the Temptations
Sheb Wooley b. 1921 d. September 16, 2003 (leukemia)
Actor/songwriter – Pete Nolan on Rawhide, wrote “Flying Purple People Eater
Keo Woolford b. 1967 d. 2016 (stroke)
Actor – Det. Chang on Hawaii Five-0 (2010 version)
Hank Worden b. 1901 d. 1992
Western actor
Fay Wray b. 1907 d. August 8, 2004
Actress – King Kong
Richard Wright b.1943 d. 2008 (cancer)
Muscian- keyboardist for Pink Floyd
Teresa Wright b. 1918 d. March 6, 2005 (heart attack)
Actress – Mrs. Miniver, Shadow of a Doubt, The Best Years of Our Lives
Jane Wyatt b. 1910 d. October 20, 2006
Actress – Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best
William Wyler b. 1902 d. 1981
Director – Ben Hur, Roman Holiday, Funny Girl
Jane Wyman b. 1917 d. September 10, 2007
Actress – Angela Channing on “Falcon Crest”) and 1st wife of Ronald Reagan
Tammy Wynette b. 1942 d. 1998 (blood clot – died in her sleep)
Country Singer
Keenan Wynn b.1916 d. 1986 (cancer)
Actor
Dana Wynter b. 1931 d. 2011 (congestive heart failure)
Actress – best known for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
X
Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) b. 1925 d. 1965 (murdered)
Civil Rights Leader
Y
Gig Young 1978 |
Dick York 1992 |
Robert Young 1998 |
Loretta Young 2000 |
Boris Yeltsin 2007 |
Susannah York 2011 |
Alan Young 2016 |
Anton Yelchin 2016 |
Glenn Yarbrough b. 1930 d. 2016 (dementia)
Singer – The Limeliters (1959-63) “Baby the Rain Must Fall”
Bunny Yeager b. 1929 d. May 25, 2014 (congestive heart failure)
Model and fashion photographer (see swimsuit photo’s this site)
Anton Yelchin b. 1989 d 2016 (freak car accident)
Actor – Pavel Chekov in three Star Trek movies (2009-16)
Boris Yeltsin b.1931 d. April 23, 2007 (sudden heart failure)
First democratically elected president of Russia
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi b. 1911 d. February 5, 2008
Taught transcendentalist meditation to the Beatles
Dick York b. 1928 d. 1992 (emphysema)
Actor – The first Darrin Stephens on Bewitched
Susannah York b.1939 d. 2011(bone marrow cancer)
British Actress – Superman, They Shoot Horses Don’t They
Alan Young b. 1919 d. 2016 (natural)
Actor – Wilbur Post on “Mr. Ed” (1961-66)
Faron Young b. 1932 d. 1996 (suicide – shot himself in the head with a .38 caliber handgun)
Country Singer – Hello Walls
Gig Young b. 1913 d. 1978 (Suicide after shooting his fourth wife, Kim Schmidt to death)
Actor – Tony Fleming on the Rogues
Loretta Young b. 1913 d. 2000 (ovarian cancer)
Actress – Letters to Loretta (1953) and the New Loretta Young Show (1962)
Malcolm Young b. 1953 d. 2017b (early onset Alzheimer)
Musician/Guitarist (AUS) – co-founder of rock group ACDC; “Back In Black”, “Highway to Hell”
Robert Young b. 1907 d. 1998 (respiratory failure)
Actor – Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, MD
Skip Young b. 1930 d. 1993 (boating accident)
Actor – Wally Plumstead on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Henny Youngman b. 1906 d. 1998 (pneumonia)
Comedian – King of the One Liners
Z
Frank Zappa 1993 |
Michael Zaslow 1998 |
Elmo Zumwalt 2000 |
Norma Zimmer 2011 |
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 2014 |
Darryl F. Zanuck, b. 1902 d. 1979 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Studio Mogul – Twentieth Century Fox
Richard Zanuck, b. 1934 d. 2012 (heart attack)(son of Darryl Zanuck)
Producer – Academy award for “Driving Miss Daisy” also “Jaws”, “Cocoon”
Frank Zappa b. 1940 d. 1993 (prostate cancer)
Musician/composer – The Mothers of Invention
Michael Zaslow b. 1942 d. 1998 (ALS – Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Actor – Roger Thorpe on Guiding Light
Ron Ziegler – b. 1939 d. February 10, 2003 (heart attack)
Press secretary to President Richard Nixon
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. b. 1918 d. May 2, 2014 (natural)
Actor – “77 Sunset Strip” and The F.B.I.
Norma Zimmer b. 1923 d. may 10, 2011 (neurological disorder)
Singer – Champagne Lady with the Lawrence Welk Show for 22 years
Laura Ziskin b. 1950 d. June 12, 2011 (breast cancer)
Film Producer – 3 Spider Man movies, Pretty Woman, (helped to craete “Stand Up To Cancer”)
Elmo Zumwalt b. 1921 d. January 2, 2000
Progressive U.S. Navy Admiral who worked to end discrimination
Lawrence (Larry) Collins (October 4, 1944 – January 5, 2024)
Thanks Darrell – I added him to 2024 death page here
You have left out Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell
Thanks Sharron. These passings happened in 2017 and I believe are mentioned here: https://fiftiesweb.com/dead/dead-people-2017/