Jean Simmons January 22 |
 Pernell Roberts January 24 |
 Kathryn Grayson February 17 |
 Alexander Haig February 20 |
 Corey Haim March 10 |
 Merlin Olsen March 11 |
 Peter Graves March 14 |
 Fess Parker March 14 |
 Robert Culp March 24 |
 John Forsythe April 1 |
 Dixie Carter April 10 |
 Lynn Redgrave May 2 |
 Lena Horne May 9 |
 Art Linkletter May 26 |
 Gary Coleman May 28 |
 Dennis Hopper May 29 |
 Rue McClanahan June 3 |
 Sen. Robert Byrd June 28 |
 James Gammon July 16 |
 Mitch Miller July 31 |
 Patricia Neal August 8 |
 Kevin McCarthy September 11 |
 Eddie Fisher September 22 |
 Tony Curtis September 29 |
 Stephen J Cannell September 30 |
 Barbara Billingsley October 16 |
 Tom Bosley October 19 |
 James MacArthur October 28 |
 Jill Clayburgh November 5 |
 Leslie Nielsen November 28 |
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January 14 – Teddy Pendergrass, R&B Singer – (“Turn Off the Lights” and “Love TKO,”) age 59
January 22 – James Mitchell, Actor, dancer – Palmer Cortlandt on “All My Children” for 30 years – age 89
January 22 – Johnny Seven, Actor – Lt. Carl Reese on Ironside (1967-75) – age 83
January 22 – Jean Simmons, Actress, starred in The Robe, Spartacus, Guys and Dolls and others – age 80
January 24 – Pernell Roberts, Actor – Adam Cartwright on “Bonanza” ’59 – ’65 and Dr John McIntyre on “Trapper John” – age 81
January 27 – JD Salinger, Writer & recluse – wrote “Catcher In The Rye” in 1951 – age 91
February 3 – Francis Reid, Actress – was Alice Horton on “The Days Of Our Lives” from 1965 to 2007 – age 95
February 8 – Robert Hoy, Actor / stunt man – appeared in High Chaparral and numerous other TV shows – age 82
February 9 – Walter Fredrick Morrison, Inventor – was responsible for the greatest recreational item ever – THE FRISBEE – age 90
February 9 – Phil Harris, Fisherman – star of the Discovery Channel’s reality TV show “Deadliest Catch” – age 53
February 10 – Charles Wilson, Politician – 12 term Congressman who led a behind the scenes war in Afghanistan against the Soviets – age 76
February 17 – Kathryn Grayson, Actress / Operatic Singer – starred in musicals like Anchors Aweigh, Showboat, Kiss Me Kate and others- age 88
February 20 – Alexander Haig, Career Military – retired as Four Star General, then served in several assignments for President’s Reagan, Ford and Nixon – age 85
March 3 – Nan Martin, Actress – known for strong roles, recurring part on the Drew Carey Show – age 82
March 10 – Corey Haim, Actor – roles in the ’80’s in Lucas, Lost Boys and others – age 38
March 11 – Merlin Olsen, NFL Player/ actor/ broadcaster – 15 years with the LA Rams, acted in Little House on the Prairie and NBC Sports – age 69
March 14 – Peter Graves, Actor – Mission Impossible, Airplane’s I & II, brother of James Arness (Gunsmoke) – age 83
March 17 – Alex Chilton, Musician – played with the Box Tops and Big Star had hit in 1960’s “The Letter” – age 59
March 18 – Fess Parker, Actor – immortalized the role of Davy Crockett and later Daniel Boone on television – age 85
March 24 – Robert Culp, Actor – broke racial television ground in “I Spy”, early role in Trackdown (1954) – age 79
April 1 – John Forsythe, Actor – Bachelor Father, Dynasty and voice of Charlie in Charlie’s Angels – age 92
April 10 – Dixie Carter, Actress – Julia Sugerbaker on Designing Women 1986 – ’93 – age 70
May 1 – Helen Wagner, Actress – Nancy Hughes-McClosky on “As the World Turns” from 1956 until April 5, 2010 – age 91
May 2 – Lynn Redgrave, Oscar nominated Actress – “Tom Jones”, latest movie “Confessions of a Shopoholic” – age 67
May 9 – Lena Horne, Singer/ Actress/ Dancer – Signature song was “Stormy Weather” she also starred in the movie by the same name – age 92
May 26 – Art Linkletter, Author and Radio and TV Personality – “House Party” 1952 – 1969 and “People Are Funny” 1954 – 1961 – age 97
May 28 – Gary Coleman, Actor – Arnold Jackson on “Different Strokes” 1978 – 1986 (had congenital kidney disease and received two transplants) age 42
May 29 – Dennis Hopper, Actor, Filmmaker and Artist – Rebel Without a Cause, Giant, and Easy Rider as an actor plus others as a producer – age 74
May 30 – Ali-Ollie Woodson, R&B Singer and songwriter – sang with the Temptations, co-wrote hit single “Treat Her Like a Lady” – age 58
June 3 – Rue McClanahan, Emmy Award winning Actress – Blanche Deveraux on “Golden Girls” 1985 – 1992 also Maude and others – age 76
June 4 – John Wooden, Basketball Coach – Coached UCLA 1948 – 1975 and won 10 National Championships, Hall of Fame as Player and Coach – age 99
June 13 – Jimmy Dean, Singer, Actor, Entrepreneur – won a Grammy for “Big Bad John”, best known for self named sausage brand – age 81
June 28 – Sen. Robert Byrd, Politician – represented W Virginia, was the longest seving Senator in the U.S. Congress – age 92
July 6 – Harvey Fuqua, Singer / Song Writer – was original member of the Moonglows, helped form Motown records – age 80
July 13 – George Steinbrenner, Businessman – owner of the New York Yankees, won 7 World Series Championships and 11 Pennants – age 80
July 16 – James Gammon, Actor – was the coach on “Major League” and father on “Nash Bridges” – age 70
July 31 – Mitch Miller, Musician, Conductor, Singer – “Sing Along with Mitch” NBC 1961 – 1966 – age 99
August 3 – Bobby Hebb, Singer, Songwriter – Wrote and performed hit song “Sunny” – age 72
August 8 – Patricia Neal, Actress – Won Academy Award for “HUD” and a Tony Award for “Another Part of the Forest” – age 84
August 14 – Gloria Winters, Actress – played Penny King in TV show “Sky King” (1951-’59) – age 86 (complications from pneumonia)
August 20 – Jack Horkheimer, Astronomer – Host of “Star Gazer” show on PBS and Executive Dirirector of Miami Space Transit Planetarium – age 72
September 11 – Kevin McCarthy, Actor – “Death of a Salesman”, best known for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” – age 96
September 18 – Jamas Bacon, Journalist / Columnist – Hollywood insider for Associated Press & Los Angeles Herald Examiner – age 96
September 22 – Eddie Fisher, Singer – best known for his marriges to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens – age 82
September 26 – Gloria Stuart, Actress – the 100 year old Rose in “Titanic” and “The Invisible Man” – age 100
September 29 – Tony Curtis, Actor – “Some Like It Hot”, “The Defiant One”, married to Janet Leigh – age 85
September 30 – Stephen J Cannell, Screen Writer, Producer, Novelist – wrote or produced over 40 TV shows – age 79
October 15 – Johnny Sheffield, Actor -played Boy in many “Tarzan” films also starred in “Bomba the Jungle Boy” – age 79
October 16 – Barbara Billingsley, Actress – best known as June Cleaver on “Leave It To Beaver” – age 94
October 19 – Tom Bosley, Actor – “Happy Days”, “Murder She Wrote” and “Father Dowling Mysteries” – age 83
October 25 – Lisa Blount, Actress – played Lynette Pomeroy in “An Officer and a Gentleman” – age 53
October 28 – James MacArthur, Actor – Danno on “Hawaii Five-O”, son to Helen Hayes and grandson to Lillian Gish – age 72
October 31 – Ted Sorensen, Lawyer, Writer – Special Counsel, adviser and speech writer to JFK 1961-1964 – age 82
November 1 – Charlie O’Donnell, Voice Actor – announcer on “Wheel of Fortune” 1975-1980 and 1988-present – age 78
November 2 – Sannon Tavarez, Actress, Singer – played the young Nala in “The Lion King” on Broadway – age 11
November 5 – Jill Clayburgh, Actress – won a Oscar for An Unmarried Woman, nominated for Starting Over – age 66
November 10 – Dino DeLaurentis, Movie Producer – won a Oscar for Serpico plus two for Italian films – age 91
Novenber 28 – Leslie Nielsen, Actor – best known for the Airplane and Naked Gun franchises – age 84
December 5 – Don Meredith, Athlete, Actor – quarterback for Dallas Cowboys 1960 – 1968 – age 72
December 7 – Elizabeth Edwards, Wife of Senator John Edwards, Author and health care activist – age 61
December 15 – Blake Edwards, Writer, Director, Producer married to Julie Andrews, Breakfast at Tiffany’s – age 88
December 20 – Steve Landesberg, Actor, portrayed Arthur Dietrich on Barney Miller – age 65
unknown 2010 – Yvette Vickers, Actress – “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” also 1958 Playboy Centerfold – age 81?
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