 Anne Francis January 2 |
 John Dye January 10 |
 David Nelson January 11 |
 Susannah York January 15 |
 Jack Lalanne January 23 |
 Charlie Callas January 27 |
 Betty Garrett February 12 |
 Len Lesser February 16 |
 Jane Russell February 28 |
 Michael Gough March 17 |
 Elizabeth Taylor March 23 |
 Michael Sarrazin April 17 |
 Elisabeth Sladen April 19 |
 Phoebe Snow April 26 |
 Jackie Cooper May 03 |
 Sada Thompson May 04 |
 Dana Wynter May 05 |
 Jeff Conaway May 27 |
 James Arness June 03 |
 Clarence Clemons June 18 |
 Peter Falk June 23 |
 Betty Ford July 08 |
 Linda Christian July 22 |
 Amy Winehouse July 23 |
 Bubba Smith August 03 |
 Annette Charles August 03 |
 Francis Quinn August 08 |
 Cliff Robertson September 10 |
 Steve Jobs October 05 |
 Charles Napier October 05 |
 Andy Rooney November 04 |
 Harry Morgan December 07 |
Gone But Not Forgotten – 2011
January 02 – Anne Francis, Actress – Detective Honey West also Cmd. JJ Adams in movie “Forbidden Planet” – age 80
January 04 – Gerry Rafferty, Singer / Songwriter – “Baker Street“, “Stuck in the Middle With You” – age 63
January 10 – Margaret Whiting, Singer / Actress – popular singer had TV show “Those Whiting Girls” – age 86
January 10 – John Dye, Actor – Andrew (The Angel of Death) on “Touched By An Angel” – age 47
January 11 –David Nelson, Actor – “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” from 1952 – 1966 – age 74
January 15 – Susannah York, British Actress – “They Shoot Horses Don’t They” – age 72
January 17 – Don Kirshner, Record Producer / Promoter worked with Bobby Darin, Neal Diamond, Carole King – age 76
January 18 – Sargent Shriver, Politician, Diplomat – married Eunice Kennedy to join the Kennedy clan – age 95
January 23 – Francois Henri “Jack” LaLanne, Fitness expert who had a popular work out TV program – age 96
January 26 – Gladys Horton, R&B Singer – founder and lead singer for the Marvelettes – age 65
January 27 – Charlie Callas, Comedian – was a favored sidekick of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in the 60s & 70s – age 83
February 03 – Maria Schneider, Actress – when she was 20 years old starred in “Last Tango in Paris” – age 58
February 12 – Betty Garrett, Actress – had roles in “All in the Family” and “Laverne & Shirley” – age 91
February 16 – Len Lesser, Actor – Uncle Leo on “Seinfield” and had a role on “Everybody Loves Raymond” – age 88
February 28 – Jane Russell, Actress – “Outlaw”, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” was discovered by Howard Hughes – age 89
webmaster note:We had the privilege of meeting Ms. Russell at a an event in her honor in 2010 and Wow what a gal!!
March 17 – Ferlin Husky, Musician – Country Music star with over 20 Top 20 hits – age 85
March 17 – Michael Gough, Actor – played Alfred the Butler in Batman movies – age 94
March 18 – Warren Christopher, Diplomat – Secretary of State under President Clinton – age 85
March 23 – Elizabeth Taylor, Actress – famed for her beauty, talent and philanthropy as well as her many husbands and lavish jewelry – age 79
March 26 – Geraldine Ferraro, Politician – 3 term Congresswoman from NY, V Presidential candidate 1984 with Walter Mondale – age 75
March 27 – Farley Granger, Actor – the Hitchcock films “Strangers on a Train” and “Rope” – age 85
April 09 – Sidney Lumet, Director / Producer – “12 Angry Men”, “Dog Day Afternoon”, “Network” – age 86
April 12 – Gail Robbins, Musician / Singer – Sang with The Highwaymen, best known song “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore” – age 80
April 17 – Michael Sarrazin, Actor – “They Shoot Horse, Don’t They?” and “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” – age 70
April 19 – Elisabeth Sladen, Actress – Sarah Jane Smith on “Dr Who” also “Sarah Jane Adventures” a spin off – age 63
April 26 – Phoebe Snow, Singer / Songwriter – 1975 “Poetry Man”, mostly quit performing to care for an ill child – age 60
May 03 – Jackie Cooper, Actor/ Director/ Producer – Youngest Oscar nominee at age 9, also Perry White in Superman – age 88
May 04 – Sada Thompson, Actress – the family matriarch Kate Lawrence on “Family” – age 83
May 04 – Mary Murphy, Actress – starred in “The Wild One” with Marlon Brando – age 80
May 05 – Dana Wynter, Actress – starred in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” – age 79
May 10 – Norma Zimmer, Singer – was the Champagne Lady on the “Lawrence Welk Show” for 22 years – age 87
May 16 – Edward Hardwicke, British Actor – Doctor Watson on “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” TV series – age 78
May 16 – Robert “Bob” Flanigan, Musician – last surviving member of “The Four Freshman” – age 84
May 20 – Randy “Machoman” Savage, Pro Wrestler – WCF & WWF Champion multi times – age 58
May 27 – Jeff Conaway, Actor – played Kenickie in “Grease” and Bobby Wheeler in “Taxi” – age 60
May 27 – Gill Scott-Heron, Poet / Musician – helped to popularize the spoken word type of performances – age 62
May 30 – Clarice Taylor, Actress – Anna Huxtable (Bill Cosbys stage Mother) in “The Cosby Show” – age 93
June 03 – James Arness, Actor – Marshall Matt Dillon on TV series “Gunsmoke” from 1955 – 1975 – age 88
June 03 – Jack Kevorkian, MD / Pathologist – was jailed for assisting the suicides of terminally ill patients – age 83
June 07 – Leonard Stern, Screenwriter / Producer “Get Smart”, “McMillan & Wife” also invented Mad Libs Game – age 87
June 12 – Carl Gardner, Singer – Founding member of the “Coasters”, biggest hit was Yakety Yak – age 83
June 12 – Laura Ziskin, Film Producer – “Pretty Woman”, all 3 “Spider Man” films – age 61
(webmaster note: she was one of the co-creators of Stand Up To Cancer – she died of breast cancer at home)
June 18 – Clarence Clemons, Musician – played saxophone with “Bruce Springsteens E Street Band” – age 69
June 20 – Ryan Dunn, Actor / Daredevil – was in the “Jackass” TV series and movies – age 34
June 23 – Peter Falk, Actor – portrayed Lieutenant Columbo in the TV series “Columbo” from 1971 – ’78 and 1989 – 2003 – age 83
July 08 – Betty Ford, First Lady from 1974 – 1977, an outspoken activist for Womens Rights, Founder of the Betty Ford Clinic for substance abuse – age 93
July 08 – Roberts Blossom, Actor – “Home Alone”, “Doc Hollywood” and the “Quick and the Dead” – age 87
July 12 – Sherwood Schwartz, Writer / Composer – created and wrote the theme songs for Gilligan’s Island & Brady Bunch – age 94
July 15 – Googie Withers, Actress – Helen Nosseross in “Night and the City” (1950) – age 94
July 22 – Linda Christian, Actress – the first “Bond” girl in (1954) Casino Royale, married to Tyrone Power – age 87
July 23 – Amy Winehouse, Singer / Songwriter – British solo female recording artist, won 5 Grammy Awards for “Back to Black” album – age 27
July 23 – Christopher Mayer, Actor – “Dukes of Hazzard” for 1 season and Santa Barbara – age 57
July 26 – G. D. Spradlin, Actor – played Senator Geary in The Godfather Part II and numerous roles in Dragnet – age 90
July 29 – Gene McDaniels, Singer / Songwriter – “A Hundred Pounds of Clay”, “Tower of Strength” – age 76
August 03 – Bubba Smith, Athlete / Actor – defensive end for several NFL teams and Hightower in the “Police Academy” movies – age 66
August 03 – Annette Charles, Actress – ChaCha in Grease (1978)also the Bionic Women, Barnaby Jones and more – age 63
August 08 – Francis Quinn, Actor – Rhoh in “Platoon”, Syed Ali in “24”, son of Anthony Quinn – age 48
August 22 – Nick Ashford, R&B Songwriter- with Valerie Simpson, “Aint No Mountain High Enough” – age 70
August 22 – Jerry Leiber, Songwriter – with Mike Stoller, “Jailhouse Rock” “Hound Dog” – age 78
August 23 – Ross Barbour, Singer – Original member of The Four Freshman, sang baritone – age 82
August 23 – Frank Potenza, Actor / Security Guard – “Uncle Frank” on the Jimmy Kimmel show – age 77
August 24 – Esther Gordy Edwards, Music mogul – co-founded Motown Records with younger brother Berry Gordy – age 91
September 08 – Mary Fickett, Actress – Nurse Ruth Martin on “All My Children” – age 83
September 10 – Cliff Robertson, Actor – Lt. Jack Kennedy in the movie “PT-109”, also “Charly” – age 88
September 16 – Kara Kennedy, Philanthropist – oldest child of Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy – age 51
September 17 – Eleanor Mondale, Radio Personality – only daughter of V. President Walter Mondale – age 51
September 19 – Dolores Hope, Singer – married to the late Bob Hope for 69 years – age 102
October 05 – Steve Jobs, Inventor, Entrepuener – co-founder of Apple Computers also developed Pixar Studios – age 56
October 05 – Charles Napier, Actor – “Silence of the Lambs”, “Philadelphia”, “Rambo II” – age 75
October 08 – Roger Williams, Pianist – “Autumn Leaves”, “Born Free” the best selling pianist ever – age 87
October 16 – Dan Wheldon, Race Car Driver – won Indianapolis 500 in 2005 & 2011 – age 33
October 25 – Wyatt Knight, Actor – Tommy Turner in the Porky’s trilogy – age 56
October 28 – Beryl Davis, Singer – with Benny Goodman Band, Frank Sinatra on Hit Parade, Four Girls singing group – age 87
November 01 – Dorothy Rodham, Mother of former First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton – age 92
November 02 – Leonard Stone, Actor – “Jean Arthur Show” (1966) and Judge Paul Hanson on “L.A. Law” – age 87
November 04 – Andy Rooney, Writer – had a weekly commentary on “60 Minutes” from 1978-2011 – age 92
November 07 – “Smokin” Joe Frazier, Boxer – Heavyweight Champ 1970, boxing gold medal 1964 Olympics – age 67
November 15 – Karl Slover, Actor – a munchkin in the (1939) “Wizard of Oz” – age 93
November 19 – John Neville, Actor – played the Well Manicured Man on “X Files” series – age 86
November 25 – Frederik Meijer, Businessmann – owned Meijer Thrifty Acres chain of supermarkets – age 91
November 25 – Judy Lewis, Actress – General Hospital illegitimate daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable – age 76
December 07 – Harry Morgan, Actor – Col. Sherman T Potter on M*A*S*H* (1975-’83) – age 96
December 17 – Kim Jong Il, Dictator – Supreme (tyranical) leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (N. Korea) – age 69
December 24 – Cheetah, Chimpanzee Actor – beloved sidekick to Johnny Weissmuller’s “Tarzan” in the 1930’s – age 80
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