 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”
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