 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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