 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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