 Arthur Godfrey 1983 |  Jackie Gleason 1987 |  Andy Gibb 1988 |  John Gielgud 2000 |  Maurice Gibb 2003 |  L. Patrick Gray 2005 |
 Curt Gowdy 2006 |  Estelle Getty 2008 |  Henry Gibson 2009 |  Kathryn Grayson 2010 |  Peter Graves 2010 |  Betty Garrett 2011 |
 Michael Gough 2011 |  Carl Gardner 2011 |  Ben Gazzara 2012 |  Robin Gibb 2012 |  Don Grady 2012 |  Andy Griffith 2012 |
 Art Ginsburg 2012 |  James Gandoifini 2013 |  Andy Granatelli 2013 |  James Garner 2014 |  Leslie Gore 2015 |  Frank Gifford 2015 |
 Joe Garagiola 2016 |  John Glenn 2016 |  Zsa Zsa Gabor 2016 |  Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2020 |
Clark Gable b. 1901 d. 1960 (heart attack)
Actor – Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind
Eva Gabor b. 1919 d. 1995 (Respiratory failure)
Actress – Lisa Douglas on Green Acres
Zsa Zsa Gabor b. 1917 d. 2016 (in her sleep)
Hungarian Actress and Socialite – Moulin Rouge (1952), married nine times to mostly wealthy men
Magda Gabor b. 1918 d. 1997
Another Gabor – Eva and Zsa Zsa’s sister
Don Galloway b. 1937 d. 2009 (stroke)
Actor – Ironside
James Gammon b. 1940 d. 2010
Actor – father on “Nash Bridges”
Indira Gandhi b. 1917 d. 1984 (murdered)
Indian President
Rajiv Gandhi d. 1991 b. 1944 (murdered)
Indian President
James Gandoifini b. 1961 d. 2013 (heart attack)
Actor – played Tony Soprano in “The Sopranos”
Joe Garagiola b. 1926 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Baseball Player – MLB catcher and announcer and television host
Greta Garbo b. 1905 d. 1990 (kidney failure)
Actress – Camille
Jerry Garcia b. 1942 d. 1995 (heart attack)
Musician – The Grateful Dead
Vincent Gardenia d. 1992 b.1922 (heart attack)
Actor – Murray Melman on L.A. Law
Ava Gardner b. 1922 d. 1990 (pneumonia)
Actress – Maxine Faulk in Night of the Iguana
Erle Stanley Gardner b. 1889 d. 1970 (cancer)
Writer – Perry Mason
Hank Garland b.1930 d. December 27, 2004 (staph infection)
Guitarist – For Elvis, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Charlie Parker…
Judy Garland b. 1922 d. 1969 (drug overdose)
Actress – Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz
James Garner b. 1928 d. July 19, 2014
Actor – Bret Maverick in Maverick(1957-’62) also Rockford Files (1974-’80)
Betty Garrett b. 1919 d. 2011 (aortic aneurysm)
Actress – “All in the Family“, “Laverne & Shirley”
David Garroway b. 1913 d.1982 (suicide)
First Today Show host
Greer Garson b. 1904 d. 1996 (heart failure)
Actress – Mrs. Miniver
Dick Gautier b. 1931 d. 2017
Actor – Hymie the Robot in TV series “Get Smart” (1965-’70)
Marvin Gaye b. 1939 d. 1984 (shot)
Singer – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
George Gaynes b. 1917 d. 2016
Actor – Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy movies
Janet Gaynor b. 1906 d. 1984 (pneumonia)
Actress – Seventh Heaven and Sunrise
Ben Gazzara b. 1930 d. February 3, 2012 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Run for Your Life (1965-68)
Will Geer b. 1902 d. 1978 (respiratory arrest)
Actor – Grandpa Walton on the Waltons
Theodore Geisel b. 1904 d. 1991
Writer/illustrator – Dr. Seuss
Vito Genovese b. 1897 d. 1969
Mobster – ‘Boss of all Bosses.’ He died in prison
Christopher George b. 1929 d. 1983 (heart attack)
Actor – Sgt. Sam Troy on the Rat Patrol
Ira Gershwin b. 1896 d. 1983
Composer
Vitas Gerulaitis b. 1954 d. 1994 (carbon monoxide poisoning)
Tennis Player
Estelle Getty b.1923 d.2008
actress, starred on The Golden Girls
J. Paul Getty b. 1892 d. 1976
Really, really rich guy
John Paul Getty Jr. b. 1933 d. April 17, 2003 (heart problems)
Billionaire philanthropist
Alice Ghostley b. 1926 d. September 21, 2007 (colon cancer)
Actress – Esmeralda on Bewitched and Bernice on Designing Women
Sam (Salvatore) Giancana b. 1908 d. 1975 (mob hit)
Mobster – Friend of Frank Sinatra
Andy Gibb b. 1958 d. 1988 (heart attack)
Singer – cute Bee Gee
Maurice Gibb b. 1949 d. January 12, 2003 (complications after surgery for intestinal blockage)
Singer – Bee Gees
Robin Gibb b. 1949 d. May 20, 2012 (colorectal cancer)
Singer – Bee Gees (survived by the oldest brother Barry Gibb)
Althea Gibson b. 1927 d. September 28, 2003 (respiratory failure)
Tennis – First Black to win Wimbleton and U.S. National
Henry Gibson b. 1935 d. 2009 (cancer)
Actor – Rowan & Martins Laugh-in, Boston Legal
Sir John Gielgud b. 1904 d. 2000
Actor – Hobson in Arthur
Frank Gifford b. 1930 d 2015
Football player and television sportscaster – ABC’s Monday Night Football 1971-’97
Jack Gilford b. 1907 d. 1990
Actor – Bernie Lefkowitz in Cocoon
“Dizzy” Gillespie b. 1917 d. 1993 (pancreatic cancer)
Musician
Allen Ginsberg b. 1926 d. 1997 (liver cancer)
Beat poet – Howl
Art Ginsburg b. 1930 d. 2012 (pancreatic cancer)
Celebrity Chef – “Mr Food” his tag line was “Ooh! It’s so good!”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg b. 1933 d. 2020 (pancreatic cancer)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1993-’20)
Lillian Gish b. 1893 d. 1993 (heart failure)
Actress
Elizabeth Glaser b. 1946 d. 1994
(AIDS) Activist – Married Paul Michael Glazer
Ron Glass b. 1945 d. 2016 (respiratory failure)
Actor – Det. Ron Harris on “Barney Miller” (1975-’82)
Jackie Gleason b. 1916 d. 1987 (colon cancer)
Actor/comedian – And away he went…
Paul Gleason b. 1944 d. May 27, 2006 (lung cancer)
Actor – Principal Richard Vernon in Breakfast Club
John Glenn b. 1921 d. 2016 (peacefully)
WWII & Korean War Fighter Pilot. Marine Colonel. NASA Astronaut. Senator from Ohio (1974-99). Married for 73 yrs – first American to orbit the Earth (1962)
Marty Glickman b. 1918 d. February 3, 2001(complications of heart surgery)
Voice of New York sports for 55 years
George Gobel, b. 1919 d. 1991(complications after surgery)
Actor/comedian
Paulette Goddard b. 1914 d. 1990 (heart failure)
Actress
Trevor Goddard b. 1965 d. June 8 2003 (overdose)
Actor – Mic Brumby on JAG
Arthur Godfrey b. 1903 d. 1983
Host/Singer – The Arthur Godfrey Show
Alexander Godunov b. 1948 d. 1995 (disputed – alcoholism)
Dancer/actor – Karl in Die Hard
Sarah Goldberg b. 1975 d. Sept. 27, 2014 (heart ailment)
Actress – Sarah Glass Camden on “7th Heaven” tv series
William Golding b. 1911 d. 1993
Writer – Lord of the Flies
Jerry Goldsmith b. 1929 d. July 21, 2004 (cancer)
Composer – Star Trek, Barnaby Jones, Waltons, Air Force One, Mummy
Barry Goldwater b. 1909 d. 1998 (stroke)
U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1964 presidential candidate
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. b. 1926 d. 2015 (congestive heart disease)
Producer – Mystic Pizza (1988)
Benny Goodman b. 1909 d. 1986
Musician
Mark Goodson b. 1915 d. 1992
TV Producer – To Tell The Truth, What’s My Line, I’ve Got a Secret
Leo Gorcey b. 1917 d. 1969 (liver failure)
Actor – played Terence Aloysius ‘Slip’ Mahoney
Gale Gordon b. 1906 d. 1995 (cancer)
Actor – Theodore Mooney on The Lucille Ball Show
Ruth Gordon b. 1896 d. 1985 (stroke)
Actress – Rosemary’s Baby
Esther Gordy (Edwards) b. 1920 d. August 24, 2011
co-founded Motown records with brother Berry Gordy
Lesley Gore b. 1946 d. 2015 (lung cancer)
Singer/ Songwriter – “It’s My Party” &: “You Don’t Own Me”
Eydie Gormè b. 1928 d. Aug. 10, 2013
Singer – worked with husband Steve Lawrence, “Blame It on the Bossa Nova”
Frank Gorshin b. 1934 d. May 17, 2005 (lung cancer, emphysema)
Actor and Impressionist – Riddler on TV’s “Batman“)
John Gotti – b. 1940 d. June 10, 2002 (cancer)
Thug – Gambino crime family boss
Michael Gough b. 1916 d. March 17, 2011 (natural causes)
starred in over 150 films incl. Alfred in 4 Batman movies
Robert Goulet b. 1933 d. October 30, 2007 (pulmonary fibrosis)
Singer/actor – Sir Lancelot in Camelot
Curt Gowdy b. 1919 d. February 20, 2006 (leukemia)
Sportscaster – American Sportsman
Betty Grable b. 1916 d. 1973 (lung cancer)
Actress – The ultimate pin-up girl in WWII
Don Grady b. 1944 d. June 27, 2012 (cancer)
Actor – Robbie Douglas on “My Three Sons” also a Mouseketeer
Katherine Graham b. 1917 d. July 17, 2001
Publisher – The Washington Post
Ruth Graham b. June 10, 1920 d. June 14, 2007 (pneumonia)
beloved wife of Rev. Billy Graham
Virginia Graham b. 1912 d. 1998 (heart disease)
Talk show trail-blazer and a founder of the Cerebral Palsy Association
Andy Granatelli b. 1923 d. Dec. 29, 2013 (natural)
Race Car Designer & Promoter – CEO of STP (motor oil company)
Farley Granger b. 1925 d. 2011 (natural causes)
Actor – played in Hitchcock films “Strangers on a Train” & “Rope”
Stewart Granger b. 1913 d. 1993 (cancer)
Actor – Col. Alan MacKenzie on the Virginian
Cary Grant, b. 1904 d. 1986 (stroke)
Actor – Houseboat, North by Northwest
Kirby Grant b. 1912 d. 1985 (car crash)
Actor –Sky King
Peter Graves b.1926 d. 2010 (heart attack)
Actor – Mission Impossible
L. Patrick Gray b. 1917 d. July 5, 2005 (complications from pancreatic cancer)
F.B. I. Director (1972 – 1973). A Nixon loyalist during Watergate years
Spalding Gray b. 1941 d. January 10, 2004 (suicide)
Actor/writer – Swimming to Cambodia, Killing Fields
Kathryn Grayson b. 1922 d. 2010
Operatic Singer & Actress, Showboat, Anchors Aweigh also did Broadway
Rocky Graziano b. 1922 d. 1990
Boxer
Lorne Greene b. 1915 d. 1987 (respiratory failure)
Actor – Ben Cartwright on Bonanza
Richard Greene b. 1918 d. 1985 (cardiac arrest)
Actor – Robin Hood on The Adventures of Robin Hood
Meg Greenfield b. 1930 d. 1999 (cancer)
Journalist – Editorial editor of the Washington Post for 20 years
Jose Greco b. 1918 d. December 31, 2000 (heart failure)
Musician/choreographer
Merv Griffin b.1925 d. August 13, 2007 (prostate cancer)
Talk show host, game show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune) and casino owner
Andy Griffith b. 1923 d. July 3, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor/Director/Producer/Grammy Award-winning Singer – “The Andy Griffith Show” (1960-’68), “Matlock” (1986-’95)
Richard Griffiths b. 1947 d. March 28, 2013 (complications following heart surgery)
Actor – Vernon Dursley in the “Harry Potter” films
Tammy Grimes b.1934 d. 2016
Actress – Molly in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” stage production
Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov b. 1967 d. 1995 (heart attack)
Olympic figure skating champion
Ann Guilbert b. 1928 d. 2016 (cancer)
Actress – Millie Helper in The Dick Van Dyke Show and Yetta Rosenberg in The Nanny
Virgil “Gus” Grissom b. 1926 d. 1967 (Killed when their Apollo 1 command module had a flash fire on the pad)
One of the first seven, Project Mercury, astronauts
Lewis Grizzard, Jr. b. 1946. d. 1994
Author/humorist
David Groh b. 1941 d. February 13, 2008 (kidney cancer)
Actor – Rhoda’s hubby Joe, on Rhoda
Eddie Guerrero b. 1967 d. November 13, 2005 (inconclusive)
WWE wrestler
William Guest b. 1941 d.2015 (congestive heart failure)
Gladys Knight’s cousin and one of the Pips
Ernesto “Che” Guevara b. 1928 d. 1967 (executed by Bolivian troops)
Revolutionary
Sir Alec Guinness b. 1914 d. 2000 (liver cancer)
Actor – Bridge on the River Kwai – also Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Woody Guthrie b. 1912 d. 1967 (Huntington’s corea?)
Musician – This Land Is Your Land
Fred Gwynne b. 1926 d. 1993 (pancreatic cancer) Actor – Herman on the Munsters
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