 Janis Joplin 1970 |  Anissa Jones 1976 |  David Janssen 1980 |  Ben Johnson 1996 |  Peter Jennings 2005 |  Lady Bird Johnson 2007 |
 Michael Jackson 2009 |  Steve Jobs 2011 |  Davy Jones 2012 |  Kathryn Joostin 2012 |  George Jones 2013 |  Russell Johnson 2014 |
Wolfman Jack b. 1939 d. 1995 (heart attack)
DJ extraordinaire
J.J. Jackson b. 1941 d. March 17, 2004 (heart attack)
L.A. D.J. – first MTV VJ
Mahalia Jackson b. 1912 d. 1972
Singer
Maynard Jackson b. 1938 d. June 23, 2003
Politician – First Black mayor of Atlanta Georgia
Michael Jackson b.1958 d. 2009 (cardiac arrest)
Entertainer – “The King of Pop” was the most influential force in music and culture of his generation
Pervis Jackson b.1938 d. 2008 (cancer)
Singer/ sang bass vocals for the Spinners
Oswald Jacoby b. 1902 d. 1984
Bridge player extraordinaire
Richard Jaeckel b. 1926 d. 1997 (cancer)
Actor – Sergeant Clyde Bowren on the Dirty Dozen
Sam Jaffe b. 1891 d. 1984 (cancer)
Actor – Dr. David Zorba on Ben Casey
Dean Jagger b. 1903 d. 1991 (heart disease)
Actor – Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
Art James b. 1922 d. March 28, 2004
Game show host/announcer – Concentration, Family Feud Challenge
Dennis James b. 1917 d. 1997 (cancer)
Actor, game show host
Etta James b. 1938 d. January 20, 2012 (leukemia & Alzheimer’s disease)
Singer “At Last”, “Dance With Me”
Harry James b. 1916 d. 1983
Musician
Rick James b. 1948 d. August 6, 2004 (heart attack)
Singer – Superfreak
Sonny James b. 1928 d. 2016
Country Music Singer/Songwriter – “Young Love” (1957)
Jimi Jamison b. 1951 d. 2014 (heart attack)
Singer – frontman for Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” and sang the “Baywatch” theme
David Janssen b. 1931 d. 1980 (heart attack)
Actor – The Fugitive
Al Jarreau b. 1940 d. 2017
Jazz Singer – 7 Grammy Awards, “We’re in This Love Together”, “After All”
Gregory B. “Greg” Jarvis b. 1944. d. January 28, 1986
Challenger astronaut
Rick Jason b. 1926 d. 2000 (suicide – self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head)
Actor – Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat!
Leon Jaworski b. 1905 d. 1982
Watergate prosecutor
Aunt Jemima (Rosie Riles) b. 1901 d. 1969
Pancake lady
Richard Jeni b. 1957 d. March 10, 2007 (suicide)
Comedian – HBO special Richard Jeni: Good Catholic Boy
Peter Jennings b. 1938 d. August 7, 2005 (lung cancer)
Journalist – Anchor & chief editor ABC News Tonight
Waylon Jennings b. 1937 d. Ferbruary 13, 2002 (complications of diabetes)
Country music great
George Jessel b. 1898 d. 1981 (heart attack)
Comedian/actor
Michael Jeter b. 1952 d. March 30, 2003 (complications of HIV)
Actor – The Green Mile
Steve Jobs b. 1955 d. October 5, 2011 (pancreatic cancer)
co-founder of Apple Computer invented ipod, itunes, iphone, ipad and more
Ben Johnson b. June 13, 1918. d. April 8, 1996 (heart attack)
Actor – Chisum, Undefeated and many more Westerns
Gail Johnson b. 1942 d. 1999
Actress – Mimi Grosset on Days of Our Lives
John H. Johnson b. 1918 d. August 8, 2005
Publisher – Ebony and Jet magazines
Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson b 1912 d. July 11, 2007
Former First Lady of the United States 1963-1969
Lyndon B. Johnson b. 1908 d. 1973 (heart attack)
36th President of the United States
Russell Johnson b. 1924 d. Jan. 16, 2014 (kidney failure)
Actor – The Professor on “Gilligan’s Island“(1964-1967)
Van Johnson b. 1916 d. 2008 (natural causes)
Actor / many supporting roles for MGM
Anissa Jones b. 1958 d. 1976 (drug overdose)
Actress – Buffy on Family Affair
Brian Jones b. 1942 d. 1969 (drowned)
Rolling Stone
Carolyn Jones b. 1929 d. 1983 (cancer)
Actress – Morticia on the Addams Family
Davy Jones b. 1945 d. 2012 (heart attack)
Singer/Actor “The Monkees” band and tv show
Deacon Jones b. 1938 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Athlete – Pro football player (1961-1974),he coined the term “sack the quarterback”
Dean Jones b. 1931 d. 2015 (Parkinson’s disease)
Actor – several Walt Disney movies incl. “The Love Bug” and both sequels
Dick Jones b.1927 d. 2014 (natural causes)
Actor – Artimer “Artie” Peters, nephew of Buck Peters, in the Hopalong Cassidy film
George Jones b. 1931 d. 2013 (fever and irregular blood pressure)
Musician – known as the greatest C&W singer for the last 5 decades
Louis “Grandpa” Jones b. 1914 d. 1998 (strokes)
Musician – Co-star of Hee Haw
Robert Trent Jones b. 1906 d. 2000
Golf course architect – 300 courses including Spyglass Hill (Pebble Beach)
Kathryn Joostin b. 1939 d. 2012 (lung cancer)
Actress – Dolores Landingham on “West Wing”
Janis Joplin b. 1943 d. 1970 (herion overdose)
Singer – Me and My Bobby McGee
Barbara Jordan b. 1936 d. 1996
U.S. Congresswoman
Jim “Fibber McGee” Jordan b. 1896 d. 1988
Radio personality
Richard Jordan b.1938 d. 1993 (brain tumor)
Actor – Dirk Pitt in Raise the Titanic
Christine Jorgensen, (George William Jorgensen, Jr.) b. 1926 d. 1989 (bladder cancer)
1952 Sex change pioneer
Louis Jourdan b. 1921 d. 2015
Actor – Gigi (1958), Octopussy (1983)
Florence Griffith “FloJo” Joyner b. 1959 d. 1998 (heart attack)
Olympic track star
Raul Julia b. 1940 d. 1994 (stroke/cancer)
Actor – Gomez Addams in the Addams Family movies
Gordon Jump b. 1932 d. September 23, 2003 (heart and respiratory failure)
Actor – Mr. Arthur “Big Guy” Carlson from WKRP; the second Matag repairman
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