 Christa McAuliffe 1986 |  Jock Mahoney 1989 |  Walter Matthau 2000 |  Richard Mulligan 2000 |  Eugene McCarthy 2005 |  Tammy Faye Messner 2007 |
 Jim McKay 2007 |  Bernie Mac 2008 |  Ricardo Montalban 2009 |  Patrick McGoohan 2009 |  Ed McMahon 2009 |  Billy Mays 2009 |
 Karl Malden 2009 |  Brittany Murphy 2009 |  Rue McClanahan 2010 |  Mitch Miller 2010 |  Kevin McCarthy 2010 |  James MacArthur 2010 |
 Don Meredith 2010 |  Harry Morgan 2011 |  Dorothy McGuire 2012 |  Mindy McCready 2013 |  Cory Monteith 2013 |  Nelson Mandela 2013 |
 Denny Miller 2014 |  Anne Meara 2015 |  Martin Milner 2015 |  Al Molinaro 2015 |  Mary Tyler Moore 2017 |  John McCain 2018 |
Garry Marshall b. 1934 d. 2016 (pneumonia after suffering a stroke)
Writer/Producer/Actor – created “Happy Days”, “Mork & Mindy”, “Laverne & Shirley”
Sir George Martin b. 1926 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Producer for the “Beatles” albums, known as “The Fifth Beatle”
Dean Martin b. 1917 d. 1995 (lung cancer)
Actor/Singer – movie- “Ocean’s 11” hit song – “Everybody Loves Somebody”
Jeanne Martin b. 1927 d. 2016 (cancer)
Model – Orange Bowl Queen (1947), Dean Martin’s 2nd wife
Ricci Martin b. 1954 d. 2016
Entertainer – youngest son of Dean Martin
Joseph Mascolo b. 1929 d. 2016 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Stefano DiMera in “Days of Our Lives”
John McCain b.1936 d. 2018 (brain tumor “glioblastoma”)
War Hero – US Senator (2001-’14), US House (1983-’87), Capt. US Navy ret. (1958-’81) was called a “maverick” in the Senate
Brooke McCarter b. 1963 d. 2015 (rare liver disease)
Actor – Paul in “The Lost Boys” (1987)
Jayne Meadows b. 1919 d. 2015
Actress – “To Tell the Truth” married to Steve Allen
Dale Messick b. 1906 d. April 5, 2005
Cartoonist – Brenda Starr
Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner b.1942 d. July 20, 2007 (cancer)
Fomer wife of TV preacher Jim Bakker
Michu Meszaros b.1939 d. 2016 (complications from a stroke)
Actor / Circus Performer – was the man in the ALF costume (ALF TV Show 1986-1990)
Grace Metalious b. 1924 d. 1964 (liver disease)
Writer – Peyton Place
Lou Meyers b. 1935 d. 2013
Actor – Mr. Gaines on “A Different World” (1987-’93)
George Michael b. 1963 d. 2016 (?)
Singer/Songwriter – #1 hits; “Faith”, “I Want Your Sex”, “Careless Whisper”
James A. Michener b. 1907 d. 1997 (kidney failure)
Writer – Tales of the South Pacific, Space, Hawaii
George Mikan b. 1924 d. June 1, 2005 (diabetes and kidney ailments)
Basketball Center – Minneapolis Lakers
John Milford b. 1929 d. 2000 (melanoma)
Actor – a hundred parts in a hundred shows
Ann Miller b. 1923 d. Jaunary 22, 2004 (lung cancer)
Actress/dancer – On the Town, Easter Parade and Sugar Babies
Arthur Miller b. 1915 d. February 10, 2005 (heart failure)
Playright – Death of a Salesman, Married to Marilyn Monroe 1956-1961
Denny Miller b. 1934 d. 2014 (ALS)
Duke Shannon on Wagon Train
Henry Miller b. 1891 d. 1980 (heart failure)
Writer – Tropic of Cancer
Mitch Miller b. 1911 d. 2010
Singer, Conductor, Musician – “Sing Along with Mitch” TV Show 1961 – 1966
Roger Miller b. 1936 d. 1992 (throat cancer)
Singer – King of the Road, Dang Me, Chug-A-Lug
Donald Mills b. 1915 d. 1999 (pneumonia)
Singer – The Mills Brothers
Harry Mills b. 1913 d. 1982 (pneumonia)
Singer – The Mills Brothers
Sir John Mills b. 1908 d. April 23, 2005
Brisitsh actor – “Ryan’s Daughter”; father of Haley, Juliet and Jonathan Mills
Herbert Mills b. 1912 d. 1989 (pneumonia)
Singer – The Mills Brothers
Martin Milner b.1931 d. 2015 (heart failure)
Actor – Route 66 (1960-64) and Adam-12 (1968-75)
Slobodan Milosevic b. 1942 d. March 11, 2006
Tyrant – Butcher of the Balkans
Sal Mineo b. 1939 d. 1976 (murdered/stabbing)
Actor – Dov Landau in Exodus
Jan Miner b. 1917 d.February 15, 2004 (natural causes)
Actress – Madge the manicurist in the Palmolive ads
Vincente Minnelli b. 1903 d. 1986
Director/producer – Father of Liza Minnelli, husband of Judy Garland
Cameron Mitchell b. 1918 d. 1994 (lung cancer)
Actor – Buck on High Chaparral
Don Mitchell b. 1943 d. 2013
Actor – Mark Sanger on Ironside
Guy Mitchell b. 1925 d. 1999 (complications after surgery)
Singer/actor – Heartaches by the Number
James Mitchell b. 1920 d. 2010 (pulmonary disease)
actor, dancer – portrayed Palmer Cortlandt on “All My Children” also was a ballet dancer
Martha Mitchell b. 1918 d. 1976
Watergate gossip – Wife of Attorney General John Mitchell
Shirley Mitchell b. 1919 d. 2013 (heart failure)
Actress – “I Love Lucy” played Lucy’s friend Marion Strong (last surviving cast member)
Robert Mitchum b. 1917 d. 1997 (emphysema and lung cancer)
Actor – Victor ‘Pug’ Henry in Winds of War
François Mitterrand b. 1916 d. 1996 (prostate cancer)
Twenty-first president of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995
Art Mix b. 1896 d. 1972
Western Actor
Mary Ann Mobley b. 1939 d. 2014 (breast cancer)
Actress / Beauty Queen – Miss America 1959 and tv shows Fantasy Island and Diff’rent Strokes
Arnold Molinaro b. 1919 d. 2015 (infected gallbladder)
Actor – Arnold on Happy Days
John Paul “Jay” Monahan b. 1956 d. 1998 (colon cancer)
NBC legal analyst – Husband of Katie Couric
Eleanor Mondale b. 1960 d. 2011 (brain cancer)
daughter of VP Walter Mondale
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Baker) b. 1926 d. 1962 (suicide?)
Actress – The Misfits
Montie Montana b. 1910 d. 1998 (stroke)
Western actor
Yves Montand b. 1921 d. 1991(heart attack)
Actor – Jean-Marc Clement in Let’s Make Love
Cory Monteith b. 1982 d. 2013 (mixture of drugs and alcohol)
Actor / Singer – Finn Hudson on the tv series “Glee”
Hugo Montenegro b. 1925. d. 1981 (emphysema)
Composer – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Elizabeth Montgomery b. 1933 d. 1995 (cancer)
Actress – Samantha Stephens in Bewitched
George Montgomery b. 1916 d. December 12, 2000
Actor – Matt Rockford in Cimarron City
Ricardo Montalban b. 1920 d. January 14, 2009 (aging)
Actor – Fantasy Island
Keith Moon b. 1946 d. 1978 (drugs)
Musician – The Who
Archie Moore b. 1913 d. 1998(heart failure)
Boxer
Clayton Moore b. 1914 d. 1999 (heart attack)
Actor – The Lone Ranger
Dudley Moore b. 1935 d. March 27, 2002 (pneumonia as a complication of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
Actor – Arthur and 10
Garry Moore b. 1915 d. 1993 (emphysema)
Actor/host – To Tell the Truth, I’ve Got a Secret
Mary Tyler Moore b. 1936 d. 2017 (Diabetes)
Actress – Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966) and Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Show (1970-1977)
Scotty Moore b. 1931 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Guitarist – backed Elvis in early recordings and pioneered new styles
Agnes Moorehead b. 1906 d. 1974 (cancer)
Actress – Endora, Samantha’s mother on Bewitched
Harry Morgan b. 1915 d. December 07, 2011
Actor – Col. Potter on M.A.S.H. & Det. Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967- ’70)
Henry Morgan b. 1915 d. 1994
Actor/panelist – I’ve Got a Secret
Pat Morita b. 1932 d. November 24, 2005 (natural causes)
Actor – Arnold on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid
Greg Morris b. 1934 d. 1996 (cancer)
Actor – Barney Collier on Mission Impossible
Howard Morris b. 1919 d. May 21, 2005 (heart problem)
Actor/director – Ernest T. Tubbs on the Andy Griffith Show
Morris The Cat, I. b. 1968. d. 1978
Cat actor known for 9 Lives commercials
Jim Morrison b. 1943 d. 1971 (drugs)
Musician – The Doors
Barry Morse b. 1918 d. February 2, 2008
Actor – Lt. Philip Gerard on The Fugitive
Anna Karen Morrow b. 1914 d. 2009 (aging)
Actress – portrayed Mrs Chernak on “Peyton Place”
Vic Morrow b. 1929 d. 1982 (Killed by helicopter blade while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie)
Actor – Sergeant Chip Saunders on Combat!
Gary Morton b. 1921 d. 1999 (lung cancer)
Husband of Lucille Ball
Milt Moss b. 1922 d. 2016
Actor – Did Alka-Seltzer commercial (1972) which coined the phrase “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”
Daniel Partick Moynihan b. 1927 d. March 26, 2003 (infection stemming from a ruptured appendix )
U.S. Senator from New York
Mr. Ed b. in the 50s d. 1979
Animal actor – Mr. Ed
Edward Mulhare b. 1923 d. 1997 (lung cancer)
Actor – Capt. Daniel Gregg (the Ghost) in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Richard Mulligan b.1932 d. 2000 (colon cancer)
Actor – Burt Campbell on Soap and Dr. Harry Weston on Empty Nest
Audie Murphy b. 1924 d. 1971(plane crash)
Actor – Most decorated soldier in WWII, including Medal of Honor, starred in Whispering Smith
Brittany Murphy b. 1977 d. 2009 (cardiac arrest??)
Actor and singer – Girl Interrupted, 8 Mile, Sin City also produced an award winning dance song
Danny Murphy b. 1955 d. 2014 (cancer)
Actor – a quadriplegic since he was 19, appeared in several Farrelly Bros. movies incl. “There’s Something About Mary”
Mary Murphy b. 1931 d. 2011 (heart disease)
Actress – “The Wild One” with Marlon Brando, discovered in a diner
Jan Murray b. 1916 d. July 2, 2006
Comic host – Treasure Hunt
Edward R. Murrow b. 1908 d. 1965
Journalist
Stan Musial (“Stan the Man”) b. 1920 d. 2013 (natural)
Athlete – played MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1963)
Edmund Muskie b. 1914 d. 1996 (heart attack)
Vice-Presidential candidate with Hubert Humphrey in 1968
Bess Myerson b. 1924 d. 2014
Model – she was the first Jewish Miss America 1945
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