 John Wayne 1979 |  Natalie Wood 1981 |  Guy Williams 1989 |  Terry Wilson 1999 |  Paul Winfield 2004 |  Gen. William Westmoreland 2005 |  Shelley Winters 2006 |
 Dennis Weaver 2006 |  Jane Wyatt 2006 |  Jim Walsh 2007 |  Jane Wyman 2007 |  Dick Wilson (Mr. Whipple) 2007 |  Jerry Wallace 2008 |  James Whitmore 2009 |
 Joseph Wiseman 2009 |  Helen Wagner 2010 |  Margaret Whiting 2011 |  Dana Wynter 2011 |  Amy Winehouse 2011 |  Mike Wallace 2012 |  William Windom 2012 |
 Andy Williams 2012 |  Ned Wertimer 2013 |  Jonathan Winters 2013 |  Esther Williams 2013 |  Marcia Wallace 2013 |  Paul Walker 2013 |  Ralph Waite 2014 |
 Eli Wallach 2014 |  Robin Williams 2014 |  Gene Wilder 2016 |  Van Williams 2016 |
Henry M. Wade b. 1914 d. March 1, 2001
Dallas Prosecutor – in the Roe v. Wade case
Porter Wagoner b. 1927 d. October 28, 2007 (lung cancer)
Country Singer and Grand Ole Opry star
Helen Wagner b. 1916 d. 2010 (cancer)
Actress – Nancy Hughes-McClosky on “As the World Turns” from 1956 until 2010 (50 Years)
Ralph Waite b. 1928 d. Feb. 13, 2014
Actor – John Walton, Sr. on “The Waltons” and Jackson Gibbs on “NCIS”
Jimmy Wakely b. 1914 d. 1982 (heart failure)
Country singer/actor
Jersey Joe Walcott b. 1914 d. 1994
Boxer – Heavyweight Champion
Nancy Walker b. 1921 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actress – Ida on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, Bounty paper towel spokeswoman
Paul Walker b. 1973 d. 2013 (car crash)
Actor – Brian O’Conner in “The Fast and the Furious” films
George C Wallace b. 1919 d. 1998 (heart failure)
Governor of Alabama, Presidential candidate in 1968,1972 and 1976
Irving Wallace b. 1916 d. 1990 (pancreatic cancer)
Writer – The Prize, the Chapman Report and others
Jerry Wallace b.1928 d. 2008 (heart disease)
Muscian, 1950’s country & western star
Lurleen B. Wallace b. 1926 d. 1968
Alabama Governor – Wife of George C. Wallace
Marcia Wallace b. 1942 d. 2013 (complications from breast cancer)
Actress – Receptionist Carol Kester on “Bob Newhart Show“(1972 – 1978)
Myron Leon “Mike” Wallace b. 1918 d. 2012
correspondent for “60 Minutes” news show (1968 – 2008)
Eli Wallach b. 1915 d. 2014 (natural)
Actor – Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Karl Wallenda b.1905 d. 1978 (fell!)
High wire circus performer
Eddy Waller b. 1889 d. 1977 (stroke)
Western Actor
Deborah Walley b. 1943 d. May 10, 2001 (esophageal cancer)
Actress – Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Wallis (Simpson), Duchess of Windsor b. 1896 d. 1986
King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne for her
J. T Walsh b. 1943 d. 1998 (heart attack)
Actor – John Ehrlichman in Nixon
Bill Walsh b. 1931 d. July 31, 2007 (leukemia)
Legendary coach of the San Francisco 49ers
Ray Walston b. 1914 d. January 1, 2001 (lupus)
Actor – My Favorite Martian and Judge Henry Bone on Picket Fences
John Walton b. 1947 d. June 27, 2005 (plane crash)
Wal-Mart heir, Sam Walton’s son
Sam Wanamaker b. 1919 d. 1993 (cancer)
Actor/director
Andy Warhol b. 1928 d. 1987 (complications of surgery)
Artist
Jack Warden b. 1920 d. July 19, 2006 (heart and kidney failure)
Actor – Crazy Like a Fox and Heaven Can Wait
Jack Warner b. 1892 d. 1978 (pulmonary edema)
Warner Brothers President
Earl Warren b. 1891 d. 1974
Chief Justice, US Supreme Court 1953-1969
Fran Warren b. 1926 d. 2013
Singer – biggest hit, “A Sunday Kind Of Love”
Robert Penn Warren b. 1905 d. 1989
Writer – All the King’s Men
Ruth Warrick b. 1915 d. January 15, 2005 (complications from pneumonia)
Actress – Phoebe Wallingford on All My Children
Harold Washington b. 1922 d. 1987
First Black Mayor of Chicago
Ethel Waters b. 1896 d. 1977 (heart disease)
Actress – Beulah
Muddy Waters b. 1915 d. 1983
Musician – I Got My Mojo Working
Thomas Watson, Jr. b. 1914 d. 1993
Made IBM B-I-G
Bernie Wayne b. 1919 d. 1993
Songwriter – Miss America theme and Blue Velvet
John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison) b. 1907 d. 1979 (lung and stomach cancer)
Actor – The Duke
David Wayne b. 1914 d. 1995 (lung cancer)
Actor – Dr. Amos Wetherby on House Calls
Ken Weatherwax b. 1955 d. 2014 (heart attack)
Actor – Pugsley on the original Addams Family (1964-’66)
Rudd Weatherwax d. 1985 b. 1915
Dog trainer – Lassie
Dennis Weaver b. 1924 d. February 24, 2006 (cancer)
Actor – Chester Goode on Gunsmoke and Sam McCloud on McCloud
Fritz Weaver b. 1926 d. 2016
Dr. Josef Weiss in the mini series “Holocaust”
Sylvester “Pat” Weaver b. 1908 d. March 15, 2002 (pneumonia)
TV Pioneer, created Today show – father of Sigourney Weaver
Jack Webb b. 1920 d. 1982 (heart attack)
Actor – Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet
Caspar Weinberger b. 1917 d. March 28, 2006 (pneumonia)
Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan
Johnny Weissmuller b. 1904 d. 1984 (series of strokes)
Swimming champion and actor – Tarzan and Jungle Jim
Bob Welch b.1945 d. 2012 (suicide after unsuccessful spinal surgery)
Guitarist / song writer with Fleetwood Mac (1971 – 1974)
Lawrence Welk b. March 11, 1903 d. 1992 (pneumonia)
Musician/Bandleader – The Lawrence Welk Show 1955-1982
Kitty Wells b. 1919 d. 2012 (stroke)
C&W Singer – 1952 hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”
Orson Welles b. 1915 d. 1985 (heart attack)
Actor/Director – Citizen Cane
Cory Wells b. 1941 d. 2015 (myeloma blood cancer)
Singer – Three Dog Night
Mary Wells b. 1943 d. 1992 (throat cancer)
Singer – My Guy
Vince Welnick b. 1951 d. June 2, 2006
Keyboard Player for the Grateful Dead
Ned Wertimer b. 1923 d. January 08, 2013 (complications from a fall)
Actor – Ralph Hart the doorman on “The Jeffersons” (1975 – ’85)
Dottie West b. 1932 d. 1991 (car accident)
Country Singer
Mae West b. 1893 d. 1980 (complications from stroke)
Actress and sex symbol
Gen. William Westmoreland b. 1914 d. July 18, 2005
Leader of the U.S. forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968
Jack Weston b. 1924 d. 1996
Actor – Max Kellerman in Dirty Dancing
Dan Wheldon b. 1978 d. October 16, 2011
British born race car driver, won Indy 500 twice, died in a 15 car accident at Las Vegas 300
Barry White b. 1944 d. July 4, 2003 (kidney failure as a result of high blood pressure)
Singer – Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” and “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything.”
David White b. 1916 d. 1990 (heat attack)
Actor – Larry Tate on Bewitched
Lt. Col. Edward White II b. 1930 d. 1967
Astronaut – died in Apollo 1 fire
Jesse White b. 1917 d. 1997
Actor – the Maytag repairman
Maurice White b. 1941 d. 2016 (Parkinson’s disease)
Singer / Songwriter – founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
Reggie White b. 1961 d. December 26, 2004 (heart attack)
Defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers from 1985-1998
Billie Whitelaw b. 1932 d. 2014
Mrs Baylock, the demonic nanny in “The Omen”
Margaret Whiting b.1924 d. 2011 (natural)
Singer, popular in late 40’s early 50’s
Slim Whitman b. 1924 d. 2013 (natural)
Singer – known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth high octave falsetto
James Whitmore b.1921 d. 2009 (lung cancer)
Actor, portrayed Will Rogers on stage
Grace Lee Whitney b. 1930 d. 2015 (natural)
Actress – Yeoman Janice Rand in Star Trek the original series
Mary Wickes b. 1910 d. 1995 (complications of surgery)
Actress – Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act (1&2)
Richard Widmark b. 1914 d. March 24, 2008
Actor – How the West Was Won and Madigan
Elie Wiesel b. 1928 d. 2016 (natural)
Jewish Writer/political activist – Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Laureate
Simon Wiesenthal b. 1908 d. September 20, 2005
Holocaust survivor who devoted his life to hunting Nazi war criminals
Frank Wilcox b. 1907 d. 1974
Actor – John Brewster on the Beverly Hillbillies
Cornel Wilde b. 1915 d. 1989 (leukemia)
Actor – The Great Sebastian in Greatest Show on Earth
Gene Wilder b. 1933 d. 2016 (Alzheimer Disease)
Actor – Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein, Willy Wonka
Roy Wilkins b. 1901 d. 1981
Civil Rights Leader
Andy Williams b. 1927 d. 2012 (bladder cancer)
Singer – Moon River, Andy Williams Show (1959-’71)
Billy Williams b. 1915 d. 1992 (brain tumor)
Actor – Kit Carson, father, with Barbara Hale of William Katt
Esther Williams b. 1921 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Swimmer & Actress – starred in movies that featured swimming and diving
Grant Williams b. 1930 d. 1985 (peritonitis)
Actor – Scott Carey in The Incredible Shrinking Man
Guy Williams b. 1924 d. 1989 (brain aneurysm)
Actor – Zorro and Prof. John Robinson on Lost in Space
Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams b. 1915 d. 2002
Saxaphone Player – biggest hit “The Hucklebuck”, was the only act to play the Moondog Coronation Ball
Paul Williams b. 1939 d. 1973 (suicide – shooting)
Singer – Temptations, asked to leave band due to drinking problem
Robin Williams b. 1951 d. 2014 (suicide by asphyxiation)
Actor / Comedian – “Good Will Hunting”, “Good Morning, Vietnam”, “Dead Poets Society”
Roger Williams b. 1924 d. 2011 (pancreatic cancer)
Pianist – Autumn Laeves, Born Free was discovered by Authur Godfrey
Roy Williams b. 1907 d. 1976
“The Big Moosketeer” on the Mickey Mouse Club
Ted Williams b. 1918 d. July 5, 2002 (heart failure)
Baseball legend – 2 time triple crown winner, Boston Red Sox
Tennessee Williams b. 1911 d. 1983 (accidental asphyxiation while drunk)
Writer – Streecar Named Desire, Glass Menagerie and more
Tex Williams b. 1917 . d. 1985
Country Singer/Songwriter
Van Williams b. 1934 d. 2016 (renal failure)
Actor – Kenny Madison in “Bourbon Street Beat” (1959) & “Surfside 6” (1960)
Boxcar Willie b. 1932 d. 1999 (leukemia)
Country singer
Noble Willingham b. 1931 d. January 17, 2004 (natural causes)
Actor – C. D. Parker on Walker, Texas Ranger
August Wilson b. 1945 d. October 2, 2005 (liver cancer)
Playwright – “Fences” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Charles “Charlie” Wilson b. 1933 d. 2010 (pulmonary arrest)
Politician – 12 term US Congressman, helped to organize and fund the secret war in Afghanastan
Dick Wilson b. 1916 d. November 19, 2007
Actor – Mr. Whipple of over 500 Charmin ads
Frank Wilson b. 1940 d. 2012 (prostate cancer)
Songwriter / Producer – “Love Child” for Supremes, “Castles In the Sand” for Stevie Wonder
Meredith Wilson b. 1902 d. 1984(heart failure)
Composer – The Music Man, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and more
Carl Wilson b. 1946 d. 1998 (brain cancer)
Musician – The Beach Boys
Dennis Wilson b. 1944 d. 1983 (drowning)
Musician – The Beach Boys
Flip Wilson b. 1933 d. 1998 (liver cancer)
Actor/Comedian, “The Flip Wilson Show”
Harold Wilson b. 1916 d. 1995 (cancer)
British Prime Minister, 1964-1970 and 1974-1976
Jackie Wilson b. 1934 d. 1984 (stroke)
Singer – Lonely Teardrops, Higher and Higher
Terry Wilson b. 1923 d. 1999
Stuntman/Actor – Bill Hawks on Wagon Train
Paul Winchell b. 192 d. June 24, 2005 (natural causes)
Ventriloquist – voice of Tigger in Walt Disney’s “Winnie-the-Pooh”; “The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show”
Walter Winchell b. 1897 d. 1972
Journalist
Amy Winehouse b. 1983 d. 2011 (alcohol overdose)
Singer/Songwriter – “Back to Black”, 5 Grammy awards
William Windom b. 1923 d. 2012 (congestive heart failure)
Actor – played a doctor on “Murder, She Wrote”
Paul Winfield b. 1941 d. March 7, 2004 (heart attack)
Actor – Sounder, King, Roots: The Next Generation
Edward Winter b. 1937 d. 2001 (Parkinson’s disease)
Actor – Col. Samuel Flagg in M*A*S*H
Johnny Winter b. 1944 d. July 16, 2014
Musician – Grammy Award winning blues guitarist and producer
Jonathan Winters b. 1925 d. April 11, 2013
Comedian / Actor – The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–74) also Mork & Mindy
Shelley Winters b. 1920 d. January 14, 2006 (heart failure)
Actor – The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue
Robert Wise b. 1914 d. September 14, 2005 (heart failure)
Producer/director – West Side Story and Sound of Music
Joseph Wiseman b. 1915 d. October 19, 2008 (natural causes)
Canadian Actor played Dr. No in the James Bond film
Bobby Womack b. 1944 d. 2014
R&B Singer/ Songwriter – “Lookin’ For a Love”, “Across 110th Street”
Ed Wood b. 1914 d. 1978 (heart failure)
Dubbed worst director of all time
Evelyn Wood b. 1909 d. 1995
Speed reading guru
Natalie Wood b. 1938 d. 1981 (drowning)
Actress – Rebel Without A Cause, West Side Story – wife of Robert Wagner
Pat Woodell b. 1944 d. 2015 (cancer)
Actress / Singer – Bobbie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction
John Wooden b. 1910 d. 2010 (natural)
Basketball Coach – UCLA 1948 – 1975 won ten National Championships
Earl Woods b. 1932 d. May 3, 2006 (prostate cancer)
Father of golfer Tiger Woods, age 74
Georgie Woods b. 1927 d. June 18, 2005 (heart attack)
Legendary Philadelphia radio broadcaster,”The Guy With the Goods” on WDAS and WHAT
Rose Mary Woods b.1918 d. January 22, 2005
Secretary to Richard Nixon who took blame for 18 ½ minute gap in tapes
Ali-Ollie Woodson b. 1951 d. May 30, 2010 (Leukemia)
Singer / Songwriter sang with the Temptations
Sheb Wooley b. 1921 d. September 16, 2003 (leukemia)
Actor/songwriter – Pete Nolan on Rawhide, wrote “Flying Purple People Eater
Keo Woolford b. 1967 d. 2016 (stroke)
Actor – Det. Chang on Hawaii Five-0 (2010 version)
Hank Worden b. 1901 d. 1992
Western actor
Fay Wray b. 1907 d. August 8, 2004
Actress – King Kong
Richard Wright b.1943 d. 2008 (cancer)
Muscian- keyboardist for Pink Floyd
Teresa Wright b. 1918 d. March 6, 2005 (heart attack)
Actress – Mrs. Miniver, Shadow of a Doubt, The Best Years of Our Lives
Jane Wyatt b. 1910 d. October 20, 2006
Actress – Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best
William Wyler b. 1902 d. 1981
Director – Ben Hur, Roman Holiday, Funny Girl
Jane Wyman b. 1917 d. September 10, 2007
Actress – Angela Channing on “Falcon Crest”) and 1st wife of Ronald Reagan
Tammy Wynette b. 1942 d. 1998 (blood clot – died in her sleep)
Country Singer
Keenan Wynn b.1916 d. 1986 (cancer)
Actor
Dana Wynter b. 1931 d. 2011 (congestive heart failure)
Actress – best known for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
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