DAME JUDITH ANDERSON - January 3
Actress.
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JOSE FERRER - January 26
Cyrano.
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BERT PARKS - February 2
Miss America host.
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JOHN DEHNER - February 4
Actor.
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ALEX HALEY - February 10
Wrote Roots.
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DICK YORK - February 20
The first (and best) Darren on Bewitched.
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S. I. HAYAKAWA - February 27
Teacher, author and expert on semantics.
Also wore a goofy hat for no apparent reason.
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SANDY DENNIS - March 2
Actress in The Out Of Towners.
"Oh...my...god..."
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JOHN IRELAND - March 21
Actor in All The Kings Men.
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PAUL HENREID - March 29
Actor in Casablanca
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ISAAC ASIMOV - April 6
Writer of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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SAM KINISON - April 10
Loud, brash and rude standup comedian.
in other words, fantastic! "Oh-owww!"
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NEVILLE BRAND - April 16
Actor in The Untouchables TV series.
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BENNY HILL - April 20
Brilliant British comic, and star of the irreverent Benny Hill Show.
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MARLENE DIETRICH - May 6
Fabulous old school actress.
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LYLE ALZADO - May 14
Football dude who died after taking tons of steroids.
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LAWRENCE WELK - May 17
Popular bandleader of polka-inspired music.
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SKIP STEPHENSON - May 18
(Must have heard about Lawrence Welk the day before.)
Well-liked comic who co-hosted the variety show Real People.
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NANCY WALKER - May 25
The mom from Rhoda, which was a spinoff
of the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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WILLIAM GAINES - June 3
Legendary publisher of MAD magazine, and
beloved manager of the usual gang of idiots.
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ROBERT MORLEY - June 3
(Same day as William Gaines.)
Actor in African Queen and Who Is
Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe?
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PETER ALLEN - June 18
Singer and piano player.
[C.O.D.: AIDS.]
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ERIC SEVAREID - July 9
TV newsman who just died.
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JEFF PORCARO - August 5
Some rock group dude.
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JOHN CAGE - August 12
Weird and wild music innovator.
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ANTHONY PERKINS - September 12
Star of Psycho, Tall Story and Fear Strikes Out.
[C.O.D.: AIDS.]
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DENHOLM ELLIOTT - October 6
Co-star of Trading Places.
[C.O.D.: AIDS.]
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SHIRLEY BOOTH - October 16
Star of the TV series Hazel.
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CLEAVON LITTLE - October 22
Star of Blazing Saddles.
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ROGER MILLER - October 25
Singer/songwriter, mainly known for King Of The Road.
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HAL ROACH - November 2
Comedy director who made Laurel and Hardy,
and the Little Rascals into household words.
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JACK KELLY - November 7
Actor who co-starred in Maverick and Flipper.
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CHUCK CONNORS - November 10
Star of The Rifleman.
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STERLING HOLLOWAY - November 22
Played professor types, and was the voice of Winnie The Pooh.
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VINCENT GARDENIA - December 9
Starred in films including Bang The Drum Slowly, Death Wish, and The Super.
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DANA ANDREWS - December 17
Starred in The Best Years Of Our Lives, and Laura.
[C.O.D.: Pneumonia. Age: 83.]
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