DARYL DRAGON - January 2 (Same day as Bob Einstein.) Musician and songwriter (Captain & Tennille, The Beach Boys). (Age: 76. C.O.D.: Renal failure.)
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BOB EINSTEIN - January 2 (Same day as Daryl Dragon.) Actor in film (Ocean's Thirteen) and TV (Super Dave Osborne, Officer Judy, Curb Your Enthusiasm). (Age: 76. C.O.D.: Leukemia.)
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VERNA BLOOM - January 9 Actress (Animal House, High Plains Drifter, The Last Temptation of Christ). (Age: 80. C.O.D.: Dementia complications.)
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BATTON LASH - January 12

Comic book writer and artist
(Supernatural Law, Archie Meets The Punisher).
(Age: 65. C.O.D.: Brain cancer.)
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MEL STOTTLEMYRE - January 13

(Day after Battton Lash.)
Baseball player (New York Yankees)
and coach (New York Mets, Houston Astros).
(Age: 77. C.O.D.: Multiple myeloma.)
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CAROL CHANNING - January 15

Actress (Hello, Dolly!, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Thoroughly Modern Millie), singer and dancer, Tony winner (1964).
(Age: 97.)
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KAYE BALLARD - January 21

(Ballard, left, with Eve Arden.)
Actress (The Mothers-in-Law, The Doris Day Show)
and singer ("Fly Me to the Moon").
(Age: 93. C.O.D.: Kidney cancer.)
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MICHEL LEGRAND - January 26

French composer (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair, Yentl), conductor and jazz pianist, Oscar winner (1968, 1971, 1983).
(Age: 86.)
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DICK MILLER - January 30

Actor (Gremlins, The Little Shop Of Horrors, Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm).
(Age: 90.)
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JULIE ADAMS - February 3

Actress (Creature From The Black Lagoon,
Bend Of The River, Murder She Wrote TV series).
(Age: 92.)
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ALBERT FINNEY - February 7

(Same day as Frank Robinson.)
English actor (Tom Jones, The Gathering Storm, Big Fish).
(Age: 82. C.O.D.: Chest infection.)
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FRANK ROBINSON - February 7

(Same day as Albert Finney.)
Hall of Fame baseball player (Cincinnati Reds,
Baltimore Orioles) and manager (Cleveland Indians).
(Age: 83. C.O.D.: Bone cancer.)
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W. E. B. GRIFFIN - February 12

Writer (Brotherhood of War, The Corps, Badge of Honor).
(Age: 89. C.O.D.: Cancer.)
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DAVID HOROWITZ - February 14

TV consumer reporter and journalist (Fight Back! with David Horowitz).
Happy Valentine's Day - you're dead!
(Age: 81.)
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GENE LITTLER - February 15

(Day after David Horowitz and same day as Lee Radziwill.)
Hall of Fame professional golfer and U.S. Open winner (1961).
(Age: 88.)
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LEE RADZIWILL - February 15

(Day after David Horowitz and same day as Gene Littler.)
Socialite and sister of Jackie Kennedy.
(Age: 85.)
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KARL LAGERFELD - February 19

(Same day as Don Newcombe.)
German fashion designer (Chloé, Fendi, Chanel),
(Age: 85.)
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DON NEWCOMBE - February 19

(Same day as Karl Lagerfeld.)
Baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians).
(Age: 92.)
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STANLEY DONEN - February 21

(Same day as Beverley Owen and Peter Tork.)
Highly imaginative film director (Singin' in the Rain,
On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
(Age: 94. C.O.D.: Heart failure.)
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BEVERLY OWEN - February 21

(Same day as Stanley Donen and Peter Tork.)
TV actress (The Munsters).
(Age: 81. C.O.D.: Ovarian cancer.)
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PETER TORK - February 21

(Same day as Stanley Donen and Beverley Owen.)
(Note: This also marks only the second time since
we began keeping records that three celebs have died
within the same 24 hour timespan [since Don Knotts,
Darren McGavin and Dennis Weaver.])
Meanwhile, Tork was a musician and TV actor (The Monkees).
(Age: 77. C.O.D.: Carcinoma cancer-related complications.)
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KATHERINE HELMOND - February 23

Actress (Brazil, Soap, and Who's the Boss?).
Golden Globe winner (1980, 1988).
(Age: 89. C.O.D.: Alzheimer's.)
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ANDRE PREVIN - February 28

German-born American composer and score adapter
(Gigi, Elmer Gantry, My Fair Lady), who became
a multiple Oscar winner (1959, 1960, 1964, 1965).
(Age: 89.)
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LUKE PERRY - March 4

Actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Riverdale, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
(Age: 52. C.O.D.: Stroke complications.)
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DAN JENKINS - March 7

Author and sportswriter (Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, Playboy).
(Age: 90.)
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TOM K. RYAN - March 15

Syndicated newspaper cartoon strip artist
of the western classic Tumbleweeds.
(Age: 92.)
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DICK DALE - March 16

(Day after Tom K. Ryan and same day as Tom Hatten.)
Guitarist and surf music pioneer ("Let's Go Trippin'", "Misirlou")
(Age: 81.)
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TOM HATTEN - March 16

(Day after Tom K. Ryan and same day as Dick Dale.)
American actor (The Secret of NIMH) and media personality (KTLA, KNX).
(Age: 92.)
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LARRY COHEN - March 23

Unusually versatile film director (It's Alive,
The Stuff) and screenwriter (Phone Booth).
(Age: 77.)
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SEYMOUR CASSEL - April 7

Actor (Faces, The Royal Tanenbaums, Dick Tracy).
(Age: 84. C.O.D.: Alzheimer's complications.)
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GEORGIA ENGEL - April 12

Actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Open Season, Everybody Loves Raymond).
(Age: 70.)
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BIBI ANDERSSON - April 14

Swedish actress (The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona).
(Age: 83. C.O.D.: Stroke complications.)
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KEN KERCHEVAL - April 21

American actor (Dallas, Network, The Seven-Ups), pneumonia.
(Age: 83. C.O.D.: Pneumonia.)
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GREG THEAKSTON - April 22

(Day after Ken Kercheval.)
Comic book artist (Mad).
(Age: 65.)
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JOHN SINGLETON - April 28

Film director and television producer (Boyz n the Hood, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Snowfall).
(Age: 51. C.O.D.: Stroke.)
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PEGGY LIPTON - May 11

Actress (The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks, The Postman) and model.
Golden Globe winner (1970),
(Age: 72. C.O.D.: Colon cancer.)
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DORIS DAY - May 13

Actress (Pillow Talk, Calamity Jane), singer ("Que Sera, Sera") and animal welfare activist.
Golden Globe winner (1958, 1960, 1963, 1989).
(Age: 97. C.O.D.: Pneumonia.)
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TIM CONWAY - May 14

(Day after Doris Day.)
Actor, comedian and voice artist (McHale's Navy, The Carol Burnett Show, SpongeBob SquarePants).
(Age: 85.)
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HERMAN WOUK - May 17

Author (The Caine Mutiny, Summer Of 42, The Winds of War),
Pulitzer Prize winner (1952).
(Age: 103.)
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BART STARR - May 26

Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach.
Super Bowl MVP (1967, 1968).
(Age: 85. C.O.D.: Stroke complications.)
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TONY GLOVER - May 29

Legendary blues harmonica player (Koerner, Ray & Glover).
(Age: 79.)
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LEON REDBONE - May 30

Cypriot-American singer-songwriter and actor (ALF).
(Age: 69. C.O.D.: Dementia complications.)
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FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI - June 15

Italian film and stage director (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth, The Taming of the Shrew) and Senator (1994–2001).
(Age: 96.)
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GLORIA VANDERBILT - June 17

Little Gloria, halted at last.
American socialite, artist and fashion designer.
(Age: 95. C.O.D.: Stomach cancer.)
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MAX WRIGHT - June 26

Actor (ALF, Reds, All That Jazz).
(Age: 75. C.O.D.: Llymphoma.)
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ARTE JOHNSON - July 3

Comedian and actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In).
Emmy Award winner (1969).
(Age: 90. C.O.D.: Bladder and prostate cancer.)
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ROSS PEROT - July 9

"Can you fit my coffin in edgewise?"
Billionaire businessman, philanthropist and presidential candidate, founder of Electronic Data Systems and the Reform Party.
(Age: 89. C.O.D.: Leukemia.)
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RIP TORN - July 9

(Same day as Ross Perot.)
88, Actor (Cross Creek, The Larry Sanders Show, Men in Black), Emmy winner (1996).
(Age: 88.)
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DICK RICHARDS - July 12

Hall of Fame rock n' roll drummer (Bill Haley & His Comets).
(Age: 95.)
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DAVID HEDISON - July 18

(Voyage co-star Richard Baseheart at left.)
Actor (The Fly, Live and Let Die, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).
(Age: 92.)
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RUTGER HAUER - July 19

(Day after David Hedison.)
Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Nighthawks, The Hitcher).
(Age: 75.)
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PAUL KRASSNER - July 21

Writer and political activist (and founder of The Realist magazine).
Often mentioned favorably by comedian Lewis Black during his act.
(Age: 87.)
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HAROLD PRINCE - July 31

Theatre director and producer (The Phantom of the Opera,
Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story).
(Age: 91.)
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TONI MORRISON - August 5

Author (The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved), Nobel laureate (1993), Pulitzer Prize winner (1988).
(Age: 88.)
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ERNIE COLON - August 8

Harvey comic book artist (Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich.)
(Age: 88. C.O.D.: Cancer.)
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JEFFREY EPSTEIN - August 10


Bad boy.
(Age: 66. C.O.D.: Suicide.)
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PETER FONDA - August 16


Actor and screenwriter (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold, 3:10 to Yuma).
(Age: 79. C.O.D.: Lung cancer.)
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RICHARD WILLIAMS - August 16

Canadian-British animator and director (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Thief and the Cobbler, A Christmas Carol), three-time Oscar winner. Yes, you read that right.
(Age: 86. C.O.D.: Cancer.)
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JACK PERKINS - August 19

Reporter and television host (NBC Nightly News, A&E Biography). (Age: 85. C.O.D.: Parkinson's. Or should we say Perkinson's?)
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VALERIE HARPER - August 30

Actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie), Emmy Award winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975).
(Age: 80. C.O.D.: Cancer.)
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COKIE ROBERTS - September 17

TV journalist (ABC News, NPR), political commentator and author.
(Age: 75. C.O.D.: Breast cancer.)
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CAROL LYNLEY - September 3

Actress (Harlow, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Poseidon Adventure).
(Age: 77. C.O.D.: Heart attack.)
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PHYLLIS NEWMAN - September 15

Actress (Subways Are for Sleeping, Mannequin, To Find a Man) and singer.)
(Age: 86.)
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RIC OCASEK - September 15

Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame musician (The Cars), singer-songwriter ("My Best Friend's Girl", "You Might Think") and record producer. (Age: 75. C.O.D.: Heart attack.)
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SID HAIG - September 21

Actor (Spider Baby, The Devil's Rejects, Jason of Star Command, THX 1138).
(Age: 80. C.O.D.: Lung infection.)
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RUDY BEHLMER - September 27

Film historian, writer and video commentator.
(Age: 92.)
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DIAHANN CARROLL - October 4

Actress (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine), Tony winner (1962).
(Age: 84. C.O.D.: Cancer.)
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GINGER BAKER - October 6

English Hall of Fame drummer (Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force), subject of documentary Beware Of Mr. Baker.
(Age: 80.)
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RIP TAYLOR - October 6

Actor (The $1.98 Beauty Show, Chatterbox, Down to Earth) and comedian.
(Age: 88.)
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ROBERT FORSTER - October 11

Actor (Jackie Brown, The Black Hole, Medium Cool).
(Age: 78.)
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SCOTTY BOWERS - October 13

Author (Full Service) and super pimp to golden age stars.
(Age: 96.)
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BILL MACY - October 17

Actor (Maude TV series, The Jerk, Analyze This).
(Age: 97.)
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JERRY FOGEL - October 21

Actor (The Mothers-in-Law, The White Shadow).
(Age: 83.)
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ROBERT EVANS - October 26

Film producer (The Godfather, Chinatown, Marathon Man) and studio executive (Paramount Pictures).
Also did a documentary called The Kid Stays In The Picture. Well, now the kid is back out of the picture.
(Age: 89.)
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JOHN WITHERSPOON - October 29

Actor (Friday, The Wayans Bros., Hollywood Shuffle.).
(Age: 77.)
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RON FAIRLY - October 30

Baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos) and broadcaster (Seattle Marinersry).
(Age: 81.)
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MICHAEL POLLARD - November 20

Actor, theatre director and producer (The Phantom of the Opera,
Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story).
(Age: 80.)
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GAHAN WILSON - November 21

Cartoonist (Everybody's Favorite Duck, A Night in the Lonesome October, Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night).
(Age: 89.)
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HOWARD CRUSE - November 26

Cartoonist and comic book writer (Stuck Rubber Baby).
(Age: 75.)
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D.C. FONTANA - December 2

Television writer (Star Trek, The Streets of San Francisco, The Waltons).
(Age: 80.)
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ROBERT WALKER JR. - December 5

Actor (Ensign Pulver, The Ceremony, Star Trek).
(Age: 79.)
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RON LEIBMAN - December 6

Actor (Angels in America, Norma Rae, Kaz), Tony winner (1993),
(Age: 82.)
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RENE AUBERJONOIS - December 8

Actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, MASH, Benson), Tony winner (1970).
(Age: 79.)
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PHILLIP MCKEON - December 10

Actor (Alice TV series).
(Age: 55. C.O.D.: Cancer.)
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DANNY AIELLO - December 12

Actor (Do the Right Thing, The Godfather Part II, Moonstruck).
(Age: 86.)
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JERRY HERMAN - December 26

Composer (Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage aux Folles) and lyricist.
(Age: 88. C.O.D.: Pulmonary disease.)
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SUE LYON - December 26

Actress (Lolita, The Night of the Iguana, 7 Women).
(Age: 73.)
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DON IMUS - December 27

Radio personality (Imus in the Morning). (Age: 79. C.O.D.: Complications from lung disease.)
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JACK SHELDON - December 27

Trumpeter (The Merv Griffin Show), singer ("I'm Just A Bill") and voice actor (Schoolhouse Rock!).
(Age: 88.)
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