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While there have been many great new discoveries and continuations from the past year, it was also a time when we unfortunately lost many of the talents who brought us these works. The following is a list featuring all of the talented artists who have made the world of film, TV, music, and literature a far more interesting place for audiences to indulge in. While they are gone, they are surely not forgotten as long as their work lives on, entertaining generations to come.
John Young – Astronaut who walked on the moon as the
commander of Apollo 16
Jerry Van Dyke – Actor best known his work on the TV series Coach, My Mother the Car, and The
Middle.
Denise LaSalle – Singer best known for her hit song “Trapped
by a Thing Called Love”
Eddie Clarke – Former guitarist for metal band Motorhead
Doreen Tracey – One of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club during the 1950’s
Dolores O’Riordan – Singer best known for her work with the
Irish rock band The Cranberries
Edwin Hawkins – Singer best known for his gospel song “Oh
Happy Day”
Hugh Wilson – Writer and producer best known for his work on
the Police Academy series and WKRP in Cincinnati
Jo Jo White – Olympic gold medal winner and Basketball Hall
of Famer who played for the Boston Celtics
Dorothy Malone – Actress known for her work on the soap
opera Peyton Place and her
Oscar-winning role in Written On the Wind
Olivia Cole – Emmy-winning actress best known for her role
of Matilda in the iconic miniseries Roots.
John Coleman – Founder of The Weather Channel
Jim Rodford – Musician best known for his work with the
bands The Kinks and The Zombies
Naomi Parker Fraley – Woman who is thought to be the real
life inspiration for “Rosie the Riveter”
Ursula K. Le Guin – Writer best known for the “Earthsea”
series
Robert Dowdell – Actor best known for the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Warren Miller – Filmmaker best known for making over 500
films on outdoor activities
Mort Walker – Cartoonist best known for creating the Beetle
Bailey comic strip
Dennis Edwards – Singer best known for his work with The Temptations
John Mahoney – Actor best remembered for his Emmy-nominated work
on Frasier
Louis Zorich – Tony-nominated actor best known for his work
on the TV series Mad About You
John Perry Barlow – Songwriter best known for composing
music for The Grateful Dead
Mickey Jones – Actor and musician best known for his work in
the films Starman, Sling Blade, and his collaborations with
Bob Dylan and Kenny Rogers
John Gavin – Actor best known for the films Spartacus and Psycho, and was also U.S. Ambassador to Mexico during the Reagan
administration
Reg. E. Cathey – Emmy-winning actor best known for his work
on the TV series The Wire, Oz, and House of Cards
Johann Johannson – Oscar-nominated musician best known for
his scores for Sicario and Arrival
Jan Maxwell – Tony-nominated actor who is the fourth
performer in the award’s history to be nominated in all four eligible acting
categories
Vic Damone – Singer best known for his hit song “You’re
Breaking My Heart”
Emma Chambers – Actor best known for films like Notting Hill and the BBC series The Vicar of Dibley
Nanette Fabray - Emmy
and Tony-winning actor best known for her work on One Day at a Time, Your Show
of Shows, and the Broadway show No,
No Nanette
Harvey Schmidt – Composer of the Broadway musical The
Fantasticks, which became one of the longest running musicals in history
David Ogden Stiers – Actor best known for his work on the TV
series M*A*S*H* and films like Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas
Russ Solomon – Founder of Tower Records
Hubert de Givenchy – Fashion designer whose work was
featured in the films Breakfast at
Tiffany’s and Funny Face, and
also designed wardrobe for Princess Grace of Monaco and Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis
Craig Mack – Rapper best known for his hit song “Flava in Ya
Ear”
Nokie Edwards – Musician known for being the former lead
guitarist of The Ventures and helping to compose the theme from Hawaii Five-O
Stephen Hawking – Astrophysicist best known for his book “A
Brief History of Time”
Charles Lazarus – Founder of Toys R Us
H. Wayne Huizenga – Founder of Blockbuster Video, Waste
Management Disposal, AutoNation, and other companies
Delores Taylor – Actor best known for his work in the Billy Jacki series
DuShon Monique Brown – Actor best known for her work on the
TV series Chicago Fire
Linda Brown – Woman who was central to the historic 1954
court case Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
Steven Bochco – TV show creator of the series Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue
Susan Anspach – Actor best known for her roles in Five Easy Pieces
Chuck McCann- Actor best known as the voice of Sonny the
Cuckoo Bird for Cocoa Puffs
Yvonne Staples – Singer best known for her work in The
Staples Singers
Mitzi Shore – Founder of The Comedy Store
Milos Forman – Oscar-winning director of the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus
Daedra Charles-Furlow – Olympic bronze winner and inductee
in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
R. Lee Ermey – Former marine best known for his acting work
in Full Metal Jacket
Harry Anderson – Actor best known for his work on the TV
series Night Court
Pamela Gidley – Actor best known for her work on Twin Peaks
Carl Kasell – Radio host that was best known for the NPR
quiz series Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me
Barbara Bush – Former First Lady of the United States
Avicii – Musician best known for his hit song “Wake Me Up”
Verne Troyer – Actor best known for his work in the Austin Powers series
Bob Dorough – Musical director for Schoolhouse Rock
Michael Anderson – Oscar-winning director of the films Around the World in 80 Days and Logan’s Run
Paul Junger Witt – Writer best known for the TV series Soap and Golden Girls, and the film Dead
Poets Society
Larry Harvey – Co-Founder of Burning Man Festival
Robert Mandan – Actor best known for his performance in the
TV series Soap
John “Jab’o” Starks – Musician who played with James Brown
on songs including “The Payback” and “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine”
Anne Coates – Film Editor known for the films The Elephant Man and In the Line of Fire
Margot Kidder – Actor best known for her work in the 1978
film adaptation of Superman
Tom Wolfe – Writer best known for the novels “The Right
Stuff” and “Bonfire of the Vanities”
Joseph Campanella – Actor known for his work on The Bold Ones, One Day at a Time, and Baywatch
Richard Goodwin – Former presidential aide and speechwriter
whose investigation into television game shows inspired the movie Quiz Show
Philip Roth – Writer of the novels “American Pastoral” and “The
Human Stain”
Clint Walker – Actor best known for his work on Cheyenne and in the film The Dirty Dozen
Jerry Maren – Actor who was the last surviving Munchkin from
The Wizard of Oz
Samuel “Ted” Dabney – Co-founder of Atari
Clarence Fountain – Musician best known for his work with
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Alan O’Neill – Actor best known for his work on Sons of Anarchy
Anthony Bourdain – Celebrity chef best known for the TV
series Parts Unknown
Jackson Odell – Actor best known for his work on the TV
series The Goldbergs
D.J. Fontana – Musician who used to play drums for Elvis
Presley
Matt “Guitar” Murphy – Musician best known for his
appearance in the film The Blues Brothers
Martin Bregman – Producer best known for his work with Al
Pacino on the films Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Scarface
Koko the Gorilla – Animal who learned American Sign Language
to communicate with humans
Vinnie Paul – Musician best known for co-founding the band
Pantera
Tab Hunter – Actor best known for the films Damn Yankees and Battle Cry
Stan Dragoti – Director best known for the films Necessary Roughness and Mom
Gary Beach – Tony-winning actor best known for the stage
adaptation of The Producers
Adrian Cronauer – Air Force disc jockey who served as the
inspiration for Good Morning, Vietnam
Jon Schnepp – Writer and riector best known for his work on Metalocalypse
Charlotte Rae – Tony-nominated actress who appeared on the TV
series Facts of Life
Aretha Franklin – Musician best known as the Queen of Soul
for her hit songs “Respect” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”
Barbara Harris – Tony-winning actor who appeared in the
films Freaky Friday, Nashville, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Ed King – Musician best known as the guitarist for Lynryd
Skynyrd
Neil Simon – Playwright best known for his plays The Odd
Couple and Biloxi Blues
Vanessa Marquez – Actor best known for her work on the TV
series ER and the film Stand and Deliver
Burt Reynolds – Famed Oscar-nominated actor best known for
his work in Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper, and Boogie Nights
Mac Miller – Rapper best known for his recent album “Swimming”
Bill Daily – Actor best known for his work on I Dream of Jeannie and The Bob Newhart Show
Marin Mazie – Tony-nominated actor best known for her work
in Ragtime, Passion, and Kiss Me Kate
Peter Donat – Actor best known for his work on the TV series
Mannix, Hawaii Five-O, and Murder She
Wrote
Gary Kurtz – Collaborated with George Lucas on the films American Graffiti and Star Wars
Marty Balin – Musician best known as the co-founder of
Jefferson Airplane
Scott Wilson – Actor best known for his work in the films The Right Stuff and In Cold Blood as well as the TV series The Walking Dead
Arnold Kopelson – Producer of such films as Porky’s, The Fugitive, and Platoon
James Karen – Actor whose work spanned from Buster Keaton to
American Dad
Tony Joe White – Singer best known for writing “Poke Salad
Annie”
Ntoazake Shange – Playwright best known for the play For
Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf
Roy Hargrove – Grammy-winning musician best known for
playing jazz trumpet on the album “Habana”
Douglas Rain – Actor best known for providing the voice for
HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stan Lee – Cartoonist best known for creating the characters
of Spider-Man, Thor, X-Men, and The Hulk
Katherine MacGregor – Actor best known for her work on Little House on the Prarie
Roy Clarke – Musician best known as the host of the TV
series Hee Haw
William Goldman – Oscar-winning screenwriter of such films
as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
and All the President’s Men
Ricky Jay – Actor and magician best known for his work in Boogie Nights and Tomorrow Never Dies
Bernardo Bertolucci – Oscar-winning director of the films Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor
Stephen Hillenburg – Creator of the TV series SpongeBobSquarepants
George H.W. Bush – Former President of the United States
Keny Barry – Actor best known for his work in F-Troop, Mayberry R.F.D., and Mama’s
Family
Philip Bosco – Tony-winning actor best known for Lend Me a
Tenor
Sondra Locke – Actor best known for her work in Outlaw Josey Wales and Bronco Billy
Nancy Wilson – Grammy-winning musician best known for her
hit song “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am”
Penny Marshall – Actor and director best known for her work
on the TV series Laverne & Shirley
and the films Big, Awakenings, and A League of Their Own
Frank Adonis – Actor best known for his work in the films Goodfellas, Casino, and Raging Bull
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