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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.
Daryl Frank Dragon, musician best known for the pop music duo Captain & Tennille
Bob Einstein, actor best known for his roles on the TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development
Verna Bloom, actress best known for her role in the film High Plains Drifter
Carol Channing, actress best known for her theater work, including Hello Dolly
Andrew G. Vajna, producer best known for films like First Blood and Total Recall
Kaye Ballard, actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood
Jonas Mekas, filmmaker best known as the godfather of American avant-garde cinema
Dusan Makavejev, filmmaker known for satires like W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
Michel Legrand, composer known for his work on the films The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Thomas Crown Affair
James Ingram, singer known for his Oscar-nominated song “Somewhere Out There” in An American Tail
Dick Miller, character actor best known for his work in Roger Corman films.
Julie Adams, actress best known for her work in Creature from the Black Lagoon
Kristoff St. John, actor best known for his role on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
Albert Finney, actor known for his work in the film Tom Jones
Patricia Nell Warren, author best known for her novel “The Front Runner”
Carmen Antimo Argenziano, actor known for his role on the TV series Stargate
Jan-Michael Vincent, actor best known for his role on the TV series Airwolf
Betty Ballantine, publisher known for helping to create Bantam Books
Andrea Levy, author best known for “Small Island” and “The Long Song”
Bruno Ganz, actor best known for his role in Downfall
Stanley Donen, filmmaker best known for directing Singin’ in the Rain
Peter Tork, musician best known for his work in the band The Monkees
Brody Stevens, comedian best known for appearing on Brody Stevens: Enjoy It
Thomas Morgan Woodward, best known for his role on the TV series Dallas
Katherine Helmond, actress best known for her role on the TV series Soap
Andre Previn, composer best known for his work on Gigi and My Fair Lady
Luke Perry, actor best known for his work on the TV series Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale
Hal Blaine, drummer known for recording over 6,000 singles and 150 US top 10 hits.
Dick Dale, musician best known as "The King of the Surf Guitar"
Larry Cohen, screenwriter best known for It’s Alive and The Stuff
Nancy Gates, actress from the golden age of Hollywood
Nipsey Hussle, rapper best known for his mixtape "Slauson Boy Volume 1"
Seymour Cassel, actor best known for Faces and Rushmore
Charles Van Doren, writer and editor best known as the subject of the film Quiz Show
Georgia Bright Engel, actress best known for her role on the TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Everybody Loves Raymond
Bibi Andersson, actress best known for her collaborations with Ingmar Bergman
Fay McKenzie, actress best known for her roles opposite Gene Autry
Ken Kercheval, actor best known for his role on the TV series Dallas
Jean-Pierre Marielle, actor best known for his role in The Da Vinci Code
John Singleton, director best known for Boyz N Da Hood
Peter Mayhew, actor best known for his role as Chewbacca in the Star Wars films
Norma Adele Miller, performer known as "The Queen of Swing"
Alvin Sargent, screenwriter best known for Ordinary People and Julia
Peggy Lipton, actress best known for her role on the TV series The Mod Squad
Doris Day, actor and singer best known for Calamity Jane and The Doris Day Show
Tim Conway, actor best known for McHale’s Navy
Grumpy Cat, beloved internet cat
Lil Bub, beloved internet cat
Herman Wouk, author best known for the novel “The Caine Mutiny”
Judith Kerr, author best known for her novel “The Tiger Who Came to Tea”
Bushwick Bill, rapper best known for his work with The Geto Boys
Sylvia Miles, actress best known for her work in Midnight Cowboy and My Lovely
Franco Zeffirelli, director best known for Romeo & Juliet
Billy Drago, actor best known for his roles in Pale Rider and The Untouchables
Arte Johnson, actor best known for role on the TV series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
Valentina Cortese, actress best known for her role in Day for Night
Russi Taylor, voice actor best known for her work on the TV series The Simpsons
Harold Prince, theatrical producer of such shows as Company and The Phantom of the Opera
D.A. Pennebaker, documentarian best known for Monterey Pop
Toni Morrison, author best known for her novel “Beloved”
Peter Fonda, actor best known for his role in Easy Rider
Richard Williams, animator best known for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Larry Taylor, musician for the band Canned Heat
Valerie Harper, best known for her role on the TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Carol Lynley, actress best known for her work in The Poseidon Adventure and Blue Denim
Eddie Money, musician best known for the song “Two Tickets to Paradise”
Ric Ocasek, musician best known for his work in the band The Cars
Sid Haig, actor best known for his role in The Devil’s Rejects
Diahann Carroll, actress best known for Carmen Jones
Rip Taylor, comedian best known for throwing confetti
Rip Torn, actor best known for his role in Men in Black
Robert Forster, actor best known for his role in Jackie Brown
Robert Evans, producer best known for his work on Chinatown
Branko Lustig, producer best known for his work on Schindler’s List
Michael J. Pollard, actor best known for his role in Bonnie & Clyde
Shelley Morrison, actress best known for her role on the TV series Will & Grave
Ron Liebman, actor best known for his role in the play Angels in America
Carroll Spinney, puppeteer best known for his work as Big Bird on Sesame Street
Danny Aiello, actor best known for his role in the film Do the Right Thing
Anna Karina, actress best known for her work in the French New Wave films
Claudine Auger, actress best known for her role in Thunderball
Agnes Varda, filmmaker best known for Cleo from 5 to 7
Lee Mendelson, producer best known for his work on the TV specials of Peanuts and Garfield
Don Imus, radio personality best known for Imus in the Morning
Jerry Herman, composer best known for the Broadway shows Hello Dolly and Mame
Sue Lyon, actress best known for her role in Lolita
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