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Notable Deaths

Some of the Many Famous Figures We Lost in Recent Years.

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Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022), 93, was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers.

Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022), 71, was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. Alley died from colon cancer on December 5, 2022, at the age of 71.

Christine Anne McVie (/məkˈviː/;[1] née Perfect; 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022) was an English musician and songwriter. She was principally known as a vocalist and keyboardist with the band Fleetwood Mac. She died after a short illness.

Colin Luther Powell (April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021), 84, was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American secretary of state. He served as the 16th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Cause of death: complications of Covid-19.

Eddie Asner November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is best remembered for portraying Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. He is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven.

Actress and model Tanya Roberts — known for her roles as Midge in “That ’70s Show” and a Bond Girl in 1985’s “A View to Kill” — died on Jan. 4, one day after her publicist mistakenly announced her death prematurely. The 65-year-old passed peacefully at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, where she’d been hospitalized since Christmas Eve after collapsing at her home following a hike.

My husband, Phil Seidl, (March 28, 1959 - December 16, 2020), age 61. Cause of death, cancer.

Brian Anthony Howe (22 July 1953 – 6 May 2020), 66, was an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Cause of death, heart attack.

Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020), 90, was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Originating the role in Dr. No, Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in the Jack Schwartzman-produced Never Say Never Again.

Jack Sheldon, best known as a veteran jazz musician he served as the musical director of "The Merv Griffin Show" for 18 years, as well as voiced several classic episodes of "Schoolhouse Rock!", including “Conjunction Junction” and “I’m Just a Bill”. died December 27, 2019 at the age of 88.

Danny Aiello, best known as a prolific character, actor died December 12, 2019, at the age of 86.

Caroll Spinney, best known as the performer who played the beloved "Big Bird" and "Oscar the Grouch" on the children’s public television show "Sesame Street" for half a century since its debut in 1969 died December 8, 2019, at the age of 85.

Christopher Kennedy Lawford (March 29, 1955 – September 4, 2018) was an American author, actor, and activist. He was a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and son of actor Peter Lawford and Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, who was the sister of President John F. Kennedy. Cause of death, massive heart attack.

This Just In: Carlos Sánchez, best known for nearly four decades as "Juan Valdez", the embodiment of "Colombian Coffee" and one of the most recognizable pitchmen in the world, died December 29, 2018 at the age of 83.

Roy Clark, the legendary guitarist and singer, Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member, Grammy, ACM and CMA award winner and co-host of the “Hee Haw” television series, died on Thursday, November 15, 2018 due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Okla.

John Wetton died on January 31, 2017, of cancer and sepsis at age 67. Musician, songwriter and lead singer of the band Asia. Their first albums sold over 10 million copies and spent weeks and number 1 with such songs as: "Only Time Will Tell" " Heat of the Moment" and "Sole Survivor."

Donald Jay Rickles, 90, (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Best known as an insult comic, his pudgy, balding appearance and pugnacious style led to few leading roles in film or television; his prominent film roles included Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) and Kelly's Heroes (1970), and beginning in 1976 he enjoyed a two-year run starring in the sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey.

Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother.

Abe Vigoda, January 26, age 94. A sad-faced actor, Mr. Vigoda emerged from a workmanlike stage career to find belated fame in the 1970s as the earnest mobster Tessio in “The Godfather” and the dyspeptic Detective Phil Fish on the hit sitcom “Barney Miller.”

Elizabeth Eisenstein, January 31, age 92. Ms. Eisenstein was a historian best known for her work on the seismic effect of printing on Western civilization, a novel contention when she began her research more than 40 years ago.

Kenny Sailors, January 30, age 95. Sailors helped revolutionize the game of basketball when he squared up, planted his feet and leapt, eventually becoming the earliest master of the jump shot.

Jewel Franklin Guy (July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as James Best, was a television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician. His career spanned more than 60 years and he performed in feature films, scores of television series, as well as appearing on various country music programs and talk shows. Best died on April 6, 2015, in Hickory, North Carolina, from complications of pneumonia at the age of 88.

Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films. He was best known for creating the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and co-writing A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Craven also directed all four films in the Scream series.

Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr. (February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015), known professionally as Alex Rocco, was an American actor. Often cast as a villain, he is best known for his portrayal of Moe Greene in The Godfather. He did a significant amount of voiceover work later in his career, and was known for his gravelly voice.

Estelle Getty ( Golden Girls ) July 25,1923 - July 22, 2008 (Natural causes ) age - 84

May 29th, 2008 - Harvey Korman, American actor, died at 81. Korman died at UCLA Medical Center, as the result of complications from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm he had suffered four months previously. His remains were interred at Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.

George Furth (born George Schweinfurth, December 14, 1932 – August 11, 2008) was an American librettist, playwright, and actor.

Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) She began her career at the age of twelve and was one of the most popular "Mouseketeers" on the original Mickey Mouse Club. As a teenager, she transitioned to career as a singer, and established herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful "Beach Party" genre alongside co-star Frankie Avalon during the mid-1960s. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1992, losing the ability to walk and speak.

James Avery: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star James Avery died from complications from open heart surgery in Glendale, Calif. on New Year's Eve 2013. He was 68.

In memory of Paul Walker (b September 12,1973 Glendale, Ca.) died in a horrific car accident on November 30, 2013 at the young age of 40.

$This undated image provided by Warner Bros. shows Tom Hanks, left, Michael Clarke Duncan, center, and David Morse in \"The Green Mile.\" Duncan has died at the age of 54 on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a July 13, 2012 heart attack, his fiancee, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, said. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Ralph Nelson)$

$JULY 03, 2012: Actor Andy Griffith, best known for his starring roles in the television series \"The Andy Griffith Show\" and \"Matlock\", has died at the age of 86.$

British actor and musician Davy Jones of The Monkees died of a heartattack at the age of 66 on February 29, 2012. LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 1967: Davy Jones on the set of the television show The Monkees in December 1967 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 – February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer who originally performed on Broadway before being signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Later, she became known for the roles she played in two prominent 1970s sitcoms: All in the Family and Laverne and Shirley.

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011) was an American film actress, and was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s. She received several accolades for her achievements in films, including having her hand- and footprints immortalized in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American character actress. Cute, tiny, and prolific little old lady character actress Frances Bay worked constantly in both films and TV shows alike after making her debut at the age of 59 in life with a small part in the comedy Foul Play in 1978.

Thomas Edward Bosley (October 1, 1927 – October 19, 2010) was an American actor, voice artist, television personality, and entertainer. Bosley is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the long-running ABC sitcom Happy Days, and the title character on the NBC/ABC series Father Dowling Mysteries.

Harold Dow August 21,2010 Harold Dow passed away suddenly at age 62. He was an Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent who helped to shape the documentary program 48 Hours and covered the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the Sept. 11 attacks. Dow’s nearly 40 years with the network also included reporting for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS News Sunday Morning. Over the years he won five Emmys.

Harold Gould ~ December 10, 1923 – September 11, 2010

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Walter Cronkite (1916 - 2009), was one of the first broadcast journalists on American television. He is best remembered as the anchorman and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. His high journalistic standards and his ability to communicate complicated events to the general television audience made him a familiar and trusted figure to millions of American viewers.

Jim Hutton died on June 2, 1979 from liver cancer at age 45. Actor of film and television. He starred in the TV series "Ellery Queen" in 1975-1976. Other roles include: "The Green Berets" "Hellfighters" "The Twilight Zone" "One Day at a Time" "Where the Boys Are" "Period of Adjustment." He was also the father of actor Timothy Hutton.

Character actor STROTHER MARTIN (1919 – 1980) was born on March 26. He often appeared in support of superstars John Wayne and Paul Newman and was memorable in Western films directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah. Martin perhaps is best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, in which he uttered the since famous line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate."

Actor JACK CASSIDY (1927 – 1976) was born on March 5th. On television, he became a frequent guest star, appearing in such programs as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Gunsmoke, Bewitched, Get Smart, That Girl, Hawaii Five-O, Match Game and McCloud and three times as a murderer on Columbo, including the acclaimed "Murder By the Book" episode directed by Steven Spielberg. Cassidy also co-starred as a killer in the movie The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood.

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Robert George Uecker (January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025), 90

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Robert George Uecker (January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025), 90

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Robert George Uecker (January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025), 90

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