
Entertainment Obituaries
FEB. 24
DON KNOTTS 81 RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS
ONE OF TV'S MOST POPULAR CHARACTERS, PLAYED BARNEY FIFE ON THE ANDY
GRIFFITH SHOW AND RALPH FURLEY ON THREE'S COMPANY
FEB. 24
DARREN MC GAVIN 83 NATURAL CAUSES
WAS KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER ON TV IN THE 70'S
FEB 24
DENNIS WEAVER 81 CANCER
PLAYED DETECTIVE MC CLOUD AND STARRED IN THE LATE 60'S HIT GENTLE BEN.
MARCH 6
DANA REEVE 44 LUNG CANCER
WIFE OF CHRISTOPHER REEVE
MARCH 6
KIRBY PUCKETT 46 STROKE
FAMOUS BASEBALL PLAYER
MARCH 13
PETER TOMARKEN 63 PLANE CRASH
GAME SHOW HOST FAMOUS FOR THE SHOW PRESS YOUR LUCK
MARCH 13
MAUREEN STAPLETON 80 PULMONARY DISEASE
POPULAR ACTRESS OF THE 1950'S
MARCH 25
BUCK OWENS 76 CANCER
FAMOUS COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER AND HOST OF HEE HAW
MARCH 27
DAN CURTIS 78 BRAIN TUMOR
CREATOR OF THE SERIES DARK SHADOWS
APRIL 5
GENE PITNEY 65 DIED AFTER A PERFORMANCE IN
ENGLAND
POP SINGER WITH HITS LIKE TOWN WITHOUT PITY, IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE
& SHE'S A HEARTBREAKER
APRIL 11
JUNE POINTER 52 CANCER
MEMBER OF THE POINTER SISTERS
MAY 2
TOMMY OLIVER 73 CANCER
BAND LEADER FOR SHOWS LIKE PLAYBOY AFTER DARK & THE 70'S NAME THAT
TUNE
MAY 11
FLOYD PATTERSON 71 PROSTATE CANCER
WELL KNOWN BOXER
MAY 14
LEW ANDERSON 84 PROSTATE CANCER
PLAYED CLARABELL THE CLOWN ON THE HOWDY DOODY SHOW
MAY 19
FREDDIE GARRITY 69 BLOOD DISORDER
LEAD SINGER OF FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS
MAY 21
BILLY WALKER 76 CAR ACCIDENT
POPULAR COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER
MAY 24
DESMOND DEKKER 64 HEART ATTACK
HAD THE HIT "ISRAELITES" IN 1969
JUNE 6
BILLY PRESTON 59 KIDNEY FAILURE
POPULAR RECORDING ARTIST OF THE 70'S
JUNE 8
ROBERT DONNER 65 ANEURYSM
POPULAR CHARACTER ACTOR, WAS IN MORK & MINDY
JUNE 10
JOHN TENTA 42 BLADDER CANCER
PRO WRESTLER KNOWN AS EARTHQUAKE
JUNE 18
RICHARD STAHL 74 PARKINSON'S DISEASE
PLAYED HOWARD ON IT'S A LIVING
JUNE 21
THEO BELL 52 KIDNEY DISEASE
FORMER PITTSBURGH STEELERS FOOTBALL PLAYER
JUNE 23
AARON SPELLING 83 STROKE
PRODUCER OF SUCH HIT SHOWS AS CHARLIE'S ANGELS, HART TO HART LOVE BOAT
& OTHERS
JUNE 23
CRAZY LUKE GRAHAM HEART ATTACK
PRO WRESTLER, ONE OF THE FAMOUS GRAHAM BROTHERS, BUT NOT REALLY
JUNE 24
PATSY RAMSEY 49 OVARIAN CANCER
FORMER MISS WEST VIRGINIA BEAUTY QUEEN
JUNE 28
LENNIE WEINRIB 61 STROKE
WROTE ALL THE EPISODES OF H.R. PUFF N STUFF
JULY 2
JAN MURRAY 89 NATURAL CAUSES
WELL KNOWN COMEDIAN, HOSTED TV GAME SHOWS IN THE 50'S
JULY 6
KASEY ROGERS 80 STROKE
PLAYED LOUISE TATE ON BEWITCHED
JULY 7
SYD BARRETT 60 DIABETES
FOUNDING MEMBER OF ROCK GROUP PINK FLOYD
JULY 13
RED BUTTONS 87 VASCULAR DISEASE
WELL KNOWN ACTOR OF THE 1950'S, HAD HIS OWN SHOW
JULY 19
JACK WARDEN 85 HEART FAILURE
PLAYED BUTTERMAKER IN THE TV SHOW BAD NEWS BEARS, VETERAN ACTOR
JULY 21
BOB ORTON SR 77 HEART ATTACK
PRO WRESTLER OF THE 50'S & 60'S
AUGUST 10
BARBARA GEORGE 63 CANCER
RECORDED THE HIT "I KNOW" IN THE EARLY 60'S
AUGUST 11
MIKE DOUGLAS 81 NATURAL CAUSES
TV TALK SHOW HOST & SINGER, HOSTED THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW AND HAD THE
HIT "MEN IN MY LITTLE GIRL'S LIFE"
AUGUST 23
MAYNARD FERGUSON 78 KIDNEY FAILURE
POPULAR BANDLEADER WHO HAD A HIT WITH "GONNA FLY NOW" IN 1977
AUGUST 29
GENE SIMMONS 73 HEART ATTACK
SINGER WHO HAD THE HIT "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN 1964...NOT THE
MEMBER OF "KISS"
AUGUST 30
GLENN FORD 90 NATURAL CAUSES
LEGENDARY ACTOR WHO CAME TO TV IN THE SERIES CADE'S COUNTY IN THE EARLY
70'S.
SEPT 1
BOB O'CONNOR 61 BRAIN CANCER
POPULAR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND ALL AROUND SUPER GUY
OCT 17
CHRISTOPHER GLENN 68 LIVER CANCER
POPULAR CBS TV NEWS ANCHOR
OCT 20
JANE WYATT 96 NATURAL CAUSES
ACTRESS WHO APPEARED IN FATHER KNOWS BEST
OCT. 28
RED AUERBACH 89 HEART ATTACK
POPULAR BASKETBALL COACH OF THE BOSTON CELTICS & OTHER TEAMS
NOV. 1
BETTYE ACKERMAN 78 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
ACTRESS WHO GUEST STARRED IN A TON OF TV SHOWS
NOV. 3
PAUL MAURIAT 81 NATURAL CAUSES
HAD THE NO. 1 HIT INSTRUMENTAL LOVE IS BLUE IN 1968
NOV. 9
ED BRADLEY 65 LEUKEMIA
FAMOUS CBS NEWSMAN, WAS PART OF THE 60 MINUTES TEAM
NOV. 10
JACK PALANCE 87 NATURAL CAUSES
FAMOUS MOVIE ACTOR WHO HOSTED RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT IN THE
1980'S.
NOV. 10
GERALD LEVERT 40 HEART ATTACK
POPULAR R&B SINGER OF THE 80'S & 90'S
NOV. 17
BO SCHEMBECHLER 77 HEART ATTACK
FORMER HEAD COACH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS COLLEGE COACH'S OF ALL TIME
NOV. 17
RUTH BROWN 78 STROKE
FAMOUS R&B SINGER OF THE 1950'S, APPEARED IN THE TV SHOW HELLO
LARRY
NOV. 19
JEREMY SLATE 80 THROAT CANCER
APPEARED AS A GUEST STAR IN MANY TV SHOWS DURING THE 60'S & 70'S.
DEC. 9
GEORGIA GIBBS 87 LEUKEMIA
FAMOUS SINGER OF THE 1950'S, COVERED A NUMBER OF BIG R&B HITS IN
THE 50'S.
DEC. 12
PETER BOYLE 71 HEART DISEASE
FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLE OF RAY ROMANO'S FATHER ON EVERYBODY LOVES
RAYMOND
DEC. 16
DON JARDINE 66 LEUKEMIA
PRO WRESTLER KNOWN AS "THE SPOILER"
DEC. 18
JOSEPH BARBERA 95 NATURAL CAUSES
HALF OF HANNA/BARBERA PRODUCTIONS
DEC. 25
JAMES BROWN 73 PNEUMONIA
SOUL SINGER, KNOWN AS THE "GODFATHER OF SOUL"
DEC. 26
GERALD FORD 93 HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, APPEARED ON "WHAT'S MY
LINE" IN THE LATE 60'S.
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