JAN. 1
DEL REEVES   74   EXTENDED ILLNESS
POPULAR COUNTRY & WESTERN SINGER WHO HOSTED A LATE 60'S SYNDICATED TV SHOW

JAN. 4
COWBOY LANG
MIDGET WRESTLER OF THE 70'S & 80'S

JAN 8
YVONNE DE CARLO   85  NATURAL CAUSES
BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE AS LILY MUNSTER ON THE 60'S HIT SITCOM

JAN. 14
DARLENE CONLEY   72  STOMACH CANCER
FINE DAYTIME ACTRESS WHO APPEARED ON YOUNG & THE RESTLESS & BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

JAN. 16
BENNY PARSONS   67   LUNG CANCER
CHAMPION RACE CAR DRIVER

JAN. 16
POOKIE HUDSON  72   PROSTATE CANCER
LEAD SINGER OF THE 50'S R&B GROUP THE SPANIELS

JAN. 18 
ART BUCHWALD   81   KIDNEY DISEASE
POPULAR WASHINGTON COLUMNIST

JAN 19 
DENNY DOHERTY  67  KIDNEY DISEASE
MEMBER OF 60'S POP GROUP MAMAS & PAPAS

JAN. 20
BAM BAM BIGELOW  45  CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN
POPULAR PRO WRESTLER DURING THE 1980'S & 90'S.

JAN. 22
ART PALLAN    83  ALZHEIMER'S
POPULAR PITTSBURGH PA. DISC JOCKEY FOR KDKA RADIO FROM 1956-1985

JAN. 25
ELEANOR MONDALE  47   BRAIN CANCER
DAUGHTER OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WALTER MONDALE WHO HOSTED A SHOW ON THE "E" NETWORK IN THE 1990'S.

JAN. 26
BOB TRACEY   83  PNEUMONIA
ANOTHER POPULAR PITTSBURGH PA DISC JOCKEY WHO WORKED FOR KDKA RADIO IN THE 50'S & 60'S

JAN. 27
TIGE ANDREWS   87   CARDIAC ARREST
POPULAR ACTOR DURING THE 60'S ON TIGHTROPE & THE MOD SQUAD

JAN 30
SIDNEY SHELTON    89   PNEUMONIA
WRITER OF THE TV SHOW HART TO HART & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF I DREAM OF JEANNIE

FEB. 4
BARBARA MC NAIR   72   THROAT CANCER
POPULAR SINGER WHO HOSTED A LATE 60'S VARIETY SHOW

FEB. 6
LEW BURDETTE    80  LUNG CANCER
PITCHER FOR THE MILWAUKEE BRAVES DURING THE 50'S

FEB. 6
FRANKIE LAINE    93   HEART DISEASE
FAMOUS SINGER OF THE 40'S & 50'S.  SANG THE THEME SONG FOR RAWHIDE & SHERIFF LOBO

FEB. 8
ANNA NICOLE SMITH    39   COLLAPSED IN HOTEL IN FLORIDA
FORMER PLAYBOY MODEL & HOST OF A TV SHOW ON "E"

FEB. 23
DONNIE BROOKS    71   HEART ATTACK
SINGER WHO HAD THE HIT MISSION BELL IN 1960.

FEB. 24
LAMAR LUNDY    71
MEMBER OF THE LOS ANGLES RAMS FEARSOME FOURSOME OF THE 1960'S.

FEB. 27
ELBIE NICKEL   84   ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
MEMBER OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE 1950'S, POSSIBLY THIER BEST TIGHT END EVER.

MARCH 1
LLOYD VOSS   65   LIVER & KIDNEY FAILURE
MEMBER OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEFENSIVE LINE IN THE LATE 60'S.

MARCH 6
ALLEN COAGE    63   HEART ATTACK
PRO WRESTLER KNOWN AS BAD NEWS BROWN IN THE WWF DURING THE 1980'S & 90'S.

MARCH 8
JOHN INMAN    71   HEPATITUS A
PLAYED ON THE SERIES "ARE YOU BEING SERVED"

MARCH 9
BRAD DELP   55
LEAD SINGER OF THE 70'S SUPER GROUP "BOSTON".

MARCH 10
ERNIE LADD   68    CANCER
FORMER PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER & WWF WRESTLER DURING THE 60'S TO THE  80'S

MARCH 11
BETTY HUTTON    86   COLON CANCER
POPULAR SINGER OF THE 1940'S WHO HAD A SITCOM ON TV IN THE 50'S.

MARCH 13
ARNOLD SKAALAND   82   NATURAL CAUSES
FORMER PRO WRESTLING MANAGER OF BOB BACKLUND & BRUNO SAMMARTINO

MARCH 15
BOWIE KUHN    82   PNEUMONIA
FORMER COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MARCH 19
LUTHER INGRAM   69   HEART FAILURE
SINGER KNOWN FOR THE SONG "IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG"

MARCH 27
HENSON CARGILL   66   COMPLICATIONS AFTER SURGERY
COUNTRY SINGER KNOWN FOR THE SONG "SKIP A ROPE"

APRIL 4
EDWARD MALLORY   76
PLAYED BILL HORTON ON DAYS OF OUR LIVES

APRIL 7
GEORGE EISENHAUER    80   COLON CANCER
ANNOUNCER FOR KDKA TV DURING THE 50'S - 80'S.  WHAT A SUPERB VOICE HE HAD

APRIL 17
KITTY CARLISLE   96   HEART FAILURE
MAINLY KNOWN FOR HER APPEARANCES ON THE TO TELL THE TRUTH GAME SHOW BUT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD ACTRESS & PERFORMER DATING BACK TO THE 1930'S.  RIGHT UP TO THE END SHE STAYED VERY MODERN.

APRIL 25
BOBBY "BORIS" PICKETT   69  LEUKEMIA
RECORDED THE HIT SONG "MONSTER MASH".

APRIL 28
DABBS GREER   90   HEART AILMENT
WELL KNOWN ACTOR WHO APPEARED ON LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE & A VERY MEMORABLE SUPERMAN EPISODE IN THE 50'S + COUNTLESS OTHERS.

APRIL 28
TOMMY NEWSOME  78   LIVER CANCER
MUSICIAN ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WHO FILLED IN AS BANDLEADER WHEN DOC WAS AWAY.

APRIL 28
MILT GRANT   83   CANCER
POPULAR WASHINGTON D.C. DISC JOCKEY, HAD A GREAT TV DANCE SHOW IN THE 50'S.

APRIL 30
ZOLA TAYLOR    69    PNEUMONIA
FEMALE SINGER OF THE GROUP THE PLATTERS IN THE 1950'S.

APRIL 30
TOM POSTON   85   
REGULAR ON TO TELL THE TRUTH IN THE 60'S & APPEARED ON STEVE ALLEN SHOW, MORK & MINDY & NEWHART.

MAY 15
JERRY FALWELL   73   CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
TV EVANGILIST

MAY 25
CHARLES NELSON REILLY   76  PNEUMONIA
REGULAR ON THE MATCH GAME AND APPEARED IN GHOST & MRS. MUIR

JUNE 11
MALA POWERS    75   LEUKEMIA
VETERAN ACTRESS THAT APPEARED ON TV FROM THE 50'S TO THE 90'S

JUNE 12
DON HERBERT   89   BONE CANCER
TV'S MR. WIZARD

JUNE 14
RUTH GRAHAM   87  LONG ILLNESS
WIFE OF TV EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM

JUNE 15
SHERI MARTEL    49
FORMER LADIES PRO WRESTLING CHAMPION IN THE WWF & AWA

JUNE 19
HANK MEDRESS   66   CANCER
SINGER WITH THE GROUP THE TOKENS

JUNE 21
BOB EVANS  90  PNEUMONIA
OWNER OF BOB EVANS RESTAURANTS & SAUSAGE PRODUCTS, WAS SEEN ON TV IN THE 1970'S DOING HIS OWN COMMERCIALS.  HIS JINGLE WENT "BOB EVANS DOWN ON THE FARM".

JUNE 22
NANCY SULLIVAN    43   MURDERED
FORMER PRO WRESTLING MANAGER KNOWN AS "WOMAN"

JUNE 25
CHRIS BENOIT   40  SUICIDE?
ONE OF THE FINEST TECHNICAL WRESTLERS OF THE MODERN ERA & FORMER WWE CHAMPION.

JUNE 29
JOEL SIEGEL  63   COLON CANCER
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA IN THE 70'S & 80'S.

JULY 3
BEVERLY SILLS   78  LUNG CANCER
FAMOUS OPERA SINGER

JULY 3
BOOTS RANDOLPH   80   CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
JAZZ SAXOPHONIST FAMOUS FOR THE BENNY HILL SHOW TV THEME

JULY 4
BILL PINKNEY    82   HEART FAILURE
ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE DRIFTERS

JULY 9
CHARLES LANE   102   NATURAL CAUSES
PLAYED HOMER BEDLOE ON PETTICOAT JUNCTION AND OTHER MISERABLE TYPE CHARACTERS.  HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST CHARACTER ACTORS IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION.

JULY 11
LADY BIRD JOHNSON   94   NATURAL CAUSES
FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1960'S AND OWNED A CHAIN OF RADIO STATIONS.

JULY 11
ROD LAUREN   67    FALL
EARLY 1960'S SINGER FOR RCA WHO WAS TO BE THE NEXT ELVIS, HE WASN'T, HE ALSO DID SOME MOVIES & TV IN THE 60'S.

JULY 20
TAMMY FAYE BAKKER  65   CANCER
FORMER WIFE OF JIM BAKKER & CO-HOSTED DAILY PTL SHOW

JULY 23
TOR KAMATA 70  HEART DISEASE
FORMER WWF PRO WRESTLER

JULY 28
KARL GOTCH   82
FORMER PRO WRESTLER & ONE OF THE TOUGHEST GUYS TO COMPETE IN  PRO WRESTLING.

JULY 29
TOM SYNDER   71   LEUKEMIA
POPULAR HOST OF THE TOMORROW SHOW THAT AIRED LATE NIGHT ON NBC IN THE 70'S.

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