January 4
Casey Johnson    30
American socialite who was very close friend of Tila Tequila

January 5
Phil Musick    71   Congestive Heart Failure
Popular Pittsburgh Pa. newspaperman & broadcaster

January 8
Yvonne Zanos     60   Ovarian Cancer
Popular Pittsburgh Pa. TV Reporter for Kdka TV & Wtae TV

January 13
Teddy Pendegrass    59   Complications from Colon Surgery
Lead Singer of Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, also had a successful solo career

January 16
Carl Smith     82    
Popular Country music performer in the 1950's.

January 19
Jennifer Lyon   37   Breast Cancer
Beautiful actress who appeared on Survivor

January 22
James Mitchell     89    COPD
Popular soap opera actor on All My Children

January 25
Pernell Roberts   81  Cancer
Star of Bonanza & Trapper John M.D.

February 1
Jack Brisco    68   Heart Ailment
Pro Wrestler who was NWA Champ in the 70's

February 3
Francis Reid   95   Natural Causes
Actress who played Alice Horton on Days Of Our Lives

February 11
Caroline McWilliams    64    Cancer
Actress who appeared on sitcom Benson

February 14
Doug Fieger    57    Cancer
Lead singer for the group The Knack

February 18
Ron Martinez   57    Heart Attack
Owner of PM film & Video, he was the source of Pro Wrestling Tapes of the 1950's - 80's

March 4
Angelo Poffo    84
Former pro wrestler, father of Macho Man Randy Savage

March 4
Ron Banks   58   Heart Attack
Lead singer for the Dramatics in the 1970's

March 6
Tony Nero    85    
Pro wrestler who wrestled as The Black Demon

March 9
Willie Davis    69
Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers

March 10
Merlin Olsen    69   Cancer
Famous Los Angeles Ram football player, Nbc Analyst and co-star of Father Murphy TV show

March 10
Corey Haim    38
Movie actor of the 80's to today

March 11
Jerry Valiant    68    Natural Causes
Pro Wrestler who was one of the Valiant Brothers in the late 70's.  Also wrestled as Guy Mitchell

March 11
Sandy Scott     75   Pancreatic Cancer
Pro wrestler & promoter during the 60's & 70's

March 14
Peter Graves   83     Heart Attack
Star of Mission Impossible in the 60's & 70's

March 18
Fess Parker    85   
TV's Daniel Boone & Davy Crockett

March 20
Baron Scicluna    80   Cancer
Pro Wrestler with the WWWF during the 1960's & 70's

March 24
Johnny Maestro    70    Cancer
Lead Singer of The Crests & The Brooklyn Bridge

March 24
Robert Culp    79    Accident
Star of the TV Series  I Spy

April 1
John Forsythe   92  Cancer
Voice of Charlie on Charlie's Angels, also appeared in Dynasty, Bachelor Father, To Rome With Love

April 10
Dixie Carter    70   Cancer
Popular actress best known for her role on Designing Women

April 14
Gene Kiniski    81  Cancer
Former Nwa Wrestling Champ

April 25
Dorothy Provine   73   Emphysema
Appeared in the Movie It's A Mad Mad Mad World

May 1
Helen Wagner     91    
Played Nancy Hughes on As The World Turns

May 2
Lynn Redgrave    67    Cancer
Actress known for her role in the movie Georgy Girl and appeared on the TV Series House Calls

May 4
Ernie Harwell    92   Cancer
Baseball announcer for the Detroit Tigers.

May 9
Lena Horne   92    Cancer
Popular singer & actor

May 24
Ronnie James Dio
One of the best Hard Rock performers of our time

May 26
Art Linkletter   97   Natural Causes
Host of House Party during the 60's on CBS, was an inspirational speaker the last 30 years of his life.

May 28
Gary Coleman   42   Brian Hemmorage
Star of the TV Series Different Strokes in the 1980's.

May 29
Dennis Hopper   74   Cancer
Famous for his role in Easy Rider

June 3
Rue McClanahan    76    Stroke
Actress who appeared in Maude & The Golden Girls

June 4
John Wooden   99   Natural Causes
Famous coach for UCLA

June 10
Ron Hembree   72
Pittsburgh Pa. Evangelist who was president of Cornerstone Television.  Under his leadership the TV Network prospered, Hembree was also seen on many shows that this station aired.  A real class individual.

June 12
Grizzly Smith    77    Alzheimer's
Popular Pro Wrestler in the 1960's, was half of the Kentuckians Tag Team.   Father of Jake The Snake Roberts, Sam Houston & Female Wrestler Rockin Robin.

June 13
Jimmy Dean   81   Natural Causes
Popular Country Western singer during the 1960's, had the hit Big Bad John in 1961.  He also founded the Jimmy Dean Sausage Company.

July 13
George Steinbrenner   80   Heart Attack
Famous owner of the New York Yankees who hired & fired a bunch of managers in his time.

July 23
Bob Sprague    79   Natural Causes
Former Pittsburgh Pa. Newsman for Kdka TV

July 23
Daniel Schorr   93   Brief Illness
CBS Newsman who was hard nosed and very good at what he did

July 24
Kaye Cowher    54   Skin Cancer
Wife of former Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Bill Cowher & a star basketball player in her own right

July 26
John Barbero    65    Brain Cancer
P.A. Announcer for the Pittsburgh Penguins

July 27
Jack Tatum     61   Heart Attack
Former Pro Football player for the Oakland Raiders, a real tough defensive back in his day.

July 31
Mitch Miller    99   Natural causes
Music Director of Columbia Records in the 50's & 60's.  Had a popular TV show in the early 60's called Sing Along With Mitch.

August 3
Bobby Hebb    72   Heart Attack
Singer who had the hit Sunny in 1966

August 8
Patricia Neal   84    Cancer
Popular movie actress from the 40's to the 80's.

August 12
Nellie King    82     Colon Cancer
Former Pittsburgh Pirate Player & Broadcaster

August 15
James Kilpatrick    89   Heart Ailment
Appeared on the TV Show 60 Minutes

August 17
Joe L Brown    91    Extended Illness
Former General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates

August 19
Skandor Akbar    75
Former Pro Wrestler & Manager

September 13
Kevin McCarthy   96   Natural causes
Popular Movie Actor From The 1950's.

September 15
Edwin Newman   91
Former NBC Newsman, in a class by himself

September 15
Harold Gould    86    Prostate Cancer
Popular character on many sitcoms in the 1970's.

September 22
Eddie Fisher   82   Complications of Hip Surgery
Popular Singer of the 1950's...Married to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor & Connie Stevens

September 25
Jorge Gonzalez    44    Kidney Failure
Pro Wrestler known as Giant Gonzalez & El Gigante in the WWF.

September 26
Gloria Stuart    100    Respiratory Failure
Actress who's career started in the 1930's.  Appeared in movie Titanic.

September 27
George Blanda    83
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback & Place Kicker with the Houston Oilers & Oakland Raiders.

September 29
Tony Curtis    85    Cardiac Arrest
Popular movie actor of the 50's & 60's.

October 1
Stephen J Cannall    69    Melanoma
Popular TV Producer of shows like The A Team, Rockford Files & other.

October 10
Solomon Burke    70    Natural Causes
R&B Performer of the 60's & 70's.  Had the hit Cry To Me in the early 60's.

October 16
Barbara Billingsley   94   Natural Causes
Played June Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver

October 18
Tom Bosley     83    Heart Failure
Played Howard Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days in the 70's & 80's.

October 28
James MacArthur   72   Natural Causes
Played Danno on Hawaii Five O

October 30
Edouard Carpentier   84   Heart Attack
Former Pro Wrestler known as the Flying Frenchman, worked in the WWWF in the 60's & 70's.

November 4
Sparky Anderson   76  Alzheimer's Disease
Former Cincinnati Reds Manager

November 28
Leslie Nielsen    84   Pneumonia
Popular movie star who appeared in movie Airplane & Naked Gun & on TV in Bracken's World

December 2
Ron Santo    70   Diabetes
Former Chicago Cub player & broadcaster

December 4
King Curtis Iaukea   73  Natural Causes
Former WWWF Tag Team Champion with Baron Scicluna

December 5
Don Meredith    72   Cerebral Hemorrage
Former Dallas Cowboys Qb and co-host of Monday Night Football with Howard Cossell

December 15
Hans Mortier    86   Natural Causes
WWWF wrestler from the 1960's, he was in such great shape he could make the muscles in his stomach look like waves in the ocean.

December 15
Bob Feller   92   Cancer
Hall of Fame Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians

December 20
Steve Landesberg   65   Cancer
Played Detective Dietrich on Barney Miller