A boy and his dog (Images via Dell & TV Guide)
Lee Aaker, 77 (September 25, 1943-April 1, 2021) Rusty on TV’s The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954-1959) OBIT
Move over, Babe! (GIF via GIPHY)
Hank Aaron, 86 (February 5, 1934-January 22, 2021) All-time great baseball player who held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years OBITS
Khalid bin Abdullah, 83 (circa 1937-January 11, 2021) Saudi prince, racehorse owner OBIT
Bob Abernethy, 93 (November 5, 1927-May 2, 2021) NBC News correspondent who was the Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly host on PBS for 20 years OBIT
Sheldon Adelson, 87 (August 4, 1933-January 11, 2021) One of the Top 10 richest men in the world, a self-made casino magnate who poured money into right-wing causes and politicos, most impactfully Donald Trump (b. 1946) OBIT
Diane Adler, 97 (March 31, 1923-April 22, 2021) Pioneering film editor of The Rockford Files (1975-1979) and other TV series and movies OBIT
Edwin E. Aguilar, 46 (circa 1974-April 10, 2021) Longtime The Simpsons (1998-2021) animator OBIT
Mary V. Ahern, 98 (October 15, 1922-May 1, 2021)Early-TV producer on Omnibus (1952-1961) who was later the first director of the Paley Center for Media OBIT
Joe Allen, 87 (February 20, 1933-February 7, 2021) Manhattan restaurateur whose Joe Allen and Orso are staples, including with theater stars OBIT
Josep Almudéver, 101 (July 30, 1919-May 23, 2021) Last surviving International Brigades veteran of Spain’s Civil War OBIT
Robert A. Altman, 73 (February 23, 1947-February 3, 2021)Washington insider embroiled in a banking scandal who re-invented himself as a co-founder of the billion-dollar ZeniMax video game corporation; married to Lynda Carter (b. 1951) OBIT
Ernest Angley, 99 (August 9, 1921-May 7, 2021) Televangelist and faith healer later hit with sexual-abuse allegations OBIT
Joan Walsh Anglund, 95 (January 3, 1926-March 9, 2021)Prolific children’s book author of such works as A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You (1958) OBIT
Ole Anthony, 82 (October 3, 1938-April 16, 2021) Former Republican operative who became the scourge of televangelist fraudsters OBIT
Nikolai Antoshkin, 78 (December 19, 1942-January 17, 2021) Russian commander who helped stop the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster OBIT
Apted pupils (Images via movie stills)
Michael Apted, 79 (February 10, 1941-January 2021) Director of the innovative Up series of documentaries (1977-2019), and of films as varied as Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Nell (1994) and The World Is Not Enough (1999) OBIT
Benigno Aquino III, 61 (February 8, 1960-June 17, 2021) Former president (2010-2016) of the Philippines OBIT
Tony Armatrading, 59 (circa 1961-May 10, 2021)Notting Hill (1999) actor, brother of singer Joan Armatrading (b. 1950) OBIT
Robina Asti, 99 (April 7, 1921-March 12, 2021) Trans veteran who became the oldest working flight instructor OBIT
Bob Avian, 83 (December 26, 1937-January 21, 2021) Accomplished Broadway choreographer and co-choreographer of such shows as A Chorus Line (1975), Miss Saigon (1991) and Sunset Boulevard (1994) OBIT
Jean-Pierre Bacri, 69 (May 24, 1951-January 18, 2021) French actor and screenwriter who appeared in Subway (1985) OBIT
F. Lee Bailey, 87 (June 10, 1933-June 3, 2021)Famed defense lawyer for such notorious figures as Patty Hearst (b. 1954) and O.J. Simpson (b. 1947) OBIT
Lisa Banes, 65 (July 9, 1955-June 14, 2021) New York stage actress seen in such films as Cocktail (1988) and Gone Girl (2014) OBIT
David Barclay, 86 (October 27, 1934-January 10, 2021) Reclusive British billionaire whose media empire included The Daily TelegraphOBIT
Renie Bardeau, 86 (circa 1934-January 4, 2021) Iconic photographer of all things Disneyland OBIT
Pilar Bardem, 82 (March 14, 1939-July 17, 2021)Actress and mother of Oscar winner Javier Bardem (b. 1969) OBIT
Richard Baron, 98 (April 4, 1923-May 6, 2021) Publisher of Dial Press who put countless hot-button authors in print OBIT
She … got carried away. (GIF via GIPHY)
Claudia Barrett, 91 (November 3, 1929-April 30, 2021) Damsel-in-distress star of no-budget crap classic Robot Monster (1953) OBIT
Franco Battiato, 76 (March 23, 1945-May 18, 2021)Prominent Italian singers-songwriter, painter and director OBIT
Jean Bayless, 88 (circa 1932-February 5, 2021) West End star who was Maria in the original London production of The Sound of Music (1960) OBIT
Elgin Baylor, 86 (September 16, 1934-March 22, 2021) NBA Hall of Famer OBIT
Mary Catherine Bateson, 81 (December 8, 1939-January 2, 2021) Cultural anthropologist who was the daughter and a subject of Margaret Mead (1901-1978) OBIT
Anne Beatts, 74 (February 25, 1947-April 7, 2021) Trailblazing writer at SNL (1976-1980) and creator of Square Pegs (1982-19830 OBIT
Average banjo (Image via Warner Bros.)
Ned Beatty, 83 (July 6, 1937-June 13, 2021) Oscar-nominated, Emmy-nominated, prolific actor especially known for the films Deliverance (1972), Network (1976), and the first two Superman films (1978 & 1980) OBIT
Sharon Begley, 64 (June 14, 1956-January 16, 2021) Pre-eminent science writer for NewsweekOBIT
Joseph Behar, 94 (September 30, 1926-June 26, 2021) Longtime, Daytime Emmy-winning director of soaps and game shows OBIT
Joan Benny, 86 (June 17, 1934-June 10, 2021)Daughter of Jack Benny (1894-1974) and Mary Livingstone (1905-1983) who kept their memories alive via her writings OBIT
Byron Berline, 77 (July 6, 1944-July 10, 2021) Bluegrass fiddler OBIT
Walter Bernstein, 101 (August 20, 1919-January 22, 2021) Blacklisted screenwriter who was Oscar-nominated for writing The Front (1976) OBIT
Florence Birdwell, 96 (September 3, 1924-February 15, 2021)Singing teacher to Broadway stars OBIT
Arthur T. Birsh, 88 (October 6, 1932-April 14, 2021)Longtime publisher of PlaybillOBIT
Black Rob, 52 (July 12, 1969-April 17, 2021)Bad Boy rapper known for the hit Whoa! (2000) OBIT
Bruce Blackburn, 82 (June 2, 1938-February 1, 2021)Designer of the NASA logo OBIT
S. Prestley Blake, 106 (November 26, 1914-February 11, 2021) Co-founder, in 1935, of an ice cream shop that would balloon into the Friendly’s restaurant chain OBIT
Gottfried Böhm, 101 (January 23, 1920-June 9, 2021)Architect who worked in Brutalist concrete designs OBIT
Tim Bogert, 76 (August 27, 1944-January 13, 2021) Member of Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and supergroup Beck, Bogert & Appice OBIT
Enrique Bolaños, 93 (May 13, 1928-June 14, 2021) Former president (2002-2007) of Nicaragua OBIT
Christian Boltanski, 76 (September 6, 1944-July 14, 2021) Creator of grandiose art installations OBIT
Pat Bond, 94 (May 24, 1926-February 13, 2021) The granddaddy of BDSM and kink culture OBIT
Frank Bonner, 79 (February 28, 1942-June 16, 2021) Memorably smarmy, igoted blowhard Herb Tarlek the ultimate plaid boy on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982) and The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991-1993) OBIT
Martin Bookspan, 94 (July 30, 1926-April 29, 2021) Longtime Live from Lincoln Center (1976-2006) announcer OBIT
Duke Booty, 69 (-January 13, 2021)Rapper whose The Message (1982), recorded by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, began rap’s migration from escapism to documenting urban life OBIT
Harold Bornstein, 73 (March 3, 1947-January 8, 2021) The personal doc who dubiously proclaimed Donald Trump (b. 1946) the picture of health via a widely derided letter that he later admitted had been dictated by Trump himself OBIT
Perry Botkin Jr., 87 (-January 18, 2021) TV composer of themes for The Young and the Restless (1973-present), Happy Days (1974-1984), Mork and Mindy (1978-1982), and the smash hit Nadia’s Theme (1977) OBIT
Charles Boyer, 86 (circa 1934-February 8, 2021) Disneyland’s most famous on-site artist and master illustrator OBIT
Jerry Brandt, 82 (January 29, 1938-January 16, 2021)Owner of onetime phenomenally popular NYC clubs the Electric Circus and the Ritz OBIT
Harry Brant, 24 (1996-January 17, 2021) Socialite son of model Stephanie Seymour (b. 1968) and billionaire Peter M. Brant (b. 1947) OBIT
Colt Brennan, 37 (August 16, 1983-May 11, 2021) Former star quarterback for the University of Hawaii OBIT
Lee Breuer, 83 (February 6, 1937-January 3, 2021) Cofounder of the Mabou Mines theater company, writer of Broadway Pulitzer Prize finalist The Gospel at Colonus (1983) OBIT
Shane Briant, 74 (August 17, 1946-May 27, 2021)English actor and author known for his roles in Hammer movies OBIT
Johnny Briggs, 85 (September 5, 1935-February 28, 2021)Coronation Street (1974-2006) actor OBIT
Harry Bring, 77 (circa 1943-February 16, 2021)The X-Files (2000-2002) producer OBIT
Eli Broad, 87 (June 6, 1933-April 28, 2021) Businessman who spent part of his fortune to reshape Los Angeles as a cultural capital OBIT
Thomas Brock, 94 (September 10, 1926-April 4, 2021) Man who discovered heat-resistant bacteria at Yellowstone National Park, which in turn led to the development of the COVID-19 test in 2020 OBIT
Andrew Brooks, 51 (February 10, 1969-January 23, 2021) Helped develop the first COVID-19 spit test OBIT
Alice Clark Brown, 68 (August 22, 1952-June 6, 2021)First Black showgirl in the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus (1971-1974) OBIT
Billy Brown, 68 (circa 1962-February 7, 2021)Alaskan Bush People (2014-2019) reality actor OBIT
Bobby Brown, 96 (October 25, 1924-March 25, 2021) Yankee infielder who played in four World Series championships then left to become a cardiologist before returning as American League president OBIT
Allan Burns, 85 (May 18, 1935-January 30, 2021) TV producer and screen writer who co-created and wrote for The Munsters (1964-1966), Mary Tyler Moore (1970-1977) and Rhoda (1974-1978) OBIT
Karla Burns, 66 (December 24, 1954-June 4, 2021) Olivier-winning (in 1991) actress known for her interpretation of Queenie in Show Boat (Broadway, 1983) who later fought to regain her voice when it was lost due to surgery OBIT
Sunday Burquest, 50 (circa 1970-April 18, 2021) Season 33 (2016) Survivor contestant OBIT
Jonathan Bush, 89 (May 6, 1931-May 5, 2021) Financier, younger brother of George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) OBIT
John Bud Cardos, 91 (December 20, 1929-March 4, 2021) Animal wrangler and stuntman in exploitation flicks who directed The Red, White and Black (1970) and Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), among others OBIT
Eric Carle, 91 (June 25, 1929-May 23, 2021) Author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) OBIT
Raffaella Carrà, 78 (June 18, 1943-July 5, 2021) Italian singer and entertainment icon known for her 1978 disco hit Do It, Do It Again OBIT
Jean-Claude Carrière, 89 (September 17, 1931-February 8, 2021) Prolific, Oscar-nominated, Oscar-winning screenwriter who was then also awarded an honorary Oscar following a career including such films as Belle de Jour (1967), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) OBIT
Rosalind Cartwright, 98 (December 30 1922-January 15, 2021)Sleep disorder researcher OBIT
Marianne Carus, 92 (June 16, 1928-March 3, 2021) Founder of the children’s magazine Cricket (1973-present) OBIT
Steve Carver, 75 (April 5, 1945-January 8, 2021) Director of such action films as The Arena (1974), An Eye for an Eye (1981) and Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) OBIT
Raymond Cauchetier, 101 (January 10, 1920-February 22, 2021)French photographer who captured the making of some of the most important New Wave films of the ’60s OBIT
Raymond Cavaleri, 74 (January 17, 1947-July 19, 2021) Former child actor who became an acting agent OBIT
Malcolm Cecil, 84 (January 9, 1937-March 28, 2021) Pioneering synth producer OBIT
Ben Chafin, 60 (May 18, 1960-January 1, 2021) Georgia state senator OBIT
John Chaney, 89 (January 21, 1932-January 29, 2021) Legendary Temple University (1982-2006) basketball coach OBIT
Midwin Charles, 47 (July 17, 1973-April 6, 2021) Legal analyst frequently seen on CNN, MSNBC, HLN and Bloomberg TV OBIT
Purnell Choppin, 91 (July 4, 1929-July 3, 2021)Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientist whose work on how viruses multiply laid the groundwork for the COVID-19 fight OBIT
Roy Christopher, 85 (December 27, 1935-February 2, 2021)TV production designer and art director OBIT
Kevin Clark, 32 (December 3, 1988-May 26, 2021) Actor from School of Rock (2003) OBIT
Ramsey Clark, 93 (December 18, 1947-April 9, 2021) AG (1967-1969 following a year as acting AG) in the Johnson Administration OBIT
John Clem Clarke, 83 (June 6, 1937-June 5, 2021)Pop artist OBIT
Sisters just don’t understand. (Image via William Morrow & Co.)
Beverly Cleary, 104 (April 12, 1916-March 25, 2021)Beloved author of the children’s books Henry Huggins (1950), Beezus and Ramona (1955), Ramona and Her Mother (1979) and many more OBIT
Taking flight in the ’40s (Image via Library of Congress)
Robert Cohan, 95 (March 26, 1925-January 13, 2021) Dancer and choreographer who established the London Contemporary Dance Group aka London Contemporary Dance Theater in the UK OBIT
Gianluigi Colalucci, 91 (December 24, 1929-March 28, 2021) Restorer of the Sistine Chapel OBIT
Michael Collins, 90 (October 31, 1930-April 28, 2021) Apollo 11 astronaut OBIT
Pat Collins, 88 (April 3, 1932-March 21, 2021)Tony-winning lighting designer OBIT
Billy Conigliaro, 73 (August 15, 1947-February 10, 2021) Red Sox star OBIT
You are familiar with his work. (Image via Cooper Hewitt/Smithsonian Design Museum/Art Resource NY)
Rajie Cook, 90 (July 6, 1930-February 6, 2021) Co-creator of the pictogram symbols used in public spaces OBIT
Charles Coolidge, 99 (August 4, 1921-April 6, 2021) WWII hero OBIT
Gary Corbett, 62 (circa late July 1958-July 14, 2021)KISS and Cinderella touring keyboardist who co-wrote Cyndi Lauper’s (b. 1953) hit She-Bop (1983) OBIT
Chick Corea, 79 (June 12, 1941-February 9, 2021) Celebrated jazz-rock fusion musician acclaimed as a jazz pianist OBIT
Jill Corey, 85 (September 30, 1935-April 3, 2021) Torch singer whose stardom took hold in the ’50s, when she was a teen OBIT
John Cornell, 80 (February 2, 1941-July 23, 2021)Australian actor, producer, director and Oscar-nominated screenwriter known for his long association with Paul Hogan (b. 1939) OBIT
Diego Cortez, 74 (September 30, 1946-June 21, 2021)NYC scene-maker in the worlds of art and music who curated a 1981 show featuring future superstar Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) OBIT
Douglas Cramer, 89 (August 22, 1931-June 4, 2021) Producer of such TV hits as The Love Boat (1977-1986 + TV movies) and Dynasty (1981-1989), noted art collector OBIT
Del Crandall, 91 (March 5, 1930-May 5, 2021) All-star Braves catcher OBIT
Johnny Crawford, 75 (March 26, 1946-April 29, 2021)Original Mouseketeer of 1955, and star of TV’s The Rifleman (1958-1963) OBIT
Dave Creek, 42 (circa 1988-January 7, 2021)Lead character designer on Bob’s Burgers (2011-2018) OBIT
Sandie Crisp, 61 (January 13, 1960-January 27, 2021) Trans actress and model known as the Goddess Bunny OBIT
Christina Crosby, 67 (September 2, 1953-January 5, 2021)Feminist scholar who wrote the disability memoir A Body, Undone: Living on After Great Pain (2016) OBIT
Irv Cross, 81 (July 27, 1939-February 28, 2021) First Black network TV sports analyst OBIT
Leonard Crow Dog, 78 (August 18, 1942-June 5, 2021)Spiritual leader at Wounded Knee OBIT
Paul Crutzen, 87 (December 3, 1933-January 28, 2021) Dutch atmospheric chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1995) for his work on the ozone layer/climate change OBIT
Stefan Cush, 60 (circa 1960-February 4, 2021)One of the lead vocalists with the folk-punk outfit The Men They Couldn’t Hang OBIT
Jacques d’Amboise, 86 (July 28, 1934-May 2, 2021) New York City Ballet star OBIT
Prince of Port Charles (Image via Soap Opera Digest)
Stuart Damon, 84 (February 5, 1937-June 29, 2021)Longtime General Hospital cast member (1977-2008; 2011; 2013) also known for his work on Broadway, on London’s West End, in the British series The Champions (1968-1969) and Space: 1999 (1975-1977) and as Prince Charming in the phenomenally popular 1965 TV remake of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella OBIT
Henry Darrow, 87 (September 15, 1933-March 14, 2021) Actor on The High Chaparral (1967-1971) and Zorro and Son (1983) OBIT
Deezer D, 55 (March 10, 1965-2021)Longtime ER (1994-2009) actor, rapper OBIT
Bill C. Davis, 69 (August 24, 1951-February 26, 2021)Playwright of Mass Appeal (1980), which was adapted into the 1984 film OBIT
Girl, we knew what was true. (Image via family photo)
John Davis, 66 (August 31, 1954-May 24, 2021) One of the real voices behind Milli Vanilli OBIT
Madeline Davis, 80 (July 7, 1940-April 28, 2021)First out gay woman to speak at a major party’s national convention, at the DNC, in 1972 OBIT
Peter S. Davis, 79 (circa 1941-February 21, 2021) Producer of such films as Highlander (1986) OBIT
Rennie Davis, 80 (May 23, 1940-February 2, 2021) One of the Chicago 7 anti-war activists OBIT
Ruth Dayan, 103 (March 6, 1917-February 5, 2021) Matriarch of the Maskit fashion brand OBIT
Lois De Banzie, 90 (May 4, 1930-April 3, 2021) Broadway actress known for her Tony-nominated performance in Morning’s at Seven (1980) and her work in the film Annie (1982) OBIT
Idris Déby, 68 (1952-April 20, 2021) Autocratic leader of Chad OBIT
Ronald DeFeo, 69 (September 26, 1951-March 12, 2021) Killer who inspired The Amityville Horror (1977) OBIT
Nathalie Delon, 79 (August 1, 1941-January 21, 2021) French actress in such films as Le Samourai (1967) OBIT
Arturo Di Modica, 80 (January 26, 1941-February 19, 2021) Sculptor behind Manhattan’s famous Charging BullOBIT
Dustin Diamond, 44 (January 7, 1977-February 1, 2021)Screech on Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1988-1989) and Saved by the Bell (1989-1992, plus various incarnations) OBIT
Eric Jerome Dickey, 59 (July 7, 1961-January 3, 2021) Best-selling novelist with dozens of works to his credit, including Milk in My Coffee (1998) OBIT
Aleksander Doba, 74 (September 9, 1946-February 22, 2021)He kayaked across the Atlantic at age 70 OBIT
Alix Dobkin, 80 (August 16, 1940-May 19, 2021) Lesbian singer and activist famous for posing in a THE FUTURE IS FEMALE T-shirt in a 1975 image by photographer Liza Cowan (b. circa 1941) OBIT
Ron Dominguez, 85 (August 10, 1935-January 1, 2021) Disney Legend who had been an Executive Vice President of Attractions and at various times supervised Frontierland and Tomorrowland, among other duties OBIT
Winging it (GIF via GIPHY)
Richard Donner, 91 (April 24, 1930-July 5, 2021) Prolific and popular director of such classic hits as The Omen (1976), Superman (1978), The Goonies (1985) and the Lethal Weapon series (1985-1998); on early TV, he directed the Nightmare at 20,000 Feet episode of The Twilight Zone (1963) OBIT
Raymond Donovan, 90 (August 31, 1930-June 2, 2021) Scandal-plagued Reagan Administration Secretary of Labor who quit in disgrace OBIT
Anne Douglas, 102 (April 23, 1919-April 29, 2021) Philanthropist widow of Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) OBIT
Bard-on material (Image via Mercer Arts Center)
Jerry Douglas, 84 (November 15, 1935-January 9, 2021) Gay-porn director of films from 1973-2007 who also directed the gay play Tubstrip (1973) and the movie Score (1974) OBIT
Suzzane Douglas, 64 (April 12, 1957-July 6, 2021)Star of the sitcom The Parent ‘Hood (1995-1999) OBIT
Robert Downey Sr., 85 (June 24, 1936-July 7, 2021)Influential filmmaker behind the lauded indie Putney Swope (1969), father of Robert Downey Jr. (b.) OBIT
Patricia Driscoll, 93 (December 17, 1927-June 12, 2021)BBC presenter and actress OBIT
Pete du Pont, 86 (January 22, 1935-May 8, 2021) Wealthy scion who was a two-term Delaware governor (1976-1984) and ran for president in 1988 OBIT
For this alone, she deserved the Oscar. (GIF via GIPHY)
Olympia Dukakis, 89 (June 20, 1931-May 1, 2021) Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning actress for Moonstruck (1987) also widely recognized as Anna Madrigal in the Tales of the City franchise (1993-2019), for Steel Magnolias (1989) and for a prolific stage career OBIT
Patrick Dupond, 61 (March 14, 1959-March 5, 2021) Parisian ballet star OBIT
Dianne Durham, 52 (June 17, 1968-February 4, 2021) First Black gymnast to win U.S. women’s title OBIT
David Dushman, 98 (April 1, 1923-June 5, 2021) Soviet soldier who was the last surviving liberator of Auschwitz OBIT
Carol Easton, 87 (September 27, 1933-June 17, 2021) Esteemed biographer OBIT
Mark Eaton, 64 (January 24, 1957-May 28, 2021) Former Utah Jazz star OBIT
Mark Eden, 92 (February 14, 1928-January 1, 2021) Villain on the UK soap Coronation Street (1986-1989) OBIT
Edwin Edwards, 93 (August 7, 1927-July 12, 2021) Colorful, criminal governor of Louisiana OBIT
Lois Ehlert, 86 (November 9, 1934-May 25, 2021)Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (1989) children’s author OBIT
Carola Eisenberg, 103 (September 15, 1917-March 11, 2021) Co-founder of Physicians for Human Rights OBIT
Alber Elbaz, 59 (June 12, 1961-April 24, 2021) Moroccan-born Israeli designer at Lanvin who had just launched his own brand OBIT
Mark Elliott, 81 (September 23, 1939-April 3, 2021)Longtime voice of Disney and other movie trailers OBIT
Nancy Bush Ellis, 94 (February 4, 1926-January 10, 2021) Sister and aunt of presidents OBIT
Violetta Elvin, 97 (November 3, 1923-May 27, 2021) Bolshoi Ballet and Royal Ballet star OBIT
John Erman, 85 (August 3, 1935-June 25, 2021) Emmy-winning TV producer-director OBIT
Richard R. Ernst, 87 (August 14, 1933-June 4, 2021)Nobel Prize winner whose work led to MRI technology OBIT
Barbara Ess, 76 (April 4, 1944-March 4, 2021) Pinhole-camera artist OBIT
Lee Evans, 74 (February 25, 1947-April 18, 2021)One of the Black athletes who raises his fist against racism at the 1968 Summer Games OBIT
Bob Fass, 87 (June 29, 1933-April 24, 2021) Underground radio pioneer OBIT
Jim Fassel, 71 (August 31, 1949-June 7, 2021) Celebrated Giants Super Bowl coach OBIT
Gerald Feil, 87 (circa 1933-February 9, 2021) Cinematographer of such films as Lord of the Flies (1963) OBIT
Anne Feeney, 69 (July 1, 1951-February 3, 2021)Folk singer OBIT
Richard Feigen, 90 (August 8, 1930-January 29, 2021) Prominent art collector, gallerist OBIT
Graeme Ferguson, 91 (October 27, 1929-May 8, 2021)Imax co-founder OBIT
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 101 (March 24, 1919-February 22, 2021) Owner of the fabled San Francisco bookstore City Lights bookstore, and poet who mentored the Beats OBIT
Benedict J. Fernandez, 84 (April 5, 1936-January 31, 2021) Photojournalist who captured much of the Civil Rights Movement OBIT
Heidi Ferrer, 50 (May 28, 1970-May 26, 2021)TV writer on such shows as Dawson’s Creek (1999) OBIT
Delia Fiallo, 96 (July 4, 1924-June 29, 2021) Considered the mother of telenovelas OBIT
June Finch, 81 (June 13, 1940-June 18, 2021) Virtuoso dance teacher OBIT
The original Tiger Kings (Image via Frontier)
Siegfried Fischbacher, 81 (June 13, 1939-January 14, 2021) One half of the flamboyant, big cat-taming Vegas duo Siegfried & Roy OBIT
Robert Fletcher, 98 (August 23, 1922-April 5, 2021) Designer of the Klingon and Vulcan Star Trek costumes OBIT
The mother of all smack-downs. (Image via Hustler)
Larry Flynt, 78 (November 1, 1942-February 10, 2021) Free-speech activist who became a millionaire many times over publishing the outrageous but not obscene Hustler Magazine OBIT
Bernette Ford, 70 (June 30, 1950-June 20, 2021) Publishing executive, editor and author of children’s books like 1990’s Bright Eyes, Brown Skin OBIT
Sonny Fox, 95 (June 17, 1925-January 24, 2021)Host of game show The $64,000 Challenge (1956) and the children’s show Wonderama (1959-1967) OBIT
Fanne Foxe, 84 (February 14, 1936-February 10, 2021) Stripper embroiled in one of the biggest sex scandals in D.C. in the ’70s OBIT
Carla Fracci, 84 (-May 27, 2021) Major 20th-century dance figure known for her killer lead in GiselleOBIT
Dan Frank, 67 (March 27, 1954-May 24, 2021) Editorial director at Pantheon Books OBIT
Lucinda Franks, 74 (July 16, 1946-May 5, 2021)Investigative journalist who became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting OBIT
Dave, the social climber (GIF via GIPHY)
Jahmil French, 29 (July 29, 1992-March 1, 2021) Star of Degrassi: The Next Generation (2009-2013) OBIT
John Frey, 62 (April 30, 1958-January 23, 2021)Actor/director/screenwriter known for the film Cabaret Maxime (2018) OBIT
Charles W. Fries, 92 (September 30, 1928-April 22, 2021)TV producer known as the Godfather of the Television Movie OBIT
Mira Furlan, 65 (September 7, 1955-January 20, 2021)Babylon 5 (1993-1998) actress OBIT
Rezo Gabriadze, 84 (June 29, 1936-June 6, 2021) Master puppeteer OBIT
John Gabriel, 90 (May 25, 1931-June 11, 2021)Ryan’s Hope (1975-1989) actor, TV producer OBIT
Martha Lou Gadsden, 91 (March 20, 1930-April 1, 2021) Charleston, South Carolina, soul-food matriarch behind Martha Lou’s Kitchen OBIT
Leon Gast, 85 (circa 1936-March 8, 2021) Oscar-winning When We Were Kings (1996) documentarian OBIT
Charlene Gehm, 69 (December 14, 1951-January 10, 2021) Dancer with the Joffrey Ballet OBIT
Mat George, 26 (May 14, 1995-July 17, 2021) Host of the podcast She Rates DogsOBIT
George Gerdes, 72 (February 23, 1948-January 1, 2021) Singer-songwriter who became a character actor OBIT
Brigitte Gerney, 85 (March 14, 1936-June 11, 2021)NYC woman pinned by a collapsed crane for hours in 1985 OBIT
Charles Geschke, 81 (September 11, 1939-April 16, 2021) Co-founder of Adobe, developer of PDFs OBIT
Richard Gilliland, 71 (January 23, 1950-March 18, 2021)Designing Women (1986-1991) actor who was married to Jean Smart (b. 1951) OBIT
Milton Moses Ginsberg, 85 (September 22, 1935-May 23, 2021) Writer-director of such films as Coming Apart (1969) and The Werewolf of Washington (1973) OBIT
Arlene Golonka, 85 (January 23, 1936-May 31, 2021) Stage, movie and TV actress remembered for her voice work on the comedy album You Don’t Have to Be Jewish comedy album (1965), her stint on Mayberry R.F.D. (1968-1971) and many TV guest spots OBIT
All of his records were Gold records. (Images via video stills)
Ari Gold, 47 (February 11, 1974-February 14, 2021) NYC-based dance-music artist OBIT
Pedro Gomez, 58 (August 20, 1962-February 7, 2021) Longtime ESPN correspondent OBIT
Peter Gotti, 81 (October 15, 1939-February 25, 2021)Brother of Gambino crime boss John Gotti (1940-2002) OBIT
Mary Grady, 96 (circa 1924-January 7, 2021) Longtime talent agent to a slew of the most successful child actors of the past 60 years, and the mother of the late My Three Sons star Don Grady (1944-2012) and Eight Is Enough star Lani O’Grady (1954-2001) OBIT
Nikki Graham, 38 (April 28, 1992-April 9, 2021) Big Brother UK (2006) reality actor who had published books about battling anorexia OBIT
Craig muMs Grant, 52 (December 18, 1968-March 24, 2021) Poet and Oz (1997-2003) actor OBIT
Mudcat Grant, 85 (August 13, 1935-June 11, 2021) First Black 20-game winner in the American League OBIT
Mike Gravel, 91 (May 13, 1930-June 26, 2021) Two-term (1968-1980) Democratic Alaskan senator OBIT
Alison Greenspan, 48 (circa 1973-June 27, 2021) Executive producer of the films The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 & 2 (2005 & 2008) and the TV series For Life (2020-2021) OBIT
Alberto Grimaldi, 95 (-January 23, 2021)Prolific Italian film producer, whose work included The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) and Gangs of New York (2002) OBIT
He played the original put-out white guy. (Images via movie stills)
Charles Grodin, 86 (April 21, 1935-May 18, 2021) Deadpan-comic actor who appeared in the Broadway hit Same Time, Next Year (1975); in such films as Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Catch-22 (1970), The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Heaven Can Wait (1978), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Ishtar (1987), Midnight Run (1988), Beethoven (1992), Dave (1993), Beethoven’s 2nd (1993) and While We’re Young (2015); on TV; and who was a talk show host (1995-1998), 60 Minutes II co-host (2000) and the author of several memoirs OBIT
Sally Grossman, 81 (August 22, 1939-March 11, 2021) Immortal part of a Bob Dylan (b. 1941) album cover for Bringing It All Back Home (1965) OBIT
Maria Guarnaschelli, 79 (April 18, 1941-February 6, 2021) Book editor remembered for a slew of cookbooks, including in 1997 presiding over a major revision of Joy of Cooking OBIT
Gary Gunas, 73 (circa 1947-February 22, 2021)Broadway executive producer of shows from Jekyll & Hyde (1990) to The Who’s Tommy (1993) OBIT
Paulo Gustavo, 42 (October 30, 1978-May 4, 2021) Beloved Brazilian drag comedian OBIT
Joseph Gwangwa, 83 (October 19, 1937-January 24, 2021) South African trombonist and vocalist who had been a prominent anti-apartheid activist OBIT
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 66 (May 23, 1954-March 13, 2021) Celebrated middleweight champ who quit when he lost a fight in a decision he found to be unfair OBIT
Cleve Hall, 61 (June 22, 1959-March 31, 2021) Well-known movie makeup artist on such films as Ghoulies (1984), Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) and Troll (1986) OBIT
Hash Halper, 41 (April 21, 1980-June 11, 2021) NYC street artist known for his hearts OBIT
Kathleen Ham, 73 (April 9, 1947-January 20, 2021)Rape victim whose case tried twice helped revolutionize and modernize the handling of sexual-assault cases in New York OBIT
Wynn Hammer, 97 (March 6, 1924-May 2, 2021) Well-known movie-set still photographer OBIT
James Hampton, 84 (July 9, 1936-April 7, 2021) Character actor who played clueless and bumbling to a T on F Troop (1965-1967), The Doris Day Show (1968-1971) and the movie Teen Wolf (1985) OBIT
Haya Harareet, 89 (September 20, 1931-February 3, 2021) Israeli actress best known for Ben-Hur (1959) OBIT
Cynthia Hargrave, 63 (June 12, 1957-June 9, 2021) Producer of Bottle Rocket (1993) OBIT
Marie Harmon, 97 (October 21, 1923-January 25, 2021)Western actress in Republic Pictures films who was the mother of rocker Cherie Currie (b. 1959) OBIT
Deshayla Harris, 28 (circa 1992-March 26, 2021)Reality-TV actor OBIT
Lee Hart, 85 (February 20, 1936-April 9, 2021)Wife of ex-Sen. Gary Hart (b. 1936) OBIT
Alcee Hastings, 84 (September 5, 1936-April 6, 2021) Longtime (1992-2021) Democratic representative from Florida OBIT
Roger Hawkins, 75 (October 16, 1945–May 20, 2021)Drummer on hits by Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers and more OBIT
You have to believe we are magic … (Image via NBC)
Billie Hayes, 96 (August 5, 1924-April 29, 2021) Mammy Yokum in the Broadway (1956), movie (1959) and TV versions of L’il Abner; Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf (1969); Weenie the Genie on Lidsville (1971-1972) OBIT
Patricia Healey, 85 (circa 1935-February 4, 2021)Actress in such films as The White Bus (1964) and Wuthering Heights (1968) who was married to Engelbert Humperdinck (b. 1936) for nearly 60 years OBIT
Don Heffington, 70 (December 20, 1950-March 24, 2021)Lone Justice drummer OBIT
Jerome Hellman, 92 (September 4, 1928-May 26, 2021) Oscar-winning producer of Midnight Cowboy (1969) OBIT
Monte Hellman, 91 (July 12, 1929-April 20, 2021) Director of the counterculture classic film Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) OBIT
Tony Hendra, 79 (July 10, 1941-March 4, 2021) Humorist known for editing gigs at National Lampoon and Spy, and whose spiritual memoir Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul (2004) inspired his daughter to accuse him of having molested her OBIT
Gloria Henry, 98 (April 2, 1923-April 3, 2021)B-movie star remembered as mom Alice Mitchell on TV’s Dennis the Menace (1959-1963) OBIT
Jungle cruise (Image via American International Pictures)
Mike Henry, 84 (August 15, 1936-January 8, 2021) Former football star who became known for playing Tarzan in a series of films (1966-1968), and dim-witted Junior in the three Smokey and the Bandit features (1977-1983) OBIT
Robert Hershon, 84 (May 28, 1936-March 20, 2021) Poet who founded Hanging Loose Press OBIT
Fernando Hidalgo, 78 (circa 1942-February 16, 2021)TV host and comic who wrote, directed, produced and starred in the 2019 comedy Ernesto’s Manifesto OBIT
Charles Hill, 73 (May 22, 1947-February 20, 2021) Detective who, in the ’90s, helped recover the stolen masterpiece The ScreamOBIT
Ron Hill, 82 (September 25, 1938-May 23, 2021) Record-setting marathoner OBIT
Robert Hogan, 87 (September 28, 1933-May 28, 2021) Prolific TV actor (Hogan’s Heroes was named for him) also known for such stage performances as Never the Sinner (1998) and A Few Good Men (1999) OBIT
Raimund Hoghe, 72 (May 12, 1949-May 14, 2021) Choreographer who leaned into, rather than working around, his spinal deformity OBIT
With Dixie Carter (1939-2010), his third wife and his co-star (Image by Alan Light)
Hal Holbrook, 95 (February 17, 1925-January 23, 2021) Actor famed for his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight!, performed continuously from 1954-2017, including in a Tony-winning trio of Broadway runs; winner of five Emmys, and known for such TV projects as The Glass Menagerie (1966), The Bold Ones: The Senator (1971), That Certain Summer (1972), Pueblo (1974), Sandburg’s Lincoln (1976), Designing Women (1986-1989) and Evening Shade (1990-1994), and for films like The Group (1966), All the President’s Men (1976), The Firm (1993) and Into the Wild (2007, Oscar nomination) OBIT
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, 98 (October 2, 1922-March 6, 2021)Founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts OBIT
Robert Hollander, 87 (July 31, 1933-April 20, 2021) Translator and digitizer of literature and commentary OBIT
John Hora, 80 (February 16, 1940-February 9, 2021) Cinematographer of Gremlins (1984) OBIT
Millie Hughes-Fulford, 75 (December 21, 1945-February 2, 2021)NASA’s first female payload specialist OBIT
Paul Huntley, 88 (July 2, 1933-July 9, 2021)Premier wigmaker, with credits including for Patti LuPone (b. 1949) in Evita on Broadway (1979), in the movie (1982) and Broadway musical (2018) Tootsie and for Glenn Close’s (b. 1947) Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) OBIT
Ibrahim Idris, 60 (circa 1960-February 10, 2021) One of the original Guantanamo Bay detainees OBIT
Shirley Fry Irvin, 94 (June 30, 1927-July 13, 2021)Tennis star of the ’40s and ’50s OBIT
Paul Jackson, 73 (March 28, 1947-March 18, 2021) Funk bassist OBIT
Vincent Jackson, 38 (January 14, 1983-February 15, 2021) Former NFL wide receiver with the Chargers and the Buccaneers OBIT
Hugh Newell Jacobsen, 91 (March 11, 1929-March 4, 2021) Modernist architect OBIT
Flory Jagoda, 97 (December 21, 1923-January 29, 2021) Keeper of the Sephardic music tradition OBIT
Angie Jakusz, 40 (March 27, 1980-January 2021) No Fun Angie on Season 10 of Survivor (2005) OBIT
Carol Jarecki, 86 (February 13, 1935-June 13, 2021) Renowned chess referee OBIT
Howard Johnson, 79 (August 7, 1941-January 10, 2021) Jazz tuba player OBIT
Amy Johnston, 66 (September 22, 1954-March 17, 2021) Actress in The Buddy Holly Story (1978) OBIT
Reggie Jones, 93 (April 8, 1927-January 30, 2021)Lifeguard whose tenure lasted some 64 years OBIT
Robert C. Jones, 85 (March 30, 1936-February 2, 2021) Oscar-winning Coming Home (1978) screenwriter OBIT
Fred Jordan, 95 (November 9, 1925-April 19, 2021)Grove Press publisher who challenged censors, publishing controversial works by 20th century neo-greats OBIT
Vernon Jordan, 85 (August 15, 1935-March 1, 2021) Civil rights leader, longtime D.C. power broker OBIT
T.B. Joshua, 57 (June 12, 1963-June 5, 2021) Nigerian mega-church pastor who scammed people into believing he could cure Ebola and COVID-19 OBIT
Rémy Julienne, 90 (April 17, 1930-January 21, 2021) Stunt man in James Bond films OBIT
George Jung, 78 (August 6, 1942-May 5, 2021) Famous cocaine smuggler immortalized in the movie Blow (2001) OBIT
Nathan Jung, 74 (November 29, 1946-April 24, 2021) Actor who played Genghis Khan (1162-1227) in the 1969 Star Trek episode The Savage Curtain OBIT
Norton Juster, 91 (June 2, 1929-March 8, 2021) Author of The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) OBIT
Yoram Kahana, 82 (January 1, 1939-June 15, 2021) Longtime respected HFPA member OBIT
Bernie Kahn, 90 (April 26, 1930-April 21, 2021) Prolific TV producer and writer on such shows as Get Smart (1966) and Bewitched (1967-1972) OBIT
Broken hearts club (Image via Sire)
Nick Kamen, 59 (April 15, 1962-May 4, 2021) Buffalo boy model, Levi’s 501 jeans ad star and pop singer known for the tunes Each Time You Break My Heart (1986) with Madonna (b. 1958) and I Promised Myself (1990) OBIT
Daniel Kaminsky, 42 (1979-April 23, 2021) Internet-security researcher who discovered a fundamental flaw in the Internet that would allow coders to hack sites, steal from banks and/or shut down the entire Web OBIT
Kenneth Kaunda, 97 (April 28, 1924-June 17, 2021) Zambia’s first president (1964-1991) OBIT
Lubomir Kavalek, 77 (August 9, 1943-January 18, 2021) Chess grandmaster OBIT
Petr Kellner, 56 (May 20, 1964-March 27, 2021) Czech Republic’s richest man, with a net worth north of $17B OBIT
Paul Kellogg, 84 (March 11, 1937-April 28, 2021) Head of the New York City Opera OBIT
Derek Khan, 63 (August 21, 1957-February 15, 2021) Architect of the ghetto fabulous look who fell from grace in a scandal that sent him to prison OBIT
Tran Thien Khiem, 95 (April 2, 1975-June 23, 2021) A power in South Vietnam in the ’60s and ’70s OBIT
Sibongile Khumalo, 63 (September 24, 1957-January 28, 2021) South Africa’s first lady of song OBIT
Richard K. Kim, 76 (November 14, 1944-April 3, 2021) Pioneering Korean-American prosecutor OBIT
Question-and-answer King (GIF via GIPHY)
Larry King, 87 (November 19, 1933-January 23, 2021) Broadcast legend known for his knack for celebrity interviews OBIT
Bruce Kirby, 95 (April 28, 1925-January 24, 2021)Longtime character actor identified with his role as Sgt. George Kramer on Columbo (1973-1995) OBIT
Bruce Kirby, 92 (January 2, 1929-July 19, 2021) Sailboat designer OBIT
Lois Kirschenbaum, 88 (November 21, 1932-March 27, 2021) Ultimate opera superfan OBIT
Walter Kissinger, 96 (June 21, 1924-May 3, 2021) Businessman and philanthropist, brother of Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) OBIT
Tawny Kitaen, 59 (August 5, 1961-May 7, 2021) Prominent ’80s music-video vixen, Bachelor Party (1984) actress OBIT
Matiss Kivlenieks, 24 (August 26, 1996-July 4, 2021)NHL player for the Columbus Blue Jackets OBIT
Greg Knapp, 58 (March 5, 1963-July 22, 2021) Jets assistant coach OBIT
Bob Koester, 88 (October 30, 1932-May 12, 2021) Revered jazz figure who owned Delmark Records OBIT
John Konrads, 78 (May 21, 1942-April 25, 2021) Australian Olympian swimmer OBIT
Harry Kooperstein, 79 (April 11, 1941-March 30, 2021) Seventeen-time local Emmy winner for fare like Live from the Hollywood Bowl (1990s) OBIT
Arthur Kopit, 83 (May 10, 1937-April 2, 2021) Theatrical writer known for his avant-garde works like Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad (1962); a three-time Tony nominee, including for and the book of the musical Nine (1982) OBIT
The original Black superhero (Image via 20th Century Fox)
Yaphet Kotto, 81 (November 15, 1939-March 15, 2021) Trailblazing actor known for Live and Let Die (1973), Alien (1979) and TV’s Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-2000) OBIT
Pamela Kraft, 77 (October 31, 1943-March 14, 2021) Central art-world figure who became a self-styled champion of the rights of Indigenous peoples OBIT
Mitchell Krauss, 90 (September 17, 1930-January 27, 2021) Middle East correspondent for CBS News who survived the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadar (1918-1981) OBIT
Otto Dov Kulka, 87(April 16, 1933-January 29, 2021) Israeli Holocaust historian OBIT
Dilip Kumar, 98 (December 11, 1922-July 7, 2021)One of India’s greatest film stars OBIT
Jeff LaBar, 58 (March 18, 1963-July 14, 2021) Cinderella rocker OBIT
Kay Tobin Lahusen, 91 (January 5, 1930-May 26, 2021)Early gay rights activist whose photography helped capture the movement OBIT
Penelope Laingen, 89 (December 1, 1931-April 3, 2021) Wife of an American hostage in Iran who launched the yellow-ribbon campaign OBIT
Rick Laird, 80 (February 5, 1941-July 4, 2021) Bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever OBIT
Ray Lambert, 100 (1920-April 9, 2021) D-Day hero OBIT
Pete Lammons, 77 (October 20, 1943-April 29, 2021) Football player who helped the Jets in their ’69 Super Bowl win OBIT
Dave Lampert, 90 (circa 1930-June 24, 2021) Inventor of the Sybian sex aid of the ’80s OBIT
Anita Lane, 61 (March 18, 1960-circa April 29, 2021) Collaborator and former girlfriend of Nick Cave (b. 1957) OBIT
Jackie Lane, 79 (July 10, 1941-June 23, 2021) Dodo on Doctor Who (1966) OBIT
John Langley, 78 (June 1, 1943-June 26, 2021) Creator of long-running show Cops (1989-2018) OBIT
Gwen Shamblin Lara, 66 (February 1955-May 29, 2021) Controversial weight-loss guru and religious cult leader OBIT
Joe Lara, 58 (October 2, 1962-May 29, 2021) Titular Tarzan on TV’s syndicated Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996-1997), married to controversial weight-loss guru and cult leader Gwen Shamblin Lara (1955-2021) OBIT
Among sports legends, Lasorda really took the cake.(GIF via GIPHY)
Tommy Lasorda, 93 (September 22, 1927-January 7, 2021) Dodger icon OBIT
Henry Nacho Laun, 54 (circa 1966-April 2020) Appeared on the reality series Wahlburgers (2014-2015) OBIT
Barry Le Va, 79 (December 28, 1941-January 24, 2021) Sculptor whose art resided on the floor OBIT
He vas her BOYFRIEND! (Image via 20th Century Fox)
Cloris Leachman, 94 (April 30, 1926-January 26, 2021)Oscar-winning and record-setting Emmy-winning actress (22 nominations, 8 wins, 1 honor, 1 Daytime Emmy win) whose career stretched back to 1948, including As You Like It (Broadway, 1950), South Pacific (Broadway, 1951), the films Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Last Picture Show (1971), Young Frankenstein (1974) and High Anxiety (1977), and TV work including Lassie (1957-1958), The Twilight Zone (It’s a Good Life episode, 1961), Mary Tyler Moore & Phyllis (1970-1977), The Facts of Life (1986-1988), Malcolm in the Middle (2001-2006), Dancing with the Stars (2008-2009) and Raising Hope (2010-2014) OBIT
David Leckie, 70 (May 4, 1951-July 20, 2021) Australian TV exec OBIT
Corky Lee, 73 (September 5, 1947-January 27, 2021)Photographer whose life mission was to restore Asian-Americans’ contributions to the historical record, and to document daily life OBIT
James Levine, 77 (June 23, 1943-March 9, 2021) Former Metropolitan Opera conductor whose legendary career was ended amid multiple sexual harassment allegations OBIT
Jerry Lewis, 86 (October 21, 1934-July 15, 2021)Longtime (1978-2013) Republican congressman from California OBIT
He worked out. (Image via beefcake magazine)
Reg Lewis, 85 (January 23, 1936-February 14, 2021)Iconic bodybuilder who held the Mr. America, among many other, titles and in 1957 was Mr. Universe-Tall OBIT
G. Gordon Liddy, 90 (November 30, 1930-March 30, 2021)Watergate mastermind and far-right radio host OBIT
David Lightfoot, 61 (circa 1960-June 13, 2021) Australian film producer OBIT
Rush Limbaugh, 70 (January 12, 1951-February 17, 2021) Shameless right-wing radio provocateur who, from behind his giant cigar, had his hate-filled observations lucratively amplified across the country and the world, shaping the GOP for generations in the process OBIT
Gunnel Lindblom, 89 (December 18, 1931-January 24, 2021)Actress in such films as The Seventh Seal (1957) and Wild Strawberries (1957) OBIT
Richard Lindheim, 81 (circa 1939-January 18, 2021) Veteran TV producer who co-created The Equalizer (1985-1989) OBIT
Joanne Linville, 93 (January 15, 1928-June 20, 1921)Twilight Zone (1961) veteran who played an iron-willed Romulan commander on a 1968 Star Trek episode OBIT
Barbara J. Litrell, 77 (February 4, 1944-July 4, 2021)Publisher of such women’s magazines as McCall’s, Working Mother and Working WomanOBIT
Christopher Little, 79 (October 10, 1941-January 7, 2021)Literary agent who championed the Harry Potter books beginning in 1995 OBIT
Floyd Little, 78 (July 4, 1942-January 1, 2021) Denver Broncos star known as The Franchise OBIT
Robert F. Liu, 94 (circa 1926-January 10, 2021)Noted TV cinematographer OBIT
Ernie Lively, 74 (January 29, 1947-June 3, 2021) Actor in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 (2005) & 2 (2008), father of actors Eric (b. 1981) and Blake Lively (b. 1987) OBIT
Hung out to dry in Saboteur (Image via Universal)
Norman Lloyd, 106 (November 8, 1914-May 11, 2021) Stage actor in the ’30s who collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), acting in Saboteur (1942) and Spellbound (1945), and directing The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in the ’50s and ’60s; later had a long-running hit with St. Elsewhere (1982-1988), and appeared in popular and/or acclaimed films as diverse as The Southerner (1945), Limelight (1952), Dead Poets Society (1989), The Age of Innocence (1993) and Trainwreck (2015) OBIT
Gerald Locklin, 79 (February 17, 1941-January 17, 2021)One of the defining voices of the West Coast literary movement OBIT
Pat with her Loud son, Lance (Image via family photo)
Patricia Loud, 94 (October 4, 1926-January 10, 2021)Matriarch on TV’s first reality series, An American Family (1973) OBIT
Michelangelo Lovelace, 60 (June 15, 1960-May 26, 2021) Cleveland artist who captured the Black experience OBIT
Bernard Lown, 99 (June 7, 1921-February 16, 2021) Inventor of the first effective heart defibrillator, Nobel Peace Prize winner for his work against nuclear war OBIT
Christa Ludwig, 93 (March 16, 1928-April 24, 2021) Acclaimed mezzo-soprano known for her interpretations of many iconic roles OBIT
Patricia Lynch, 82 (March 5, 1938-February 3, 2021) Investigative reporter who specialized in cults OBIT
Lyn Macdonald, 91 (May 31, 1929-March 1, 2021) Recorder of the voices of 600+ WWI vets in books OBIT
Ray MacDonnell, 93 (March 5, 1928-June 10, 2021)All My Children (1970-2009; 2011; 2013) actor OBIT
Joyce MacKenzie, 95 (October 13, 1925-June 10, 2021) Jane in the 1953 Tarzan movie Tarzan and the She-Devil OBIT
Captain of your heart (GIF via GIPHY)
Gavin MacLeod, 90 (February 28, 1931-May 29, 2021) Longtime TV actor known for McHale’s Navy (1962-1964), Mary Tyler Moore (1970-1977) and The Love Boat (1977-1987) OBIT
Bernie Madoff, 82 (April 29, 1938-April 14, 2021)The mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme (nearly $65B) in history OBIT
John Magufuli, 61 (October 29, 1959-March 17, 2021)Tanzanian president who mocked COVID-19 vaccines OBIT
Janet Malcolm, 86 (July 8, 1934-June 16, 2021)New Yorker journalist OBIT
Mona Malm, 85 (January 24, 1935-January 12, 2021) Swedish actress known for such films as Fanny and Alexander (1982) and The Best Intentions (1992) OBIT
Cecilia Mangini, 93 (July 31, 1927-January 21, 2021) Pioneer Italian documentary filmmaker, frequent collaborator with Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) OBIT
Ng Man-tat, 69 (January 2, 1952-February 27, 2021) Hong Kong comic actor in such films as Shaolin Soccer (2001) OBIT
What would you do if he sang out of tune? (Image via Warner Bros.)
Biz Markie, 57 (April 8, 1964-July 16, 2021) The Clown Prince of Hip-Hop and non-singer of the hit rap song Just a Friend (1989) OBIT
Martin Markinson, 89 (December 23, 1931-January 7, 2021) Theater owner and producer who brought Torch Song Trilogy (1982) and On Your Feet (2015) to Broadway OBIT
Margaret Maron, 82 (August 25, 1938-February 23, 2021) Crime-fiction writer OBIT
Gerry Marsden, 78 (September 24, 1942-January 3, 2021)Lead singer of the British Invasion group Gerry and the Pacemakers, the makers of such hits as the football anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone (1963 UK) and Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964 UK) OBIT
Owen Marsh, 90 (May 29, 1930-January 10, 2021) Noted camera operator on Ben-Hur (1959), How the West Was Won (1962) and The Towering Inferno (1974) OBIT
Mike Marshall, 78 (January 15, 1943-June 2, 2021) First relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award OBIT
John C. Martin, 69 (May 7, 1951-March 30, 2021)Chemist who ran Gilead Sciences, leading it to become an innovator of HIV and hepatitis C treatments OBIT
Elizabeth Betita Martínez, 95 (December 12, 1925-June 29, 2021) Prolific author and voice of the Chicana movement OBIT
Eugenio Martinez, 98 (July 7, 1922-January 30, 2021) Last surviving Watergate burglar, the only man other than Nixon (1913-1994) himself to receive a pardon in the crime OBIT
Hara Masato, 89 (1931-March 17, 2021) Leading Japanese film producer known for Ran (1985) and Ringu (1998) OBIT
The world according to him (Image via handout)
Jackie Mason, 93 (June 9, 1928-July 24, 2021) Borscht Belt comic known for his complaint comedy and, later, his slurs against a Black mayor and the first Black president, and his support of Donald Trump (b. 1946) OBIT
Jason Matthews, 69 (September 17, 1951-April 28, 2021) CIA operative-turned-novelist OBIT
Jeanette Maus, 39 (circa 1981-January 24, 2021) Actress in My Effortless Brilliance (2008) and Your Sister’s Sister (2011) OBIT
Friederike Mayröcker, 96 (December 20, 1924-June 4, 2021) German poet OBIT
John McAfee, 75 (September 18, 1945-June 23, 2021)Inventor of anti-virus software who became a conspiracy theorist and criminal OBIT
David McCabe, 80 (November 14, 1940-February 26, 2021)Photographer who followed Andy Warhol (1928-1987) for a year, starting in 1964, thereby capturing the genesis of the Warhol brand OBIT
Jessica McClintock, 90 (June 19, 1930-February 16, 2021) Designer known for her granny dresses in satin and lace OBIT
Bill McCreary, 87 (August 8, 1933-April 4, 2021) Trailblazing Black TV journalist OBIT
Helen McCrory, 52 (August 17, 1958-April 16, 2021) Acclaimed English stage actress known for her work on the series Peaky Blinders (2013-2019) and in three Harry Potter films (2009-2011) OBIT
Allan McDonald, 83 (July 9, 1937-March 6, 2021) Engineer who tried in vain to abort the disastrous 1985 Challenger launch OBIT
George McDonald, 76 (April 28, 1944-January 26, 2021) Wall Streeter who founded the Doe Fund to help the impoverished OBIT
Biff McGuire, 94 (October 25, 1926-April 1, 2021) Two-time Tony Nominee who appeared in over 20 Broadway productions, beginning in 1944 OBIT
Ellen McIlwaine, 75 (October 1, 1945-June 23, 2021)Slide guitarist and acclaimed singer-songwriter OBIT
Bye-bye, baby! (Image via pinup)
Les McKeown, 65 (November 12, 1955-April 20, 2021)Lead singer of the Bay City Rollers OBIT
Larry McMurtry, 84 (June 3, 1936-March 25, 2021) Popular novelist known for such works as The Last Picture Show (1966), Terms of Endearment (1975), Lonesome Dove (1985) and Texasville (1987), Oscar winner for co-writing the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005) OBIT
Frank McRae, 80 (circa 1941-April 29, 2021)Former NFL player who appeared in such films as License to Kill (1989) and The Last Action Hero (1993) OBIT
Ved Mehta, 86 (March 21, 1934-January 9, 2021) Celebrated New Yorker writer OBIT
Carlos Menem, 90 (July 2, 1930-February 14, 2021) Flashy, Peronist leader of Argentina from 1989-1999 OBIT
Bhaskar Menon, 86 (May 29, 1934-March 4, 2021) President of Capitol Records who oversaw the release of Pink Floyd’s mammoth The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) OBIT
Vladimir Menshov, 81 (September 17, 1939-July 5, 2021) Russian filmmaker who won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) OBIT
G.W. Mercier, 66 (July 20, 1954-March 11, 2021) Tony-nominated set and costume designer OBIT
Bruce Meyers, 94 (March 12, 1926-February 19, 2021)Inventor of the Meyers Manx dune buggy OBIT
Allen Midgette, 82 (February 2, 1939-June 16, 2021) Man who successfully faked being Andy Warhol (1928-1987) on a 1967 lecture tour OBIT
Diana Millay, 85 (June 7, 1935-January 8, 2021) Broadway and TV actress best known for her work on Dark Shadows (1966-1969) and in its 1971 spin-off feature film Night of Dark Shadows, and for the soap Secret Storm (1971) OBIT
Milva, 81 (July 17, 1939-April 24, 2021) Prolific, beloved Italian singer OBIT
David Mintz, 89 (June 8, 1931-February 24, 2021) Creator of tofutti OBIT
Mike Mitchell, 65 (circa 1956-July 23, 2021) Bodybuilder and Mr. Universe who acted in such films as Braveheart (1995) and Gladiator (2000) OBIT
Chi Modu, 54 (July 7, 1966-May 19, 2021)Premier hip-hop photographer of the ’90s OBIT
Fritz the ‘crat (Image via Jimmy Carter Campaign Committee)
Walter Mondale, 93 (January 5, 1928-April 19, 2021)Liberal lion who was U.S. VP from 1977-1981, and who lost the 1984 presidential election to Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) OBIT
Paul Mooney, 79 (August 4, 1941-May 19, 2021) Comic and writer who worked with Richard Pryor (1940-2005) OBIT
Tom Moore, 100 (April 30, 1920-February 2, 2021)WWII vet who, as Captain Tom, inspired (and earned a knighthood in) the UK with his 100 laps to raise money for COVID-19 relief and who died of the virus OBIT
John Muckler, 86 (April 13, 1934-January 4, 2021) One of the architects of the Edmonton Oilers’ five Stanley Cup championships OBIT
Roger Mudd, 93 (February 9, 1928-March 9, 2021)Venerated newsman famous for his 1979 interview with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009), in which he asked, Why do you want to be president? OBIT
Alan Robert Murray, 66 (circa 1954-February 24, 2021) Oscar-winning sound editor OBIT
Helen Murray, 98 (February 20, 1923-May 1, 2021) Chemist who developed the test for diabetes OBIT
Ei-ichi Negishi, 85 (July 14, 1935-June 6, 2021) 2010 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry OBIT
June Newton, 97 (June 3, 1923-April 9, 2021) Photographer who was the wife and muse of Helmut Newton (1920-2004) OBIT
William F. Nolan, 93 (March 6, 1928-July 15, 2021) Sci-fi author of such books as his 1967 novel Logan’s Run, co-written with George Clayton Johnson (1929-2015) OBIT
Greg Noll, 84 (February 11, 1937-June 28, 2021)The so-called Babe Ruth of surfing OBIT
Mick Norcross, 57 (circa 1963-January 21, 2021)Appeared on the UK reality series The Only Way Is Essex (2011-2013; 2014) OBIT
Pete Noyes, 90 (circa 1930-February 1, 2021)Peabody-winning TV news anchor who inspired the Lou Grant character OBIT
Erin O’Brien, 87 (January 17, 1934-May 20, 2021) Recording artist and actress who appeared in such films as Onionhead (1958), on TV shows like the 77 Sunset Strip pilot (1958) and frequently on The Tonight ShowOBIT
Patrick O’Connell, 67 (April 12, 1953-March 23, 2021) Founding director of Visual AIDS who launched many AIDS-awareness campaigns, including the red ribbon OBIT
Tom O’Connor, 81 (October 31, 1939-July 18, 2021) English presenter and comedian OBIT
Cable ace (Image via video still)
Walter Olkewicz, 72 (May 14, 1948-April 6, 2021) Veteran character actor memorable on Grace Under Fire (1993-1996), Twin Peaks (1990; movie in 1992; and 2017) and on Seinfeld (1996) OBIT
Sarah Onyango Obama, 99 (circa 1920-March 29, 2021)Kenyan stepgrandmother of Barack Obama (b. 1961) OBIT
Paul Orndorff aka Mr. Wonderful, 71 (October 29, 1949-July 12, 2021)Famed pro wrestler OBIT
Dianna Ortiz, 62 (September 2, 1958-February 19, 2021) American nun tortured in Guatemala OBIT
Paul Oscher, 74 (February 26, 1947-April 18, 20201) Blues musician in Muddy Waters’s (1913-1983) band OBIT
Lou Ottens, 94 (June 21, 1926-March 6, 2021)Co-creator of the audio cassette and co-developer of the compact disc OBIT
Johnny Pacheco, 85 (March 25, 1935-February 15, 2021)Bandleader who co-founded Fania Records, which popularized salsa music internationally OBIT
Nicola Pagett, 75 (June 15, 1945-March 3, 2021) Actress from Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-1973) OBIT
Luis Palau, 86 (November 27, 1934-March 11, 2021) The so-called Billy Graham of Latin America OBIT
Jack Palladino, 76 (July 9, 1944-February 1, 2021)Infamous P.I. for scorched-earth A-listers OBIT
John Paragon, 66 (December 9, 1954-April 3, 2021)Jambi the Genie and also Pterri the pterodactyl on Pee-wee’s Playhouse (1986-1990) OBIT
Juliette Paskowitz, 89 (circa 1931-May 3, 2021) Matriarch of the First Family of Surfing OBIT
John M. Patterson, 99 (September 27, 1921-June 4, 2021)Former governor of Alabama who embraced segregation and the Klan OBIT
William H. Pauley III, 68 (August 14, 1952-July 6, 2021)Judge who sentenced Michael Cohen (b. 1966) to three years in prison for breaking campaign finance laws on behalf of his client Donald Trump (b. 1946) OBIT
Mike Pearl, 77 (July 8, 1943-March 1, 2021) Innovate TV sports producer, multiple Emmy winner OBIT
Sharon Kay Penman, 75 (August 13, 1945-January 22, 2021) Novelist of medieval epics OBIT
More relevant in 2021 than it was in 1965, only 20 years after WWII. pic.twitter.com/eKtPNUqlPT
Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) February 5, 2021
Christopher Pennock, 76 (June 7, 1944-February 12, 2021) Actor known as Gabriel Collins on Dark Shadows (1970-1971) OBIT
Clare Peploe, 79 (October 20, 1941-June 24, 2021) Film director wife of Bernardo Bertolucci (1941-2018) noted for her work on such films as Triumph of Love (2001) OBIT
Elsa Peretti, 80 (May 1, 1940-March 18, 2021) Model and iconic jewelry designer OBIT
Wayne Peterson, 93 (September 3, 1927-April 7, 2021)Pulitzer Prize-winning composer whose 1992 win was controversial after a panel chose him over the artist a three-member panel of experts had coronated OBIT
Prince Philip, 99 (June 10, 1921-April 9, 2021) Husband of Queen Elizabeth for more than 70 years OBIT
Ronald Pickup, 80 (June 7 1940-February 24, 2021) British stage actor also renowned for TV and film roles, including in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and its 2016 sequel OBIT
Music to our eyes (GIF via GIPHY)
Christopher Plummer, 91 (December 13, 1929-February 5, 2021) Iconic stage actor with two Tonys under his belt who became a silver-screen legend for The Sound of Music (1965), also appearing in such films as The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Beginners (2010, Oscar), All the Money in the World (2017) and Knives Out (2019) OBIT
Sharon Pollock, 85 (April 19, 1936-April 22, 2021)Canadian playwright OBIT
Bob Porter, 80 (June 20, 1940-April 10, 2021) Jazz producer, broadcaster OBIT
Anthony Powell, 85 (June 2, 1935-April 16, 2021)Three-time Oscar-winning costume designer OBIT
Ricky Powell, 59 (November 20, 1961-February 1, 2021) Hip-hop and downtown photographer OBIT
Tamara Press, 83 (May 10, 1937-April 26, 2021) Soviet shot-putter and discus thrower who won three Olympic gold medals but whose accomplishments were besmirched by questions surrounding her gender OBIT
Lloyd Price, 88 (March 9, 1933-May 3, 2021) Known as Mr. Personality after a 1959 smash an influential musician whose Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952) was a crossover hit that prefigured rock ‘n’ roll OBIT
The original Foxy Lady (Image via Estate of Lithofayne Pridgon)
Lithofayne Pridgon, 80 (1940-April 22, 2021)Music-scene figure and likely inspiration for Jimi Hendrix’s (1942-1970) Foxy Lady (1967) OBIT
James Prigoff, 93 (October 29, 1927-April 21, 2021) Documenter of street art OBIT
Mariano Puig, 93 (December 8, 1927-April 13, 2021) CEO of Puig, which he turned into an international fashion house OBIT
Prince Markie Dee, 52 (February 19, 1968-February 18, 2021) Founding member of rap group the Fat Boys OBIT
Robert Quackenbush, 91 (July 23, 1929-May 17, 2021)Writer of animal-themed detective stories OBIT
Carmel Quinn, 95 (July 31, 1925-March 6, 2021) Irish singer-storyteller popular on TV and at venues including Carnegie Hall OBIT
Marion Ramsey, 73 (May 10, 1947-January 7, 2021) Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy movies (1984-1989) OBIT
Benita Raphan, 58 (November 5, 1962-January 10, 2021) Experimental short-filmmaker OBIT
Danny Ray, 85 (circa 1935-February 3, 2021)Legendary performer James Brown’s (1933-2006) capeman OBIT
Freddie Redd, 92 (May 29, 1928-March 17, 2021) Jazz pianist and composer OBIT
William H. Regnery II, 80 (February 25, 1941-July 2, 2021) Reclusive heir who bankrolled the modern alt-right/white supremacy movement OBIT
John Reilly, 84 (November 11, 1936-January 9, 2021) Longtime soap star, known for General Hospital (1984-1995; 2013), Passions (2000-2008) and Beverly Hills, 90210 (1996-1998) OBIT
Winfred Rembert, 75 (November 22, 1945-March 31, 2021) Lynching survivor who became a renowned artist, working with leather as his medium OBIT
Paige Rense, 90 (May 4, 1929-January 1, 2021) Editor of Architectural DigestOBIT
Deborah Rhode, 68 (January 29, 1952-January 8, 2021)Stanford professor who pushed for an overhaul of the legal profession OBIT
Anthony Rhulen, 51 (September 27, 1969-January 15, 2021) Producer of The Butterfly Effect (2004) OBIT
Heart-pelt performances: Richardson with Raquel (Image via 20th Century Fox)
John Richardson, 86 (January 19, 1934-January 5, 2021)British actor who appeared in One Million Years B.C. (1966) OBIT
Peter Mark Richman, 93 (April 16, 1927-January 14, 2021)Longtime TV, movie and stage actor with Three’s Company (1978-1979) and Dynasty (1981-1984) among his most popular credits, as well as the classic Twilight Zone episode The Fear (1964) OBIT
Barbara Rickles, 84 (circa 1936-March 14, 2021) Widow of Don Rickles (1926-2017) and frequent target of his humor OBIT
James Ridgeway, 84 (November 1, 1936-February 13, 2021)Investigative reporter with a string of high-profile exposés under his belt OBIT
Too young to die (Image via Helix Studios)
Alex Riley, 22 (1998-May 10, 2021) Twink porn star of Helix Studios OBIT
Paul Ritter, 54 (December 20, 1966-April 5, 2021) Actor known for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) and Chernobyl (2019) OBIT
Sophie Rivera, 82 (June 17, 1938-May 22, 2021) Street photographer of Latin NYC OBIT
A Bond girl on top (Image via MGM)
Tanya Roberts, 65 (October 15, 1955-January 4, 2021)Star of the films Tourist Trap (1979), The Beastmaster (1982), Sheena (1984) and A View to a Kill (1985) also known as Julie Rogers on Charlie’s Angels (1980-1981) and as Midge Pinciotti on That ’70s Show (1998-2004) OBIT
Leslie Robertson, 92 (February 12, 1928-February 11, 2021) Structural engineer of the World Trade Center OBIT
Larry Robins, 75 (circa 1945-January 23, 2021) Music manager, producer of Netflix’s Sex/Life (2021) OBIT
Charlie Robinson, 75 (November 9, 1945-July 12, 2021)Star of TV’s Night Court (1984-1992) OBIT
Richard Robinson, 84 (May 15, 1937-June 5, 2021) Turned Scholastic into the definitive publisher of children’s books OBIT
Robert Rodan, 83 (January 30, 1938-March 25, 2021)Adam the monster on Dark Shadows (1968) OBIT
Jimmie Rodgers, 87 (September 18, 1933-January 18, 2021)Smooth pop and country singer of the #1 hit Honeycomb (1957) OBIT
Buddy Roemer, 77 (October 4, 1943-May 17, 2021) Democratic governor of Louisiana (1986-1991) who lost badly when he switched parties and ran for re-election OBIT
Joanne Rogers, 92 (March 9 1928-January 14, 2021) Widow of Fred Mr. Rogers Rogers (1928-2003) OBIT
Brian Rohan, 84 (July 24, 1936-March 30, 2021) San Francisco’s so-called dope lawyer to the stars in the ’60s OBIT
Gianna Rolandi, 68 (August 16, 1952-June 20, 2o21) Soprano who sang at Chicago’s Lyric Opera and at the New York Opera OBIT
Aaron Rose, 84 (March 22, 1936-February 7, 2021) Photographer who worked in secret, creating singular prints using unique materials and paper, and whose work was finally discovered and exhibited in the ’90s OBIT
Naomi Rosenblum, 96 (January 16, 1925-February 19, 2021)Photography historian OBIT
Harry M. Rosenfeld, 91 (August 12, 1929-July 16, 2021)Washington Post assistant managing editor who assigned Woodward (b. 1943) & Bernstein (b. 1944) to cover Watergate (1972-1974) OBIT
Max Rosenthal, 95 (circa 1926-June 26, 2021)Recurring character on Everybody Loves Raymond (2002-2004) who was the father of its creator OBIT
Lee Ross, 78 (August 25, 1942-May 14, 2021) Expert on disagreement OBIT
Giuseppe Rotunno, 97 (March 19, 1923-February 7, 2021) Oscar-nominated cinematographer renowned for his work with Federico Fellini (1920-1993) on such films as Fellini Satyricon (1969), and who also counted All That Jazz (1979) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) among his successes OBIT
Donald Rumsfeld, 88 (July 9, 1932-June 29, 2021) Former Secretary of Defense (1975-1977; 2001-2006), including during the Iraq War, of which he was a chief architect OBIT
Richard Rush, 91 (April 15, 1929-April 8, 2021) Writer-director of the Oscar-nominated The Stunt Man (1980) OBIT
Frederic Rzewski, 83 (April 13, 1938-June 26, 2021)Politically motivated pianist OBIT
Antonio Sabàto Sr., 77 (April 2, 1943-January 6, 2021)Grand Prix (1966) and One Dollar Too Many (1968) actor, father of the model and actor Antonio Sabàto Jr. (b. 1972) OBIT
Robert Sacchi, 89 (March 27, 1932-June 23, 2021) Actor known for his striking resemblance to Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), as in The Man with Bogart’s Face (1980) OBIT
Jehan Sadat, 87 (August 29, 1933-July 9, 2021) Widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (1918-1981) OBIT
Margo St. James, 83 (September 12, 1937-January 11, 2021) Founder of COYOTE, an advocacy group for sex workers OBIT
Jeffrey Sanker, 65 (December 2, 1955-June 4, 2021) Gay circuit party impresario OBIT
Liam Scarlett, 35 (April 8, 1986-April 16, 2021) Wunderkind choreographer whose career was torpedoed by sexual-impropriety allegations OBIT
Paul Scheidler, 93 (September 7, 1927-January 18, 2021) So-called Godfather of the Anti-Abortion Movement OBIT
Clayton Schenkelberg, 103 (October 17, 1917-April 14, 2021) Believed to have been the oldest survivor of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack OBIT
Al Schmitt, 91 (April 17, 1930-April 26, 2021) Grammy-winning recording engineer OBIT
Sabine Schmitz, 51 (May 14, 1969-March 16, 2021) Racing driver, TV personality OBIT
Pilar Schneider, 91 (circa 1929-January 10, 2021) Mother of Rob Schneider (b. 1963) who appeared in many of his films OBIT
Howard Schnellenberger, 87(March 16, 1934-March 27, 2021) Legendary college coach OBIT
Allon Schoener, 95 (January 1, 1926-April 8, 2021) Curator of the controversial Harlem on My Mind Met exhibit (1969) OBIT
Chris Schultz, 61 (February 16, 1960-March 4, 2021) Former Dallas Cowboys lineman and TV sports analyst OBIT
Arturo Schwarz, 97 (February 3, 1924-June 23, 2021) Egyptian refugee whose association with Surrealist and Dadaist masters led to his massive, priceless art collection OBIT
His Dynasty tennis pro was a love. (Image via video still)
Geoffrey Scott, 79 (February 22, 1942-February 23, 2021)Actor on Dark Shadows (1970) and Dynasty (1982-1984) who was also in over 100 commercials OBIT
Monster Kody Scott, 57 (November 1963-circa June 7, 2021)Notorious gang-banger who became a motivational speaker OBIT
Marty Scottenheimer, 77 (September 23, 2943-February 8, 2021) Eighth-winningest NFL coach in history OBIT
Fred Segal, 87 (May 5, 1925-February 26, 2021) L.A. retailer synonymous with the city’s fashion OBIT
Eva Sereny, 86 (May 19, 1935-May 25, 2021) Photographer noted for her unguarded images of celebrities OBIT
Menelik Shabazz, 67 (circa 1954-June 28, 2021) British filmmaker on Black themes OBIT
Danny Shanahan, 64 (July 11, 1956-July 5, 2021) Absurdist New Yorker cartoonist whose career ended with a child-porn possession charge OBIT
Frank Shankwitz, 77 (March 8, 1943-January 24, 2021) Motorcycle cop who co-founded Make-A-Wish OBIT
Carl Shapiro, 108 (February 15, 1913-March 7, 2021) One of the biggest Bernie Madoff (b. 1938) investors OBIT
Cheyann Shaw, 27 (January 14, 1993-January 4, 2021)Fitness influencer who documented a long battle with ovarian cancer OBIT
Ryan Shea, 30s (circa 1990-February 19, 2021) NYC-based entertainment and bear-culture journalist OBIT
Neil Sheehan, 84 (October 27, 1935-January 7, 2021) Author of the National Book Award-winning, Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Bright Shining Lie (1988) who obtained the Pentagon Papers for The New York TimesOBIT
Bite me! (Image via Hammer)
Barbara Shelley, 88 (February 13, 1932-2021) Hammer horror queen who starred in their cult films The Gorgon (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) and Quartermass and the Pit (1967), as well as in the horror classic Village of the Damned (1960) OBIT
Norm Sherry, 89 (July 16, 1931-March 8, 2021) Hall of Fame pitcher remembered for his advice to Sandy Koufax (b. 1935) that led to his sensational career OBIT
Toko Shinoda, 107 (March 28, 1913-March 1, 2021) One of the most important Japanese artists of the last century, she combined calligraphy with abstract expressionism OBIT
Shock G, 57 (August 25, 1963-April 22, 2021)Frontman of Digital Underground, whose The Humpty Dance was a smash in 1989 OBIT
George P. Shultz, 100 (December 13, 1920-February 6, 2021) Longtime GOP operative who served under every Republican president since Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), and who served as Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) OBIT
Felix Silla, 84 (January 11, 1937-April 16, 2021)Cousin Itt on The Addams Family (1965-1966) OBIT
Spencer Silver, 80 (February 6, 1941-May 8, 2021) Inventor of Post-it notes OBIT
Stuart Silver, 84 (May 4, 1937-May 6, 2021) Designer of blockbuster museum exhibitions OBIT
Cliff Simon, 58 (September 7, 1962-March 9, 2021)Actor from Stargate SG-1 (2001-2007) OBIT
Joseph Siravo, 66 (February 12, 1957 -April 11, 2021)The Sopranos (1999-2007) actor who played Tony’s father, Johnny Boy, in flashbacks OBIT
Patrick Sky, 80 (October 2, 1940-May 26, 2021) Greenwich Village folk singer of the ’60s OBIT
Brayden Smith, 24 (circa 1996-February 5, 2021) Jeopardy! champ OBIT
Philip J. Smith, 89 (July 29, 1931-January 15, 2021) Longtime CEO of the Shubert Organization OBIT
Sekou Smith, 48 (May 15, 1972-January 26, 2021)NBA reporter OBIT
His career spanned from 1942-2020. (Image via NBC)
William Smith, 88 (March 24, 1933-July 5, 2021) Child extra, physique model, the last TV Marlboro Man and the star of such fare as TV’s Laredo (1965-1967), Batman (1968) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1976, sequel 1976-1977), and the films Darker Than Amber (1970), Any Which Way You Can (1980) and Conan the Barbarian (1982) OBIT
Johnny Solinger, 55 (August 7, 1965-June 26, 2021) Former Skid Row (1999-2015) singer OBIT
Michael Somare, 84 (April 9, 1936-February 19, 2021) Papua New Guinea’s first PM (1975-1980; 1982-1985; 2002-2011) OBIT
Joseph Sonnabend, 88 (January 6, 1933-January 24, 2021)One of the first doctors to recognize what would come to be called AIDS as it tore through the gay community, one of three co-founders of the AIDS Medical Foundation in 1983 OBIT
SOPHIE, 34 (September 17, 1986-January 30, 2021) Trailblazing electronic-music artist, co-writer of Madonna’s (b. 1958) Bitch I’m Madonna (2015) OBIT
Arne Sorenson, 62 (October 13, 1958-February 15, 2021) Marriott CEO OBIT
Can Spector’s (seen in 2019) musical genius be appreciated in spite of his personal evil? (Images via CDCR & London)
Phil Spector, 81 (December 26, 1939-January 16, 2021)Auteur songwriter and producer whose Wall of Sound changed pop history, and whose work with the Crystals, the Ronettes, Ike & Tina Turner, the Beatles (group and solo) and many others became some of music’s most famous hits; legendarily volatile and abusive, he was convicted of murder in 2009 OBIT
Carl Spielvogel, 92 (December 27, 1928-April 21, 2021)Newspaper columnist who became one of the most powerful ad execs in history OBIT
Leon Spinks, 67 (July 11, 1953-February 5, 2021) Former heavyweight boxing champ OBIT
Nick Springer, 35 (June 9, 1985-April 14, 2021)Paralympic gold medalist OBIT
Arthur Staats, 97 (January 17, 1924-April 26, 2021) Behavioral psychologist who created the time out OBIT
Lynn Stalmaster, 93 (November 17, 1927-2021) Casting director who was given an honorary Oscar for his career, which lasted from 1955-2017 OBIT
Michael Stanley, 72 (March 25, 1948-March 4, 2021) Cleveland rocker and radio star OBIT
Pervis Staples, 85 (November 18, 1935-May 6, 1985) Member of the Staple Singers OBIT
Robby Steinhardt, 71 (May 25, 1950-July 17, 2021)Founding member of the rock band Kansas OBIT
Jim Steinman, 73 (November 1, 1947-April 19, 2021)Composer-lyricist behind Meat Loaf’s (b. 1947) Bat Out of Hell (1977) album, and who co-wrote the West End musical Whistle Down the Wind (1996) OBIT
Rennie Stennett, 72 (April 5, 1949-May 17, 2021)Part of pro baseball’s first all-POC lineup (1971) and who had seven hits in a single game OBIT
Aaron Stern, 96 (March 26, 1925-April 13, 2021)Psychiatrist who led Hollywood’s Classification and Rating Administration of the Motion Picture Association of America, which replaced the Hays Code and forced films to adhere to strict ratings guidelines OBIT
Gordon Stewart, 79 (July 6, 1941-January 4, 2021)Found of Sandals Resorts International OBIT
Martha Stewart, 98 (October 7, 1922-February 17, 2021) Actress from such films as Daisy Kenyon (1947) and In a Lonely Place (1951) OBIT
Arlene Pieper Stine, 90 (March 18, 1930-February 11, 2021)First woman to complete a sanctioned marathon in the U.S., the 1959 Pikes Peak Marathon, a record she didn’t know she’d set for 50 years OBIT
Richard Stolley, 92 (October 3, 1928-June 16, 2021) Founding editor of People Magazine (1974) and acquirer of the famed Zapruder film (1963) OBIT
Barbara Stone, 87 (November 20, 1933-April 26, 2021) Stewart Models modeling agent in the ’60s and ’70s for supermodels OBIT
Tempest Storm, 92 (February 29, 1928-April 20, 2021) Voluptuous burlesque legend who headlined in Las Vegas from 1951-1989, performing her final strip at age 82, and appearing in the 1955 cheesecake classic Teaserama OBIT
Don Sutton, 75 (April 2, 1945-January 18, 2021) Hall-of-Fame pitcher OBIT
John J. Sweeney, 86 (May 5, 1934-February 2, 2021)New York union researcher who became a force in the AFL-CIO OBIT
Joe Tait, 83 (May 15, 1937-March 10, 2021) Broadcaster known as the voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers OBIT
Mari Tarocsik, 85 (November 23, 1935-April 16, 2021)Iconic Hungarian actress OBIT
Jamie Tarses, 56 (March 16, 1964-February 1, 2021) Boundary-shattering female exec who at 32 became the first woman president of a major network’s entertainment division (ABC) before flaming out after an unflattering story belittled her abilities OBIT
Quindon Tarver, 38 (August 4, 1982-April 1, 2021) Former child performer seen and heard in Romeo + Juliet (1996) OBIT
Bertrand Tavernier, 79 (April 25, 1941-March 25, 2021) French filmmaker OBIT
Ashley Gerren Taylor, 30 (July 6, 1990-April 11, 2021)Baldwin Hills (2007-2009) reality actor OBIT
Kent Taylor, 65 (September 27, 1955-March 18, 2021) Founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse restaurants OBIT
Wayne Terwilliger, 95 (June 27, 1925-February 3, 2021) Longtime minor and major-league player and coach OBIT
His performance of the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid song helped it win an Oscar. (Image via Scepter Records)
B.J. Thomas, 78 (August 7, 1942-May 29, 2021) Singer of such hits as Hooked on a Feeling (1968) and Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head (1969) OBIT
Marie Tippit, 92 (circa 1928-March 2, 2021)Widow of the Dallas cop killed by Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963) shortly after he assassinated JFK (1917-1963) OBIT
Stacy Title, 56 (February 21, 1964-January 11, 2021)Film producer nominated for an Oscar for the short Down on the Waterfront (1994) and who directed The Last Supper (1995) and The Bye Bye Man (2017) OBIT
Linda Torres, 67 (June 29, 1953-April 1, 2021) Reality actor known for Big Ang (2012) OBIT
Tony Trabert, 90 (August 30, 1930-February 3, 2021) Two-time #1 in men’s tennis OBIT
Kim Tschang-Yeul, 91 (December 24, 1929-January 5, 2021) South Korean painter of luminous water droplets OBIT
Houston Tumlin, 28 (December 27, 1992-March 23, 2021) Former child actor who appeared in Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby (2006) OBIT
First lady (GIF via GIPHY)
Cicely Tyson, 96 (December 19, 1924-January 28, 2021)Stereotype-shattering icon and woman of many firsts, she studied at the Actors Studio in the ’40s; modeled for Ebony and Jet in the ’50s and ’60s, helping to popularize Black hairstyles and fashions; was in the original company of off-Broadway smash The Blacks (1961-1962) and won the Tony at 88 for The Trip to Bountiful (2013); first Black actor to star on a dramatic series with TV’s East Side/West Side (1963-1964), three-time Emmy winner whose other TV highlights include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), Roots (1977), King (1978) and How to Get Away with Murder (2015-2020); Oscar nomination for Sounder (1972) and other film successes with Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Help (2011) and others; honorary Oscar recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient OBIT
Bobby Unser, 87 (February 20, 1934-May 2, 2021) Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner OBIT
Brian Urquhart, 101 (February 28, 1919-January 1, 2021) Creator and director of UN peacekeeping operations OBIT
Hilton Valentine, 77 (May 21, 1943-January 29, 2021) Guitarist for the Animals OBIT
Paul Van Doren, 90 (June 12, 1930-May 6, 2021) Co-founder of Vans shoes OBIT
Buddy Van Horn, 92 (August 20, 1929-May 11, 2021) Clint Eastwood’s (b. 1930) stunt double, actor in High Plains Drifter (1983), director of Any Which Way You Can (1980) and The Dead Pool (1988) OBIT
William vanden Heuvel, 91 (April 14, 1930-June 15, 2021) Lawyer who advised Bobby Kennedy (1925-1968), ran Jimmy Carter’s (b. 1924) New York campaign and was head of NYC’s Corrections Board OBIT
Carmen Vázquez, 72 (January 13, 1949-January 27, 2021) LGBTQ rights activist OBIT
Martinus J.G. Veltman, 89 (June 27, 1931-January 4, 2021) Dutch theoretical physicist OBIT
Chick Vennera, 74 (March 27, 1947-July 7, 2021) Voice actor remembered for his scene-stealing disco moves in Thank God It’s Friday (1978) and as Enrique Mas on The Golden Girls (1989) OBIT
John Veronis, 93 (March 6, 1928-June 24, 2021) Co-founder of Psychology Today (1967-present), broker of mega-bucks media transactions OBIT
Kerry Vincent, 75 (circa 1945-January 2, 2021) Celebrated cake artist, judge on the Food Network’s Food Network Challenge (2006-2012) OBIT
Frank Wada 99 (July 23, 1921-June 14, 2021)Nisei WWII veteran OBIT
Alma Wahlberg, 78 (May 6, 1942-April 18, 2021) Mother of Mark (b. 1971) and Donnie Wahlberg (b. 1969) who had appeared on episodes of their reality series Wahlburgers (2014-2019) OBIT
Bunny Wailer, 73 (April 10, 1947-March 2, 2021) Last surviving member of the Wailers OBIT
Judy Wald, 96 (August 21, 1924-February 12, 2021) Madison Avenue headhunter during its ’50s and ’60s golden era OBIT
Yuval Waldman, 74 (December 21, 1946-February 1, 2021) Violinist and conductor OBIT
Lance Waldroup, 30 (November 3, 1990-February 25, 2021) Moonshiners (2012-2018) reality actor OBIT
Clara Lamore Walker, 94 (July 2, 1926-April 2, 2021) Stymied swimming Olympian who quit the sport, only to triumph in it again in her fifties OBIT
Murray Walker, 97 (October 10, 1923-March 13, 2021) Formula One broadcaster OBIT
Carla Wallenda, 85 (February 13, 1936-March 6, 2021) Last of her generation of Flying Wallendas OBIT
Jessica, Wink (Image via video still)
Jessica Walter, 80 (January 31, 1941-March 24, 2021) An Emmy winner, this prolific stage, film and especially TV actress was best known for her Golden Globe-nominated turn as a stalker in the thriller Play Misty for Me (1971) and as Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development (2003-2006; 2013; 2018-2019) OBIT
Romy Windsor aka Romy Walthall, 57 (September 16, 1963-May 19, 2021)Murder One (1996) actress OBIT
Douglas Turner Ward, 90 (May 5, 1930-February 20, 2021) Pioneer in Black theater OBIT
Ed Ward, 72 (November 2, 1948-May 3, 2021)Tough rock critic at Crawdaddy, Rolling Stone, Creem and The Austin-American StatesmanOBIT
John Warner, 94 (February 18, 1927-May 25, 2021)Longtime Republican senator from Virginia (1978-2008) who was married to Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) from 1976-1982 OBIT
Peter Warner, 90 (February 22, 1931-April 13, 2021) Sailor who discovered an island with six shipwrecked Tongan boys in 1966 OBIT
Her jokes were on you … (Image via Jasmine)
Rusty Warren, 91 (March 20, 1930-May 25, 2021) Nightclub performer known for her raciness OBIT
Sheila Washington, 61 (January 27, 1960-January 29, 2021) Woman whose work helped exonerate the Scottsboro Boys, nine young Black men falsely accused of raping two white women in 1931 OBIT
Jim Weatherly, 77 (March 17, 1943-February 3, 2021) Songwriter behind Midnight Train to Georgia (1973) OBIT
Eugene Webb, 102 (November 18, 1918-April 5, 2021)Harlem real estate broker whose business was the largest Black-owned firm of its kind in the U.S. OBIT
Damon Weaver, 23(circa 1998-May 1, 2021) Student reporter who interviewed President Barack Obama (b. 1961) at age 11, making him the youngest person ever to interview a sitting president OBIT
Helen Weaver, 89 (June 18, 1931-April 13, 2021)Translator who had an affair with Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) and whose memoir The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties was a hit in 2009 OBIT
Gil Wechsler, 79 (February 5, 1942-July 9, 2021) First resident lighting designer at the Metropolitan Opera OBIT
Jack B. Weinstein, 99 (August 10, 1921-June 15, 2021) Chief Judge of the Eastern District of New York (2011-2020) known for eschewing robes in favor of wearing a suit, and for his perceived activist streak OBIT
Chuck E. Weiss, 76 (circa 1945-July 20, 2021)Musician who performed with his band the Goddamn Liars, and who persuaded Johnny Depp (b. 1963) to revive the Central as the Viper Room in L.A.; inspiration for Rickie Lee Jones (b. 1954) hit Chuck E.’s in Love (1979) OBIT
Howard Weitzman, 81 (September 21, 1939-April 7, 2021)Heavy-duty lawyer who repped Michael Jackson (1958-2009), O.J. Simpson (b. 1947), Marlon Brando (1924-2004) and more OBIT
Joan Weldon, 90 (August 5, 1930-February 11, 2021)Singer and actress who appeared in the sci-fi classic Them! (1954) OBIT
Tommy West, 78 (August 17, 1942-May 2, 2021) Producer of such songs as Jim Croce’s (1943-1973) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (1973) OBIT
Eleanor Torrey West, 108 (January 17, 1913-January 17, 2021)Pioneer conservationist OBIT
Kurt Westergaard, 86 (July 13, 1935-July 14, 2021) Cartoonist whose Muhammad caricature sparked outrage and murder in Denmark and Paris OBIT
W. Galen Weston, 80 (October 29, 1940-April 12, 2021)Transformative CEO of George Weston Ltd. OBIT
Paul Westphal, 70 (November 30, 1950-January 2, 2021) Basketball Hall of Famer who was both a Celtics player and coach OBIT
Martha White, 99 (circa 1922-June 5, 2021)Black activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat reserved for whites helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana OBIT
George Whitmore, 89 (1931-January 1, 2021) Famed El Capitan mountain climber OBIT
William T. Wiley, 83 (October 21, 1937-April 25, 2021) Funk-art pioneer OBIT
Fro your eyes only (Image via head shot)
Clarence Williams III, 81 (August 21, 1939-June 4, 2021) Star of The Mod Squad (1968-1973) and Purple Rain (1984) OBIT
Stan Williams, 84 (September 14, 1936-February 20, 2021) All-Star Dodgers pitcher OBIT
Marc Wilmore, 57 (May 4, 1963-January 30, 2021) TV writer known for In Living Color (1992-1993) OBIT
Mark Wilson, 91 (April 11, 1929-January 19, 2021)Influential magician known for the show The Magic Land of Allakazam (1960-1964) OBIT
Supremely gifted (Image via Justin Stephens/ABC)
Mary Wilson, 76 (March 6, 1944-February 8, 2021) The only Supreme who was with the group from day one (1961) through the bitter end (1977) OBIT
S. Clay Wilson, 79 (July 25, 1941-February 7, 2021) Underground cartoonist OBIT
Karl Wirsum, 81 (September 27, 1939-May 6, 2021)Eclectic Chicago artist OBIT
Zachary Wohlman aka Kid Yamaka, 32 (May 23, 1988-February 14, 2021) Boxer who was the subject of the ESPN+ documentary Why We Fight OBIT
Daniel Wolf, 65 (March 29, 1955-January 25, 2021) Via the J. Paul Getty Museum, he jump-started interest in the collecting of photography when he helped the institution acquire some 25,000 of the rarest photos ever taken OBIT
Lester L. Wolff, 102 (January 4, 1919-May 11, 2021) Influential former Democratic congressman from New York (1965-1981) OBIT
Bill Wright, 84 (April 4,1 936-February 19, 2021) First Black golfer to win a U.S. Golf Association event OBIT
Ron Wright, 67 (April 8, 1953-February 7, 2021) Texas Republican congresman who had railed against COVID-19 efforts before dying of the virus OBIT
Sea-lister (Images via Disney & head shot)
Samuel E. Wright, 72 (November 20, 1948-May 24, 2021) Broadway actor Tony-nominated as Mufasa for The Lion King (1997) who was also the voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid (1989), in which he sang the Oscar-nominated Kiss the Girl and the Oscar-winning Under the Sea OBIT
May Wynn, 93 (January 8, 1928-March 22, 2021) Actress who played a nightclub singer in The Caine Mutiny (1953) OBIT
Ahmed Zaki Yamani, 90 (June 30, 1930-February 22, 2021)Former Saudi Arabian oil minister OBIT
Song Yoo-jung, 26 (June 8, 1994-January 23, 2021) South Korean TV actress OBIT
Donald York, 73 (June 19, 1947-June 3, 2021) Child prodigy who became Paul Taylor Company musical director OBIT
Mark York, 55 (circa 1965-May 19, 2021) Actor who played a paraplegic recurring character on The Office (2005-2008) OBIT
Al Young, 81 (May 31, 1939-April 17, 2021)Novelist and poet who was California’s poet laureate OBIT
John Sacret Young, 75 (May 24, 1946-June 3, 2021) Co-creator of China Beach (1988-1991) OBIT
Rusty Young, 75 (February 23, 1946-April 14, 2021) Country-rock pioneer OBIT
Adam Zagajewski, 75 (June 21, 1945-March 21, 2021) Dissident Polish poet who became a renowned teacher OBIT
Fred Zalokar, 61 (circa 1960-July 17ish, 2021)Marathoner, mountain climber OBIT
Marsha Zazula, 68 (April 21, 1958-January 10, 2021) Co-founder of Megaforce Records, which released the first Metallica album (1983) OBIT
Peter Zinovieff, 88 (January 26, 1933-June 23, 2021) Synth pioneer OBIT
Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, 72 (July 14, 1948-March 12, 2021) King of the Zulu nation OBITread more
Celebrated Figures We Have Lost In 2021 — So Far
