Wednesday, January 8, 2020

In Memoriam - 2019

My own list of notable people (and others) we lost in 2019 whose time on this planet left some impression, big or small, on me. Of course, like all the other lists, it doesn't include everybody, so feel free to remark on anyone you'll miss in the comments.



Bob Einstein
November 20, 1942 – January 2, 2019
Actor / comedy writer
Super Dave; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Bizarre

“Mean” Gene Okerlund
December 19, 1942 – January 2, 2019
Television announcer
World Wrestling Entertainment

Daryl Dragon, aka The Captain
August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019
Musician, The Captain and Tennille
“Muskrat Love”

Louisa Moritz
September 25, 1946 – January 4, 2019
Actor
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; The North Avenue Irregulars; Under the Rainbow

William Morgan Sheppard
August 24, 1932 – January 6, 2019
Actor
Max Headroom; the Star Trek franchise

Verna Bloom
August 7, 1938 – January 9, 2019
Actor
Animal House; After Hours; The Last Temptation of Christ

Batton Lash
October 29, 1953 – January 12, 2019
Comic book creator
Archie Meets the Punisher; Radioactive Man

Carol Channing
January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019
Actor
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Bradley Bolke
October 1, 1925 – January 15, 2019
Voice-over artist
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)


William Neville
December 18, 1952 – January 20, 2019
Graphic artist
ElfQuest

Kaye Ballard
November 20, 1925 – January 21, 2019
Actor
Freaky Friday (1976)

James Frawley
September 29, 1936 – January 22, 2019
Director
The Monkees; The Muppet Movie

Matt Rose
October 22, 1965 – January 25, 2019
Make-up artist
Ed Wood;  Men In Black; Hellboy (2004)

Dick Miller
December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019
Actor
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960); Gremlins; After Hours

Clive Swift
February 9, 1936 – February 1, 2019
Actor
Excalibur; Doctor Who

Julie Adams
October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019
Actor
Creature from the Black Lagoon

Albert Finney
May 9, 1936 – February 7, 2019
Actor
Tom Jones (1963); Scrooge (1970); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); Annie;  The Dresser; Corpse Bride

Oreo
c. 2009 - February 7, 2019
Raccoon / model
Guardians of the Galaxy

Jan-Michael Vincent
July 15, 1944 – February 10, 2019
Actor
The World’s Greatest Athlete

Dave Smith
October 13, 1940 – February 15, 2019
Archivist
The Walt Disney Archives

Bruno Ganz
March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019
Actor
Wings of Desire; Faraway, So Close!

Peter Tork
February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019
Musician, The Monkees / actor
The Monkees; Head; “Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again”; “Shades of Gray”

 Stanley Donen
April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019
Film director
Singin’ in the Rain; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Bedazzled (1967)

Katherine Helmond
July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019
Actor
Soap; Time Bandits; Brazil

André Previn
April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019
Film composer
My Fair Lady

Luke Perry
October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019
Actor
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Riverdale

Hal Blaine
February 5, 1929 - March 11, 2019
Studio drummer
The Monkees’ “Mary, Mary”; 1966 Batman theme; Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson

Dick Dale
May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019
Guitarist
“Misirlou”

Larry Cohen
July 15, 1941 – March 23, 2019
Screen writer / director
It’s Alive; Phone Booth

Maury Laws
December 6, 1923 – March 28, 2019
Film / television composer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964);  Mad Monster Party?;  The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Shane Rimmer
May 28, 1929 – March 29, 2019
Actor / voice-over artist
Thunderbirds; Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Tania Mallet
May 19, 1941 – March 30, 2019
Actor
Goldfinger

Seymour Cassel
January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019
Actor
Dick Tracy (1990); Rushmore; The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou; Flight of the Conchords

James D. Hudnall
April 10, 1957 – April 9, 2019
Comic book writer
Alpha Flight; Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography

Georgia Engel
July 28, 1948 – April 12, 2019
Actor
The Mary Tyler Moore Show;

Terry Ralwings
1933 -  April 23, 2019
Film Editor
Watership Down (1978); Alien; Blade Runner

Peter Mayhew
May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019
Actor
The Star Wars franchise

Rowland “Boon” Gould
March 4, 1955 – April 30, 2019
Musician, Level 42
“Something About You”

Chris Reccardi
November 24, 1964 – May 2, 2019
Animator
Tiny Toon Adventures; The Powerpuff Girls (1998); Samurai Jack; SpongeBob SquarePants

Jim Fowler
April 9, 1932 – May 8, 2019
Zoologist
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom

Peggy Lipton
August 30, 1946 – May 11, 2019
Actor
Twin Peaks

Doris Day
April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019
Actor / Singer
Calamity Jane

Tim Conway
December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019
Actor / comedian
The Carol Burnett Show; The Apple Dumpling Gang; The Private Eyes; SpongeBob SquarePants

Stephen Thorne
March 2, 1935 – May 25, 2019
Actor
Doctor Who; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1979)

Carmine Caridi
January 23, 1934 – May 28, 2019
Actor
The Godfather, Part II

Jim Michaelson
? – May 28, 2019
Graphic Artist
Disney theme park posters

Dr. John
November 20, 1941 - June 6, 2019
Singer
“Iko Iko” (1972), “Basin Street Blues” (1992), “Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog

Sylvia Miles
September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019
Actor
Midnight Cowboy; Evil Under the Sun (1982)

Beverly
c. 1932 – 2019
Cosplayer













Franco Zeffirelli
February 12, 1923 – June 15, 1923
Film director
Romeo and Juliet (1968); The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

Jamie Hayes
? – June 18, 2019
Artist

Dave Bartholomew
December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019
Musician / composer
“Ain’t That a Shame”; “My Ding-a-ling”

Billy Dragoi
November 30, 1945 – June 24, 2019
Actor
The Untouchables (1987)

Tadao Takashima
July 27, 1930 – June 26, 2019
Actor
King Kong Vs. Godzilla (1962)

Arte Johnson
January 20, 1929 – July 3, 2019
Actor
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In; Love at First Bite

Rip Torn
February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019
Actor
Defending Your Life; The Men in Black movies; The Larry Sanders Show

Freddie Jones
September 12, 1927 – July 9, 2019
Actor
The Elephant Man; Krull; Dune; The Black Cauldron; Erik the Viking

Denise Nickerson
April 1, 1957 – July 10, 2019
Actor
Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Charles Levin
March 12, 1949 – July 13, 2019
Actor
Alice (TV Series); This Is Spinal Tap; Seinfeld

David Hedison
May 20, 1927 – July 18, 2019
Actor
The Fly (1958); Live and Let Die

Rutger Hauer
January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019
Actor
Blade Runner; Ladyhawke; The Hitcher (1986)

Russi Taylor
May 4, 1944 – July 26, 2019
Voice-over artist
The Simpsons; DuckTales; Babe

Harold Prince
January 30, 1928 – July 31, 2019
Broadway producer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)

D. A. Pennebaker
July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019
Documentary filmmaker
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Ian Gibbons
July 18 , 1952 – August 1, 2019
Musician, The Kinks
“Come Dancing”

Stu Rosen
June 26, 1939 – August 4, 2019
Voice director / voice-over artist
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987); Pryde of the X-Men

Barbara Marsh
October 9, 1953 – August 11, 2019
Actor
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Kip Addotta
June 16, 1944 – August 13, 2019
Comedian / novelty singer
“Wet Dream”

Anna Quayle
October 6, 1932 – August 16, 2019
Actor
A Hard Day’s Night; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Peter Fonda
February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019
Actor
Easy Rider

Richard Williams
March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019
Animator
Who Framed Roger Rabbit; The Return of the Pink Panther

Larry Siegel
October 29, 1925 – August 20, 2019
Writer
Mad Magazine; The Carol Burnett Show; Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

Terrance Dicks
May 10, 1935 – August 29, 2019
Television writer / author
Doctor Who

Gordon Bressack
May 28, 1951 – August 30, 2019
Television writer
Pinky and the Brain; Animaniacs; Tiny Toon Adventures

Valerie Harper
August 22, 1939 – August 30, 2019
Actor
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Eddie Money
March 21, 1949 – September 13, 2019
Singer
“Two Tickets to Paradise”; “Baby Hold On”; “Take Me Home Tonight”

Ric Ocasek
March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019
Musician / songwriter, The Cars
“Just What I Needed”; “You Might Think”; “Magic”; “Drive”


John Winston
October 24, 1927 – September 19, 2019
Actor
Star Trek (1966-1969)
 
Aron Eisenberg
January 6, 1969 – September 21, 2019
Actor
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Sid Haig
July 14, 1939 – September 21, 2019
Actor
House of 1000 Corpses; Kill Bill: Volume 2; Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

J. Michael Mendel
September 24, 1964 – September 22, 2019
Producer
The Simpsons

Robert Hunter
June 23, 1941 – September 23, 2019
Songwriter, The Grateful Dead
“Casey Jones”; “Touch of Grey”

Kim Shattuck
July 17, 1963 – October 2, 2019
Musician, The Muffs
“Don’t Pick On Me”

Philip Gips
1931 – October 3, 2019
Movie poster designer
Alien; Superman: The Movie

Diahann Carroll
July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019
Actor / singer
The Star Wars Holiday Special

Stephen Moore
December 11, 1937 -  October 4, 2019
Actor
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1978 /1981)

Ginger Baker
August 19, 1939 – October 6, 2019
Musician, Cream
“Sunshine of Your Love”

Karen Pendleton
August 1, 1946 – October 6, 2019
Actor
The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)

Rip Taylor
January 13, 1935 – October 6, 2019
Comedian / actor
The Monkees; The $1.98 Beauty Show; DuckTales the Movie: Treasures of the Lost Lamp

Larry Junstrom
June 22, 1949 – October 6, 2019
Musician, Lynard Skynard and 38 Special
“Teacher Teacher”

Wendy Chioji
October 20, 1961 – October 7, 2019
Television Journalist
WESH, Orlando

Robert Forster
July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019
Actor
The Black Hole; Jackie Brown

Bill Macy
May 18, 1922 – October 17, 2019
Actor
Maude; My Favorite Year; The Jerk

Robert Evans
June 29, 1930 – October 26, 2019
Film producer
The Godfather; Popeye (1980)

John Witherspoon
January 27, 1942 – October 29, 2019 –
Actor
Hollywood Shuffle

Virginia Leith
October 15, 1925 – November 4, 2019
Actor
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die

Tom Lyle
November 2, 1953 – November 19, 2019
Comic book artist / writer
Spider-Man; Marvel Comics Presents

Michael J. Pollard
May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019
Actor
Bonnie and Clyde; Scrooged; Roxanne; House of 1000 Corpses

Gahan Wilson
February 18, 1930 – November 21, 2019
Cartoonist
Playboy Magazine

Irving Burgie
July 28, 1924 – November 29, 2019
Composer
“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)”

D. C. Fontana
March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019
Television writer
Star Trek (1966); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Star Trek: The Next Generation

Leonard Goldberg
January 24, 1934 – December 4, 2019
Film / television producer
WarGames; Big; The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

Robert Walker Jr.
April 15, 1940 – December 5, 2019
Actor
Ensign Pulver

Ron Leibman
October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019
Actor
Friends; Zorro: The Gay Blade

Caroll Spinney
December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019
Puppeteer
Sesame Street

René Auberjonois
June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019
Actor / voice-over artist
The Little Mermaid (1989); Benson; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; M*A*S*H (1970)

Philip McKeon
November 11, 1964 – December 10, 2019
Actor
Alice (1976)

Danny Aiello
June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019
Actor
Moonstruck; The Purple Rose of Cairo

Tatsuo Umemiya
March 11, 1938 – December 12, 2019
Actor
Prince of Space

Alle Willis
November 10, 1947 – December 24, 2019
Songwriter
“I’ll Be There For You”; “Neutron Dance”

Lee Mendelson
March 24, 1933 – December 25, 2019
Producer
A Charlie Brown Christmas ; It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Jerry Herman
July 10, 1931 – December 26, 2019
Composer
Hello, Dolly!

Jack Sheldon
November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019
Musician
Schoolhouse Rock!

Sue Lyon
July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019
Actor
Lolita

Neil Innes
December 9, 1944 – December 29, 2019
Musician / Actor
 Monty Python and the Holy Grail;  The Rutles: All You Need is Cash; “I’m the Urban Spaceman”

Syd Mead
July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019
Concept artist
Alien; Blade Runner







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