In Memoriam - 2011

I'm never quite satisfied with any of the "in memoriam" lists, so I've decided to start my own. So these are the notable people we lost in 2011 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.

Pete Postlethwaite, actor
February 7, 1946 - January 2, 2011







Anne Francis, actor
September 16, 1930 - January 2, 2011






Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter
April 16-1947 - January 4, 2011

Peter Yates, film director
July 24, 1929 - January 9, 2011

Susannah York, actor
January 9, 1939 - January 15, 2011

Charlie Callas, comedian / actor
December 20, 1924 - January 27, 2011

John Barry, film composer
November 3, 1933 - January 30, 2011

Bill Justice, animator
February 9, 1914 - February 10, 2011

Kenneth Mars, actor
April 4, 1935 - February 12, 2011






Dwayne McDuffie, comic book writer / animator
February 20, 1962 - February 21, 2011







Nicholas Courtney, actor
December 16, 1929 - February 22, 2011







Michael Gough, actor
November 23, 1916 - March 17, 2011





Elizabeth Taylor, actor
February 27, 1932 - March 23, 2011

Sidney Lumet, film director
June 25, 1924 - April 9, 2011

Arthur Marx, writer
July 21, 1921 - April 14, 2011

Elisabeth Sladen, actor
February 1, 1946 - April 19, 2011








Jackie Cooper, actor
September 15, 1922 - May 3, 2011









Arthur Laurents, stage and screen writer / stage director
July 14, 1917 - May 5, 2011

Dolores Fuller, actor / songwriter
March 10, 1923 - May 9, 2011

Jeff Conaway, actor
October 5, 1950 - May 27, 2011

Wally Boag, performer
September 13, 1920 - June 3, 2011

James Arness, actor
May 26, 1923 - June 3, 2011

Roy Skelton, actor
July 20, 1931 - June 8, 2011

Clarence Clemons, musician
January 11, 1942 - June 18, 2011

Fred Steiner, film and television composer
February 24, 1923 - June 23, 2011

Peter Falk, actor
September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011







Gene Colan, comic book artist
September 1, 1926 - June 23, 2011

Würzel, musician
October 23, 1949 - July 9, 2011

Sherwood Schwartz, television producer
November 14, 1916 - July 12, 2011






Tom Aldredge, actor
February 28, 1928 - July 22, 2011







John Howard Davies, television producer
March 9, 1939 - August 22, 2011

Charles S. Dubin, television director
February 1, 1919 - September 5, 2011

Cliff Robertson, actor
September 9, 1923 - September 10, 2011

Tom Wilson, cartoonist
August 1, 1931 - September 16, 2011

Earl Kress, animation writer
August 22, 1951 - September 19, 2011

Charles Napier, actor
April 12, 1936 - October 5, 2011







Steve Jobs, businessman / inventor
February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011

Leonard Stone, actor
November 3, 1923 - November 2, 2011

Sid Melton, actor
May 22, 1917- November 2, 2011

Bil Keane, cartoonist
October 5, 1922 - November 8, 2011

John Neville, actor
May 2, 1925 - November 19, 2011






Ken Russell, film director
July 3, 1927 - November 27, 2011









Alan Sues, actor
March 7, 1926 - December 1, 2011

Jerry Robinson, comic book artist
January 1, 1922 - December 7, 2011

Harry Morgan, actor
April 10, 1915 - December 7, 2011










Bert Schneider, film and television producer
May 5, 1933 - December 12, 2011

Joe Simon, comic book writer
October 11, 1913 - December 14, 2011







Eduardo Barreto, comic book artist
1954 - December 15, 2011

Nicol Williamson, actor
September 14, 1936 - December 16, 2011