Om Puri
October 18, 1950 – January 6, 2017
Actor
Gandhi; The Hundred-Foot Journey
William Peter Blatty
January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017
Novelist / screenwriter
The Exorcist; A Shot in the Dark
Dick Gautier
October 30, 1931 – January 13, 2017
Actor / voice-over artist
Get Smart; When Things Were Rotten; Fun With Dick and Jane; Ensign Pulver
Miguel Ferrer
February 7, 1955 – January 19, 2017
Actor / voice-over artist
Mulan; RoboCop; Twin Peaks; Star Trek III:
The Search for Spock; Iron Man 3
Sooan Kim
January 26, 1954 – January 20, 2017
Animator
The Simpsons; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988)
Maggie Roche
October 26, 1951 – January 21, 2017
Singer
The Roches; We Three Kings
Masaya Nakamura
December 24, 1925 –
January 22, 2017
Businessman
Namco
Ann Guenther
May 22, 1937 – January 24, 2017
Animation background artist
The Rescuers; Animaniacs; The Iron Giant
Mary Tyler Moore
December 28, 1936 – January 25, 2017
Actor / producer
The Dick Van Dyke Show;
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
John Hurt
January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017
Actor
Watership Down; Alien; The Elephant Man; History of the
World, Part I; Jim Henson’s The
Storyteller; Hellboy; The Harry Potter movies; Doctor Who
Mike Connors
August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017
Actor
Swamp Women; Day the World Ended
Barbara Hale
April 22, 1922 – January 26, 2017
Actor
The Giant Spider
Invasion
Dan Spiegle
December 12, 1920 –
January 28, 2017
Comic book artist
Walt Disney’s Comics
and Stories; Scooby-Doo comics; The Brave and the Bold; Batman; Simpsons Comics
Frank Pellegrino
May 19, 1944
– January 31, 2017
Actor / restaurateur
The Sopranos; Goodfellas
Richard Hatch
May 21, 1945 - February 7, 2017
Actor
Battlestar Galactica;
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon
Queen; Prisoners of the Lost Universe
Al Jarreau
March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017
Singer / musician
“Moonlighting”
Gerald Hirschfeld
April 25, 1921 – February 13, 2017
Cinematographer
Young Frankenstein;
My Favorite Year
Bill Paxton
May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017
Actor
Aliens; Apollo 13; Weird Science; Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Neil Fingleton
February 18, 1981 – February 25, 2017
Actor
X-Men: First Class;
Doctor Who
Judge Joseph Wapner
November 15, 1919 – February 26, 2017
Judge / television
personality
The People’s Court
Miriam Colón
August 20, 1936 – March 3, 2017
Actor
Scarface (1983)
Robert Osborne
May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017
Film historian / television personality
Turner Classic Movies
Chuck Berry
October18, 1926 – March 18, 2017
Musician
“Rock and Roll Music”; “Johnny B. Goode”; “My Ding-a-Ling”
Bernie Wrightson
October 27, 1948 – March 18, 2017
Illustrator / comic book artist
Swamp Thing; Frankenstein; Creepshow
Chuck Barris
June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017
Television personality / producer
The Gong Show; The Dating Game; The Newlywed Game; The $1.98
Beauty Show
Joe Harris
January 5, 1928 – March 26, 2017
Designer / producer
Underdog; Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
Don Rickles
May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017
Comedian / actor
The Don Rickles Show;
the Toy Story movies
J. Geils
February 20, 1946 – April 11, 2017
Musician, The J. Geils Band
“Centerfold”; “Freeze Frame”; “Love Stinks”; You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Getting’ Odd
Erin Moran
October 18, 1960 – April 22, 2017
Actor
Happy Days; Joanie Loves Chachi
Jonathan Demme
February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017
Director
The Silence of the
Lambs; Philadelphia; Something Wild
Michael Parks
April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017
Actor
Twin Peaks; Kill Bill; Tusk
Powers Boothe
June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017
Actor
Philip Marlowe,
Private Eye; Red Dawn (1984); Sin City; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Chris Cornell
July 20, 1964 – May 17, 2017
Musician / singer / composer
Founding member of Soundgarden
“Black Hole Sun”
Rich Buckler
January 6, 1949 – May 19, 2017
Comic Book Artist
Fantastic Four; Astonishing Tales; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man; Howard the Duck
Lisa Spoonauer
December 6, 1972 – May 20, 2017
Actor
Clerks
Sir Roger Moore
October 14, 1927 – May 23, 2017
Actor
Moonraker; Live and Let Die; Ffolkes; Cannonball Run
Peter Sallis
February 1, 1921 - June 2, 2017
Actor
The Wallace &
Gromit films
Glenne Headly
March 13, 1955 – June 8, 2017
Actor
Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels; Dick Tracy
Adam West
September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017
Actor
Batman (1966); Family Guy
James Galton
November 1, 1924 – June 12, 2017
Business executive
Marvel Entertainment Group
John G. Avildsen
December 21, 1935 - June 16, 2017
Film director
Rocky; Neighbors
Stephen Furst
May 8, 1955 – June 16, 2017
Actor
National Lampoon’s
Animal House; The Dream Team
Michael Bond
January 13, 1926 – June 27, 2017
Author
The Paddington Bear
books
Nelsan Ellis
November 30, 1978 – July 8, 2017
Actor
True Blood
Martin Landau
June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017
Actor
Ed Wood
George A. Romero
February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017
Film director
Night of the Living
Dead (1968); Creepshow
Red West
November 20, 1936 – July 18, 2017
Actor
Road House; Natural Born Killers
John Heard
March 7, 1945 – July 21, 2017
Actor
Big; After Hours; The Sopranos
Jimmy Clem
December 13, 1932 – July 22, 2017
Actor
Boggy Creek II: And
the Legend Continues
June Foray
September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017
Voice-over artist
The Rocky &
Bullwinkle Show; Looney Tunes; How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
Patti Deutsch
December 16, 1945 – July 26, 2017
Actor / voice-over artist
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In;
Match Game; The Emperor’s New Groove
Stan Hart
September 28, 2017
– July 28, 2017
Writer
MAD Magazine; The Carol Burnett Show
Sam Shepard
November 5, 1943 – July 30, 2017
Playwright
True West; The Tooth of Crime
Robert Hardy
October 29, 1925 – August 3, 2017
Actor
The Harry Potter
films
Haruo Nakajima
January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017
Actor
Seven Samurai; Godzilla (1954); King Kong Vs. Godzilla
Glen Campbell
April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017
Singer / songwriter / actor
“Southern Nights”; “Rhinestone Cowboy”
Joseph Bologna
December 30, 1934 – August 13, 2017
Actor
My Favorite Year; The Woman in Red; Blame It on Rio
Sonny Landham
February 11, 1941 – August 17, 2017
Actor
48 Hrs.; Predator
Jerry Lewis
March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017
Actor / comedian / film director
The King of Comedy;
The Stooge
Jay Thomas
July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017
Actor
Cheers; Mork &
Mindy
Tobe Hooper
January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017
Film / television director
The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre (1974); Poltergeist (1982)
Richard Anderson
August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017
Actor
The Six Million Dollar
Man; The Bionic Woman; Kitten With a Whip
Shelley Berman
February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017
Comedian / actor
Curb Your Enthusiasm;
Bewitched
Barry Liebmann
December 4, 1953 – September 1, 2017
Comedy writer
MAD Magazine
Len Wein
June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017
Comic book / television writer
Swamp Thing; The Incredible Hulk; X-Men; Batman
Frank Vincent
August 4, 1939 - September 13, 2017
Actor
The Sopranos; Goodfellas; Raging Bull
Basil Gogos
March 12, 1949 – September 14, 2017
Artist
Famous Monsters of
Filmland
Harry Dean Stanton
July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017
Actor
Alien; Private Benjamin; Wild At Heart; The Green Mile;
The Avengers
Actor
Ragtime; 2010
Hugh Hefner
April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017
Publisher
Playboy
Monty Hall
August 25, 1921 – September 30, 2017
Television presenter
Let’s Make a Deal
Tom Petty
October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017
Musician
“American Girl”; “Free Fallin’”; “End of the Line”
Bob Schiller
November 8, 1918 – October 10, 2017
Television writer
I Love Lucy; The Carol Burnett Show; All in the Family
Roy Dotrice
May 26, 1923 – October 16, 2017
Actor
Amadeus; Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Robert Guillaume
November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017
Actor
Soap; Benson; The Lion King
Fats Domino
February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017
Musician
“Blueberry Hill”; “Walking to New Orleans”; “Ain't That a
Shame”
Ann Wedgeworth
January 21, 1934 – November 16, 2017
Actor
Three’s Company
Mel Tillis
August 8, 1932 – November 17, 2017
Singer / songwriter / actor
The Cannonball Run
Malcolm Young
January 6, 1953 – November 18, 2017
Musician
Founding member of AC/DC
“Highway to Hell”; “You Shook Me All Night Long”; “Back in
Black”
Della Reese
July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017
Singer / actor
Dinosaur
Peter Baldwin
January 11, 1931 – November 19, 2017
Television director
The Brady Bunch; Family Ties; The Wonder Years
David Cassidy
April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017
Singer / actor
The Partridge Family;
“I Think I Love You”
Heather North
December 13, 1945 – November 30, 2017
Voice-over artist / actor
Scooby Doo, Where Are
You!
Conrad Brooks
January 3, 1931 - December 6, 2017
Actor
Plan 9 From Outer
Space; Glen or Glenda; The Sinister Urge; Ed Wood
Steve Reevis
August 14, 1962 – December 7, 2017
Actor
Dances With Wolves;
Fargo (1996)
Suzanna Leigh
July 26, 1945 – December 11, 2017
Actor
The Deadly Bees
Keith Chegwin
January 17, 1957 – December 11, 2017
Presenter / actor
Shaun of the Dead;
Extras; Life’s Too Short
Robert Givens
March 2, 1918 – December 14, 2017
Animator
Looney Tunes; Merrie Melodies
Keely Smith
March 9, 1932 - December 16, 2017
Singer
“That Old Black Magic”
Heather Menzies-Urich
December 3, 1949 – December 24, 2017
Actor
The Sound of Music;
Sssssss
Alfie Curtis
July 8, 1930 – December 26, 2017
Actor
Star Wars; The Elephant Man
Rose Marie
August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017
Actor
The Dick Van Dyke Show;
The Monkees; Sally Swing
Danny Breen
c. 1950 – December 29, 2017
Actor / television writer
Not Necessarily the
News
John C. Portman
December 4, 1924 – December 29, 2017
Architect
Atlanta Marriott Marquis; Hyatt Regency Atlanta; Peachtree
Center, Atlanta
