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July
08 – Tab Hunter, Actor/Singer – played Danny in "Battle Cry" (1955): as a singer "Young Love" #1 on charts (1957) – age 86
10 – Carlo Benetton, fashion Designer/entrepreneur – one of four siblings who own Benetton Group a design fashion house in Italy along with other substantial holdings in the Italian hotel and restaurant business – age 74
12 – Roger Perry, Actor – played attorney Jim Harrigan in TV show "Harrigan and Son"(1960-'61) with Pat O'Brien – age 85 (prostate cancer)
12 – Robert Wolders, Actor (NL) – played Erik Hunter in TV Western "Laredo" – age 81
13 – Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra (1939-'51) and mother of his three children – age 101
21 – Elmarie Wendel, Actress – Mrs. Dubcek on TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1999-'01) – age 89
August
01 – Mary Carlisle,Actress/dancer – played a starry-eyed romantic interest in over 60 films incl. "College Humor" with Bing Crosby (1933) – age 104
05 – Charlotte Rae, Actress – played Edna Garrett on TV sitcoms "Diff'rent Strokes" and its spin-off, "The Facts of Life" – age 92 (bone cancer)
07 – Stan Mikita, Ice Hockey player (CA) – played for the Chicago Black Hawks (1959-'80) and was considered the leagues best centre of the 1960s – age 78 (dementia with Lewy bodies)
16 – Aretha Franklin, Singer – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, 18 time Grammy winner, known as "Queen of Soul", top songs: "Respect" (1967), "Natural Woman" (1967), "Think" (1968) – age 76 (pancreatic cancer)
21 – Barbara Harris, Actress – played Evelyn Kelcher in "Peggy Sue Got Married" and Mary Blank in "Grosse Pointe Blank" – age 83 (lung cancer)
22 – Ed King, Musician – lead guitarist and bassist for southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd he co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" – age 68 (cancer)
24 – Robin Leach, Entertainment reporter/writer (UK) – hosted "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (1984-'95) – age 76 (stroke)
25 – John McCain, War Hero – US Senator (1987-2018, his death), US House (1983-'87), Capt. US Navy ret. (1958-'81) was called a "maverick" in the Senate – age 81 (brain tumor "glioblastoma")
26 – Neil Simon, Playwright/screenwriter – wrote "Barefoot in the Park" (1963), "The Odd Couple" (1965 won a Tony award), (3) Tony's (1) Pulitzer Prize – age 91 (renal failure)
31 – Susan Brown, Actress – played Dr. Gail Adamson Baldwin on TV soap opera "General Hospital" (1977-'85), (1989–'90) and (1992–'04) – age 86
31 – Gloria Jean, Actress/singer – very popular actress who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films (1939-'59)
31 – Vanessa Marquez, Actress – played nurse Wendy Goldman on TV show "ER" (1994-'97) – age 49 (shot by police)
September
03 – Jacqueline Pearce, Actress (UK) – played the villain Servalan in the BBC sci-fi "Blake's 7" (1978-'81) – age 74 (lung cancer)
04 – Bill Daily, Actor/comedian – played astronaut Roger Healey on "I Dream of Jeannie" and Howard Borden on "The Bob Newhart Show" – age 91
04 – Christopher Lawford, Author/actor – son of Peter Lawford and nephew of President John F. Kennedy – age 63 (heart attack)
06 – Richard DeVos, Businessman/philanthropist – co founder of Amway and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team – age 92
06 – Liz Fraser, Actress (UK) – several of the early Carry On films: Carry On Regardless (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962), and Carry On Cabby (1963) – age 88 (complications following an operation)
06 – Burt Reynolds, Actor – his movies included "Deliverance" (1972), "Smokey and the Bandit" I & II (1977 &'80), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982) – age 82 (cardiac arrest)
07 – Mac Miller, Singer/music producer – his debut album Blue Slide Park charted at #1 on the Billboard top 200 – age 26 (drug overdose)
08 – Chelsi Smith, Model/actress – won Miss Texas (1994), Miss USA (1995), Miss Universe (1995) – age 45 (liver cancer)
10 – Peter Donat, Actor (CAN) – played Bill Mulder, Agent Mulder's adoptive father, in "The X-Files" – age 90 (complications of diabetes)
11 – Fenella Fielding, Actress (UK) – known as "England's first lady of the double entendre", appeared in "Carry On Regardless" (1961) – age 90 (stroke)
27 – Marty Balin, Musician/songwriter – founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Starship; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1966) – age 76
October
01 – Peggy Sue Gerron she was the inspiration for Buddy Holly's hit song "Peggy Sue" (1957) and later song "Peggy Sue Got Married" – age 78
01 – Juan Romero, Food worker – knelt beside Robert (Bobby) F Kennedy and comforted him immediately after his assassination (1968) – age 68 (heart attack)
05 – Bernadette Carroll, Singer – with the Angels (originally the Starletts) #1 release was "My Boyfriend's Back" (1963) – age 74
06 – Don Sandburg, Actor/writer/producer – he performed, wrote and produced "Bozo's Circus" on WGN (1961-'69) – age 87 (Alzheimer's)
06 – Scott Wilson, Actor – played Hershel Greene on TV show "The Walking Dead" (2011-'14) – age 76 (leukemia)
07 – Peggy Mccay, Actress – played Caroline Brady on soap oprea "Days of Our Lives" (1983-2016) – age 90
07 – Celeste Yarnall, Actress – starred in horror film "Eve" (1968) was also the final Miss Rheingold beer girl (1965) – age 74 (ovarian cancer)
08 – Arnold Kopelson, Film producer – won an Acadamy Award for "Platoon" also did "The Fugitive" and "The Devil's Advocate" – age 83
15 – Paul Allen, Inventor/philanthropist – co-founder of Microsoft (1975); gave billions to charities in education, wildlife and environmental conservation, the arts, healthcare, community services, and more – age 65 (non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
18 – Randy Safuto, Vocalist – lead singer of "Randy and the Rainbows" (1962-'63) biggest hit "Denise" – age 71 (complications from a heart attack)
21 – Earl E. Bakken, Inventor – developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker (1957) – age 94
22 – Gilberto Benetton, fashion Designer/entrepreneur – one of four siblings who own Benetton Group a design fashion house in Italy along with other substantial holdings in the Italian hotel and restaurant business – age 77
24 – Tony Joe White, Singer/songwriter – biggest hit "Polk Salad Annie" 1968 and writing "Rainy Night in Georgia" 1969 – age 75 (heart attack)
27 – Freddie Hart, C&W Musician – biggest hit "Easy Loving" won Song of the Year award (1971,'72) – age 91 (pneumonia)
29 – Jimmy Farrar, Singer/songwriter – lead singer for Molly Hatchet the southern rock group (1980-'82) – age 67 (heart failure)
31 – Kenny Marks, Christian singer – got discovered on Billy Graham's Afterglow Concert Series, hit song "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" – age 67 (heart attack)
NOVEMBER
01 – Dave Rowland, C&W Singer – part of the singing trio "Dave & Sugar", #1 hits; "The Door Is Always Open" and "Tear Time" – age 74 (stroke)
02 – Roy Hargrove, Jazz musician – bandleader of the jazz group The RH Factor, won two Grammy Awards (1997-'02) – age 49 (cardiac arrest)
03 – Sondra Locke, Actress – movies: "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), "Willard" (1971) – age 74 (cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancers)
04 – Donna Axum, Beauty pageant winner – Miss Arkansas & Miss America (1964) also was author, television executive producer, actress, philanthropist and civic leader – age 76 (Parkinson's disease)
11 – Wayne Maunder, Actor (CA) – played Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in TV show "Custer" (1967) and Scott Lancer in "Lancer" (1968-'70) – age 80
11 – Douglas Rain, Stage & voice actor (UK) – provided the voice for the HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) – age 90
12 – Stan Lee, Comic book writer/editor/publisher – creative and business head of Marvel Comics (1941-2010) famous for his cameo appearances in Marvel character movies – age 95
13 – Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, Actress – played Harriet Oleson on TV show "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-'83) age 93
15 – Roy Clark, C&W Musician/singer – hosted the TV show "Hee Haw" (1969-'97), very influential in promoting country music – age 85 (complications of pneumonia)
16 – William Goldman, Screenwriter/novelist/playwright – won two Academy Awards, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) and "All the President's Men" (1976) – age 87 (colon cancer)
23 – Nicolas Roeg, Director/cinematographer (UK) – directed "Performance" (1970), "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976) – age 90
26 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Director/screenwriter (ITA) – directed "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), "The Last Emperor" (1987) – age 77 (lung cancer)
26 – Stephen Hillenburg, Cartoonist – Directed, produced, and wrote "SpongeBob SquarePants"
(1999 – present) – age 57 (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – ALS)
30 – George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989-'93), 43rd Vice President of the U.S. (1981-'89), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967-'71), Lieutenant (jg) U.S. Navy WWII (1942-'45) – age 94
December
01 – Ken Berry Actor/dancer/singer. – starred in "F-Troop" (1965-'67), "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-'68) – age 85
03 – Philip Bosco, Actor – starred in movie "The Savages" (2007), won Tony award for play "Lend Me a Tenor" – age 88 (dementia)
13 – Nancy Wilson, Singer – triple Grammy Award winner; "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" (1964), "Guess Who I Saw Today" – age 81 (renal cancer)
17 – Penny Marshall, Actress/director/producer – played Laverne DeFazio on TV show "Laverne & Shirley" (1976-'83) – age 75 (complications of diabetes)
08 – Tab Hunter, Actor/Singer – played Danny in "Battle Cry" (1955): as a singer "Young Love" #1 on charts (1957) – age 86
10 – Carlo Benetton, fashion Designer/entrepreneur – one of four siblings who own Benetton Group a design fashion house in Italy along with other substantial holdings in the Italian hotel and restaurant business – age 74
12 – Roger Perry, Actor – played attorney Jim Harrigan in TV show "Harrigan and Son"(1960-'61) with Pat O'Brien – age 85 (prostate cancer)
12 – Robert Wolders, Actor (NL) – played Erik Hunter in TV Western "Laredo" – age 81
13 – Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra (1939-'51) and mother of his three children – age 101
21 – Elmarie Wendel, Actress – Mrs. Dubcek on TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1999-'01) – age 89
August
01 – Mary Carlisle,Actress/dancer – played a starry-eyed romantic interest in over 60 films incl. "College Humor" with Bing Crosby (1933) – age 104
05 – Charlotte Rae, Actress – played Edna Garrett on TV sitcoms "Diff'rent Strokes" and its spin-off, "The Facts of Life" – age 92 (bone cancer)
07 – Stan Mikita, Ice Hockey player (CA) – played for the Chicago Black Hawks (1959-'80) and was considered the leagues best centre of the 1960s – age 78 (dementia with Lewy bodies)
16 – Aretha Franklin, Singer – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, 18 time Grammy winner, known as "Queen of Soul", top songs: "Respect" (1967), "Natural Woman" (1967), "Think" (1968) – age 76 (pancreatic cancer)
21 – Barbara Harris, Actress – played Evelyn Kelcher in "Peggy Sue Got Married" and Mary Blank in "Grosse Pointe Blank" – age 83 (lung cancer)
22 – Ed King, Musician – lead guitarist and bassist for southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd he co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" – age 68 (cancer)
24 – Robin Leach, Entertainment reporter/writer (UK) – hosted "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (1984-'95) – age 76 (stroke)
25 – John McCain, War Hero – US Senator (1987-2018, his death), US House (1983-'87), Capt. US Navy ret. (1958-'81) was called a "maverick" in the Senate – age 81 (brain tumor "glioblastoma")
26 – Neil Simon, Playwright/screenwriter – wrote "Barefoot in the Park" (1963), "The Odd Couple" (1965 won a Tony award), (3) Tony's (1) Pulitzer Prize – age 91 (renal failure)
31 – Susan Brown, Actress – played Dr. Gail Adamson Baldwin on TV soap opera "General Hospital" (1977-'85), (1989–'90) and (1992–'04) – age 86
31 – Gloria Jean, Actress/singer – very popular actress who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films (1939-'59)
31 – Vanessa Marquez, Actress – played nurse Wendy Goldman on TV show "ER" (1994-'97) – age 49 (shot by police)
September
03 – Jacqueline Pearce, Actress (UK) – played the villain Servalan in the BBC sci-fi "Blake's 7" (1978-'81) – age 74 (lung cancer)
04 – Bill Daily, Actor/comedian – played astronaut Roger Healey on "I Dream of Jeannie" and Howard Borden on "The Bob Newhart Show" – age 91
04 – Christopher Lawford, Author/actor – son of Peter Lawford and nephew of President John F. Kennedy – age 63 (heart attack)
06 – Richard DeVos, Businessman/philanthropist – co founder of Amway and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team – age 92
06 – Liz Fraser, Actress (UK) – several of the early Carry On films: Carry On Regardless (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962), and Carry On Cabby (1963) – age 88 (complications following an operation)
06 – Burt Reynolds, Actor – his movies included "Deliverance" (1972), "Smokey and the Bandit" I & II (1977 &'80), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982) – age 82 (cardiac arrest)
07 – Mac Miller, Singer/music producer – his debut album Blue Slide Park charted at #1 on the Billboard top 200 – age 26 (drug overdose)
08 – Chelsi Smith, Model/actress – won Miss Texas (1994), Miss USA (1995), Miss Universe (1995) – age 45 (liver cancer)
10 – Peter Donat, Actor (CAN) – played Bill Mulder, Agent Mulder's adoptive father, in "The X-Files" – age 90 (complications of diabetes)
11 – Fenella Fielding, Actress (UK) – known as "England's first lady of the double entendre", appeared in "Carry On Regardless" (1961) – age 90 (stroke)
27 – Marty Balin, Musician/songwriter – founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Starship; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1966) – age 76
October
01 – Peggy Sue Gerron she was the inspiration for Buddy Holly's hit song "Peggy Sue" (1957) and later song "Peggy Sue Got Married" – age 78
01 – Juan Romero, Food worker – knelt beside Robert (Bobby) F Kennedy and comforted him immediately after his assassination (1968) – age 68 (heart attack)
05 – Bernadette Carroll, Singer – with the Angels (originally the Starletts) #1 release was "My Boyfriend's Back" (1963) – age 74
06 – Don Sandburg, Actor/writer/producer – he performed, wrote and produced "Bozo's Circus" on WGN (1961-'69) – age 87 (Alzheimer's)
06 – Scott Wilson, Actor – played Hershel Greene on TV show "The Walking Dead" (2011-'14) – age 76 (leukemia)
07 – Peggy Mccay, Actress – played Caroline Brady on soap oprea "Days of Our Lives" (1983-2016) – age 90
07 – Celeste Yarnall, Actress – starred in horror film "Eve" (1968) was also the final Miss Rheingold beer girl (1965) – age 74 (ovarian cancer)
08 – Arnold Kopelson, Film producer – won an Acadamy Award for "Platoon" also did "The Fugitive" and "The Devil's Advocate" – age 83
15 – Paul Allen, Inventor/philanthropist – co-founder of Microsoft (1975); gave billions to charities in education, wildlife and environmental conservation, the arts, healthcare, community services, and more – age 65 (non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
18 – Randy Safuto, Vocalist – lead singer of "Randy and the Rainbows" (1962-'63) biggest hit "Denise" – age 71 (complications from a heart attack)
21 – Earl E. Bakken, Inventor – developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker (1957) – age 94
22 – Gilberto Benetton, fashion Designer/entrepreneur – one of four siblings who own Benetton Group a design fashion house in Italy along with other substantial holdings in the Italian hotel and restaurant business – age 77
24 – Tony Joe White, Singer/songwriter – biggest hit "Polk Salad Annie" 1968 and writing "Rainy Night in Georgia" 1969 – age 75 (heart attack)
27 – Freddie Hart, C&W Musician – biggest hit "Easy Loving" won Song of the Year award (1971,'72) – age 91 (pneumonia)
29 – Jimmy Farrar, Singer/songwriter – lead singer for Molly Hatchet the southern rock group (1980-'82) – age 67 (heart failure)
31 – Kenny Marks, Christian singer – got discovered on Billy Graham's Afterglow Concert Series, hit song "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" – age 67 (heart attack)
NOVEMBER
01 – Dave Rowland, C&W Singer – part of the singing trio "Dave & Sugar", #1 hits; "The Door Is Always Open" and "Tear Time" – age 74 (stroke)
02 – Roy Hargrove, Jazz musician – bandleader of the jazz group The RH Factor, won two Grammy Awards (1997-'02) – age 49 (cardiac arrest)
03 – Sondra Locke, Actress – movies: "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), "Willard" (1971) – age 74 (cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancers)
04 – Donna Axum, Beauty pageant winner – Miss Arkansas & Miss America (1964) also was author, television executive producer, actress, philanthropist and civic leader – age 76 (Parkinson's disease)
11 – Wayne Maunder, Actor (CA) – played Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in TV show "Custer" (1967) and Scott Lancer in "Lancer" (1968-'70) – age 80
11 – Douglas Rain, Stage & voice actor (UK) – provided the voice for the HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) – age 90
12 – Stan Lee, Comic book writer/editor/publisher – creative and business head of Marvel Comics (1941-2010) famous for his cameo appearances in Marvel character movies – age 95
13 – Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, Actress – played Harriet Oleson on TV show "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-'83) age 93
15 – Roy Clark, C&W Musician/singer – hosted the TV show "Hee Haw" (1969-'97), very influential in promoting country music – age 85 (complications of pneumonia)
16 – William Goldman, Screenwriter/novelist/playwright – won two Academy Awards, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) and "All the President's Men" (1976) – age 87 (colon cancer)
23 – Nicolas Roeg, Director/cinematographer (UK) – directed "Performance" (1970), "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976) – age 90
26 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Director/screenwriter (ITA) – directed "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), "The Last Emperor" (1987) – age 77 (lung cancer)
26 – Stephen Hillenburg, Cartoonist – Directed, produced, and wrote "SpongeBob SquarePants"
(1999 – present) – age 57 (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – ALS)
30 – George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989-'93), 43rd Vice President of the U.S. (1981-'89), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967-'71), Lieutenant (jg) U.S. Navy WWII (1942-'45) – age 94
December
01 – Ken Berry Actor/dancer/singer. – starred in "F-Troop" (1965-'67), "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-'68) – age 85
03 – Philip Bosco, Actor – starred in movie "The Savages" (2007), won Tony award for play "Lend Me a Tenor" – age 88 (dementia)
13 – Nancy Wilson, Singer – triple Grammy Award winner; "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" (1964), "Guess Who I Saw Today" – age 81 (renal cancer)
17 – Penny Marshall, Actress/director/producer – played Laverne DeFazio on TV show "Laverne & Shirley" (1976-'83) – age 75 (complications of diabetes)