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Nan Martin
Nan Martin (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died March 4, 2010. Born July 15, 1927. Television and film actress best known for film roles including Doctor Detroit, All of Me, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Also had roles in The Drew Carey Show, Golden Girls, and Star Trek: TNG.
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig (actor)  | CommentADD COMMENT |
Suicide. Died February 25, 2010. Born August 17, 1968. Best known as "Boner" in the TV series Growing Pains. Also the son of Star Trek's Chekov, Walter Koenig.
Alexander Haig
Alexander Haig (politics)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died February 20, 2010. Born February 12, 1924. Former Army general who became White House chief of staff during the Watergate scandal and secretary of state during the Reagan administration.
Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Jeffries (actor)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died February 19, 2010. Born June 10, 1926. British actor, screenwriter and film director best known as Grandpa Potts in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Kathyrn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died February 17, 2010. Born February 9, 1922. Best known for lead roles in such films as Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953).
Doug Fieger
Doug Fieger (singer)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Cancer. Died February 14, 2010. Born August 20, 1952. Best known as the lead singer of the band The Knack. The Knack's most memorable song was My Sharona which came out in 1979.
Caroline McWilliams
Caroline Margaret McWilliams (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died February 11, 2010. Born April 4, 1945. American actress best known on the television series Benson, Soap, Guiding Light, Another World, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen (fashion designer)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Suicide. Died February 11, 2010. Born March 16, 1969. One of the most innovative and creative fashion designers, McQueen worked as the head designer at Givenchy for five years before founding the Alexander McQueen and McQ labels.
Phil Harris
Phil Harris (television)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Complications from stroke. Died February 10, 2010. Best known as Captain Phil Harris on the Discovery Channel show Deadliest Catch.
Frances Reid
Frances Reid (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died February 3, 2010. Born December 9, 1914. Best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton on the American soap opera Days of our Lives from i1965 to 2007.
David Brown
David Brown (producer)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died February 1, 2010. Born July 29, 1916. Academy Award winning producer best known for The Sugarland Express, Jaws, Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy and Angela's Ashes.
Justin Mentell
Justin Mentell (actor)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Car Accident. Died February 1, 2010. Born December 16, 1982. Best known as Garrett Wells on the television drama Boston Legal. His 2009 projects included Death Walks the Streets and the Jerry Bruckheimer family feature G-FORCE.
Shirley Caddell
Shirley Caddell (musician)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 27, 2010. Born March 16, 1931. Real name Shirley Simpson, but known professionally as Shirley Caddell or Shirley Collie. Best known as a country music and rockabilly artist who was the second wife of singer Willie Nelson from 1963 to 1971.
J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger (author)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 27, 2010. Born January 1, 1919. An American Author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Zelda Rubinstein
Zelda Rubinstein (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Kidney and Lung Failure. Died January 27, 2010. Born May 28, 1933. Best known as the psychic Tangina Barrons in the movies Poltergeist, Poltergeist II: The Other Side and Poltergeist III.
Pernell Roberts
Pernell Roberts (actor)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 24, 2010. Born May 18, 1928. Best known as Adam Cartwright on the western series Bonanza and as chief surgeon Dr. John MacIntyre on Trapper John, M.D.
Jennifer Lyn Jackson
Jennifer Lyn Jackson (centrefold)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Drug Overdose. Died January 22, 2010. Born March 21, 1969. Best known as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1989. She was also one of three finalists for the magazine's 35th Anniversary pictorial.
Apache
Anthony "Apache" Teaks (rapper)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 22, 2010. Best known as the rapper Apache. His song Gangsta Bitch reached No. 11 on the Billboard Charts.
James Mitchell
James Mitchell (actor)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 22, 2010. Born February 29, 1920. Best known as Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera All My Children from 1979 – 2009.
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 22, 2010. Born January 31, 1929. US actress best known for the films Spartacus, Hamlet, Elmer Gantry, The Robe, Guys and Dolls, and the miniseries The Thorn Birds
Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker (writer)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 18, 2010. Born September 17, 1932.  American crime writer best known for the Spenser series, which became the television series Spenser: For Hire starring Robert Urich in the late 1980s.
Erich Segal
Erich Segal (writer/producer)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Heart attack. Died January 17, 2010. Born June 16, 1937. Produced the film Love Story and wrote the screenplay for the Beatles’ animated feature Yellow Submarine.
Carl Smith
Carl Smith (musician)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 16, 2010. Born March 15, 1927. Smith was the former husband of June Carter Cash and Goldie Hill. He was one of country's most successful male artists during the 1950s with 30 Top 10 hits.
Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles (musician)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 14, 2010. Born February 21, 1938. American singer and songwriter best known for the hit See You Later, Alligator for Bill Haley and Walking to New Orleans written for Fats Domino.
Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass (musician)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 13, 2010. Born March 26, 1950.  American R&B/soul singer and songwriter who rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before embarking on a successful solo career.
Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard (musician)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 13, 2010. Born May 1, 1980. Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. was an American garage punk musician signed to Matador Records. He released recordings as a solo artist and as a member of The Reatards and Lost Sounds.
Mick Green
Mick Green (musician)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Heart failure. Died January 11, 2010. Born February 22, 1944. British lead guitarist with Johnny Kidd & the Pirates before becoming guitarist of choice for artists such as Bryan Ferry, Van Morrison and Sir Paul McCartney.
Art Clokey
Art Clokey (animator)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 8, 2010. Born October 12, 1921. Best known for creating Gumby. He also worked on The Howdy Doody Show and created the duo Davey and Goliath.
Casey Johnson
Casey Johnson (business)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died January 4, 2010 (to be confirmed). The heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune who recently made tabloid headlines with an engagement to reality star Tila Tequila.
Lhasa de Sela
Lhasa de Sela (musician)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Breast Cancer. Died January 1, 2010. Born September 27, 1972. Her albums La Llorona, The Living Road and Lhasa sold over a million copies worldwide. 
Yves Rocher
Yves Rocher (business)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died December 26, 2009. French cosmetics tycoon best known as the inventor of plant-based cosmetics and pioneer of mail order retail.
Vic Chessnut
Vic Chessnut (musician)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Drug overdose. Died December 25, 2009. Born November 12, 1964. Chesnutt recorded with such bands as Widespread Panic, Lambchop, Godspeed You!, Black Emperor, Elf Power, Cowboy Junkies and Figazi's Guy Piccioto.

 

George Michael
George Michael (journalist)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Cancer. Died December 24, 2009. Born March 24, 1939. Best known as the host of the sports TV program The George Michael Sports Machine.
Brittany Murphy
Brittany Murphy (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Pneumonia. Died December 20, 2009. Born November 10, 1977. Best known for her role in the films Sin City, 8 Mile, Don't Say a Word, and Clueless.
Arnold Stang
Arnold Stang (actor)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Pneumonia. Died December 20, 2009. Born September 28, 1918. Best known as the voice of the 1960s lead character in the cartoon Top Cat. Also starred in the film The Man with the Golden Arm and was a member of the cast of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in 1963.
Kim Peek
Kim Peek (inspiration for rainman)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Heart attack. Died December 19, 2009. Born November 11, 1951. Best known as the autistic savant whose astonishing ability to retain knowledge inspired the Oscar winning 1988 movie Rainman starring Dustin Hoffman that won four Academy Awards.
Connie Hines
Connie Hines (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Heart trouble. Died December 18, 2009. Born June 5, 1930. Best known for playing Alan Young's wife on Mr. Ed. After the series ended she took guest parts on television shows including Bonanza and The Mod Squad before retiring.
Alaina Reed Hall
Alaina Reed Hall (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Breast cancer. Died December 17, 2009. Born November 10, 1946. Best known as Olivia Robinson on Sesame Street from 1976 to 1988. She also appeared in the specials Christmas Eve on Sesame Street and Don't Eat the Pictures, and in the movie Follow That Bird.
Dan O'Bannon
Dan O'Bannon (screenwriter)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died December 17, 2009. Born June 30, 1946. Best known for writing Alien, writing and starring in Dark Star, and adapting Total Recall. Also wrote Blue Thunder, Lifeforce, Invaders from Mars and Return of the Living Dead.
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died December 17, 2009. Born March 2, 1919. Best known as one of the biggest stars of the 40s and 50s. Jones was nominated for Academy Awards five times, winning in 1943 for her portrayal of a saintly nun in The Song of Bernadette.
Chris Henry
Chris Henry (sports)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Head Injuries. Died December 17, 2009. Cincinnati Bengals receiver died from injuries suffered when he fell from the back of a pick-up truck during a domestic dispute with his fiancee, Loleini Tonga.
Roy E. Disney
Roy E. Disney (businessman)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Stomach Cancer. Died December 16, 2009. Born January 10, 1930. Longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt Disney founded. 
Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts (Evangelist)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Pneumonia. Died December 15, 2009. Born January 24, 1918. Famous Evangelist revered by millions but ridiculed by others for tying his own mortality to fundraising. Founder of the Oral Roberts University.
Gene Barry
Gene Barry (actor)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died December 9, 2009. Born June 14, 1919. Best known as the suave star of TV series Bat Masterson, Burke's Law and The Name of the Game. He also starred in the first version of War of the Worlds and played the grandfather in the remake.
Umaga
Eki "Umaga" Fatu (wrestler)   | CommentADD COMMENT |
Heart attack. Died December 4, 2009. Star of World Wrestling Entertainment under the name “Umaga”. Cousin of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Richard Todd
Richard Todd (actor)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died December 3, 2009. Born June 11, 1919. Best known for the 1962 film The Longest Day. Todd was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1949 film A Hasty Heart which featured Ronald Reagan. 
Maggie Jones
Maggie Jones (actress)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Died December 2, 2009. Born June 21, 1934. Best known as Coronation Street's razor-tongued Blanche Hunt in a role she played for 35 years.
Eric Woolfson
Eric Woolfson (musician)    | CommentADD COMMENT |
Cancer. Died December 1, 2009. Best known as a lead singer, songwriter and lyricist, executive producer, pianist, and co-founder of The Alan Parsons Project.
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