Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Butcher's Bill 2025

 THOSE WE LOST THIS YEAR:


Prince Sirki returns for another year



Nora Orlandi, 91, Italian musician and film composer (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, Johnny Yuma, Clint the Stranger)

Wayne Osmond, 73, American singer (The Osmonds) and songwriter ("Crazy Horses", "Let Me In").

Brenton Wood, 83, American singer ("The Oogum Boogum Song", "Gimme Little Sign").

Peter Yarrow, 86, American singer (Peter, Paul and Mary, "Leaving on a Jet Plane") and songwriter ("Puff, the Magic Dragon")

Roger Pratt, 77, British cinematographer (The End of the Affair, Batman, Brazil).

Dale Wilson, 74, Canadian voice actor (Dragon Ball Z, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, X-Men: Evolution).

Emilio Echevarría, 80, Mexican actor (Amores perros, Die Another Day, The Alamo).

Barbara Clegg, 98, British actress (Emergency Ward 10) and scriptwriter (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).

Charles Kay, 94, British actor (Amadeus, Henry V, The Importance of Being Earnest).

Phyllis Dalton, 99, English costume designer (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, The Princess Bride)

Bill Byrge, 86, American actor (Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Scared Stupid) and comedian.

Sam Moore, 89, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (Sam & Dave)

Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya, 60, Russian actress (Queen Margot, Actress, The Irony of Fate 2)

Christopher Benjamin, 90, English actor (Doctor Who, Judge John Deed, The Plague Dogs).

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, 78, American choreographer (Footloose, Swing!, Titanic).

Claude Jarman Jr., 90, American actor (The Yearling, Intruder in the Dust, Rio Grande).

Robert Machray, 79, American actor (Cheers, Thanks, Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa).

Leslie Charleson, 79, American actress (General Hospital, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, The Day of the Dolphin).

Tony Slattery, 65, British actor (The Crying Game, Peter's Friends), comedian and television personality (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)

Jeannot Szwarc, 85, French film director (Jaws 2, Supergirl, Somewhere in Time).

Shoji Ueda, 87, Japanese cinematographer (Ran, Dreams, After the Rain)

Bob Uecker, 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers), and actor (Mr. Belvedere)

David Lynch, 78, American television and film director (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive)

Dame Joan Plowright, 95, English actress (Enchanted April, A Taste of Honey, 101 Dalmatians)

Melba Montgomery, 86, American country singer ("No Charge", "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You", "Angel of the Morning") and songwriter.

Toby Myers, 75, American musician (Roadmaster, John Cougar Mellencamp)

Robert Verrall, 97, Canadian animator (The Great Toy Robbery, The Romance of Transportation in Canada, Cosmic Zoom).

Jules Feiffer, 95, American cartoonist, playwright (Knock Knock), author (The Great Comic Book Heroes) and screenwriter (Popeye, Munro)

John Sykes, 65, English guitarist (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake) and songwriter ("Is This Love")

Bertrand Blier, 85, French film director (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Beau Pere, Buffet froid).

Garth Hudson, 87, Canadian Hall of Fame musician (The Band) and keyboardist ("Chest Fever").

Nicholas Eadie, 67, Australian actor (Vietnam, The Man from Snowy River II, Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer).

Barry Michael Cooper, 67, American screenwriter (New Jack City, Sugar Hill, Above the Rim).

Elliot Ingber, 83, American guitarist (The Mothers of Invention, Fraternity of Man, The Magic Band).

Howard J. Morrison, 92, American game designer (Simon).

Jim Tauber, 74, American film producer (Stand Up Guys, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Age of Adaline)

Bruce Seth Green, 83, American television director (1st & Ten, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Babylon 5)

Olga James, 95, American singer and actress (Carmen Jones, Mr. Wonderful, The Bill Cosby Show).

Mary Peach, 90, South African-born British actress (Room at the Top, Scrooge, Doctor Who – Enemy of the World).

Gary Grier, American singer (The Contours).

Horst Janson, 89, German actor (Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, Murphy's War)

Marianne Faithfull, 78, English singer ("As Tears Go By"), songwriter ("Broken English") and actress (The Girl on a Motorcycle)

Sal Maida, 76, American bassist (Milk 'N' Cookies, Roxy Music, Sparks)

Peter Bassano, 79–80, English trombonist ("Hey Jude") and conductor.

Lee Joo-sil, 80, South Korean actress (The Uncanny Counter, Train to Busan, Squid Game)

Mort Künstler, 97, American artist.

Brian Murphy, 92, English actor (Man About the House, George and Mildred, Last of the Summer Wine)

P. H. Moriarty, 86, British actor (The Long Good Friday, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Jaws 3-D).

Mike Ratledge, 81, British musician (Soft Machine).

Bruce French, 79, American actor (Christine, The Riches, Fletch)

Tony Roberts, 85, American actor (Annie Hall, Play It Again, Sam, Serpico)

Bob Bingham, 78, American actor (Jesus Christ Superstar)

K. C. Carlson, 68, American comic book editor (Legion of Super-Heroes, Superboy, Batman).

Anthony DiLeo Jr., actor  (Day of the Dead, Knightriders, Monkey Shines)

Tom Robbins, 92, American novelist (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Jitterbug Perfume, Still Life with Woodpecker).

Jerry Eisenberg, 87, American animator (The Peter Potamus Show, Fangface, Thundarr the Barbarian).

Tommy Hunt, 91, American Hall of Fame soul singer (The Flamingos).

Niké Arrighi, 80, French actress (The Devil Rides Out, Day for Night, Women in Love).

Geneviève Page, 97, French actress (Belle de Jour, Grand Prix, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes)

Ed Seeman, 93, American artist, animator and filmmaker (Burnt Weeny Sandwich)

Gene "Groove" Allen, 62, American actor (House Party, What's Love Got to Do with It) and rapper.

Biff Wiff, American actor (I Think You Should Leave, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Alice Hirson, 95, American actress (Another World, Being There, One Life to Live).

Kim Sae-ron, 24, South Korean actress (A Brand New Life, The Man from Nowhere, A Girl at My Door)

Yolanda Montes, 93, American-Mexican actress (Isle of the Snake People, Salomé, Kill Me Because I'm Dying!, Nocturne of Love)

Julian Holloway, 80, British actor (Robin Redbreast, Carry On, James Bond Jr., Regular Show).

Kevyn Major Howard, 69, Canadian actor (Full Metal Jacket, Sudden Impact, Alien Nation).

Jamie Muir, 82, Scottish musician (King Crimson)

Souleymane Cissé, 84, Malian film director (Yeelen, The Young Girl, Waati)

Rick Buckler, 69, English rock drummer (The Jam, Time UK, From the Jam).

Snowy Fleet, 79, English-born Australian drummer (The Easybeats).

Tony Isbert, 74, Spanish actor (A House Without Boundaries, The Rift)

Jerry Butler, 85, American Hall of Fame soul singer-songwriter ("Only the Strong Survive", "He Will Break Your Heart"), musician (The Impressions)

Peter Jason, 80, American actor (They Live, Deadwood, Mortal Kombat).

Gwen McCrae, 81, American singer ("Rockin' Chair").

Lynne Marie Stewart, 78, American actress (Pee-wee's Playhouse, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, American Graffiti).

Clint Hill, 93, American Secret Service agent (Assassination of John F. Kennedy).

Chris Jasper, 73, American Hall of Fame singer (The Isley Brothers, Isley-Jasper-Isley), songwriter ("Caravan of Love"), keyboardist and producer

Robert John, 79, American singer ("Sad Eyes", "If You Don't Want My Love").

Roberta Flack, 88, American singer ("Killing Me Softly with His Song", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Feel Like Makin' Love")

Michelle Trachtenberg, 39, American actress (Black Christmas [2006], Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harriet the Spy, Gossip Girl)

Dave Frankel, 67, American news anchor and weatherman (WPVI-TV, KYW-TV)

Gene Hackman, 95, American actor (The French Connection, Mississippi Burning, Unforgiven)

Michael Preece, 88, American film (The Prize Fighter) and television director (Dallas, Walker, Texas Ranger)

Joseph Wambaugh, 88, American author (The Onion Field)

David Johansen, 75, American musician (New York Dolls), singer ("Hot Hot Hot") and actor (Scrooged)

Angie Stone, 63, American singer ("No More Rain (In This Cloud)", "Wish I Didn't Miss You") and rapper (The Sequence)

Jan Schweiterman, 52, American actor (Good Burger, Felicity, Warlock III: The End of Innocence).

Joey Molland, 77, English guitarist (Badfinger) and songwriter ("Love Is Easy", "Love Is Gonna Come at Last").

Bill Dare, 64, English television producer and writer (Dead Ringers, The Now Show, Spitting Image)

George Lowe, 67, American voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken).

Eleonora Giorgi, 71, Italian actress (Talcum Powder, Beyond the Door, Inferno)

Juan Margallo, 84, Spanish actor (Dragon Rapide, Solitary Fragments, Spirit of the Beehive)

Kathryn Apanowicz, 64, British actress (Angels, EastEnders) and television presenter (Calendar).

Roy Ayers, 84, American musician and composer (Everybody Loves the Sunshine, Coffy).



Fred Stolle, 86, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.

Pamela Bach, 61, American actress (Baywatch, Rumble Fish)

Brian James, 70, English punk rock guitarist (The Damned, The Lords of the New Church) and songwriter ("New Rose").

D'Wayne Wiggins, 64, American musician (Tony! Toni! Toné!) and songwriter ("Feels Good")

Mike Battle, 78, American football player (New York Jets) and actor (C.C. and Company).

Simon Fisher-Becker, 63, British actor (Puppy Love, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Doctor Who).

Stanley R. Jaffe, 84, American film producer (Kramer vs. Kramer, Fatal Attraction, The Accused)

Dave Mallow, 76, American voice actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Digimon, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics).

Clive Revill, 94, New Zealand actor (Legend of Hell House, The Empire Strikes Back, Irma La Douce, Oliver!)

Bob Rivers, 68, American Hall of Fame radio personality (KISW, KJR) and parody musician (Twisted Christmas)

Maria Grazia Spina, 88, Italian actress (Samson and the Slave Queen, Toto vs. the Black Pirate, Violent Naples).

Eileen Bennett, 105, British actress (Thursday's Child, Much Too Shy, Trunk Crime).

Pietro Genuardi, 62, Italian actor (Cemetery Man, Killer Crocodile, Paganini Horror).

Jesse Colin Young, 83, American singer (The Youngbloods) and songwriter ("Darkness, Darkness").

David Steven Cohen, 58, American television writer (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Parker Lewis Can't Lose) and screenwriter (Balto)

Nadia Cassini, 76, American-Italian actress (Il dio serpente, Starcrash, La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello).

Wings Hauser, 77, American actor (Tough Guys Don't Dance, The Siege of Firebase Gloria, Vice Squad).

Larry Tamblyn, 82, American singer and keyboardist (The Standells).

George Foreman, 76, American boxer (The Rumble in the Jungle)

Larisa Golubkina, 85, Russian actress (Hussar Ballad, Give Me a Book of Complaints, The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

Angelo Todaro, 79, Italian comic book artist (Mandrake the Magician, Turok, Phantom).

Masahiro Shinoda, 94, Japanese film director (Demon Pond, MacArthur's Children, Childhood Days, Moonlight Serenade) and screenwriter.

Hy Eisman, 98, American comic artist and writer (The Katzenjammer Kids, Little Lulu, Popeye).

Denis Arndt, 86, American actor (Heisenberg, Basic Instinct, S.W.A.T.).

Richard Norton, 75, Australian actor (Gymkata, Equalizer 2000, Mr. Nice Guy, China O’Brien), bodyguard, and fight choreographer.

Ángel del Pozo, 90, Spanish actor (Horror Express, The Big Gundown, Treasure Island).

Richard Chamberlain, 90, American actor (Dr. Kildare, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Thorn Birds, Shōgun)

Lee Montague, 97, English actor (The Legacy, The Camp on Blood Island, Deadlier Than the Male, Jesus of Nazareth).

Betty Webb, 101, English code breaker. (“Bletchley Park”)

Patty Maloney, 89, American actress (Star Wars Holiday Special, Far Out Space Nuts, The Little Rascals)

Sian Barbara Allen, 78, American actress (Scream, Pretty Peggy, The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, You'll Like My Mother)

Ray Sahetapy, 68, Indonesian actor (The Raid)

Johnny Tillotson, 86, American singer-songwriter ("Poetry in Motion", "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'", "Without You")

Val Kilmer, 65, American actor (Top Gun, Tombstone, Batman Forever)

Gordon Faith, 94, British actor (Doctor Who – Enemy of the World, Adam Adamant Lives!, War & Peace)

John Saint Ryan, 72, English actor (Coronation Street, G.B.H., Squanto: A Warrior's Tale)

Dave Allen, 69, English bassist (Gang of Four, Shriekback)

Jay North, 73, American actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya, Arabian Knights)

Clem Burke, 70, American Hall of Fame drummer (Blondie)

Colin Fox, 86, Canadian actor (Psi Factor, Atomic Betty, Tommy Boy).

Joey D. Vieira, 80, American actor (Lassie, The Patriot, Ferris Bueller's Day Off).

Mel Novak, 90, American actor (Game of Death, Black Belt Jones, An Eye for an Eye).

Ku Feng, 94, Hong Kong actor. (Come Drink With Me, The Five Deadly Venoms)

Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Cuban actor (Miami Vice, The Truman Show, The Specialist)

Mike Berry, 82, English singer ("The Sunshine of Your Smile") and actor (Are You Being Served?, Worzel Gummidge).

Nicky Katt, 54, American actor (Dazed and Confused, Boston Public, Boiler Room)

Nino Tempo, 90, American singer (Nino Tempo & April Stevens, "Deep Purple") and saxophonist (The Wrecking Crew).

Ted Kotcheff, 94, Canadian film director (Wake In Fright, First Blood, Weekend at Bernie's, Fun with Dick and Jane).

Max Romeo, 80, Jamaican reggae musician ("Wet Dream", "Chase the Devil")

Paddy Higson, 83, Scottish film producer (Gregory's Girl).

Jean Marsh, 90, English actress (Return To Oz, Upstairs, Downstairs, Doctor Who, Willow)

Wink Martindale, 91, American disc jockey, game show host (Gambit, Tic-Tac-Dough) and singer ("Deck of Cards")

Patrick Adiarte, 81, Filipino-American actor (M*A*S*H*, The King and I, High Time, Flower Drum Song).

Roger McLachlan, 71, New Zealand bass guitarist (Little River Band)

Clodagh Rodgers, 78, Northern Irish singer ("Come Back and Shake Me", "Jack in the Box").

Pope Francis, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, pope (since 2013)

Will Hutchins, 94, American actor (Sugarfoot, Shangani Patrol, Spinout)

David Thomas, 71, American singer (Rocket from the Tombs, Pere Ubu) and songwriter ("30 Seconds Over Tokyo").

Lulu Roman, 78, American comedian and singer (Hee Haw).

Philip Lowrie, 88, English actor (Sapphire, Coronation Street, Victoria Wood, Home Fires).

Cora Sue Collins, 98, American actress (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Anna Karenina, The Unexpected Father)

Priscilla Pointer, 100, American actress (Carrie, Mommie Dearest, Blue Velvet).

Mike Peters, 66, Welsh rock singer (The Alarm, Big Country) and songwriter ("Sixty Eight Guns")

Ruth Buzzi, 88, American comedienne (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and actress (Sesame Street, The Berenstain Bears)

Jackson Guice, 63, American comics artist (Superman, Captain America), co-creator of Apocalypse.

Jill Sobule, 66, American singer-songwriter ("I Kissed a Girl", “Merry Christmas from the Family”, "Supermodel")

Jim Smith, 70, American animator (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack), co-founder of Spümcø

James Foley, 71, American film director (Glengarry Glen Ross, Who's That Girl, Fifty Shades Darker)

Greg Cannom, 74, American makeup artist (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Samuel French, 45, American actor (Killers of the Flower Moon, Fear the Walking Dead)

John Edwards, 80, American Hall of Fame singer (The Spinners)

Robert Benton, 92, American film director (Kramer vs. Kramer, Places in the Heart) and screenwriter (Bonnie and Clyde).

Leila Negri, 95, German singer and actress (Münchhausen, The Star of Rio, Salto Mortale).

Charles Strouse, 96, American composer (Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, Annie).

Federica Ranchi, 86, Italian actress (Goliath and the Dragon, Son of Samson, Violent Summer).

Franco Merli, 68, Italian actor (Arabian Nights, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Down and Dirty).

Gawn Grainger, 87, Scottish actor (Doctor Who) and writer.

Aurora Clavel, 88, Mexican actress (The Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid)

Kathleen Hughes, 96, American actress (It Came from Outer Space, The Glass Web, The Golden Blade).

George Wendt, 76, American actor (Cheers, Forever Young, Bill Swerski's Superfans).

Billy Williams, 95, English cinematographer (Women in Love, On Golden Pond, Gandhi)

Michael B. Tretow, 80, Swedish record producer and sound engineer (ABBA).

Michael Roemer, 97, American film director and screenwriter (Nothing but a Man, The Plot Against Harry, Dying).

Leslie Dilley, 84, Welsh art director (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Alien) and production designer

Michael Allaby, 91, British author and actor (Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus, Crane, Maigret).

James Lowe, 82, American musician (The Electric Prunes) and record producer (A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing).

Jeff Margolis, 78, American television director (The Beatrice Arthur Special, Julie & Carol: Together Again, Academy Awards) and producer.

Alan Yentob, 78, British television executive, director (Cracked Actor), and presenter, controller of BBC2 (1987–1993) and BBC1 (1993–1996).

Marcel Ophuls, 97, French filmmaker (The Sorrow and the Pity, Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie).

Paul Jasmin, 90, American artist and actor (Psycho, Marie Antoinette, Adaptation).

Peter David, 68, American comic book writer (The Incredible Hulk, Young Justice, Spider-Man 2099) and novelist.

Rick Derringer, 77, American musician (The McCoys), songwriter ("Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo") and record producer ("Weird Al" Yankovic).



Robert Jarvik, 79, American medical engineer

Peter Kwong, 73, American actor (Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, Cooties).

Ed Gale, 61, American stuntman (Child's Play) and actor (Howard the Duck, Spaceballs).

Choi Jung-woo, 68, South Korean actor (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Like a Virgin, City Hunter, Doctor Stranger).

Al Foster, 82, American jazz drummer.[Miles Davis Quintet].

Loretta Swit, 87, American actress (M*A*S*H, Freebie and the Bean, Race with the Devil)

Alf Clausen, 84, American composer (The Simpsons, ALF, Moonlighting)

Valerie Mahaffey, 71, American actress (The Doctors, French Exit, Young Sheldon)

Renée Victor, 86, American actress (Weeds, Coco, The Prophecy 2).

Jonathan Joss, 59, American actor (King of the Hill, Parks and Recreation, The Magnificent Seven)

Arthur Hamilton, 98, American songwriter ("Cry Me a River", "I Can Sing a Rainbow").

Enzo Staiola, 85, Italian child actor (Bicycle Thieves, The Barefoot Contessa, I'll Get You for This).

Wayne Lewis, 68, American singer-songwriter (Atlantic Starr).

Sly Stone, 82, American Hall of Fame musician (Sly and the Family Stone) and songwriter ("Everyday People", "Family Affair")

Chris Robinson, 86, American actor (General Hospital, 12 O'Clock High, The Bold and the Beautiful).

Pik-Sen Lim, 80, Malaysian-British actress (Dr. Who: The Mind of Evil, Emergency Ward 10, Mind Your Language, Johnny English Reborn).

Barbara Holdridge, 95, American recording executive, founder of Caedmon Records.

Frederick Forsyth, 86, English novelist (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol).

Harris Yulin, 87, American actor (Scarface, Clear and Present Danger, Ozark)

Terry Louise Fisher, 79, American television writer and producer (L.A. Law, Cagney & Lacey, 2000 Malibu Road).

Brian Wilson, 82, American Hall of Fame musician (The Beach Boys), songwriter ("Good Vibrations"), and record producer (Pet Sounds).

Ayumu Saito, 60, Japanese actor (Ju-On: The Grudge 2, The Angel's Egg, Summer Wars)

Clifton Jones, 87, Jamaican-British actor (Space: 1999, Watership Down, China Moon).

Betsy Gay, 96, American actress (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Our Gang Follies of 1938).

Kim Woodburn, 83, English television personality (How Clean Is Your House?).

Manuel Zarzo, 93, Spanish actor (Nightmare City, My Dear Killer).

Anne Burrell, 55, American chef and television personality (Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, Worst Cooks in America, Iron Chef America)

Mark Peploe, 82, British screenwriter (The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha)

Lou Christie, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Lightnin' Strikes", "I'm Gonna Make You Mine", "Rhapsody in the Rain")

Patti Drew, 80, American R&B singer ("Workin' On a Groovy Thing").

Gailard Sartain, 81, American actor (The Buddy Holly Story, Mississippi Burning, Fried Green Tomatoes).

Guido Tenesi, 71, American ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and actor (Slap Shot).

Cavin Yarbrough, 71, American musician (Yarbrough and Peoples) and songwriter ("Don't Stop the Music").

Jack Betts, 96, American actor (Spider-Man, Sugar Colt, Gods and Monsters).

Ron Woodbridge, 86–87, English singer (The Searchers).

Lynn Hamilton, 95, American actress (Sanford and Son, Roots: The Next Generations, The Waltons).

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, 102, British astronomer, astronomer royal (1982–1990).

Joe Marinelli, 68, American actor (Santa Barbara, The Morning Show, General Hospital)

Aki Aleong, 90, Trinidadian-American actor (V, Braddock: Missing in Action III, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story)

Mick Ralphs, 81, English Hall of Fame guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company) and songwriter ("Feel Like Makin' Love")

Lea Massari, 91, Italian actress (L'Avventura, Murmur of the Heart, Christ Stopped at Eboli).

Bobby Sherman, 81, American singer ("Little Woman", "Julie, Do Ya Love Me") and actor (Here Come the Brides)

Alvaro Vitali, 75, Italian actor (Amarcord, The School Teacher, Pierino contro tutti)

Madeline Deering, 36, American director (Bathtub Shark Attack, Spirit Animal).

Rick Hurst, 79, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Steel Magnolias, Earth Girls Are Easy).

Walter Scott, 81, American singer (The Whispers)

Bill Moyers, 91, American journalist and political commentator (Bill Moyers Journal), White House press secretary (1965–1967)

Lalo Schifrin, 93, Argentine-born American film and television composer (Mission: Impossible, Dirty Harry, Rush Hour)

Jim Shooter, 73, American comic book writer (Secret Wars, Superman) and editor (Marvel Comics)

Gerald Harper, 96, English actor (The League of Gentlemen, Adam Adamant Lives!).

Kenneth Colley, 87, English actor (The Empire Strikes Back, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Prisoner of Honor)

Michael Madsen, 67, American actor (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Donnie Brasco)

Mark Snow, 78, American film and television composer (The X-Files, Smallville, Blue Bloods)

Tim Cronin, 63, American drummer (Monster Magnet)

James Carter Cathcart, 71, American voice actor (Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! One Piece, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

David Gergen, 83, American political commentator and advisor, White House Communications Director (1976–1977, 1981–1984)

Bun Hay Mean, 43, French comedian and actor (Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom)

Iris Williams, 79, Welsh singer.

Martin Cruz Smith, 82, American novelist (Gorky Park, Nightwing, Havana Bay).

David Kaff, 79, British musician (Rare Bird, Spinal Tap) and actor (This Is Spinal Tap).

Dave Cousins, 85, English musician (Strawbs) and songwriter ("Lay Down", "Shine on Silver Sun").

Judy Loe, 78, English actress (Singles, Space Island One, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, Ripping Yarns – Curse of the Claw)

Taylor Wong, 75, Hong Kong film director (Behind the Yellow Line, The Truth, The Three Swordsmen)

Connie Francis, 87, American pop singer ("Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "Pretty Little Baby", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own").

Alan Bergman, 99, American songwriter ("The Way We Were", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers").

Harry Standjofski, 66, Canadian actor (Assassin's Creed, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Aviator).[104]

Jimmy Hunt, 85, American actor (Invaders from Mars, Cheaper by the Dozen, Sorry, Wrong Number)

Charles Augins, 81, American choreographer (Red Dwarf, Labyrinth, Five Guys Named Moe) and dancer.

Tom Troupe, 97, American actor (Kelly's Heroes, My Own Private Idaho, The Devil's Brigade).

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 54, American actor (The Cosby Show, Malcolm & Eddie, The Resident)

Ozzy Osbourne, 76, English Hall of Fame musician (Black Sabbath), songwriter ("Paranoid") and television personality (The Osbournes).

Rose Leiman Goldemberg, 97, American playwright and screenwriter (The Burning Bed, Stone Pillow).

Chuck Mangione, 84, American flugelhornist, composer ("Feels So Good") and actor (King of the Hill)

George Kooymans, 77, Dutch musician (Golden Earring) and songwriter ("Twilight Zone", "Radar Love")

Tony Peers, 77, British actor (Emmerdale, Coronation Street, L.A. Without a Map).

Tommy McLain, 85, American swamp pop musician ("Sweet Dreams")

Hulk Hogan, 71, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWF, WCW) and actor (Suburban Commando)

Cleo Laine, 97, English jazz singer.

Jules Walter, 96, Antiguan actor (The Wild Geese, A View to a Kill, Doctor Who).

Jock McDonald, 69, British musician (Bollock Brothers)

Tom Lehrer, 97, American singer-songwriter ("The Elements", "The Old Dope Peddler", "The Vatican Rag"), satirist, and mathematician

Paul Mario Day, 69, English singer (Iron Maiden)

Alon Abutbul, 60, Israeli actor (Love at Second Sight, The Dark Knight Rises, London Has Fallen).

David Argue, 65, Australian actor (Razorback, Hercules Returns, Gallipoli).

Adriana Asti, 94, Italian actress (Rocco and His Brothers, Accattone, The Phantom of Liberty).

Flaco Jiménez, 86, American musician (Texas Tornados, Los Super Seven).

Jeannie Seely, 85, American singer ("Don't Touch Me", "I'll Love You More (Than You Need)", "Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You").

Loni Anderson, 79, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati, All Dogs Go to Heaven, A Night at the Roxbury).

Nando Angelini, 91, Italian actor (Bloody Pit of Horror, The Seventh Grave, The Three Faces).

Jane Morgan, 101, American singer ("Fascination", "The Day the Rains Came", "Two Different Worlds").

Norman Eshley, 80, English actor (George and Mildred, See No Evil, Brookside)

Kelley Mack, 33, American actress (The Walking Dead)

Angelo Maria Ricci, 79, Italian comics artist (Diabolik, Martin Mystère, Tiramolla).

Ray Brooks, 86, English actor (Mr Benn, Big Deal, EastEnders)

Bobby Whitlock, 77, American singer, songwriter ("Bell Bottom Blues") and musician (Derek and the Dominos, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends)

Danielle Spencer, 60, American actress (What's Happening!!)

Greg Iles, 65, American novelist (The Quiet Game, 24 Hours, The Footprints of God).

Tristan Rogers, 79, Australian actor (General Hospital, The Flesh and Blood Show)

David Ketchum, 97, American actor (Get Smart, I'm Dickens, He's Fenster) and television writer (Happy Days).

Ronnie Rondell Jr., 88, American stuntman (Wish You Were Here, Speed, Lethal Weapon).

Terence Stamp, 87, English actor (Billy Budd, Superman II, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).

Joe Hickerson, 89, American folk singer and lyricist ("Where Have All the Flowers Gone?").

Debebe Eshetu, 83, Ethiopian actor (Shaft in Africa), journalist and human rights advocate.

John S. Bartley, 78, New Zealand-born Canadian cinematographer (The X-Files, Lost, Wrong Turn).

Guy-Patrick Sainderichin, 75, French screenwriter (Maigret, Spiral) and actor (Father of My Children).

Eduardo Serra, 81, Portuguese cinematographer (The Wings of the Dove, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Girl with a Pearl Earring)

Michel Fessler, 69–70, French film director and screenwriter (Farinelli, Ridicule, March of the Penguins).

Dave Taylor, 61, British comic book artist (Force Works, Batman, Judge Dredd).

Jerry Adler, 96, American actor (The Sopranos, Rescue Me, The Good Wife).

Floyd Levine, 93, American actor (Bloodbrothers, Melrose Place, Airplane II: The Sequel).

Franklin Domínguez, 94, Dominican playwright, theater director, and actor (Ratman, The Lost City).

Rami Heuberger, 61, Israeli actor (Schindler's List, Dawn, Golda)

Roberto Posse, 77, Italian actor (Island of the Fishmen, Django Strikes Again, A Beautiful Wife)

Scott Spiegel, 67, American screenwriter (Evil Dead II), director (Intruder) and actor (Within the Woods).

Graham Greene, 73, Canadian Oneida actor (Dances With Wolves, Clearcut, Thunderheart)



Jacques Charrier, 88, French actor (The Suns of Easter Island, Anatomy of a Marriage).

Giorgio Armani, 91, fashion designer

Mark Volman, 78, American musician (The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, The Mothers of Invention).

Stephen Mendillo, 84, American actor (Slap Shot, Broadcast News, Lone Star)

Derry Power, 90, Irish actor (Super Gran, Educating Rita, Far and Away)

Davey Johnson, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves) and manager (New York Mets)

Rick Davies, 81, English musician (Supertramp) and songwriter (“Bloody Well Right”, “Goodbye Stranger”).

Ron DiMenna, 88, American surfing retailer, founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop.

Stuart Craig, 83, English production designer (Harry Potter, Gandhi, The English Patient).

Salli Sachse, 82, American actress (Muscle Beach Party, The Trip, Wild in the Streets).

Nicky Ryan, 79, Irish music producer (Enya).

Polly Holliday, 88, American actress (Alice, Gremlins, Flo, The Parent Trap)

Allan Cole, 74, Jamaican footballer (Náutico, national team) and songwriter ("War").

Viv Prince, 84, English drummer (Pretty Things).

Michael Dryhurst, 87, British-born American film producer (Excalibur, Hudson Hawk, Never Say Never Again).

Paula Shaw, 84, American actress (Freddy vs. Jason, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas).

Bobby Hart, 86, American musician (Boyce and Hart) and songwriter (“Come A Little Bit Closer”, “Last Train to Clarksville”).

Yu Menglong, 37, Chinese actor (The Legend of the White Snake).

Nicky Ryan, 79, Irish music producer (Enya).

Per Mattsson, 77, Swedish actor (Fanny and Alexander).

Gianni Quaranta, 82, Italian production designer (A Room with a View, La Traviata, 1900).

Pat Crowley, 91, American actress (Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Port Charles, Forever Female).

Marilyn Knowlden, 99, American actress (Angels With Dirty Faces, Imitation of Life, Les Miserables).

Ron Friedman, 92, American screenwriter (The Transformers: The Movie, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero).

Robert Redford, 89, American actor (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men) and director (Ordinary People).

Sergio Salvati, 91, Italian cinematographer (Four of the Apocalypse, City of the Living Dead).

Sonny Curtis, 88, American Hall of Fame Musician (The Crickets) and songwriter (“I Fought the Law”, “Walk Right Back”).

Bernie Parent, 80, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers).

Andre Landzaat, 81, Dutch actor (General Hospital, The French Atlantic Affair).

Elaine Merk, 94, American actress (The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Barnyard Follies).

Claudia Cardinale, 87, Italian actress (Once Upon A Time in the West, The Leopard, 8 ½).

Silu Seppälä, 71, Finnish bassist (Leningrad Cowboys) and actor.

Michele Burke, 75, Irish makeup artist (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, Quest For Fire).

Jørgen Leth, 88, Danish filmmaker (The Perfect Human, The Five Obstructions, A Sunday in Hell).

Renato Casaro, 89, Italian film poster artist (My Name Is Nobody, Conan the Barbarian, Octopussy).

Ron Silverman, 92, American film producer (Brubaker, Krull, Shoot to Kill).

Jerry Leggio, 90, American actor (Mothman, Blaze, The Badge).

Jane Goodall, 91, English zoologist and primatologist

Chris Dreja, 79, English Hall of Fame guitarist (The Yardbirds).

Patricia Routledge, 96, English actress (Keeping Up Appearances, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Woman of No Importance).

Remo Girone, 76, Italian actor (Ford v. Ferrari, Live By Night, La piovra).

Giuseppe Colombo, 77, Italian film producer (The Stendahl Syndrome, Wax Mask, The Phantom of the Opera)

John Woodvine, 96, English actor (An American Werewolf in London, Z-Cars, Doctor Who – The Armageddon Factor)

Paolo Bonacelli, 88, Italian actor (Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom, Mission Impossible III, Caligula).

Ron Dean, 87, American actor (The Dark Knight, The Breakfast Club, The Fugitive).

Terry “Buzzy” Johnson, 86, American Hall of Fame singer (The Flamingos) and songwriter.

Thommy Price, 68. American drummer (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Scandal).

John Lodge, 82, English Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues) and songwriter (“I’m Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band, Lean On Me (Tonight)).

Diane Keaton, 79, American actress (Annie Hall, The Godfather).

Jackie Burch, 74, American casting director (Die Hard, Predator, Dick Tracy).

Drew Struzan, 78, American film poster illustrator (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future).

Anna Kyriakou, 96, Greek actress (Zorba the Greek).

Tony Caunter, 88, English actor (EastEnders, The Ipcress File, The Asphyx, The Hill)

D’Angelo, 51, American singer-songwriter (“Lady”, “Brown Sugar”, “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”)

Penelope Milford, 77, American actress (Coming Home, Heathers, Shenandoah).

Ace Frehley, 74, American Hall of Fame guitarist (KISS) and songwriter.

Nick Addrisi, 84, American singer (The Addrisi Brothers) and songwriter (“Never My Love”).

Samantha Eggar, 86, English-American actress (The Collector, Doctor Dolittle, The Brood).

June Lockhart, 100, American actress (Lost in Space, Lassie, Petticoat Junction).

Prunella Scales, 93, English actress (Fawlty Towers, Howard’s End, A Question of Attribution, Great Canal Journeys).

Pierre Robert, 70, American disc jockey (WMMR).

Maria Riva, 100, German-born American actress (The Scarlet Empress, Scrooged, The Burning Glass).

Peter Watkins, 90, English filmmaker (Culloden, The War Game).

Adam Greenberg, 88, Israeli-American cinematographer(The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Ghost, Rush Hour).

Tchéky Karyo, 72, Turkish-born French actor (And the Band Played On, The Missing, La Femme Nikita).

Ralph Senensky, 102, American television director (Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes, Star Trek)

Walter Maslow, 97, American actor (Atlas, Man with a Camera, The Cosmic Man).

Betty Harford, 98, American actress (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dynasty).

Diane Ladd, 89, American actress (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart).

Lu Dagang, 78, Chinese actor (Kung Fu Cult Master, Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms).

Dick Cheney, 84, American politician, (vice president 2001-2009).

Pauline Collins, 85, British actress (Shirley Valentine, Upstairs Downstairs, Doctor Who)

James Dewey Watson, 97, American molecular biologist (nucleic acid double helix)

Marshawn Kneeland, 24, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).

Lee Tamahori, 75, New Zealand film director (Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider).

Tatsuya Nakadai, 92, Japanese actor (The Human Condition, Yojimbo, Ran).

Paul Tagliabue, 84, American lawyer and commissioner of the NFL

Jonathan Pienaar, 63, South African actor (Skin, Black Venus, Fried Barry).

Homayoun Ershadi, 78, Iranian actor (Taste of Cherry, Agora, The Kite Runner).

Sally Kirkland, 84, American actress (Anna, Days of Our Lives, Coming Apart)

Cleto Escobedo III, 59, American musician (Cleto and the Cletones) and bandleader (Jimmy Kimmel Live!).

Tatsuya Nagamine, 53, Japanese anime director (Dragon Ball Super, One Piece, HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!).

Hark Bohm, 86, German actor (The Marriage of Maria Braun, Lost in Siberia, Justice), screenwriter and film director.

Dan McGrath, 61, American television writer (The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Saturday Night Live)

Hilly Michaels, 77, American musician (Sparks).

Inger Teien [no], 88, Norwegian actress (Hotel Cæsar, Lake of the Dead, Musikanter).

Alice Kessler, 89, German singer (Kessler Twins) and actress (Love and the Frenchwoman, Dead Woman from Beverly Hills)

Ellen Kessler, 89, German singer (Kessler Twins) and actress (Love and the Frenchwoman, Dead Woman from Beverly Hills)

Mani, 63, English rock bassist (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream).

Jellybean Johnson, 69, American musician (The Time), songwriter ("Criticize"), and record producer ("Black Cat").

Udo Kier, 81, German actor (Blood For Dracula, Flesh for Frankenstein, My Own Private Idaho, Blade).

Jack Shepherd, 85, English actor (Count Dracula, Into the Storm, Wycliffe, Bill Brand, Wonderland).

Jill Raymond Freud, 98, British actress (Torchy the Battery Boy, Love Actually), inspiration for Lucy Pevensie.

Jimmy Cliff, 81, Jamaican Hall of Fame reggae singer-songwriter ("Many Rivers to Cross", "You Can Get It If You Really Want") and actor (The Harder They Come)



Ingrid van Bergen, 94, German actress (Roses for the Prosecutor, Town Without Pity, The Counterfeit Traitor).

Sir Tom Stoppard, 88, Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and screenwriter (Shakespeare in Love, Empire of the Sun)

Bob "Bongo" Starkie, 73, Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks)

Daniel Woodrell, 72, American novelist (Give Us a Kiss, Winter's Bone)

Billy Nichols, 85, American musician and songwriter ("Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)").

Grace Smith, 79, American actress (Clerks).

David Matalon, 82, American film producer (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Color of Night), co-founder of TriStar Pictures.

Theodor Pištěk, 93, Czech artist and costume designer (Amadeus, Valmont, The People vs. Larry Flynt)

Steve Cropper, 84, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), songwriter ("In the Midnight Hour") and record producer ("(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay")

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, 75, American actor (Licence to Kill, Mortal Kombat, The Man in the High Castle)

Tetsu Yamauchi, 79, Japanese bassist (Free, Faces).

Lesley Walker, 80, British film editor (Mona Lisa, Mamma Mia!, The Fisher King).

D. L. Coburn, 87, American playwright (The Gin Game)

Roger Lumont, 91, French artistic director and actor (Is Paris Burning?, How to Steal a Million, Night of the Generals, The Sicilian Clan, The Train).

Josh Becker, 67, American film and television director (Running Time, Xena: Warrior Princess) and screenwriter.

Bernie Toorish, 94, Canadian-American singer (The Four Lads).

Jerry Kasenetz, 82, American music producer ("Yummy Yummy Yummy", "Little Bit O' Soul", "Simon Says")

Jubilant Sykes, 71, American singer

Raul Malo, 60, American musician (The Mavericks) and songwriter ("All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down", "Dance the Night Away")

Jim Ward, 66, American voice actor (Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, Batman Vs. Two-Face, The Fairly OddParents) and radio personality (The Stephanie Miller Show)

Jeff Garcia, 50, American comedian and actor (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Barnyard, Mr. Box Office)

Stanley Baxter, 99, Scottish actor (Crooks Anonymous, Very Important Person) and comedian (The Stanley Baxter Show)

Arthur Cohn, 98, Swiss film producer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Black and White in Color, One Day in September)

Peter Greene, 60, American actor (Pulp Fiction, The Mask, Clean, Shaven).

May Britt, 91, Swedish actress (War and Peace, The Young Lions, The Blue Angel).

Héctor Alterio, 96, Argentine actor (The Official Story, Flesh and Blood, Son of the Bride).

Susie Figgis, 77, British casting director (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Full Monty, The Killing Fields).

Bob Burns III, 90, American actor (The Ghost Busters, Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, The Naked Monster), archivist and historian.

Carl Carlton, 73, American singer ("Everlasting Love", "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)") and songwriter.

Anthony Geary, 78, American actor (General Hospital, UHF, Teacher's Pet)

Michele Singer Reiner, 68, American photographer and film producer (Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, Shock and Awe)

Rob Reiner, 78, American actor (All in the Family) and film director (This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally...)

John Antrobus, 92, British playwright and screenwriter (The Goon Show).

Gil Gerard, 82, American actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Airport '77, The Doctors)

William Rush, 31, British actor (Waterloo Road, Grange Hill, Coronation Street).

Amanda Brotchie, Australian film and television director (Doctor Who: Lux, Doctor Who: The Well, Renegade Nell, Gentleman Jack)

Lorraine Cheshire, 65, English actress (Trollied, Ackley Bridge, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)

Juli Erickson, 86, American actress (Fullmetal Alchemist, Fairy Tail, Bernie).

Helen Siff, 88, American actress (You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Hail, Caesar!, Big Top Pee-wee)

Mick Abrahams, 82, English guitarist and singer (Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig).

Robert Lindsey, 90, American author (The Falcon and the Snowman, An American Life).

James Ransone, 46, American actor (The Wire, It Chapter Two, The Black Phone)

Chris Rea, 74, English singer-songwriter ("Fool (If You Think It's Over)", "Driving Home for Christmas", "The Road to Hell").

Pat Finn, 60, American actor (The Middle, Murphy Brown, Dude, Where's My Car?)

Vera Alentova, 83, Russian actress (Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Shirli-myrli, The Envy of Gods).

Perry Bamonte, 65, English Hall of Fame rock musician (The Cure, Love Amongst Ruin).

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, 76, Iranian actress (Please Do Not Disturb, Life and a Day, Killer Spider)

Don Bryant, 83, American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter ("I Can't Stand the Rain").

Brigitte Bardot, 91, French actress (And God Created Woman, Contempt, La Vérité)

Isiah Whitlock Jr., 71, American actor (Cocaine Bear, The Wire, Da 5 Bloods, Your Honor)

Candy Raymond, 75, Australian actress (Don's Party, The Plumber, Money Movers).



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