ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR WHERE WE LOST OVER 400 NOTABLE PEOPLE IN 2021. Here is a remembrance.
Mark Eden, 92, actor (Curse of the Crimson Altar, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, An Adventure in Space and Time).
Misty Morgan, 75, singer
("Tennessee Bird Walk").
Jean Panisse, 92, actor (An Angel on
Wheels, The Young Wolves, Perched on a Tree).
Sir Brian Urquhart, 101, British diplomat,
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (1971–1985).
Vladimir Korenev, 80, Russian actor (Amphibian
Man, Children of Don Quixote, Criminal Talent) and teacher, People's Artist of
Russia (1998)
Gerry Marsden, 78, English musician (Gerry and
the Pacemakers, The Crowd)
George Gerdes, 72, American singer, songwriter
and actor (Amistad, Bats, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
Tanya Roberts, 65, American actress (A View to a
Kill, That '70s Show, Charlie's Angels).
Gregory Sierra, 83, American actor (Barney
Miller, Sanford and Son, The Other Side of the Wind)
Barbara Shelley, 88, British actress (Village of
the Damned, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Quatermass and the Pit)
Lee Heung-kam, 88, Hong Kong actress (Story of
the White-Haired Demon Girl, Moonlight Resonance, Can't Buy Me Love).
James Greene, 89, Northern Irish actor (William
and Mary, Johnny English, Empire of the Sun).
Alan Igbon, 68, British actor (Boys from the Blackstuff,
The Professionals, Coronation Street).
Brian Cowan, 58, Scottish actor (Taggart, Family
Affairs, River City).
Dick Kulpa, 66, American cartoonist (Cracked,
Weekly World News)
John Richardson, 86, English actor (One Million
Years B.C., Black Sunday, Torso)
Gerald Hiken, 93, American actor (Reds, Car 54,
Where Are You?, Invitation to a Gunfighter).
Antonio Sabàto Sr., 77, Italian-American actor
(Grand Prix, One Dollar Too Many, Due volte Giuda), COVID-19.[90]
Marion Ramsey, 73, American actress (Police
Academy, Return to Babylon, Lavalantula) and singer.
Tommy Lasorda, 93, American Hall of Fame baseball
player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics), coach and manager (Los
Angeles Dodgers)
Dave Creek, 42, American character designer
(Bob's Burgers, Central Park)
Michael Apted, 79, English filmmaker (Up, Coal
Miner's Daughter, The World Is Not Enough).
Diana Millay, 85, American actress (Street of
Sinners, Dark Shadows, The Secret Storm).
Steve Lightle, 61, American comic book artist
(Legion of Super-Heroes, Doom Patrol, The Flash)
Ed Bruce, 81, American singer-songwriter
("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", "You're
the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had") and actor (Bret Maverick).
Steve Carver, 75, American film director (Lone
Wolf McQuade, Big Bad Mama, Capone)
John Reilly, 84, American actor (The Great Waldo
Pepper, General Hospital, Sunset Beach, Passions).
Ken Sedd, 81, British television actor (The Benny
Hill Show, Doctor Who, Z-Cars).[315]
Betty Lou Holland, 95, American actress.
Pat Loud, 94, American reality TV personality (An
American Family).
Julie Strain, 58, American actress (Naked Gun 33⅓:
The Final Insult, The Dallas Connection) and model
Étienne Draber [fr], 81, French actor (May Fools,
Madame Bovary, House of D)
Stacy Title, 56, American film director (The Bye
Bye Man, The Last Supper, Hood of Horror)
Denis Karasyov, 57, Russian actor (Mute Witness,
The Heirs, Viktor).
Tim Bogert, 76, American rock bassist (Vanilla
Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus)
Enrique Pineda Barnet [es], 87, Cuban film
director and screenwriter (I Am Cuba).
Mona Malm, 85, Swedish actress (Heja Roland!,
Fanny and Alexander, The Tattooed Widow).
Sylvain Sylvain, 69, American guitarist (New York
Dolls)
Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, German-American
magician and entertainer (Siegfried & Roy)
Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper and songwriter
("The Message")
Larry Willoughby, 73, American country
singer-songwriter ("Building Bridges", "Operator,
Operator") and music executive, vice-president of A&R at Capitol
Records
Peter Mark Richman, 93, American actor (Dynasty,
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Poolhall Junkies).
Storm Constantine, 64, British fantasy and
science fiction author (Sea Dragon Heir, Grigori Trilogy).
Joanne Rogers, 92, American pianist and puppeteer
(Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)
Phil Spector, 81, American Hall of Fame record
producer (Wall of Sound), musician (The Teddy Bears) and convicted murderer,
founder of Philles Records
Jim MacGeorge, 92, American voice actor (Bionic
Six, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Clue Club).
Charlotte Cornwell, 71, English actress (Dressing
for Breakfast, The Saint, White Hunter Black Heart)
Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer
("Honeycomb", "Kisses Sweeter than Wine",
"Secretly").
Mira Furlan, 65, Croatian-American actress
(Babylon 5, Lost, The Abandoned)
Rémy Julienne, 90, French stuntman (Licence to
Kill, Fantômas, The Da Vinci Code)
Nathalie Delon, 79, French actress (When Eight
Bells Toll, The Monk, Le Samouraï)
James Purify, 76, American soul singer (James
& Bobby Purify)
Ron Campbell, 81, Australian animator (Yellow
Submarine, The Flintstones, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh).
Hank Aaron, 86, American Hall of Fame baseball
player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Indianapolis Clowns) and
civil rights activist.
Sumiko Sakamoto, 84, Japanese actress (The
Pornographers, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, The Ballad of Narayama) and
singer
Larry King, 87, American Hall of Fame broadcaster
(Larry King Live, Larry King Now, Politicking with Larry King).
Tony Ferrer, 86, Filipino actor (The Vengeance of
Fu Manchu, Chinatown: Sa Kuko ng Dragon, Manila Boy)
Walter Bernstein, 101, American screenwriter (The
Front, Miss Evers' Boys) and film director (Little Miss Marker)
Gunnel Lindblom, 89, Swedish actress (The
Silence, Winter Light, The Virgin Spring).
Alberto Grimaldi, 95, Italian film producer (The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Gangs of New York, Last Tango in Paris).
Bruce Kirby, 95, American actor (Catch-22, L.A.
Law, Stand by Me, Crash).
Peter Vere-Jones, 82, New Zealand actor (The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Shortland Street, Xena: Warrior Princess).
Cloris Leachman, 94, American actress (The Mary
Tyler Moore Show, The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein)
Ryszard Kotys, 88, Polish actor (The Saragossa
Manuscript, Operacja Himmler, Shivers, Świat według Kiepskich).
Marie Harmon, 97, American actress (The El Paso
Kid, Secret Beyond the Door, I Married a Woman).
Cicely Tyson, 96, American Hall of Fame actress
(Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The Trip to Bountiful), Tony
winner (2013).
Hilton Valentine, 77, English Hall of Fame
guitarist (The Animals).
John Chaney, 89, American Hall of Fame college
basketball coach (Cheyney State Wolves, Temple Owls).
Neelo, 80, Pakistani actress (Bhowani Junction,
Do Raste, Ghunghat).
Allan Burns, 85, American television producer and
screenwriter (The Munsters, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda), Emmy winner
(1968, 1971, 1977).
Dustin Diamond, 44, American actor (Saved by the
Bell) and comedian
Jonas Gricius, 92, Lithuanian cinematographer
(Hamlet, The Girl and the Echo, The Blue Bird).
Robert C. Jones, 84, American film editor (It's a
Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) and screenwriter
(Coming Home), Oscar winner (1979).
Jim Weatherly, 77, American Hall of Fame
singer-songwriter ("Midnight Train to Georgia", "Neither One of
Us", "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me").
Haya Harareet, 89, Israeli actress (Ben-Hur, The
Secret Partner, The Interns).
Gil Saunders, American soul singer (Harold Melvin
& the Blue Notes)
Matt Harris, American rock bassist (The
Posies).
Robb Webb, 82, American voice artist (60 Minutes,
NFL Films, Fishing with John)
Leon Spinks, 67, American boxer, WBA and WBC
heavyweight champion (1978), Olympic champion (1976)
Christopher Plummer, 91, Canadian actor (The
Sound of Music, Beginners, All the Money in the World)
George Shultz, 100, American politician,
Secretary of State (1982–1989), Secretary of the Treasury (1972–1974),
Secretary of Labor (1969–1970).
Harry Fielder, 80, British actor (CBTV, Doctor
Who, Blakes 7).
Giuseppe Rotunno, 97, Italian cinematographer
(All That Jazz, Amarcord, Sabrina).
S. Clay Wilson, 79, American cartoonist.
Mary Wilson, 76, American Hall of Fame singer
(The Supremes).
Rynagh O'Grady, 66, Irish actress (Far and Away,
Father Ted, Breakfast on Pluto).
Jean-Claude Carrière, 89, French novelist and
screenwriter (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phantom of Liberty,
The Unbearable Lightness of Being).
Larry Flynt, 78, American publisher (Hustler),
founder of Larry Flynt Publications,
Chick Corea, 79, American jazz keyboardist
(Return to Forever) and songwriter ("Spain", "500 Miles
High")
Lynn Stalmaster, 93, American casting director
(Judgment at Nuremberg, Deliverance, Superman).
Christopher Pennock, 76, American actor (Dark
Shadows).
Marcia Diamond, 95, Canadian actress (Deranged,
Black Christmas, Spy Games).
Louis Clark, 73, English musical arranger
(Electric Light Orchestra, Hooked on Classics), conductor, and keyboardist.
Johnny Pacheco, 85, Dominican musician (Fania
All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records)
U-Roy, 78, Jamaican reggae singer.
Gene Taylor, 68, American keyboardist (Canned
Heat, The Blasters, The Fabulous Thunderbirds).
Prince Markie Dee, 52, American rapper (The Fat
Boys)
Giancarlo Santi, 81, Italian film director (The
Grand Duel, Quando c'era lui... caro lei!).
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 101, American poet (A
Coney Island of the Mind)
Peter Harris, 87–88, English television director
(The Muppet Show, Spitting Image, Bullseye)
Alan Robert Murray, 66, American sound editor
(Letters from Iwo Jima, American Sniper, Joker), Oscar winner (2007, 2015).
Peter Ostroushko, 67, American musician.[A
Prairie Home Companion]
Ronald Pickup, 80, British actor (The Thirty-Nine
Steps, Darkest Hour, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Mission).
Ng Man-tat, 69, Hong Kong actor (God of Gamblers,
God of Cookery, Shaolin Soccer)
Johnny Briggs, 85, English actor (Coronation
Street, Man About the House, Carry On England).
Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae
singer-songwriter (Bob Marley and the Wailers).
Dick Sheppard, 90, British stuntman (The Italian
Job, James Bond films).
Nicola Pagett, 75, Egyptian-born British actress
(Frankenstein: The True Story, The Viking Queen, Anne of the Thousand Days,
There's a Girl in My Soup).
Tony Hendra, 79, British comedian and actor (This
Is Spinal Tap)
Frank Thorne, 90, American comic book writer (Red
Sonja).
Carla Wallenda, 85, American acrobat and
daredevil (The Flying Wallendas).
David Bailie, 83, South African-born British
actor (Pirates of the Caribbean, The House That Jack Built, Doctor Who).
Nikolay Smorchkov, 90, Russian actor (True
Friends, The Cranes Are Flying, A Cruel Romance).
Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese singer (TPOK
Jazz).
Trevor Peacock, 89, English actor (The Vicar of
Dibley, Hamlet, Fred Claus)
Norton Juster, 91, American author (The Phantom
Tollbooth, The Dot and the Line, The Hello, Goodbye Window)
Roger Mudd, 93, American broadcast journalist
(Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News)
Norman J. Warren, 78, English film director
(Satan's Slave, Prey, Terror).
Isela Vega, 81, Mexican actress (Bring Me the
Head of Alfredo Garcia), screenwriter and film director
Ray Campi, 86, American rock double bassist.
Thione Seck, 66, Senegalese singer and musician (Orchestra
Baobab, Raam Daan).
Ronald DeFeo Jr., 69, American mass murderer.
Reggie Warren, 52, American R&B singer
(Troop).
Henry Darrow, 87, American actor (The High
Chaparral, The Hitcher, Zorro).
Aurora Cornu, 89, Romanian-born French writer,
film director and actress (Claire's Knee, Love in the Afternoon).
Yasuo Ōtsuka, 89, Japanese animator (Lupin the
Third: The Castle of Cagliostro, Panda and the Magic Serpent, Alakazam the
Great, The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots).
Yaphet Kotto, 81, American actor (Live and Let
Die, Alien, Homicide: Life on the Street).
Sabine Schmitz, 51, German motor racer (Münnich
Motorsport) and television presenter (Top Gear)
Antón García Abril, 87, Spanish composer (Tombs
of the Blind Dead, Pancho Villa, Return of the Blind Dead)
George Segal, 87, American actor (Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?, The Goldbergs, A Touch of Class)
Jessica Walter, 80, American actress (Arrested
Development, Archer, Play Misty for Me), Emmy Award winner (1975).
muMs da Schemer, 52, American actor (Oz, She's
Gotta Have It, Hightown) and poet.
Bertrand Tavernier, 79, French film director (A
Sunday in the Country, Coup de Torchon, Life and Nothing But) and
screenwriter.
Larry McMurtry, 84, American novelist and
screenwriter (Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Brokeback Mountain), Oscar
winner (2006)
Beverly Cleary, 104, American children's author
(The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ramona, Dear Mr. Henshaw), Newbery Medal winner
(1984).
Liu Kai-chi, 66, Hong Kong actor (Cageman,
Infernal Affairs II, SPL: Sha Po Lang)
Myra Frances, 78, British actress (Doctor Who),
G. Gordon Liddy, 90, American FBI agent
(Watergate scandal).
Cleve Hall, 61, American special effects artist
(Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, Alienator), make-up artist and
actor.
Biff McGuire, 94, American actor (Alfred
Hitchcock Presents, The Thomas Crown Affair, Serpico).
Morris "B.B." Dickerson, 71, American
funk bassist and singer (War).
Giuseppe Pinori [it], 92, Italian cinematographer
(Ecce Bombo, Warriors of the Year 2072, Murder Rock).
Lee Aaker, 77, American actor (The Adventures of
Rin Tin Tin, Hondo, Mister Scoutmaster)
Jill Corey, 85, American singer ("Love Me to
Pieces", "Let It Be Me").
Willy Kurant, 87, Belgian cinematographer (Les
Créatures, Masculin Féminin, The Immortal Story).
John Paragon, 66, American actor (Pee-wee's
Playhouse, UHF, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark)
Gloria Henry, 98, American actress (Dennis the
Menace, Miss Grant Takes Richmond, Rancho Notorious).
Zygmunt Malanowicz, 83, Polish actor (Knife in
the Water, Hunting Flies, Cserepek).
P. Balachandran, 62, Indian actor (Gandhi, Hotel
California, Operation Java) and screenwriter.
Robert Fletcher, 98, American costume designer
(Star Trek, Fright Night, The Last Starfighter).
Paul Ritter, 54, English actor (Friday Night
Dinner, Chernobyl, No Offence)
Frank Jacobs, 91, American comics writer
(Mad).
Joye Hummel, 97, American comic book writer
(Wonder Woman).
Walter Olkewicz, 72, American actor (Grace Under
Fire, Twin Peaks, The Client).
Grischa Huber, 76, German actress (Under the
Pavement Lies the Strand, The Serpent's Egg, The Garden).
Bill Owens, 85, American songwriter.
James Hampton, 84, American actor (F Troop, The
Longest Yard, Teen Wolf, WarGames) and director
Anne Beatts, 74, American humorist and television
writer (National Lampoon, Saturday Night Live, Square Pegs).
Richard Rush, 91, American film director (The
Stunt Man, Color of Night, Freebie and the Bean).
Ramsey Clark, 93, American lawyer (Saddam
Hussein, Slobodan Milošević), attorney general (1966–1969) and deputy attorney
general (1965–1967).
Arthur Cox, 87, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes
Minister).
DMX, 50, American rapper ("Party Up (Up in
Here)", "X Gon' Give It to Ya") and actor (Cradle 2 the Grave)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 99, Greek-born
British royal consort (since 1952).
Enzo Sciotti, 76, Italian artist and illustrator
(The Beyond, Demons, The Blood of Heroes).
Joseph Siravo, 66, American actor (The Sopranos,
American Crime Story, Oslo)
Giannetto De Rossi, 78, Italian make-up artist
(Emanuelle in America, Zombie 2, Dune).
André Maranne, 94, French-born British actor (The
Pink Panther, The Square Peg, Night Train to Paris).
Edwin Apps, 89, English actor (The Bargee, The
Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Vatel).
Trader Faulkner, 93, Australian-born British
actor (A Killer Walks, The Murder Game, A High Wind in Jamaica).
Rusty Young, 75, American musician (Poco) and songwriter
("Crazy Love", "Shoot for the Moon")
Felix Silla, 84, Italian-born American actor (The
Addams Family, The Black Bird, Return of the Jedi) and stuntman
Barry Mason, 85, English songwriter ("Love
Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)", "The Last Waltz",
"Delilah").
Helen McCrory, 52, English actress (Peaky
Blinders, Harry Potter, The Queen)
Anthony Powell, 85, English costume designer
(Death on the Nile, Tess, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Oscar winner
(1973, 1979, 1981).
Mike Mitchell, 77, American musician (The
Kingsmen).
Walter Mondale, 93, American politician, vice
president (1977–1981), member of the U.S. Senate (1964–1976), ambassador to
Japan (1993–1996).
Jim Steinman, 73, American musician, composer and
lyricist ("Total Eclipse of the Heart, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But
I Won't Do That)", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now").
Robin Wood, 67, American artist, (Robin Wood
tarot deck)
Tempest Storm, 93, American burlesque star and
actress.
Monte Hellman, 91, American film director
(Two-Lane Blacktop, Beast from Haunted Cave, The Shooting)
Joe Long, 88, American musician (The Four
Seasons),
Les McKeown, 65, Scottish singer (Bay City
Rollers).
Charles Fries, 92, American producer (The Amazing
Spider-Man, The Martian Chronicles, Cat People).
Shock G, 57, American rapper (Digital
Underground) and songwriter ("The Humpty Dance", "I Get
Around").
Charles Beeson, British television director
(EastEnders, Supernatural, The Mentalist)
David Beriain, 43, Spanish journalist and
documentary filmmaker
Michael Collins, 90, American astronaut (Apollo
11), Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1970–1971)
Nathan Jung, 74, American actor and stuntman
(Star Trek: The Original Series, The A-Team, Big Trouble in Little China).
Anita Lane, 61, Australian singer-songwriter
(Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds).
Frank Cox, 80, British television director
(Doctor Who, Take the High Road).
Johnny Crawford, 75, American actor (The
Rifleman, Village of the Giants, The Space Children) and singer.
Billie Hayes, 96, American actress (H.R.
Pufnstuf, The Black Cauldron, Transformers: Rescue Bots).
Frank McRae, 80, American actor (*batteries not
included, Licence to Kill) and football player (Chicago Bears)
Tom Hickey, 76–77, Irish actor (Gothic, High
Spirits, My Left Foot).
Olympia Dukakis, 89, American actress
(Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias, Tales of the City), Oscar winner (1988).
Bobby Unser, 87, American Hall of Fame racing
driver, 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner.
Lloyd Price, 88, American Hall of Fame R&B
singer ("Personality", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Stagger
Lee")
Chuck Hicks, 93, American stuntman (Dick Tracy,
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Runaway Train)
Tommy West, 78, American music producer (Life and
Times, I Got a Name) and singer-songwriter
John Paul Leon, 49, American comic book artist
(Static, Earth X, The Winter Men).
Bob Abernethy, 93, American journalist (NBC News)
and television presenter (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly).
Jacques d'Amboise, 86, American ballet dancer,
choreographer and actor (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Carousel).
Tawny Kitaen, 59, American actress (The Perils of
Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, Bachelor Party, Witchboard).
Tony Armatrading, 59, British actor (The Saint,
Notting Hill, Alone with Her)
Neil Connery, 83, Scottish actor (O.K. Connery,
The Body Stealers).
Norman Lloyd, 106, American actor (St. Elsewhere,
Limelight), producer and director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents).
Buddy Van Horn, 92, American stunt performer
(High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider) and film director (The Dead Pool).
Blackie Dammett, 81, American actor (National
Lampoon's Class Reunion, The Boys Next Door, L.A. Bounty)
Norman Simmons, 91, American pianist, arranger
("Wade in the Water"), and composer.
Jaime Garza, 67, Mexican actor ( Missing, The
Falcon and the Snowman)
Charles Grodin, 86, American actor (The
Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, Beethoven) and comedian, Emmy winner (1978)
Roy Scammell, 88, British stuntman and actor
(Alien, Willow, Flash Gordon).
Paul Mooney, 79, American actor (The Buddy Holly
Story, Bamboozled), comedian (Chappelle's Show) and writer
Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter
("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys").
David Anthony Kraft, 68–69, American comic book
writer (The Defenders, Captain America)
Desiree Gould, 76, American actress (Sleepaway
Camp).
Douglas Mossman, 88, American actor (Hawaii
Five-O, Hawaiian Eye)
Genzō Wakayama, 88, Japanese voice actor (Astro
Boy, Shin Takarajima, Treasure Island)
Romy Windsor, 57, American actress (Face/Off, The
X-Files, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare)
Samuel E. Wright, 74, American actor (The Little
Mermaid, Bird, Dinosaur) and singer ("Under the Sea")
Robert Green Hall, 47, American makeup artist
(Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and film director (Laid to Rest).
Roger Hawkins, 75, American drummer (Muscle
Shoals Rhythm Section) and recording studio owner (Muscle Shoals Sound
Studio).
Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American songwriter
("Friends in Low Places", "Mr. Blue").
Erin O'Brien, 87, American actress (John Paul
Jones, Onionhead, Girl on the Run).
Rusty Warren, 91, American comedian and singer
(Knockers Up!).
Paul Soles, 90, Canadian voice actor (Spider-Man,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Redwall).
Jerome Hellman, 92, American film producer
(Midnight Cowboy, The Mosquito Coast, Coming Home), Oscar winner (1970).[
Lorina Kamburova, 30, Bulgarian actress (Nightworld, Leatherface, Doom: Annihilation)
and singer
Shane Briant, 74, British actor (Demons of the
Mind, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Captain Kronos – Vampire
Hunter).
Robert Hogan, 87, American actor (The Lady in
Red, Species II, Youth in Oregon)
B. J. Thomas, 78, American singer
("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "(Hey Won't You Play)
Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", "Hooked on a Feeling"),
Grammy winner (1981),
John Gregg, 82, Australian actor (Armchair
Thriller, Bodyline, Heatwave).
Gavin MacLeod, 90, American actor (The Love Boat,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, McHale's Navy).
Arlene Golonka, 85, American actress (Mayberry
R.F.D., The Andy Griffith Show, Hang 'Em High).
F. Lee Bailey, 87, American attorney (Sam
Sheppard, O. J. Simpson).
Damaris Hayman, 91, English actress (Doctor Who,
Steptoe and Son, Love Thy Neighbor).
Vilen Galustyan, 80, Armenian ballet dancer and
actor (The Color of Pomegranates).
Douglas S. Cramer, 89, American television
producer (Wonder Woman, Dynasty, The Love Boat)
Clarence Williams III, 81, American actor (The
Mod Squad, Purple Rain, The Butler)
Ben Roberts, 70, British actor (The Bill, Jane
Eyre, A Little Chaos).
Ernie Lively, 74, American actor (The Sisterhood
of the Traveling Pants, Fire Down Below, The Dukes of Hazzard)
Ned Beatty, 83, American actor (Network,
Deliverance, Superman).
Robert Sacchi, 89, actor (The Man with Bogart's Face)
John Gabriel, 90, American actor (Ryan's Hope,
Stagecoach, The Mary Tyler Moore Show).
Raul de Souza, 86, Brazilian trombonist (Sérgio
Mendes, Baden Powell, Milton Nascimento)
Lisa Banes, 65, American actress (Cocktail, Young
Guns, Gone Girl)
Vladimir Shatalov, 93, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz
4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10), twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
Frank Bonner, 79, American actor (WKRP in
Cincinnati, Just the Ten of Us) and television director (City Guys)
Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese rock guitarist and
actor (Golden Album, Ereki no Wakadaishō),
Nina Divíšková, 84, Czech actress (Morgiana,
Shameless).
Joanne Linville, 93, American actress (A Star Is
Born, Scorpio, James Dean).
Jackie Lane, 79, British actress (Doctor Who,
Compact, An Adventure in Space and Time)
Clare Peploe, 79, British-Italian film director
(High Season, The Triumph of Love) and screenwriter (Zabriskie Point).
John McAfee, 75, British-American computer
programmer and businessman (McAfee Associates),
Olga Barnet, 69, Russian actress (Solaris, The
Flight of Mr. McKinley, Takeoff).
Wes, 57, Cameroonian singer ("Alane")
Stuart Damon, 84, American actor (General
Hospital, The Champions), kidney failure.
Donald Rumsfeld, 88, American politician,
Secretary of Defense (1975–1977, 2001–2006) and member of the U.S. House of
Representatives (1963–1969).
Kartal Tibet, 83, Turkish actor (Tarkan Versus
the Vikings) and film director (Tosun Paşa, Şalvar Davası).
Bill Ramsey, 90, German-American jazz singer and
actor (Music in the Blood, The Adventures of Count Bobby, Old Shatterhand).
Vladimir Menshov, 81, Russian film director
(Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Love and Pigeons) and actor (The General),
Raffaella Carrà, 78, Italian singer ("A far
l'amore comincia tu") and actress (Caesar the Conqueror, Von Ryan's
Express).
Richard Donner, 91, American film director (The
Goonies, Superman, Lethal Weapon).
Suzzanne Douglas, 64, American actress (The
Parent 'Hood, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Jason's Lyric).
Robert Downey Sr., 85, American actor (To Live
and Die in L.A.), film director (Up the Academy, Putney Swope), and
producer.
Jovenel Moïse, 53, Haitian politician and
entrepreneur, president (since 2017)
Anne Stallybrass, 82, English actress (Countess
Dracula, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Heartbeat, Diana: Her True Story).
William Smith, 88, American actor (Fast Company,
Rich Man, Poor Man, Any Which Way You Can).
Chick Vennera, 74, American actor (Thank God It's
Friday, Animaniacs, The Milagro Beanfield War)
Kumar Ramsay, 85, Indian scriptwriter (Purana
Mandir, Darwaza, Saamri, 2001: Do Hazaar Ek) and film producer.
Volair Johnson, Jamaican actor (The Harder They
Come, Milk and Honey).
Charlie Robinson, 75, American actor (Night
Court, Sugar Hill, The Black Gestapo),
Joan Le Mesurier, 90, English actress and
author.
Gary Corbett, American rock keyboardist
(Cinderella, Kiss) and songwriter ("She Bop")
William F. Nolan, 93, American author (Logan's
Run) and screenwriter (Trilogy of Terror, Burnt Offerings).
Harry M. Rosenfeld, 91, American newspaper editor
(The Washington Post)
Biz Markie, 57, American rapper ("Just a
Friend") and actor (Men in Black II, Yo Gabba Gabba!)
Pilar Bardem, 82, Spanish actress (Good Morning,
Little Countess, Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead, The Doubt), Goya
Award winner (1996),
Mary Ward, 106, Australian actress (Prisoner,
Sons and Daughters, Neighbours).
Françoise Arnoul, 90, French actress (French
Cancan, The Devil and the Ten Commandments, Forbidden Fruit).
Jerry Granelli, 80, American-born Canadian jazz
drummer (A Charlie Brown Christmas).
Thomas Rajna, 92, Hungarian-born British pianist
and composer (Seven Years in Tibet, Jet Storm).
Alfred Biolek, 87, German entertainer and
television producer (Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus).
John Cornell, 80, Australian film producer,
writer (Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Dundee II) and actor (The Paul Hogan Show)
Mike Mitchell, 65, Scottish actor (Gladiator,
Braveheart) and bodybuilder.
Jackie Mason, 93, American comedian and actor
(The Simpsons, The Jerk, Caddyshack II), Emmy winner (1988, 1992).
Alfie Scopp, 101, English-born Canadian actor
(Tales of the Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer).
Rick Aiello, 65, American actor (Twin Peaks: Fire
Walk with Me, Do the Right Thing, The Sopranos), pancreatic cancer.
Joey Jordison, 46, American musician (Slipknot,
Murderdolls, Sinsaenum).
Ray McBride, 69, Irish actor (Into the West,
Pete's Meteor, Angela's Ashes) and dancer.
Dusty Hill, 72, American musician (ZZ Top).
Clive Scott, 84, South African actor (My Way,
Beat the Drum, Winnie Mandela).
Ron Popeil, 86, American inventor and businessman
(Ronco).
Saginaw Grant, 85, American Sac and Fox actor
(The Lone Ranger, Harts of the West, The Ridiculous 6).
Thea White, 81, American voice actress (Courage
the Cowardly Dog),
Alvin Ing, 89, American singer and actor (The
Final Countdown, Stir Crazy, The Gambler).
Reg Gorman, 89, Australian actor (The Sullivans,
Fergus McPhail, Neighbours),
Dennis Thomas, 70, American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang).
Markie Post, 70, American actress (Night Court,
The Fall Guy, Hearts Afire),
Brad Allan, 48, Australian martial artist, action
choreographer and stunt performer (Rush Hour 2, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,
Solo: A Star Wars Story).
Anupam Shyam, 63, Indian actor (Parzania,
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Slumdog Millionaire).
Jane Withers, 95, American actress (Giant, The
Hunchback of Notre Dame, Paddy O'Day).
Alex Cord, 88, American actor (Airwolf,
Stagecoach, The Brotherhood).
Pat Hitchcock, 93, English-born American actress
(Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train, Psycho).
Don Jones, 83, American sound engineer (One
Potato, Two Potato), screenwriter/director (The Forest) and cinematographer
(The House of Seven Corpses).
Una Stubbs, 84, English actress (Till Death Us Do
Part, Worzel Gummidge, Sherlock).
Ken Hutchison, 72, Scottish actor (Straw Dogs,
All Quiet on the Western Front, Ladyhawke).
Joey Ambrose, 87, American Hall of Fame
saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets).
Dilys Watling, 78, English actress (Calculated
Risk, Two Left Feet, Theatre of Death).
Enzo Facciolo [it], 89, Italian comic book artist
(Diabolik).
Nanci Griffith, 68, American singer-songwriter
("Love at the Five and Dime", "Outbound Plane"), Grammy
winner (1994).
Jerry Fujio, 81, Japanese singer and actor
(Yojimbo, Ereki no Wakadaishō, The Stingiest Man in Town),
Sean Lock, 58, English comedian (15 Storeys High,
8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown),
Sonny Chiba, 82, Japanese actor (The Street
Fighter, The Storm Riders, Kill Bill: Volume 1) and martial artist,
Rock Demers, 87, Canadian film producer (The Dog
Who Stopped the War, The Peanut Butter Solution, Vincent and Me),
Jill Murphy, 72, British author (The Worst
Witch),
Tom T. Hall, 85, American Hall of Fame
singer-songwriter ("Harper Valley PTA", "I Love", "The
Year That Clayton Delaney Died").
Don Everly, 84, American Hall of Fame singer (The
Everly Brothers) and songwriter ("Cathy's Clown", "When Will I
Be Loved").
Micki Grant, 80, American playwright (Your Arms
Too Short to Box with God, Working) and actress (Another World).
Marilyn Eastman, 87, American actress (Night of
the Living Dead).
Brick Bronsky, 57, American professional wrestler
(Stampede) and actor (Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., The Quest),
Eddie Paskey, 81, American actor (Star
Trek).
Charlie Watts, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer
(The Rolling Stones, Blue's Incorporated).
Roman Gromadskiy [ru], 80, Russian actor (King
Lear, A Lover's Romance, The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone).
Ed Asner, 91, American actor (The Mary Tyler
Moore Show, Elf, Up, JFK), president of the Screen Actors Guild (1981–1985), 7-time
Emmy winner.
Lee "Scratch" Perry, 85, Jamaican
reggae musician (The Upsetters), songwriter ("Run for Cover",
"Police and Thieves") and record producer.
Peggy Farrell, 89, American costume designer (Dog
Day Afternoon, Holocaust, The Stepford Wives), Emmy winner (1978).
Willard Scott, 87, American weatherman (Today)
and creator of Ronald McDonald.
Ion Caramitru, 79, Romanian actor (Citizen X,
Adam & Paul, Charlie Countryman) and politician, minister of culture
(1996–2000).
Tony Selby, 83, English actor (Get Some In!,
Doctor Who, Witchfinder General),
Jean-Paul Belmondo, 88, French actor (Breathless,
That Man from Rio, Pierrot le Fou).
Irma Kalish, 96, American television writer and
producer (Good Times, The Facts of Life, Family Affair, All in the Family),
Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, American rock guitarist
(Black Oak Arkansas).
Michael K. Williams, 54, American actor (The
Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Bessie).
Nino Castelnuovo, 84, Italian actor (Rocco and
His Brothers, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Five Man Army).
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, 88, Algerian actor
(The Battle of Algiers, The Winds of the Aures, Chronicle of the Years of
Fire).
Franco Graziosi, 92, Italian actor (The
Terrorist, Duck, You Sucker!, We Have a Pope).
Art Metrano, 84, American actor (Police Academy,
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Joanie Loves Chachi) and comedian.
Big Daddy Graham, 68, American radio presenter
(WIP-FM) and comedian.
Sarah Harding, 39, English singer (Girls Aloud)
and actress (Run for Your Wife, St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold)
Art Metrano, 84, American actor (Police Academy,
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Joanie Loves Chachi) and comedian.
Saadi Yacef, 93, Algerian independence fighter
and actor (The Battle of Algiers).
Carlo Alighiero [it], 94, Italian actor (The
Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia, Silent
Action) and voice actor.
Fran Bennett, 84, American actress (Nightingales,
Sunset Beach, New Nightmare).
Ben Best, 46, American screenwriter (Eastbound
& Down) and actor (Superbad, Land of the Lost).
Don Maddox, 98, American country singer (Maddox
Brothers and Rose)
Don Collier, 92, American actor (Outlaws, The
High Chaparral, The Young Riders)
Norm Macdonald, 61, Canadian comedian, actor, and
screenwriter (Saturday Night Live, The Norm Show, Dirty Work),
Gloria Warren, 95, American actress (Dangerous
Money, Cinderella Swings It, Bells of San Fernando) and singer.
Philippe Adrien, 82, French actor (Green Harvest)
and playwright.
Joel Rapp, 87, American film director and
television writer (High School Big Shot, McHale's Navy, Gilligan's Island).
Jane Powell, 92, American actress (A Date with
Judy, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Royal Wedding), singer and dancer.
Jimmy Garrett, 66, American actor (The Lucy
Show).
John Challis, 79, English actor (Only Fools and
Horses, The Green Green Grass, Benidorm) and comedian.
Stephen Critchlow, 54, British actor (Skins,
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, Rocket Boy and Toro).[14] (death announced on
this date)
Morris Perry, 96, English actor (Nothing But the
Night, The Avengers, Z-Cars).
Tim Donnelly, 77, American actor (Emergency!, The
Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Toolbox Murders).
Sarah Dash, 76, American singer (Labelle).
Richard H. Kirk, 65, English electronic musician
(Cabaret Voltaire, Sweet Exorcist) and songwriter ("Yashar").
Willie Garson, 57, American actor (Sex and the
City, White Collar, John from Cincinnati),
Al Harrington, 85, Samoan-American actor (Hawaii
Five-O).
Peter Palmer, 90, American actor (Li'l Abner,
Custer).
Robert Fyfe, 90, Scottish actor (Last of the
Summer Wine, Around the World in 80 Days, Cloud Atlas).
Melvin Van Peebles, 89, American film director,
actor and playwright (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Posse, Ain't Supposed
to Die a Natural Death).
Roger Michell, 65, South African-born British
film director (Notting Hill, Venus, My Cousin Rachel).
Jay Sandrich, 89, American Hall of Fame
television director (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, Soap, Seems Like Old Times), 4-time
Emmy winner.
Pee Wee Ellis, 80, American saxophonist, composer
and arranger.
Alan Lancaster, 72, English rock bassist (Status
Quo, The Party Boys),
George Frayne IV, 77, American country singer and
keyboardist (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen),
Tommy Kirk, 79, American actor (Old Yeller, The
Shaggy Dog, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones).
Ravil Isyanov, 59, Russian-born American actor
(GoldenEye, K-19: The Widowmaker, Transformers: Dark of the Moon).
Cynthia Harris, 87, American actress (Mad About
You, Edward & Mrs. Simpson, Three Men and a Baby).
Gerald Home, 70, British actor (Return of the
Jedi),
Elio Pandolfi, 95, Italian actor (Too Much
Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers, In Olden Days, Obiettivo ragazze, For
a Few Dollars Less)
Ruthie Tompson, 111, American animator
(Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo).
Bob Herron, 97, American stuntman (Spartacus,
Diamonds Are Forever, Rocky) and actor,
Paddy Moloney, 83, Irish musician (The
Chieftains) and producer.
Andrea Haugen, 52, German singer (Cradle of
Filth), writer and model, arrow wounds.
Dorothy Steel, 95, American actress (Black
Panther, Poms, Jumanji: The Next Level).
Diane Weyermann, 66, American film producer
(Collective, An Inconvenient Truth, RBG)
Paul Salata, 94, American football player (San
Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts) and actor (Angels in the Outfield).
Sir David Amess, 69, British politician, MP
(since 1983)
Alan Hawkshaw, 84, British composer (Grange Hill,
Countdown, Channel 4 news) and pianist,
Ron Tutt, 83, American drummer (Elvis Presley,
Neil Diamond, Roy Orbison).
Betty Lynn, 95, American actress (The Andy
Griffith Show, Cheaper by the Dozen, Meet Me in Las Vegas).
Denise Bryer, 93, British voice actress
(Terrahawks, Return to Oz, Labyrinth).
Sean Wainui, 25, New Zealand rugby union player
(Taranaki, Chiefs, Māori All Blacks)
Toshihiro Iijima, 89, Japanese film director
(Ultra Q, Daigoro vs. Goliath, Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact) and screenwriter
Colin Powell, 84, American general and
politician, secretary of State (2001–2005), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff (1989–1993) and National Security advisor (1987–1989),
Roy Horan, 71, American actor (Game of Death II,
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow) and martial artist.
Tom Gray, 70, American musician (The Brains,
Delta Moon) and songwriter ("Money Changes Everything"),
Geoffrey Chater, 100, British actor (Mapp &
Lucia, Callan, Barry Lyndon).
Jack Angel, 90, American voice actor (Voltron,
The Transformers, A.I. Artificial Intelligence).
Leslie Bricusse, 90, British composer (Willy
Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), lyricist ("Goldfinger", "You
Only Live Twice") and playwright, Oscar winner (1968, 1983).
Ralph Carmichael, 94, American composer (The
Blob, My Mother the Car) and arranger.
Martha Henry, 83, American-born Canadian actress
(The Wars, Dancing in the Dark, Mustard Bath).
Allan Wilmot, 96, Jamaican-born British singer
(The Southlanders) and World War II veteran.
Robin McNamara, 74, American singer-songwriter
("Lay a Little Lovin' on Me") and musician.
Halyna Hutchins, 42, Ukrainian-American
cinematographer (Archenemy, Darlin', Rust),
George Butler, 78, British-American filmmaker
(Pumping Iron, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition,
Going Upriver).
Peter Scolari, 66, American actor (Newhart, Bosom
Buddies, Girls), Emmy winner (2016)
Tatyana Bestayeva [ru], 84, Russian actress (Man
Follows the Sun, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Seven Old Men and a Girl).
JoAnna Cameron, 70, American actress (The Secrets
of Isis, I Love My Wife, Pretty Maids All in a Row),
James Michael Tyler, 59, American actor (Friends,
Motel Blue)
Sonny Osborne, 83, American bluegrass musician
(Osborne Brothers) and banjo player,
Fabrizio Calvi, 67, French investigative
journalist (Libération) and writer,
Mort Sahl, 94, Canadian-born American comedian
and actor (In Love and War, All the Young Men).
William Shelby, 65, American funk musician
(Dynasty, Lakeside).
Camille Saviola, 71, American actress (The Purple
Rose of Cairo, Addams Family Values, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Dean Shek, 71, Hong Kong actor (Drunken Master, A
Better Tomorrow II, The Dragon from Russia),
Peter Watson-Wood, 92, British film producer (Mad
Dogs and Englishmen, The Wicker Tree).
Ronnie Wilson, 73, American R&B musician (The
Gap Band).
Lionel Blair, 92, Canadian-born English actor
(The Limping Man, The Cool Mikado), choreographer and television presenter
(Name That Tune).
Declan Mulligan, 83, Irish-born American rock
musician (The Beau Brummels).
Phil Lonergan, Irish stuntman (Robin Hood: Prince
of Thieves, Tomorrow Never Dies, Black Widow).
Bob Baker, 82, British screenwriter (Wallace and
Gromit, Doctor Who, K-9).
Astro, 64, British singer and musician
(UB40).
Clifford Rose, 92, British actor (Tell Me Lies,
Work Is a Four-Letter Word, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides).
Silvio Laurenzi [it], 85, Italian costume
designer (Spasmo, Il coltello di ghiaccio, The Case of the Bloody Iris) and
actor.
Enrique Rocha, 81, Mexican actor (Satánico
pandemonium, Yo compro esa mujer, El Privilegio de Amar).
Dean Stockwell, 85, American actor (Quantum Leap, Married to the Mob,
Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Dunwich Horror).
Evette Benton, 68, American soul ("Games People Play") and
disco singer.
Vegar Hoel [no], 47, Norwegian actor (Dead Snow,
Børning 2, Occupied).
Roy Holder, 75, English actor (Sorry!, Pride
& Prejudice, Robin Hood).
Gwyneth Guthrie, 84, Scottish actress (Take the
High Road).
Jerry Douglas, 88, American actor (The Young and
the Restless).
Graeme Edge, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer
(The Moody Blues), songwriter and poet,
Henry Woolf, 91, British actor (The Bed Sitting
Room, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gorky Park).
John Pearson, 91, British author (James Bond: The
Authorized Biography of 007).
David Fox, 80, Canadian actor (Mama, Grey Owl,
X-Men).
Joe Siracusa, 99, American drummer (Spike Jones
and His City Slickers) and music editor (The Transformers, The Incredible
Hulk).
Heath Freeman, 41, American actor (Raising the
Bar, Bones, Skateland).
Igor Savochkin, 58, Russian actor (Night Watch,
Admiral, Leviathan) and television presenter.
Dave Frishberg, 88, American jazz pianist and
songwriter ("I'm Just a Bill", "Van Lingle Mungo").
Art LaFleur, 78, American actor (Field of Dreams,
The Sandlot, The Santa Clause 2)
Keith Allison, 79, American singer and bassist
(Paul Revere & the Raiders).
Will Ryan, 72, American voice actor (The Land
Before Time, The Little Mermaid, An American Tail) and singer.
Billy Hinsche, 70, American musician (Dino, Desi
& Billy, The Beach Boys)
Peter Aykroyd, 66, Canadian comedian (Saturday
Night Live) and actor (Coneheads, Nothing but Trouble).
Joey Morgan, 28, American actor (Scouts Guide to
the Zombie Apocalypse, Critters: A New Binge, Flower).
Robert Bly, 94, American poet (Iron John: A Book
About Men, The Sibling Society).
Bernard Holley, 81, British actor (Z-Cars, Doctor
Who)
Mick Rock, 72, British photographer.
Lou Cutell, 91, American actor (Pee-wee's Big
Adventure, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Seinfeld).
Marie Versini, 81, French actress (A Holiday with
Piroschka, The Brides of Fu Manchu, Is Paris Burning?).
Mary Collinson, 69, Maltese-British model and
actress.
Lisa Brown, 67, American actress (As the World
Turns, Guiding Light).
Marilyn McLeod, 82, American singer-songwriter
("Love Hangover", "You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of
Turning Me On)").
Don Phillips, 80, American casting director (Dog
Day Afternoon, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) and producer (Melvin and
Howard).
Stephen Sondheim, 91, American composer and
lyricist (West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
David Gulpilil, 68, Australian actor (Walkabout,
Charlie's Country, Crocodile Dundee)
Arlene Dahl, 96, American actress (Journey to the
Center of the Earth, Three Little Words, A Southern Yankee, Reign of Terror).
Tommy Lane, 83, American actor (Live and Let Die,
Shaft).
Dave Draper, 79, American bodybuilder, actor
(Lord Love a Duck, Don't Make Waves), and author.
Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country singer
("Waterloo", "B.J. the D.J.", "I Washed My Hands in
Muddy Water")
Bob Dole, 98, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969) and Senate (1969–1996)
Sir Antony Sher, 72, South African-born British
actor (Stanley, Shakespeare in Love, The Wolfman)
Martha De Laurentiis, 67, American film producer
(Breakdown, Hannibal, U-571).
Inés Morales [es], 69, Spanish actress (El
Retorno de Walpurgis, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, Watch Out, We're Mad!).
Denis O'Brien, 80, American talent manager
(George Harrison) and film producer (Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time
Bandits).
Rhonda Stubbins White, 60, American actress (Ruthless,
Days of Our Lives, Their Eyes Were Watching God)
Robbie Shakespeare, 68, Jamaican bassist (Sly and
Robbie, Black Uhuru) and record producer.
Ralph Tavares, 79, American singer (Tavares).
Steve Bronski, 61, Scottish keyboardist (Bronski
Beat).
Lina Wertmüller, 93, Italian film director (Seven
Beauties, Love and Anarchy, Swept Away) and screenwriter.
Cara Williams, 96, American actress (The Defiant
Ones, Pete and Gladys, Boomerang).
Al Unser, 82, American Hall of Fame racing
driver, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, IndyCar champion (1983, 1985)
Themsie Times, 72, South African actress (Allan
Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, Dangerous Ground, Stander).
Larry Sellers, 72, American actor (Dr. Quinn,
Medicine Woman).[46]
Garth Dennis, 72, Jamaican reggae musician (Black
Uhuru, The Wailing Souls).
Michael Nesmith, 78, American musician (The Monkees)
and songwriter ("Different Drum", "Joanne").
Anne Rice, 80, American author (The Vampire
Chronicles), complications from a stroke.
Les Emmerson, 77, Canadian singer (Five Man
Electrical Band).
Joe Simon, 85, American soul and R&B singer
("The Chokin' Kind", "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the
Floor)", "Power of Love").
Keiko Nobumoto, 57, Japanese screenwriter (Cowboy
Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Tokyo Godfathers), esophageal cancer.
Buddy Merrill, 85, American steel guitarist (The
Lawrence Welk Show).
Kevin Billington, 87, British film director (The
Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, The Light at the Edge of the World,
Interlude).
Bridget Hanley, 80, American actress (Here Come
the Brides, Harper Valley PTA), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Wanda Young, 78, American singer (The
Marvelettes).
Hub, 62, American bass guitarist (The Roots),
multiple myeloma.
Paul Mitchell, American singer (The Floaters).
Gérard Poirier, 91, Canadian actor (The Heat
Line, Matusalem, Stay with Me).
Joan Didion, 87, American writer (Run, River,
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Year of Magical Thinking), complications from
Parkinson's disease.
Richard Conway, 79, English visual effects artist
(The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Brazil, Sunshine).
Jaime Comas, 85, Spanish screenwriter (A Fistful
of Dollars, The Shark Hunter, The Glass Sphinx).
Nicholas Georgiade, 88, American actor (The
Untouchables).
Sally Ann Howes, 91, English actress (Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang, Dead of Night, The Admirable Crichton) and singer.
Robin Le Mesurier, 68, British guitarist (The Wombles), cancer.
Desmond Tutu, 90, South African Anglican cleric and civil rights activist, bishop of Johannesburg (1985–1986) and archbishop of Cape Town (1986–1996), Nobel Prize laureate (1984).
May Winn, actor (The Caine Mutiny)
Michael Constantine, actor (Room 222, The Night That Panicked America).
Lois De Benzie, actor (Addams Family Values, Tootsie).
Ruthie Thompson, animator (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs).
Yvonne Wilder, actor (Seems Like Old Times, The Return of Count Yorga).
Leon Gast, director (When We Were Kings).
Emi Wada, costume designer (Ran).
Martha Stewart, actor (In A Lonely Place).
Joyce MacKenzie, actor (Broken Arrow).
Val Bisoglio, actor (Saturday Night Fever).
Suzzanne Douglas, actor (How Stella Got Her Groove Back).
Joan Weldon, actor (Them!).
Jack Hedley, 92, British actor (The New York
Ripper, For Your Eyes Only, Colditz).
Harvey Evans, 80, American actor (West Side
Story).
Jean-Marc Vallée, 58, Canadian film and
television director (Dallas Buyers Club, The Young Victoria, Big Little Lies),
Emmy winner (2017).
Sarah Weddington, 76, American attorney (Roe v.
Wade) and politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1973–1977)
and White House Political Director (1979–1981).
April Ashley, 86, English model, actress (The
Road to Hong Kong), and writer
John Madden, 85, football coach/sportscaster
Alfonso Mejía, 87, Mexican actor (Los Olvidados,
Vacations in Acapulco, The Boxer).
Renato Scarpa, 82, Italian actor (Il Postino: The Postman, Suspiria, Don’t Look Now)
Betty White, 99, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls)
