Continuing my fascination with celebrity death, here is a partial list of famous people who left us in 2007. This list comes from
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See my list from last year -
Gone In '06.
R.I.P.
January 1 - Del Reeves, country singer ("Girl on the Billboard"), after a lengthy illness, 74
January 4 - Steve Krantz, film & TV producer ("Fritz the Cat"), of complications from pneumonia, 83
January 7 - Bobby Hamilton, auto racer (NASCAR), of cancer, 49
January 8 - Yvonne De Carlo, actress (Lily Munster in "The Munsters"), of natural causes, 84
January 9 - Carlo Ponti, film producer ("Doctor Zhivago"), of a lung ailment, 94. He was the husband of actress Sophia Loren
January 16 - Ron Carey, actor (Officer Levitt on "Barney Miller"), of a stroke, 71
January 17 - Art Buchwald, columnist, of kidney failure, 81
January 18 - Brent Liles, punk rock bassist (Social Distortion), hit by a truck, 43
January 19 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, pro wrestler, 45. He was found dead on 19 January
January 19 - Denny Doherty, pop singer (The Mamas and the Papas), after a brief illness, 66
January 23 - E. Howard Hunt, spy/author/Watergate conspirator, of pneumonia, 88
January 27 - Tige Andrews, actor (Capt. Greer on "The Mod Squad"), 86
January 30 - Sidney Sheldon, writer ("The Naked Face"), of complications from pneumonia, 89
January 31 - Lee Bergere, actor (Abraham Lincoln on "Star Trek"), 88
February 4 - Barbara McNair, actress ("They Call me MISTER Tibbs!"), of throat cancer, 72
February 6 - Frankie Laine, singer ("Rawhide" theme), of heart failure, 93
February 8 - Anna Nicole Smith, model (Playboy), accidental drug overdose, 39
February 8 - Joe Edwards, comic artist (Archie), after a lengthy illness, 85
February 9 - Ian Richardson, actor (British, "Would you have any Grey Poupon?"), 72
February 10 - Charles R. Walgreen Jr., retailer (Walgreen's), 100
February 17 - Mary Kaye, guitarist/singer (The Mary Kaye Trio), of lung and heart failure, 83
February 24 - Bruce Bennett, aka Herman Brix, track athlete and actor ("The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"), 100
March 6 - Ernest Gallo, winemaker (E&J Gallo), 97
March 8 - John Inman, actor (Mr. Humphries on "Are You Being Served?"), after a lengthy illness, 71
March 9 - Brad Delp, rock singer (Boston), 55
March 10 - Richard Jenni, stand-up comedian, shot (suicide), 45
March 10 - Lanna Saunders, actress (Sister Marie Horton on "Days of Our Lives"), of complications from multiple scleroris, 65
March 11 - Betty Hutton, actress ("Annie Get Your Gun"), of colon cancer, 86
March 15 - Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-84), of respiratory failure, 80
March 15 - Stuart Rosenberg, film director ("Cool Hand Luke"), of a heart attack, 79
March 16 - Carol Richards, singer ("Silver Bells"), of kidney failure, 84
March 19 - Calvert DeForest, aka Larry "Bud" Melman, TV performer ("Late Night with David Letterman"), after a lengthy illness, 85
March 19 - Luther Ingram, R&B singer/songwriter ("If Loving You Is Wrong"), of heart failure, 69
March 24 - Henson Cargill, country singer ("Skip a Rope"), of complications from surgery, 66
March 25 - Marshall Rogers, comic artist ("Batman"), 57
April 1 - George Sewell, actor ("Get Carter"), 82
April 4 - Robert Clark, film director ("A Christmas Story"), in an auto accident (hit by a drunk driver), 67
April 4 - Edward Mallory, actor (Dr. Bill Horton on "Days of Our Lives"), after a lengthy illness, 76
April 5 - Mark St. John, rock guitarist (Kiss), from a cerebral hemorrhage, 51
April 6 - Stan Daniels, TV writer & producer ("Taxi"), of heart failure, 72
April 7 - Johnny Hart, cartoonist ("B.C."), from a stroke, 76
April 7 - Barry Nelson, actor ("The Shining"), 89
April 11 - Roscoe Lee Browne, actor (Professor Foster on "The Cosby Show"), of cancer, 81
April 11 - Kurt Vonnegut, novelist ("Slaughterhouse Five"), of injuries from a fall, 84
April 14 - Don Ho, Hawaiian singer ("Tiny Bubbles"), of heart failure, 76
April 15 - Brant Parker, cartoonist ("The Wizard of Id"), of complications from Alzehimer's disease, 86
April 16 - Phyllis Spivak, aka Phyllis Sherwood, model (Playboy), of lung cancer, 69
April 17 - Kitty Carlisle, actress/game show panelist ("To Tell the Truth"), of pneumonia, 96
April 17 - Glenn Sutton, country-western songwriter ("Almost Persuaded"), of a heart attack, 69
April 23 - Boris Yeltsin, Russian president (1991-99), 76
April 25 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, singer ("Monster Mash"), of leukemia, 69
April 26 - Jack Valenti, film industry executive (Motion Picture Association of America), of complications from a stroke, 85
April 28 - Dabbs Greer, actor (Rev. Robert Alden on "Little House on the Prairie"), of kidney and heart disease, 90
April 28 - Tommy Newsom, bandleader ("The Tonight Show"), of liver cancer, 78
April 30 - Tom Poston, actor (George Utley on "Newhart"), after a brief illness, 85
April 30 - Gordon Scott, actor ("Tarzan's Greatest Adventure"), of complications from heart surgery, 80
April 30 - Zola Taylor, singer (The Platters), from complications of pneumonia, 69
May 3 - Wally Schirra, astronaut (Apollo 7 commander), of a heart attack, 84
May 6 - Theodore H. Maiman, physicist (invented the laser), of systemic mastocytosis, 79
May 7 - Nicholas Worth, actor ("Swamp Thing"), of heart failure, 69
May 10 - Chuck Riley, voice-over announcer, of a kidney problem, 67
May 15 - Jerry Falwell, Protestant minister (Moral Majority), presumably of a heart rhythm abnormality, 73
May 19 - Carl Wright, actor and tapdancer ("Barbershop"), of cancer, 75
May 25 - Charles Nelson Reilly, actor/game show panelist ("Match Game"), of complications from pneumonia, 76
May 27 - Gretchen Wyler, actress/animal rights activist (Dr. Dagmara Conrad on "Dallas"), of complications from breast cancer, 75
June 11 - Mala Powers, actress ("Cyrnao de Bergerac"), of complications from leukemia, 76
June 12 - Don Herbert, TV host ("Mr. Wizard"), of bone cancer, 89
June 17 - Ed Friendly, TV producer ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"), of cancer, 85
June 18 - Hank Medress, pop singer ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), of lung cancer, 68
June 20 - J.B. Handelsman, cartoonist ("The New Yorker"), of lung cancer, 85
June 21 - Bob Evans, restaurateur (Bob Evans), of complications from pneumonia, 89
June 25 - Chris Benoit, pro wrestler, hanged (apparent suicide), 40
June 26 - Liz Claiborne, fashion designer, of cancer, 78
June 28 - Howie Schneider, cartoonist ("Eek and Meek"), of complications from heart surgery, 77
June 29 - Joel Siegel, film critic ("Good Morning America"), of colon cancer, 63
June 29 - Fred T. Saberhagen, science fiction writer ("Berserker"), of prostate cancer, 77
July 2 - Robert "Buck" Brown, cartoonist ("Playboy"), following a stroke, 71
July 2 - Beverly Sills, operatic soprano, of lung cancer, 78
July 3 - Boots Randolph, saxophonist ("Yakety Sax"), following a cerebral hemorrhage, 80
July 4 - Bill Pinkney, pop singer (The Drifters), 81
July 5 - Kerwin Mathews, actor ("The 7th Voyage of Sinbad"), 81
July 9 - Charles Lane, actor (Homer Bedloe in "Petticoat Junction"), 102
July 10 - Doug Marlette, cartoonist ("Kudzu"), in an auto accident, 57
July 11 - Lady Bird Johnson, U.S. first lady (1963-69), of natural causes, 94
July 12 - Jim Mitchell, X-rated film producer ("Behind the Green Door"), 63
July 20 - Tammy Faye Bakker, aka Tammy Faye Messner, religious TV broadcaster ("PTL Club"), of cancer, 65
July 25 - Wayne Pratt, antiques appraiser ("Antiques Roadshow"), of complications from heart surgery, 64
July 29 - Tom Snyder, TV host ("The Late Late Show"), of complications from leukemia, 71
July 30 - Ingmar Bergman, film director ("Cries and Whispers"), 89
July 30 - Bill Walsh, NFL football coach (San Francisco 49ers), of leukemia, 75
August 4 - Lee Hazlewood, country singer, ("I'm a Fool"), of cancer, 78
August 12 - Merv Griffin, TV host & game show producer ("Jeopardy"), of prostate cancer, 82
August 13 - Phil Rizzuto, major leaguer & broadcaster (New York Yankees), of pneumonia, 89
August 16 - Max Roach, jazz drummer, after a lengthy illness, 83
August 20 - Leona Helmsley, real estate mogul, of heart failure, 87
August 22 - Keith Knight, actor ("Meatballs"), of brain cancer, 51
September 2 - Marcia Mae Jones, actress ("Heidi"), of pneumonia, 83
September 3 - Steve Ryan, actor (Secretary Hutchinson on "The West Wing"), after a lengthy illness, 55
September 5 - Charlotte Zucker, actress ("The Naked Gun"), of cancer, 86. She was the mother of film producers Jerry and David Zucker
September 6 - Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor, of pancreatic cancer, 71
September 6 - Percy Rodriguez, actor (Judge Harper on "Benson"), of kidney problems, 83
September 10 - Jane Wyman, actress (Angela Channing on "Falcon Crest"), 90
September 12 - Phil Frank, cartoonist ("Farley"), of a brain tumor, 64
September 15 - Brett Somers, game show panelist ("Match Game"), of stomach and colon cancer, 83
September 21 - Alice Ghostley, actress (Esmerelda on "Bewitched"), of colon cancer, 81
September 21 - Rex Humbard, Christian TV evangelist ("Cathedral of Tomorrow"), of natural causes, 88
September 22 - Marcel Marceau, mime, 84
September 29 - Lois Maxwell, actress (Miss Moneypenny in James Bond films), of cancer, 80
October 9 - Carol Bruce, actress (Mama Carlson on "WKRP in Cincinnati"), of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 87
October 15 - Nicky James, pop singer (The Moody Blues), from a brain tumor, 64
October 16 - Deborah Kerr, actress ("From Here to Eternity"), of Parkinson's disease, 86
October 17 - Joey Bishop, comedian/TV personality, 89
October 17 - Teresa Brewer, pop/jazz singer ("Till I Waltz Again With You"), of a degenerative brain disease, 76
October 26 - Friedman Paul Erhardt, TV chef ("Chef Tell"), of heart failure, 63
October 28 - Evelyn Knight, singer ("Buttons and Bows"), of lung cancer, 89
October 28 - Porter Wagoner, county-western singer ("Say Forever You'll Be Mine"), of lung cancer, 80
October 30 - Robert Goulet, singer, of pulmonary fibrosis, 73
November 6 - Paul Norris, comic book artist ("Aquaman"), 93
November 6 - Hank Thompson, country singer ("Humpty Dumpty Heart"), of lung cancer, 82
November 10 - Norman Mailer, author ("The Naked and the Dead"), of kidney failure, 84
November 12 - Ira Levin, author ("Rosemary's Baby"), of a heart attack, 78
November 14 - Ronnie Burns, TV performer ("The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"), of cancer, 72. He was the son of Burns and Allen
November 14 - Michael Blodgett, actor ("Beyond the Valley of the Dolls), apparently of a heart attack, 68
November 19 - Jim Ringo, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), after a brief illness, 75
November 19 - Dick Wilson, actor (Mr. Whipple in Charmin commercials), of natural causes, 91
November 22 - Reg Park, bodybuilder (Mr. Universe), 79
November 25 - Kevin Dubrow, heavy metal vocalist (Quiet Riot), of a drug overdose, 52
November 27 - J. Robert Cade, doctor/inventor (Gatorade), of kidney failure, 80
November 27 - Sean Taylor, NFL football player (Washington Redskins), shot (homicide), 24
November 27 - Bill Willis, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns), after a brief illness, 86
November 28 - Jeanne Bates, actress ("The Phantom"), 89
November 30 - Evel Knievel, motorcycle stuntman, after a lengthy illness, 69
December 8 - Al Scaduto, cartoonist ("They'll Do It Every Time"), 80
December 12 - Shawn Eckhardt, conspirator in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, of natural causes, 40
December 12 - Ike Turner, R&B musician, of emphysema, 76
December 16 - Dan Fogelberg, singer/songwriter ("The Leader of the Band"), of prostate cancer, 56
December 19 - Frank Capra Jr., TV & film executive (EUE Screen Gems Studios), of prostate cancer, 73. He was the son of film director Frank Capra Sr
December 23 - Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist, of kidney failure, 82
December 27 - Tab Thacker, Olympic wrestler / actor ("Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol"), after a lengthy illness, 45
