Dead Celebrities 2009
| JANUARY | |
| 2008 | Born January 1, 2008. Died December 31, 2008 2009 Has got to be Better! |
| Robert Prince | Age 89. Died January 01, 2009 Lead W.W.II raid on Bataan Cabanatuan Prison Camp. Freed 571 Prisoners Story told in the movie "The Great Raid". |
| Maria de Jesus | Age 115. Died January 02, 2009 World's Oldest Person |
| Steven Gilborn | Age 72. Died January 02, 2009 Actor - "The Wonder Years", "The Brady Bunch" |
| Glenn Goldman | Born October 03, 1950. Died January 03, 2009 Owner - "Book Soup" on Sunset Boulevard |
| Pat Hingle | Born July 19, 1924. Died January 03, 2009 Actor - "Hang Em High", "Batman", "Maximum Overdrive", "Dark at the Top of the Stairs", "MASH", "Gunsmoke", "Bonanza", "Route 66", "Dr. Kildare", "Daniel Boone", "Rawhide" |
| Olga San Juan | Age 81. Died January 03, 2009 Actress/Dancer - "Duffy's Tavern", "Variety Girl" |
| Sam Taylor | Age 74. Died January 04, 2009 Blues Song Writer/Singer/Guitarist - "I Came From Dirt", "Voice of the Blues" |
| India - The Bush Family Cat | Age 18. Died January 04, 2009 "The First Cat" |
| Ned Tanen | September 20, 1931. Died January 05, 2009 Producer - "The Breakfast Club", "Top Gun", "The Untouchables" |
| Cheryl Holdridge | June 20, 1944. Died January 05, 2009 Actress/Mousketeer - "Leave It To Beaver" and other shows. |
| Ron Asheton | Age 60. Died January 06, 2009 Punk Guitar Pioneer - "The Stooges" |
| Claude Jeter | Age 94. Died January 06, 2009 Gospel Singer - Inspired Paul Simon to write "Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
| Don Galloway | Born July 27, 1937. Died January 06, 2009 Actor - "Ironside", "The Rare Breed", "The Secret Storm" |
| Harry Endo | Age 87. Died January 09, 2009 Actor - "Hawaii Five-0", "Magnum PI" |
| Jon Hager | Age 67. Died January 09, 2009 Singer/Comic - "HeeHaw" His twin Jim died May 01, 2008 |
| Tom O'Horgan | Age 84. Died January 11, 2009 Broadway Director - "Hair", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Senator Joe" |
| Victor Vacquier, Sr. | Age 101. Died January 11, 2009 Geophysicist - Discovered fracture zone in Pacific. Confirmed Plate Techtonics. |
| Claude Berri | Born July 01, 1934. Died January 12, 2009 French Director- "Jean de Florette", "Le Poulet" |
| Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar | Age 81. Died January 13, 2009 Latin Dancer - Mambo King |
| Patrick McGoohan | Born March 19, 1928. Died January 13, 2009 Actor - "Braveheart", "Columbo", "The Prisoner", "Danger Man" |
| Ricardo Montalban | Born November 25, 1920. Died January 14, 2009 Actor - "Star Trek", "How the West was Won", "Fantasy Island", "The Singing Nun", "The Virginian", "The Naked Gun", "Sayonara", a volume of other films and television appearances. |
| Andrew Wyeth | Age 91. Died January 16, 2009 Painter - Landscapes and simple country things. Americana. |
| Suzanna Foster | Born December 06, 1924. Died January 17, 2009 Actress - "Phantom of the Opera", "The Great Victor Herbert", "The Climax", "Detour"(1992) |
| Bob May | Age 69. Died January 18, 2009 Actor - "Lost in Space"(Robot), "The Time Tunnel", "Cheyenne", "McHale's Navy" |
| David "Fathead" Newman | Age 75. Died January 20, 2009 Jazz Musician - Toured with Ray Charles Band and others. |
| Charles Schneer | Age 89. Died January 21, 2009 Producer - "Jason and the Argonauts", "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" |
| Mariana Bridi | Age 20. Died January 21, 2009 Model - Brazil |
| Charlie | Age 28. Died January 24-25, 2009 Chimp - Maryland Zoo |
| James Brady | Age 80. Died January 26, 2009 Author/Columnist - "Parade Magazine", "New York magazine", "Forbes.com" |
| Kim Manners | Born 1950. Died January 27, 2009 Producer/Director - "The X-Files", "Supernatural", "Charlie's Angels" |
| John Updike | Born March 18, 1932. Died January 27, 2009 Author - "Rabbit, Run", "The Witches of Eastwick", "The Carpentered Hen" |
| FEBRUARY | |
| Philip Carey | Born July 15, 1925. Died February 06, 2009 Actor - "One Life to Live", "The Rifleman", "Cheyenne", "All in the Family", "Loredo" |
| Molly Bee | Age 69. Died February 07, 2009 Singer - "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" |
| Shirley Jean Rickert | Born March 25, 1926. Died February 07, 2009 Actress - "Our Gang" |
| James Whitmore | Born October 01, 1921. Died February 07, 2009 Actor - Films: "Them", "The Asphalt Jungle", "Battle Cry", "Kiss Me Kate" , "Tora Tora Tora!", "Oklahoma!" , "The Shawshank Redemption" Stage: "Our Town", "Death of a Salesman", "Inherit the Wind" One man shows: "Give 'em Hell, Harry!", "Bully" and "Will Rogers' U.S.A." |
| Louie Bellson | Born July 06, 1924. Died February 14, 2009 Jazz Drummer/Composer - Performed with Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman and others. |
| Dorothy Bridges | Born September 19, 1915. Died February 16, 2009 Actress/Author - Wife of Lloyd Bridges |
| Loki | Age 17. Died February 17, 2009 Mikey Rourke's Chihuahua |
| Snooks Eaglin | Age 72. Died February 18, 2009 R & B Singer/Guitarist - "Funky Malaguena", "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!" |
| Socks | Age 20. Died February 20, 2009 Former Clinton Whitehouse First Cat |
| Howard Zieff | Born October 21, 1927. Died February 21, 2009 Director- "Private Benjamin", "House Calls", "My Girl" |
| Clarence Swenson | Born 1917. Died February 25, 2009 Actor - Soldier Munchkin in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| Paul Harvey | Age 90. Died February 28, 2009 Newscastor/Legend - "News & Comment" and "Rest of the Story" |
| MARCH | |
| Ernie Ashworth | Age 80. Died March 2, 2009 Country Singer/Opry Legend -"Talk Back Trembling Lips" |
| Horton Foote | Age 92. Died March 4, 2009 Screenwriter - "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Trip to Bountiful" |
| Jimmy Boyd | Age 70. Died March 7, 2009 Singer/Actor - "I Saw Mommie Kissing Santa Claus", "Inherit the Wind" |
| Hank Locklin | Born 1918. Died March 8, 2009 Country Singer/Opry Legend - "The Same Sweet Girls", "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" |
| Harvey Geller | Age 86. Died March 12, 2009 Music Historian/Folk Lyricist - "Blue Water Line" |
| Coy Watson, Jr. | Age 96. Died March 14, 2009 Child Actor - Known as "The Keystone Kid" |
| Jack Lawrence | Born April 07, 1912. Died March 13, 2009 Song Writer - "Tenderly", "Betond the Sea" |
| Altovise Davis | Age 65. Died March 14, 2009 Actress - Wife of Sammy Davis Jr. |
| Millard Kaufman | Born March 12, 1917. Died March 14, 2009 Actor - "The West Wing", "Bad Day at Black Rock", "Raintree County" |
| Ron Silver | Age 62. Died March 15, 2009 Actor - "The West Wing", "Billionaire Boys Club" |
| Natasha Richardson | Born May 11, 1963. Died March 18, 2009 Actress - "Nell", "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| Morton Lachmon | Born March 20, 1918. Died March 17, 2009 Writer/Producer - "Bob Hope Specials", "All in the Family", "Yours, Mine and Ours" |
| Uriel Jones | Age 74. Died March 24, 2009 Drummer - "Funk Brothers" |
| Dan Seals | Born February 08, 1948. Died March 25, 2009 Singer - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight", "Love on Arrival" |
| Irving R. Levine | Born August 26, 1922. Died March 27, 2009 News Man - NBC |
| Maurice Jarre | Age 84.. Died March 29, 2009 Composer - "Dr. Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia","Ghost", "Witness" |
| Andy Hallett | Age 33. Died March 29, 2009 Actor - "Angel", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
| Monte Hale | Born June 8, 1919. Died March 29, 2009 Actor/Singing Cowboy - "Giant", "In My Stable There's an Empty Stall" |
| APRIL | |
| Charlie Kennedy | Born July 02, 1927. Died April 03, 2009 Saxophonist - Gene Krupka Band |
| Jody McCrea | Born September 06, 1934. Died April 04, 2009 Actor - "The Broken Land", "Beach Party" Movies |
| Dave Arneson | Age 61. Died April 07, 2009 Co-Creator - "Dungeons and Dragons" |
| David Winans | Age 74. Died April 08, 2009 Gospel Singer - "The Winans" |
| Marilyn Chambers | Age 56. Died April 12, 2009 Porn Actress - "Behind the Green Door" |
| Bea Arthur | Age 86. Died April 25, 2009 Actress - "Maude", "Golden Girls", "Mame" |
| Ernie Barnes | Age 70. Died April 27, 2009 Painter - "Sugar Shack", Art featured on television show "Good Times" |
| Vern Gosdin | Born August 05, 1934. Died April 28, 2009 Country Singer - "Set em Up Joe", "I'm Still Crazy", "Dream of Me" |
| May | |
| Dom DeLuise | Age 75. Died May 4, 2009 Actor/Comic - "Smokey and the Bandit II", "Blazing Saddles", "The Cannonball Run" |
| Mickey Carroll | Age 89. Died May 7, 2009 Actor/Muchkin - "Wizard of Oz" - Portrayed the Town Crier |
| JUNE | |
| David Carradine | Age 72. Died June 4, 2009 Actor - "Kung Fu", "Kill Bill", "Bound for Glory" |
| Kenny Rankin | Age 69. Died June 7, 2009 Singer/Songwriter - Wrote for Bob Dylan, Mel Torme and Peggy Lee |
| Johnny Palermo | Age 27. Died June 8, 2009 Actor - "Cold Case", "Just for Kicks", "How I Met Your Mother" |
| Ed McMahon | Age 86. Died June 23, 2009 MC/Co-host/Anchor - "The Tonight Show", "Star Search", "Muscular Dystrophy Telethon" Editor's Note: I looked at several of the news articles that covered Mr. McMahon's death. None of them mentioned his years of work for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. I sincerely hope this was not deliberate on the part of any of the "news" outlets. Mr. McMahon gave me years of entertainment and laughs and I hope he truly is in a better place. |
| Farrah Fawcett | Born February 02, 1947. Died June 25, 2009 Model/Actress - "Charlie's Angels", "Logan's Run", Various Television Appearances |
| Michael Jackson | Age 50. Died June 25, 2009 Singer/Dancer - "Thriller", "Dangerous", Dozens of other records. |
| Gale Storm | Age 87. Died June 27, 2009 Actress/Singer - "My Little Margie", "The Gale Storm Show", "I Hear you Knockin", "Dark Moon" |
| Billy Mays | Age 50. Died June 28, 2009 Pitchman - "KaBoom" |
| Morton Gottlieb | Age 88. Died June 28, 2009 Broadway Producer - "Sleuth", "Same Time, Next Year" |
| Fred Travalena | Age 66. Died June 28, 2009 Actor/Entertainer - "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| Harve Presnell | Age 75. Died June 30, 2009 Actor/Singer - "Fargo", "The Unsinkable Molley Brown", "Paint Your Wagon", "Annie" |
| JULY | |
| Karl Malden | Born March 22, 1912. Died July 01, 2009 Actor - "Gypsy", "On the Waterfront", "Patton", "Polyanna","Streetcar Named Desire", "Streets of San Francisco","Baby Doll", dozens of other movies and plays. Editor's Note: Karl Malden should get much more press than Michael Jackson has received in the last week. Very few actors can claim that they worked on Stage, Screen and Television and entertained people for literally decades. Karl Malden was a superb actor who always delivered a stunning and believable performance, something most of modern Hollywood can never claim. He's a large piece of Hollywood Royalty now gone after giving so much to all of us. Thank you Karl, you were terrific! |
| Anna Karon Morrow | Age 94. Died July 01, 2009 Actress - "Gunsmoke", "The Wrong Man", "The Price of Fear", "Peyton Place", "Star Trek" |
| Brenda Joyce | Age 92. Died July 04, 2009 Actress - Jane in "Tarzan and the Amazons", Jane in "Tarzan's Magic Fountain", "The Rains Came" |
| Dallas McKennon | Born July 19, 1919. Died July 14, 2009 Actor - "Cincinnatus on Daniel Boone", "Voice of Gumby", "Gunsmoke", "Bonanza"
Editor's Note: Another great character actor gone. Another Great set
of Childhood memories. |
| Walter Cronkite | Age 92. Died July 17, 2009 Newscaster-Legend - CBS News Editor's Note: When I was two, Walter told me Kennedy Died, I was eight when he began telling me about Viet Nam and that man had landed on the Moon. There was no doubt that when Walter told you something, it was significant. That's the Way it was..... |
| Gidget | Age 15 (105 in Dog Years). Died July 21, 2009 Actor - The Taco Bell Chihuahua, "Legally Blonde 2" |
| Merce Cunningham | Age 90. Died July 26, 2009 Choreographer - Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
| George Russell | Age 86. Died July 27, 2009 Composer - "Cubano Be/Cubano Bop", Creator of the Lydian concept |
| August | |
| John Hughes | Age 59. Died August 6, 2009 Director - "The Breakfast Club", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Curly Sue" |
| John Quade | Age 71. Died August 09, 2009 Actor - "Every Which Way But Loose", "Roots", "The Outlaw Josey Wales", "The Sting" |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver | Age 88. Died August 11, 2009 Founder - Special Olympics |
| Ruth Ford | Age 98. Died August 12, 2009 Actress - "The Mercury Theatre on the Air", "No Exit", "Dinner at Eight" |
| Les Paul | Age 94. Died August 13, 2009 Musician - Guitarist and Guitar Creator |
| Virginia Davis | Age 90. Died August 15, 2009 Actress - Walt Disney Silent Movies |
| Ernest "Brownie" Brown | Age 93. Died August 21, 2009 Tap Dancer - Cook and Brown |
| Ted Kennedy | Age 77. Died August 25, 2009 Congressman - Lousy Driver Editor's Note: America can change for the better now. |
| Dominick Dunne | Age 83. Died August 26, 2009 Author - "The Winners", Wrote for Vanity Fair, Covered O.J. Trial |
| September | |
| Erich Kunsel | Age 74. Died September 01, 2009 Conductor - "Cincinnati Pops", Memorial Day in Washington |
| Army Archerd | Age 87. Died September 09, 2009 Reporter - Hollywood Gossip Columnist |
| Larry Gelbart | Age 81. Died September 11, 2009 Writer - "Oh, God!" , "Tootsie", "M-A-S-H" |
| George Eckstein | Age 81. Died September 12, 2009 Writer/Producer - "The Fugative" , "Duel", "Gunsmoke", "Felony Squad" |
| Patrick Swayze | Age 57. Died September 14, 2009 Actor - "Next of Kin", "Ghost", "Dirty Dancing", "Red Dawn", "Point Break"
Editor's Note: Patrick Swayze had the luck of being in
some of my more favorite movies. Many times I've told people that some of my
relatives make the people in "Next of Kin" look like Cityfolk. Lucky him to
have played opposite Jennifer Grey. Want to begin true Health Care Reform? Protest
Smoking Everywhere! |
| Henry Gibson | Age 73. Died September 14, 2009 Actor - "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" , "The Blues Brothers", "Nashville", "Boston Legal" Editor's Note: Henry was one of those great character actors who showed up in a lot of movies as a funny man who always delivered. Thanks for the laughs Henry, especially in The Blues Brothers. John Belushi has been waiting for you..... |
| Mary Travers | Age 72. Died September 16, 2009 Singer - "Peter, Paul and Mary" Editor's Note: I hope she spends eternity in the bliss of "Puff the Magic Dragon" and may her answers always be "Blowin in the Wind" and every time I see a "Lemon Tree", I'll be thinking of her. It's a sad day....... |
| Dick Durock | Age 72. Died September 17, 2009 Actor - "Swamp Thing", Dozens of other television and film appearances. |
| Arthur Ferrante | Age 88. Died September 19, 2009 Pianist - "Ferrante and Teicher" |
| October | |
| Stuart M. Kaminsky | Age 75. Died October 09, 2009 Writer/Novelist - "Bullet for a Star" and other Novels, "CSI", "Once Upon a Time in America" |
| Daniel Melnick | Age 77. Died October 13, 2009 Producer/Studio Head - "Get Smart", "The China Syndrome", "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Network" |
| Captain" Lou Albano | Age 76. Died October 14, 2009 Wrestler - WWE |
| Collin Wilcox | Age 74. Died October 14, 2009 Actress - "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| Al Martino | Age 82. Died October 14, 2009 Singer - "The Godfather", "The Godfather Part II", "The Godfather Part III" |
| Vic Mizzy | Age 93. Died October 17, 2009 Song Writer - "The Addams Family Theme Song", "Green Acres Theme Song"
Editor's Note: For those of you who will try to remember....but can't. |
| Joseph Wiseman | Age 91. Died October 19, 2009 Actor - "Dr. No", "The Twilight Zone", "Law and Order" |
| Soupy Sales | Age 83. Died October 22, 2009 Comedian/Actor - "The Soupy Sales Show" |
| Lou Jacobi | Age 95. Died October 23, 2009 Actor - "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Arthur", "Avalon" |
| November | |
| Carl Ballentine | Age 92. Died November 03, 2009 Magician/Actor - "McHale's Navy" |
| Sheldon Dorf | Age 76. Died November 04, 2009 Founder - "Comic-Con" |
| David Lloyd | Age 75. Died November 10, 2009 Writer - "Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Cheers", "The Tonight Show", "Taxi", "Frasier" |
| Paul Wendkos | Age 84. Died November 12, 2009 Director - "Gidget", "Guns of the Magnificent Seven", Over 100 Television Show Episodes. |
| Ken Ober | Age 52. Died November 15, 2009 Host/Actor - "MTV-Remote Control", "Parenthood", "Who's the Boss?" |
| Edward Woodward | Age 79. Died November 16, 2009 Actor - "Equalizer", "Breaker Morant", "The Wicker Man" |
| December | |
| W.E. "Big Bill" Lister | Age 86. Died December 01, 2009 Country Singer - "World's Tallest Singing Cowboy" |
| Richard Todd | Age 90. Died December 03, 2009 Actor - "The Longest Day", "The Dam Busters" |
| Edward Fatu | Age 36. Died December 04, 2009 Wrestler - "Umaga" |
| Liam Clancy | Age 74. Died December 04, 2009 Irish Folk Singer - "The Clancy Brothers" |
| Kiki | Age 146. Died December 2009 Giant Turtle that live at Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris |
| Gene Berry | Age 90. Died December 9, 2009 Actor - "Bat Masterson", "Burke's Law" , "Our Miss Brooks", "War of the Worlds" |
| Yvonne King Burch | Age 89. Died December 13, 2009 Singer - The King Sisters |
| Oral Roberts | Age 91. Died December 15, 2009 Television Evangelist - For Sale: One Empty Tower. Cheap. |
| Roy E. Disney | Age 79. Died December 16, 2009 Vice Chairman Disney Animation - Nephew of Walt Disney - Spoofed in "Vacation" |
| Jennifer Jones | Age 90. Died December 17, 2009 Actress - "The Song of Bernadette", “Since You Went Away”,“The Towering Inferno” |
| Alaina Reed Hall | Age 63. Died December 17, 2009 Actress - "Sesame Street" |
| Connie Hines | Age 78. Died December 18, 2009 Actress - "Mr. Ed", "Johnny Ringo", "Riverboat" |
| Kim Peek | Age 58. Died December 19, 2009 Ordinary Citizen - Inspiration for "Rain Man" |
| Brittany Murphy | Age 32. Died December 20, 2009 Actress - "Clueless", “8 Mile”, "Happy Feet" |
| Arnold Stang | Age 91. Died December 20, 2009 Actor - "Top Cat", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Hercules in New York" |
| George Michael | Age 70. Died December 24, 2009 Sportscaster - "The George Michael Sports Machine" |
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