Following is a list of the celebrated figures we've lost in 2019.
Each name is followed by the deceased's age, birth and death dates, and a description.
Nehanda Abiodun, 68 (June 29, 1950-January 30, 2019) Radical black revolutionary charged in he deadly Brink's robbery of 1981 who fled to Havana
Theo Adam, 92 (August 1, 1926-January 10, 2019) German bass-baritone considered one of the last century's greatest interpreters of Wagner (1813-1883)
Julie Adams, 92 (October 17, 1926-February 3, 2019) Iconic starlet from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) who also had memorable roles on the soap opera Capitol (1984-1986) and Murder, She Wrote (1987-1993)
Kip Addotta, 75 (June 16, 1944-August 2019) Stand-up comic and actor
Warren Adler, 91 (December 16, 1927-April 15, 2019) Author of The War of the Roses (1981)
Marella Agnelli, 91 (May 4, 1927-February 23, 2019) Italian princess and socialite
Zhores Alferov, 88 (March 15, 1930-March 1, 2019) Nobel Prize-winning specialist in laser technology
Fatima Ali, 29 (April 9, 1989-January 25, 2019) Season 15 Top Chef contestant
Jed Allan, 84 (March 1, 1935-March 9, 2019) Longtime soap star and cast member of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994-1999)
Chelo Alonso, 85 (April 10, 1933-February 20, 2019) Cuban-Mexican bombshell who danced with the Folies Bergère and appeared in such films as Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) and Son of Samson (1960)
Luis Alvarez, 53 (October 1965-June 29, 2019) Former NYC detective who, the very month he died, begged Congress to extend health benefits to 9/11 first responders; he died of cancer that was the result of his work in the aftermath of 9/11
Bibi Andersson, 83 (November 11, 1935-April 14) Bergman (1918-2007) muse famous for Persona (1966)
Jo Andres, 64 (May 21, 1954-January 6, 2019) Visual artist, wife of Steve Buscemi (b. 1957)
Jerry Antes, 91 (June 2, 1927-February 8, 2019) Recording artist and actor who appeared in The Opposite Sex (1956)
Carmen Argenziano, 75 (October 27, 1943-February 10, 2019) Stargate SG-1 (1998-2005) actor
Diana Athill, 101 (December 21, 1917-January 24, 2019) British editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with such literary luminaries as Philip Roth (1933-2018), John Updike (1932-2009), Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), Norman Mailer (1923-2007), Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) and Margaret Atwood (b. 1939); wrote the highly regarded memoirs Instead of a Letter (1963), After a Funeral (1986) and more
Max Azria, 70 (circa 1949-May 6, 2019) Designer behind the BCBG Max Azria line
Lutz Bacher, 75 (September 21, 1943-May 14, 2019) Conceptual artist whose work focused on herself — yet who was intensely private regarding her personal life
Michel Bacos, 94 (May 3, 1924-March 26, 2019) Hero pilot of jet hijacked to Entebbe
Dr. Leonard Bailey, 76 (August 28, 1942-May 12, 2019) Surgeon who transplanted a baboon heart into a dying human baby in 1984
Russell Baker, 93 (August 14, 1925-January 21, 2019) Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist famous for hosting PBS's Masterpiece Theatre (1993-2004)
Edle Bakke, 91 (1927-March 10, 2019) Veteran script supervisor at Disney who began her career at the company in 1945 as a secretary in the Ink & Paint Department
Betty Ballantine, 99 (September 25, 1919-February 12, 2019) The woman who, with her husband Ian Ballantine (1916-1995), revolutionized reading with the introduction of cheap paperback books
Kaye Ballard, 93 (November 20, 1925-January 21, 2019) Larger than life star of stage and screen who was a regular on The Mothers-in-Law (1967-1969)
Ben Barenholtz, 83 (October 5, 1935-June 27, 2019) Man who launched the "midnight movie" craze in the '70s
Katreese Barnes, 56 (January 3, 1963-August 3, 2019) Acclaimed studio musician, and music director for Saturday Night Live who wrote such songs for the show as "Dick in a Box"
Kevin Barnett, 32 (circa 1986-January 22, 2019) Actor, writer and podcast co-host who co-created and was featured on the TV series Rel
César González Barrón aka Silver King, 51 (January 9, 1968-May 11, 2019) Mexican wrestler who appeared in the film Nacho Libre (2006)
Dave Bartholomew, 100 (December 24, 1918-June 23, 2019) Rock and roll pioneer who co-wrote and/or produced such iconic hits as "I Hear You Knocking" (1955), Ain't That a Shame" (1955) and "I'm Walkin'" (1956)
Sam Bass, 57 (November 20, 1961-February 16, 2019) Official painter of NASCAR cars
Florence Knoll Bassett, 101 (May 24, 1917-January 25, 2019) Pioneering designer and businesswoman considered the architect of the modern American office, co-owner of Knoll, Inc., whose commissioned replicas of the cyclone table and Barcelona chair brought the innovative designs into the mainstream
Patricia Bath, 76 (November 4, 1942-May 30, 2019) First black woman doctor granted a medical-invention patent, a laser device for cataract treatment
Jonathan Baumbach, 85 (July 5, 1933-March 28, 2019) Novelist whose work included the experimental Reruns (1974)
Birch Bayh, 91 (January 22, 1928-March 14, 2019) Democratic U.S. senator from Indiana who was influential in securing the vote for 18-year-olds and protection from discrimination in employment for women
Theodore Bayless, 87 (April 14, 1931-February 10, 2019) The man who discovered methods of coping with lactose and gluten intolerance
Steve Bean, 58 (April 27, 1960-January 21, 2019) Actor on shows like Ray Donovan (2016) who wrote about his battle with nose cancer
Fleming Begaye Sr., 97 (1921-May 10, 2019) WWII Navajo code talker
Henri Belolo, 82 (November 1936-August 3, 2019) Co-founder and producer of the Village People
Yannick Belton, 95 (April 6, 1924-June 2, 2019) French film director of Somewhere, Someone (1972) and Rape of Love (1978)
Paul Benjamin, 81 (January 1, 1938-June 28, 2019) Do the Right Thing (1989) actor
Cedric Henson, 36 (December 28, 1982-August 17, 2019) Former NFL running back
Andrew Berends, 46 (circa 1972-March 3, 2019) Filmmaker of Delta Boys (2012) who provided additional cinematography on the Oscar-winning doc Free Solo (2018)
David Berman, 52 (January 4, 1967-August 7, 2019) Indie musician
Susan Bernard, 71 (February 11, 1948-June 21, 2019) Actress from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) who, as the daughter of Bruno Bernard (1912-1987), was the steward of his glamour photography
Robert L. Bernstein, 96 (January 5, 1923-May 26, 2019) Founder of Human Rights Watch, successful head of Random House
Mario Bertoncini, 86 (September 27, 1932-January 19, 2019) Italian composer and pianist
Susan Beschta, 67 (April 21, 1952-May 2, 2019) Member of the punk band the Erasers who became an immigration judge
Nita Bieber, 92 (July 18, 1926-February 4, 2019) Three Stooges actress, dancer
Camille Billops, 85 (August 12, 1933-June 1, 2019) Sculptor and painter who achieved international attention with her film Finding Christa (1992), about reuniting with the daughter she gave up for adoption; she later rejected her a second time, and died without reconciling
Jake Black, 59 (April 27, 1960-May 21, 2019) Composer of the theme song from The Sopranos (1999-2007), member of the band Alabama 3
Unita Blackwell, 86 (March 18, 1933-May 13, 2019) Born in a sharecropper's shack, she grew up to become a civil rights activist and, in 1976, the first-ever black woman elected mayor in Mississippi
Hal Blaine, 90 (February 5, 1929-March 11, 2019) Legendary rock drummer who may have performed on more #1 hits than any other musician and with more classic artists that any other; responsible for the iconic opening of "Be My Baby" (1964)
Curtis Blake, 102 (April 15, 1917-May 24, 2019) Co-founder of Friendly's Ice Cream
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, 76 (December 15, 1942-August 18, 2019) Louisiana's first female governor, the woman who oversaw the response to Hurricane Katrina
Henry Bloch, 96 (July 30, 1922-April 23, 2019) Founder of H&R Bloch
Bradley Bolke, 93 (October 1, 1925-January 15, 2019) Actor who voiced Nikita Khruschchev (1894-1971) on the classic comedy album The First Family (1962), Chumley the walrus on Tennessee Tuxedo (1963-1966), Jangle Bells on The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
Francesco Saverio Borrelli, 89 (April 12, 1930-July 20, 2019) Italian prosecutor who blazed a trail of anticorruption work
Jim Bouton, 80 (March 8, 1939-July 10, 2019) New York Yankees pitcher who published a tell-all memoir on the sport with 1970's Ball Four, later appearing in a short-lived sitcom based on the book (1976)
Cameron Boyce, 20 (May 28, 1999-July 6, 2019) Disney Channel star of Jessie (2011-2015) and the Descendants (2015-2019) franchise, as well as appearing in such films as Grown Ups (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Annalise Braakensiek, 46 (December 9, 1972-circa January 6, 2019) Australian model and actress
Harold Bradley, (January 2, 1926-January 31, 2019) Prolific guitarist and "Nashville studio master"
Don Bragg, 83 (May 15, 1935-September 16, 2019) Olympic pole-vaulting champ
Mark Bramble, 68 (December 7, 1950-February 20, 2019) Tony-nominated librettist of 42nd Street (1980) and Barnum (1980)
Cliff Branch, 71 (August 1, 1948-August 3, 2019) NFL star with a 14-year Raiders career
Larry Brand, 69 (December 16, 1949-February 9, 2019) Indie filmmaker who wrote and directed for Roger Corman (b. 1926)
Artur Brauner, 100 (August 1, 1918-July 7, 2019) Producer of Europa Europa (1990) and Babi Yar (2003)
Sydney Brenner, 92 (January 13, 1927-April 4, 2019) Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped crack the genetic code
Wallace Broecker, 87 (November 29, 1931-February 18, 2019) One of the first scientists to warn of climate change, and the man who popularized the phrase "global warming"
Harold Brown, 91 (September 19, 1927-January 4, 2019) Secretary of Defense under Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)
Judge Richard A. Brown, 86 (circa 1933-April 3, 2019) Judge who presided over the arraignment of David Berkowitz (b. 1953), the Son of Sam Killer
William F. Brown, 91 (April 16, 1928-June 23, 2019) Tony-nominated book writer of The Wiz (1975)
Bill Buckner, 69 (December 14, 1969-May 27, 2019) Popular Major League Baseball player
John Carl Buechler, 66 (June 18, 1952-March 18, 2019) Horror makeup artist and director of such films as Troll (1986)
King Kong Bundy, 61 (November 7, 1957-March 4, 2019) WWF wrestling star
Nick Buoniconti, 78 (December 15, 1940-July 30, 2019) NFL Hall of Famer, Inside the NFL co-host
Gary Burrell, 81 (August 24, 1937-June 12, 2019) Co-founder of Garmin, the GPS brand
Bushwick Bill, 52 (December 8, 1966-June 9, 2019) Member of the Texas rap group the Geto Boys
Frank Busseri, 85 (circa 1933-January 28, 2019) Manager and member of the Four Lads vocal group behind the hit "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (1953) OBIT
Brian Butterick aka Hattie Hathaway (circa 1956-January 30, 2019) NYC drag scene who played a pivotal role in the arts scene
June Dobbs Butts, 90 (June 11, 1928-May 13, 2019) Sex researcher and therapist who urged more awareness of sexual matters among African Americans
Anner Bylsma, 85 (February 17, 1934-July 25, 2019) Dutch cellist known for attempting to re-create how classical music would have sounded in the past to audiences
Blake Byrne, 83 (July 2, 1935-March 24, 2019) Leading art collector, co-founder of Argyle Television, philanthropist behind the Skylark Foundation (benefiting the arts, education, environmental protection, services for women, the elderly and LGBTQ youth)
Marge Callaghan, 97 (December 23, 1921-January 11, 2019) All-American Girls Pro Baseball League player from 1944-1951; her and her sister reportedly inspired the core rivalry in A League of Their Own (1992)
Steve Cannon, 84 (April 10, 1935-July 7, 2019) Writer and publisher famed for his East Village literary salon
Carmine Caridi, 85 (January 23, 1934-May 28, 2019) The Godfather II (1974) actor who in 2004 was the first person expelled by AMPAS — for selling Oscar screeners OBIT
Jerry Carrigan, 75 (September 13, 1943-June 22, 2019) Prolific studio drummer
Justin Carter, 35 (circa 1983-March 16, 2019) Country singer
Beth Carvalho, 72 (May 5, 1946-April 30, 2019) Brazilian Godmother of Samba
Joe Casely-Hayford, 62 (May 24, 1956-January 3, 2019) Iconoclastic fashion designer
Sue Casey, 92 (April 8, 1926-February 21, 2019) "The World's Most Beautiful Extra," who appeared in about 85 films between 1945-2002
Seymour Cassel, 84 (January 22, 1935-April 7, 2019) Oscar nominee for Faces who appeared in many Cassavetes (1929-1989) and Wes Anderson (b. 1969) films OBIT
Neus Català, 103 (October 6, 1915-April 13, 2019) Anti-fascist activist who survived two German concentration camps
Kelly Catlin, 23 (November 3, 1995-March 8, 2019) Olympic track cyclist
Walter Chandoha, 98 (November 30, 1920-January 11, 2019) Cat photographer
Carol Channing, 97 (January 31, 1921-January 15, 2019) Broadway legend who originated the roles of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) and Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! (1964), and was Oscar-nominated as Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Beth Chapman, 51 (October 29, 1967-June 26, 2019) Wife and co-star of Duane Chapman of Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003-2012) fame
Leah Chase, 96 (January 6, 1923-June 1, 2019) Queen of Creole Cooking at Dooky Chase's in New Orleans, civil rights advocate
Sylvia Chase, 80 (February 23, 1938-January 3, 2019) Pioneering TV newswoman
Vivian Cherry, 98 (July 27, 1920-March 4, 2019) Street photographer who specialized in social injustice
Randall Christensen, 60 (1958-June 20, 2019) Dancing with the Stars (2006-2011) costumer
Princess Christina of the Netherlands, 72 (February 18, 1947-August 16, 2019) Daughter of Queen Juliana (1909-2004) who married a commoner
Dimitris Christofias, 72 (August 29, 1946-June 21, 2019) President of Cyprus for a single, disastrous term
Dick Churchill, 99 (January 21, 1920-February 12, 2019) Last survivor of the Allied soldiers who broke free from a Nazi P.O.W. camp as chronicled in The Great Escape (1963)
Jean Cinander, 96 (August 9, 1922-February 5, 2019) Star of the 1945-1946 Broadway comedy Dream Girl, widow of producer Robert A. Cinander (1924-1982)
Corinne Cobson, 62 (1956-April 17, 2019) French fashion and costume designer
Thad Cochran, 81 (December 7, 1937-May 30, 2019) Mississippi Republican who served as a U.S. senator for 45 years, until 2018
Barry Coe, 84 (November 26, 1934-July 16, 2019) Actor from the Peyton Place movie (1957) who was a regular on Follow the Sun (1961-1962)
Danny Cohen, 81 (December 9, 1937-August 12, 2019) Computer scientist who created the first flight simulator, invented Internet voice calls and developed online dating
Larry Cohen, 77 (July 15, 1941-March 23, 2019) Writer/director of horror and blaxploitation hits like Hell Up in Harlem (1973) and It's Alive (1974)
Allan Cole, 75 (November 19, 1943-March 29, 2019) Prolific TV writer and sci-fi author
Richard Cole, 103 (September 7, 1915-April 9, 2019) Last surviving Doolittle Raid pilot
Bud Collins, 84 (December 4, 1934-June 20, 2019) Australia's "Mr. Moves."
Ernie Colón, 88 (July 13, 1931-August 8, 2019) DC, Marvel & Harvey Comics writer, artist and editor who worked on such memorable projects as DC's Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Marvel's Damage Control; also illustrated an edition of the 9/11 Commission Report
Earl Thomas Conley, 77 (October 17, 1941-April 10, 2019) Eighties singing star with 18 #1 hits on the country charts in that decade
Tim Conway, 85 (December 15, 1933-May 14, 2019) Legendary comic known for McHale's Navy (1962-1966) and The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978)
Bert Cooper, 53 (January 10, 1966-May 10, 2019) Pro boxer
Fernando Corbató, 93 (July 1, 1926-July2, 2019) His work led to the PC, and to the computer password
Ed Corney, 85 (November 9, 1933-January 1, 2019) Bodybuilding great
Fernando Corbató, 93 (July 1, 1926-July 12, 2019) Early innovator whose work helped lead to the PC, and to the computer password
Valentina Cortese, 96 (January 1, 1923-July 10, 2019) Italian acting great who worked more than 50 years in international films, receiving an Oscar nomination for her bravura performance in Day for Night (1973)
Douglas Costle, 79 (July 27, 1939-January 13, 2019) Man who helped create the EPA, and then ran it
John Coughlin, 33 (December 1, 1985-January 18, 2019) U.S. figure skater who was a Pairs champ
Barbara Crane, 91 (March 19, 1928-August 7, 2019) Photographer known for illusory work and cunning abstractions
William J. Creber, 87 (July 26, 1931-March 7, 2019) Three-time Oscar nominee who was production designer on The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974)
Douglas Crimp, 74 (August 19, 1944-July 5, 2019) Curator, art scholar, writer, AIDS activist
Carlos Cruz-Diez, 95 (August 17, 1923-July 27, 2019) Prominent Latin American artist of the post-WWII era who specialized in abstraction
Lewis B. Cullman, 100 (January 26, 1919-June 7, 2019) Investment banker and arts patron who was one of the most prolific philanthropists on the East Coast
Dumiso Dabangwa, 79 (December 6, 1939-May 23, 2019) Zimbabwean insurgency leader
Mungau Dain, 24 (circa 1994-January 5, 2019) Tribal villager who starred in the Oscar-nominated Tanna (2015)
Dick Dale, 81 (May 4, 1937-March 16, 2019) Influential King of Surf Guitar
Georgiy Daneliya, 88 (August 25, 1930-April 4, 2019) Director of iconic Soviet and Russian films, including Seryozha (1960) and I Step Through Moscow (1964)
William Dannemeyer, 89 (September 22, 1929-July 9, 2019) Former California representative (1979-1993) whose views were anti-gay, anti-people with HIV, anti-Semitic, pro-conspiracy theory
Jean-Louis David, 85 (March 24, 1934-April 3, 2019) French hairdresser
Windsor Davies, 89 (August 28, 1930-January 17, 2019) Welsh TV actor
David Brion Davis, 92 (February 16, 1927-April 14, 2019) Slavery historian
Doris Day, 97 (April 3, 1922-May 13, 2019) Iconic, girl-next-door singer, movie and TV actress associated with the hit songs "Sentimental Journey" (1945), "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" (1945), "Till the End of Time" (1945), "Love Somebody" (1948), "A Guy Is a Guy" (1952), "Secret Love" (1954) and "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (1956), among others; the films Romance on the High Seas (1948), Young Man with a Horn (1950), Calamity Jane (1953), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Pajama Game (1957), Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1961) and That Touch of Mink (1962), among others; her TV series The Doris Day Show (1968-1973); her troubled romantic life (including one husband cheating her out of millions); and her animal-rights activism
Andy de Groat, 71 (November 1947-January 10, 2019) Innovative downtown NYC choreographer
Eva de la O, 88 (January 20, 1931-May 4, 2019) Soprano devoted to promoting Hispanic composers
John Gunther Dean, 93 (February 24, 1926-June 6, 2019) U.S. ambassador to Cambodia at the time Cambodia fell
Baby Jane Dexter, 72 (August 4, 1946-May 21, 2019) Cabaret singer
Bobby Diamond, 75 (August 23, 1943-May 15, 2019) Former child actor from the series Fury (1955-1960) and the "In Praise of Pip" Twilight Zone (1963) episode; narrowly missed out on playing Robin in the '60s
Stephen Diener, 80 (circa 1939-April 30, 2019) Onetime president of ABC Records who worked closely with Steely Dan, the Commodores and others
Morris I. Diamond, 97 (August 15, 1921-April 7, 2019) Concert promoter for Michael Jackson (1958-2009), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) music supervisor,
John Dingell, 92 (July 8, 1926-February 7, 2019) Longest-serving member of Congress (59 years) in history, representing Michigan until 2015
Stanley Donen, 84 (April 13, 1924-February 21, 2019) Choreographer and the last great director of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Co-director of On the Town (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees! (1958); director of Royal Wedding (1951), Fearless Fagan (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Funny Face (1957), Indiscreet (1958), Charade (1963), Arabesque (1966) and Bedazzled (1967) OBIT
Lorna Doom, 61 (circa 1957-January 16, 2019) Germs bassist
Bob Dorian, 85 (April 19, 1934-June 15, 2019) Former AMC classic-movie host
Billy Drago, 73 (September 18, 1945-June 24, 2019) Trigger-happy Frank Nitti in The Untouchables (1987)
Daryl Dragon, 76 (August 27, 1942-January 2, 2019) The Captain of The Captain & Tennille fame, son of Carmen Dragon (1914-1984) OBIT
Paula Drew, 93 (June 1, 1926-July 30, 2019) '40s and '50s actress who was a series regular on Front Page Detective (1951-1952) and appeared in B-movies while juggling a scandalous personal life
Edwin Drummond, 73 (May 14, 1945-April 23, 2019) Activist climber
Mary Duggar, 78 (May 26, 1941-June 9, 2019) Matriarch of TV's Evangelical, birth-conscious Duggars
Gary Duncan, 72 (September 4, 1946-June 29, 2019) Quicksilver Messenger Service guitarist/singer/songwriter who was part of the psychedelic scene
Albert J. Dunlap, 81 (July 26, 1937-January 25, 2019) Corporate exec known for "turnaround" management that included mass layoffs to save dying companies; known as "Chainsaw Al"
Steve Dunleavy, 81 (January 21, 1938-June 24, 2019) Tabloid muckraker who was a staple in Rupert Murdoch's (b. 1931) entertainment empire, including at Star, The New York Post an on A Current Affair
Alice Dye, 91 (February 19, 1927-February 1, 2019) Golf course designer
Robert Earle, 93 (January 5, 1926-June 5, 2019) Moderator of TV's College Bowl (1962-1970)
Candice Earley, 68 (August 18, 1950-January 31, 2019) Broadway actress who went on to star on All My Children from 1976-1992
Bob Einstein, 76 (November 20, 1942-January 2, 2019) Emmy-winning comedy writer who created and starred in the Super Dave series and spin-offs (1987 on), appeared as Marty Funkhauser on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004-2017) and was the older brother of Albert Brooks (b. 1947) OBIT
Rafi Eitan, 92 (November 23, 1926-March 23, 2019) Israeli spymaster
Hannelore Elsner, 76 (July 26, 1942-April 21, 2019) German actress known for arthouse and mainstream fare, including No Place to Go (2000) and Go for Zucker (2004)
Georgia Engel, 70 (July 28, 1948-April 12, 2019) Georgette on Mary Tyler Moore (1972-1977) OBIT
Kim English, 48 (September 6, 1970-April 2, 2019) House, electronica, soul and gospel singer of such dance hits as "Unspeakable Joy" (1999) and "Everyday" (2002)
Ethel Ennis, 86 (November 28, 1932-February 17, 2019) Baltimore's First Lady of Jazz, a '50s and '60s recording artist who walked away from fame in favor of a quieter life
Preston Epps, 88 (July 19, 1930-May 9, 2019) Percussionist whose 1959 instrumental hit "Bongo Rock" — #14 on Billboard — introduced bongos and congas to pop
Jeffrey Epstein, 66 (January 20, 1953-August 10, 2019) Notorious accused sex trafficker
Richard Erdman, 93 (June 1, 1925-March 16, 2019) Actor in The Men (1950), Cry Danger (1951), Stalag 17 (1953), the "A Kind of Stopwatch" episode of The Twilight Zone (1963), a classic Cheers episode about Cliff's mom (1986) and TV's Community (2009-2015)
Roky Erickson, 71 (July 15, 1947-May 31, 2019) Singer and guitarist in the band the 13th Floor Elevators
William Esper, 86 (circa 1932-January 26, 2019) Prominent acting teacher for more than 50 years
Béji Caïd Essebsi, 92 (November 29, 1926-July 25, 2019) President of Tunisia who guided the African nation to democracy
Neil Estern, 93 (April 18, 1926-July 11, 2019) Sculptor of monumental-scale public works, inventor of life-sized Patti Playpal doll
Etika aka Desmond Amofah, 29 (1989-June 19, 2019) Popular YouTuber who vlogged on gaming
Rachel Held Evans, 37 (June 8, 1981-May 4, 2019) Best-selling Evangelical Christian author who left the church but did not abandon her faith
Jean Fairfax, 98 (October 20, 1920-February 12, 2019) Leader in integrating U.S. public schools
Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96 (January 13, 1923-April 20, 2019) Abstract artist whose work touched on Islam
Julia Farron, 94 (July 22, 1922-July 3, 2019) Acclaimed ballerina
David Feichheimer, 76 (April 30, 1942-April 2, 2019) Nationally known P.I.
Bibi Ferreira, 96 (June 1, 1922-February 13, 2019) Brazilian theater legend
Michael Fesco, 84 (-April 11, 2019) Gay club-owner whose Fire Island and NYC destinations were hits from 1970 on, including the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove
Quentin Fiore, 99 (February 12, 1920-April 13, 2019) Graphic designer whose work popularized the Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) slogan "the medium is the message"
Graham Fletcher-Cook, 55 (November 3, 1963-2019) Actor who appeared in 2019's Rocketman, directed by his brother, as well as many other films from the '80s onward
Keith Flint, 49 (September 17, 1969-March 4, 2019) Frontman of The Prodigy and his own band Flint
Peter Fonda, 79 (February 23, 1940-August 16, 2019) Producer, actor and co-writer of Easy Rider (1969), star of such films as Tammy and the Doctor (1963), The Wild Angels (1966), The Trip (1967), Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), The Cannonball Run (1981), Ulee's Gold (1997) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007); son of Henry Fonda (1905-1982), brother of Jane Fonda (b. 1937), father of Bridget Fonda (b. 1964)
Jean Ann Ford, 71 (circa 1947-January 17, 2019) Benefit Cosmetics co-founder
Hugh Fordin, 83 (December 17, 1935-February 26, 2019) Founder of original cast recording specialty business DRG Records
Evelyn Foster, 90 (circa 1928-May 13, 2019) Mother and momager of Jodie Foster (b. 1962) and Buddy Foster (b. 1957)
Jim Fowler, 89 (April 9, 1930-May 8, 2019) Longtime animal expert featured on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom from the '60s-'80s and again in the '00s OBIT
James Frawley, 82 (September 29, 1936-January 22, 2019) Director of the TV series The Monkees (1966-1968) and other shows, plus The Muppet Movie (1979)
Gillian Freeman, 89 (December 5, 1929-February 23, 2019) Author of groundbreaking gay-themed novel The Leather Boys (1961), adapted into the 1964 film of the same title
Janice Freeman, 33 (circa 1985-March 3, 2019) The Voice (2017) contestant
Stanton T. Friedman, 84 (July 29, 1934-May 13, 2019) Scientist who tracked UFOs and alien visitation stories
Robert J. Friend, 99 (February 29, 1920-June 21, 2019) One of the last Tusekegee Airmen, who later in his career presided over a federal investigation into UFOs
Harvey Frommer, 83 (October 10, 1935-August 1, 2019) Sports historian known for his work on the New York Yankees
Ras G, 40 (December 11, 1978-July 29, 2019) Experimental hip-hop producer
Clark Gable III, 30 (September 20, 1988-February 22, 2019) Grandson of legend Clark Gable (1901-1960) who was an entrepreneur and host of the hidden-camera reality show Cheaters (2012-2013)
Fernando Gaitan, 58 (November 9, 1960-January 29, 2019) Creator of Yo soy Betty la fea telenovela (1999-2001)
Bruno Ganz, 77 (March 22, 1941-February 15, 2019) Swiss actor of dozens of German-language films, most famous as the angel Damiel in Wings of Desire (1987) and Faraway, So Close! (1993) and as Hitler (1889-1945) in Downfall (2004) OBIT
Alan García, 69 (May 23, 1949-April 17, 2019) Former president of Peru embroiled in corruption scandals
Owen Garriott, 88 (November 22, 1930-April 15, 2019) Pilot of the Skylab 3 mission
Nancy Gates, 93 (February 1, 1926-March 24, 2019) Movie and TV starlet who moved behind the scenes with her husband, manager William Hayes (b.? -1992; was the mother-in-law of Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of silent star Harold Lloyd (1893-1971)
Samuel Gelfman, 88 (May 30, 1931-August 15, 2019) Producer of such ffilms as Caged Heat (1974) and promoter of such films as Gallipolli (1981)
Murray Gell-Mann, 89 (September 15, 1929-May 24, 2019) Nobel Prize winner noted for "his preternatural ability to find hidden patterns among the tiny particles that make up the universe," according to The New York Times
Cosmo Genovese, 95 (August 13, 1923-July 30, 2019) Script supervisor on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2000)
Georgie Anne Geyer, 84 (April 2, 1935-May 15, 2019) Syndicated columnist and foreign correspondent
J.D. Gibbs, 49 (February 21, 1969-January 14, 2019) NASCAR figure
Kenneth A. Gibson, 86 (May 15, 1932-March 29, 2019) First black mayor of a major Northeastern city (Newark, New Jersey) from 1970-1986
Michael Gielen, 91 (July 20, 1927-March 8, 2019) German maestro
João Gilberto, 88 (June 10, 1931-July 6, 2019) Brazilian musician known as the father of bossa nova
Richard Gillis, 80 (December 15, 1938-July 31, 2019) Singer-songwriter who scored The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Elka Gilmore, 59 (March 17, 1960-July 6, 2019) "Enfant terrible" fusion chef whose Elka's was a must-eatery in San Francisco
Charles Ginnever, 87 (August 28, 1931-June 16, 2019) Sculptor who worked in a grand scale, using geometric forms of steel
Tom Glover, 79 (October 7, 1939-May 29, 2019) Maestro of the blues harmonica
Merwin Goldsmith, 81 (August 7, 1937-January 21, 2019) Actor who played a judge on Law & Order (1993-2005), appeared on Broadway a dozen times, and acted in Off-Broadway's After-Play (1995)
Steve Golin, 64 (March 6, 1955-April 21, 2019) Oscar-winning producer of Spotlight (2016), founder of Anonymous Content
Julia Grant, 64 (1954-January 2, 2019) Transgender pioneer who came to prominence on the 1979 BBC doc A Change of Sex
John Hunter Gray, 84 (circa 1934-January 7, 2019) Community organizer formerly known as John Salter who is pictured in an iconic photo of people being doused with condiments at a Woolworth's sit-in to protest racial segregation
Richard Green, 82 (June 6, 1936-April 6, 2019) One of the first in the field of psychiatry to attack the notion that homosexuality is a disease or defect
Stewart Greene, 91 (June 24, 1928-June 29, 2019) Ad man whose spots for Alka-Seltzer ("No matter what shape your stomach's in ..."), Benson & Hedges 100s ("America's favorite cigarette break") and more helped shape TV advertising
Paul Greengard, 93 (April 13, 2019-December 11, 1925) American neuroscientist who won the Nobel Prize
Dale Greig, 81 (May 15, 1937-May 12, 2019) Early women's marathon runner
W.E.B. Griffin, 89 (November 10, 1929-February 12, 2019) Prolific (150+ books) author of swashbuckling, military and police exploits
Grumpy Cat, 7 (April 4, 2012-May 14, 2019) Internet-famous cat known for hilarious, lucrative stink-eyeDanny Gordon Taylor, 69 (circa 1950-July 10, 2019) Oscar-nominated visual effects artist
Jean Guillou, 88 (April 18, 1930-January 26, 2019) French composer and pianist
Bonnie Guitar, 95 (March 25, 1923-January 12, 2019) Country singer and guitarist known for the hit "Dark Moon" (1957), and for her business acumen in music
Ralph Hall, 95 (May 3, 1923-March 7, 2019) Oldest person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
Barbara Hammer, 79 (May 15, 1939-March 16, 2019) Celebrated experimental lesbian photographer and filmmaker of dozens of works on film (Super 8, 16mm) and video, including Dyketactics (1974)
June Harding, 81 (September 7, 1937-March 22, 2019) The Trouble with Angels (1966) actress
Heather Harper, 88 (May 8, 1930-April 21, 2019) Legendary soprano
Susan Harrison, 80 (August 26, 1938-March 5, 2019) Actress known for Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and the Twilight Zone episode "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" (1961)
Jeffrey Hart, 88 (February 24, 1930-February 17, 2019) Prominent right-wing thinker and literary expert who later endorsed Democratic POTUS nominees
Verna Hart, 58 (January 28, 1961-April 26, 2019) Artist whose work was infused with the essence of jazz
Emily Hartbridge, 35 (May 25, 1984-July 12, 2019) Popular YouTuber and beauty expert
Tom Hatten, 92 (November 14, 1926-March 16, 2019) Longtime KTLA host of such shows as The Adventures of Popeye (1956-1964) and Popeye and His Friends (1976-1988) OBIT
Rutger Hauer, 75 (January 23, 1944-July 2019) Dutch actor noted for his roles as villains, such as in Blade Runner (1982) and The Hitcher (1986) OBIT
Bob Hawke, 89 (December 9, 1929-May 16, 2019) Former PM of Australia (1983-1991)
Denise DuBarry Hay, 63 (March 6, 1956-March 23, 2019) Actress in Black Sheep Squadron (1978), infomercial pioneer, founder of Palm Springs Women in Film and Television OBIT
Roberta Haynes, 91 (August 19, 1927-April 4, 2019) Star of such films as Return to Paradise (1953)
Maida Heatter, 102 (September 7, 1916-June 6, 2019) The Queen of Cake who came to prominence in the '60s and with the 1974 book Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts
David Hedison, 92 (May 20, 1927-July 18, 2019) Star of the 1958 classic The Fly, lead of the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968), and a Bond villain twice — in Live and Let Die (1973) and License to Kill (1989) OBIT
Lee Hee-ho, 96 (September 21, 1922-June 10, 2019) South Korean first lady and women's rights activist
Marian Sulzberger Heiskell, 100 (December 31, 1918-March 14, 2019) New York City civic leader and philanthropist
Ben Heller, 93 (October 16, 1925-April 24, 2019) Major abstract art collector
Katherine Helmond, 89 (July 5, 1929-February 23, 2019) Star of Soap (1977-1981), Who's the Boss? (1984-1992) and such films as Brazil (1985)
Del Henney, 83 (July 24, 1935-January 14, 2019) Character actor who appeared in Straw Dogs (1971)
Frank Henson, 83 (May 2, 1935-April 25, 2019) Stuntman who worked on Return of the Jedi (1983) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Terese Hayden, 98 (February 15, 1921-May 23, 2019) Author of The Players' Guide: A Pictorial Directory for the Legitimate Theater (1944), which helped actors get cast
Dame Felicity Barbara Hill (December 12, 1915-January 30, 2019) Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer in WWI
Roger O. Hirson, 93 (May 5, 1926-May 27, 2019) Co-writer of the book of Pippin (1972)
Mitzi Hoag, 86 (September 25, 1932-February 26, 2019) Essie on Here Come the Brides (1968) and Natalie's mother on three episodes of The Facts of Life (1982-1985)
George Hodgman, 60 (January 30, 1959-July 20, 2019) Best-selling author of Bettyville (2015), a memoir about caring for his aging mother, and a top book and magazine editor
Min Hogg, 80 (September 28, 1938-June 24, 2019) Founding editor of The World of Interiors Magazine
Fritz Hollings, 97 (January 1, 1922-April 6, 2019) Six-term U.S. senator from South Carolina
Mark Hollis, 64 (circa 1954-February 25, 2019) Reclusive lead singer of British pop group Talk Talk
David Horowitz, 81 (June 30, 1937-February 14, 2019) Emmy-winning "Fight Back!" news segment host and consumer advocate
Tony Horwitz, 60 (June 9, 1958-May 27, 2019) Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (1998) and Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (2002)
Glyn Houston, 93 (October 23, 1925-June 30, 2019) British actor, appeared twice on Doctor Who (1976 & 1984)
Barbara Marx Hubbard, 89 (December 22, 1929-April 10, 2019) Futurist who foresaw a "conscious evolution" in the human race; spoke at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
Harry Hughes, 92 (November 13, 1925-March 13, 2019) Democratic Governor of Maryland (1978-1986)
Nipsey Hussle, 33 (August 15, 1985-March 31, 2019) Grammy-nominated rapper who became an advocate for economic empowerment in the black community via business and land ownership
Ron Hutchinson, 67 (August 30, 1951-February 2, 2019) Restorer of early sound films
Lee Iacocca, 94 (October 15, 1924-July 2, 2019) Visionary automaker who ran Ford and Chrysler; the most famous car-biz figure since Henry Ford (1863-1947) himself
Edith Iglauer, 101 (March 10, 1917-February 13, 2019) American journalist and so-called "bard of Canada"
Rachel Ingalls, 78 (May 13, 1940-March 6, 2019) Author of the 1982 novella Mrs. Caliban, which was rediscovered in 2017 — just as she discovered she had terminal myeloma
James Ingram, 66 (February 16, 1952-January 29, 2019) Grammy-winning R&B artist with eight Top 40 hits that include the #1 smashes "Baby, Come to Me" (with Patti Austin, b. 1950; 1983) and "I Don't Have the Heart" (1990) and the #2 hit "Somewhere Out There" (with Linda Ronstadt, b. 1946) from An American Tail (1986)
Al Jackson, 83 (December 26, 1935-August 19, 2019) Mets pitcher
Randy Jackson, 93 (February 10, 1926-March 20, 2019) Last Brooklyn Dodger to hit a homer
Michael Jaffee, 81 (April 21, 1938-June 15, 2019) Co-founder of the group the Waverly Consort, which performed medieval music
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 98 (January 5, 1921-April 23, 2019) WWII veteran and 36-year ruler of Luxembourg
Dan Jenkins, 90 (December 2, 1928-March 7, 2019) Sportswriter, especially in the field of golf
Larry "Flash" Jenkins, 63 (May 10, 1955-April 25, 2019) Actor from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) who went on to singer gospel
Dr. John, 77 (November 20, 1941-June 6, 2019) Legendarily flamboyant New Orleans singer/songwriter
Arte Johnson, 90 (January 20, 1929-July 3, 2019) Comic best-remembered for his four-year, Emmy-winning stint on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967-1971), on which he was a Nazi soldier with the catchphrase "verrry interesting" and a dirty old man, among many others; also appeared as Renfield in the hit 1979 movie Love at First Bite OBIT
Ben Johnston, 93 (March 15, 1926-July 21, 2019) Microtonal-music composter
Eddie Jones, 84 (September 18, 1934-July 6, 2019) Broadway, TV and movie actor who was Pa Kent on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)
Freddie Jones, 91 (September 12, 1927-July 9, 2019) Soap actor on Emmerdale (2005-2018)
Walter Jones, 76 (February 10, 1943-February 10, 2019) 12-term congressman from North Carolina who voted for the Iraq War and helped push the term "freedom fries" to scold France for opposing the War, and later changed his mind
Ron Joyce, 88 (October 19, 1930-January 31, 2019) Former cop who helped champion Tim Horton's throughout Canada
Ekaterina Karaglanova, 24 (July 30, 1994-July 26, 2019) Russian Instagram influencer
Kazuhiko Kato, 81 (1937-April 11, 2019) Cartoonist known as Monkey Punch
Christine Kay, 54 (December 16, 1964-February 5, 2019) New York Times editor who worked on its 9/11 series "Portraits of Grief"
Noah Keen, 98 (October 10, 1920-March 24, 2019) Prolific TV actor known for two Twilight Zone (1961 & 1962) appearances OBIT
Damon Keith, 96 (July 4, 1922-April 28, 2019) Federal judge in the Midwest whose rulings championed civil rights; struck down wiretapping from the Nixon Administration
Herb Kelleher, 87 (March 12, 1931-January 3, 2019) Southwest Airlines billionaire
Jeremy Kemp, 83 (January 3, 1935-July 19, 2019) British actor from The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988)
Saorise Kennedy Hill, 22 (May 22, 1997-August 1, 2019) RFK's (1925-1968) granddaughter
Ken Kercheval, 83 (July 15, 1935-April 21, 2019) Cliff Barnes on the entire run (1978-1991) of Dallas, in two '90 TV movies and on the rebooted series (2012-2014)
Judith Kerr, 95 (June 14, 1923-May 22, 2019) Children's book author and illustrator known for The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968)
Gabe Khouth, 46 (November 2, 1972-July 23, 2019) Mr. Clark/Sneezy on Once Upon a Time (2011-2018)
Marlen Khutsiev, 93 (October 4, 1925-March 19, 2019) Russian director of I Am Twenty (1965)
Rev. Ben Kinchlow, 82 (December 25, 1936-July 18, 2019) 700 Club co-host (1975-1988, 1992-1996)
Chuck Kinder, 76 (October 8, 1942-May 3, 2019) Novelist who inspired The Wonder Boys
Clydie King, 75 (August 21, 1943-January 7, 2019) Famed backup singer for the Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among many others
Everett Raymond Kinstler, 92 (August 5, 1926-May 26, 2019) Prolific portraitist
Lew Klein, 91 (September 5, 1927-June 13, 2019) Broadcast pioneer who co-created American Bandstand (1952-1989) and discovered Dick Clark (1929-2012)
Christopher Knopf, 91 (December 20, 1927-February 13, 2019) Emperor of the North (1973) screenwriter, former WGA West president, first to hear Gene Roddenberry's (1921-1991) pitch for Star Trek (1966-1969)
Patricia Louisianna Knop, 78 (October 23, 1940-August 7, 2019) Screenwriter of 9-1/2 Weeks (1986)
Eva Kor, 85 (January 21, 1934-July 4, 2019) Survivor of sadistic experiments on twins at Auschwitz
Paul Koslo, 74 (June 27, 1944-January 9, 2019) Character actor who specialized in villains, but made an impression in The Omega Man (1971)
Leon Kossoff, 92 (December 10, 1926-July 4, 2019) Expressionist painer of urban life
Barry Kowalski, 74 (August 26, 1944-July 7, 2019) Justice Dept. lawyer who won convictions against the police officers who beat Rodney King (1965-2012)
Christopher Kraft, 95 (February 28, 1924-July 22, 2019) Legendary founder of NASA's mission control
Andrei Kramarevsky, 90 (March 19, 1929-May 9, 2019) Influential ballet teacher
Terry Allen Kramer, 85 (June 20, 1933-May 2, 2019) Tony-winning Broadway producer, Palm Beach grande dame
Judith Krantz, 91 (January 9, 1927-June 23, 2019) Best-selling novelist (Scruples, 1977; Princess Daisy, 1980), and the journalist behind "The Myth of the Multiple Orgasm"
Paul Krassner, 87 (April 9, 1932-July 21, 2019) Political activist who named the Yippies
Alan B. Krueger, 58 (September 17, 1960-March 16, 2019) Economic advisor to two Democratic presidents
Art Kunkin, 91 (March 28, 1928-April 30, 2019) Counterculture newspaper publisher
Machiko Kyô, 95 (March 25, 1924-May 12, 2019) Japanese movie icon who appeared in Rashomon (1950) and The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Marie Kyselkova, 83 (August 20, 1935-January 21, 2019) Czech actress
Karl Lagerfeld, 85 (September 10, 1933-February 19, 2019) Outspoken, iconic fashion designer associated with Chloé, Fendi and especially Chanel who also ran his own brand and was known for his dark shades, ponytail and omnipresent fan; also, famously, the "parent" of cat Choupette
L. Bruce Laingren, 96 (August 6, 1922-July 15, 2019) Most senior diplomat held in Iran during the '70s/'80s hostage crisis
Claude Lalanne, 93 (November 28, 1925-April 10, 2019) Unconventional sculptor known for whimsical forms
Lyndon LaRouche, 96 (September 8, 1922-February 12, 2019) Perennial presidential candidate with far-right and far-left leanings who embraced conspiracy theories
Niki Lauda, 70 (February 22, 1949-May 20, 2019) Formula One champ
Jerry Lawson, 75 (January 23, 1944-July 10, 2019) Lead singer of the Persuasions
Harold Lederman, 79 (January 26, 1940-May 11, 2019) Boxing judge
Mable Lee, 97 (August 2, 1921-February 7, 2019) Dancer who was queen of the "soundies" — short, musical movies shown on coin-operated jukeboxes of the '40s
Michel Legrand, 86 (February 24, 1932-January 26, 2019) Pianist and composer of scores for French New Wave films, Oscar winner for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and for the scores of Summer of '42 (1971) and Yentl (1983)
Charles Levin, 70 (March 12, 1949-July 2019) Actor who was Coco, the gay housekeeper, on the pilot of The Golden Girls (1985) and the hysterical mohel on the Seinfeld episode "The Bris" (1993) OBIT
Edward Lewis, 99 (December 16, 1919-July 27, 2019) Producer of Spartacus (1960) who took credit for Dalton Trumbo's (1905-1976) work in order to help the blacklisted writer work
Andrew Ley, approx. 30 (circa 1980s-January 2019) Actor from Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
Pierre Lhomme, 89 (April 5, 1930-July 4, 2019) Legendary cinematographer who worked on such films as The Fighting Cock (1971), The Mother and the Whore (1973), The Prodigal Daughter (1981), Maurice (1987), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and his final work, Le Divorce (2003)
Yao Li, 96 (September 3, 1922-July 19, 2019) Celebrated signer of Shanghai
Keith Lincoln, 80 (May 8, 1939-July 27, 2019) San Diego Chargers star
Ted Lindsay, 93 (July 29, 1925-March 3, 2019) Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks NHL Hall of Famer
Wilma Lipp, 93 (April 26, 1925-January 26, 2019) Austrian operatic soprano
Peggy Lipton, 72 (August 30, 1946-May 11, 2019) Star of The Mod Squad (1968-1973) and Twin Peaks (1990-1991; 2017)
Barbara Low, 98 (March 23, 1920-January 10, 2019) Scientist whose 1940s research led to advances in antibiotics
Ross Lowell, 92 (July 10, 1926-January 10, 2019) Oscar-winning filmmaker who invented gaffer tape and lighting clamp systems
Frank Lucas, 88 (September 9, 1930-May 30, 2019) Drug kingpin
Richard Lugar, 87 (April 4, 1932-April 28, 2019) Longtime GOP senator who was twice the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fernando Luján, 79 (August 23, 1939-January 11, 2019) Mexican actor
Manuel Luján Jr., 90 (May 12, 1928-April 25, 2019) Ten-term Republican congressman from New Mexico, former Secretary of the Interior
David Lust, 55 (May 10, 1964-June 15, 2019) Celebrity publicist
Michael Lynn, 77 (April 23, 1941-March 24, 2019) Former co-chairman and CEO of New Line Cinema
Brenda Maddox, 87 (February 24, 1932-June 16, 2019) Biographer of James Joyce's (1882-1941) wife, Nora Joyce (1884-1951)
Dusan Makavejev, 86 (October 13, 1932-January 25, 2019) Controversial Yugoslavian director of 1981's Montenegro
Laura Mako, 102 (May 29, 1916-May 10, 2019) Interior designer to the stars for more than 75 years
Spiro Malas, 86 (January 28, 1933-June 23, 2019) Opera singer with the New York City Opera and the Met
Mona Malden, 102 (May 9, 1917-July 13, 2019) Broadway actress who was married to Karl Malden (1912-2009) for 70 years
Barry Malkin, 80 (October 26, 1938-April 4, 2019) Oscar-nominated film editor whose work included The Godfather: Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Tania Mallet, 77 (May 19, 1941-March 2019) Goldfinger's (1964) Tilly Masterson
Gino Marchetti, 93 (January 2, 1926-April 29, 2019) Baltimore Colts defensive player and star
Jean-Pierre Marielle, 87 (April 12, 1932-April 24, 2019) French actor who appeared in more than 100 films and TV shows
Paul F. Markham, 89 (May 22, 1930-July 13, 2019) Friend of Ted Kennedy (1932-2009) who, in 1969, dove into the water at Chappaquiddick to try to rescue Kennedy's ill-fated friend, Mary Jo Kopechne (1940-1969)
Mirjana Markovic, 76 (July 10, 1942-April 14, 2019) Widow of Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic (1941-2006)
Harry Marks, 88 (circa 1930-April 21, 2019) Emmy-winning broadcast-design artist who worked on promos for the major networks, including the innovative "Still the One" campaign for ABC (1977-1978)
Paule Marshall, 90 (April 9, 1929-August 10, 2019) Influential black novelist of such books as Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959)
Terry Martin, 75 (circa 1944-April 1, 2019) Emmy-winning former CBS News producer
John Mason, 91 (March 30, 1927-January 20, 2019) Artist noted for his work in ceramics and wall reliefs
Ashley Massaro, 39 (May 26, 1979-May 16, 2019) WWE wrestler and contestant on Survivor: China (2007)
Dorothy Masuka, 83 (September 3, 1935-February 23, 2019) South African singer and activist
Richard P. Matsch, 88 (June 8, 1930-May 26, 2019) Judge in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing case
Sharon Bottoms Mattes, 48 (February 20, 1970-January 21, 2019) Central figure in 1993 court case that saw her lose custody of her son to her mother, simply because she was in a lesbian relationship, a decision upheld in 1996 by the Virginia Supreme Court
Robert Maxwell, 98 (October 26, 1920-May 11, 2019) WWII hero who fell on a grenade to save his regiment and lived to tell the tale
Elly Mayday, 30 (April 15, 1988-March 1, 2019) Body-positive model
Martin Mayer, 91 (January 14, 1928-August 1, 2019) Prolific author and journalist on a wealth of topics, including explaining legal and other technical issues to laypersons
Peter Mayhew, 74 (May 19, 1944-April 30, 2019) Actor who played Chewbacca in all the Star Wars films
Sean McCann, 83 (September 24, 1935-June 13, 2019) Prolific character actor who appeared in Tommy Boy (1995)
Charles McCarry, 88 (June 14, 1930-February 26, 2019) Former C.I.A. officers who turned to writing espionage novels, among them The Tears of Autumn (1974)
Patrick McCarthy, 67 (June 6, 1951-February 28, 2019) Impeccably groomed chairman and editorial director of Fairchild, known for Women's Wear Daily and W
Andrew McCullough, 94 (September 7, 1924-January 22, 2019) Prolific Golden Age TV director
Arthur L. McGee, 86 (1933-July 1, 2019) Trailblazing African-American designer who ran a showroom in 1957
Lyra McKee, 29 (March 31, 1990-April 18, 2019) Journalist slain while covering Northern Ireland unrest
Fay McKenzie, 101 (February 19, 1918-April 16, 2019) Actress whose career spanned 100 years, from the 1918 silent Station Content to a 2018 cameo; famous for westerns and for a whacky role in The Party (1968) OBIT
Bronco McLoughlin, 80 (August 10, 1938-March 26, 2019) Stuntman on such films as The Wicker Man (1973), Star Wars (1977) and Total Recall (1990)
James R. McManus, 84 (September 10, 1934-February 4, 2019) Major Democratic Party figure whose family ran Hell's Kitchen, New York City, politics from the late 1890s
Jim McMullan, 82 (October 13, 1936-May 31, 2019) Handsome star of Ben Casey (1961) and Dallas (1986-1987)
Angus McQueen, 74 (1944-July 16, 2019) The NRA's image-maker
Timothy Means, 75 (March 18, 1944-August 13, 2019) Conservationist and leading ecotourist
Mark Medoff, 79 (March 18, 1940-April 23, 2019) Playwright of Children of a Lesser God (1979)
Jonas Mekas, 96 (December 24, 1922-January 23, 2019) Avant-garde director of The Brig (1964)
Tony Mendez, 78 (November 15, 1940-January 19, 2019) CIA operative portrayed by Ben Affleck (b. 1972) in Oscar-winning film Argo (2012)
Alessandro Mendini, 87 (August 16, 1931-February 18, 2019) Furniture designer whose Anna G corkscrew was a sensation
George Mendonsa, 95 (February 19, 1923-February 17, 2019) Sailor photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) kissing a nurse (Greta Zimmer Friedman, 1924-2016) in Times Square celebrating V-J Day in 1945
Jerry Merryman, 86 (June 17, 1932-February 27, 2019) Co-inventor of the pocket calculator
W. S. Merwin, 91 (September 30, 1927-March 15, 2019) U.S. poet laureate (2010-2011), Pulitzer Prize winner, National Book Award winner
Marisa Merz, 93 (May 23, 1936-July 19, 2019) Avant-garde artist
Jan Meyers, 90 (July 20, 1928-June 21, 2019) First Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives in Kansas (1985-1997)
Sylvia Miles, 94 (September 9, 1924-June 12, 2019) Two-time Oscar nominee, for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975), who was also notorious for her lascivious performance in Heat (1972) and for being a ubiquitous presence at NYC functions and parties OBIT
Dick Miller, 90 (December 25, 1928-January 2019) Longtime screen after known for A Bucket of Blood (1959), Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981) and Gremlins (1984)
Norma Miller, 99 (December 2, 1919-May 5, 2019) Known as the Queen of Swing for her red-hot Lindy
Ron Miller, 85 (April 17, 1933-February 9, 2019) Walt Disney's (1901-1966) son-in-law who oversaw the creation of Touchstone Pictures and Disney Channel, and whose stewardship of the Disney brand led to the release of less G-rated fare
Sean Milliken, 29 (circa 1989-February 17, 2019) My 600-Lb. Life (2016) reality-TV star
Stefanos Miltsakakis, 59 (March 8, 1959-January 10, 2019) Muscleman and MMA fighter who debuted as an actor in Weekend at Bernie's (1989) and appeared in several Jean-Claude Van Damme (b. 1960) flicks
Jeon Mi-seon, 48 (December 7, 1970-June 29, 2019) Popular South Korean stage, TV and film actress
Jean-Pierre Mocky, 90 (July 6, 1929-August 8, 2019) French director of such films as Les Draguers (1959) and Le Miraculé (1987)
Pedro Morales, 76 (October 22, 1942-February 11, 2019) Hall of Fame pro wrestler who won the triple crown of wrestling titles in the '70s and '80s
George Morfogen, 86 (March 30, 1933-March 8, 2019) Longtime theater actor who appeared in multiple Peter Bogdanovich (b. 1939) films and on Oz (1997-2003)
Robert Morgenthau, 99 (July 31, 1919-July 21, 2019) Iconic former Manhattan D.A.
Louisa Moritz, 72 (September 25, 1946-circa January 25 2019) Blonde bombshell noted for jiggly roles on Love, American Style (1971) and Happy Days (1974), and in the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next (1975) and The Last American Virgin (1982); was one of Bill Cosby's (b. 1937) dozens of accusers
Edmund Morris, 78 (May 27, 1940-May 24, 2019) Presidential biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner
Toni Morrison, 88 (February 18, 1931-August 5, 2019) Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize for Literature and American Book Award winner who chronicled the black experience in her works, most famously in 1987's Beloved
Mohamed Morsi, 73 (August 8, 1951-June 19, 2019) Egypt's first democratically-elected president
Walter H. Munk, 101 (October 19, 1917-February 8, 2019) Oceanographer renowned for forecasting waves and seeking global warming signs
Gerry Murray, 98 (September 30, 1920-August 9, 1928) Roller derby star
Toni Myers, 75 (September 29, 1943-February 18, 2019) Director of IMAX film A Beautiful Planet (2016)
Mya-Lecia Naylor, 16 (November 6, 2002-April 7, 2019) British child star
Don Newcombe, 92 (June 14, 1926-February 19, 2019) Dodger who was the first outstanding black pitcher in the Major Leagues
Hugh Newton-John, 70 (circa 1949-May 7, 2019) Infectious disease clinician, brother of Olivia Newton-John (b. 1948)
Anne Neyland, 84 (August 23, 1934-April 24, 2019) Hidden Fear (1957) and Jailhouse Rock (1957) actress
Don Nice, 86 (June 26, 1932-March 4, 2019) Pop artist
Denise Nickerson, 62 (April 1, 1957-July 10, 2019) "Violet Beauregarde" in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Kip Niven, 73 (May 27, 1945-May 6, 2019) Magnum Force (1973) actor
Edward Nixon, 88 (May 3, 1930-February 27, 2019) Last surviving brother of Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
J.H. Kwabena Nketia, 97 (June 22, 1921-March 13, 2019) Ghanaian musicologist and composer who specialized in African musical traditions
Ken Nordine, 98 (April 13, 1920-February 16, 2019) Voice artist renowned for Word Jazz albums
Blake W. Nordstrom, 58 (October 4, 1960-January 2, 2019) Scion of the Nordstrom retail empire
Matti Nykänen, 55 (July 17, 1963-February 3, 2019) Finnish skier
Louis Levi Oakes, 94 (January 23, 1925-May 28, 2019) The last of the Mohawk code talkers who helped the U.S. win WWII
"Mean" Gene Okerlund, 76 (December 19, 1942-January 2, 2019) WWE Hall of Famer and longtime interviewer
Mary Oliver, 83 (September 10, 1935-January 17, 2019) National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer acknowledged to have been America's best-selling poet
Diane Olson, 65 (b. circa 1953-January 16, 2019) Marriage-equality activist who, with Robin Tyler (b. circa 1943), became the first same-sex couple legally married in L.A. in 2008
Kathleen O'Malley, 94 (March 31, 1924-February 25, 2019) One of the last remaining performers to have appeared in a Silent Era silent film, 1926's My Old Dutch
Molly O'Neil, 66 (October 9, 1952-June 15, 2019) Leading American food writer
Norman Orentreich, 96 (December 26, 1922-January 23, 2019) Hair-transplant pioneer
Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, 82 (October 18, 1936-July 26, 2019) Former Archbishop of Havana
Joe Overstreet, 85 (June 20, 1933-June 4, 2019) Painter, street painter and activist
Aloysius Pang, 28 (August 24, 1990-January 24, 2019) Singaporean star of Young & Fabulous (2016)
Muriel Pavlow, 97 (June 27, 1921-January 19, 2019) British stage actress who played Ophelia in a 1947 telecast of Hamlet Part 1 and became a heroine in such films as Paradise (1952), Doctor in the House (1954; first of the Doctor series), Reach for the Sky (1956), Doctor at Large (1957) and Murder She Said (1961)
Alan R. Pearlman, 93 (June 7, 1925-January 6, 2019) Synthesizer pioneer
I.M. Pei, 102 (April 26, 1917-May 16, 2019) Renowned architect who designed the glass pyramid at the Louvre, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in D.C. and many more
Cesar Pelli, 92 (October 12, 1926-July 19, 2019) Architect who designed Brookfield Place, the Pacific Design Center and Ronald Reagan National Airport
Li Peng, 90 (October 20, 1928-July 22, 2019) Chinese leader excoriated for his role in the Tiananmen crackdown
Joyce Pensato, 77 (August 20, 1941-June 13, 2019) Abstract artist known for her depictions of popular cartoon characters
Jack Perkins, 85 (December 28, 1933-August 19, 2019) Host of A&E's Biography (1994-1999)
Ross Perot, 89 (June 27, 1930-July 9, 2019) Self-made billionaire who ran for president twice, in 1992 and 1996
François Perrot, 94 (February 26, 1924-January 20, 2019) French actor
Barbara Perry, 97 (June 22, 1921-May 5, 2019) TV veteran who was Pickles Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show in 1961-1962; she worked from 1933-2017
Luke Perry, 52 (October 11, 1966-March 4, 2019) Teen-heartthrob star of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000) who also starred in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) movie and on the series Oz (2001-2002) and Riverdale (2016-2019) OBIT
Carmine Persico, 85 (August 8, 1933-March 7, 2019) Colombo crime family boss
Jake Phelps, 56 (September 24, 1962-March 14, 2019) Thrasher editor
Ann Gish Phillips, 70 (October 1, 1948-August 2, 2019) Bedding and textiles queen
Warren H. Phillips, 92 (June 28, 1926-May 4, 2019) Wall Street Journal publisher
Jim Pike, 82 (November 6, 1936-June 9, 2019) Co-founder and lead singer of the Letterman
Joseph Pilato, 70 (March 16, 1949-March 24, 2019) Day of the Dead (1985) actor
Rosamunde Pilcher, 94 (September 22, 1924-February 6, 2019) British writer of such novels as The Shell Seekers (1987)
Gene Pingatore, 82 (October 25, 1936-June 26, 2019) Coach profiled in Hoop Dreams (1994)
Stanley Plumly, 79 (May 23, 1939-April 11, 2019) Lyrical poet
André Previn, 89 (April 6, 1929-February 28, 2019) Four-time Oscar-winning, 10-time Grammy-winning composer OBIT
Anthony Price, 90 (August 16, 1928-May 30, 2019) Author of spy thrillers, including The Labyrinth Makers (1970)
Raymond K. Price Jr., 88 (May 6, 1930-February 14, 2019) Speechwriter for Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
Hal Prince, 91 (January 30, 1928-July 31, 2019) Musical-theater legend whose credits include (but are not limited by): The Pajama Game (1954; co-producer); Damn Yankees (1955; co-producer), West Side Story (1957; co-producer), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962; producer); Fiddler on the Roof (1964; producer), Cabaret (1966; producer/director), Company (1970; producer/director), Follies (1971; producer/director); Sweeney Todd (1979; director), Evita (1979; director), The Phantom of the Opera (1986, director), and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993; director) OBIT
Mavis Pusey, 90 (September 17, 1928-April 20, 2019) Abstract artist noted for bold, often geometric forms
John Quarmby, 89 (June 18, 1929-April 5, 2019) Fawlty Towers (1976) actor
Milton Quon, 105 (August 22, 1913-June 18, 2019) Disney animator who worked on Fantasia (1940) and Dumbo (1941); also acted, including an appearance as a passenger on the Speed (1994) bus
Harley Race, 76 (April 11, 1943-August 1, 2019) Pro wrestler of the '60s-'80s known as "King of the Ring"
Lee Radziwiłł, 85 (March 3, 1933-February 15, 2019) American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) OBIT
P. Rajagopal, 71 (August 5, 1947-July 18, 2019) Founder of Saravana Bhavan, the large South Indian restaurant chain; he was facing life in prison over the murder of a man in a love triangle
Jim Raman, 42 (June 28, 1976-March 11, 2019) The Amazing Race (2014) reality star
Sid Ramin, 100 (January 22, 1919-July 1, 2019) Oscar-winning, Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning, Clio-winning West Side Story (1957 Broadway, 1961 film) orchestrator, composer and arranger; also known for his musical work in commercials
Ranking Roger, 56 (February 21, 1963-March 26, 2019) Member of the Beat aka the English Beat and General Public
Terry Rawlings, 85 (November 4, 1933-April 23, 2019) Film editor of Alien (1979), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Blade Runner (1982)
Leon Redbone, 69 (August 26, 1949-May 30, 2019) Quirky '70s & '80s singer who specialized in Tin Pan Alley-era sounds
Nadja Regin, 87 (December 2, 1931-April 6, 2019) Serbian actress
Charles A. Reich, 91 (May 20, 1928-June 15, 2019) Author of the classic counterculture manifesto The Greening of America (1970)
Clark Render, approx. 60 (circa 1959-April 9, 2019) One half of the Dueling Bankheads
Antonia Rey, 92 (October 12, 1926-February 21, 2019) Cuban stage and screen star
Don Reynolds, 81 (May 29, 1937-January 9, 2019) Child actor in westerns who was often billed as "Little Brown Jug"
Lawrence Rhodes, 79 (November 24, 1939-March 27, 2019) One of the most celebrated male dancers in ballet, later a renowned teacher
Robert W. Richards, 78 (1941-July 11, 2019) Artist and illustrator noted for his work on Broadway posters, the album art of divas, and in gay men's magazines
John Richardson 95 (February 6, 1924-March 12, 2019) Art historian, curator, artist and dealer who devoted 25+ years to a four-volume book on Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), and died while still at work on Volume 4; known as a legendary raconteur
Meshulam Riklis, 95 (December 2, 1923-January 25, 2019) Businessman and producer who bought Pia Zadora (b. 1953) her Golden Globe, forever tarring the organization's credibility; infamously bought and tore down the historic Pickfair Mansion in 1988
Shane Rimmer, 89 (May 28, 1929-March 29, 2019) Voice actor behind Scott Tracy on Thunderbirds (1965-1966)
Alice M. Rivlin, 88 (March 4, 1931-May 14, 2019) Leading government economist
Dan Robbins, 93 (May 26, 1925-April 1, 2019) Designer who helped conceive the concept of painting by numbers
Allene Roberts, 90 (September 1, 1928-May 9, 2019) Star of The Red House (1947) and Knock on Any Door (1949)
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75 (circa 1945-July 2019) Founder of an African-American museum in Baton Rouge and a prominent activist
Frank Robinson, 83 (August 31, 1935-February 7, 2019) Legendary baseball slugger, first black manager in Major League Baseball
Kevin Roche, 96 (June 14, 1922-March 1, 2019) World-renowned modernist architect
Tony Rodham, 64 (1954-June 7, 2019) Young brother of Hillary Clinton who was married in the White House — and chastised by President Clinton for a business deal involving hazelnuts
Margo Rodriguez, 89 (April 6, 1929-January 28, 2019) One half of Augie & Margo, husband-and-wife mambo team
Stu Rosen, 80 (June 26, 1939-August 4, 2019) Creator of Dusty's Treehouse (1968-1980)
Richard M. Rosenbaum, 88 (April 8, 1931-August 4, 2019) Head of New York's GOP in the '70s
George Rosenkranz, 102 (August 20, 1916-June 23, 2019) A developer of the birth control pill
Lili Rosson, 87 (1932-June 27, 2019) Actress with bit parts in Some Came Running (1958), North by Northwest (1959) and on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1961)
Michel Roux, 78 (August 31, 1940-April 30, 2019) Liquor exec whose advertising campaign for Absolut became iconic
Semyon Rozenfeld, 96 (1922-June 3, 2019) Last survivor of a historic uprising at Sobibor during WWII
Theodore Isaac Rubin, 95 (April 11, 1923-February 16, 2019) Psychoanalyst whose Jordi, Lisa and David novel (1960) became the popular film David and Lisa (1962)
Greg Rudloff, 63 (November 2, 1955-January 6, 2019) Three-time Oscar-winning sound mixer
Rosie Ruiz, 66 (June 21, 1953-July 8, 2019) Infamous cheater whose win at the 1980 Boston Marathon was voided once it was determined she had snuck into the race with just one mile to go
Robert Ryman, 88 (May 30, 1930-February 8, 2019) Artist known for minimalist approach and embrace of white
Kristoff St. John, 52 (July 15, 1966-February 3, 2019) Longtime soap actor on The Young & the Restless (1991-2019) OBIT
Shelly Saltman, 87 (August 17, 1931-February 16, 2019) Sports event promoter involved with the famous "Battle of the Sexes" tennis showdown and many premier boxing matches
Charles Sanna, 101 (November 9, 1917-March 13, 2019) Swiss Miss creator
Charles Santore, 84 (March 16, 1935-August 11, 2019) Illustrator especially known for his work on children's books
Alvin Sargent, 92 (April 12, 1927-May 9, 2019) Oscar-winning screenwriter of Julia (1977) an Ordinary People (1980)
Isabel Sarli, 89 (July 9, 1929-June 25, 2019) Popular star of Argentine sexploitation films of the '60s and '70s
Jeraldine Saunders, 96 (September 3, 1923-February 25, 2019) Creator of The Love Boat (1977-1986, many specials)
Linda Sawyer, 57 (August 11, 1961-February 10, 2019) Veteran MTV and HBO producer, host of iHeartRadio's Sleuth: True Crime in Real Time (2018-2019)
Steve Sawyer, 63 (July 10, 1956-July 31, 2019) Greenpeace leader
Carolee Scheemann, 79 (October 12, 1939-March 6, 2019) Influential feminist performance artist
Gloria Schiff, 90 (May 31, 1928-May 2, 2019) Vogue fashion editor, socialite, philanthropist and one half of a set of fashion-model twins
Le Anne Schreiber, 73 (August 4, 1945-May 31, 2019) Trailblazer who became the first woman heading up a major American newspaper's sports section, The New York Times, in 1978
J. Robert Schrieffer 88 (May 31, 1931-July 27, 2019) Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his work on the conveyance of electricity
Barbara Schultz, 82 (February 4, 1927-April 10, 2019) Producer of CBS Playhouse (1968-1970) and PBS's Visions (1976-1980)
Édith Scob, 81 (October 21, 1937-June 26, 2019) French actress who played the disfigured daughter in Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Anne Firor Scott, 97 (April 24, 1921-February 5, 2019) Women's history scholar, recipient of the National Humanities Medal
Edward Seaga, 89 (May 28, 1930-May 28, 2019) Conservative PM of Jamaica in the '70s
Lisa Seagram, 82 (July 7, 1936-February 1, 2019) Edythe Brewster on The Beverly Hillbillies (1965-1966) and Lila on Batman (1967)
Jerry Seltzer, 87 (June 3, 1932-July 1, 2019) Showman who brought back roller derby
Peter Selz, 100 (March 27, 1919-June 21, 2019) Curator at the MoMA and founding director of the University Art Museum, Berkeley
Troy Dean Shafer, 38 (circa 1981-late April 2019) Star of Nashville Flipped (2016-2017)
Jackie Shane, 78 (May 15, 1940-February 2019) Trans soul pioneer OBIT
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 90 (November 12, 1928-March 12, 2019) Author of — beginning in 1972 — dozens of books in the Nate the Great series
John Shearer, 72 (April 21, 1947-June 22, 2019) Look Magazine photographer who captured the turbulent '60s (JFK's funeral) and '70s
Sidney Sheinberg, 84 (January 14, 1935-March 7, 2019) Universal exec who mentored Steven Spielberg (b. 1946)
W. Morgan Sheppard, 86 (August 24, 1932-January 6, 2019) Star Trek (1989, 1999) and Doctor Who (2011) actor
Lisa Sheridan, 44 (December 5, 1974-February 25, 2019) TV actress who appeared on Invasion (2005-2006)
Stefanie Sherk, 37 (circa 1981-April 20, 2019) Canadian actress and model
Karl Shiels, 47 (circa 1972-July 14, 2019) Batman Begins (2005) and Peaky Blinders (2013) actor
Goro Shimura, 89 (February 23, 1930-May 3, 2019) Mathematician whose work is used in cryptography
Sammy Shore, 92 (circa 1927-May 18, 2019) Stand-up comic, co-founder of the Comedy Store
Al Silverman, 92 (April 12, 1926-March 10, 2019) Magazine editor and publishing exec who co-wrote I Am Third (1970), a Gale Sayers (b. 1943) memoir that was adapted into the popular TV movie Brian's Song (1971)
Babs Simpson, 105 (April 9, 1913-January 7, 2019) Vogue tastemaker
John Singleton, 51 (January 6, 1958-April 29, 2019) Oscar-nominated director of Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Barbara "Babs" Siperstein, 76 (November 20, 1942-February 3, 2019) Trans activist who was the first trans DNC member; died two days after the law bearing her name (allowing trans people to change their gender on their birth certificates without proof of surgery)
Joe Sirola, 89 (October 7, 1929-February 10, 2019) Tony-winning producer, longtime actor known as "the King of Voice-Overs"
Tyler Skaggs, 27 (July 13, 1991-July 1, 2019) Angels pitcher
Bob Slade, 70 (November 10, 1948-March 23, 2019) Prominent voice on African-American radio in NYC
Alexis Smirnoff, 71 (February 9, 1947-January 5, 2019) Canadian pro wrestler
Dave Smith, 78 (October 13, 1940-February 15, 2019) Founder of Walt Disney Archives
Donald Smith, 94 (June 19, 1924-January 30, 2019) Anti-abortion activist whose The Silent Scream (1994) galvanized the movement
Helen "Gig" Smith, 97 (January 5, 1922-January 17, 2019) All-American Girls Pro Baseball League player
JoJo Smith, 80 (July 20, 1938-January 22, 2019) Saturday Night Fever (1977) dance consultant
Marilynn Smith, 89 (April 29, 1929-April 9, 2019) LPGA founder
Russell Smith, 70 (June 17, 1949-July 12, 2019) Lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces
Ralph Solecki, 101 (October 15, 1917-March 20, 2019) Archaeologist who humanized the Neanderthal
Hugh Southern, 87 (March 20, 1932-July 15, 2019) Co-creator of the TKTS Booth
Rosemarie Bowe Stack, 86 (September 17, 1932-January 20, 2019) Actress, widow of Robert Stack (1919-2003)
Bart Starr, 85 (January 9, 1934-May 26, 2019) Winning Green Bay Packers legend who was both a player and a coach
Jacob A. Stein, 94 (March 15, 1925-April 3, 2019) Washington, D.C., lawyer known for winning the acquittal of a Watergate defendant and gaining immunity for Monica Lewinsky (b. 1973)
Jacqueline Steiner, 94 (September 11, 1924-January 25, 2019) Folk singer most famous for co-writing the song "M.T.A." (1949; famously recorded by the Kingston Trio in 1959)
Brody Stevens, 48 (May 22, 1970-February 22, 2019) Stand-up comic
Julia Ruth Stevens, 102 (July 7, 1916-March 9, 2019) Babe Ruth's (1895-1948) daughter
John Paul Stevens, 99 (April 20, 1920-July 16, 2019) Retired Supreme Court Justice who was nominated to the high court by Republican Gerald Ford (1913-2006) but who became a liberal lion on issues of abortion, affirmative action, the separation of church and state and the terrible precent of Bush v. Gore
Stewart, 13 (circa 2003-July 9, 2019) One of several dogs who played Cheddar on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2019), but the one who played him most often
Gary Stewart, 62 (February 10, 1957-April 11, 2019) Music fan behind many of the Rhino Records special reissues
Peggy Stewart, 95 (June 5, 1923-May 29, 2019) Western B-movie and TV actress
Gerry Stickells, 76 (July 22, 1942-March 6, 2019) Rock-show producer, Queen's road and production manager for years
Mel Stottlemyre, 77 (November 13, 1941-January 13, 2019) Former New York Yankees player, pitching coach
Dan Striepeke, 88 (October 8, 1930-January 2019) Oscar-winning makeup artist on such films as Planet of the Apes (1968), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Hello, Dolly! (1969), Sssssss (1973), Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000) and Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Orlando Suero, 94 (1925-August 19, 2019) Hollywood photographer who did work on the sets of Torn Curtain (1966), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Chinatown (1974) and The Towering Inferno (1974), and whose coffee-table book Orlando Photography was released in 2018
Jo Sullivan, 91 (August 28, 1927-April 28, 2019) Tony-nominated actress from The Most Happy Fella (1956)
William Swan, 90 (February 6, 1928-January 20, 2019) Longtime TV and movie actor who appeared in The Parallax View (1974)
Sushma Swaraj, 67 (February 14, 1952-August 6, 2019) Former Indian foreign minister
Clive Swift, 82 (February 9, 1936-February 1, 2019) English actor best known for Keeping Up Appearances (1990-1995) and The Old Guys (2009-2010)
Sanford Sylvan, 65 (December 19, 1953-January 29, 2019) Operatic baritone
Brian Taggert, 81 (January 29, 1938-June 1, 2019) Screenwriter known for Visiting Hours (1982), V (1984) and Poltergeist III (1988)
John Tanton, 85 (February 23, 1934-July 16, 2019) Rabidly anti-immigration activist whose work in demonizing immigrants was far-reaching in U.S. culture and policy
Danny Gordon Taylor, 69 (circa 1950-July 10, 2019) Oscar-nominated visual effects artist
Nathaniel Taylor, 80 (March 31, 1938-February 27, 2019) Rollo on Sanford and Son (1972-1977)
Russi Taylor, 75 (May 4, 1944-July 26, 2019) The longtime (30 years) voice of Minnie Mouse
Mike Thalassitis, 26 (January 19, 1993-March 15, 2019) Love Island (2017) reality star
Robert Therrien, 71 (November 17, 1947-June 17, 2019) Sculptor known for gigantic versions of mundane objects
Grant Thompson, 38 (November 21, 1980-July 28, 2019) Life-hack and stunt YouTuber with 10 million subscribers
Johnny Thompson, 84 (July 27, 1934-March 9, 2019) Magician and magic historian
Stanley Tigerman, 88 (September 20, 1930-June 3, 2019) Pomo architect
Prem Tinsulanonda, 98 (August 26, 1920-May 26, 2019) Former Thai premier
Mel A. Tomlinson, 65 (January 3, 1954-February 5, 2019) Ballet star who danced with the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Darlene Tompkins, 78 (November 16, 1940-July 18, 2019) Elvis Presley's (1935-1977) Blue Hawaii (1961) co-star
Peter Tork, 77 (February 13, 1942-February 21, 2019) Offbeat bassist for the Monkees
Rip Torn, 88 (February 6, 1931-July 9, 2019) Tony-nominated, Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning actor known for being in the original Broadway casts of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1959); a varied film career that included The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Defending Your Life (1991); the Men in Black franchise (1997-2012) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004); and extensive TV work, including Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961), arcs on Will & Grace (2002) and 30 Rock (2007-2009) and his career-defining role as a bombastic producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998) OBIT
Piero Tosi, 92 (April 10, 1927-August 10, 2019) Legendary costume designer who became the first one to ever receive an honorary Oscar
Dorothy Toy, 102 (May 28, 1917-July 10, 2019) Half of the Asian-American dance team Toy and Wing that included Paul Wing (1912-1997), and who were billed as "the Chinese Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers" — in spite of the fact that she was Japanese-American
Richard Trainor, (February 23, 1945-July 5, 2019) Co-founder of Miami Beach Pride and the popular local club Twist
Brandon Truaxe, 40 (circa 1978—circa January 21, 2019) Former CEO of Deciem skincare company, whose The Ordinary line was a huge seller
Kitty Tucker, 75 (February 28, 1944-March 30, 2019) Public lawyer and antinuke activist who shed light on the Karen Silkwood (1946-1974) case
Lyle Tuttle, 87 (October 7, 1931-March 26, 2019) Celebrity tattoo artist who became a celebrity in his own right
Matthew Underwood, 35 or 36 (1983-March 2019) Co-founding editor of Headmaster Magazine
Tomi Ungerer, 87 (November 28, 1931-February 8, 2019) Acclaimed illustrator of children's books, protest paraphernalia and erotica
Mark Urman, 66 (circa 1952-January 12, 2019) ThinkFilm and Paladin Films exec who also ran PR on such Oscar-worthy films as Gods and Monsters (1998) and Monster's Ball (2001)
Andy Vajna, 74 (August 1, 1944-January 20, 2019) Producer of Rambo (1982) and Evita (1996)
Alexa Valiente, 27 (October 20, 1991-April 5, 2019) Emmy-winning ABC News producer
William Van Alstyne, 84 (February 8, 1934-January 29, 2019) Constitutional scholar
Lotte van der Zee, 20 (February 21, 1999-March 6, 2019) Former Miss Teen Universe
Charles Van Doren, 93 (February 12, 1926-April 9, 2019) Winner of $128,000 on Twenty One in 1957 who was later revealed to have been given the answers, triggering a congressional inquiry and major scandal
Gloria Vanderbilt, 95 (February 20, 1924-June 17, 2019) Heiress, artist, actress, model, fashion designer who was one of the first to market designer jeans; the mother of journalist Anderson Cooper (b. 1967)
Agnès Varda, 90 (May 30, 1928-March 29, 2019) Belgian-born French New Wave film director of the highly regarded and influential films La Pointe Courte (1954), Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961), Vagabond (1984), Jacquot de Nantes (1991), The Gleaners and I (2000), Faces Places (2017) and others
Andy Velez, 80 (March 9, 1939-May 14, 2019) Internationally known AIDS activist
Stephen Verona, 78 (September 11, 1940-July 13, 2019) Co-writer, co-director, producer of The Lords of Flatbush (1974), co-writer and director of Boardwalk (1979), early music-video director
Rita Vidaurri, 94 (May 22, 1924-January 16, 2019) Latin American ranchera singer of the '40s and '50s who quit at her peak, then returned to her career in her late seventies
Jan-Michael Vincent, 74 (July 15, 1944-February 10, 2019) Troubled actor who earned Golden Globe nominations for Going Home (1971) and The Winds of War (1983), headlined the Disney flick The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) and the racy romance Buster and Billie (1974), and scored with hit movies and TV series such as The Mechanic (1972), White Line Fever (1975), Big Wednesday (1978), Hooper (1978) and his show Airwolf (1984-1987) OBIT
Claus von Bülow, 92 (August 11, 1926-May 25, 2019) Society husband charged with murdering his heiress wife — he was found guilty, received a new trial, and got off scot-free
Clement von Franckenstein, 74 (May 28, 1944-May 9, 2019) Actor who appeared in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) and The American President (1995)
Rudolf von Ribbentrop, 98 (May 11, 1921-May 20, 2019) Nazi soldier and son of German diplomat Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946), who was hanged for war crimes; met with Hitler (1889-1945) in his bunker shortly before the reviled leader's suicide and the end of WWII
Jan Wahl, 87 (April 1, 1933-January 29, 2019) Children's book author whose work was illustrated by Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Edward Gorey (1925-2000) and Wil Clay (1938-2011)
Binyavanga Wainaina, 48 (January 18, 1971-May 21, 2019) Kenyan writer whose "How to Write About Africa" and gay activism made him one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014; winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing OBIT
Geneviève Waïte, 71 (February 13, 1948-May 18, 2019) Ex-wife of John Phillips (1935-2001), mother of Bijou Phillips (b. 1980) who acted in the 1974 film Joanna and cut the 1974 album Romance Is on the Rise
Scott Walker, 76 (January 9, 1943-March 25, 2019) Singer-songwriter, pop star and avant-garde musician
Lorraine Warren, 92 (January 31, 1927-April 17, 2019) Paranormal investigator portrayed in The Conjuring (2013)
Patricia Nell Warren, 82 (June 15, 1936-February 9, 2019) Lesbian author whose 10 million-selling The Front Runner (1974) was the first gay-themed novel on The New York Times Best Seller List OBIT
Guy Webster, 79 (September 14, 1939-February 5, 2019) Prominent album cover designer for such acts as the Doors, the Mamas and the Papas and the Rolling Stones
Jenna Welch, 99 (July 24, 1919-May 10, 2019) Mother of Laura Bush (b. 1946)
Ken Welch, 92 (February 4, 1926-January 26, 2019) Emmy-winning composer known for his work with Carol Burnett (b. 1933)
Lamia al-Gailani Werr, 80 (March 8, 1938-January 18, 2019) Pioneering Iraqi female archaeologist
Dr. Doris Wethers, 91 (December 14, 1927-January 28, 2019) Sickle cell anemia advocate and researcher
Jack Whitaker, 95 (May 18, 1924-August 18, 2019) Emmy-winning sportscaster
Pernell Whitaker, 55 (January 2, 1964-July 14, 2019) Olympic gold medal-winning boxer, champ in four boxing classes
David White, 79 (November 26, 1939-March 16, 2019) Member of doo-wop group Danny and the Juniors, co-wrote their 1958 smash "At the Hop"
Peter Whitehead, 82 (January 8, 1937-June 10, 2019) Swinging '60s London filmmaker who later became a falconer for the Saudi royal family
Marylou Whitney, 93 (December 24, 1925-July 19, 2019) Racing-world socialite
Nancy Wigginton, 93 (circa 1925-May 11, 2019) First female newscaster on BBC
Margaret "Wiggie" Wigiser, 94 (December 17, 1924-January 19, 2019) All-American Girls Pro Baseball League player from 1944-1946
Lois Wille, 87 (September 19, 1931-July3, 2019) Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, editorial writer and author
Andre Williams, 82 (November 1, 1936-March 17, 2019) R&B singer whose sing-talking style in the '50s prefigured rap
Richard Williams, 86 (March 19, 1933-August 16, 2019) Animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
David Winters, 80 (April 5, 1939-April 23, 2019) Original West Side Story (1961) dancr, choreographer
Mac Wiseman, 93 (May 23, 1925-February 23, 2019) Bluegrass star
William D. Wittliff, 79 (1940-June 9, 2019) Screenwriter of The Black Stallion (1979), Lonesome Dove (1989), Legends of the Fall (1994)
Harris Wofford, 92 (April 9, 1925-January 21, 2019) Democratic U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who advocated for volunteerism, was considered as Bill Clinton's (b. 1946) running mate in 1992
Michael Wolf, 65 (July 30, 1954-April 25, 2019) Photographer of skylines — minus the skies
Gene Wolfe, 87 (May 5, 1931-April 14, 2019) Acclaimed sci-fi author of such novels as The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972) and the series of The Book of the New Sun (1980-1983)
Perry Wolff, 97 (June 12, 1921-February 17, 2019) TV documentarian who produced A Tour of the White House (1962) and many other groundbreaking, Emmy-winning specials
Morgan Woodward, 93 (September 16, 1925-February 22, 2019) Longtime character actor who played Punk Anderson on Dallas (1980-1987) OBIT
Herman Wouk, 103 (May 27, 1915-May 17, 2019) Best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning, critically-lambasted author of such popular works as The Caine Mutiny (1951), Marjorie Morningstar (1955) and The Winds of War (1971)
Max Wright, 75 (August 2, 1943-June 26, 2019) Patriarch on the sitcom Alf (1986-1990)
Daniel Wright, 30 (circa 1989-May 26, 2019) The Biggest Loser (2009) contestant
Lili Wronker, 94 (May 5, 1924-January 10, 2019) Calligrapher and illustrator
Lester Wunderman, 98 (June 22, 1920-January 9, 2019) The so-called Father of Direct Marketing
Ida Wyman, 93 (March 7, 1926-July 13, 2019) Photographer for Life and others who at first specialized in everyday people, captured candids of stars, then turned to the photography of social change
Paul Wynter, 83 (October 28, 1935-January 14, 2019) Bodybuilder who was named Mr. Universe in 1960 and 1966, and who appeared in numberous Italian sword-and-sandal flicks in the '60s
Sol Yaged, 96 (December 8, 1922-May 11, 2019) NYC jazz legend
Izzy Young, 90 (March 26, 1928-February 4, 2019) Folk music figure who owned the Folklore Center in NYC's Greenwich Village
Pegi Young, 66 (December 1, 1952-January 1, 2019) Musician and ex-wife of Neil Young (b. 1945)
Reggie Young, 82 (December 12, 1936-January 17, 2019) Perhaps the most famous studio guitarist of all time
Hilde Zadek, 101 (December 15, 1917-February 21, 2019) Viennese opera star
Philippe (Cerboneschi) Zdar, 52 (1967-June 19, 2019) French DJ, part of the influential electronic dance duo Cassius
Franco Zeffirelli, 96 (February 12, 1923-June 15, 2019) Italian auteur director of such films as The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968), The Champ (1979), Endless Love (1981), Hamlet (1990), Jane Eyre (1996) and Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Dr. Arthur Zitrin, 101 (April 10, 1918-May 12, 2019) Bioethicist who fought against the death penalty, and against doctors who assisted in executions
