Film Tv Deaths Date 2000 | History by KabAstro

Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000)

Jan 19 Austrian-American actress (Ecstasy, Samson & Delilah) and inventor (radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes), dies of heart failure at 86

Jan 24 Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
Jan 31 Ralph Manza, American actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart), dies of a heart attack at 78
Feb 4 Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer, dies at 80
Feb 5 Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (Four Bags Full, Rouge et noir), dies at 98
Feb 10 Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail; Hey Vern: The Beverly Hillbillies movie), dies of lung cancer at 50
Feb 12 (Jalacy) "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("I Put a Spell On You"), and actor, dies of an aneurysm at 70
Feb 16 Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (Zorba the Greek (1964), Sword of the Valiant, The Tenant), dies of congestive heart disease and Alzheimer's disease at 81
Feb 16 Marceline Day [Newlin], American actress, mostly in silent films (The Cameraman; The Jazz Age; The Arm of the Law), dies at 91
Mar 5 Lolo Ferrari [Eve Valois], French adult actress and dancer, dies from an overdose of prescription drugs at 37
Mar 6 John Colicos, Canadian actor (Battlestar Galactica), dies of a heart attack at 71
Mar 7 Charles Gray, British actor (Clay-Rawhide, Diamonds Are Forever, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), dies at 71
Mar 20 Gene Eugene [Andrusco], Canadian-American actor, singer-songwriter (Adam Again; Lost Dogs), and record producer, dies of a brain aneurysm at 38
Mar 25 Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
Mar 27 Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), dies at 57
Mar 28 Albert "Ab" Abspoel, Dutch actor and director (Surprise Attack, Elevator), dies at 74

Claire Trevor (1910-2000)

Apr 8 American actress (Marjorie Morningstar), dies of respiratory failure at 91

Apr 10 Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (The Kingdom, Matador, Een stor familie), dies at 71
Apr 10 Larry Linville, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-77 - "Major Frank Burns"), dies of pneumonia, following cancer surgery in at 60
Apr 10 Peter Jones, British actor (Chariots of Fire, From a Bird's Eye View), dies of natural causes at 79
Apr 11 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
Apr 27 Vicki Sue Robinson, American stage and screen actress, and pop singer ("Turn the Beat Around"), dies of cancer at 45
May 1 Stephen "Steve" Reeves, American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist (Hercules, Goliath, Sandokan), dies from a blood clot at 74
May 6 Leonard Salzedo, British orchestral, ballet, and film composer (The Witch Boy; Requiem Sine Voxibus, Hammer Films), dies at 78

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000)

May 7 American actor (Prisoner of Zenda; Gunga Din), and decorated US naval officer (WWII Beach Jumpers), dies of a heart attack at 90

May 11 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (Masquerade), dies at 93
May 13 Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
May 15 Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (née Myrtle Arbuthnot), British model and photographer (as Ziki Arnot), and politician (House of Lords, 1990-200), dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) - a rare brain disorder at 66

John Gielgud (1904-2000)

May 21 British stage and screen actor and director (Arthur, Hamlet, Ages of Man), dies at 96

May 25 Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 53
May 30 Doris Hare, Welsh actress (b. 1905)
Jun 11 Lew Gallo, American character actor and screenwriter (Get Smart; Gunsmoke; 12 O'Clock High), dies at 71
Jun 18 Nancy Marchand, American actress (The Sopranos, Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant), dies at 71
Jun 24 David Tomlinson, British actor (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Helter Skelter), dies from a stroke at 83
Jun 26 Logan Ramsey, American actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes), dies of a heart attack at 79
Jun 28 Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (the Seventh Seal, Dum-Bom), dies of viral complications after several stroke at 92
Jun 29 Coen Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje), dies at 68
Jun 29 Il Mattatore [Vittorio Gassman], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman, War & Peace), dies at 77
Jul 1 Torbjörn Lundquist, Swedish classical and film score composer, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 79
Jul 1 Walter Matthau, American actor and comedian (The Odd Couple, Bad News Bears), dies at 79
Jul 3 Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor, dies of a heart attack at 55
Jul 9 Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
Jul 10 Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
Jul 14 Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- "Billie Jo"; My Three Sons, 1964-66 - "Sally"), and talk show host, dies of brain cancer at 55

Roberto Suárez Gómez (1932-2000)

Jul 20 Bolivian drug lord called the "King of Cocaine" whose story was the basis of the movie "Scarface", dies of a heart attack at 68

Jul 22 Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
Jul 22 Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
Jul 27 Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
Jul 27 Val Dufour, American actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World), dies at 73
Jul 30 Max Showalter (sometimes known as Casey Adams), American actor (Kansas; Niagara: Hello Dolly!; 10), pianist and composer, dies of cancer at 83
Jul 30 Nan Leslie [Nan Coppage], American actress (Kings Row, The Californians), dies of pneumonia at 74

Alec Guinness (1914-2000)

Aug 5 British actor (The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies of liver cancer at 86

Aug 9 Nicholas Markowitz, American teenager kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood at 15

Loretta Young (1913-2000)

Aug 12 American actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger), dies of ovarian cancer at 87

Aug 14 John Milford, American actor (Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Homefront), dies at 72
Aug 19 Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
Aug 31 Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (The Fly), dies at 75
Sep 2 Curt Siodmak, German-American novelist and screenwriter (Donovan's Brain; I Walked With A Zombie), dies at 98
Sep 3 Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (Escape to Athena), dies at 86
Sep 6 Desmond Wilcox, English broadcaster (BBC, ITV), dies at 69
Sep 9 Bill Waddington, British actor and comedian (Percy in Coronation Street), dies at 84
Sep 12 Gary Olsen [Grant], British stage and screen actor (2point4 Children - "Ben"), dies of cancer at 42
Sep 14 Beah Richards, American actress, poet, playwright and author (Roots, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 80
Sep 15 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), dies at 76

Paula Yates (1960-2000)

Sep 17 English TV personality (The Big Breakfast), dies of a drug overdose at 41

Sep 19 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), dies at 89
Sep 19 Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as "the Scream Queen" for her work in B-movies, dies of kidney failure at 69
Sep 26 Richard Mulligan, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Soap - "Burt"; Empty Nest; The Big Bus), dies of colorectal cancer at 67
Oct 6 Richard Farnsworth, American actor (Misery, Havana, Sylvester), dies at 80
Oct 9 David Dukes, American actor (Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War), dies at 55
Oct 13 Jean Peters, American actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters), dies at 73
Oct 16 Rick Jason [Richard Jacobson], American stage and screen actor (Combat! - "Lt. Hanley"; The Fountain of Youth; Day of the Wolves), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 77
Oct 17 Leo Nomellini, American College/Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (Uni of Minnesota; 6×First-team All-Pro; 10×Pro Bowl; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; SF 49ers), dies of a stroke at 76
Oct 18 Gwyneth “Gwen” Verdon, American actress, singer and dancer (Cotton Club; Sweet Charity), dies at 75
Oct 18 Julie London, American singer ("Cry Me A River") and actress (Emergency - "Nurse McCall"), dies at 74
Oct 23 Rodney Anoa'i (aka Yokozuna), American pro wrestler, dies from pulmonary edema at 34
Oct 28 Lída Baarová [Ludmila Babková], Czech actress (Die Fledermaus, Virginity), dies after a long illness at 86

Steve Allen (1921-2000)

Oct 30 American comedian, composer, actor and TV host (Tonight Show; Steve Allen Show), dies of injuries from a car accident at 78

Oct 31 Ring Lardner Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (Woman of the Year, M A S H), dies at 75
Nov 1 Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
Nov 9 Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne), dies at 85
Nov 14 Robert Trout, American newscaster (ABC), dies at 91
Nov 22 Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
Nov 28 Liane Haid, Austrian actress (Lady Hamilton), dies at 105
Dec 2 Gail Fisher, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Mannix - "Peggy"), dies of kidney failure at 65
Dec 3 Hoyt Curtin, American composer (Hanna-Barbera cartoon theme songs), dies at 78
Dec 6 Werner Klemperer, German-American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actor (Judgment at Nuremberg; Hogan's Heroes - "Col. Klink"), dies of cancer at 80
Dec 10 Marie Windsor [Emily Marie Bertelson], American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Double Deal), dies of congestive heart failure at 80
Dec 11 David Lewis, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), dies at 84
Dec 12 George Montgomery, American actor (b. 1916)
Dec 17 Gérard Blain, French director and actor (The Friends, Hatari), dies at 70
Dec 21 Antón Larrauri, Spanish classical and film score composer (Oración al cosmos), dies at 68
Dec 23 Billy Barty [William John Bertanzetti,], American actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play), dies of heart failure at 76
Dec 23 Noor Jehan [Allah Rakhi Wasai], Pakistani singer and actress (Mela; Chann Way), dies at 74

Victor Borge (1909-2000)

Dec 23 Danish-American comedian and pianist, dies at 91

Dec 26 Jason Robards, American actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday), dies at 78
Dec 26 Leo Gordon, American actor (Maverick, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War), dies of cardiac failure at 78
Dec 30 Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (Casablanca), dies at 91