- Jan 1 Ray Walston, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), dies at 86
- Jan 2 Teri Diver, American actress, dies at 29
- Jan 5 Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
- Jan 10 Jacques Marin, French character actor (The Vintage, Charade), dies at 81
- Jan 11 Michael Williams, British actor, husband of Judi Dench (b. 1935)
- Jan 13 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor, singer (2gether), and cancer research fundraiser, dies of respiratory failure at 16
- Jan 15 Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
- Jan 16 Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jan 18 Al Waxman, Canadian radio, stage, and screen actor (Cagney & Lacey - "Lt. Smauels"; Meatballs 3; Spasms), and director, dies during heart surgery at 65
- Jan 19 Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
- Jan 30 Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (Lili, Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker), dies at 90
- Feb 7 Dale Evans, American actress and singer (Roy Rogers Show), dies at 88
- Feb 7 Robert "King" Moody, American actor and comedian (Get Smart - "Shtarker"), dies at 71
- Feb 8 Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
- Feb 9 Reginald Marsh, British actor (Sicilians: It Happened Here), dies at 74
- Feb 10 Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show; Book of Love), dies at 65
- Feb 12 Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer, dies at 88
- Feb 16 Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916)
- Feb 19 Stanley Kramer, American producer/director (Inherit the Wind), dies at 87
- Feb 20 Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)
- Feb 23 Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Mar 3 Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
- Mar 6 Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
- Mar 8 Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
- Mar 13 John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (pioneered handheld work, lighting techniques and HD video development), dies at 66
- Mar 15 Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909)
- Mar 16 Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (Casper the Ghost), dies at 79
- Mar 21 Anthony Steel, British actor and singer (Malta Story, The Wooden Horse), dies from lung cancer at 80
William Hanna (1910-2001)
Mar 22 American animator (Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo) and founder of studio Hanna-Barbera, dies at 90
- Mar 23 Irving "Sully" Boyar, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Car Wash), dies of a heart attack at 76
- Mar 23 Rowland Evans, American news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak), dies at 79
- Mar 27 Anthony Dexter [Walter Fleischmann], Canadian actor (The Phantom Planet, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas), dies at 88
- Apr 2 Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
- Apr 5 Brother Theodore, German-American comedian, dies at 94
- Apr 7 Beatrice Straight, American actress (Network, Poltergeist, Power), dies of pneumonia at 86
- Apr 7 David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), dies of a heart attack at 50
- Apr 11 Harry Secombe, Welsh actor, comedian, singer and goon (The Goon Show; Oliver!), dies of cancer at 79
- Apr 13 Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death), dies at 73
- Apr 20 Maria Karnilova, American dancer and actress (Fiddler on the Roof, Ivan the Terrible), dies at 80
- May 2 Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (Goodfellas), dies at 39
- May 2 Ted Rogers, British comedian and game show host (3-2-1), dies after emergency open-heart surgery at 65
- May 4 Bonnie Lee Bakley, American second wife of actor Robert Blake murdered in her car outside a Studio City, California restaurant at 44
- May 10 Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943)
- May 12 (Pierino) Perry Como, American singer ("Catch A Falling Star") and TV personality (The Perry Como Show), dies at 89
- May 13 Jason Miller, American actor and writer (Exorcist, Light of Day), dies at 62
- May 22 Jack Watling, British actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart), dies at 78
- May 22 Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-"Sanford & Son"), dies at 70
- May 26 Anne Haney, American actress (Mrs. Doubtfire - "Mrs. Sellner"; Liar Liar - "Greta"), dies of congestive heart failure at 67
- May 27 Ramon Bieri, American actor (Badlands, The Andromeda Strain), dies at 71
- May 31 Arlene Francis, American actress and radio and television personality (What's My Line?), dies at 93
- Jun 2 Imogene Coca, American comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl), dies at 92
Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)
Jun 3 Mexican-American actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life), dies from complications of throat cancer at 86
Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001)
Jun 21 American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), dies of a heart attack at 76
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)
Jun 27 American actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing), dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder at 76
- Jun 28 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), dies from liver failure and diverticulitis at 71
- Jul 3 Johnny Russell, American country songwriter (Act Naturally; Let's Fall To Pieces Together), singer and comedian dies of complications from diabetes at 61
- Jul 8 John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
- Jul 16 Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
- Jul 20 Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
- Jul 21 Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (b. 1927)
- Jul 21 Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
- Jul 22 Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (Ding Dong School), dies at 94
- Jul 26 Peter von Zahn, German journalist, writer, and film maker, dies at 88
- Jul 27 Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- Jul 29 Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), dies of natural causes at 85
- Aug 3 Christopher Hewett, British actor (Mr. Belvedere; The Producers) and theater director, dies of complications from diabetes at 80
- Aug 4 Lorenzo Music, American writer, actor and voice actor (Rhoda - "Carlton, the doorman"; Garfield), dies at 64
- Aug 6 Dorothy Tutin, British actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell), dies at 71
- Aug 20 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], American actress (Séance on a Wet Afternoon, The Chase, Right Stuff), dies at 76
- Aug 23 Kathleen Freeman, American actress (Beverly Hillbillies, 3 Ring Circus), dies of lung cancer at 82
- Aug 24 Bettejane "Jane" Greer, American actress (Out of the Past, Prisoner of Zenda, Clown), dies at 76
- Aug 25 Aaliyah [Haughton], American singer and actress, dies in a plane crash in the Bahamas at 22
- Aug 25 Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
- Aug 29 (Graeme) "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks - "Ego Is Not A Dirty Word"; "Jukebox in Siberia"), TV host (Shirl's Neighbourhood), and carpenter (Our House), dies as pilot in a helicopter crash at 49
- Aug 29 Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra), dies at 76
- Aug 30 Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), dies of pneumonia at 87
- Sep 2 Troy Donahue, American actor (Hawaiian Eye), dies at 65
- Sep 3 Pauline Kael, American film critic (NY Times), dies at 82
- Sep 3 Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), dies at 27
- Sep 5 Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips) and humorist, dies at 87
- Sep 7 Billie Lou Watt, American actress (Astro Boy), dies at 77
- Sep 7 Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and comedian, dies at 71
- Sep 11 Berinthia "Berry" Berenson, American photographer, actress, model, and widow of actor Anthony Perkins, dies on American Airlines Flight 11 in the 9/11 attacks at 53
- Sep 11 David Angell, American sitcom creator (Frazier), dies aboard a plane in a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center at 55
- Sep 12 Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), dies of a heart attack at 74
- Sep 13 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen's Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), dies of cardiac arrest following a short illness at 85
- Sep 15 Fred de Cordova, American film and TV producer (Tonight Show), dies at 90
- Sep 16 Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer and co-founder of American International Pictures, dies at 83
- Oct 1 Guy Beaulne, French Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
- Oct 7 Christopher Adams, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (b. 1955)
- Oct 7 Polly Rowles, American actress (Sweet Liberty, Jamie), dies at 87
- Oct 9 Dagmar [Virginia Ruth Egnor], American actress, model, and television personality (Broadway's Open House), dies at 79
- Oct 9 Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (Footloose, Steel Magnolias, dies at 74
- Nov 3 Thomas Brasch, German writer and film director, dies at 56
- Nov 5 Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (Desert Victory), dies at 87
- Nov 7 Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
- Nov 12 Albert Hague [Marcuse], German-American actor, singer and composer (Fame, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), dies of cancer at 73
- Nov 13 Margaret "Peggy" Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
- Nov 14 Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies of an asthma attack at 33
- Nov 21 Gardner McKay, American actor and author (Adventures in Paradise, Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles), dies at 69
- Dec 1 Ellis R. Dungan, American born Indian film director, dies at 92
- Dec 7 Pauline Moore [Joless Love], American actress (Colorado, Young Mr. Lincoln), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 87
- Dec 10 Ashok Kumar [Dadamoni, Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly], Indian actor (Mahal, Afsana), dies from chronic asthma at 90
- Dec 12 Jean Richard, French actor (b. 1921)
- Dec 15 Russ Haas, American professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 27
- Dec 18 Dan DeCarlo, American cartoonist (Archie Comics), dies at 82
- Dec 18 Gilbert Bécaud [François Gilbert Léopold Silly], French singer, pianist, composer and actor (Nathalie) known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances, dies at 74
- Dec 20 Foster Brooks, American comedian and actor (The Villain, Oddballs, Mork & Mindy), dies of natural causes at 89
- Dec 26 Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II), dies at 72
- Dec 31 Eileen Heckart, American actress (Butterflies Are Free, Doll's House, Trauma Center), dies of lung cancer at 82
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