Film Tv Deaths Date 2007 | History by KabAstro

Jan 24 Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
Jan 27 Bob Carroll, American radio and screenwriter (I Love Lucy; The Lucy Show; The Mothers-In-Law; Here's Lucy), dies at 88
Jan 27 Tige Andrews, American character actor (Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), dies of cardiac arrest at 86
Jan 28 Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
Jan 30 Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)

Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007)

Jan 30 American novelist and playwright (Master of the Game, Bloodline, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer), dies of pneumonia at 89

Jan 31 Lee Bergere, American actor (Star Trek, Soap, Dynasty), dies at 82
Feb 2 Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
Feb 4 Barbara McNair, American singer ("Till There Was You") and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs), dies of throat cancer at 72
Feb 6 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], American singer ("Jezebel"; "Rawhide"; "Blazing Saddles"), songwriter ("We'll Be Together Again"), and actor (Bring Your Smile Along), dies of heart failure at 93

Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007)

Feb 8 American model, Playboy playmate (May 1992, Playmate of the Year 1993) and tabloid fixture, dies of a prescription drug overdose at 39

Feb 9 Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards), dies in his sleep of a great attack at 72 [1]
Feb 10 Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
Feb 10 Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
Feb 12 Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
Feb 13 Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
Feb 14 Lee Patterson, Canadian actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World), dies of congestive heart failure at 77
Feb 14 Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated filmmaker. (b. 1943)
Feb 15 Walker Edmiston, American actor (Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 81
Feb 17 Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
Feb 19 Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty], American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls; Smith Family), dies of pneumonia at 85
Feb 20 Derek Waring [Barton-Chapple], British actor (Z-Cars, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country), dies at 79
Feb 20 Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. 1965)
Feb 24 Bruce Bennett, American actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), dies from complications of a broken hip at 100
Mar 1 Eddy Firestone, American radio, television, and film actor (Mixed Doubles), dies of respiratory and heart failure at 86
Mar 3 Herbert Asmodi, German writer and actor, dies at 83
Mar 3 Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist and creator of "La Linea" animated cartoons, dies at 87
Mar 4 Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (Daily Mail; British Sportswriter of the Year 1972, 74, 81, 89) and broadcaster (BBC), dies of cancer at 75
Mar 4 Richard Joseph, British computer and video game soundtrack composer, dies of lung cancer at 53
Mar 8 John Inman, English actor (Mr. Humphries-Are You Being Served?), dies at 71
Mar 8 Viky Vanita, Greek actress (b. 1948)
Mar 10 Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
Mar 10 Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
Mar 11 Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg], American actress, dancer, singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth), dies of colon cancer a 86
Mar 13 Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
Mar 14 Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
Mar 15 Charles Harrelson, American organized crime figure, convicted hitman, and father of actor Woody Harrelson, dies in prison of a heart attack at 68
Mar 19 Calvert DeForest, American comedian (Larry "Bud" Melman), dies at 85
Mar 29 Calvin Lockhart [Bert Cooper], Bahamian-American stage and actor (Cotton Goes to Harlem), dies from stroke complications at 72
Apr 4 Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
Apr 4 Terry Hall, English ventriloquist, dies at 80
Apr 6 Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L'imperatore di Capri), dies at 90
Apr 7 Barry Nelson, American actor (Airport), dies at 89
Apr 11 Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap), dies at 81
Apr 13 Don Selwyn, Māori actorand film director, dies at 71
Apr 17 Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality, dies at 96
Apr 19 Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (Trout), dies at 74
Apr 26 Jack Valenti, American political advisor & film executive, dies at 85
Apr 28 Robert "Dabbs" Greer, American actor (Gunsmoke, The Green Mile, Little House on Prairie), dies of a kidney and heart ailment at 90
Apr 29 Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and stand-up comedian (Mot i brøstet, Olsen-banden), dies of heart failure at 85
Apr 30 Gordon Scott [Werschkul], American actor (Tarzan series), dies at 80
Apr 30 Tom Poston, American actor (Newhart - "George Utley"; Mork & Mindy - "Franklin Bickley"; The Bob Newhart Show; The Steve Allen Show), dies from respiratory failure at 85
May 2 Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
May 3 Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
May 6 Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
May 6 Đorđe Novković, Croatian pop singer-songwriter (Pro Arte), and television personality (Hrvatski Idol), dies at 63
May 12 Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (The Bishop's Wife, They Live By Night), dies at 70
May 15 Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1955)
May 18 Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor, dies at 74
May 20 Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer, coach, broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd), dies at 93
May 25 Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian and gameshow panelist (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies at 76
May 26 J Edward Oliver, British cartoonist (Record Mirror; Buster & Master's Mind), dies of cancer at 64
May 27 Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer (Silk Stockings), and animal rights activist, dies at 75
May 30 Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian actor and director (Églantine, Circle of Love, Cousins), dies of cancer at 74
Jun 2 Kentaro Haneda, Japanese pianist, composer and arranger for film, anime, and video games, dies of liver cancer at 58
Jun 4 Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek), dies at 66
Jun 9 Rudolf Arnheim, German-American film theorist and author of "Art and Visual Perception", dies at 102 [1]
Jun 10 Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist and television presenter, dies at 67
Jun 11 Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West), dies of leukemia at 75
Jun 12 Don Herbert, American scientist and TV host (Watch Mr Wizard), dies at 89
Jun 15 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (WWF), dies of an overdose at 49
Jun 16 Mikhail Kononov, Soviet Russian actor, dies from a tromboembolism at 67
Jun 16 Patricia Darcy Jones, American session and touring rock vocalist (Cher), and Broadway actress, dies at 54
Jun 18 Bernard Manning, British comedian, dies at 76
Jun 19 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, dies of pneumonia at 88
Jun 19 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor, dies at 69
Jun 22 Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet (b. 1964)
Jun 24 Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
Jun 27 William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
Jun 29 Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (Yi Yi), dies of cancer at 59
Jun 29 Joel Siegel, American film critic for Good Morning America, dies of cancer at 63
Jul 2 Git Gay [Birgit Carp], Swedish revue director, actress and singer (Git Gay Show, Ge mig en lektion i kärlek), dies at 85
Jul 4 Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician ("Gözlerin"/ "Your Eyes"), and actor (My Lying Lover), dies of injuries sustained in a car accident at 28
Jul 5 Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926)
Jul 9 Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
Jul 18 George Caiazzo, American professional wrestler
Jul 20 Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports), dies at 80
Jul 20 Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (Zulu, Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate), dies of a stroke at 79
Jul 22 László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (Easy Rider; Five Easy Pieces; Paper Moon; The Last Waltz), dies at 74 [1]
Jul 22 Ulrich Mühe, German actor (Das Leben der Anderen), and stage director, dies of stomach cancer at 54
Jul 23 Tor Kamata, American-Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1937)
Jul 24 Chaney Kley, American Actor (b. 1972)
Jul 26 John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
Jul 27 Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
Jul 28 Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924)
Jul 29 Michel Serrault, French actor (Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud, La Cage aux Folles), dies at 79
Jul 29 Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (b. 1940)

Tom Snyder (1936-2007)

Jul 29 American television and radio interviewer (Tomorrow, 1973-82; The Late Late Show, 1995-99), and news anchor (NBC Weekend News; WABC), dies of complications from leukemia at 71

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)

Jul 30 Swedish stage and film director (Cries & Whispers), dies at 89

Jul 30 Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (Red Dessert, Blowup), dies at 94
Aug 2 Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 78
Aug 3 John Gardner, English spy and thriller novelist (Boysie Oakes novels; James Bond continuation novels), dies of suspected heart failure at 80
Aug 7 Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director and producer. (b. 1917)
Aug 8 Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
Aug 10 Tony Wilson, British music personality, record label owner and radio broadcaster, dies of a heart attack at 57
Aug 11 Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (Der Bockerer), dies at 94
Aug 12 Merv Griffin, American television host and game show creator, dies at 82
Aug 13 Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)

Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)

Aug 13 American Baseball HOF shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 7 x World Series; AL MVP 1950; NY Yankees) and broadcaster (WCBS radio, WPIX-TV), dies at 89

Aug 16 The Missing Link, professional wrestler (b. 1939)
Aug 23 Robert Symonds, American actor and associate director of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, dies at 80
Aug 24 Aaron Russo, American political activist, movie producer and director (Trading Places, Wise Guys, The Rose), dies of cancer at 64
Aug 26 Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor, dies at 72
Aug 27 Emma Penella, Spanish actress, dies at 76
Aug 28 Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American Academy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (Sayonara; Flower Drum Song; Courtship of Eddie's Father - "Mrs. Livingston"), dies of cancer at 78
Aug 30 Roef Ragas, Dutch actor (Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch), dies at 42
Aug 31 Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler, dies at 79
Sep 2 Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (Frankie Darro, The Cisco), dies at 83
Sep 6 Percy Rodriguez [Rodrigues], Canadian actor (Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Brainwaves), dies of kidney failure at 89

Jane Wyman (1917-2007)

Sep 10 American Academy Award-winning actress (Johnny Belinda; Magnificent Obsession) and 1st wife of Ronald Reagan, dies of natural causes at 90

Sep 12 Phil Frank, American cartoonist (Farley, The Elderberries comics), dies at 64
Sep 14 Jacques Martin, French TV host (Le Petit Rapporteur), dies at 74
Sep 15 Brett Somers [Audrey Johnston], Canadian-American actress (The Odd Couple - "Blanche Madison"), and TV personality (Match Game), dies of cancer at 83
Sep 15 Gordon "Specs" Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (Red Norvo; Teddy Wilson; CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), dies of kidney disease at 85
Sep 21 Alice Ghostley, American stage and screen actress (Bewitched, 1969-72 - "Esmeralda"; Designing Women, 1986-93 - "Bernice"), and singer dies of colon cancer and stroke complications at 84
Sep 22 Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (Bip the Clown; Silent Movie), dies at 84
Sep 29 Lois Maxwell [Hooker], Canadian actress (Goldfinger, Dr. No, Miss Moneypenny), dies at 80
Oct 1 Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
Oct 2 George Grizzard, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica), dies at 79
Oct 9 Carol Bruce [Shirley Levy], American actress (Behind the Eight Ball; WKRP in Cincinnati - "Mother Carlson"), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 87
Oct 12 Lon "Lonny" Chapman, American actor (Investigator, For the People), dies from heart disease at 87
Oct 14 Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (Woman of Rome), dies at 82
Oct 16 Deborah Kerr, British actress (From Here to Eternity; The King and I; An Affair To Remember), dies from the effects of Parkinson's disease at 86

Robert Goulet (1933-2007)

Oct 30 American Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, stage and screen actor (Camelot - "If Ever I Would Leave You"), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 73

Nov 1 S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
Nov 2 The Fabulous Moolah [Mary Lillian Ellison], American professional wrestler (World Champion: 1956-83), dies from a heart attack at 84
Nov 4 Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
Nov 6 Hilda Braid, English actress (Eastenders), dies at 78
Nov 10 Laraine Day [La Raine Johnson], American actress (Dr. KIldaire, Foreign Correspondent), dies at 87
Nov 16 Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
Nov 16 Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author, dies at 61
Nov 19 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, dies at 91
Nov 21 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
Nov 22 Reg Park, British bodybuilder (Mr Universe 1951, 58, 65), dies at 79
Nov 22 Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer, 1st producer of Doctor Who, dies at 71
Nov 26 Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian television comedy writer, dies at 94
Nov 27 Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil's Advocate, Hanky Panky), dies at 76
Dec 1 Anton Rodgers, British actor (May to December), dies at 74
Dec 2 Henry Cele, South African actor (Shaka Zulu), dies at 66
Dec 3 James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
Dec 6 Katy French, Irish Supermodel and Socialite, dies at 24
Dec 11 Ashleigh Aston Moore, Canadian child actress (Now and Then), dies of a drug overdose at 26
Dec 13 Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American (Dakota Sioux) country music singer-songwriter, actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; Northern Exposure), and political activist, dies from complications of leukemia at 71
Dec 15 John Berg, American actor (Star Trek: Nemesis), takes his own life at 58
Dec 18 Jack Linkletter, American TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny), dies at 70
Dec 22 Joe Ames, American singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show), dies at 86
Dec 27 Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (b. 1922)
Dec 31 Bill Idelson, American actor (b. 1919)
Dec 31 Kathryn Ish, American actress (b. 1936)
Dec 31 Markku Peltola, Finnish actor (The Man Without A Past), and art-rock bassist and singer (Motelli Skronkle), dies at 51