Film Tv Deaths Date 2009 | History by KabAstro

Jan 25 Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951)
Jan 29 Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (BBC, "the Bearded Wonder"), dies from Legionnaires' disease at 69
Jan 31 Nagesh, Indian comedian actor in Kollywood (b. 1933)
Feb 6 James Whitmore, American actor (The Shawshank Redemption, Give 'em Hell Harry), dies of lung cancer at 87
Feb 6 Phil Carey, American actor (One Life to Live), dies at 83
Feb 7 Brian Naylor (broadcaster), Australian television presenter (b. 1931)
Feb 13 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), dies at 81
Feb 17 Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
Feb 26 Johnny Kerr, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1956, 59, 63; Syracuse Nats/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns) and broadcaster (Chicago Bulls), dies of prostate cancer at 76
Feb 26 Norm Van Lier, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1974, 76, 77; Chicago Bulls) and broadcaster (Comcast SportsNet), dies at 61
Feb 26 Wendy Richard, English actress (EastEnders), dies of cancer at 65

Paul Harvey (1918-2009)

Feb 28 American news commentator and radio broadcaster (The Rest of the Story), dies at 90

Mar 3 Sydney Chaplin, American actor and son of Charlie Chaplin (Limelight, Adding Machine), dies at 82
Mar 4 Horton Foote, American screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird; Tender Mercies), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (The Young Man from Atlanta), dies at 92
Mar 4 Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b 1944)
Mar 6 Francis Magalona, Filipino Pinoy hip-hop rapper, songwriter, and television personality (Eat Bulaga!, 1995-2009), dies of leukemia at 44
Mar 7 Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress, commits suicide at 29
Mar 8 Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle - Shriek of Araby), dies at 79
Mar 13 Betsy Blair [Elizabeth Boger], American actress (Marty, A Double Life), dies at 85
Mar 13 Test [Andrew Martin], Canadian professional wrestler (WWF/WWE), dies of an accidental overdose of the prescription pain medication oxycodone at 33
Mar 14 Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor, dies of cancer at 61
Mar 15 Ron Silver, American actor (Reversal of Fortune, Timecop), dies of cancer at 62
Mar 17 Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)

Natasha Richardson (1963-2009)

Mar 18 English actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale), dies of a traumatic brain injury at 45

Mar 22 Jade Goody, English reality TV Star and Entrepreneur, dies of cancer at 27
Mar 24 Martin Brozius, Dutch actor (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden), dies at 67
Mar 27 Irving R. Levine, American journalist (NBC News), dies at 86
Mar 29 Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)
Mar 29 Maurice Jarre, French Academy and Grammy Award-winning film composer (Lawrence Of Arabia; Doctor Zhivago; Witness; Fatal Attraction), dies at 84
Apr 8 Herbie Lovelle, America drummer, studio musician (Hot Lips Page) and actor (Law & Order), dies at 85
Apr 8 Lennie Bennett [Michael Berry], British comedian and TV game show host (Lucky Ladders), dies at 70
Apr 15 Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster and former liberal MP, dies at 84
Apr 18 Enrique Franco, Spanish pianist, composer (Cuerda de presos), music promoter, and broadcaster (National Spanish Radio; Radio Clásica), dies at 89
Apr 18 Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress, dies at 22
Apr 22 Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer (Black Narcissus), dies at 94

Bea Arthur (1922-2009)

Apr 25 American Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress (Mame; Maude; The Golden Girls), and singer, dies of lung cancer at 86

Apr 27 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), dies at 69
Apr 27 Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model, dies at 25
May 4 Dom Deluise, American comedian, actor (b. 1933)
May 4 Jane Randolph, American actress (Cat People, Railroaded!), dies of complications after hip surgery at 93
May 13 Frank Aletter, American character actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy), dies of lung cancer at 83
May 14 Bob Rosburg, American golfer, broadcaster (PGA Championship 1959), dies of head injuries from a fall at 82
May 15 Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor, pilot and radio announcer, dies at 86
May 17 Jung Seung-hye, South Korean film producer (b. 1965)
May 18 Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (3rd Mickey Mouse, 1977-2009), dies at 62
May 20 Lucy Gordon, British model and actress (b. 1980)
May 21 Joan Alexander [Louise Abrass], American actress (The New Adventures of Superman, The Tales of Hoffmann), dies of an intestinal ailment at 94
May 28 Terence Alexander, English actor (Bergerac), dies at 86
Jun 3 David Carradine, American actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets, Kill Bill V.1 & 2), dies at 72
Jun 10 Tenniel Evans, British actor and clergyman (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper), dies at 83
Jun 13 Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)
Jun 22 Steve Race, British composer, jazz pianist and radio and television presenter (BBC's "My Music", 1967-94), dies at 88
Jun 23 Ed McMahon, American TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search), dies at 86

Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009)

Jun 25 American actress (Charlie's Angels, The Burning Bed), dies of cancer at 62

Jun 27 Gale Storm [Josephine Owaissa Cottle], American singer ("I Hear You Knockin'"), and actress (My Little Margie; The Gale Storm Show), dies at 87
Jun 28 A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)
Jun 28 Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)
Jun 29 Joe Bowman (marksman), American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, famed bootmaker & master showman (b. 1925)
Jun 30 Harve Presnell, American actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 75
Jul 1 Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich], American actor (Streets of San Francisco; A Streetcar Named Desire; American Express commercials), dies of natural causes at 97
Jul 1 Mollie Sugden, English actress (Are You Being Served?), dies at 86
Jul 4 Brenda Joyce [Betty Graffina Leabo], American actress (Tarzan, The Rains Came), dies of complications from pneumonia at 92
Jul 4 Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer and actor, dies at 74
Jul 12 Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster, dies at 70
Jul 14 Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)

Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

Jul 17 American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), dies of cerebrovascular disease at 92

Jul 22 Peter Krieg [Wilhelm Gladitz], German documentary filmmaker, and writer (September Wheat), dies at 60
Jul 25 Alexis Cohen, American Idol contestant (unsuccessful), viral phenomenon (b. 1984)
Jul 25 Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
Jul 31 Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
Aug 4 Blake Snyder, American screenwriter (b. 1957)
Aug 5 Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (On the Waterfront), dies at 95
Aug 6 John Hughes, American film director (Breakfast Club; Ferris Bueller's Day Off), dies of a heart attack at 59
Aug 7 Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host (Like Father, Like Son), dies at 76
Aug 19 Don Hewitt, American CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes), dies at 86
Aug 29 Simon Dee, British television broadcaster (Dee Time), dies at 74
Sep 1 Aubrey Buxton, English TV executive (ITV, created "Survival"), dies at 91
Sep 1 Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (b. 1974)
Sep 4 Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79
Sep 8 Army Archerd, American Hollywood columnist (Variety) and TV host (Movie Game), dies at 87
Sep 8 Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host (b. 1924)
Sep 8 Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 82
Sep 11 Zakes Mokae, South African actor (Comedians), dies at 75
Sep 13 Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), dies at 83
Sep 14 Henry Gibson, American actor and comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet), dies at 73

Patrick Swayze (1952-2009)

Sep 14 American actor (Ghost), dancer (Dirty Dancing), and songwriter, dies of pancreatic cancer at 57

Sep 19 Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
Sep 20 John Hart, American actor (The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain Africa), dies from complications of dementia at 91
Sep 21 Robert Ginty, American actor (The Paper Chase: Coming Home; The Exterminator), and director, dies of cancer at 60
Sep 27 Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
Sep 28 Ulf Larsson, Swedish stage and television comedian, actor, and director, dies from an aortic aneurysm at 53
Sep 29 Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
Oct 6 Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)
Oct 11 Veronika Neugebauer, German actress and voice actress (b. 1969)
Oct 12 Ian Wallace, British buffo bass-baritone opera and concert singer ("Gendarmes' Duet"), and broadcaster (BBC's My Music, 1964-97), dies at 90
Oct 13 Al Martino [Jasper Cini], American pop singer ("Here in My Heart"), and actor (The Godfather), dies of a heart attack at 82
Oct 13 Daniel Melnick, American television and film producer (Get Smart; Ages of Man; Roxanne), and studio executive, dies at 77
Oct 14 "Captain" Lou Albano, American professional wrestler, 1953-69, wrestler manager (1969-95), and actor (Cyndi Lauper music videos; Super Mario Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 76
Oct 19 Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), dies at 91
Oct 22 Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
Oct 22 Soupy Sales [Milton Supman], American comedian, television, and radio personality, dies from cancer at 83
Oct 23 Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor and comedian (Irma la Douce, The Dean Martin Show), dies at 95 [1]
Nov 2 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), dies of natural causes at 87
Nov 6 Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (Dark Shadows), dies at 77
Nov 10 Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
Nov 14 Bruce Wells, English boxer (European amateur light middleweight champion 1953) and actor (Dr. Who 1965-73), dies at 76
Nov 16 Edward Woodward, British actor (Breaker Morant; Wickerman; The Equalizer), and pop singer ("The Way You Look Tonight"), dies at 79
Nov 24 Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
Nov 28 Gilles Carle, Canadian screenwriter and film director (b. 1928)
Dec 1 Éva Szörényi, Hungarian actress and freedom activist for Hungary, dies at 92
Dec 1 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), dies at 76
Dec 2 Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934)
Dec 3 Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident), dies at 90
Dec 4 Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
Dec 5 Garfield Morgan, British actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy), dies at 78
Dec 7 Mark Ritts, American actor (b. 1946)
Dec 9 Gene Barry [Eugene Klass], American actor (The Atomic City, Bat Masterson), dies of congestive heart failure at 90
Dec 16 Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
Dec 17 Dan O'Bannon, Screenwriter, after a short illness (b.1943)

Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)

Dec 17 American actress (Farewell to Arms), dies of natural causes at 90

Dec 18 Connie Hines, American actress (Mister Ed), dies of heart problems at 78
Dec 19 Kim Peek, American prodigious savant and inspiration for the 1988 film Rain Man, dies of a heart attack at 58
Dec 20 Arnold Stang, American comedian and actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat), dies at 91
Dec 20 Brittany Murphy, American actress (Drop Dead Gorgeous), dies at 32
Dec 20 Mairoon Ali, Trinidadian comedienne and actress (b. 1954)
Dec 29 Steve Williams, American professional wrestler, known as "Dr. Death", and USFL football player, dies of throat cancer at 49