- Jan 1 Juanita Moore, American actress (Imitation Of Life), dies at 99 [1]
- Jan 3 Tom Rosenthal, British publisher & broadcaster, dies at 78
- Jan 5 Carmen Zapata, American actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City), dies at 86
- Jan 6 Larry D Mann, Canadian actor and broadcaster (Accidental Family, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies at 91
- Jan 14 Mae Young, American professional wrestler and one of the pioneers in women's wrestling (National Wrestling Alliance, WWF), dies at 90
- Jan 16 Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor (Charlotte's Web, Alice, The Partridge Family), dies from heart and kidney failure at 82
- Jan 16 Roger Lloyd-Pack, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses - "Trigger"; The Vicar of Dibley - "Owen"; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- Jan 16 Russell Johnson, American television and film actor, best known for his role as "The Professor" on Gilligan's Island, dies of kidney failure at 89
- Jan 22 Luis Ávalos, Cuban-American stage and screen character actor (Condo; E/R; I Had 3 Wives), dies of heart failure at 67
- Jan 23 Riz Ortolani, Italian Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger, predominantly of film scores (Mondo Cane - "More"), dies at 87
- Jan 30 Arthur Rankin, Jr, American director, producer, and screenwriter (Rankin/Bass Productions -The Year Without A Santa Claus; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty The Snowman), dies at 89
- Jan 31 Christopher Jones, American actor, dies from cancer at 72
Maximilian Schell (1930-2014)
Feb 1 Swiss-Austrian actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, The Pedestrian), dies at 83
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)
Feb 2 American actor (Capote, Moneyball), dies of a suspected drug overdose at 46
Shirley Temple (1928-2014)
Feb 10 American actress and diplomat, famous 1930s child star (Bright Eyes, Heidi), dies of natural causes at 85
- Feb 11 Alice Babs [Nilson], Swedish jazz singer (The Swe-Danes; Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts), and actress (Swing It, Teacher!), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 90
- Feb 12 Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar, American comic actor and writer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 91
- Feb 13 Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke; The Waltons), dies at 85
- Feb 18 Big Daddy V, [Nelson Frazier Jr.] American professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 43
- Feb 24 Harold Ramis, American actor and director, dies from vasculitis at 69
- Mar 6 Sheila MacRae, British-born actress (Jackie Gleason Show), dies at 92
- Mar 15 David Brenner, American stand-up comedian and TV talk show host (Nightlife) known as a pioneer of observational comedy, dies from cancer at 78
- Mar 17 Gene Feist, American actor, playwright, producer and co-founder of Roundabout Theater Company, dies at 91
- Mar 23 Geriatric1927 [Peter Oakley], English video blogger, dies at 86
- Mar 25 Eddie Lawrence, American comedian and monologist (The Old Philosopher), dies at 95 [1]
- Mar 30 Kate O'Mara, English actress (Dynasty) and writer, dies at 74
- Apr 4 Margo MacDonald, Scottish national broadcaster and politician (MP for Glasgow Govan 1973-74), dies at 70
- Apr 5 John Pinette, American comedian and actor (The Punisher, Junior), dies from an pulmonary embolism at 50
Mickey Rooney (1920-2014)
Apr 6 American Emmy award-winning actor (Boys Town, The Black Stallion), dies at 93
- Apr 8 The Ultimate Warrior [James Brian Hellwig], American Hall of Fame professional wrestler, dies from a heart attack at 54
Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
Apr 17 Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist (1982 Nobel Prize in Literature), dies of pneumonia at 87
- Apr 21 Arlene McQuade, American stage, radio and screen actress (The Goldbergs - "Rosalie"), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 77
- Apr 28 Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer, noted for his film scores, dies at 75
- Apr 28 Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster, dies at 80
- Apr 29 (Abraham) "Glenn" Osser, American arranger and orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue; Miss America Pageant), dies at 99
- May 1 Assaf Dayan, Israeli actor (He Walked Through the Fields), dies at 68
- May 12 Cornell Borchers, German actress (The Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul), dies at 89
- May 25 Herb Jeffries [Umberto Alejandro Ballentino], American actor and director (The Bronze Buckaroo, Mundo depravados), dies of heart failure at 100
- Jun 9 Rik Mayall, English actor and comedian, dies from cardiac arrest at 56
- Jun 11 Ruby Dee (née Wallace), American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (A Raisin in the Sun; American Gangster), poet, and civil rights activist, dies at 91
- Jun 14 Francis Matthews, British actor (Paul Temple, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), dies at 86
- Jun 14 Sam Kelly [Roger Michael Kelly], English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Porridge), dies of cancer at 70
Casey Kasem (1932-2014)
Jun 15 American radio personality (creator of American Top 40) and the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, dies from Lewy body dementia at 82
- Jun 15 Jacques Bergerac, French actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun) and business executive (Revlon), dies at 87
- Jun 30 Paul Mazursky, American film director and screenwriter, dies from pulmonary cardiac arrest at 84
- Jul 2 Louis Zamperini, American World War II veteran whose story of capture by the Japanese inspired the movie "Unbroken", dies at 97
Eileen Ford (1922-2014)
Jul 9 American modelling agency executive and co-founder (Ford Modelling Agency), dies from complications of meningioma and osteoporosis at 92
James Garner (1928-2014)
Jul 19 American actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick), dies of acute myocardial infarction at 86
Robin Williams (1951-2014)
Aug 11 American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Jumanji, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting), commits suicide by hanging himself at 63
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)
Aug 12 American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), dies of a stroke at 89
- Aug 18 Don Pardo, TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live), dies at 96
Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
Aug 24 English actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), dies at 90
Joan Rivers (1933-2014)
Sep 4 American comedian and actress (Late Show, Hollywood Squares), dies at 81 after serious complications from a procedure on her vocal cords
- Sep 17 China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress, filmmaker and writer, dies at 92
- Sep 20 Polly Bergen [Nellie Burgin], American actress, singer, television host, and writer (Winds of War - "Rhoda"; The Helen Morgan Story), dies of natural causes at 84
- Oct 1 Lynsey de Paul, British singer and actress (Sugar Me), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 66
- Oct 5 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, singer, director and painter (Annie; The Wiz), dies at 84
- Oct 9 Jan Hooks, American comedienne and actress (SNL, 1986-94; Designing Women, 1991-93; 3rd Rock from the Sun, 1996-2000), dies of throat cancer at 57
- Oct 18 Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer, dies of cancer at 32
- Oct 20 Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), dies at 58
- Oct 24 Marcia Strassman, American actress (M*A*S*H; Welcome Back, Kotter - "Julie Kotter"), dies from breast cancer at 66
- Nov 6 Carole Mathews [Jean Deifel], American actress (The Californians, Swamp Women), dies at 94
- Nov 12 Richard Pasco, British actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph), dies at 88
- Nov 12 Warren Clark, British actor, dies at 67
- Nov 14 Glen Larson, American television producer and writer, dies from esophageal cancer at 77
- Nov 16 Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer (Los Angeles Times, 1965-80), television host, and educator, dies at 88
Mike Nichols (1931-2014)
Nov 19 German-American film director (Catch 22, The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), dies from cardiac arrest at 83
- Nov 25 Joanna Dunham, English actress (Possession, House the Dripped Blood), dies at 78
- Nov 26 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian NHL hockey left winger, 1961-69, 4X Stanley Cup champ (Montreal Canadiens), and French-language broadcaster, 1971-97, dies of heart failure at 75
- Dec 5 Manuel De Sica, Italian composer, chiefly of film scores, dies of a heart attack at 65
- Dec 6 Ralph Baer, German-American engineer, creator of the first video game console (Magnavox Odyssey Home Video Game System), dies at 88 [1]
- Dec 7 John Bartholomew Tucker, American TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island), dies at 84
- Dec 7 Ken Weatherwax, American actor, dies from a heart attack at 59
- Dec 9 Mary Ann Mobley, American model/actress, dies from breast cancer at 77
- Dec 12 Norman Bridwell, American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog), dies at 86
- Dec 14 Bess Myerson, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), dies at 90
- Dec 18 Virna Lisi, Italian actress (Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard), dies at 78
- Dec 20 John Freeman, British politician (Labour), ambassador, TV host and executive (London Weekend Television, dies at 99
- Dec 21 Billie Whitelaw, British actress (Omen, Adding Machine), dies at 82
Luise Rainer (1910-2014)
Dec 30 German-American actress and 1st actor to win multiple Academy Awards (The Great Ziegfeld 1936, The Good Earth 1937), dies at 104
- Dec 30 Patrick Gowers, British choral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley's People), dies at 78
- Dec 30 Yolande Donlan, British-American actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess), dies at 94
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