Film Tv Deaths Date 2016 | History by KabAstro

David Bowie (1947-2016)

Jan 10 English rock singer-songwriter ("Space Oddity"; "Changes"; "Ziggy Stardust"; "Heroes"), mime, and actor (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence; Labyrinth), dies of cancer at 69

Jan 13 Brian Bedford, English actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue), dies at 80

Alan Rickman (1946-2016)

Jan 14 English actor (Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Die Hard, Harry Potter), dies of cancer at 69

Jan 14 René Angélil, Canadian music executive, actor and director (Omertà, L'apparition), and husband of Céline Dion, dies of throat cancer at 73
Jan 15 Dan Haggerty, American actor (Grizzly Adams), dies of cancer at 73
Jan 15 Noreen Corcoran, American actress (Bachelor Father), dies at 72
Jan 17 Dale "Buffin" Griffin, English rock drummer (Mott The Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), and producer (BBC's John Peel sessions), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 67
Jan 19 Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (A Special Day), dies at 84
Jan 22 Anthony Simmons, British writer and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms), dies at 93
Jan 23 Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets), dies at 85
Jan 26 Abe Vigoda, American actor (Barney Miller, The Godfather), dies at 94
Jan 29 Jacques Rivette, French New Wave film director (The Beautiful Troublemaker), dies at 87
Jan 30 Frank Finlay, British actor (Bouquet of Barbed Wire), dies at 89
Jan 31 Terry Wogan, British broadcaster (Eurovision Song Contest, Blankety Blank), dies of cancer at 77
Feb 2 Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life), dies at 92
Feb 3 Joseph Francis "Joe" Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck), dies from cancer at 63
Feb 3 Mary Healy, American actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, He Married his Wife), dies of natural causes at 96
Feb 4 Jimmie Haskell [Sheridan Pearlman], American arranger (Ricky Nelson; Chicago; Sheryl Crow), and film and television score composer, dies at 89
Feb 15 George Gaynes, Dutch-Finnish-American singer, stage and screen actor (Tootsie; Police Academy; General Hospital), dies at 98
Feb 15 Vanity [Denise Matthews], Canadian R&B singer, Prince protege ("Nasty Girl"), actress (52 Pick Up), and evangelist dies of kidney failure at 57
Feb 22 Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Raiders of the Lost Ark), dies at 103
Feb 22 Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America 1951, first to refuse to parade in a swimsuit, dies at 87
Feb 23 (Hendricus) "Henk" Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom Tien), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 83
Feb 24 Colin Low, Canadian documentary and animation filmmaker (City of Gold), dies at 89 [1]
Feb 24 Nabil Maleh, Syrian film director and writer, dies at 79
Feb 25 Tony Burton, American actor (Rocky films) and boxer, dies at 78
Feb 27 George Kennedy, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Naked Gun films), dies at 91
Feb 28 Frank Kelly, Irish stage and screen actor (Father Ted), dies at 77
Mar 1 Martha Wright [Wiederrecht;], American stage, concert and radio singer and actress (South Pacific; The Sound Of Music)), dies at 92
Mar 1 Tony Warren [Anthony McVay Simpson], English actor and screenwriter (Coronation Street), dies at 79
Mar 9 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena), dies at 91
Mar 10 Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), dies at 95
Mar 13 Adrienne Corri, British actress (River, Doctor Zhivago), dies at 85
Mar 16 Cliff Michelmore, English television presenter and producer (Tonight; Day By Day), dies at 96
Mar 18 Jan Nemec, Czech film director (Diamonds of the Night), dies at 79
Mar 18 Joe Santos, American actor (Rockford files), dies at 84
Mar 21 Peter Brown [Pierre Lind de Lappe], American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful), dies at 80
Mar 22 Rita Gam, American actress (Night People, Hannibal), dies at 88
Mar 23 Joe Garagiola, American MLB catcher (4 teams, 1946-54), sportscaster, and TV host (Today Show), dies at 90
Mar 23 Ken Howard, American actor (The White Shadow), dies at 71
Mar 24 Garry Shandling, American comedian (It's Garry Shandling's Show, Larry Sanders Show), dies at 66
Mar 28 James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), dies of a stroke at 94
Mar 29 Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host, dies at 59

Patty Duke (1946-2016)

Mar 29 American Academy and Emmy awarding actress (The Miracle Worker; The Patty Duke Show), and mental health advocate, dies of sepsis from a ruptured intestine at 69 [1]

Mar 31 Douglas Wilmer, British actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, El Cid), dies of pneumonia at 96
Mar 31 Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), dies at 85
Apr 3 Bill Henderson, American jazz singer ("Señor Blues"), and actor (Dreams - "Torpedo"), dies at 90
Apr 3 Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer and musician (Terminal Choice; Finian's Rainbow), dies at 84
Apr 3 Erik Bauersfeld, American voice actor (Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar "Its a trap"), dies at 93
Apr 4 Chus Lampreave [María Jesús Lampreave Pérez], Spanish actress (Volver, Belle Époque), dies at 85

Merle Haggard (1937-2016)

Apr 6 American country singer-songwriter ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from Muskogee"), dies on his 79th birthday

Apr 12 Anne Jackson, American stage actress (Twice Around the Park), dies at 90
Apr 12 David Gest, American television producer, dies at 62

Doris Roberts (1925-2016)

Apr 17 American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), dies at 90

Apr 20 Chyna [Joanie Laurer], American professional wrestler and reality TV star, dies at 46
Apr 20 Victoria Wood, British comedian and actress, dies of cancer at 62
Apr 22 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun), dies at 93
Apr 28 Barry Howard, British comic actor (Hi-de-Hi!), dies of blood cancer at 78
May 6 Niklaus Schilling, Swiss film director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold), dies at 72
May 7 John Krish, British documentary filmmaker (Let My People Go), dies at 92
May 8 William Schallert, American character actor (Patty Duke Show - "Martin"; Get Smart - "The Admiral"), dies at 93
May 10 Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), dies at 93
May 16 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), dies at 90
May 19 Angus "Alan" Young, British actor and voice actor (Mister Ed, Scrooge McDuck), dies of natural causes at 96
May 19 Morley Safer, Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 84
May 24 Burt Kwouk, English actor (Pink Panther movies), dies at 85
Jun 2 Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet), dies at 64
Jun 6 Theresa Saldana, American actress (Raging Bull), dies at 62
Jun 12 Janet Waldo, American radio and actress (Judy Jetson, Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop), dies at 97
Jun 14 Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Millie Helper"; The Nanny - "Yetta"), dies at 87
Jun 19 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (Star Trek), dies in an accident at 27
Jun 19 Götz George, German actor (Tatort), dies at 77
Jun 20 James Victor, Dominican-American actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA), dies at 76
Jun 25 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker (Study of a River), dies at 71
Jun 27 Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), dies at 86
Jul 2 Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress (The Royale Family), dies of cancer at 52
Jul 3 Noel Neill, American actress (Adventures of Superman), dies at 95
Jul 4 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian author and director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up, Taste of Cherry), dies at 76
Jul 13 Héctor Babenco, film director (Kiss of the Spider Woman), dies at 70

Garry Marshall (1934-2016)

Jul 19 American TV writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show), TV producer (The Odd Couple; Happy Days; Laverne & Shirley), and film director (Pretty Woman; Runaway Bride; The Princess Diaries), dies at 81

Jul 24 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story**"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), dies at 86
Jul 25 Benito Wogatzki, German radio and TV writer (My Best Friends), dies at 83
Jul 30 Gloria DeHaven, American musical actress (Step Lively), dies at 91
Aug 2 David Huddleston, American actor (The Big Lebowski), dies at 85
Aug 13 Kenny Baker, English actor (R2-D2 in Star Wars, Time Bandits), dies at 81
Aug 14 Philip "Fyvush" Finkel, American actor (Boston Public, Picket Fences), dies at 93
Aug 19 Jack Riley, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show - "Mr. Carlin"; Rugrats -"Stu Pickles"), dies of pneumonia at 80
Aug 20 Brian Rix [Lord Rix], British actor and activist (Mencap), dies at 92
Aug 23 Steven Hill, American actor (Mission Impossible, Law & Order), dies at 94
Aug 25 Marvin Kaplan, American character and voice actor (Top Cat - "Choo Choo"; Alice - "Henry"), dies at 89

Gene Wilder (1933-2016)

Aug 29 American actor (Blazing Saddles; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Silver Streak; Young Frankenstein), dies at 83

Sep 1 Jon Polito, American actor (Fire With Fire, Homicide: Life on the Street), dies from multiple myeloma at 65
Sep 5 Hugh O'Brian, American actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), dies at 91
Sep 9 James Stacy [Maurice William Elias], American actor (Lancer), dies at 79
Sep 17 Charmian Carr, American actress (The Sound of Music), dies at 73
Sep 20 Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (LA Confidential, 8 Mile), dies at 71
Sep 24 Bill Nunn, American actor (Do the Right Thing), dies at 63
Sep 28 Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director and writer (One Life to Live; All My Children), dies at 93
Sep 28 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), dies at 68
Oct 1 Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 58
Oct 9 Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (Ashes & Diamonds, Man of Iron), dies at 90
Oct 14 Jean Alexander, English actress (Hilda Ogden on Coronation Street), dies at 90
Oct 17 Eddie Applegate, American actor (The Patty Duke Show - "Richard"), dies at 81
Oct 18 Anthony Addabbo, American actor (Jason-Generations), dies at 56
Oct 21 Manfred Krug, German actor (Boxer), dies at 79
Oct 23 Jack Chick, American religious cartoonist (Chick tracts), dies at 92
Oct 27 Pentti Siimes, Finnish actor (Miriam), dies at 87
Oct 31 Tammy Grimes, American stage actress (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 82
Nov 11 Robert Vaughn, American actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - "Napoleon Solo"; The Young Philadelphians; S.O.B.), dies of leukemia at 83
Nov 12 Lupita Tovar, Mexican-born actress (Dracula), dies at 106
Nov 23 Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel In Fawlty Towers), dies at 86
Nov 24 Florence Henderson, American actress (The Brady Bunch - "Carol"), and singer,dies at 82
Nov 25 Ron Glass, American actor (Barney Miller, Frank's Place), dies at 71
Nov 26 Fritz Weaver, American actor (Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin), dies at 90
Nov 28 Grant Tinker, American TV executive (Chairman of NBC), dies at 90
Nov 28 Van Williams, American actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon), dies at 82
Nov 30 Alice Drummond, American actress (Awakenings), dies at 88
Dec 4 Margaret Whitton, American actress (Good & Evil, Major League), dies of cancer at 67
Dec 5 Jayaram Jayalalitha, Indian actress and politician, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, dies of a heart attack at 68
Dec 6 Peter Vaughan, British actor (Porridge, Game of Thrones), dies at 93
Dec 8 Joseph Mascolo, American actor (Days of Our Lives), dies at 87
Dec 13 Alan Thicke, Canadian actor (Growing Pains), host (Thicke of the Night), and theme song composer (Diff'rent Strokes; The Facts of Life), dies of an aortic dissection at 69
Dec 18 China Machado, Chinese-born model, 1st non-Caucasian super model, dies at 86

Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016)

Dec 18 Hungarian-born American actress (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 99

Dec 20 Michèle Morgan, French actress (Passage to Marseille), dies at 96
Dec 24 Liz Smith [Betty Gleadle] British BAFTA Award-winning character actress (A Private Function; 2point4 Children -"Belle" and "Bette"), dies at 95
Dec 26 George S. Irving [Shelasky], American broadway singer and actor (Dumplings), dies at 94

Dec 27 American actress (Princess Leia in Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally...) and writer (Postcards from the Edge), dies at 60 four days after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles

Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)

Dec 28 American actress and singer (Singin' In The Rain -"Kathy Selden"; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies of a stroke at 84 one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away