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2015 deaths in American television

The following deaths of notable individuals related to American television occurred in 2015.

January

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
January 1Donna Douglas82Actress, singer, and children's book author, best known as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (other credits include playing the key character in The Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder", Love, American Style, Hee Haw and The Nanny)[1]
January 2Robert MagruderAmerican actor and television/radio voiceover personality, known for his narration of the filmed investigations on Cheaters[2]
January 4Stuart Scott49ESPN personality (anchor of SportsCenter, studio host for NFL and NBA coverage on both ESPN and ABC)[3]
January 8Patsy Garrett93American actress[4]
Rod Taylor84Australian-born American actor (Credits include Hong Kong, Bearcats!, and The Oregon Trail)[5]
January 9Bud Paxson80American radio and television owner and executive (founder of WNYP-TV/Jamestown, New York, Home Shopping Network, Paxson Communications and PAX TV)[6]
January 10George Dickerson81American actor[7]
Taylor Negron57American actor, comedian, playwright, poet, and painter (Credits includes regular roles in So Little Time and Smart Guy; guest roles in Seinfeld, Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm)[8]
January 12Darrell Winfield85Model and rancher known as the Marlboro Man in the 1960–1980s.[9]
January 13H. Wesley Kenney89American producer and director, was executive producer for Days of Our Lives (1977–1979, also directed from 1968 to 1979); The Young and the Restless (1982–1987); General Hospital (1987–1989, was also head writer briefly during the 1988 WGA strike); and directed episodes of All in the Family.[10]
January 15Sid Smith93American director and producer (All Star Revue, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Jimmy Durante Show, The Ray Anthony Show and The Bell Telephone Hour) and several Bob Hope specials[11]
January 17Don Harron90Canadian actor, writer, and radio personality (best known for appearances as Charlie Farquharson on Hee Haw)[12]
Greg Plitt37American fitness model and actor (starred in the Bravo series Work Out)[13]
January 18Tony Verna81Producer/director (notably with CBS Sports and live events including Live Aid) and inventor of instant replay[14]
January 19Walter Peregoy89American animator[15]
January 20Bette Rogge92Talk show host[16]
January 22Peggy Charren86Children's television advocate and co-founder of Action for Children's Television[17]
January 23Barrie Ingham82English actor[18]
January 24Joe Franklin88Host of The Joe Franklin Show, the longest continuously running talk show in television history, from 1950 to 1993[19]
January 26Stephen R. Johnson62American director, animator and writer, directed episodes of Pee-Wee's Playhouse[20]
January 28Tommie Manderson102English make-up artist[citation needed]
January 30Than Wyenn95American actor (Zorro, The Twilight Zone, Wanted: Dead or Alive, It Takes a Thief, Barnaby Jones, The Six Million Dollar Man and Quincy M.E.)[21]
January 31Robert Blees96American writer and producer (Bus Stop, Combat!, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Bonanza and Project U.F.O.)[22]

February

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
February 1Edward De Blasio88American producer and writer known for Police Woman, Dynasty and In the Heat of the Night.[23]
Monty Oum33American animator and writer (RWBY)[24]
February 3Mary Healy96American actress, known for Peter Loves Mary[25]
February 7Joe Voci51American producer (High Society, Cupid, Mercy Point, Young Americans, Rude Awakening and Good Girls Don't)[26]
February 11Lou Shaw89American writer and producer (The Rebel, Have Gun – Will Travel, McCloud, Beyond Westworld, Quincy M.E., The Fall Guy and Half Nelson)[citation needed]
Bob Simon73Correspondent for CBS News (most notably for 60 Minutes)[27]
February 12Gary Owens80American disc jockey and voice actor, was the announcer for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, other credits include Roger Ramjet, Space Ghost, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Garfield and Friends, Square One TV, and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, also wrote for Jay Ward Productions and served as vice president of Gannett Company[28]
February 13Stan Chambers91American reporter, worked at KTLA from 1947 to 2010.[29]
February 16Lesley Gore68American singer/songwriter, actress, and LGBT activist (TV credits including Batman, In the Life, Murphy Brown, Hollywood Squares, All My Children (sister show to One Life to Live) and Days of Our Lives)[30]
February 19Harris Wittels30American comedian, actor, writer, producer and musician. Writer for The Sarah Silverman Program, writer and executive producer for Parks and Recreation.[31]
February 20Patricia Norris83American costume designer (Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Helter Skelter, Sybil and The Waltons)[32]
February 21Paul Napier84American actor (Felony Squad, The Mothers-In-Law, Knots Landing)[33]
February 23Ben Woolf34American actor, best known for playing Meep in American Horror Story: Freak Show[34]
February 24Maurice Hurley75American producer and writer (The Equalizer, Miami Vice, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Pointman and Baywatch)[35]
Mirjana Puhar19American model and reality television participant (America's Next Top Model)[36]
February 25Harve Bennett84American producer and writer (The Mod Squad, The Invisible Man, Rich Man, Poor Man, Gemini Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Salvage 1, Time Trax and Invasion America)[37]
February 27Richard Bakalyan84American actor (The Untouchables, Batman, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Vega$ and Charlie's Angels)[38]
Leonard Nimoy83Television, film and stage actor, best known as Spock on the original Star Trek TV series and its film adaptations; other roles include the lead in the TV movie Baffled!, Morris Meyerson in A Woman Called Golda, Paris in Mission: Impossible, host of In Search of... and Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!, among numerous other roles[39]

March

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
March 1Daniel von Bargen64Actor, best known for recurring roles in Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle, Guiding Light and All My Children[40]
March 2Jenna McMahon89Actress (The Funny Side, Love, American Style) and writer (The Carol Burnett Show, The Facts of Life, Mama's Family)[41]
March 3Lynn Borden77American actress (Hazel)[42]
March 5Gordon KentAmerican writer, producer and animator (Alvin and the Chipmunks, CBS Storybreak, Teen Wolf, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Garbage Pail Kids, Timeless Tales from Hallmark, Taz-Mania and Bonkers)[43]
March 6John Siceloff61American journalist, was a longtime producer for PBS[44]
March 8Sam Simon59American producer, director, and writer (Taxi, Cheers, It's Garry Shandling's Show, The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons, The George Carlin Show and The Drew Carey Show)[45]
March 9Eugene Patton82Stagehand at NBC Studios, Burbank and personality on The Gong Show ("Gene Gene the Dancing Machine"). First African American member of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, Local 33.[46]
March 10Windell Middlebrooks36American actor, seen in Miller High Life beer ads and on several TV series (The Suite Life on Deck, Hannah Montana, My Name Is Earl, Chocolate News, Entourage, Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Body of Proof)[47]
March 11Ralph Taeger78American actor, starred in the short-lived series Klondike, Acapulco and Hondo.[48]
William Beckley85American actor (Barnaby Jones and Dynasty)[citation needed]
March 15Sally Forrest86American actress[49]
March 17Christie Schoen Codd38Husband-and-wife film/TV workers (Christie was an actress, stuntwoman, caterer and reality TV contestant; Joseph was a stage grip on TV and film projects)[50]
Joseph Codd45
March 20Lisa Colagrossi49News reporter on WABC-TV/New York City. Also worked at WKMG-TV/Orlando (where she won two local Emmy Awards); and WKYC-TV/Cleveland[51]
March 21John Litvack69Director (soap operas including The Edge of Night and Guiding Light), producer (Hill Street Blues, Smallville), and executive with CBS, NBC, Walt Disney Television, and The WB[52]
Alberta Watson60Canadian actress (notable roles including La Femme Nikita, 24, and Nikita)[53]
March 25George Fischbeck92TV meteorologist, most notably at KABC-TV from 1972 to 1990[54]
March 27Rod Hundley80Former NBA player and broadcaster for the New Orleans/Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, and TVS Television Network[55]
March 28Richard L. Bare101Director/writer (work on several series, most notably The Twilight Zone and Green Acres)[56]

April

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
April 2Robert H. Schuller88American minister and televangelist (founder of Crystal Cathedral Ministries; co-host of the Hour of Power, 1970–2008)[57]
April 4Lisa Simon64Producer/director, most notably for work on Sesame Street[58]
April 5Richard Dysart86Actor, best known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law[59]
April 6James Best88Actor, best known as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard[60]
Ray Charles96American musician, singer and songwriter; sang the theme song for Three's Company.[61]
Ben Powers64Actor, best known as Keith Anderson on Good Times[62]
April 7Stan Freberg88Advertising executive, satirist and voice actor (participated in Time for Beany, developed commercials for Jeno's pizza rolls, Cheerios, Sunsweet prunes, Heinz soup, Jacobsen Mowers, and Encyclopædia Britannica)[63]
Geoffrey Lewis79Actor in film and television, including regular roles on Flo, Gun Shy, Falcon Crest, Land's End. Father of Juliette Lewis.[64]
April 21Steve Byrnes56NASCAR reporter and announcer for TNN, CBS, and Fox Sports[65]
April 22Lois Lilienstein78Musical performer who starred on The Elephant Show and Skinnamarink TV as a member of children's trio Sharon, Lois & Bram[66]
April 23Sawyer Sweeten19Actor, best known as Geoffrey Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond[67]
April 25Don Mankiewicz93American writer and novelist (Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Profiles in Courage and Ironside)[68]
April 26Jayne Meadows95Stage, film, and television actress who had recurring appearances on I've Got a Secret and What's My Line?. Also appeared live in Las Vegas with her husband, Steve Allen.[69]
April 27Suzanne Crough52Actress, best known as Tracy Partridge on The Partridge Family[70]
Verne Gagne89WWE Hall of Famer and co-founder of the American Wrestling Association[71]
April 30Ben E. King76Singer whose Top 10 hit song "Stand by Me" was included in numerous TV shows including The X Factor, Late Show with David Letterman and So You Think You Can Dance, as well as a film of the same name[72]

May

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
May 1Grace Lee Whitney85Actress, best known as Yeoman Janice Rand on the original Star Trek TV series and its film adaptations; guest starring in General Hospital and Bewitched[73]
May 4Ellen Albertini Dow101Guest roles on Loving and Another World; recurring roles on Santa Barbara and Guiding Light[74]
May 9Elizabeth Wilson94American actress (East Side/West Side, Doc, Morningstar/Eveningstar and Delta)[75]
May 14B.B. King89American Blues musician, guitarist, songwriter, radio personality, and actor (credits include The Cosby Show, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Sesame Street, Married... with Children, Sanford and Son and Touched by an Angel; voiceover work in Cow and Chicken and Between The Lions; musical performances on Austin City Limits; commercials for OneTouch Ultra and Toyota Camry)[76]
May 15John Stephenson91Actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Hogan's Heroes and other series) and voice artist (notably on The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, and The Transformers)[77]
May 20Mary Ellen Trainor62American actress, had roles in Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Relativity and Roswell[78]
May 23Anne Meara85American actress, singer, writer, producer and comedian, notably as part of the Stiller and Meara comedy team with husband Jerry Stiller, and the mother of Ben and Amy Stiller (Credits include solo regular and recurring roles in The Greatest Gift, The Paul Lynde Show, The Corner Bar, Kate McShane, Rhoda, Take Five with Stiller & Meara, Archie Bunker's Place, The Stiller and Meara Show, ALF, All My Children, The King of Queens, Sex and the City, Oz, and web series Stiller & Meara; TV movie roles in Ninotchka, Dames at Sea, The Other Woman, The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, Great Performances:"The Mother", What Makes a Family, Crooked Lines, and The Shallow End of the Ocean; voice work in Wonder Pets; guest roles in Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, In the Heat of the Night, Will & Grace, Good Morning, Miami, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Four Kings, and Mercy)[79]
May 26Dave Benton52News anchor at WCIA/Champaign, Illinois since 2005.[80]
May 29Betsy Palmer88Film/TV actress (TV credits including As the World Turns, I've Got a Secret, Knots Landing, The Love Boat, and Newhart)[81]

June

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
June 1Katherine Chappell29Visual effects editor (Game of Thrones)[82]
June 6Anthony Riley28American reality television contestant and singer who competed, then abruptly left, season 8 of The Voice after winning the first round.[83]
June 7Christopher Lee93British character actor (Credits include guest hosting Saturday Night Live, How the West Was Won, Charlie's Angels, The Pirate, and a regular role in Street Gear)[84][85]
June 11Dusty Rhodes69American wrestler, executive, manager and valet. A member of the WWE Hall of Fame[86]
June 12Monica Lewis93American actress and singer, notable for being the voice of the Chiquita Banana girl (credits include The Ed Sullivan Show, Wagon Train, Night Gallery, The Virginian, Marcus Welby, M.D., Remington Steele, Ironside and Falcon Crest)[87]
June 18Ralph J. Roberts95American business executive (co-founder of Comcast)[88]
Danny Villanueva77Former NFL kicker/punter; sports/news reporter for KMEX-TV and KNBC/Los Angeles; executive with KMEX and Spanish International Network/Univision[89]
June 20Bob Barry, Jr.58American sports journalist (sports anchor, and later, sports director at KFOR-TV/Oklahoma City from 1982 to 2015)[90][91]
June 21Darryl Hamilton50Former Major League Baseball player and analyst for MLB Network[92]
Tony Longo53American actor (roles include Alice, Hell Town, 1st & Ten, Police Academy: The Series, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and Alibi Boys)[93]
June 22James Horner61American Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer (Composed theme songs to CBS Evening News and Fish Police)[94]
June 23Dick Van Patten86American television, film and stage actor, best known for playing Tom Bradford in Eight Is Enough (other credits include starring roles in Mama and When Things Were Rotten; and guest roles in Naked City, Happy Days, Sanford and Son, Adam-12, Love, American Style, The Love Boat, Hotel, Growing Pains, WIOU, Touched by an Angel, Boy Meets World, Arrested Development, That '70s Show and Hot in Cleveland)[95][96]
June 26Chris Thompson63Writer/producer (work on several shows, most notably Bosom Buddies, The Larry Sanders Show, The Naked Truth, Action, and Shake It Up)[97]
June 28Jack Carter93Comedian, actor, and television presenter[citation needed]

July

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
July 2Charlie Sanders68NFL Hall of Fame tight end and TV analyst for the Detroit Lions.[98]
July 6Jerry Weintraub77Film/TV producer (TV work including Behind the Candelabra, Years of Living Dangerously, The Brink, and Westworld)[99]
July 10Roger Rees71Actor (recurring roles on several series, including Cheers, Boston Common, M.A.N.T.I.S., The West Wing, Warehouse 13, and Singles)[100]
July 14Marlene Sanders84Correspondent and anchor for ABC News and CBS News[101]
July 15Gary Mack68Held several jobs at KXAS-TV/Dallas–Fort Worth from 1981 to 1993 before becoming the archivist and curator of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.[102]
July 17Van Miller87Sportscaster; weather and sports anchor for WBEN-TV/WIVB/Buffalo from 1955 to 1998 and play-by-play man for Empire Sports Network. Better known for his radio career, where he announced the Buffalo Bills for a record 37 nonconsecutive years.[103]
July 18Alex Rocco79Emmy-winning film, television, and voice character actor (Notable roles as Pete Karras in Three for the Road, Charlie Polniaczek in The Facts of Life, Al Floss in The Famous Teddy Z, Howie Rusco in Sibs, Roger Meyers, Jr. in The Simpsons, John Exstead Sr. in The Division, and Harry Rosetti in The George Carlin Show; other credits include Home Improvement, Batman, Cannon, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Murphy Brown, Pinky and the Brain and Family Guy)[104]
George Coe86Actor (Cast member on Saturday Night Live, recurring roles on Archer, Working, L.A. Law, Max Headroom, Goodnight, Beantown, Hill Street Blues, Equal Justice, The West Wing)[105]
July 21Theodore Bikel91Austrian-American actor[106]
July 23Loredana Nesci47Lawyer who was the subject of her own Sundance Channel reality TV series Loredana, Esq.[107]
July 26Bobbi Kristina Brown22Reality television personality, actress and singer (The Houstons: On Our Own); daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown[108]
July 28James H. Allen87Children's host who portrayed the clown character "Rusty Nails" in the Portland, Oregon market; inspiration for Krusty the Clown on The Simpsons[109]
July 31Gerald S. O'Loughlin93American actor (Men at Law, The Rookies, The Blue and the Gray, Automan, Our House, and Murder, She Wrote)[110]
Roddy Piper61WWE Hall of Fame wrestler and actor (guest spots and cameo appearances as himself on several shows)[111]

August

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
August 3Coleen Gray92Film and television actress who guest-starred in numerous series[112]
August 7Terrence Evans81Actor who guested in episodes of numerous series, most notably Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Progress", "Cardassians") and Star Trek: Voyager ("Nemesis").[113]
August 9Frank Gifford84Sports broadcaster (as part of Monday Night Football and CBS Sports), commercial pitchman, and actor; husband of TV host Kathy Lee Gifford[114]
August 10Bob Briley91Reporter, anchor, and sports announcer in the Spokane radio and TV market, working at KHQ-TV and KXLY-TV (where he won a regional Emmy for his work at the latter)[115]
August 15Julian Bond75American Civil Rights activist, politician in the Georgia House of Representatives and the Senate, president of the NAACP, the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and journalist/commentator (first African-American politician to guest host Saturday Night Live on April 9, 1977, which became infamous for the "Black Perspective" skit with then-SNL cast member Garrett Morris;[116] served as host of America's Black Forum from 1980 to 1997, commentator for The Today Show, narrated Eyes on the Prize in 1987 and 1990, and played himself in King)[117][118]
August 17Yvonne Craig78American actress, singer, dancer, speaker and businesswoman (notable for her portrayal as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon on Batman; other credits include The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Death Valley Days, Hennesey, My Three Sons, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Star Trek, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, McHale's Navy, The Big Valley, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Land of the Giants, Love, American Style, Kentucky Jones, It Takes a Thief, The Mod Squad, Kojak, Emergency!, Love, American Style, The Six Million Dollar Man, and celebrity editions of Family Feud; voiceover work in Olivia.)[119]
August 18Bud Yorkin89Producer/writer (several shows, most notably All in the Family, Maude, and What's Happening!!) and director (The Ford Show, An Evening with Fred Astaire)[120]
August 20Melody Patterson66American actress, best known for her role as "Wrangler" Jane Angelica Thrift in F Troop; recurring roles on All My Children, One Life to Live, and Santa Barbara[citation needed]
August 21Tobias Strebel35Actor, singer/songwriter/musician, and reality television personality, whose plans to have plastic surgery in order to look like Justin Bieber was documented in Botched, and also appeared in My Strange Addiction[121]
August 24Howard Lipstone87Producer and television executive[122]
August 30Wes Craven76Horror film director, producer and writer (created the characters in the TV series Freddy's Nightmares and Scream)[123]

September

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
September 1Dean Jones84American actor known for Ensign O'Toole, The Chicago Teddy Bears, Herbie, the Love Bug, The Love Boat and Beethoven.[124]
September 3Judy Carne76British actress best known as the "Sock it to me" Girl" on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In[125]
September 6Martin Milner83American actor known for Adam-12 and Route 66.[126]
September 8Merv Adelson85American producer and co-founder of Lorimar Television. (producing credits include The Waltons, Eight Is Enough, Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest)[127]
September 10John Connell91American actor best known for his role of Dr. David Malone in the soap opera Young Dr. Malone.[128]
September 12Frank D. Gilroy89American playwright, screenwriter and producer; co-created Burke's Law[129]
September 19Jackie Collins77English-born American author/novelist, television producer, television personality, and sister of Dynasty actress Joan Collins (notable works include seeing her best-selling novel Hollywood Wives adapted into a television miniseries; served as co-producer on her television adaptations of Lady Boss, Lucky Chances and Hollywood Wives: The New Generation; hosted the talk shows Jackie Collins' Hollywood and Jackie Collins Presents)[130][131]
September 20Jack Larson87American actor, best known for his role of Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman[132]
September 22Yogi Berra90Hall of Fame American professional baseball player and coach for the New York Yankees and New York Mets. Notable work as contributor to numerous television baseball programs; host of Yogi & a Movie on YES Network; cameos in The Phil Silvers Show, Arli$$, Candid Camera, What's My Line, The Ed Sullivan Show and Colgate Comedy Hour; consultant on 61* and A Time for Champions; pitchman for Yoo-hoo and AFLAC; Rumored to be the inspiration for Yogi Bear that lead to a reported dispute with Hanna-Barbera, but later acknowledged as factual based on interviews.[133][134]
Mark ConstantinoHusband and wife who appeared on Ghost Adventures as EVP experts and analysts[135]
Debby Constantino
September 28Catherine E. Coulson71Actress (the Log Lady on Twin Peaks) and camera/production assistant[136]
September 29Pat Woodell71Actress (Bobbie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction)[137]

October

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
October 3Roger Bollen74American writer (ABC Weekend Special, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Zenon: The Zequel, also co-created Handy Manny)[138]
Barbara Meek81American actress (Archie Bunker's Place, Melba and Big Brother Jake); guest roles on As the World Turns, General Hospital, and Guiding Light[139]
October 13Jamie Zimmerman31Actress (7th Heaven, Boston Public), doctor and medical reporter for ABC News[140]
October 21Marty Ingels79Comedian, actor (several roles, most notably I'm Dickens, He's Fenster), and voiceover artist (Cattanooga Cats, The Great Grape Ape Show, Pac-Man)[141]
October 30Al Molinaro96Actor, best known as "Big Al" Delvecchio on Happy Days and its spin off Joanie Loves Chachi, Murray Greshler on The Odd Couple, and Joe Alberghetti on The Family Man[142]

November

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
November 1Fred Thompson73American senator and actor, best known as District Attorney Arthur Branch in the Law & Order franchise[143]
November 3David Graham91American casting director (Three's Company, The Ropers and ABC Weekend Special)[citation needed]
November 5George Barris89American designer and builder of many Hollywood custom cars, most famously the Batmobile in the Batman series. Also built/designed the car from The Beverly Hillbillies, the Munster Koach and KITT's "Super Pursuit Mode" in Knight Rider[144]
Ritch Brinkley71American actor (Dolly, Beauty and the Beast, Thunder Alley, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, and Murphy Brown)[145]
November 11Nathaniel Marston40Actor, best known as Michael McBain on One Life to Live[146]
November 14Nick Bockwinkel80Wrestler[147]
November 16David Canary77Actor who won five Daytime Emmy Awards for playing the Chandler twins (Adam and Stuart) on All My Children[148]
November 19Rex Reason87American actor (Conflict, Man Without a Gun, The Alaskans and The Roaring 20's)[149]
November 20Jim Perry82Game show host (Card Sharks, $ale of the Century)[150]
November 28Marjorie Lord97Actress (Kathy Williams on Make Room for Daddy and Make Room for Granddaddy)[151]
November 30Steve Shagan88American producer[citation needed]

December

DateNameAgeNotabilitySource
December 1Harry Radcliffe II66American producer, the first African American to head a CBS News bureau and served as a producer for 60 Minutes from 1995 to 2015.[152]
December 2Ray Gandolf85Sports reporter/anchor for CBS News and ABC News; co-host of ABC's Our World[153]
December 4Robert Loggia85American actor and director (Studio One in Hollywood, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, T.H.E. Cat, Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers, The Rockford Files, Emerald Point N.A.S., Magnum, P.I., Mancuso, FBI, Sunday Dinner, Wild Palms, The Sopranos and Queens Supreme)[154]
Chris Carney35American reality television personality and singer (twentyfourseven)[155]
December 6Howard West84American producer and longtime agent for Jerry Seinfeld; served as executive producer for Seinfeld and The Marriage Ref[156]
December 7Martin E. Brooks90American actor (Suspense, Studio One in Hollywood, Search for Tomorrow, General Hospital, Armstrong Circle Theatre, McMillan & Wife, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Dallas, Hunter and Knots Landing)[157]
Marque "Tate" Lynche34Actor (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer (competed on season 3 of American Idol)[158]
December 12Rose Siggins43American actress and disability activist, best known for portraying Legless Suzy in American Horror Story: Freak Show[159]
December 16Adam RothAmerican composer (Wreckreation Nation with Dave Mordal and Rescue Me)[160]
December 19Louis DiGiaimo77American casting director and producer (Movin' On, Night Heat and Homicide: Life on the Street)[161]
December 20Patricia Elliott77American actress best known for her role as Renée Divine Buchanan on One Life to Live (1987–2011)[162]
December 25George Clayton Johnson86American writer (The Twilight Zone, Route 66, The Law and Mr. Jones, Kung Fu, Star Trek and co-wrote the novel Logan's Run, which inspired a miniseries of the same name)[163]
Jason Wingreen95Actor, best known as Harry Snowden on All in the Family and its spin-off, Archie Bunker's Place, also appeared in numerous episodes of The Twilight Zone[164]
December 27Meadowlark Lemon83Basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) and actor (appeared in Season 2 of Hello, Larry)[165]
December 31Wayne Rogers82Actor, best known as "Trapper" John McIntyre on M*A*S*H, later became an investor and appeared as a panelist on Fox News Channel's Cashin' In[166]
Natalie Cole65R&B singer and actress (TV credits include Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story)[167]
Beth Howland74Actress, best known as Vera Gorman on Alice. Also had small roles in The Love Boat, Little House on the Prairie, Murder, She Wrote, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch[168]

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