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January

Edmund Purdom (actor/singer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died January 1, 2009. Born December 19, 1924. Starred in some big '50s movies like The Student Prince and The Egyptian; lived much of his life dubbing Italian movies into English. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave

Helen Suzman (politician/anti-apartheid activist) -- Dead. Died January 1, 2009. Born November 7, 1917. Member of the South African Parliament for decades, fought racism and befriended Nelson Mandela while he was a political prisoner, aunt of Janet Suzman. Obituary

Pat Hingle (actor) -- Dead. Myelodysplasia. Died January 3, 2009. Born July 19, 1924. Many movies, Comissioner Gordon in the '80s and '90s series of Batman movies, was supposed to play the lead in Elmer Gantry but an injury forced him out. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Cheryl Holdridge (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 5, 2009. Born June 20, 1944. A Mouseketeer in the '50s, she appeared in many '50s and '60s TV shows and played one of Wally's girlfriends on Leave It To Beaver. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Don Galloway (actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died January 8, 2009. Born July 27, 1937. Ironside, The Big Chill. IMDb Obituary

Rob Gauntlett (adventurer) -- Dead. Mountain climbing accident. Died January 10, 2009. Born May 10, 1987. Climbed Mt. Everest when he was 19, traveled pole-to-pole when he was 21, named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Award for 2008 with his travel partner James Hooper. Obituary

Patrick McGoohan (actor) -- Dead. Died January 13, 2009. Born March 19, 1928. Best known for the original TV show The Prisoner, also appeared in Braveheart. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Ricardo Montalban (actor) -- Dead. Died January 14, 2009. Born November 25, 1920. Fantasy Island, memorable as Khan in Star Trek. IMDb

Andrew Wyeth (artist) -- Dead. Died January 16, 2009. Born July 12, 1917. "Christina's World," the Helga series and many other fine paintings. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Bob May (actor/robot driver) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died January 18, 2009. Born September 4, 1939. The man who operated the robot in Lost in Space, but not the voice... IMDb Obituary

James Brady (writer) -- Dead. Died January 22, 2009. Born circa 1928. Celebrity columnist who started The Post's "Page Six," wrote Parade's "In Step With" for over 25 years and wrote about Korea and World War II. Obituary

John Updike (writer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 27, 2009. Born March 18, 1932. Author of the Rabbit books and The Witches of Eastwick, won two Pulitzer Prizes. IMDb Obituary

February

James Whitmore (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died February 6, 2009. Born October 1, 1921. Bit parts in many movies, pitched Miracle Grow, married to Audra Lindley during the '70s, starred as Harry Truman in Give 'em Hell, Harry. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Blossom Dearie (singer/pianist) -- Dead. Died February 7, 2009. Born April 19, 1926. Longtime jazz performer ("Peel Me a Grape") who performed serveral songs for Schoolhouse Rock. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Robert Anderson (playwright) -- Dead. Pneumonia/Alzheimer's. Died February 9, 2009. Born April 28, 1917. Wrote Tea and Sympathy, I Never Sang for My Father, former husband of Teresa Wright. Make memorial contributions to: Dramatists Guild Fund or Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Estelle Bennett (singer) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died February 11, 2009. Born July 22, 1941. One of The Ronettes ("Be My Baby"), inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Louie Bellson (drummer) -- Dead. Parkinson's Disease. Died February 14, 2009. Born July 6, 1924. Drummer for the great bands (Duke Ellington), Bellson married Pearl Bailey and served as her music director, frequent guest on The Tonight Show, vice president of Remo Drums. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

John McGlinn (conductor/music historian) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died February 14, 2009. Born September 18, 1953. Restored music removed from old musicals, like Showboat ("Mis'ry") and Annie Get Your Gun. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Dr. Eugenia Calle (epidemiologist) -- Dead. Murder. Died February 17, 2009. Born circa 1952. A former vice president of the American Cancer Society, her research work linked estrogen plus progestin and obesity to increased cancer risks. Obituary

Howard Zieff (director) -- Dead. Parkinson's disease. Died February 22, 2009. Born October 21, 1927. Director of Private Benjamin and classic commercials like the "Spicy meatball" ad for Alka-Seltzer. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Philip Jose Farmer (writer) -- Dead. Died February 25, 2009. Born January 26, 1918. Award-winning SF writer, probably best-known for the Riverworld series, he also wrote one book as Kilgore Trout. IMDb Obituary

Wendy Richard (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 25, 2009. Born July 20, 1943. Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served?, Pauline in Eastenders, announced she had terminal bone cancer in October 2008. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Paul Harvey (radio broadcaster) -- Dead. Died February 28, 2009. Born September 4, 1918. "And now you know the rest of the story..."

March

Horton Foote (writer) -- Dead. Died March 4, 2009. Born March 14, 1916. Adapted To Kill a Mockingbird for the screen, wrote Tender Mercies. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Jimmy Boyd (singer/actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 7, 2009. Born January 9, 1939. Singer for the original release of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", bit parts including Howard in Bachelor Father and Inherit the Wind, first husband of Yvonne Craig. IMDb Obituary

Lenore Annenberg (Philanthropist) -- Dead. Died March 12, 2009. Born February 20, 1918. US Chief of Protocol under Reagan, trustee of the Annenberg Foundation. Obituary

Betsy Blair (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 13, 2009. Born December 11, 1923. Oscar-nominated as Clara in Marty (partially blacklisted during the '50s due to her politics), married to actor Gene Kelly and later to director Karel Reisz. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Ron Silver (actor) -- Dead. Esophageal cancer. Died March 15, 2009. Born July 2, 1946. Versatile actor, was on The West Wing, Veronica's Closet and played Alan Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune, won a Tony Award for Speed-the-Plow, became a Republican activist after 9/11. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Natasha Richardson (actress) -- Dead. [rumors] Following a head injury suffered during a skiing accident. Died March 18, 2009. Born May 11, 1963. Tony-winning actress (for the 1998 revival of Caberet), starred in The Handmaid's Tale, appeared with her mother Vanessa Redgrave in Evening, was married to Liam Neeson for nearly 15 years. Make memorial contributions to: amfAR - The Foundation for AIDS Research. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

"England" Dan Seals (singer) -- Dead. Lymphoma. Died March 25, 2009. Born February 8, 1948. Part of the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, best-known for "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight". IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Irving R. Levine (newscaster) -- Dead. Died March 26, 2009. Born August 26, 1922. NBC newscaster for 45 years. IMDb Obituary

Maurice Jarre (composer) -- Dead. Died March 29, 2009. Born September 13, 1924. Won Oscars for the scores for A Passage to India, Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, also scored Ghost and Witness. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Andy Hallett (actor) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died March 29, 2009. Born August 4, 1975. The green, singing demon Lorne on Angel. IMDb Obituary

April

Jody McRea (actor) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died April 4, 2009. Born September 6, 1934. Bit parts in many '50s and '60s movies, noteably Bonehead in several of the "Frankie and Annette" beach flicks. IMDb FindAGrave

Dave Arneson (game creator/teacher) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 7, 2009. Born October 1, 1947. Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons with Gary Gygax. IMDb Obituary

Jack Wrangler (Theater producer/porn actor) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died April 7, 2009. Born July 11, 1946. Gay icon for starring in movies like The Devil in Miss Jones: Part II, he went on to produce cabaret shows for his wife, Margaret Whiting. IBDB Obituary

Marilyn Chambers (model/adult star) -- Dead. Died April 12, 2009. Born April 22, 1952. Appeared on the Ivory Snow detergent box in the early '70s before starring in the porn classic Behind the Green Door, was married to Linda Lovelace's ex-husband for a while. IMDb Obituary

Mark Fidrych (pitcher/farmer) -- Dead. Truck accident. Died April 13, 2009. Born August 14, 1954. Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. (Yeah, I know, I don't tend to add athletes, but Mark and I used to hang out at the same donut place in Northboro in the late '80s and early '90s.) IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

J. G. Ballard (author) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died April 19, 2009. Born November 15, 1930. Empire of the Sun (novel/movie based on his life in a Japanese internment camp) and A User's Guide to the Millennium among many others. IMDb Obituary AwardWeb

Bea Arthur (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 25, 2009. Born May 13, 1923. Maude, The Golden Girls. IBDB IMDb Obituary

May

Danny Gans (comic/impersonator) -- Dead. Heart disease/prescription drug overdose. Died May 1, 2009. Born October 25, 1956. One of the mainstays of Vegas, he had a bit part in Bull Durham. Make memorial contributions to: Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Marilyn French (writer) -- Dead. Died May 2, 2009. Born November 21, 1929. The Women's Room IMDb Obituary

Dom DeLuise (comic actor/cook) -- Dead. Died May 4, 2009. Born August 1, 1933. Blazing Saddles. IBDB IMDb

June

David Eddings (writer) -- Dead. Died June 2, 2009. Born July 7, 1931. Co-wrote large fantasy series including the Belgariad and the Malloreon.

David Carradine (actor) -- Dead. Reported asphyxiation. Died June 3, 2009. Born December 8, 1936. Kill Bill, Kung Fu, many other TV Westerns, and a surprising number of movie bit parts in the years before he died. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

John Houghtaling (inventor) -- Dead. Complications of a fall. Died June 17, 2009. Born November 14, 1916. Invented "The Magic Fingers," a coin-operated vibrating bed later installed in motels across America during the '50s and '60s. Obituary

Lorena Gale (actress/playwright) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died June 21, 2009. Born May 9, 1958. Many TV bit parts (especially on Canadian TV), probably best-known as Elosha on Battlestar Galactica. Make memorial contributions to: Vancouver General Hospital Palliative Care Center IMDb Obituary

Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald (doctor/speaker) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 23, 2009. Born March 1, 1952. Doctor who performed a breast biopsy on herself while stationed in Antarctica in 1999, later wrote Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Ed McMahon (announcer) -- Dead. Pneumonia/cancer. Died June 23, 2009. Born March 6, 1923. The Tonight Show announcer during the Carson years, famous for greeting him with "Heeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnnny!", later, a spokesperson for American Family Publishing. IMDb Obituary Obituary FindAGrave

Farrah Fawcett (actress/model) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 25, 2009. Born February 2, 1947. Charlie's Angels, subject of a huge poster craze in the '70s, many made-for-TV movies, longtime companion of Ryan O'Neal, ex-wife of Lee Majors. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Michael Jackson (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died June 25, 2009. Born August 29, 1958. Wildly eccentric performer, youngest member of the Jackson 5, major pop icon of the '80s ("Thriller", "Billie Jean"), married briefly to Lisa Marie Presley, acquitted child molester. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Gale Storm (actress) -- Dead. Died June 27, 2009. Born April 5, 1922. My Little Margie, The Gale Storm Show; her autobiography was called I Ain't Down Yet. IMDb Obituary

Billy Mays (pitchman) -- Dead. Heart disease. Died June 28, 2009. Born July 20, 1958. The spokesguy for OrangeGlo, Oxiclean and dozens of other products, starred in cable's Pitchmen. IMDb Obituary

Fred Travalena (impersonator/comic/cartoon voice) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 28, 2009. Born October 6, 1942. Frequent late-night guest, probably best-known for mimicking Frank Sinatra. IMDb Obituary

Harve Presnell (actor/singer) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died June 30, 2009. Born September 14, 1933. The Unsinkable Molly Brown IMDb

Jan Rubes (actor) -- Dead. Died June 30, 2009. Born June 6, 1920. The grandfather in Witness IMDb

July

Karl Malden (actor) -- Dead. Died July 1, 2009. Born March 22, 1914. On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Streets of San Francisco and many commercials for American Express. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Mollie Sugden (actress) -- Dead. [rumors] Died July 1, 2009. Born July 21, 1922. Popular for her "feline" comments as Mrs. Slocombe in Are You Being Served?. IMDb