We lost some of the brightest stars this year and our hearts were broken. Here’s to those who have gone but will live in our memories and in our hearts.
‘Watership Down’ author Richard Adams
Joe Alaskey, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
Legendary playwright Edward Albee
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali
Mother Mary Angelica, nun who built Catholic media network
René Angélil, husband of Céline Dion
Alexis Arquette, actress and transgender activist
‘Tuck Everlasting’ author Natalie Babbitt
Actor Kenny Baker, ‘Star Wars’ R2-D2
Voice of ‘Star Wars’ Adm. Ackbar, Erik Bauersfeld
Brian Bedford, the British-born, Tony Award-winning performer was one of the great stage actors of his generation
David Bowie, master of reinvention
Dale Bumpers, fmr. U.S. senator, Arkansas governor
Charmian Carr, Liesl in ‘The Sound of Music’
Myra Carter, winner a Drama Desk, Obie, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Award for her acclaimed performance in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Wrestler, entertainer Chyna
Singer-songwriter Guy Clark
‘Miss Cleo,’ TV psychic network pitchwoman
Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen
Pat Conroy, author of ‘Prince of Tides’ and ‘Great Santini’
Comic book artist Darwyn Cooke
Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham
George Curry, champion of black press
Children’s author Anna Dewdney
‘L.A. Law’ actor Larry Drake
Actress Patty Duke
‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Chief David Bald Eagle, Jr.
Umberto Eco, famed author of ‘The Name of the Rose’
Bob Elliott, the surviving member of the long-lived radio, club, and Broadway comedy team of Bob and Ray
Shawn Elliott, an actor and singer with numerous credits in theatre, film, and television
Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Paul Elvstrom, sailing great
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez
Zelda Fichandler, co-founded Arena Stage
Fyvush Finkel, the last significant living link to New York’s once-thriving Yiddish theatre
Carrie Fisher, ‘Star Wars’ Princess Leia
Actor, playwright and Nobel laureate Dario Fo
Jazz great Pete Fountain
The Eagles’ Glenn Frey
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Juan Gabriel, Mexican music icon
George Gaynes, ‘Punky Brewster’ actor
Seth Gelblum, legal counsel to producers, writers, directors, composers and others involved in theatrical productions. He was given a Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre in 2016.
Former senator, astronaut John Glenn
Tammy Grimes, star of the Broadway musicals, Best known for The Unsinkable Molly Brown
‘Voice’ singer Christina Grimmie
Merle Haggard, country music’s outsider hero
Dan Haggerty, ‘Grizzly Adams’ star
Pat Harrington, Schneider on ‘One Day at a Time’
Actor and comedian Ricky Harris
Jim Harrison, author of ‘Legends of the Fall’
Cecilia Hart, a Drama Desk Award winner for her performance in Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land. Married to Oscar- and Tony-winner James Ear Jones
Fred Hellerman of the Weavers
Florence Henderson, TV’s Carol Brady
Jack Hofsiss, who won a Tony and Drama Desk for his direction of The Elephant Man
Robert Horton, was Starbuck in the original Broadway musical 110 in the Shade
James Houghton, transformed the New York theatre scene and gave birth to the Signature Theater
Ken Howard, Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and a basketball coach in the television series The White Shadow.He won a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor for Child’s Play, and starred in Broadway musical Seesaw
Actress Beth Howland, waitress on ‘Alice’
Actor David Huddleston, ‘The Big Lebowski’
PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill
Monte Irvin, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder
George S. Irving, Tony winner for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in Irene opposite Debbie Reynolds
Anne Jackson, a theatre actor whose decades-long career was highlighted by frequent onstage teamings with her husband, Eli Wallach
Country music legend Sonny James
Bill Johnson, Former Olympic gold medal skier
Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane guitarist
WWII Navajo code talker Joe Hosteen Kellwood
Actor George Kennedy
CNN’s Will King
W.P. Kinsella, whose book inspired ‘Field of Dreams’
Former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird
Dick Latessa, who won a Tony for “Hairspray
Harper Lee, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author
Rapper Shawty Lo
Warren Manzi, author of the whodunit phenomenon Perfect Crime, the longest-running straight play in New York theatre
David Margulies, ‘Ghostbusters’ actor
Garry Marshall, TV and movie legend
Sir George Martin, Beatles producer
‘Days of Our Lives’ star Joseph Mascolo
PBS’ John McLaughlin
John McMartin originated roles in Follies and Sweet Charity
Cabaret writer Andrew Martin
Denise Matthews, Prince protege Vanity
‘ALF’ actor Michu Meszaros
80s pop star George Michael
Frankie Michaels, youngest actor ever to win a Tony Award when he took home the prize at age 11 for playing Patrick Dennis in the original production of Mame
Marvin Minsky, Pioneer of artificial intelligence
Edgar Mitchell, Astronaut who walked on moon
Patrice Munsel, a coloratura soprano who often performed at the Metropolitan Opera
Author Gloria Naylor
James M. Nederlander, the longtime patriarch of the Nederlander theatre-owning dynasty
Noel Neill, Lois Lane on ‘Superman’ TV show
Marni Nixon, a singer and actress who gained fame by dubbing the singing voices of other actresses in famous movie musicals, The King and I, West Side Story, My Fair Lady.
James Noble, Actor known as ‘Benson’ governor
Former Rep. Mike Oxley
Golfing great Arnold Palmer
Israeli leader and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres
Ezio Petersen, a longtime member of the circle of New York theatre journalists
Lawrence Phillips, imprisoned ex-NFL rusher
Singer Prince
Former first lady Nancy Reagan
‘American Gladiator’ Lee Reherman, ‘The Hawk’
Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
Actor Alan Rickman, Harry Potter’s Professor Snape
Dylan Rieder, pro skateboarder and model
Doris Roberts, mom on ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’
Vera Rubin, dark matter pioneer
Rock ‘n’ roll star Leon Russell
Former Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam
Morely Safer, ’60 Minutes’ legend
Actor Joe Santos of ‘The Rockford Files’
ESPN’s John Saunders
Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justice
William Schallert, dad on ‘The Patty Duke Show’
Phyllis Schlafly, towering social conservative figure
Garry Shandling, inventive TV comedian
‘Iron’ Mike Sharpe, WWE Superstar
Madeleine Sherwood, best known for her roles in Cat On a Hot Tin Roof and Sound of Music
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Andrew Smith, former Butler basketball player
Ralph Stanley, bluegrass music legend
Robert Stigwood, force behind ‘Saturday Night Fever’
Elizabeth Swados, whose experimental musical theatre was a mainstay of 1970s and ’80s theatre
Rep. Mark Takai of Hawaii
‘Growing Pains’ dad Alan Thicke
Ray Tomlinson, creator of email
choreographer Robert Tucker
Vanity, Singer, reformed nasty girl, Prince protégé.
‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ actor Robert Vaughn
Abe Vigoda, ‘Godfather’ and ‘Barney Miller’ actor
Janet Watson, the choreographer of Broadway’s Big River and the currently running production of The Fantasticks
Fritz Weaver, won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play for Child‘s Play
Maurice White, leader and founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate
Actor Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’
Suzanne Wright, autism advocate
‘Star Trek’ actor Anton Yelchin
Alan Young, Wilbur on ‘Mister Ed’
Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond
Music legend Buckwheat Zydeco
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