JanuaryJanuary 4:
Casey Johnson - Tila Tequilas fiance and Johnson & Johnson heiress -
PIC - COD: Unknown
January 7:
Shirley Collie Nelson (78) - Country Singer -
PIC - COD: long illness
January 9:
Art Clokey - Creator of
Gumby -
PIC - COD: Died in sleep after "battling bladder infections"
January 10:
Donald E. Goerke (83) - Inventor of SpaghettiOs -
PIC - COD: heart failure
January 13:
Jay Reatard (29) - Musician -
PIC - COD: Died in his sleep. unknown causes
January 14:
Teddy Pendergrass (59) - Soul legend -
PIC - COD: Colon cancer
January 17:
Gaines Adams (26) - Chicago Bears defensive lineman -
PIC - COD: Cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart
January 17:
Erich Segal (72) - Author of "Love Story" -
no pic - COD
January 18:
Robert B. Parker (77) - Author -
PIC - COD:
January 19:
Jenn Lyon (37) - Survivor contestant -
PIC - COD: Cancer
January 22:
Jennifer Lyn Jackson (40) - Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1989 -
PIC - COD: drug overdose
January 22:
Joe Ptacek (37) - Singer of Broken Hope -
no pic - COD: Self-inflicted gunshot wound
January 24:
Pernell Roberts (81) -- Actor (
Bonanza, Trapper John, M.D) -
PIC - COD: Cancer
January 27: Zelda Rubinstein (76) - Tangina from Poltergeist - PIC - COD: Heart attackJanuray 27:
JD Salinger (91) - Author of "Catcher In The Rye" -
PIC -COD Natural Causes
February February 1:
David Brown (93) - Producer (
Jaws, The Island) -
PIC - COD: Kidney Failure
February 1:
Justin Mentell (27) - Actor (
Boston Legal) -
PIC - COD: Car Crash
February 1:
Jack Brisco (68) - Professional Wrestler, two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA Tag Team Champion. COD: Complications from open heart surgery
February 3:
Frances Reid (95) - Soap Actress (
Days of Our Lives) -
PIC - COD: Old fucking age!
February 9:
Captain Phil Harris - Star of Discovery Channel's
Deadliest Catch -
PIC - COD: Stroke
February 11:
Alexander McQueen (40) - Fashion Designer -
PIC - COD: Suicide
February 14:
Doug Fieger (57) - Lead singer of The Knack -
PIC - COD: lung and brain cancer
February 18:
Lionel Jeffries (83) - Actor, screenwriter -
PIC - COD:
February 25:
Andrew Koenig - Boner from
Growing Pains -
PIC - COD: suicide
March March 4: Nan Martin (82) - Actress (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3) - PIC - COD: complications from emphysemaMarch 5: Charles B. Pierce (71) - Legend of Boggy Creek director - COD: unknownMarch 6:
Mark Linkous (47) - Frontman of Sparklehorse - COD: suicide
March 10: Corey Haim (38) - Actor and drug addict (Lost Boys) - PIC - COD: drug overdoseMarch 11:
Merlin Olsen (69) - NFL football player and Jonathan Garvey on
Little House on the Prairie -
PIC - COD: cancer
March 15:
Peter Graves (83) - Actor TV show (
Mission: Impossible Airplane) -
PIC - COD: heart attack
March 17:
Alex Chilton (59) - Musician -
PIC - COD: unknown
March 18:
Fess Parker (85) - Actor (Davy Crockett) -
PIC - COD: old age
March 21:
Bernard "Bunchy" Johnson (57) - Actor/Musician (
Bad Lieutenant: Port Charles...) - COD: heart attack
March 24:
Johnny Maestro (70) - Singer (Brooklyn Bridge) -
PIC - COD: cancer
March 24:
Robert Culp (79) - Actor -
PIC - COD: Hit his head ?
March 25:
Jim Marshall (74) - Rock Photographer -
PIC - COD: died in sleep
March 27:
Dock Giordano (77) - Comic book artist -
no pic - COD: leukemia
March 28:
June Havoc (97) - Vaudeville Star (
Gypsy 1957) -
PIC - COD: natural causes
March 28:
Herb Ellis (88) - Jazz Guitarist -
no pic - COD: Alzheimer's complications
April April 1:
David Mills (48) - Journalist and Writer (
The Wire) -
PIC - COD: brain aneurysm
April 1:
Robert Pattinson (24) -
Twilight star -
PIC - COD: suicide
April FoolsApril 1:
John Forsythe (92) - Played Blake Carrington on
Dynasty -
PIC -COD: complications of pneumonia
April 4:
Chris Kanyon (40) - Professional Wrestler (1/2 of the WCW's "Men at Work") -
PIC- COD: suicide
April 6:
Corin Redgrave (70) - Actor (
Four Weddings and A Funeral, Excalibur) -
PIC - COD:
April 7:
Christopher Cazenove (66) - Played Ben Carrington on
Dynasty -
PIC - COD:
Septicaemia April 8:
Malcolm McLaren (64) - Manager of the Sex Pistols -
PIC - COD: cancer
April 8:
James Aubrey (63) - Actor (
Lord of the Flies 1963) -
no picture - COD:
April 9:
Meinhardt Raabe (94) - Famous Munchkin (
The Wizard of Oz) -
PIC - COD: presumed heart attack
April 11:
Dixie Carter (70) - Not the lady who runs TNA wrestling. Actress (
Designing Women) -
PIC - COD:
April 12: Peter Haskell (76) - Actor (Child's Play 1 & 2) - no picture - COD: April 14:
Peter Steele (48) - Singer & bassist of Type O Negative (real name Petrus T. Ratajczyk) -
PIC - COD: heart attack
April 15:
Vinnie Chas - Original bassist for Pretty Boy Floyd -
PIC - COD:
April 18:
Allen Swift (86) - Voice actor (
Underdog) - PIC - COD:
April 19:
Keith "Guru" Elam (43) - Rapper, frontman of group Gang Starr -
PIC - COD: cancer
April 20:
Keli McGregor (48) - sports guy and Colorado Rockies president -
PIC - COD:
April 25:
Dorothy Provine (76) - American singer, dancer, actress -
PIC - COD: emphysema
MayMay 1:
Helen Wagner (91) - Soap opera actress (
As the World Turns) Holds the Guinness World Record for playing the same TV role for the longest time! -
PIC - COD:
May 3:
Lynn Redgrave (67) - Actress (
The Bad Seed) -
PIC - COD: possibly breast cancer
May 6:
Robin Roberts (87) - Phillies Pitcher and Baseball Star -
PIC - COD: natural causes
May 9:
Lena Horne (92) - Jazz Singer -
PIC - COD:
May 10:
Erica Blasberg (25) - LPGA golfer -
PIC - COD:
May 10:
Frank Frazetta (82) - Fantasy Artist -
PIC - COD: stroke
May 12:
Phyllis Hodges Boyce - Actress (
Star Trek) -
PIC - COD: unknown
May 17:
Ronnie James Dio (67) - Musician (Black Sabbath) -
PIC - COD: cancer
May 23:
Jose Lima (37) - MLB pitcher -
PIC - heart attack
May 24:
Simon Monjack (39) - Brittany Murphy's Husband -
PIC - COD
May 24:
Paul Gray (38) - Bassist for the band Slipknot -
PIC - COD
May 26:
Art Linkletter (97) - TV show and radio host (
House Party) -
PIC -
COD: natural causes
May 28: Gary Coleman (42) - Actor and our reason for waking up in the morning - PIC - COD: intracranial hemorrhage May 29:
Dennis Hopper (74) - Legendary actor (
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) -
PIC - COD: prostate cancer
JuneJune 1:
Ali Ollie Woodson (58) - Singer the Temptations -
PIC - COD: cancer
June 3:
Rue McClanahan (76) - Actress (
The Golden Girls) -
PIC - COD: massive stroke
June 5:
John Wooden (99) - UCLA Basketball Coach -
PIC - COD: old age
June 6:
Stephen Clancy Hill aka Steve Driver (34) - Porn Star -
Video - COD: falling off a cliff
June 6:
Marvin Isley (67) - Musician (The Isley Brothers) -
PIC - COD: unknown
June 6:
Dana Key (56) - Co-founder of the Christian rock group DeGarmo & Key -
PIC - COD: complications for a ruptured blood clot
June 7:
Adriana Xenides (54) - Model / game show hostess (
Wheel of Fortune) -
PIC - COD: ruptured intestine (gross)
June 7:
Stuart Cable (40) - Ex-Stereophonics drummer -
no picture - COD: not been determined
June 10:
Maury High aka Rocket Monroe (69) - AWA wrestler -
PIC - COD: blood infection
June 11:
Rayquon "Stack Bundle" Elliot (24) - Rapper -
PIC - COD: multiple gun shot wounds
June 12:
Grizzly Smith (Aurelian Smith) (77) - Professional wrestler ((Jake "The Snake" Roberts dad) -
no picture - COD: Alzheimer's disease
June 13:
Jimmy Dean (81) - Singer and Sausage Man -
PIC - COD: natural causes
June 16:
Garry Shider (56) - Guitar player P-Funk -
PIC - COD: brain and lung cancer
June 19:
Manute Bol (47) - 7-foot-7 NBA basketball player (76ers) -
PIC - kidney disease
June 23:
Pete Quaife (66) - Bassist for the Kinks -
PIC - COD: kidney failure
June 24:
Frank Giering (38) - Actor (
Funny Games) -
PIC - COD: Police are investigating
June 26:
Fred Anderson (81) - Famous saxophonist -
PIC - COD:
July July 1:
Joshua Ragsdale (32) - Songwriter -
PIC - COD: cancer
July 3:
Bill Aucoin (66) - Manager of KISS -
PIC - COD: prostate cancer
July 6:
Bob Probert (45) - NHL enforcer, 6th highest penalty minutes w/ 3,300 (Blackhawks and Redwings) -
PIC - COD: collapsed while fishing
July 11:
Walter Hawkins (61) - Grammy-winning gospel singer -
PIC - COD: pancreatic cancer
July 11:
Bob Sheppard (99) - Yankess announcer -
PIC - COD: old age
July 12:
Harvey Pekar (70) - Comic book writer (
American Splendor) -
PIC - COD:
July 13:
George Steinbrenner (80) - Yankees owner -
PIC - COD: heart attack
July 16:
James Gammon (70) - Actor (
Major League) -
PIC - COD - cancer
July 21:
Ralph Houk (90) - Yankees manager -
PIC - COD:
July 27:
Jack Tatum (61) - Football player (Defensive back Oakland Raiders) -
no picture - COD: heart attack
In memory of our little angel Gary ColemanHorror celebrities marked in green.
