Following is a list of the celebrated figures we've lost in 2019.

Not on the list but also RIP is Gr8erDays, my nostalgia site; simply no time to devote to it, so this long post is imported from over there.

Each name is followed by the deceased's age, birth and death dates, and a description — who did I miss??? ...

Mary Abbott, 98 (July 27, 1921-August 23, 2019) Abstract Expressionist painter

Nehanda Abiodun, 68 (June 29, 1950-January 30, 2019) Radical black revolutionary charged in he deadly Brink's robbery of 1981 who fled to Havana

Ruth I. Abrams, 88 (December 26, 1930-September 12, 2019) First female Massachusetts Supreme Court justice who wrote landmark gender-equality decisions

Meyer Ackerman, 96 (February 27, 1923-October 21, 2019) Single-screen cinema mogul who specialized in showing hard-to-find and foreign films

Theo Adam, 92 (August 1, 1926-January 10, 2019) German bass-baritone considered one of the last century's greatest interpreters of Wagner (1813-1883)

Swamp fling (GIF via GIPHY)

Julie Adams, 92 (October 17, 1926-February 3, 2019) Iconic starlet from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) who also had memorable roles on the soap opera Capitol (1984-1986) and Murder, She Wrote (1987-1993)

Kip Addotta, 75 (June 16, 1944-August 2019) Stand-up comic and actor

Warren Adler, 91 (December 16, 1927-April 15, 2019) Author of The War of the Roses (1981)

Marella Agnelli, 91 (May 4, 1927-February 23, 2019) Italian princess and socialite

Danny Aiello, 86 (June 20, 1933-December 12, 2019) The titular dad in Madonna's (b. 1958) “Papa Don't Preach” music video (1986), Oscar nominee for Do the Right Thing (1989)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 48 (circa 1971-October 26, 2019) ISIL leader

Zhores Alferov, 88 (March 15, 1930-March 1, 2019) Nobel Prize-winning specialist in laser technology

Fatima Ali, 29 (April 9, 1989-January 25, 2019) Season 15 Top Chef contestant

Jed Allan, 84 (March 1, 1935-March 9, 2019) Longtime soap star and cast member of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994-1999)

Alicia Alonso, 98 (December 21, 1920-October 17, 2019) Star of Cuba's National Ballet

Chelo Alonso, 85 (April 10, 1933-February 20, 2019) Cuban-Mexican bombshell who danced with the Folies Bergère and appeared in such films as Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) and Son of Samson (1960)

A. Alvarez, 90 (August 5, 1929-September 23, 2019) Poet, critic and essayist

Luis Alvarez, 53 (October 1965-June 29, 2019) Former NYC detective who, the very month he died, begged Congress to extend health benefits to 9/11 first responders; he died of cancer that was the result of his work in the aftermath of 9/11

Andy Anderson, 58 (January 30, 1951-2019) English drummer who worked with the Cure

Ruth Anderson, 91 (March 21, 1928-November 29, 2019) Pioneering electronic composer

Bibi movie actress (GIF via GIPHY)

Bibi Andersson, 83 (November 11, 1935-April 14) Bergman (1918-2007) muse famous for Persona (1966)

Patxi Andión, 72 (October 6, 1947-December 18, 2019) Actor in the films Asesinato en el Comité Central (1982) and more

Jo Andres, 64 (May 21, 1954-January 6, 2019) Visual artist, wife of Steve Buscemi (b. 1957)

Jerry Antes, 91 (June 2, 1927-February 8, 2019) Recording artist and actor who appeared in The Opposite Sex (1956)

Warren Appleby, 44 (September 13, 1974-July 18, 2019) Prolific FX man on movies and TV series

Carmen Argenziano, 75 (October 27, 1943-February 10, 2019) Stargate SG-1 (1998-2005) actor

Edward Aschof, 34 (December 24, 1985-December 24, 2019) ESPN reporter

Diana Athill, 101 (December 21, 1917-January 24, 2019) British editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with such literary luminaries as Philip Roth (1933-2018), John Updike (1932-2009), Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), Norman Mailer (1923-2007), Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) and Margaret Atwood (b. 1939); wrote the highly regarded memoirs Instead of a Letter (1963), After a Funeral (1986) and more

James Atlas, 70 (March 22, 1949-September 4, 2019) Biographer of Saul Bellow (1915-2005) and Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966)

Eyes of René Auberjonois (GIF via GIPHY)

René Auberjonois, 79 (June 1, 1940-December 8, 2019) Four-time Tony nominee (and one-time winner, for 1969's Coco), who appeared in such films as M*A*S*H (1970), Brewster McCloud (1970), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) and memorably on TV as part of the casts of Benson (1980-1986), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999) and Boston Legal (2004-2008) OBIT

Claudine Auger, 78 (April 26, 1941-December 18, 2019) Bombshell French actress known as Bond Girl Dominique Derval in 1965's Thunderball

Robert Axelrod, 70 (May 29, 1949-September 7, 2019) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers voice actor

Max Azria, 70 (circa 1949-May 6, 2019) Designer behind the BCBG Max Azria line

Hildegard Bachert, 98 (April 3, 1921-October 17, 2019) New York gallerist who championed Grandma Moses (1860-1961) as well as German and Austrian Expressionists

Lutz Bacher, 75 (September 21, 1943-May 14, 2019) Conceptual artist whose work focused on herself — yet who was intensely private regarding her personal life

June Bacon-Bercey, 90 (Octoberr 23, 1928-July 3, 2019) TV pioneer in the field of meteorology

Michel Bacos, 94 (May 3, 1924-March 26, 2019) Hero pilot of jet hijacked to Entebbe

Guido Badano, 92 (June 27, 1927-November 19, 2019) Officer present during the sinking of the Andrea Doria

Dr. Leonard Bailey, 76 (August 28, 1942-May 12, 2019) Surgeon who transplanted a baboon heart into a dying human baby in 1984

Ginger Baker, 80 (August 19, 1939-October 6, 2019) Superstar drummer most famous for his work in Cream OBIT

Russell Baker, 93 (August 14, 1925-January 21, 2019) Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist famous for hosting PBS's Masterpiece Theatre (1993-2004)

Edle Bakke, 91 (1927-March 10, 2019) Veteran script supervisor at Disney who began her career at the company in 1945 as a secretary in the Ink & Paint Department

Dalton Baldwin, 87 (December 19, 1931-December 12, 2019) Pianist known for his abilities as an accompanist

Gerald Baliles, 79 (July 8, 1940-October 29, 2019) Democratic governor of Virginia (1986-1990)

Betty Ballantine, 99 (September 25, 1919-February 12, 2019) The woman who, with her husband Ian Ballantine (1916-1995), revolutionized reading with the introduction of cheap paperback books

Kaye icon (Image via video still)

Kaye Ballard, 93 (November 20, 1925-January 21, 2019) Larger-than-life star of stage and screen who was a regular on The Mothers-in-Law (1967-1969)

Gerd Baltus, 87 (March 29, 1932-December 13, 2019) German actor in such films as Der Tod läuft hinterher (1967)

Ben Barenholtz, 83 (October 5, 1935-June 27, 2019) Man who launched the midnight movie craze in the '70s

Katreese Barnes, 56 (January 3, 1963-August 3, 2019) Acclaimed studio musician, and music director for Saturday Night Live who wrote such songs for the show as “Dick in a Box”

Kevin Barnett, 32 (circa 1986-January 22, 2019) Actor, writer and podcast co-host who co-created and was featured on the TV series Rel (2018-2019)

Paul Barrere, 71 (July 3, 1948-October 26, 2019) Longtime Little Feat band member

César González Barrón aka Silver King, 51 (January 9, 1968-May 11, 2019) Mexican wrestler who appeared in the film Nacho Libre (2006)

P.J. Barry, 88 (circa 1931-September 2, 2019) Playwright known for The Octette Bridge Club (1985)

Dave Bartholomew, 100 (December 24, 1918-June 23, 2019) Rock and roll pioneer who co-wrote and/or produced such iconic hits as “I Hear You Knocking” (1955), “Ain't That a Shame” (1955) and “I'm Walkin'” (1956)

Tunç Basaran, 81 (October 1, 1938-December 18, 2019) Turkish director

Enriquetta Basilio, 71 (July 15, 1948-October 26, 2019) First woman to light the Olympic flame

Sam Bass, 57 (November 20, 1961-February 16, 2019) Official painter of NASCAR cars

Florence Knoll Bassett, 101 (May 24, 1917-January 25, 2019) Pioneering designer and businesswoman considered the architect of the modern American office, co-owner of Knoll, Inc., whose commissioned replicas of the cyclone table and Barcelona chair brought the innovative designs into the mainstream

Patricia Bath, 76 (November 4, 1942-May 30, 2019) First black woman doctor granted a medical-invention patent, a laser device for cataract treatment

Jonathan Baumbach, 85 (July 5, 1933-March 28, 2019) Novelist whose work included the experimental Reruns (1974)

Birch Bayh, 91 (January 22, 1928-March 14, 2019) Democratic U.S. senator from Indiana who was influential in securing the vote for 18-year-olds and protection from discrimination in employment for women

Theodore Bayless, 87 (April 14, 1931-February 10, 2019) The man who discovered methods of coping with lactose and gluten intolerance

Steve Bean, 58 (April 27, 1960-January 21, 2019) Actor on shows like Ray Donovan (2016) who wrote about his battle with nose cancer

Fleming Begaye Sr., 97 (1921-May 10, 2019) WWII Navajo code talker

Rudy Behlmer, 92 (October 13, 1926-September 27, 2019) Film historian

Ari Behn, 47 (September 30, 1972-December 25, 2019) Former member of the Norwegian royal family, author and Kevin Spacey accuser

Pedro Bell, 69 (June 11, 1950-August 27, 2019) Artist known for psychedelic album covers

Henri Belolo, 82 (November 1936-August 3, 2019) Co-founder and producer of the Village People

Yannick Belton, 95 (April 6, 1924-June 2, 2019) French film director of Somewhere, Someone (1972) and Rape of Love (1978)

Paul Benjamin, 81 (January 1, 1938-June 28, 2019) Do the Right Thing (1989) actor

Cedric Henson, 36 (December 28, 1982-August 17, 2019) Former NFL running back

Andrew Berends, 46 (circa 1972-March 3, 2019) Filmmaker of Delta Boys (2012) who provided additional cinematography on the Oscar-winning doc Free Solo (2018)

David Berman, 52 (January 4, 1967-August 7, 2019) Indie musician

Julie Berman, 51 (circa 1968-December 22, 2019) Canadian transgender activist

Susan Bernard, 71 (February 11, 1948-June 21, 2019) Actress from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) who, as the daughter of Bruno Bernard (1912-1987), was the steward of his glamour photography

Robert L. Bernstein, 96 (January 5, 1923-May 26, 2019) Founder of Human Rights Watch, successful head of Random House

Mario Bertoncini, 86 (September 27, 1932-January 19, 2019) Italian composer and pianist

Susan Beschta, 67 (April 21, 1952-May 2, 2019) Member of the punk band the Erasers who became an immigration judge

Bill Bidwill, 88 (July 31, 1931-October 1, 2019) Owner of the Cardinals

Nita Bieber, 92 (July 18, 1926-February 4, 2019) Three Stooges actress, dancer

Camille Billops, 85 (August 12, 1933-June 1, 2019) Sculptor and painter who achieved international attention with her film Finding Christa (1992), about reuniting with the daughter she gave up for adoption; she later rejected her a second time, and died without reconciling

Lawrence Sigmond Bittaker, 79 (September 27, 1940-December 13, 2019) One of the two notorious Tool Box Killers of Southern California, who kidnapped, tortured, raped and murdered five teenage girls in 1979

Frank Biondi Jr., 74 (January 9, 1945-November 25, 2019) Entertainment exec who helped build HBO, Universal Studios and Viacom into major companies

Jake Black, 59 (April 27, 1960-May 21, 2019) Composer of the theme song from The Sopranos (1999-2007), member of the band Alabama 3

Unita Blackwell, 86 (March 18, 1933-May 13, 2019) Born in a sharecropper's shack, she grew up to become a civil rights activist and, in 1976, the first-ever black woman elected mayor in Mississippi

Hal Blaine, 90 (February 5, 1929-March 11, 2019) Legendary rock drummer who may have performed on more #1 hits than any other musician and with more classic artists that any other; responsible for the iconic opening of “Be My Baby” (1964)

Curtis Blake, 102 (April 15, 1917-May 24, 2019) Co-founder of Friendly's Ice Cream

Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, 76 (December 15, 1942-August 18, 2019) Louisiana's first female governor, the woman who oversaw the response to Hurricane Katrina

Henry Bloch, 96 (July 30, 1922-April 23, 2019) Founder of H&R Bloch

Harold Bloom, 89 (July 11, 1930-October 14, 2019) Popular literary critic who strove to decide — unilaterally — which works of literature were great and would last

Sam Bobrick, 87 (July 24, 1932-October 11, 2019) Emmy nominee who created Saved by the Bell (1989-1993)

TV idol (Image by Esparza/CBS)

Rudy Boesch, 91 (January 20, 1928-November 1, 2019) Star of Season 1 of Survivor (2000) who also appeared on Survivor: All-Stars (2004); remains the oldest person to compete on the series

Bradley Bolke, 93 (October 1, 1925-January 15, 2019) Actor who voiced Nikita Khruschchev (1894-1971) on the classic comedy album The First Family (1962), Chumley the walrus on Tennessee Tuxedo (1963-1966), Jangle Bells on The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Reinhard Bonnke, 79 (April 19, 1940-December 7, 2019) German Evangelical pastor who held giant, open-air Christian meetings in Africa, professing to be a faith healer

Herman Boone, 84 (October 28, 1935-December 18, 2019) Coach immortalized in Remember the Titans (2000)

Francesco Saverio Borrelli, 89 (April 12, 1930-July 20, 2019) Italian prosecutor who blazed a trail of anticorruption work

Jim Bouton, 80 (March 8, 1939-July 10, 2019) New York Yankees pitcher who published a tell-all memoir on the sport with 1970's Ball Four, later appearing in a short-lived sitcom based on the book (1976)

The little death (Image courtesy of Scotty Bowers)

Scotty Bowers, 96 (July 1, 1923-October 13, 2019) Tell-all memoirist who claimed to have pimped for and/or sexually satisfied a slew of Golden Age of Hollywood stars; subject of the documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017) OBIT

Where the Boyce are ... (GIF via GIPHY)

Cameron Boyce, 20 (May 28, 1999-July 6, 2019) Disney Channel star of Jessie (2011-2015) and the Descendants (2015-2019) franchise, as well as appearing in such films as Grown Ups (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013)

Robert Boyd, 91 (January 11, 1928-September 20, 2019) Reporter who detailed George McGovern's (1922-2012) running mate Thomas F. Eagleton's (1929-2007) bouts of depression and previous electroshock therapy

Gert Boyle, 95 (March 6, 1924-November 3, 2019) German businesswoman whose Columbia Sportswear Company's ads featured her as “One Tough Mother”

Annalise Braakensiek, 46 (December 9, 1972-circa January 6, 2019) Australian model and actress

Harold Bradley, (January 2, 1926-January 31, 2019) Prolific guitarist and so-called Nashville studio master

Don Bragg, 83 (May 15, 1935-September 16, 2019) Olympic pole-vaulting champ

Victoria Braithwaite, 52 (July 19, 1967-September 30, 2019) Researcher who argued that fish feel pain

Mark Bramble, 68 (December 7, 1950-February 20, 2019) Tony-nominated librettist of 42nd Street (1980) and Barnum (1980)

Cliff Branch, 71 (August 1, 1948-August 3, 2019) NFL star with a 14-year Raiders career

William B. Branch, 92 (September 11, 1927-November 3) Playwright of the black experience, radio director and TV writer

Larry Brand, 69 (December 16, 1949-February 9, 2019) Indie filmmaker who wrote and directed for Roger Corman (b. 1926)

Zev Braun, 90 (October 19, 1928-October 17, 2019) Producer of TV's Tour of Duty (1987-1990), Oscar nominee as a producer of the doc Marlene (1984)

Artur Brauner, 100 (August 1, 1918-July 7, 2019) Producer of Europa Europa (1990) and Babi Yar (2003)

Kate Braverman, 70 (February 5, 1949-October 12, 2019) Novelist, short story writer and poet

Chuy Bravo, 63 (December 7, 1956-December 15, 2019) Sidekick on Chelsea Lately (2007-2014)

Sydney Brenner, 92 (January 13, 1927-April 4, 2019) Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped crack the genetic code

Gordon Bressack, 68 (May 28, 1951-August 30, 2019) Writer of Animaniacs (1993) and Pinky and the Brain (1995)

Wallace Broecker, 87 (November 29, 1931-February 18, 2019) One of the first scientists to warn of climate change, and the man who popularized the phrase “global warming”

Tony Brooker, 94 (September 22, 1925-November 20, 2019) Pioneering computer programmer

Harold Brown, 91 (September 19, 1927-January 4, 2019) Secretary of Defense under Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)

Pat Crawford Brown, 90 (June 29, 1929-July 2, 2019) Actress in The Rocketeer (1991), Reality Bites (1994) and more

Judge Richard A. Brown, 86 (circa 1933-April 3, 2019) Judge who presided over the arraignment of David Berkowitz (b. 1953), the Son of Sam Killer

William F. Brown, 91 (April 16, 1928-June 23, 2019) Tony-nominated book writer of The Wiz (1975)

End run (GIF via GIPHY)

Willie Brown, 78 (December 2, 1940-October 22, 2019) Famed Raiders player, coach and exec

Cacsmy Brutus aka Mama Cax, 30 (circa 1989-December 16, 2019) Model and fashion blogger who had lost her leg to cancer

Clora Bryant, 92 (May 30, 1927-August 23, 2019) “Trumpetiste” who made her mark on the L.A. jazz scene

Dorothea Buck, 102 (April 5, 1917-October 9, 2019) Nazi victim, voice for the mentally ill

Bill Buckner, 69 (December 14, 1969-May 27, 2019) Popular Major League Baseball player

John Carl Buechler, 66 (June 18, 1952-March 18, 2019) Horror makeup artist and director of such films as Troll (1986)

King Kong Bundy, 61 (November 7, 1957-March 4, 2019) WWF wrestling star

Nick Buoniconti, 78 (December 15, 1940-July 30, 2019) NFL Hall of Famer, Inside the NFL co-host

A very a-peel-ing package (Image via RCA Victor)

Irving Burgie, 95 (July 28, 1924-November 29, 2019) Writer of the classic “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),” which helped make Harry Belafonte (b. 1927) a star; eight of the 11 tracks on Belafonte's album Calypso (1956) — the first album ever to sell a million copies in the U.S. — were written by Burgie

Jack Burns, 14 (circa 2005-December 1, 2019) Ballet dancer and Outlander (2014) actor

Gary Burrell, 81 (August 24, 1937-June 12, 2019) Co-founder of Garmin, the GPS brand

Busbee aka Michael James Ryan, 43 (circa 1975-September 29, 2019) Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer

Bushwick Bill, 52 (December 8, 1966-June 9, 2019) Member of the Texas rap group the Geto Boys

Frank Busseri, 85 (circa 1933-January 28, 2019) Manager and member of the Four Lads vocal group behind the hit “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” (1953) OBIT

Mad Hattie (Image by Michael James O'Brien)

Brian Butterick aka Hattie Hathaway (circa 1956-January 30, 2019) NYC drag scene who played a pivotal role in the arts scene

June Dobbs Butts, 90 (June 11, 1928-May 13, 2019) Sex researcher and therapist who urged more awareness of sexual matters among African Americans

Anner Bylsma, 85 (February 17, 1934-July 25, 2019) Dutch cellist known for attempting to re-create how classical music would have sounded in the past to audiences

Blake Byrne, 83 (July 2, 1935-March 24, 2019) Leading art collector, co-founder of Argyle Television, philanthropist behind the Skylark Foundation (benefiting the arts, education, environmental protection, services for women, the elderly and LGBTQ youth)

Gay Byrne, 85 (August 5, 1934-November 4, 2019) Irish TV host who tackled taboos

Marge Callaghan, 97 (December 23, 1921-January 11, 2019) All-American Girls Pro Baseball League player from 1944-1951; her and her sister reportedly inspired the core rivalry in A League of Their Own (1992)

Steve Cannon, 84 (April 10, 1935-July 7, 2019) Writer and publisher famed for his East Village literary salon

Carmine Caridi, 85 (January 23, 1934-May 28, 2019) The Godfather II (1974) actor who in 2004 was the first person expelled by AMPAS — for selling Oscar screeners OBIT

Al Carmichael, 90 (November 10, 1928-September 7, 2019) Football player who, in 1960, scored the first touchdown of the American Football League

Jerry Carrigan, 75 (September 13, 1943-June 22, 2019) Prolific studio drummer

Sick burned (GIF via GIPHY)

Diahann Carroll, 84 (July 17, 1935-October 4, 2019) Trailblazing African-American actress of the stage (she was the first-ever black woman to win a Tony for a leading role), film (she was the first-ever black actress nominated for the Oscar for a leading role, in 1974's Claudine) and TV [she was the first-ever black female star of her own series whose character was not subservient, in Julia (1968-1971)]. She was also TV's "first black bitch" as Dominique Deveraux on Dynasty (1984-1987) and The Colbys (1985-1986). OBIT

Justin Carter, 35 (circa 1983-March 16, 2019) Country singer

Beth Carvalho, 72 (May 5, 1946-April 30, 2019) Brazilian Godmother of Samba

Joe Casely-Hayford, 62 (May 24, 1956-January 3, 2019) Iconoclastic fashion designer

Sue Casey, 92 (April 8, 1926-February 21, 2019) “The World's Most Beautiful Extra,” who appeared in about 85 films between 1945-2002

Howard Cassady, 85 (March 2, 1934-September 20, 2019) 1955 Heisman Trophy winner, member of the 1957 Detroit Lions championship team

Seymour Cassel, 84 (January 22, 1935-April 7, 2019) Oscar nominee for Faces who appeared in many Cassavetes (1929-1989) and Wes Anderson (b. 1969) films, star of cult film Death Game (1977) OBIT

Neus Català, 103 (October 6, 1915-April 13, 2019) Anti-fascist activist who survived two German concentration camps

Kelly Catlin, 23 (November 3, 1995-March 8, 2019) Olympic track cyclist

Carlos Celdran, 46 (November 10, 1972-October 8, 2019) Performance artist and activist

Napoleon Chagnon, 81 (August 17, 1938-September 21, 2019) Controversial anthropologist who studied the people of the Amazon

Christine Chambers, 39 (September 8, 1980-December 4, 2019) Photographer and playwright

Walter Chandoha, 98 (November 30, 1920-January 11, 2019) Cat photographer

William Y. Chang, 103 (January 1, 1916-September 4, 2019) Hawaiian-born founding editor of The Chinese-American Times (1955-1972)

Preferred blonde (GIF via GIPHY)

Carol Channing, 97 (January 31, 1921-January 15, 2019) Broadway legend who originated the roles of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) and Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! (1964), and was Oscar-nominated as Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

Beth Chapman, 51 (October 29, 1967-June 26, 2019) Wife and co-star of Duane Chapman of Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003-2012) fame

Leah Chase, 96 (January 6, 1923-June 1, 2019) Queen of Creole Cooking at Dooky Chase's in New Orleans, civil rights advocate

Sylvia Chase, 80 (February 23, 1938-January 3, 2019) Pioneering TV newswoman

Rocci Chatfield, 93 (April 30, 1926-August 24, 2019) Writer on My Three Sons (2 episodes, 1968 & 1970)

Vivian Cherry, 98 (July 27, 1920-March 4, 2019) Street photographer who specialized in social injustice

Jacques Chirac, 86 (November 29, 1932-September 26, 2019) Prime minister (1974-1976; 1986-1988) and president (1995-2007) of France

Randall Christensen, 60 (1958-June 20, 2019) Dancing with the Stars (2006-2011) costumer

Princess Christina of the Netherlands, 72 (February 18, 1947-August 16, 2019) Daughter of Queen Juliana (1909-2004) who married a commoner

Dimitris Christofias, 72 (August 29, 1946-June 21, 2019) President of Cyprus for a single, disastrous term

Dick Churchill, 99 (January 21, 1920-February 12, 2019) Last survivor of the Allied soldiers who broke free from a Nazi P.O.W. camp as chronicled in The Great Escape(1963)

Jean Cinander, 96 (August 9, 1922-February 5, 2019) Star of the 1945-1946 Broadway comedy Dream Girl, widow of producer Robert A. Cinander (1924-1982)

Ed Clark, 93 (May 6, 1926-October 18, 2019) Pioneering Abstract Expressionist painter

He stayed with his soap for 39 years. (Image via headshot)

John Clarke, 88 (April 14, 1931-October 16, 2019) Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives (1965-2004)

Vera Clemente, 78 (March 7, 1941-November 16, 2019) Widow of Roberto Clemente (1934-1972), known for keeping his charitable spirit alive

Andrew Clements, 70 (May 29, 1949-November 28, 2019) Best-selling children's book author, including of Frindle (1996)

Nick Clifford, 98 (July 5, 1921-November 23, 2019) Last living worker who helped construct Mount Rushmore

Corinne Cobson, 62 (1956-April 17, 2019) French fashion and costume designer

Thad Cochran, 81 (December 7, 1937-May 30, 2019) Mississippi Republican who served as a U.S. senator for 45 years, until 2018

Barry Coe, 84 (November 26, 1934-July 16, 2019) Actor from the Peyton Place movie (1957) who was a regular on Follow the Sun (1961-1962)

Michael Coe, 90 (May 14, 1929-September 25, 2019) Renowned codebreaker who authenticated the oldest written manuscript in the Americas

Danny Cohen, 81 (December 9, 1937-August 12, 2019) Computer scientist who created the first flight simulator, invented Internet voice calls and developed online dating

Larry Cohen, 77 (July 15, 1941-March 23, 2019) Writer/director of horror and blaxploitation hits like Hell Up in Harlem (1973) and It's Alive (1974)

Luigi Colani, 91 (August 2, 1928-September 16, 2019) German designer of fancifully futuristic objects

Allan Cole, 75 (November 19, 1943-March 29, 2019) Prolific TV writer and sci-fi author

Richard Cole, 103 (September 7, 1915-April 9, 2019) Last surviving Doolittle Raid pilot

Peter Collier, 80 (June 2, 1939-November 1, 2019) Former left-wing writer of well-received biographies on the Kennedys, Fondas and Fords who, with his writing partner David Horowitz (b. 1939), famously became a leading conservative voice from the '80s onward

Bud Collins, 84 (December 4, 1934-June 20, 2019) Australia's “Mr. Movies”

Tom Collins, 88 (April 3, 1931-September 1, 2019) Promoter of elite figure skating tours

Ernie Colón, 88 (July 13, 1931-August 8, 2019) DC, Marvel & Harvey Comics writer, artist and editor who worked on such memorable projects as DC's Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Marvel's Damage Control; also illustrated an edition of the 9/11 Commission Report

Marya Columbia, 63 (April 22, 1956-October 23, 2019) Violinist who played for survivors at St. Paul's Chapel in NYC on 9/11

It would take a strong, strong man ... (Image via Twitter)

Franco Columbu, 78 (August 7, 1941-August 30, 2019) Legendary bodybuilder and World's Strongest Man competitor

Jessi Combs, 36 (August 27, 2019-July 27, 1983) TV personality and “Fastest Woman on Four Wheels”

Earl Thomas Conley, 77 (October 17, 1941-April 10, 2019) Eighties singing star with 18 #1 hits on the country charts in that decade

Drawn to his work (Image by Mac Conner)

Mac Conner, 105 (November 12, 1913-September 26, 2019) '50s and '60s advertising illustrator

Richard Conrad, 84 (August 12, 1935-August 26, 2019) Bel canto opera star who became a baritone after a throat injury sustained in a mugging

If I could save Tim in a bottle ... (GIF via GIPHY)

Tim Conway, 85 (December 15, 1933-May 14, 2019) Legendary comic known for McHale's Navy (1962-1966) and The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978)

John Conyers, 90 (May 16, 1929-October 27, 2019) Former Democratic congressman from Michigan who spent over 50 years in that role before resigning in 2017 over sexual harassment claims

Bert Cooper, 53 (January 10, 1966-May 10, 2019) Pro boxer

Eric Cooper, 52 (December 18, 1966-October 20, 2019) MLB umpire

Fernando Corbató, 93 (July 1, 1926-July2, 2019) His work led to the PC, and to the computer password

Ed Corney, 85 (November 9, 1933-January 1, 2019) Bodybuilding great

Fernando Corbató, 93 (July 1, 1926-July 12, 2019) Early innovator whose work helped lead to the PC, and to the computer password

Valentina Cortese, 96 (January 1, 1923-July 10, 2019) Italian acting great who worked more than 50 years in international films, receiving an Oscar nomination for her bravura performance in Day for Night (1973)

Ryan Costello, 23 (June 13, 1996-November 18, 2019) Player for the Minnesota Twins

Douglas Costle, 79 (July 27, 1939-January 13, 2019) Man who helped create the EPA, and then ran it

Chris Cotton, 32 (circa 1987-December 12, 2019) Stand-up comic

John Coughlin, 33 (December 1, 1985-January 18, 2019) U.S. figure skater who was a Pairs champ

Fred Cox, 80 (December 11, 1938-November 20, 2019) Vikings kicker, Nerf football inventor

Barbara Crane, 91 (March 19, 1928-August 7, 2019) Photographer known for illusory work and cunning abstractions

William J. Creber, 87 (July 26, 1931-March 7, 2019) Three-time Oscar nominee who was production designer on The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974)

Douglas Crimp, 74 (August 19, 1944-July 5, 2019) Curator, art scholar, writer, AIDS activist

Frances Crowe, 100 (March 15, 1919-August 27, 2019) Peace activist

Ann Crumb, 69 (May 25, 1950-October 31, 2019) First American actress chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948) to originate a role in one of his shows, she appeared in Aspects of Love (1989), Les Misérables (1989), Anna Karenina (1992) and more

Drawn to his work? (Image via Kitchen Sink Press)

Howard Cruse, 75 (May 2, 1944-November 26, 2019) Pioneering graphic novelist whose 1980s work Gay Comix was an early LGBTQ-infused anthology; also known for Wendel (1980s) and Stuck Rubber Baby (1995)

Carlos Cruz-Diez, 95 (August 17, 1923-July 27, 2019) Prominent Latin American artist of the post-WWII era who specialized in abstraction

Lewis B. Cullman, 100 (January 26, 1919-June 7, 2019) Investment banker and arts patron who was one of the most prolific philanthropists on the East Coast

A strong voice, silenced (Image via video still)

Rep. Elijah Cummings, 68 (January 18, 1951-October 17, 2019) Longtime (12-time) congressman representing Baltimore OBIT

Dumiso Dabangwa, 79 (December 6, 1939-May 23, 2019) Zimbabwean insurgency leader

Mungau Dain, 24 (circa 1994-January 5, 2019) Tribal villager who starred in the Oscar-nominated Tanna (2015)

Evelyne Daitz, 83 (April 13, 1936-October 31, 2019) Ran NYC's influential Witkin Gallery

Steve Dalachinsky, 72 (September 29, 1946-September 15, 2019) Avant-garde poet

Dick Dale, 81 (May 4, 1937-March 16, 2019) Influential King of Surf Guitar

Thomas D'Alesandro III, 90 (July 24, 1929-October 20, 2019) Former Baltimore mayor (1967-1971) and brother of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940)

Georgiy Daneliya, 88 (August 25, 1930-April 4, 2019) Director of iconic Soviet and Russian films, including Seryozha (1960) and I Step Through Moscow (1964)

LaShawn Daniels, 41 (December 28, 1977-September 3, 2019) Prolific songwriter of such hits as “It's Not Right but It's Okay” (1998) for Whitney Houston, “Say My Name” (1999) for Destiny's Child and the Lady Gaga/Beyoncé hit “Telephone” (2009)

William Dannemeyer, 89 (September 22, 1929-July 9, 2019) Former California representative (1979-1993) whose views were anti-gay, anti-people with HIV, anti-Semitic, pro-conspiracy theory

Baba Ram Dass aka Richard Alpert, 88 (April 6, 1931-December 22, 2019) Counterculture spiritual leader, LSD proponent, author of the 1971 book Be Here Now

Lewis Dauber, 70 (April 27, 1949-October 3, 2019) Longtime character actor who often played priests

Jean-Louis David, 85 (March 24, 1934-April 3, 2019) French hairdresser

Windsor Davies, 89 (August 28, 1930-January 17, 2019) Welsh TV actor

Alexander Davion, 90 (March 31, 1929-September 28, 2019) Actor in The Valley of the Dolls (1967)

David Brion Davis, 92 (February 16, 1927-April 14, 2019) Slavery historian

Jennifer Davis, 85 (December 15, 1933-October 15, 2019) Worked to promote divestment effort against South Africa over apartheid

The Day is done. (GIF via GIPHY)

Doris Day, 97 (April 3, 1922-May 13, 2019) Iconic, girl-next-door singer, movie and TV actress associated with the hit songs “Sentimental Journey” (1945), “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time” (1945), “Till the End of Time” (1945), “Love Somebody” (1948), “A Guy Is a Guy” (1952), “Secret Love” (1954) and “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” (1956), among others; the films Romance on the High Seas (1948), Young Man with a Horn (1950), Calamity Jane (1953), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Pajama Game (1957), Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1961) and That Touch of Mink (1962), among others; her TV series The Doris Day Show (1968-1973); her troubled romantic life (including one husband cheating her out of millions); and her animal-rights activism

Andy de Groat, 71 (November 1947-January 10, 2019) Innovative downtown NYC choreographer

Terry de Havilland, 81 (March 21, 1928-November 27, 2019) Edgy footwear designer to the stars

Eva de la O, 88 (January 20, 1931-May 4, 2019) Soprano devoted to promoting Hispanic composers

John Gunther Dean, 93 (February 24, 1926-June 6, 2019) U.S. ambassador to Cambodia at the time Cambodia fell

Frederick B. Dent, 97 (August 17, 1922-December 10, 2019) Commerce Secretary who was a staunch Nixon (1913-1994) ally

Baby Jane Dexter, 72 (August 4, 1946-May 21, 2019) Cabaret singer

Terrance Dicks, 84 (May 10, 1935-August 29, 2019) Prominent Doctor Who writer

Bobby Diamond, 75 (August 23, 1943-May 15, 2019) Former child actor from the series Fury (1955-1960) and the “In Praise of Pip” Twilight Zone (1963) episode; narrowly missed out on playing Robin in the '60s

Stephen Diener, 80 (circa 1939-April 30, 2019) Onetime president of ABC Records who worked closely with Steely Dan, the Commodores and others

Morris I. Diamond, 97 (August 15, 1921-April 7, 2019) Concert promoter for Michael Jackson (1958-2009), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) music supervisor

Jumped for his love (Image via Wikipedia)

Harrison Dillard, 96 (July 8, 1923-November 15, 2019) Four-time Olympic gold medal winner, best hurdler of the 1940s

Bobby Dillon, 89 (February 23, 1930-August 22, 2019) All-American defensive back at the University of Texas and Green Bay Packers player (1952-1959)

John Dingell, 92 (July 8, 1926-February 7, 2019) Longest-serving member of Congress (59 years) in history, representing Michigan until 2015

Werner G. Doehner, 90 (March 14, 1929-November 8, 2019) Last survivor of the May 6, 1937, Hindenburg disaster

He was the Rain man. (GIF via TCM)

Stanley Donen, 94 (April 13, 1924-February 21, 2019) Choreographer and the last great director of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Co-director of On the Town (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees! (1958); director of Royal Wedding (1951), Fearless Fagan (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Funny Face (1957), Indiscreet (1958), Charade (1963), Arabesque (1966) and Bedazzled (1967) OBIT

Lorna Doom, 61 (circa 1957-January 16, 2019) Germs bassist

Bob Dorian, 85 (April 19, 1934-June 15, 2019) Former AMC classic-movie host

Angie Douthit, 50 (March 12, 1969-December 9, 2019) Teen Mom OG (2019) reality performer whose cancer battle played out on the series

Billy Drago, 73 (September 18, 1945-June 24, 2019) Trigger-happy Frank Nitti in The Untouchables (1987)

Daryl Dragon, 76 (August 27, 1942-January 2, 2019) The Captain of The Captain & Tennille fame, son of Carmen Dragon (1914-1984) OBIT

Paula Drew, 93 (June 1, 1926-July 30, 2019) Forties and '50s actress who was a series regular on Front Page Detective (1951-1952) and appeared in B-movies while juggling a scandalous personal life

Edwin Drummond, 73 (May 14, 1945-April 23, 2019) Activist climber

Mary Duggar, 78 (May 26, 1941-June 9, 2019) Matriarch of TV's Evangelical, birth-conscious Duggars

Chris Duncan, 38 (May 5, 1981-September 6, 2019) Cardinals player who was a member of the 2006 World Series-winning team

Gary Duncan, 72 (September 4, 1946-June 29, 2019) Quicksilver Messenger Service guitarist/singer/songwriter who was part of the psychedelic scene

Andrew Dunbar, approx. 30 (circa 1989-December 24, 2019) Actor who was an extra and double on Game of Thrones (2017-2019)

Albert J. Dunlap, 81 (July 26, 1937-January 25, 2019) Corporate exec known for “turnaround” management that included mass layoffs to save dying companies; known as “Chainsaw Al”

Steve Dunleavy, 81 (January 21, 1938-June 24, 2019) Tabloid muckraker who was a staple in Rupert Murdoch's (b. 1931) entertainment empire, including at Star, The New York Post and on A Current Affair

Alice Dye, 91 (February 19, 1927-February 1, 2019) Golf course designer

Robert Earle, 93 (January 5, 1926-June 5, 2019) Moderator of TV's College Bowl (1962-1970)

Candice Earley, 68 (August 18, 1950-January 31, 2019) Broadway actress who went on to star on All My Children from 1976-1992

Richard Easton, 86 (March 22, 1933-December 2, 2019) Tony-winning actor from The Invention of Love (2001)

Marshall Efron, 81 (February 3, 1938-September 30, 2019) Star of the PBS Bible series The Great American Dream Machine (1971-1973)

Bring on da Funkhauser (GIF via HBO)

Bob Einstein, 76 (November 20, 1942-January 2, 2019) Emmy-winning comedy writer who created and starred in the Super Dave series and spin-offs (1987 on), appeared as Marty Funkhauser on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004-2017) and was the older brother of Albert Brooks (b. 1947) OBIT

Aron Eisenberg, 50 (January 6, 1969-September 21, 2019) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999) performer

Rafi Eitan, 92 (November 23, 1926-March 23, 2019) Israeli spymaster

Georgette Elgey, 90 (February 24, 1929-October 8, 2019) French journalist known for a six-volume history of post-WWI France

Josip Elic, 98 (March 10, 1921-October 21, 2019) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) actor

Bump Elliott, 94 (January 30, 1925-December 7, 2019) All-American halfback at the University of Michigan who became a fabled coach

Thomas Elsaesser, 76 (June 22, 1943-December 4, 2019) Film scholar who founded the journal Monogram (1971-1978), which included the famous essay “Tales of Sound and Fury: Observations on the Family Melodrama”

Hannelore Elsner, 76 (July 26, 1942-April 21, 2019) German actress known for arthouse and mainstream fare, including No Place to Go (2000) and Go for Zucker (2004)

Diet Eman, 99 (April 30, 1920-September 3, 2019) Woman who risked her life saving Dutch Jews in WWII

Puttin' on the ditz (Image via CBS)

Georgia Engel, 70 (July 28, 1948-April 12, 2019) Georgette on Mary Tyler Moore (1972-1977) OBIT

Kim English, 48 (September 6, 1970-April 2, 2019) House, electronica, soul and gospel singer of such dance hits as “Unspeakable Joy” (1999) and “Everyday” (2002)

Ethel Ennis, 86 (November 28, 1932-February 17, 2019) Baltimore's First Lady of Jazz, a '50s and '60s recording artist who walked away from fame in favor of a quieter life

Preston Epps, 88 (July 19, 1930-May 9, 2019) Percussionist whose 1959 instrumental hit “Bongo Rock” — #14 on Billboard — introduced bongos and congas to pop

Jeffrey Epstein, 66 (January 20, 1953-August 10, 2019) Notorious accused sex trafficker

Richard Erdman, 93 (June 1, 1925-March 16, 2019) Actor in The Men (1950), Cry Danger (1951), Stalag 17 (1953), the “A Kind of Stopwatch” episode of The Twilight Zone (1963), a classic Cheers episode about Cliff's mom (1986) and TV's Community (2009-2015)

Roky Erickson, 71 (July 15, 1947-May 31, 2019) Singer and guitarist in the band the 13th Floor Elevators

William Esper, 86 (circa 1932-January 26, 2019) Prominent acting teacher for more than 50 years

Béji Caïd Essebsi, 92 (November 29, 1926-July 25, 2019) President of Tunisia who guided the African nation to democracy

Neil Estern, 93 (April 18, 1926-July 11, 2019) Sculptor of monumental-scale public works, inventor of life-sized Patti Playpal doll

Bob Esty, 72 (April 20, 1947-September 27, 2019) Music producer, including on “Last Dance” () by Donna Summer ()

Etika aka Desmond Amofah, 29 (1989-June 19, 2019) Popular YouTuber who vlogged on gaming

Rachel Held Evans, 37 (June 8, 1981-May 4, 2019) Best-selling Evangelical Christian author who left the church but did not abandon her faith

Robert Evans, 89 (June 29, 1930-October 26, 2019) Former Paramount exec who oversaw Rosemary's Baby (1968), Love Story (1970) and The Godfather (1972), and who as a producer was the man behind Chinatown (1974), Marathon Man (1976) and Urban Cowboy (1980) OBIT

Jean Fairfax, 98 (October 20, 1920-February 12, 2019) Leader in integrating U.S. public schools

Ron Fairly, 81 (July 12, 1938-October 30, 2019) Dodger star player turned broadcaster

Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96 (January 13, 1923-April 20, 2019) Abstract artist whose work touched on Islam

Julia Farron, 94 (July 22, 1922-July 3, 2019) Acclaimed ballerina

David Feichheimer, 76 (April 30, 1942-April 2, 2019) Nationally known P.I.

Diane Telman Felenstein, 79 (October 23, 1940-December 8, 2019) Women's financial advisor

Maurice Ferré, 84 (June 23, 1935-September 19, 2019) Miami's first Hispanic mayor

Bibi Ferreira, 96 (June 1, 1922-February 13, 2019) Brazilian theater legend

Michael Fesco, 84 (-April 11, 2019) Gay club-owner whose Fire Island and NYC destinations were hits from 1970 on, including the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove

Kate Figes, 62 (November 6, 1957-December 7, 2019) Feminist author of such works as Life After Birth (1998)

Albert Finney, 82 (May 9, 1936-February 7, 2019) Five-time Oscar nominee, star of Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Erin Brockovich (2000)

Quentin Fiore, 99 (February 12, 1920-April 13, 2019) Graphic designer whose work popularized the Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) slogan “the medium is the message”

Bernard Fisher, 101 (August 23, 1918-October 16, 2019) Doctor who revolutionized breast cancer treatment

Wayne Fitzgerald, 89 (March 19, 1930-September 30, 2019) Prolific main titles designer

Graham Fletcher-Cook, 55 (November 3, 1963-2019) Actor who appeared in 2019's Rocketman, directed by his brother, as well as many other films from the '80s onward

Keith Flint, 49 (September 17, 1969-March 4, 2019) Frontman of The Prodigy and his own band Flint

Woodie Flowers, 75 (November 18, 1943-October 11, 2019) PBS science-teacher star who made scientific learning competitive, sparking international contests

Jerry Fogel, 83 (January 17, 1936-October 21, 2019) Last surviving regular cast member of The Mothers-in-Law (1967-1969), actor who appeared in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and on the series The White Shadow (1978-1980)

The big Easy (GIF via GIPHY)

Peter Fonda, 79 (February 23, 1940-August 16, 2019) Producer, actor and co-writer of Easy Rider (1969), star of such films as Tammy and the Doctor (1963), The Wild Angels (1966), The Trip (1967), Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), The Cannonball Run (1981), Ulee's Gold (1997) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007); son of Henry Fonda (1905-1982), brother of Jane Fonda (b. 1937), father of Bridget Fonda (b. 1964)

D.C. Fontana, 80 (March 25, 1939-December 2, 2019) Pioneering Star Trek (1966-1968) writer, including of the classic 1967 episode “Journey to Babel”

Jean Ann Ford, 71 (circa 1947-January 17, 2019) Benefit Cosmetics co-founder

Hugh Fordin, 83 (December 17, 1935-February 26, 2019) Founder of original cast recording specialty business DRG Records

Brown-out (Image via Miramax)

Robert Forster, 78 (July 13, 1941-October 11, 2019) Movie tough guy with depth nominated for an Oscar for Jackie Brown (1997), who appeared in Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Medium Cool (1969), The Black Hole (1979), Alligator (1980), The Delta Force (1986), Mulholland Drive (2001), The Descendants (2011) and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019); on TV, he was the star of Banyon (1971-1973) and Nakia (1974), and appeared on Heroes (2007-2008), Last Man Standing (2012-2018), Breaking Bad (2013) and Twin Peaks (2017)

David Foster, 90 (circa 1929-December 23, 2019) Prolific movie producer of such films as McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1968), The Getaway (1971), The Thing (1982), Short Circuit and its sequel (1986 & 1988) and The River Wild (1994)

Dianne Foster, 90 (October 31, 1928-July 31, 2019) Canadian Bad for Each Other (1953) actress

Evelyn Foster, 90 (circa 1928-May 13, 2019) Mother and momager of Jodie Foster (b. 1962) and Buddy Foster (b. 1957)

Jim Fowler, 89 (April 9, 1930-May 8, 2019) Longtime animal expert featured on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom from the '60s-'80s and again in the '00s OBIT

Dana Fradon, 97 (April 14, 1922-October 3, 2019) Prolific New Yorker cartoonist from 1948-2003

Barry Frank, 87 (August 14, 1932-October 29, 2019) Sports programmer involved with The Battle of the Network Stars (1983) and American Gladiators (1989)

Dorothea Benton Frank, 67 (September 12, 1951-September 2, 2019) Prolific novelist 

Robert Frank, 94 (November 9, 1924-September 9, 2019) One of the 20th century's most influential photographers 

Kelly Fraser, 26 (August 8, 1993-December 24, 2019) Canadian singer who advocated for indigenous culture

Pete Frates, 34 (December 28, 1984-December 9, 2019) A.L.S.-stricken creator of the Ice Bucket Challenge

James Frawley, 82 (September 29, 1936-January 22, 2019) Director of the TV series The Monkees (1966-1968) and other shows, plus The Muppet Movie (1979)

But it's over now ... (GIF via GIPHY)

Marie Fredriksson, 61 (May 30, 1958-December 9, 2019) One half of the phenomenally popular Swedish duo Roxette

Jill Freedman, 79 (October 19, 1939-October 9, 2019) Photographer who immersed herself in various parts of American society to capture intimate documentary portraits

Gillian Freeman, 89 (December 5, 1929-February 23, 2019) Author of groundbreaking gay-themed novel The Leather Boys (1961), adapted into the 1964 film of the same title

Janice Freeman, 33 (circa 1985-March 3, 2019) The Voice (2017) contestant

Have we met? (Image by Robert Freeman/Capitol)

Robert Freeman, 82 (December 5, 1936-November 7, 2019) Photographer of many Beatles images, including the iconic Meet the Beatles! cover (1963 image, 1964 album release)

Stanton T. Friedman, 84 (July 29, 1934-May 13, 2019) Scientist who tracked UFOs and alien visitation stories

Robert J. Friend, 99 (February 29, 1920-June 21, 2019) One of the last Tusekegee Airmen, who later in his career presided over a federal investigation into UFOs

Donnie Fritts, 76 (November 8, 1942-August 27, 2019) Soul and country musician

Harvey Frommer, 83 (October 10, 1935-August 1, 2019) Sports historian known for his work on the New York Yankees

Ras G, 40 (December 11, 1978-July 29, 2019) Experimental hip-hop producer

Clark Gable III, 30 (September 20, 1988-February 22, 2019) Grandson of legend Clark Gable (1901-1960) who was an entrepreneur and host of the hidden-camera reality show Cheaters (2012-2013)

Leyna Gabriele, 95 (March 25, 1924-October 14, 2019) Lyric coloratura soprano who was one of two women to originate the role of Baby Doe in The Ballard of Baby Doe (1956)

Ernest J. Gaines, 86 (January 15, 1933-November 5, 2019) Author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971)

Fernando Gaitan, 58 (November 9, 1960-January 29, 2019) Creator of Yo soy Betty la fea telenovela (1999-2001)

Bruno Ganz, 77 (March 22, 1941-February 15, 2019) Swiss actor of dozens of German-language films, most famous as the angel Damiel in Wings of Desire (1987) and Faraway, So Close! (1993) and as Hitler (1889-1945) in Downfall (2004) OBIT

Godfrey Gao, 35 (September 22, 1984-November 27, 2019) Taiwanese-Canadian actor and model, known for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) and various Chinese TV series

Alan García, 69 (May 23, 1949-April 17, 2019) Former president of Peru embroiled in corruption scandals

Jack Garfein, 89 (July 2, 1930-December 30, 2019) Actors Studio pioneer who coached James Dean (1931-1955) and Steve McQueen (1930-1980), and was once married to Carroll Baker (b. 1931)

Owen Garriott, 88 (November 22, 1930-April 15, 2019) Pilot of the Skylab 3 mission

Rob Garrison, 59 (January 23, 1960-September 27, 2019) Karate Kid (1984) actor who uttered the immortal line, “Get him a body bag, yeah.”

Nancy Gates, 93 (February 1, 1926-March 24, 2019) Movie and TV starlet who moved behind the scenes with her husband, manager William Hayes (b.? -1992; was the mother-in-law of Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of silent star Harold Lloyd (1893-1971)

Samuel Gelfman, 88 (May 30, 1931-August 15, 2019) Producer of such films as Caged Heat (1974) and promoter of such films as Gallipolli (1981)

Murray Gell-Mann, 89 (September 15, 1929-May 24, 2019) Nobel Prize winner noted for “his preternatural ability to find hidden patterns among the tiny particles that make up the universe,” according to The New York Times

Cosmo Genovese, 95 (August 13, 1923-July 30, 2019) Script supervisor on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2000)

Mordicai Gerstein, 83 (November 24, 1935-September 24, 2019) Children's book illustrator

Georgie Anne Geyer, 84 (April 2, 1935-May 15, 2019) Syndicated columnist and foreign correspondent

J.D. Gibbs, 49 (February 21, 1969-January 14, 2019) NASCAR figure

Julie Gibson, 106 (September 6, 1913-October 2, 2019) Singer and Three Stooges actress, had been one of the oldest living former entertainers of any kind OBIT

Kenneth A. Gibson, 86 (May 15, 1932-March 29, 2019) First black mayor of a major Northeastern city (Newark, New Jersey) from 1970-1986

Michael Gielen, 91 (July 20, 1927-March 8, 2019) German maestro

João Gilberto, 88 (June 10, 1931-July 6, 2019) Brazilian musician known as the father of bossa nova

Frank Giles, 100 (July 31, 1919-October 30, 2019) The Sunday Times of London editor fooled by the fake Hitler Diaries (1983)

Richard Gillis, 80 (December 15, 1938-July 31, 2019) Singer-songwriter who scored The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

Elka Gilmore, 59 (March 17, 1960-July 6, 2019) Enfant terrible fusion chef whose Elka's was a must-eatery in San Francisco

Andrés Gimeno, 82 (August 3, 1937-October 9, 2019) Acclaimed Spanish tennis pro, oldest man to win a singles title at the French Open — age 34

Charles Ginnever, 87 (August 28, 1931-June 16, 2019) Sculptor who worked in a grand scale, using geometric forms of steel

Marcello Giordani, 56 (January 25, 1963-October 5, 2019) Italian opera star

The poster boy of posters (Images by Philip Gips)

Philip Gips, 88 (March 28, 1931-October 3, 2019) Designer of the film posters for Rosemary's Baby (1968), Downhill Racer (1969), Alien (1979), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987) and many more, as well as the logo for ESPN

Tom Glover, 79 (October 7, 1939-May 29, 2019) Maestro of the blues harmonica

Leonard Goldberg, 85 (January 24, 1934-December 4, 2019) Former partner with Aaron Spelling (1923-2006) who was a producer on such TV projects as Brian's Song (1971), Charlie's Angels (1976-1981), Something About Amelia (1984) and Blue Bloods (2010-present)

Merwin Goldsmith, 81 (August 7, 1937-January 21, 2019) Actor who played a judge on Law & Order (1993-2005), appeared on Broadway a dozen times, and acted in Off-Broadway's After-Play (1995)

Steve Golin, 64 (March 6, 1955-April 21, 2019) Oscar-winning producer of Spotlight(2016), founder of Anonymous Content

Marvin Goodfriend, 69 (November 6, 1950-December 5, 2019) Conservative economist nominated unsuccessfuully to the Federal Reserve Board

Gianfranco Gorgoni, 77 (December 24, 1941-September 11, 2019) Art photographer

Karel Gott, 80 (July 14, 1939-October 1, 2019) Czech crooner nicknamed “Sinatra of the East”

Fred P. Graham, 88 (October 6, 1931-December 28, 2019) Legal affairs reporter and Court TV anchor

Julia Grant, 64 (1954-January 2, 2019) Transgender pioneer who came to prominence on the 1979 BBC doc A Change of Sex

John Hunter Gray, 84 (circa 1934-January 7, 2019) Community organizer formerly known as John Salter who is pictured in an iconic photo of people being doused with condiments at a Woolworth's sit-in to protest racial segregation

Richard Green, 82 (June 6, 1936-April 6, 2019) One of the first in the field of psychiatry to attack the notion that homosexuality is a disease or defect

Stewart Greene, 91 (June 24, 1928-June 29, 2019) Ad man whose spots for Alka-Seltzer (“No matter what shape your stomach's in ...”), Benson & Hedges 100s (“America's favorite cigarette break”) and more helped shape TV advertising

Paul Greengard, 93 (April 13, 2019-December 11, 1925) American neuroscientist who won the Nobel Prize

William Greider, 83 (August 6, 1936-December 25, 2019) Journalist focused on the economy

Dale Greig, 81 (May 15, 1937-May 12, 2019) Early women's marathon runner

W.E.B. Griffin, 89 (November 10, 1929-February 12, 2019) Prolific (150+ books) author of swashbuckling, military and police exploits

Griggs during one of two SNL sketches in which she appeared. (Image via NBC)

Laurel Griggs, 13 (June 28, 2006-November 5, 2019) Actress who appeared on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013) and ONCE: The Musical (2013-2015)

Grumpy Cat, 7 (April 4, 2012-May 14, 2019) Internet-famous cat known for hilarious, lucrative stink-eye

Danny Gordon Taylor, 69 (circa 1950-July 10, 2019) Oscar-nominated visual effects artist

Steven Gubser, 47 (May 4, 1972-August 3, 2019) Theoretical physicist working on a “theory of everything”

Jeanne Guillemin, 76 (March 6, 1943-November 15, 2019) Medical anthropologist who exposed a secret bio warfare lab in the Soviet Union responsible for a deadly anthrax outbreak

Jean Guillou, 88 (April 18, 1930-January 26, 2019) French composer and pianist

Bonnie Guitar, 95 (March 25, 1923-January 12, 2019) Country singer and guitarist known for the hit “Dark Moon” (1957), and for her business acumen in music

Kay Hagan, 66 (May 26, 1953-October 28, 2019) Former Democratic senator (2008-2014) from North Carolina 

Phil Hahn, 87 (August 21, 1932-November 16, 2019) Emmy-winning writer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (1968)

Haig had the It factor. (GIF via GIPHY)

Sid Haig, 80 (July 14, 1939-September 21, 2019) Blaxploitation and horror-movie icon most famous as murderous clown Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie's (b. 1965) House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) and its sequels (2005 & 2019)

Ralph Hall, 95 (May 3, 1923-March 7, 2019) Oldest person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives

Barbara Hammer, 79 (May 15, 1939-March 16, 2019) Celebrated experimental lesbian photographer and filmmaker of dozens of works on film (Super 8, 16mm) and video, including Dyketactics (1974)

Goo Hara, 28 (January 13, 1991-November 24, 2019) K-pop singer, actress

June Harding, 81 (September 7, 1937-March 22, 2019) The Trouble with Angels (1966) actress

Heather Harper, 88 (May 8, 1930-April 21, 2019) Legendary soprano

Goin' t0 the chapel ... (GIF via GIPHY)

Valerie Harper, 80 (August 22, 1939-August 30, 2019) Iconic TV star of Mary Tyler Moore (1970-1977) and Rhoda (1974-1978), as well as Valerie (1986-1987)

Bill Harris, 75 (circa 1944-September 5, 2019) Entertainment Tonight and At the Movies host

Kylie Rae Harris (May 15, 1989-September 4, 2019) Country singer

Susan Harrison, 80 (August 26, 1938-March 5, 2019) Actress known for Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and the Twilight Zone episode “Five Characters in Search of an Exit” (1961)

Jeffrey Hart, 88 (February 24, 1930-February 17, 2019) Prominent right-wing thinker and literary expert who later endorsed Democratic POTUS nominees

Verna Hart, 58 (January 28, 1961-April 26, 2019) Artist whose work was infused with the essence of jazz

Emily Hartbridge, 35 (May 25, 1984-July 12, 2019) Popular YouTuber and beauty expert

Tom Hatten, 92 (November 14, 1926-March 16, 2019) Longtime KTLA host of such shows as The Adventures of Popeye (1956-1964) and Popeye and His Friends (1976-1988) OBIT

My heart belonged to Batty. (GIF via GIPHY)

Rutger Hauer, 75 (January 23, 1944-July 2019) Dutch actor noted for his roles as villains, such as in Blade Runner (1982) and The Hitcher (1986) OBIT

Bob Hawke, 89 (December 9, 1929-May 16, 2019) Former PM of Australia (1983-1991)

Denise DuBarry Hay, 63 (March 6, 1956-March 23, 2019) Actress in Black Sheep Squadron (1978), infomercial pioneer, founder of Palm Springs Women in Film and Television OBIT

Terese Hayden, 98 (February 15, 1921-May 23, 2019) Author of The Players' Guide: A Pictorial Directory for the Legitimate Theater (1944), which helped actors get cast

Roberta Haynes, 91 (August 19, 1927-April 4, 2019) Star of such films as Return to Paradise (1953)

Maida Heatter, 102 (September 7, 1916-June 6, 2019) The Queen of Cake who came to prominence in the '60s and with the 1974 book Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts

Bottom-dweller (Image via ABC)

David Hedison, 92 (May 20, 1927-July 18, 2019) Star of the 1958 classic The Fly, lead of the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968), and a Bond villain twice — in Live and Let Die (1973) and License to Kill (1989) OBIT

Lee Hee-ho, 96 (September 21, 1922-June 10, 2019) South Korean first lady and women's rights activist

Larry Heinemann, 75 (January 18, 1944-December 11, 2019) Author whose Paco's Story (1987) won the National Book Award

Marian Sulzberger Heiskell, 100 (December 31, 1918-March 14, 2019) New York City civic leader and philanthropist

Ben Heller, 93 (October 16, 1925-April 24, 2019) Major abstract art collector

Jane Galloway Heitz, 78 (September 18, 1941-November 13, 2019) Actress whose face was seen on a plaque on the series Glee (also 2009 & 2015 appearances)

Plastic makes perfect. (GIF via GIPHY)

Katherine Helmond, 89 (July 5, 1929-February 23, 2019) Star of Soap (1977-1981),Who's the Boss? (1984-1992) and such films as Brazil (1985)

Kelo Henderson, (August 8, 1923-December 10, 2019) TV and movie western actor

Del Henney, 83 (July 24, 1935-January 14, 2019) Character actor who appeared in Straw Dogs (1971)

Frank Henson, 83 (May 2, 1935-April 25, 2019) Stuntman who worked on Return of the Jedi (1983) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Nicky Henson, (May 12, 1945-December 15, 2019) Stage and screen actor fondly remembered for a 1979 episode of Fawlty Towers

Jerry Herman, 88 (July 10, 1931-December 26, 2019) Composer and writer who won two Tonys and created the shows Hello, Dolly! (1964), Mame (1966) and La Cage aux Folles (1983) OBIT

Ken Heyman, 89 (October 6, 1930-December 10, 2019) Photographer who collaborated with Margaret Mead (1901-1978)

Therein lies the rub. (GIF via GIPHY)

William Higgins, 77 (December 19, 1942-December 21, 2019) Legendary gay-porn director-producer from 1974 on, whose most famous works included Sailor in the Wild (1983; shown above) and Big Guns (1987)

Dame Felicity Barbara Hill (December 12, 1915-January 30, 2019) Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer in WWI

Barbara Hillary, 88 (June 12, 1931-November 23, 2019) First black woman to reach the North and South Poles

Barron Hilton, 91 (October 23, 1927-October 19, 2019) Hotel magnate, grandfather of Paris (b. 1981) and Nicky b. 1983) Hilton

Gertrude Himmelfard, 97 (August 8, 1922-December 30, 2019) Neoconservative historian and thinker

Roger O. Hirson, 93 (May 5, 1926-May 27, 2019) Co-writer of the book of Pippin(1972)

Mitzi Hoag, 86 (September 25, 1932-February 26, 2019) Essie on Here Come the Brides (1968) and Natalie's mother on three episodes of The Facts of Life (1982-1985)

George Hodgman, 60 (January 30, 1959-July 20, 2019) Best-selling author of Bettyville (2015), a memoir about caring for his aging mother, and a top book and magazine editor

Min Hogg, 80 (September 28, 1938-June 24, 2019) Founding editor of The World of Interiors Magazine

Fritz Hollings, 97 (January 1, 1922-April 6, 2019) Six-term U.S. senator from South Carolina

Mark Hollis, 64 (circa 1954-February 25, 2019) Reclusive lead singer of British pop group Talk Talk

James Holloway III, 97 (February 23, 1922-November 26, 2019) Combat veteran of three wars who served as chief of naval operations under three U.S. presidents

David Horowitz, 81 (June 30, 1937-February 14, 2019) Emmy-winning news segment host and consumer advocate

Tony Horwitz, 60 (June 9, 1958-May 27, 2019) Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (1998) and Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (2002)

Glyn Houston, 93 (October 23, 1925-June 30, 2019) British actor, appeared twice on Doctor Who (1976 & 1984)

Barbara Marx Hubbard, 89 (December 22, 1929-April 10, 2019) Futurist who foresaw a “conscious evolution” in the human race; spoke at the 1984 Democratic National Convention

Harry Hughes, 92 (November 13, 1925-March 13, 2019) Democratic Governor of Maryland (1978-1986)

Robert Hunter, 78 (June 23, 1942-September 23, 2019) Grateful Dead lyricist

Embrace your Hussle. (GIF via GIPHY)

Nipsey Hussle, 33 (August 15, 1985-March 31, 2019) Grammy-nominated rapper who became an advocate for economic empowerment in the black community via business and land ownership

Ron Hutchinson, 67 (August 30, 1951-February 2, 2019) Restorer of early sound films

Lee Iacocca, 94 (October 15, 1924-July 2, 2019) Visionary automaker who ran Ford and Chrysler; the most famous car-biz figure since Henry Ford (1863-1947) himself

Edith Iglauer, 101 (March 10, 1917-February 13, 2019) American journalist and so-called “Bard of Canada”

Don Imus, 79 (July 23, 1940-December 27, 2019) NYC shock jock and host of Imus in the Morning (1968-2018) whose reputation was tarnished when he referred tot he black women on the Rutgers University basketball team as “nappy-headed hos” in 2007

Rachel Ingalls, 78 (May 13, 1940-March 6, 2019) Author of the 1982 novella Mrs. Caliban, which was rediscovered in 2017 — just as she discovered she had terminal myeloma

James Ingram, 66 (February 16, 1952-January 29, 2019) Grammy-winning R&B artist with eight Top 40 hits that include the #1 smashes “Baby, Come to Me” (with Patti Austin, b. 1950; 1983) and “I Don't Have the Heart” (1990) and the #2 hit “Somewhere Out There” (with Linda Ronstadt, b. 1946) from An American Tail (1986)

Paul Ingrassa, 69 (August 18, 1950-September 16, 2019) Prize-winning auto-industry writer

Cha In-Ha, 27 (July 15, 1992-December 3, 2019) Kpop star, formerly a member of the group Surprise U

Neil Innes, 75 (December 9, 1944-December 29, 2019) British humorist and musician behind the Beatles parody act the Rutles

Al Jackson, 83 (December 26, 1935-August 19, 2019) Mets pitcher

Randy Jackson, 93 (February 10, 1926-March 20, 2019) Last Brooklyn Dodger to hit a homer

Michael Jaffee, 81 (April 21, 1938-June 15, 2019) Co-founder of the group the Waverly Consort, which performed medieval music

Gillian Jagger, 88 (October 27, 1930-October 21, 2019) Sculptor whose medium was natural goods, including downed trees and dead animals

Sigmund Jähn, 82 (February 13, 1937-September 21, 2019) First German in space

Clive James, 80 (October 7, 1939-November 24, 2019) Australian writer and broadcaster

Mariss Jansons, 76 (January 14, 1943-November 30, 2019) Conductor who led top orchestras

Vojtech Jasny, 93 (November 30, 1925-November 15, 2019) Czech director of All My Countryman aka All My Compatriots (1968)

Jessica Jaymes, 43 (March 8, 1976-September 17, 2019) Porn star and model for Hustler, Penthouse

Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 98 (January 5, 1921-April 23, 2019) WWII veteran and 36-year ruler of Luxembourg

Charles Jencks, 80 (June 21, 1939-October 13, 2019) Writer who eulogized Modernism, defined pomo architecture

Dan Jenkins, 90 (December 2, 1928-March 7, 2019) Sportswriter, especially in the field of golf

Larry "Flash" Jenkins, 63 (May 10, 1955-April 25, 2019) Actor from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) who went on to singer gospel

Dr. John, 77 (November 20, 1941-June 6, 2019) Legendarily flamboyant New Orleans singer/songwriter

I did Nazi that coming. (GIF via GIPHY)

Arte Johnson, 90 (January 20, 1929-July 3, 2019) Comic best-remembered for his four-year, Emmy-winning stint on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967-1971), on which he was a Nazi soldier with the catchphrase “verrry interesting” and a dirty old man, among many others; also appeared as Renfield in the hit 1979 movie Love at First Bite OBIT

“It's an expression of my pride in being black.” — Afro Sheen ad (GIF via GIPHY)

Joan Johnson, 89 (October 16, 1929-September 6, 2019) Co-owner of the first-ever black-owned business on the American Stock Exchange, Johnson Products, the maker of Afro Sheen

Junior Johnson, 88 (June 28, 1931-December 20, 2019) Stock-car racing legend

Leroy Johnson, 91 (July 28, 1928-October 24, 2019) First black candidate elected to the State Senate of Georgia since Reconstruction, in 1962

Ben Johnston, 93 (March 15, 1926-July 21, 2019) Microtonal-music composer

Claude Earl Jones, 86 (April 29, 1933-November 25, 2019) Bride of Re-Animator (1989) actor

Eddie Jones, 84 (September 18, 1934-July 6, 2019) Broadway, TV and movie actor who was Pa Kent on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)

Freddie Jones, 91 (September 12, 1927-July 9, 2019) Soap actor on Emmerdale (2005-2018)

Walter Jones, 76 (February 10, 1943-February 10, 2019) Twelve-term congressman from North Carolina who voted for the Iraq War and helped push the term “freedom fries” to scold France for opposing the War, and later changed his mind

José José, 71 (February 17, 1948-September 28, 2019) Iconic Mexican crooner

Ron Joyce, 88 (October 19, 1930-January 31, 2019) Former cop who helped champion Tim Horton's throughout Canada

Juice Wrld, 21 (December 2, 1998-December 8, 2019) Rapper and singer with a dozen U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles in two years.

Ward Just, 84 (September 5, 1935-December 19, 2019) Vietnam War journalist who became a novelist of such works as the National Book Award finalist Echo House (1997)

Susan Kamil, 69 (September 16, 1949-September 8, 2019) Top literary book editor who worked with Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) and other luminaries 

Masaichi Kaneda, 86 (August 1, 1933-October 6, 2019) Japan's premier baseball star

Isaac Kappy, 42 (February 17, 1977-May 13, 2019) Actor in such films as Thor (2011) and Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack (2016)

Ekaterina Karaglanova, 24 (July 30, 1994-July 26, 2019) Russian Instagram influencer

Anna Karina, 79 (September 22, 1940-December 14, 2019) Star of such French New Wave classics as A Woman Is a Woman (1961) and Alphaville (1965)

Davo Karnicar, 56 (October 26, 1962-September 16, 2019) First man to ski Mount Everest from the summit to base camp

Bentley Kassal, 102 (February 28, 1917-December 19, 2019) Longtime judge (he retired at 101) who represented Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) as a lawyer and upheld the dismissal of charges against subway vigilante Bernard Goetz (b. 1947)

Kazuhiko Kato, 81 (1937-April 11, 2019) Cartoonist known as Monkey Punch

William Loren Katz, 92 (June 2, 1927-October 25, 2019) White historian of black history

Christine Kay, 54 (December 16, 1964-February 5, 2019) New York Times editor who worked on its 9/11 series “Portraits of Grief”

Noah Keen, 98 (October 10, 1920-March 24, 2019) Prolific TV actor known for two Twilight Zone (1961 & 1962) appearances OBIT

John L. Keenan, 99 (December 18, 1919-September 19, 2019) NYPD chief of detectives who led the hunt for David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz (b. 1953)

Damon Keith, 96 (July 4, 1922-April 28, 2019) Federal judge in the Midwest whose rulings championed civil rights; struck down wiretapping from the Nixon Administration

Herb Kelleher, 87 (March 12, 1931-January 3, 2019) Southwest Airlines billionaire

Gen. Paul X. Kelley, 91 (November 11, 1928-December 29, 2019) Commandant of the U.S. Marines who was tested by the Lebanon barracks bombing

Jeremy Kemp, 83 (January 3, 1935-July 19, 2019) British actor from The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988)

James “Radio” Kennedy, 72 (October 14, 1947-December 15, 2019) Inspiration for the 2003 film Radio

Saorise Kennedy Hill, 22 (May 22, 1997-August 1, 2019) RFK's (1925-1968) granddaughter

Ken Kercheval, 83 (July 15, 1935-April 21, 2019) Cliff Barnes on the entire run (1978-1991) of Dallas, in two '90 TV movies and on the rebooted series (2012-2014)

Judith Kerr, 95 (June 14, 1923-May 22, 2019) Children's book author and illustrator known for The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968)

Gabe Khouth, 46 (November 2, 1972-July 23, 2019) Mr. Clark/Sneezy on Once Upon a Time (2011-2018)

Marlen Khutsiev, 93 (October 4, 1925-March 19, 2019) Russian director of I Am Twenty (1965)

Rev. Ben Kinchlow, 82 (December 25, 1936-July 18, 2019) 700 Club co-host (1975-1988, 1992-1996)

Chuck Kinder, 76 (October 8, 1942-May 3, 2019) Novelist who inspired The Wonder Boys

Clydie King, 75 (August 21, 1943-January 7, 2019) Famed backup singer for the Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among many others

Gershon Kingsley, 97 (October 28, 1922-December 10, 2019) Moog synethesizer pioneer, composer of the 1969 tune “Popcorn”

Everett Raymond Kinstler, 92 (August 5, 1926-May 26, 2019) Prolific portraitist

Lew Klein, 91 (September 5, 1927-June 13, 2019) Broadcast pioneer who co-created American Bandstand (1952-1989) and discovered Dick Clark (1929-2012)

Christopher Knopf, 91 (December 20, 1927-February 13, 2019) Emperor of the North (1973) screenwriter, former WGA West president, first to hear Gene Roddenberry's (1921-1991) pitch for Star Trek (1966-1969)

Patricia Louisianna Knop, 78 (October 23, 1940-August 7, 2019) Screenwriter of 9-1/2 Weeks (1986)

David Koch, (May 23, 1940-August 23, 2019) Multi-billionaire whose Koch Industries gave him the money and leverage to drive American politics to the right

Sophia Kokosalaki, 47 (November 3, 1972-October 13, 2019) Greek designer

Annette Kolodny, 78 (August 21, 1941-September 11, 2019) Feminist critic and scholar

Eva Kor, 85 (January 21, 1934-July 4, 2019) Survivor of sadistic experiments on twins at Auschwitz

Paul Koslo, 74 (June 27, 1944-January 9, 2019) Character actor who specialized in villains, but made an impression in The Omega Man (1971)

Leon Kossoff, 92 (December 10, 1926-July 4, 2019) Expressionist painer of urban life

Barry Kowalski, 74 (August 26, 1944-July 7, 2019) Justice Dept. lawyer who won convictions against the police officers who beat Rodney King (1965-2012)

Christopher Kraft, 95 (February 28, 1924-July 22, 2019) Legendary founder of NASA's mission control

Andrei Kramarevsky, 90 (March 19, 1929-May 9, 2019) Influential ballet teacher

Terry Allen Kramer, 85 (June 20, 1933-May 2, 2019) Tony-winning Broadway producer, Palm Beach grande dame

Judith Krantz, 91 (January 9, 1927-June 23, 2019) Best-selling novelist (Scruples, 1977; Princess Daisy, 1980), and the journalist behind “The Myth of the Multiple Orgasm”

Paul Krassner, 87 (April 9, 1932-July 21, 2019) Political activist who named the Yippies

Alan B. Krueger, 58 (September 17, 1960-March 16, 2019) Economic advisor to two Democratic presidents

Rosemary Kuhlmann, 97 (January 30, 1922-August 17, 2019) Singer in a classic TV opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)

Günter Kunert, 90 (March 6, 1929-September 21, 2019) German writer who explored the contrasts between East and West Germany

Art Kunkin, 91 (March 28, 1928-April 30, 2019) Counterculture newspaper publisher

Marta Kurtág, 92 (September 30, 1927-October 17, 2019) Pianist and teacher who shared a 72-year musical partnership with her avant-garde composer husband György Kurtág (b. 1926)

Machiko Kyô, 95 (March 25, 1924-May 12, 2019) Japanese movie icon who appeared in Rashomon (1950) and The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)

Marie Kyselkova, 83 (August 20, 1935-January 21, 2019) Czech actress

Sleepy LaBeef, 84 (July 20, 1935-December 26, 2019) Rockabilly legend

Marie LaForêt, 80 (October 5, 1939-November 2, 2019) Singer and actress who appeared in the films Purple Noon (1960), Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) and The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961), the latter of which became her moniker

Cool cat (GIF via GIPHY)

Karl Lagerfeld, 85 (September 10, 1933-February 19, 2019) Outspoken, iconic fashion designer associated with Chloé, Fendi and especially Chanel who also ran his own brand and was known for his dark shades, ponytail and omnipresent fan; also, famously, the “parent” of cat Choupette

Shreeram Lagoo, 92 (November 16, 1927-December 17 2019) Longtime Indian character actor who appeared in Gandhi (1982)

L. Bruce Laingren, 96 (August 6, 1922-July 15, 2019) Most senior diplomat held in Iran during the '70s/'80s hostage crisis

Claude Lalanne, 93 (November 28, 1925-April 10, 2019) Unconventional sculptor known for whimsical forms

Jim Langer, 71 (May 16, 1948-September 5, 2019) Undefeated Dolphins HOF center

Peter Larkin, 93 (August 26, 1926-December 16, 2019) Scenic designer

Lyndon LaRouche, 96 (September 8, 1922-February 12, 2019) Perennial presidential candidate with far-right and far-left leanings who embraced conspiracy theories

Niki Lauda, 70 (February 22, 1949-May 20, 2019) Formula One champ

George Laurer, 94 (September 23, 1925-December 5, 2019) Developer of the bar code

Ningali Lawford-Wolf, approx. 52 (circa 1967-August 11, 2019) Indigenous Australian actress known for her stage work and her appearance in the film Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

Margaret Lawrence, 105 (August 19, 1914-December 4, 2019) Pioneering black child psychologist and pediatrician

Jerry Lawson, 75 (January 23, 1944-July 10, 2019) Lead singer of the Persuasions

Rina Lazo, 96 (October 30, 1923-November 1, 2019) Guatemalan muralist

James R. Leavelle, 99 (August 23, 1920-August 29, 2019) Detective next to Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963) at the time of Oswald's murder

Harold Lederman, 79 (January 26, 1940-May 11, 2019) Boxing judge

Mable Lee, 97 (August 2, 1921-February 7, 2019) Dancer who was queen of the “soundies” — short, musical movies shown on coin-operated jukeboxes of the '40s

Michel Legrand, 86 (February 24, 1932-January 26, 2019) Pianist and composer of scores for French New Wave films, Oscar winner for the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and for the scores of Summer of '42 (1971) and Yentl (1983)

Heaven must be missing an Angel. (Image via CBS)

Ron Leibman, 82 (October 11, 1937-December 6, 2019) Emmy winner for TV's Kaz (1978-1979), Tony winner for Angels in America: The Millennium Approaches (1992); appeared in the films Where's Poppa? (1970), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), Norma Rae (1980), Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981) and Garden State (2004), was Rachel's dad on Friends (1996-2004); survived by actress wife Jessica Walter (b. 1941) OBIT

Coming to a head (GIF via GIPHY)

Virginia Leith, 94 (October 15, 1925-November 4, 2019) Star of the cult movie The Brain That Wouldn't Die (shot in 1959, released in 1962)

Aleksei Leonov, 85 (May 30, 1934-October 4, 2019) First human being to walk in space

Raymond Leppard, 92 (August 11, 1927-October 22, 2019) Maestro who, leading the Indianapolis Symphony for 14 years, led a Baroque revival

Charles Levin, 70 (March 12, 1949-July 2019) Actor who was Coco, the gay housekeeper, on the pilot of The Golden Girls (1985) and the hysterical mohel on the Seinfeld episode “The Bris” (1993) OBIT

Edward Lewis, 99 (December 16, 1919-July 27, 2019) Producer of Spartacus (1960) who took credit for Dalton Trumbo's (1905-1976) work in order to help the blacklisted writer work

Andrew Ley, approx. 30 (circa 1980s-January 2019) Actor from Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)

Pierre Lhomme, 89 (April 5, 1930-July 4, 2019) Legendary cinematographer who worked on such films as The Fighting Cock (1971), The Mother and the Whore (1973), The Prodigal Daughter (1981), Maurice (1987), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and his final work, Le Divorce (2003)

Yao Li, 96 (September 3, 1922-July 19, 2019) Celebrated signer of Shanghai

Keith Lincoln, 80 (May 8, 1939-July 27, 2019) San Diego Chargers star

Peter Lindbergh, 74 (November 23, 1944-September 3, 2019) Acclaimed fashion photographer whose 1990 British Vogue cover launched the era of the supermodel OBIT

Ted Lindsay, 93 (July 29, 1925-March 3, 2019) Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks NHL Hall of Famer

Johanna Lindsey, 67 (March 10, 1952-October 27, 2019) Best-selling romance novelist

Wilma Lipp, 93 (April 26, 1925-January 26, 2019) Austrian operatic soprano

Peggy Lipton, 72 (August 30, 1946-May 11, 2019) Star of The Mod Squad (1968-1973) and Twin Peaks (1990-1991; 2017)

Stanley Love, 49 (March 17, 1970-August 22, 2019) Celebrated choreographer

Barbara Low, 98 (March 23, 1920-January 10, 2019) Scientist whose 1940s research led to advances in antibiotics

Ross Lowell, 92 (July 10, 1926-January 10, 2019) Oscar-winning filmmaker who invented gaffer tape and lighting clamp systems

Frank Lucas, 88 (September 9, 1930-May 30, 2019) Drug kingpin

William Luce, 88 (October 16, 1931-December 9, 2019) Playwright of The Belle of Amherst (1976), Barrymore (1997) and more

Rick Ludwin, 71 (May 27, 1948-November 17, 2019) NBC exec who championed Seinfeld (1989-1998)

Richard Lugar, 87 (April 4, 1932-April 28, 2019) Longtime GOP senator who was twice the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Fernando Luján, 79 (August 23, 1939-January 11, 2019) Mexican actor

Manuel Luján Jr., 90 (May 12, 1928-April 25, 2019) Ten-term Republican congressman from New Mexico, former Secretary of the Interior

David Lust, 55 (May 10, 1964-June 15, 2019) Celebrity publicist

Branko Lustig, 87 (June 10, 1932-November 14, 2019) Holocaust survivor, producer on Schindler's List (1993)

Yuri M. Luzhkov, 83 (Septembe 21, 1936-December 10, 2019) Moscow mayor (1992-2010)

Tom Lyle, 66 (circa 1953-November 19, 2019) Comic-book artist known for writing on DC's Starman and both the Spider-Man and Batman franchises in the '90s

Kenny Lynch, 81 (March 18, 1938-December 18, 2019) Actor noted for appearing on the Band on the Run (1973) album cover, he was one of the only prominent entertainers of Caribbean origin in the UK in the '60s

In “Morning” (GIF via GIPHY)

Carol Lynley, 77 (February 13, 1942-September 3, 2019) Actress who starred in Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) OBIT

Michael Lynne, 77 (April 23, 1941-March 24, 2019) Former co-chairman and CEO of New Line Cinema

The daughter also rises (Image via MGM)

Sue Lyon, 73 (July 10, 1946-December 26, 2019) Nymphet star of Lolita (1962) and The Night of the Iguana (1964)

Harold Mabern, 83 (March 20, 1936-September 17, 2019) Jazz pianist

Edda Servi Machlin, 93 (February 22, 1926-August 16, 2019) Champion of Italian Jewish cuisine

Dotty Mack, 90 (circa 1929-November 11, 2019) Lip-synching sensation of '50s TV

God eventually got 'im for it ... (Image via CBS)

Bill Macy, 97 (May 18, 1922-October 17, 2019) Walter Findlay on Maude (1972-1978), original Oh! Calcutta! (1969) cast member OBIT

Brenda Maddox, 87 (February 24, 1932-June 16, 2019) Biographer of James Joyce's (1882-1941) wife, Nora Joyce (1884-1951)

Pua Magasiva, 38 (August 10, 1980-May 11, 2019) The Red Ranger from Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003)

Dusan Makavejev, 86 (October 13, 1932-January 25, 2019) Controversial Yugoslavian director of 1981's Montenegro

Laura Mako, 102 (May 29, 1916-May 10, 2019) Interior designer to the stars for more than 75 years

Spiro Malas, 86 (January 28, 1933-June 23, 2019) Opera singer with the New York City Opera and the Met

Mona Malden, 102 (May 9, 1917-July 13, 2019) Broadway actress who was married to Karl Malden (1912-2009) for 70 years

Barry Malkin, 80 (October 26, 1938-April 4, 2019) Oscar-nominated film editor whose work included The Godfather: Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and The Godfather: Part III (1990)

Tania Mallet, 77 (May 19, 1941-March 2019) Goldfinger's (1964) Tilly Masterson

Anthony Mancinelli, 108 (March 2, 1911-September 19, 2019) Had been the world's oldest working barber

Barbara March, 65 (October 9, 1953-August 11, 2019) Actress from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek Generations (1994)

Chris March, 56 (February 25, 1963-September 5, 2019) Project Runway (2007-2008) fashion designer

Gino Marchetti, 93 (January 2, 1926-April 29, 2019) Baltimore Colts defensive player and star

Jean-Pierre Marielle, 87 (April 12, 1932-April 24, 2019) French actor who appeared in more than 100 films and TV shows

Luciano Marin, 87 (Decemeber 9, 1931-November 12, 2019) Italian swords-and-sandals actor

Paul F. Markham, 89 (May 22, 1930-July 13, 2019) Friend of Ted Kennedy (1932-2009) who, in 1969, dove into the water at Chappaquiddick to try to rescue Kennedy's ill-fated friend, Mary Jo Kopechne (1940-1969)

Mirjana Markovic, 76 (July 10, 1942-April 14, 2019) Widow of Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic (1941-2006)

Arthur Marks, 92 (August 2, 1927-November 13, 2019) Perry Mason (1958-1966) producer-director, director of such blaxploitation films as Detroit 9000 (1973), Friday Foster (1975) and Bucktown (1975)

Harry Marks, 88 (circa 1930-April 21, 2019) Emmy-winning broadcast-design artist who worked on promos for the major networks, including the innovative “Still the One” campaign for ABC (1977-1978)

Steve Marlo, 92 (July 13, 1927-November 7, 2019) Bad-guy actor who appeared in The Young Captives (1959) and Terror in the Wax Museum (1973), and whose participation in the March on Selma is immortalized in archival footage used in the 2014 film Selma

Donald B. Marron, (July 21, 1934-December 6, 2019) Wall Street financier and art-world mover-and-shaker

Bryan Marshall, 81 (May 19, 1938-June 25, 2019) Actor in The Long Good Friday (1980)

Paule Marshall, 90 (April 9, 1929-August 10, 2019) Influential black novelist of such books as Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959)

Mardik Martin, 84 (September 16, 1934-September 11, 2019) Mean Streets (1973) and Raging Bull (1980) screenwriter

Terry Martin, 75 (circa 1944-April 1, 2019) Emmy-winning former CBS News producer

John Mason, 91 (March 30, 1927-January 20, 2019) Artist noted for his work in ceramics and wall reliefs

Ashley Massaro, 39 (May 26, 1979-May 16, 2019) WWE wrestler and contestant onSurvivor: China (2007)

Dorothy Masuka, 83 (September 3, 1935-February 23, 2019) South African singer and activist

Richard P. Matsch, 88 (June 8, 1930-May 26, 2019) Judge in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing case

Sharon Bottoms Mattes, 48 (February 20, 1970-January 21, 2019) Central figure in 1993 court case that saw her lose custody of her son to her mother, simply because she was in a lesbian relationship, a decision upheld in 1996 by the Virginia Supreme Court

Ingo Maurer, 87 (May 12, 1932-October 21, 2019) Designer known for technologically-driven, whimsical lighting

Robert Maxwell, 98 (October 26, 1920-May 11, 2019) WWII hero who fell on a grenade to save his regiment and lived to tell the tale

Elly Mayday, 30 (April 15, 1988-March 1, 2019) Body-positive model

Martin Mayer, 91 (January 14, 1928-August 1, 2019) Prolific author and journalist on a wealth of topics, including explaining legal and other technical issues to laypersons

Peter Mayhew, 74 (May 19, 1944-April 30, 2019) Actor who played Chewbacca in all the Star Wars films

Sean McCann, 83 (September 24, 1935-June 13, 2019) Prolific character actor who appeared in Tommy Boy (1995)

Charles McCarry, 88 (June 14, 1930-February 26, 2019) Former C.I.A. officers who turned to writing espionage novels, among them The Tears of Autumn (1974)

Patrick McCarthy, 67 (June 6, 1951-February 28, 2019) Impeccably groomed chairman and editorial director of Fairchild, known for Women's Wear Daily and W

Andrew McCullough, 94 (September 7, 1924-January 22, 2019) Prolific Golden Age TV director

Marion McClinton, 65 (July 26, 1954-November 28, 2019) Interpreter of the work of August Wilson (1947-2005)

John McEnery, (November 1, 1943-April 12, 2019) Actor in Romeo and Juliet (1968)

William McFeely, 89 (September 25, 1930-December 10, 2019) Pulitzer Prize-winning historian

Arthur L. McGee, 86 (1933-July 1, 2019) Trailblazing African-American designer who ran a showroom in 1957

Bernie McGee, 41 (July 15, 1977-June 15, 2019) Seeking Sister Wife (2018) reality performer

Lyra McKee, 29 (March 31, 1990-April 18, 2019) Journalist slain while covering Northern Ireland unrest

Silent no more (Image via movie still)

Fay McKenzie, 101 (February 19, 1918-April 16, 2019) Actress whose career spanned 100 years, from the 1918 silent Station Content to a 2018 cameo; famous for westerns and for a whacky role in The Party (1968) OBIT

Philip McKeon, 55 (November 11, 1964-December 10, 2019) Star of TV's Alice (1976-1985)

Bronco McLoughlin, 80 (August 10, 1938-March 26, 2019) Stuntman on such films as The Wicker Man (1973), Star Wars (1977) and Total Recall (1990)

James R. McManus, 84 (September 10, 1934-February 4, 2019) Major Democratic Party figure whose family ran Hell's Kitchen, New York City, politics from the late 1890s

Jim McMullan, 82 (October 13, 1936-May 31, 2019) Handsome star of Ben Casey(1961) and Dallas (1986-1987)

Angus McQueen, 74 (1944-July 16, 2019) The NRA's image-maker

Syd Mead, 86 (July 18, 1933-December 30, 2019) Conceptual artist whose work shaped the look of Blade Runner (1982) and Tron (1982)

Timothy Means, 75 (March 18, 1944-August 13, 2019) Conservationist and leading ecotourist

Mark Medoff, 79 (March 18, 1940-April 23, 2019) Playwright of Children of a Lesser God (1979)

Sonny Mehta, 77 (November 9, 1942-December 30, 2019) Visionary president, EIC and eventually chairman of Alfred A. Knopf for 32 years who published countless impactful novels, non-fiction books and memoirs

Jonas Mekas, 96 (December 24, 1922-January 23, 2019) Avant-garde director of The Brig (1964)

J. Michael Mendel, 54 (September 24, 1964-September 22, 2019) Producer of The Simpsons (1994-2015)

Lee Mendelson, 86 (March 24, 1933-December 25, 2019) Prolific producer of Peanuts TV specials who wrote “Christmastime Is Here” (1965)

Tony Mendez, 78 (November 15, 1940-January 19, 2019) CIA operative portrayed by Ben Affleck (b. 1972) in Oscar-winning film Argo (2012)

Alessandro Mendini, 87 (August 16, 1931-February 18, 2019) Furniture designer whose Anna G corkscrew was a sensation

George Mendonsa, 95 (February 19, 1923-February 17, 2019) Sailor photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) kissing a nurse (Greta Zimmer Friedman, 1924-2016) in Times Square celebrating V-J Day in 1945

The less demure Liberace, Walter Mercado (GIF via GIPHY)

Walter Mercado (March 9, 1932-November 2, 2019) Famed Puerto Rican astrologer who predicted Bill Clinton's (b. 1946) presidency and Madonna's (b. 1958) casting in Evita (1996)

Sheila Mercier (January 1, 1919-December 4, 2019) Emmerdale (1972-2009) actress who appeared in over 1,300 episodes

Jan Merlin, 94 (April 23, 1925-September 20, 2019) Actor on TV's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950-1954) and in such films as The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) who later became a novelist

Doris Merrick, 100 (June 6, 1919-December 2019) Actress in the Laurel & Hardy flick The Big Noise (1944)

Wayne Merry, 88 (August 4, 1931-October 30, 2019) Climber who conquered El Capitan

Jerry Merryman, 86 (June 17, 1932-February 27, 2019) Co-inventor of the pocket calculator

W. S. Merwin, 91 (September 30, 1927-March 15, 2019) U.S. poet laureate (2010-2011), Pulitzer Prize winner, National Book Award winner

Marisa Merz, 93 (May 23, 1936-July 19, 2019) Avant-garde artist

Karl E. Meyer, 91 (May 22, 1928-December 22, 2019) Reporter who covered the revolution in Cuba

Jan Meyers, 90 (July 20, 1928-June 21, 2019) First Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives in Kansas (1985-1997)

Burning the Midnight oil (Image via U.A.)

Sylvia Miles, 94 (September 9, 1924-June 12, 2019) Two-time Oscar nominee, for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975), who was also notorious for her lascivious performance in Heat (1972) and for being a ubiquitous presence at NYC functions and parties OBIT

Dick Miller, 90 (December 25, 1928-January 2019) Longtime screen after known for A Bucket of Blood (1959), Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981) and Gremlins (1984)

Joe Miller, 60 (circa 1959-October 23, 2019) Restaurateur

Jonathan Miller, 85 (July 21, 1934-November 26, 2019) Bold director of theater and opera

Norma Miller, 99 (December 2, 1919-May 5, 2019) Known as the Queen of Swing for her red-hot Lindy

Ron Miller, 85 (April 17, 1933-February 9, 2019) Walt Disney's (1901-1966) son-in-law who oversaw the creation of Touchstone Pictures and Disney Channel, and whose stewardship of the Disney brand led to the release of less G-rated fare

Sean Milliken, 29 (circa 1989-February 17, 2019) My 600-Lb. Life (2016) reality-TV star

William G. Milliken, 97 (March 26, 1922-October 18, 2019) Former Michigan governor (1969-1983)

Stefanos Miltsakakis, 59 (March 8, 1959-January 10, 2019) Muscleman and MMA fighter who debuted as an actor in Weekend at Bernie's (1989) and appeared in several Jean-Claude Van Damme (b. 1960) flicks

Walter J. Minton, 96 (November 13, 1923-November 19, 2019) President of G.P. Putnam's Sons who dared to publish such provocative works as Lolita (1958), Lord of the Flies (1962), Fanny Hill aka Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (written in 1749, published in 1963) and Candy (1964), as well as such bestsellers as The Deer Park (1955) and The Godfather (1969)

Wat Misaka, 95 (December 21, 1923-November 20, 2019) The first non-white (he was Japanese) pro basketball player in modern history

Jeon Mi-seon, 48 (December 7, 1970-June 29, 2019) Popular South Korean stage, TV and film actress

Jean-Pierre Mocky, 90 (July 6, 1929-August 8, 2019) French director of such films as Les Draguers (1959) and Le Miraculé (1987)

Robert Moir, 58 (April 2, 1961-December 13, 2019) Iconoclastic Alzheimer's researcher

Eddie Money, 70 (March 21, 1949-September 13, 2019) Rock legend behind such singles as “Baby Hold On” (1978), “Two Tickets to Paradise” (1978) and “Take Me Home Tonight” (1986)

Neil Montanus, 92 (March 31, 1927-September 6, 2019) Kodak Colorama photographer

Stephen Moore, 81 (December 11, 1937-October 4, 2019) Actor in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

Pedro Morales, 76 (October 22, 1942-February 11, 2019) Hall of Fame pro wrestler who won the triple crown of wrestling titles in the '70s and '80s

George Morfogen, 86 (March 30, 1933-March 8, 2019) Longtime theater actor who appeared in multiple Peter Bogdanovich (b. 1939) films and on Oz (1997-2003)

Robert Morgenthau, 99 (July 31, 1919-July 21, 2019) Iconic former Manhattan D.A.

Louisa Moritz, 82 (September 25, 1936-circa January 4 2019) Blonde bombshell noted for jiggly roles on Love, American Style (1971) and Happy Days (1974), and in the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next (1975) and The Last American Virgin (1982); was one of Bill Cosby's (b. 1937) dozens of accusers

Edmund Morris, 78 (May 27, 1940-May 24, 2019) Presidential biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner

“I need for you not to be gone.” (Image via NBC)

Shelley Morrison, 83 (October 26, 1936-December 1, 2019) Actress known for The Flying Nun (1967-1970) and as Rosario the maid on Will & Grace (1999-2006; 2016)

The write stuff (GIF via GIPHY)

Toni Morrison, 88 (February 18, 1931-August 5, 2019) Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize for Literature and American Book Award winner who chronicled the black experience in her works, most famously in 1987's Beloved

Mohamed Morsi, 73 (August 8, 1951-June 19, 2019) Egypt's first democratically-elected president

Harry Morton, 38 (April 1981-November 23, 2019) Founder of Pink Taco restaurant chain

Robert Mugabe, 95 (February 21, 1924-September 6, 2019) Iron-fisted PM (1980-1987) and later president (1987-2017) of Zimbabwe

Walter H. Munk, 101 (October 19, 1917-February 8, 2019) Oceanographer renowned for forecasting waves and seeking global warming signs

Gerry Murray, 98 (September 30, 1920-August 9, 1928) Roller derby star

Norman Myers, 85 (August 24, 1934-October 20, 2019) Early voice on the importance of addressing environmental changes that could lead to human extinction

Meg Myles, 85 (November 14, 1934-November 9, 2019) Va-va-voom model with 42-24-36 measurements who was the star of 1962's Satan in High Heels, later a lounge singer, soap actress and NYC-based bird healer

Toni Myers, 75 (September 29, 1943-February 18, 2019) Director of IMAX film A Beautiful Planet (2016)

Kiran Nagarkar, 77 (April 2, 1942-September 5, 2019) Novelist who chronicled life in Mumbai

Yasuhiro Nakasone, 101 (May 27, 1918-November 29, 2019) Former PM of Japan (1982-1987)

Mya-Lecia Naylor, 16 (November 6, 2002-April 7, 2019) British child star

I'm with dummy! (Image via Vent Haven Museum)

Jimmy Nelson, 90 (December 15, 1928) TV ventriloquist who handled Danny O'Day and Farfel

Don Newcombe, 92 (June 14, 1926-February 19, 2019) Dodger who was the first outstanding black pitcher in the Major Leagues

Miss Subways (Image via production still)

Phyllis Newman, 86 (March 19, 1933-September 15, 2019) Broadway star who won a Tony for Subways Are for Sleeping (1961), besting Barbra Streisand (b. 1942) in I Can Get It for You Wholesale OBIT

Hugh Newton-John, 70 (circa 1949-May 7, 2019) Infectious disease clinician, brother of Olivia Newton-John (b. 1948)

Anne Neyland, 84 (August 23, 1934-April 24, 2019) Hidden Fear (1957) and Jailhouse Rock (1957) actress

Don Nice, 86 (June 26, 1932-March 4, 2019) Pop artist

Emilio Nicolas Sr., 88 (October 27, 1930-October 12, 2019) One of the creators of Univision

Peter Nichols, 92 (July 11, 1927-September 7, 2019) Dramatist famed for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967)

Denise Nickerson, 62 (April 1, 1957-July 10, 2019) Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Kip Niven, 73 (May 27, 1945-May 6, 2019) Magnum Force (1973) actor

Edward Nixon, 88 (May 3, 1930-February 27, 2019) Last surviving brother of Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)

Stephanie Niznik, 52 (May 20, 1967-June 23, 2019) Actress who starred in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and appeared on Everwood (2002-2006)

J.H. Kwabena Nketia, 97 (June 22, 1921-March 13, 2019) Ghanaian musicologist and composer who specialized in African musical traditions

Ken Nordine, 98 (April 13, 1920-February 16, 2019) Voice artist renowned for Word Jazz albums

The soprano (GIF via GIPHY)

Jessye Norman, 74 (September 15, 1945-September 30, 2019) Acclaimed, barrier-breaking opera diva

Blake W. Nordstrom, 58 (October 4, 1960-January 2, 2019) Scion of the Nordstrom retail empire

Bob Norris, 90 (April 10, 1929-November 3, 2019) One of the first Marlboro Man models OBIT

Matti Nykänen, 55 (July 17, 1963-February 3, 2019) Finnish skier

Louis Levi Oakes, 94 (January 23, 1925-May 28, 2019) The last of the Mohawk code talkers who helped the U.S. win WWII

Shook it up (GIF via GIPHY)

Ric Ocasek, 75 (March 23, 1944-September 15, 2019) Frontman of the New Wave rock band the Cars OBIT

“Mean” Gene Okerlund, 76 (December 19, 1942-January 2, 2019) WWE Hall of Famer and longtime interviewer

James O'Keefe, 76 (January 11, 1943-October 31, 2019) Producer of such shows as Mork & Mindy (1978-1980), Perfect Strangers (1986-1992 and Full House (1993-1995), son of actor Dennis O'Keefe (1908-1968)

Mary Oliver, 83 (September 10, 1935-January 17, 2019) National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer acknowledged to have been America's best-selling poet

Diane Olson, 65 (b. circa 1953-January 16, 2019) Marriage-equality activist who, with Robin Tyler (b. circa 1943), became the first same-sex couple legally married in L.A. in 2008

Kathleen O'Malley, 94 (March 31, 1924-February 25, 2019) One of the last remaining performers to have appeared in a Silent Era silent film, 1926's My Old Dutch

Molly O'Neil, 66 (October 9, 1952-June 15, 2019) Leading American food writer

Terry O'Neill, 81 (July 30, 1938-November 16, 2019) Iconic, swinging-'60s fashion photographer

Norman Orentreich, 96 (December 26, 1922-January 23, 2019) Hair-transplant pioneer

Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, 82 (October 18, 1936-July 26, 2019) Former Archbishop of Havana

Joe Overstreet, 85 (June 20, 1933-June 4, 2019) Painter, street painter and activist

Rolando Panerai, 95 (October 17, 1924-October 22, 2019) Renowned baritone

Aloysius Pang, 28 (August 24, 1990-January 24, 2019) Singaporean star of Young & Fabulous (2016)

Bernie Parrish, 83 (April 29, 1936-October 23, 2019) All-pro quarterback who defended players' rights, especially regarding cognitive injuries

Muriel Pavlow, 97 (June 27, 1921-January 19, 2019) British stage actress who played Ophelia in a 1947 telecast of Hamlet Part 1 and became a heroine in such films as Paradise (1952), Doctor in the House (1954; first of the Doctor series), Reach for the Sky(1956), Doctor at Large (1957) and Murder She Said (1961)

Alan R. Pearlman, 93 (June 7, 1925-January 6, 2019) Synthesizer pioneer

Chuck Peddle, 82 (November 25, 1937-December 15, 2019) Creator of a $25 chip that helped kickstart the PC age

I.M. Pei, 102 (April 26, 1917-May 16, 2019) Renowned architect who designed the glass pyramid at the Louvre, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in D.C. and many more

Cesar Pelli, 92 (October 12, 1926-July 19, 2019) Architect who designed Brookfield Place, the Pacific Design Center and Ronald Reagan National Airport

Karen Pendleton, 73 (August 1, 1946-October 6, 2019) Original Mouseketeer

Li Peng, 90 (October 20, 1928-July 22, 2019) Chinese leader excoriated for his role in the Tiananmen crackdown

Joyce Pensato, 77 (August 20, 1941-June 13, 2019) Abstract artist known for her depictions of popular cartoon characters

Maria Perego, 95 (December 8, 1923-November 7, 2019) Creator of Topo Gigio

Jack Perkins, 85 (December 28, 1933-August 19, 2019) Host of A&E's Biography(1994-1999)

Ross Perot, 89 (June 27, 1930-July 9, 2019) Self-made billionaire who ran for president twice, in 1992 and 1996

François Perrot, 94 (February 26, 1924-January 20, 2019) French actor

Barbara Perry, 97 (June 22, 1921-May 5, 2019) TV veteran who was Pickles Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show in 1961-1962; she worked from 1933-2017

Luke Perry, 52 (October 11, 1966-March 4, 2019) Teen-heartthrob star of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000) who also starred in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) movie and on the series Oz (2001-2002) and Riverdale (2016-2019) OBIT

Carmine Persico, 85 (August 8, 1933-March 7, 2019) Colombo crime family boss

Mitch Petrus, 32 (May 11, 1987-July 18, 2019) Former New York Giants offensive guard

Radio flyer (Image via Cornell University Library)

Phase 2 aka Michael Lawrence Marrow, 64 (August 2, 1955-December 12, 2019) Innovative graffiti artist whose bubble letters and distinctive tag decorated NYC in the early '70s, and who was later the designer of memorable hip-hop flyers

Jake Phelps, 56 (September 24, 1962-March 14, 2019) Thrasher editor

Ann Gish Phillips, 70 (October 1, 1948-August 2, 2019) Bedding and textiles queen

Warren H. Phillips, 92 (June 28, 1926-May 4, 2019) Wall Street Journal publisher

Jim Pike, 82 (November 6, 1936-June 9, 2019) Co-founder and lead singer of the Letterman

Joseph Pilato, 70 (March 16, 1949-March 24, 2019) Day of the Dead (1985) actor

Rosamunde Pilcher, 94 (September 22, 1924-February 6, 2019) British writer of such novels as The Shell Seekers (1987)

Huang Yong Ping, 65 (February 18, 1954-October 19, 2019) Conceptual artist

Gene Pingatore, 82 (October 25, 1936-June 26, 2019) Coach profiled in Hoop Dreams (1994)

Eric Pleskow, 95 (1924-October 1, 2019) Longtime United Artists and Orion Pictures president, who oversaw the release of seven Best Picture winners

Stanley Plumly, 79 (May 23, 1939-April 11, 2019) Lyrical poet

As C.W. Moss — along for the ride (Image via Warner Bros.)

Michael J. Pollard, 80 (May 30, 1939-October 20, 2019) Oscar-nominated Bonnie and Clyde (1967) character actor also known for Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970), Roxanne (1987), Dick Tracy (1990) and House of 1,000 Corpses (2003); appeared in the original Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie (1960) OBIT

Jack Porter, 81 (August 9, 1938-November 15, 2019) Volunteer keeper of the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park OBIT

Linda Porter, 86 (January 31, 1933-September 2019) Longtime (since 1988) character actress who appeared on Disney Channel shows and other comedies, including as Myrtle Vartanian on Superstore (2015-2019)

Rosa Porto, 89 (circa 1930-December 12, 2019) Founder of Porto's Bakery and Café chain

Nik Powell, 69 (November 4, 1950-November 7, 2019) Co-founder of Virgin Records, producer on films including, In the Company of Wolves (1984), Mona Lisa (1986) and The Crying Game (1992)

André Previn, 89 (April 6, 1929-February 28, 2019) Four-time Oscar-winning, 10-time Grammy-winning composer OBIT

Anthony Price, 90 (August 16, 1928-May 30, 2019) Author of spy thrillers, including The Labyrinth Makers (1970)

Raymond K. Price Jr., 88 (May 6, 1930-February 14, 2019) Speechwriter for Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)

Hal Prince, 91 (January 30, 1928-July 31, 2019) Musical-theater legend whose credits include (but are not limited by): The Pajama Game (1954; co-producer); Damn Yankees (1955; co-producer), West Side Story (1957; co-producer), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962; producer); Fiddler on the Roof (1964; producer), Cabaret (1966; producer/director), Company (1970; producer/director), Follies (1971; producer/director); Sweeney Todd (1979; director), Evita (1979; director), The Phantom of the Opera (1986, director), and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993; director) OBIT

Frederic Pryor, 86 (April 23, 1933-September 2, 2019) Player in the infamous Bridge of Spies case

Kushaal Punjabi, 42 (April 23, 1982-December 26, 2019) Bollywood star

Mavis Pusey, 90 (September 17, 1928-April 20, 2019) Abstract artist noted for bold, often geometric forms

Queen, please (Image via UA)

Anna Quayle, 86 (October 6, 1932-August 16, 2019) Baroness Bomburst from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

John Quarmby, 89 (June 18, 1929-April 5, 2019) Fawlty Towers (1976) actor

Milton Quon, 105 (August 22, 1913-June 18, 2019) Disney animator who worked on Fantasia (1940) and Dumbo (1941); also acted, including an appearance as a passenger on the Speed (1994) bus

Harley Race, 76 (April 11, 1943-August 1, 2019) Pro wrestler of the '60s-'80s known as “King of the Ring”

Lee Radziwiłł, 85 (March 3, 1933-February 15, 2019) American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) OBIT

P. Rajagopal, 71 (August 5, 1947-July 18, 2019) Founder of Saravana Bhavan, the large South Indian restaurant chain; he was facing life in prison over the murder of a man in a love triangle

Jim Raman, 42 (June 28, 1976-March 11, 2019) The Amazing Race (2014) reality star

Sid Ramin, 100 (January 22, 1919-July 1, 2019) Oscar-winning, Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning, Clio-winning West Side Story (1957 Broadway, 1961 film) orchestrator, composer and arranger; also known for his musical work in commercials

Ranking Roger, 56 (February 21, 1963-March 26, 2019) Member of the Beat aka the English Beat and General Public

Terry Rawlings, 85 (November 4, 1933-April 23, 2019) Film editor of Alien (1979), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Blade Runner (1982)

Leon Redbone, 69 (August 26, 1949-May 30, 2019) Quirky '70s & '80s singer who specialized in Tin Pan Alley-era sounds

Food for thought, but also, just plain food (Image via YouTube)

Narayana Reddy aka Grandpa Kitchen, 73 (circa 1946-October 27, 2019) YouTube star who fed orphans and other starving people in India

Garth C. Reeves, 100 (February 12, 1919-November 25, 2019) Activist publisher of the Miami Times

Nadja Regin, 87 (December 2, 1931-April 6, 2019) Serbian actress

Charles A. Reich, 91 (May 20, 1928-June 15, 2019) Author of the classic counterculture manifesto The Greening of America (1970)

Clark Render, approx. 60 (circa 1959-April 9, 2019) One half of the Dueling Bankheads

Antonia Rey, 92 (October 12, 1926-February 21, 2019) Cuban stage and screen star

Don Reynolds, 81 (May 29, 1937-January 9, 2019) Child actor in westerns who was often billed as “Little Brown Jug”

Lawrence Rhodes, 79 (November 24, 1939-March 27, 2019) One of the most celebrated male dancers in ballet, later a renowned teacher

Emil Richards, 87 (September 2, 1932-December 13, 2019) Legendary percussionist, heard playing the bongos on the “Theme from Mission: Impossible” (1967)

Robert W. Richards, 78 (1941-July 11, 2019) Artist and illustrator noted for his work on Broadway posters, the album art of divas, and in gay men's magazines

John Richardson 95 (February 6, 1924-March 12, 2019) Art historian, curator, artist and dealer who devoted 25+ years to a four-volume book on Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), and died while still at work on Volume 4; known as a legendary raconteur

Meshulam Riklis, 95 (December 2, 1923-January 25, 2019) Businessman and producer who bought Pia Zadora (b. 1953) her Golden Globe, forever tarring the organization's credibility; infamously bought and tore down the historic Pickfair Mansion in 1988

Shane Rimmer, 89 (May 28, 1929-March 29, 2019) Voice actor behind Scott Tracy on Thunderbirds (1965-1966)

Alice M. Rivlin, 88 (March 4, 1931-May 14, 2019) Leading government economist

Dan Robbins, 93 (May 26, 1925-April 1, 2019) Designer who helped conceive the concept of painting by numbers

John Robbins, 86 (December 1, 1932-November 27, 2019) Developer of meningitis vaccine

Allene Roberts, 90 (September 1, 1928-May 9, 2019) Star of The Red House (1947) and Knock on Any Door (1949)

Cokie Roberts, 75 (December 27, 1943-September 17, 2019) Journalist and news commentator

Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75 (circa 1945-July 2019) Founder of an African-American museum in Baton Rouge and a prominent activist

Frank Robinson, 83 (August 31, 1935-February 7, 2019) Legendary baseball slugger, first black manager in Major League Baseball

Kevin Roche, 96 (June 14, 1922-March 1, 2019) World-renowned modernist architect

Tony Rodham, 64 (1954-June 7, 2019) Young brother of Hillary Clinton who was married in the White House — and chastised by President Clinton for a business deal involving hazelnuts

Margo Rodriguez, 89 (April 6, 1929-January 28, 2019) One half of Augie & Margo, husband-and-wife mambo team

Charles Rogers, 38 (May 23, 1981-November 11, 2019) Former Detroit Lions receiver

Matt Rose, 53 (October 22, 1965-January 25, 2019) Makeup artist on Ed Wood (1994), Planet of the Apes (2001), Hellboy (2004)and more

Stu Rosen, 80 (June 26, 1939-August 4, 2019) Creator of Dusty's Treehouse (1968-1980)

Richard M. Rosenbaum, 88 (April 8, 1931-August 4, 2019) Head of New York's GOP in the '70s

George Rosenkranz, 102 (August 20, 1916-June 23, 2019) A developer of the birth control pill

Lili Rosson, 87 (1932-June 27, 2019) Actress with bit parts in Some Came Running(1958), North by Northwest (1959) and on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1961)

Michel Roux, 78 (August 31, 1940-April 30, 2019) Liquor exec whose advertising campaign for Absolut became iconic

Semyon Rozenfeld, 96 (1922-June 3, 2019) Last survivor of a historic uprising at Sobibor during WWII

Raeanne Rubenstein, 74 (September 15, 1945-November 30, 2019) Celebrity photographer

Theodore Isaac Rubin, 95 (April 11, 1923-February 16, 2019) Psychoanalyst whose Jordi, Lisa and David novel (1960) became the popular film David and Lisa (1962)

Josie Rubio, 41 (October 12, 1977-December 3, 2019) Writer whose essay about dating while terminally ill went viral

William Ruckelshaus, 87 (July 24, 1932-November 27, 2019) Deputy A.G. who quit during the Saturday Night Massacre rather than obey Nixon's (1913-1994) orders to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox (1912-2004)

Greg Rudloff, 63 (November 2, 1955-January 6, 2019) Three-time Oscar-winning sound mixer

Jan Ruff O'Herne, 96 (January 18, 1923-August 19, 2019) First European woman to speak out about rape at the hands of the Japanese during WWII — 50 years later

Brunilda Ruiz, 83 (June 1, 1936-August 13, 2019) Joffrey and Harkness dancer

Carl Ruiz, 44 (circa 1975-September 20/21, 2019) Celebrity chef and restaurateur

Rosie Ruiz, 66 (June 21, 1953-July 8, 2019) Infamous cheater whose win at the 1980 Boston Marathon was voided once it was determined she had snuck into the race with just one mile to go

Robert Ryman, 88 (May 30, 1930-February 8, 2019) Artist known for minimalist approach and embrace of white

Soap stud (Image via CBS)

Kristoff St. John, 52 (July 15, 1966-February 3, 2019) Longtime soap actor on The Young & the Restless (1991-2019) OBIT

George Sakheim, 96 (June 12, 1923-December 5, 2019) Nuremberg Trials translator

Gen. Ahmed Gaïd Salah, official age 79 (birth date unkown-December 23, 2019) De facto ruler of Algeria

Lorin Salob, 77 (May 25, 1942-October 23, 2019) Emmy-winning producer on A Woman Named Jackie (1991)

Shelly Saltman, 87 (August 17, 1931-February 16, 2019) Sports event promoter involved with the famous Battle of the Sexes tennis showdown and many premier boxing matches

Charles Sanna, 101 (November 9, 1917-March 13, 2019) Swiss Miss creator

Charles Santore, 84 (March 16, 1935-August 11, 2019) Illustrator especially known for his work on children's books

Ray Santos, 9 (December 28, 1928-October 17, 2019) Major Latin jazz figure

Alvin Sargent, 92 (April 12, 1927-May 9, 2019) Oscar-winning screenwriter of Julia (1977) and Ordinary People (1980)

Isabel Sarli, 89 (July 9, 1929-June 25, 2019) Popular star of Argentine sexploitation films of the '60s and '70s

Jeraldine Saunders, 96 (September 3, 1923-February 25, 2019) Creator of The Love Boat (1977-1986, many specials)

Linda Sawyer, 57 (August 11, 1961-February 10, 2019) Veteran MTV and HBO producer, host of iHeartRadio's Sleuth: True Crime in Real Time (2018-2019)

Steve Sawyer, 63 (July 10, 1956-July 31, 2019) Greenpeace leader

Carolee Scheemann, 79 (October 12, 1939-March 6, 2019) Influential feminist performance artist

Marina Schiano, 77 (November 18, 1941-September 8, 2019) Model, fashion exec and stylist

Gloria Schiff, 90 (May 31, 1928-May 2, 2019) Vogue fashion editor, socialite, philanthropist and one half of a set of fashion-model twins

Le Anne Schreiber, 73 (August 4, 1945-May 31, 2019) Trailblazer who became the first woman heading up a major American newspaper's sports section, The New York Times, in 1978

Peter Schreier, 84 (July 29, 1935-December 25, 2019) German tenor

J. Robert Schrieffer 88 (May 31, 1931-July 27, 2019) Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his work on the conveyance of electricity

Barbara Schultz, 82 (February 4, 1927-April 10, 2019) Producer of CBS Playhouse(1968-1970) and PBS's Visions (1976-1980)

Édith Scob, 81 (October 21, 1937-June 26, 2019) French actress who played the disfigured daughter in Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Anne Firor Scott, 97 (April 24, 1921-February 5, 2019) Women's history scholar, recipient of the National Humanities Medal

Edward Seaga, 89 (May 28, 1930-May 28, 2019) Conservative PM of Jamaica in the '70s

Lisa Seagram, 82 (July 7, 1936-February 1, 2019) Edythe Brewster on The Beverly Hillbillies (1965-1966) and Lila on Batman (1967)

Joseph Segel, 88 (January 9, 1931-December 21, 2019) Founder of QVC

Dorothy Seiberling, 97 (March 7, 1922-November 23, 2019) Influential magazine editor who championed modern artists

Elizabeth Sellars, 98 (May 6, 1923-December 30, 2019) Scottish actress who appeared in The Barefoot Contessa and Désirée (both 1954)

Jerry Seltzer, 87 (June 3, 1932-July 1, 2019) Showman who brought back roller derby

Peter Selz, 100 (March 27, 1919-June 21, 2019) Curator at the MoMA and founding director of the University Art Museum, Berkeley

Camilo Sesto, 72 (Sepember 16, 1946-September 8, 2019) Spanish hitmaker

Troy Dean Shafer, 38 (circa 1981-late April 2019) Star of Nashville Flipped (2016-2017)

Jackie Shane, 78 (May 15, 1940-February 2019) Trans soul pioneer OBIT

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 90 (November 12, 1928-March 12, 2019) Author of — beginning in 1972 — dozens of books in the Nate the Great series

Kim Shattuck, 56 (July 17, 1963-October 2, 2019) Lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the Muffs

John Shearer, 72 (April 21, 1947-June 22, 2019) Look Magazine photographer who captured the turbulent '60s (JFK's funeral) and '70s

Sidney Sheinberg, 84 (January 14, 1935-March 7, 2019) Universal exec who mentored Steven Spielberg (b. 1946)

Jack Sheldon, 88 (November 30, 1931-December 27, 2019) Bebop singer, jazz trumpeter and actor who was part of the band on The Merv Griffin Show (18 years, '60s-'80s) as well as a regular guest, and who appeared on 16 episodes of Schoolhouse Rock! (1973-2009) singing such tunes as “Conjunction Junction” and “I'm Just a Bill”

W. Morgan Sheppard, 86 (August 24, 1932-January 6, 2019) Star Trek (1989, 1999) and Doctor Who (2011) actor

Lisa Sheridan, 44 (December 5, 1974-February 25, 2019) TV actress who appeared on Invasion (2005-2006)

Stefanie Sherk, 37 (circa 1981-April 20, 2019) Canadian actress and model

Karl Shiels, 47 (circa 1972-July 14, 2019) Batman Begins (2005) and Peaky Blinders(2013) actor

Goro Shimura, 89 (February 23, 1930-May 3, 2019) Mathematician whose work is used in cryptography

Helen Shingler, 100 (August 29, 1919-October 8, 2019) British actress known for TV's Maigret (1960-1963); mother of Murray Head (b. 1946) and Anthony Head (b. 1954)

Sammy Shore, 92 (circa 1927-May 18, 2019) Stand-up comic, co-founder of the Comedy Store

Robert F.X. Sillerman, 71 (April 12, 1948-November 23, 2019) Investor and media exec who controlled the Elvis Presley (1935-1977) estate

Charlie Silvera, 94 (October 13, 1924-September 7, 2019) New York Yankees catcher

Al Silverman, 92 (April 12, 1926-March 10, 2019) Magazine editor and publishing exec who co-wrote I Am Third (1970), a Gale Sayers (b. 1943) memoir that was adapted into the popular TV movie Brian's Song (1971)

Abbey Simon, 99 (January 8, 1920-December 18, 2019) Renowned pianist

John Simon, 94 (May 12, 1925-November 24, 2019) Known as “the most poisonous pen on Broadway,” New York Magazine theatre critic from 1968-2005 who delighted in belittling actors and savaging productions

Babs Simpson, 105 (April 9, 1913-January 7, 2019) Vogue tastemaker

Arthur Singer Jr., 90 (February 14, 1929-December 25, 2019) Laid the groundwork for public television

John Singleton, 51 (January 6, 1958-April 29, 2019) Oscar-nominated director of Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Barbara “Babs” Siperstein, 76 (November 20, 1942-February 3, 2019) Trans activist who was the first trans DNC member; died two days after the law bearing her name (allowing trans people to change their gender on their birth certificates without proof of surgery)

Joe Sirola, 89 (October 7, 1929-February 10, 2019) Tony-winning producer, longtime actor known as “the King of Voice-Overs”

Tyler Skaggs, 27 (July 13, 1991-July 1, 2019) Angels pitcher

Bernard Slade, 89 (May 2, 1930-October 30, 2019) Creator of The Flying Nun (1967-1970), The Girl with Something Extra (1973-1974) and The Partridge Family (1970-1974) and writer of Same Time, Next Year (1975 Broadway, 1978 movie)

Bob Slade, 70 (November 10, 1948-March 23, 2019) Prominent voice on African-American radio in NYC

Alexis Smirnoff, 71 (February 9, 1947-January 5, 2019) Canadian pro wrestler

Dave Smith, 78 (October 13, 1940-February 15, 2019) Founder of Walt Disney Archives

Donald Smith, 94 (June 19, 1924-January 30, 2019) Anti-abortion activist whose The Silent Scream (1994) galvanized the movement

Haley Smith, 26 (circa 1993-August 31, 2019) American Idol (2012) contestant

Helen “Gig” Smith, 97 (January 5, 1922-January 17, 2019) All-American Girls Pro Baseball League player

Joe Smith, 91 (January 26, 1928-December 2, 2019) Career-making record exec behind the Grateful Dead

JoJo Smith, 80 (July 20, 1938-January 22, 2019) Saturday Night Fever (1977) dance consultant

Marilynn Smith, 89 (April 29, 1929-April 9, 2019) LPGA founder

Russell Smith, 70 (June 17, 1949-July 12, 2019) Lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces

Peter Snell, 80 (December 17, 1938-December 12, 2019) Record-breaking runner of the '60s

Sally Soames, 82 (January 21, 1937-October 5, 2019) Portraitist photographer

Ralph Solecki, 101 (October 15, 1917-March 20, 2019) Archaeologist who humanized the Neanderthal

Barbara Probst Solomon, 90 (December 3, 1928-September 1, 2019) Writer who chronicled Spain under Franco (1892-1975)

Hugh Southern, 87 (March 20, 1932-July 15, 2019) Co-creator of the TKTS Booth

Elizabeth Spencer, 98 (December 22, 2019) Author of The Light in the Piazza (1960)

Jimmy Spicer, 61 (May 12, 1958-September 27, 2019) Early and influential rapper, some of whose initially obscure songs contained elements that would become foundational for the hip-hop genre

Flown the coop (GIF by GIPHY)

Caroll Spinney, 85 (December 26, 1933-December 8, 2019) Puppeteer behind Oscar the Grouch and inside Big Bird

Tom Spurgeon, 50 (December 16, 1968-November 13, 2019) The Comics Reporter blogger, author

Rosemarie Bowe Stack, 86 (September 17, 1932-January 20, 2019) Actress, widow of Robert Stack (1919-2003)

Libi Staiger, 91 (January 10, 1928-September 25, 2019) Broadway actress later famous as one of two argumentative sisters in a series of '80s and '90 Denny's commercials

Joan Staley, 79 (May 20, 1940-November 24, 2019) Cape Fear (1962), Roustabout (1964) and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) actress

Bart Starr, 85 (January 9, 1934-May 26, 2019) Winning Green Bay Packers legend who was both a player and a coach

Mike Stefanik, 61 (May 20, 1958-September 15, 2019) Ex-NASCAR champ

Jacob A. Stein, 94 (March 15, 1925-April 3, 2019) Washington, D.C., lawyer known for winning the acquittal of a Watergate defendant and gaining immunity for Monica Lewinsky (b. 1973)

Sol Stein, 92 (October 13, 1926-September 19, 2019) Publisher who championed James Baldwin (1924-1987)

Jacqueline Steiner, 94 (September 11, 1924-January 25, 2019) Folk singer most famous for co-writing the song "M.T.A." (1949; famously recorded by the Kingston Trio in 1959)

James Hart Stern, 55 (June 13, 1964-October 11, 2019) Black minister who talked a Michigan neo-Nazi group's leader into signing control of the group over to him in hopes of changing its ways

Brody Stevens, 48 (May 22, 1970-February 22, 2019) Stand-up comic

Julia Ruth Stevens, 102 (July 7, 1916-March 9, 2019) Babe Ruth's (1895-1948) daughter

John Paul Stevens, 99 (April 20, 1920-July 16, 2019) Retired Supreme Court Justice who was nominated to the high court by Republican Gerald Ford (1913-2006) but who became a liberal lion on issues of abortion, affirmative action, the separation of church and state and the terrible precent of Bush v. Gore

May Stevens, 95 (June 9, 1924-December 9, 2019) Activist artist inspired by civil rights

Stewart, 13 (circa 2003-July 9, 2019) One of several dogs who played Cheddar on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2019), but the one who played him most often

Gary Stewart, 62 (February 10, 1957-April 11, 2019) Music fan behind many of the Rhino Records special reissues

Peggy Stewart, 95 (June 5, 1923-May 29, 2019) Western B-movie and TV actress

Gerry Stickells, 76 (July 22, 1942-March 6, 2019) Rock-show producer, Queen's road and production manager for years

Mel Stottlemyre, 77 (November 13, 1941-January 13, 2019) Former New York Yankees player, pitching coach

Dan Striepeke, 88 (October 8, 1930-January 2019) Oscar-winning makeup artist on such films as Planet of the Apes (1968), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Hello, Dolly! (1969), Sssssss (1973), Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000) and Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Orlando Suero, 94 (1925-August 19, 2019) Hollywood photographer who did work on the sets of Torn Curtain (1966), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Chinatown (1974) and The Towering Inferno (1974), and whose coffee-table book Orlando Photography was released in 2018

Randy Suess, 74 (January 27, 1945-December 10) Creator of the Computerized Bulletin Board System, precursor to social media like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook

Sulli, 25 (March 29, 1994-October 14, 2019) South Korean K-pop singer and actress

Jo Sullivan, 91 (August 28, 1927-April 28, 2019) Tony-nominated actress from The Most Happy Fella (1956)

William Swan, 90 (February 6, 1928-January 20, 2019) Longtime TV and movie actor who appeared in The Parallax View (1974)

Sushma Swaraj, 67 (February 14, 1952-August 6, 2019) Former Indian foreign minister

Clive Swift, 82 (February 9, 1936-February 1, 2019) English actor best known for Keeping Up Appearances (1990-1995) and The Old Guys (2009-2010)

Sanford Sylvan, 65 (December 19, 1953-January 29, 2019) Operatic baritone

Brian Taggert, 81 (January 29, 1938-June 1, 2019) Screenwriter known for Visiting Hours (1982), V (1984) and Poltergeist III (1988)

Tadao Takashima, 88 (July 27, 1930-June 26, 2019) Japanese film and stage actor and jazz musician

Takis, 93 (October 29, 1925-August 9, 2019) Sculptor of kinetic works

Azam Taleghani, 76 (circa 1943-October 30, 2019) Woman who demanded to be considered as a presidential candidate in Iran — but was always denied

John Tanton, 85 (February 23, 1934-July 16, 2019) Rabidly anti-immigration activist whose work in demonizing immigrants was far-reaching in U.S. culture and policy

Brian Tarantina, 60 (March 27, 1959-November 1, 2019) Jackie on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017-2018)

Ellen Tauscher, 67 (November 15, 1951-April 29, 2019) Former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and senior arms-control advisor to President Barack Obama (b. 1961)

Danny Gordon Taylor, 69 (circa 1950-July 10, 2019) Oscar-nominated visual effects artist

Nathaniel Taylor, 80 (March 31, 1938-February 27, 2019) Rollo on Sanford and Son(1972-1977)

Not Rip Torn! (Image by Matthew Rettenmund)

Rip Taylor, 84 (January 13, 1935-October 6, 2019) Zany comic known for confetti and a hiding-in-plain-sight toupee, he hosted The $1.98 Beauty Show (1978) and was a TV staple from the late '50s on OBIT

Russi Taylor, 75 (May 4, 1944-July 26, 2019) The longtime (30 years) voice of Minnie Mouse

Barbara Testa, 91 (August 15, 1928-December 16, 2019) Woman who, in 1990, discovered half of a draft of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain (1835-1910) in her attic; it was considered the greatest literary find of the century

Mike Thalassitis, 26 (January 19, 1993-March 15, 2019) Love Island (2017) reality star

Robert Therrien, 71 (November 17, 1947-June 17, 2019) Sculptor known for gigantic versions of mundane objects

Josephus Thimister, 57 (September 16, 1962-November 13, 2019) Dutch fashion designer and interior decorator behind the THIMISTER label

Grant Thompson, 38 (November 21, 1980-July 28, 2019) Life-hack and stunt YouTuber with 10 million subscribers

Johnny Thompson, 84 (July 27, 1934-March 9, 2019) Magician and magic historian

Bjorn Thorbjarnarson, 98 (July 9, 1921-October 4, 2019) Surgeon sued over Andy Warhol's (1928-1987) death

Stanley Tigerman, 88 (September 20, 1930-June 3, 2019) Pomo architect

Scott Timberg, 50 (February 15, 1969-December 10, 2019) Journalist, author of 2015's Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class

Prem Tinsulanonda, 98 (August 26, 1920-May 26, 2019) Former Thai premier

Niall Toibin, 89 (November 21, 1929-November 13, 2019) Irish actor of the stage and screen, appeared in Ryan's Daughter (1970) and Far and Away (1992)

Isabel Toledo, 59 (April 9, 1960-August 26, 2019) Cuban-American fashion designer to the stars

Mel A. Tomlinson, 65 (January 3, 1954-February 5, 2019) Ballet star who danced with the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet

Darlene Tompkins, 78 (November 16, 1940-July 18, 2019) Elvis Presley's (1935-1977) Blue Hawaii (1961) co-star

Monkee mash-up (GIF via GIPHY)

Peter Tork, 77 (February 13, 1942-February 21, 2019) Offbeat bassist for the Monkees

Rip Torn, 88 (February 6, 1931-July 9, 2019) Tony-nominated, Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning actor known for being in the original Broadway casts of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1959); a varied film career that included The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Defending Your Life (1991); the Men in Black franchise (1997-2012) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004); and extensive TV work, including Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961), arcs on Will & Grace (2002) and 30 Rock (2007-2009) and his career-defining role as a bombastic producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998) OBIT

Nick Tosches, 69 (October 23, 1949-October 20, 2019) Rock and movie biographer

Piero Tosi, 92 (April 10, 1927-August 10, 2019) Legendary costume designer who became the first one to ever receive an honorary Oscar

Dorothy Toy, 102 (May 28, 1917-July 10, 2019) Half of the Asian-American dance team Toy and Wing that included Paul Wing (1912-1997), and who were billed as “the Chinese Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers” — in spite of the fact that she was Japanese-American

Richard Trainor, (February 23, 1945-July 5, 2019) Co-founder of Miami Beach Pride and the popular local club Twist

Best cast of a worst movie? (Image via First American Films)

Peter S. Traynor, 77 (circa 1942-October 15, 2019) Producer-director of the cult film Death Game (1977) and other exploitation efforts

Brandon Truaxe, 40 (circa 1978-circa January 21, 2019) Former CEO of Deciem skincare company, whose The Ordinary line was a huge seller

Natalie Trundy, 79 (August 5, 1940-December 5, 2019) Actress who appeared in four of the five original Planet of the Apes films (1970-1973) OBIT

Kitty Tucker, 75 (February 28, 1944-March 30, 2019) Public lawyer and antinuke activist who shed light on the Karen Silkwood (1946-1974) case

Brian Turk, 49 (May 29, 1970-September 13, 2019) Actor in such films as The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Lyle Tuttle, 87 (October 7, 1931-March 26, 2019) Celebrity tattoo artist who became a celebrity in his own right

Matthew Underwood, 35 or 36 (1983-March 2019) Co-founding editor of Headmaster Magazine

Emanuel Ungaro (February 13, 1933-December 21, 2019) Legendary fashion designer

Tomi Ungerer, 87 (November 28, 1931-February 8, 2019) Acclaimed illustrator of children's books, protest paraphernalia and erotica

Mark Urman, 66 (circa 1952-January 12, 2019) ThinkFilm and Paladin Films exec who also ran PR on such Oscar-worthy films as Gods and Monsters (1998) and Monster's Ball (2001)

Zaza Urushadze, 55 (October 30, 1965-December 7, 2019) Director of Tangerines (2013)

Andy Vajna, 74 (August 1, 1944-January 20, 2019) Producer of Rambo (1982) and Evita (1996)

Alexa Valiente, 27 (October 20, 1991-April 5, 2019) Emmy-winning ABC News producer

William Van Alstyne, 84 (February 8, 1934-January 29, 2019) Constitutional scholar

Lotte van der Zee, 20 (February 21, 1999-March 6, 2019) Former Miss Teen Universe

Charles Van Doren, 93 (February 12, 1926-April 9, 2019) Winner of $128,000 on Twenty One in 1957 who was later revealed to have been given the answers, triggering a congressional inquiry and major scandal

Gloria Vanderbilt, 95 (February 20, 1924-June 17, 2019) Heiress, artist, actress, model, fashion designer who was one of the first to market designer jeans; the mother of journalist Anderson Cooper (b. 1967)

Sander Vanocur, 91 (January 8, 1928-September 16, 2019) TV newsman who covered Kennedy (1917-1963)

Agnès Varda, 90 (May 30, 1928-March 29, 2019) Belgian-born French New Wave film director of the highly regarded and influential films La Pointe Courte (1954), Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961), Vagabond (1984), Jacquot de Nantes (1991), The Gleaners and I (2000), Faces Places (2017) and others

Woody Vasulka, 82 (January 20, 1937-December 20, 2019) Video artist

Andy Velez, 80 (March 9, 1939-May 14, 2019) Internationally known AIDS activist

Vinny Vella, 72 (January 11, 1947-February 20, 2019) Actor in such films as Casino (1995) and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Stephen Verona, 78 (September 11, 1940-July 13, 2019) Co-writer, co-director, producer of The Lords of Flatbush (1974), co-writer and director of Boardwalk (1979), early music-video director

Rita Vidaurri, 94 (May 22, 1924-January 16, 2019) Latin American ranchera singer of the '40s and '50s who quit at her peak, then returned to her career in her late seventies

Sure, Jan! (Image via Disney)

Jan-Michael Vincent, 74 (July 15, 1944-February 10, 2019) Troubled actor who earned Golden Globe nominations for Going Home (1971) and The Winds of War (1983), headlined the Disney flick The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) and the racy romance Buster and Billie (1974), and scored with hit movies and TV series such as The Mechanic (1972), White Line Fever (1975), Big Wednesday (1978), Hooper (1978) and his show Airwolf (1984-1987) OBIT

Paul A. Volcker, 92 (September 5, 1927-December 8, 2019) Fed Chairman who waged war against inflation

Claus von Bülow, 92 (August 11, 1926-May 25, 2019) Society husband charged with murdering his heiress wife — he was found guilty, received a new trial, and got off scot-free

Clement von Franckenstein, 74 (May 28, 1944-May 9, 2019) Actor who appeared in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) and The American President (1995)

Rudolf von Ribbentrop, 98 (May 11, 1921-May 20, 2019) Nazi soldier and son of German diplomat Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946), who was hanged for war crimes; met with Hitler (1889-1945) in his bunker shortly before the reviled leader's suicide and the end of WWII

Bob Wade aka Daddy-O, 76 (January 6, 1943-December 24, 2019) Artist known for outrageously large sculptures

Jan Wahl, 87 (April 1, 1933-January 29, 2019) Children's book author whose work was illustrated by Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Edward Gorey (1925-2000) and Wil Clay (1938-2011)

Binyavanga Wainaina, 48 (January 18, 1971-May 21, 2019) Kenyan writer whose “How to Write About Africa” and gay activism made him one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014; winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing OBIT

Geneviève Waïte, 71 (February 13, 1948-May 18, 2019) Ex-wife of John Phillips (1935-2001), mother of Bijou Phillips (b. 1980) who acted in the 1974 film Joanna and cut the 1974 album Romance Is on the Rise

Patricia Wald, 90 (September 16, 1928-January 12, 2019) First woman appointed to the D.C. Circuit, first woman to serve as Chief Judge of that court; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

To stars, was born (Images via Dawn Walker, Warner Bros.)

Robert Walker Jr., 79 (April 15, 1940-December 5, 2019) Actor who was the son of superstars Robert Walker (1918-1951) and Jennifer Jones (1919-2009); played the titular role in the Star Trek episode “Charlie X” (1966)

Scott Walker, 76 (January 9, 1943-March 25, 2019) Singer-songwriter, pop star and avant-garde musician

Lorraine Warren, 92 (January 31, 1927-April 17, 2019) Paranormal investigator portrayed in The Conjuring (2013)

Patricia Nell Warren, 82 (June 15, 1936-February 9, 2019) Lesbian author whose 10 million-selling The Front Runner (1974) was the first gay-themed novel on The New York Times Best Seller List OBIT

Beverly Watkins, 80 (April 6, 1939-October 1, 2019) Blues guitarist

Guy Webster, 79 (September 14, 1939-February 5, 2019) Prominent album cover designer for such acts as the Doors, the Mamas and the Papas and the Rolling Stones

David Weisman, 77 (March 11, 1942-October 9, 2019) Producer of Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

Martin Weitzman, 77 (April 1, 1942-August 27, 2019) Climate-change economist

Jenna Welch, 99 (July 24, 1919-May 10, 2019) Mother of Laura Bush (b. 1946)

Ken Welch, 92 (February 4, 1926-January 26, 2019) Emmy-winning composer known for his work with Carol Burnett (b. 1933)

Lamia al-Gailani Werr, 80 (March 8, 1938-January 18, 2019) Pioneering Iraqi female archaeologist

John Wesley, 72 (August 3, 1967-September 8, 2019) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) actor

Martin West, 82 (August 28, 1937-December 31, 2019) Actor in Lord Love a Duck (1966) who also appeared in Family Plot (1976) OBIT

Dr. Doris Wethers, 91 (December 14, 1927-January 28, 2019) Sickle cell anemia advocate and researcher

Sell-confidence (Image via HGTV)

Suzanne Whang, 56 (September 28, 1962-September 17, 2019) Host of House Hunters (1999-2009)

Jack Whitaker, 95 (May 18, 1924-August 18, 2019) Emmy-winning sportscaster

Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, 55 (January 2, 1964-July 14, 2019) Olympic gold medal-winning boxer, champ in four boxing classes

David White, 79 (November 26, 1939-March 16, 2019) Member of doo-wop group Danny and the Juniors, co-wrote their 1958 smash “At the Hop”

Peter Whitehead, 82 (January 8, 1937-June 10, 2019) Swinging '60s London filmmaker who later became a falconer for the Saudi royal family

Marylou Whitney, 93 (December 24, 1925-July 19, 2019) Racing-world socialite

Nancy Wigginton, 93 (circa 1925-May 11, 2019) First female newscaster on BBC

Margaret "Wiggie" Wigiser, 94 (December 17, 1924-January 19, 2019) All-American Girls Pro Baseball League player from 1944-1946

Lois Wille, 87 (September 19, 1931-July3, 2019) Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, editorial writer and author

Andre Williams, 82 (November 1, 1936-March 17, 2019) R&B singer whose sing-talking style in the '50s prefigured rap

Chester Williams, 49 (August 8, 1970-September 6, 2019) South African rugby star

Richard Williams, 86 (March 19, 1933-August 16, 2019) Animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Allee Willis, 72 (November 10, 1947-December 24, 2019) Songwriter of pop hits including “September” (1978) and “Boogie Wonderland” (1979) by Earth, Wind & Fire, “Neutron Dance” (1983) by the Pointer Sisters, “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” (1987) by the Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield, and the iconic Friends theme song “I'll Be There for You” (1994) by the Rembrandts; co-writer of the Broadway musical The Color Purple (2005)

Larry Willis, 76 (December 20, 1942-September 29, 2019) Prolific pianist in a variety of genres

Gahan Wilson, 89 (February 18, 1930-November 21, 2019) Cartoonist whose macabre work was published in Playboy, National Lampoon, The New Yorker and many other publications

Joseph Wilson, 69 (November 6, 1949-September 27, 2019) American career diplomat who clashed with George W. Bush (b. 1946) in 2003 over the Iraq War, which led to his wife Valerie Plame (b. 1963) being outed as a C.I.A. agent

David Winters, 80 (April 5, 1939-April 23, 2019) Original West Side Story (1961) dancr, choreographer

William Wintersole, 88 (July 30, 1931-November 5, 2019) Longtime character actor who appeared in the film Seconds (1966), on Star Trek (1968) and who played Mitchell Sherman on 50 episodes of The Young and the Restless (1986-2011)

Mac Wiseman, 93 (May 23, 1925-February 23, 2019) Bluegrass star

Top Pops (Image via New Line)

John Witherspoon, 77 (January 27, 1942-October 29, 2019) Pops in the Friday movie franchise (1995-2002)

William D. Wittliff, 79 (January 21, 1940-June 9, 2019) Screenwriter of The Black Stallion (1979), Lonesome Dove (1989), Legends of the Fall (1994) and more

Harris Wofford, 92 (April 9, 1925-January 21, 2019) Democratic U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who advocated for volunteerism, was considered as Bill Clinton's (b. 1946) running mate in 1992

Michael Wolf, 65 (July 30, 1954-April 25, 2019) Photographer of skylines — minus the skies

Gene Wolfe, 87 (May 5, 1931-April 14, 2019) Acclaimed sci-fi author of such novels as The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972) and the series of The Book of the New Sun (1980-1983)

Perry Wolff, 97 (June 12, 1921-February 17, 2019) TV documentarian who produced A Tour of the White House (1962) and many other groundbreaking, Emmy-winning specials

Peter Wollen, 81 (June 29, 1938-December 17, 2019) Author of the film theory book Signs and Meaning in the Cinema (1969) and who wrote the screenplay for The Passenger (1975) and both wrote and directed the early Tilda Swinton (b. 1960) film Friendship's Death (1987)

Matthew Wong, 35 (March 8, 1984-October 2, 2019) Rising-star painter

Kim Woo-choong, 82 (December 19, 1936-December 9, 2019) Founder of Daewoo

Morgan Woodward, 93 (September 16, 1925-February 22, 2019) Longtime character actor who played Punk Anderson on Dallas (1980-1987) OBIT

Herman Wouk, 103 (May 27, 1915-May 17, 2019) Best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning, critically-lambasted author of such popular works as The Caine Mutiny (1951), Marjorie Morningstar (1955) and The Winds of War (1971)

Daniel Wright, 30 (circa 1989-May 26, 2019) The Biggest Loser (2009) contestant

Max Wright, 75 (August 2, 1943-June 26, 2019) Patriarch on the sitcom Alf (1986-1990)

Lili Wronker, 94 (May 5, 1924-January 10, 2019) Calligrapher and illustrator

Lester Wunderman, 98 (June 22, 1920-January 9, 2019) The so-called Father of Direct Marketing

Ida Wyman, 93 (March 7, 1926-July 13, 2019) Photographer for Life and others who at first specialized in everyday people, captured candids of stars, then turned to the photography of social change

Paul Wynter, 83 (October 28, 1935-January 14, 2019) Bodybuilder who was named Mr. Universe in 1960 and 1966, and who appeared in numberous Italian sword-and-sandal flicks in the '60s

Kaoru Yachigusa, 88 (October 24, 2019) Star of Samurai, the Legend of Musashi (1954)

Sol Yaged, 96 (December 8, 1922-May 11, 2019) NYC jazz legend

Izzy Young, 90 (March 26, 1928-February 4, 2019) Folk music figure who owned the Folklore Center in NYC's Greenwich Village

Pegi Young, 66 (December 1, 1952-January 1, 2019) Musician and ex-wife of Neil Young (b. 1945)

Reggie Young, 82 (December 12, 1936-January 17, 2019) Perhaps the most famous studio guitarist of all time

Nie Yuanzi, 98 (April 5, 1921-August 28, 2019) The woman whose vitriolic wall poster in 1966 was at the heart of Mao Zedong's (1893-1976) Cultural Revolution

Hilde Zadek, 101 (December 15, 1917-February 21, 2019) Viennese opera star

Philippe (Cerboneschi) Zdar, 52 (1967-June 19, 2019) French DJ, part of the influential electronic dance duo Cassius

Franco Zeffirelli, 96 (February 12, 1923-June 15, 2019) Italian auteur director of such films as The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968), The Champ (1979), Endless Love (1981), Hamlet (1990), Jane Eyre (1996) and Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Dr. Arthur Zitrin, 101 (April 10, 1918-May 12, 2019) Bioethicist who fought against the death penalty, and against doctors who assisted in executions