I know that I'm genetically morbid, but each year, I do a list of the 20 most impactful celebrity deaths. I've got them going back to what I argue is tied (with 2016) for the worst year for celeb deaths, 1977.
I'll have to re-upload my last 40+ lists now that my site Gr8erDays is history.
Top 20 Most Impactful Celebrity Deaths of 2024:
Jimmy Carter (100)
Shannen Doherty (53)
Phil Donahue (88)
Shelley Duvall (75)
Teri Garr (79)
Louis Gossett Jr. (87)
Rickey Henderson (65)
James Earl Jones (93)
Quincy Jones (91)
Linda Lavin (87)
Willie Mays (93)
Bob Newhart (94)
Liam Payne (31)
Chita Rivera (91)
Gena Rowlands (94)
Richard Simmons (76)
O.J. Simpson (76)
Maggie Smith (89)
Donald Sutherland (88)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (96)
Also still resting in peace:
John Amos (84); Wally “Famous” Amos (88); Iris Apfel (102); Roberto Cavalli (83); Dabney Coleman (92); Lynn Conway (86); Roger Corman (98); Gavin Creel (48); James Darren (88); Alain Delon (88); Ron Ely (86); Kinky Friedman (79); Helen Gallagher (98); Mitzi Gaynor (93); Françoise Hardy (80); Earl Holliman (96); Olivia Hussey (73); Tito Jackson (70); Norman Jewison (97); Glynis Johns (100); Ethel Kennedy (96); Kris Kristofferson (88); Steve Lawrence (88); Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (74); Richard Lewis (76); Melanie (76); Sérgio Mendes (83); Paul Morrissey (86); Martin Mull (80); Alexei Navalny (47); Ted Olson (84); Janis Paige (101); Marisa Paredes (78); Rep. Bill Pascrell (87); Joyce Randolph (99); Marian Robinson (86); Pete Rose (83); Vic Seixas (100); Shifty Shellshock (49); Richard Sherman (95); Fernando Valenzuela (63); M. Emmet Walsh (88); Weathers, Carl (76)
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