2016 deaths in American television

The following deaths of notable individuals related to American television occurred in 2016.

January

Date Name Age Notability Source
January 5 Elizabeth Swados 64 American writer and composer; guest roles on ABC soap operas (Loving, All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital), NBC soap operas (Days of Our Lives, Another World, and Santa Barbara) and CBS soap operas (The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, As the World Turns, and Guiding Light) [1]
January 6 Pat Harrington, Jr. 86 American actor, best known for his role of building superintendent Dwayne Schneider in One Day at a Time, also voiced the "Inspector" in the animated series The Inspector (other roles include Make Room for Daddy, The Steve Allen Show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Love, American Style, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote and Yo Yogi!) [2]
January 7 Richard Libertini 82 American actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Soap, Barney Miller, Family Man, DuckTales, The Fanelli Boys, Pacific Station, Murder, She Wrote, Jenny and Law & Order) [3]
January 10 David Bowie 69 Ground-breaking British singer, songwriter, musician, and actor (TV credits include appearing on Soul Train, the second non-R&B artist to do so after Elton John; a voice over role in SpongeBob SquarePants and guest starring in Dream On; and promos for the "I Want My MTV" campaign) [4][5]
Michael Galeota 31 American actor, best known for his roles as Bailey Kipper in Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. and Nick Lighter in The Jersey [6]
January 11 David Margulies 78 American actor (Kojak, Tales from the Darkside, The Equalizer, Spenser: For Hire, Northern Exposure, Touched by an Angel, Law & Order, The Sopranos) [7]
January 13 Jim Simpson 88 Sportscaster (most notable work with NBC Sports and ESPN as well as WRC-TV/Washington, D.C. and WMAR-TV/Baltimore) [8]
January 14 Alan Rickman 69 British actor (American TV work includes guest spots on Fallen Angels and King of the Hill) [9]
January 15 Dan Haggerty 74 American actor, best known for his role as James Capen "Grizzly" Adams in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams film and television series [10]
Noreen Corcoran 72 American actress, dancer and singer, best known for her role as Kelly Gregg in Bachelor Father [11]
January 17 Mike Sharpe 64 Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as "Iron Mike" [12]
January 18 Glenn Frey 67 American singer/songwriter (The Eagles) and actor (TV credits include Miami Vice and South of Sunset) [13]
Gary Menteer 76 American writer, director and producer (Family Matters, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Punky Brewster) [14]
January 23 J. Stewart Bryan III 77 American media executive (Chairman of Media General) [15]
January 24 Nick Wiltgen 39 Meteorologist with The Weather Channel's TV, radio, and digital broadcasts [16]
Ted Brown 36 Producer for ESPN [17]
January 26 Abe Vigoda 94 Actor, best known as Detective Phil Fish on Barney Miller and its spinoff Fish, and frequent cameos on Late Night with Conan O'Brien [18]
January 28 Mike Minor 75 Actor/singer, best known as Steve Elliot on Petticoat Junction, Brandon Kingsley on All My Children, Dr. Royal Dunning on Another World and supporting roles on The Donald O'Connor Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, CHiPs, Vega$, L.A. Law, The Edge of Night, and As the World Turns [19]

February

Date Name Age Notability Source
February 1 William E. Mayher III 77 Chairman of the Board of Gray Television since 1993 [20]
February 2 Bob Elliott 92 Comedian (half of the Bob and Ray duo), game show host (The Name's the Same), and actor (Get a Life) [21]
February 3 Joe Alaskey 63 American comedian, actor, voice actor, and author (notable for his role as Beano Froelich on Out of This World; the voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and numerous Warner Bros. Animation characters, including his Daytime Emmy Award for Duck Dodgers; an additional voice in Back to the Future; the voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles in both Rugrats and All Grown Up!; host of Couch Potatoes) [22]
Jack Eaton 86 Sportscaster/director at WMC-TV/Memphis from 1956 to 1991, the voice of University of Memphis' football and basketball broadcasts from 1959 to 1987, and wrestling announcer/host [23]
February 4 Dave Mirra 41 Champion BMX cyclist and host of MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge (2004–2005) [24]
Brian Knighton 44 Wrestler better known by the ring name Axl Rotten, best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling [25]
Jim Pederson 68 Actor, best known throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest as the fictional face and personality of Rocky Rococo Pizza in its television commercials. [26]
February 5 Ray Colcord 66 American composer (Double Trouble, The Charmings, Trial and Error, The Facts of Life, My Two Dads, Singer & Sons, Scorch, The Torkelsons, Where I Live, Dinosaurs, Maybe This Time, Hiller and Diller, You Wish, Promised Land, Boy Meets World, Family Affair, Lost at Home and Girl Meets World) [27]
February 6 Sam Spence 88 American composer (in-house composer for NFL Films and NFL Network telecasts, work also heard on KaBlam!, Everybody Loves Raymond and SpongeBob SquarePants) [28]
February 7 Dave Anderson 55 Comedian and television personality at KATU-TV/Portland, Oregon [29]
February 8 Norman Hudis 93 British writer (Green Acres, Garrison's Gorillas, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hawaii Five-O, It Takes a Thief, Marcus Welby, M.D., Switch, Paw Paws); special guest appearance in I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, and Murder, She Wrote [30]
February 11 Kevin Randleman 44 Wrestler and mixed martial artist (UFC, Strikeforce) [31]
February 15 Denise "Vanity" Matthews 57 Canadian-American actress/singer and evangelist (credits include Miami Vice, Friday the 13th: The Series, and Highlander: The Series) [32]
George Gaynes 98 Actor (several TV series, most notably Punky Brewster and Hearts Afire) [33]
February 16 Lex McAllister 31 Reality television participant who appeared in season 14 of The Bachelor [34]
February 18 Paul Gordon 52 American musician and composer, was a member of The B-52's; composed the music for Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers in Space, Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Action Man, Transformers: Robots in Disguise and Power Rangers Wild Force [35]
Angela Raiola 55 American reality television personality (Mob Wives) [36]
February 19 Charlie Tuna 71 Los Angeles-based radio personality, TV host (Cinema, Cinema, Cinema) and announcer (Time Machine, Scrabble, Scattergories, The $25,000 Pyramid, The Quiz Kids Challenge, The New Battlestars, Mike Douglas Show, and Thicke of the Night). [37]
February 24 Fred Lozano 67 Television news anchorman, reporter, and journalist, who was a fixture on San Antonio television stations KENS and WOAI-TV from 1977 to 2012 [38]
Eddie Einhorn 80 Founder of TVS Television Network, executive with CBS Sports, and sports promoter; credited with introducing men's college basketball on television to a nationwide audience [39]
February 25 Sam Merrill 55 News anchor for WNEM-TV/Saginaw/Flint, MI since 1990 [40]
Tony Burton 78 American actor (TV works included starring in Frank's Place and an appearance in Gibbsville) [41]
February 27 Bruce Golin 58 Emmy Award-winning Post-production producer (notable work includes Knight Rider, Sliders, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Last Man on Earth, Transparent, Hindsight, and Daredevil) [42]
February 28 George Kennedy 91 American actor, (The Phil Silvers Show, The Asphalt Jungle, Have Gun - Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Dr. Kildare, The Virginian, Sarge, The Blue Knight, Backstairs at the White House, The Love Boat, Dallas and The Young and the Restless) [43]

March

Date Name Age Notability Source
March 1 Lee Reherman 49 Actor, best known as Hawk on American Gladiators; recurring guest role on General Hospital and Guiding Light [44]
March 3 Ralph Baruch 92 Executive with CBS and the first president & chief executive of Viacom [45]
March 4 Bud Collins 86 Boston-based sportswriter and tennis analyst for CBS, NBC, and ESPN [46]
Joey Feek 40 Reality television participant who appeared in season 1 of Can You Duet [47][48]
March 6 Nancy Reagan 94 Former First Lady of the United States to husband Ronald Reagan, actress, author, member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild, and activist against drug and substance abuse with the "Just Say No" campaign (notable work includes Diff'rent Strokes, Dynasty, Zane Grey Theatre, Wagon Train, and The Tall Man) [49]
March 12 James Sheldon 95 Director (several series, notably Mr. Peepers, The Twilight Zone, Batman, and Sanford & Son) [50]
March 15 Sylvia Anderson 88 British television and film producer, writer and voice actress (Thunderbirds, Space: 1999) [51]
March 16 Frank Sinatra, Jr. 72 American singer/songwriter/composer and actor (Family Guy, The Sopranos and Son of the Beach) [52][53]
March 17 Larry Drake 66 Actor, best known for winning two Emmy Awards for playing Benny Stulwicz on L.A. Law [54]
March 18 Joe Santos 84 Actor, best known as Dennis Becker on The Rockford Files. Also roles on The Sopranos, Santa Barbara, Magnum, P.I., Hardcastle and McCormick, a.k.a. Pablo, and Me and Maxx [55]
John Schnabel 96 Goldminer who appeared on the reality show Gold Rush [56]
March 21 Peter Brown 80 American actor (Maverick, Lawman, Cheyenne, Wagon Train, Laredo, The Virginian, One Life to Live, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful) [57]
March 22 David Smyrl 80 American actor, best known as Mr. Handford (owner of Hooper's Store) on Sesame Street from 1990 to 1998, also appeared on numerous episodes of The Cosby Show [58]
Richard Bradford 81 American actor, best known as McGill, the main character in Man in a Suitcase, from 1967 to 1968. He also appeared in a number of TV episodes, including Gunsmoke, The High Chaparral, Mannix, Murder, She Wrote, The Waltons, and a recurring role in Cagney & Lacey, in addition to several feature films. [59]
March 23 Joe Garagiola 90 Former baseball player and announcer for the Arizona Diamondbacks and NBC Sports. Also game show host (He Said, She Said, Memory Game, Sale of the Century, To Tell the Truth, Strike It Rich), guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, panelist on The Today Show and Match Game, and co-host of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show [60]
Ken Howard 71 American actor (Adam's Rib, The Manhunter, The White Shadow, It's Not Easy, Dynasty, The Colbys, Murder, She Wrote, Melrose Place, Crossing Jordan, Cane, The Young and the Restless and 30 Rock) [61]
March 24 Earl Hamner, Jr. 92 American writer and producer, best known as the creator of The Waltons, Apple's Way and Falcon Crest (other credits include The Twilight Zone, Gentle Ben, Nanny and the Professor and Morningstar/Eveningstar) [62]
Garry Shandling 66 Actor and comedian best known as the star of The Larry Sanders Show and It's Garry Shandling's Show, also a regular guest host on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [63]
March 26 Dick Fabian 81 News anchor at WNEM-TV/Saginaw/Flint and radio DJ at WKNX [64]
March 27 Eric Engberg 74 Reporter for WTOP-TV, Group W, and CBS News [65]
Mother Angelica 92 Catholic nun, founder of Eternal Word Television Network and WEWN, and host of EWTN's Mother Angelica Live [66]
Howard Berk 91 American novelist, producer, and television writer (Columbo, Mission: Impossible, The Rockford Files) [67]
March 28 James Noble 94 Actor, best known for the role of Governor Eugene Gatling on Benson [68]
March 29 Patty Duke 69 Actress best known as the star of The Patty Duke Show [69]

April

Date Name Age Notability Source
April 3 Bill Henderson 90 American jazz singer and actor (The Bill Cosby Show, Harry O, Ace Crawford, Private Eye, Dreams)
April 5 Barbara Turner 79 American actress, writer and producer, mother of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh [70]
April 7 Robert Windham 73 Professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer better known by the ring name Blackjack Mulligan [71]
Philip Scheffler 85 American producer, was the senior producing for 60 Minutes from 1980 to 2003. [72]
April 8 Daisy Lewellyn 36 American style expert who appeared on the reality show Blood, Sweat and Heels. Also editor for fashion magazines Essence, InStyle, and Glamour [73]
April 9 Arthur Anderson 93 American actor, best known for voicing Lucky the Leprechuan in Lucky Charms commercials from 1963 to 1992, was also the second voice of Eustace Bagge in Courage the Cowardly Dog [74]
Stacy Fawcett 45 Radio and television personality in the Dallas-Ft. Worth media market, notably as a food critic blogger and host of a cooking segment for WFAA-TV's newscasts. [75]
April 11 Doug Banks 57 American radio and television personality (alumni of WLS-TV/Chicago as a contributor on the station's 190 North, fill in host on NASCAR Now, guest starred on My Wife and Kids) [76][77]
April 12 Anne Jackson 90 American actress [78]
Jon Rechner 44 American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Balls Mahoney, most notably with Extreme Championship Wrestling [79]
April 17 Doris Roberts 90 Actress, best known as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, a role that won her four Emmy Awards. Also won an Emmy for playing Cora on the St. Elsewhere season 1 episode "Cora and Arnie" [80]
April 19 Denise Stewart-Bohn 47 Radio personality (WCXT/Benton Harbor, Michigan) and television reporter (WSBT-TV/South Bend) [81]
Scott Nimerfro 54 American television/film screenwriter and producer (Once Upon a Time, Pushing Daisies) [82]
April 20 Joanie Laurer 45 WWE wrestler and pornographic actress better known as Chyna. Also appeared on 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Surreal Life, and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew [83]
April 21 Prince 57 American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor (notable credits include Muppets Tonight, New Girl and Saturday Night Live) [84]
April 23 Madeleine Sherwood 93 Canadian actress, singer, writer, producer, and Civil Rights activist (notable for playing Mother Superior Placidos in The Flying Nun and daytime roles in Guiding Light, One Life to Live and As the World Turns) [85]
April 27 Philip Kives 87 Canadian businessman, founder of K-Tel and a pioneer of the Infomercial concept who coined the term "As seen on TV" [86]
April 30 Peter Thomas 91 Voice over narrator/announcer, best known for Forensic Files, Nova and numerous commercials [87]

May

Date Name Age Notability Source
May 6 Rickey E. Smith Jr. 36 American reality television participant and singer who competed in season 2 of American Idol [88]
May 8 Mike Fleming 74 Conservative television/radio journalist and host in the Memphis media market [89]
William Schallert 93 American character actor, best known for playing patriarch Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show [90]
Reg Grundy 92 Australian television producer, creator, and syndicator, known for creating American game shows (Scrabble), adapting American programs to international viewers (Sale of the Century), and bringing Australian shows to the United States via his syndication company (Prisoner:Cell Block H and Neighbours) [91]
May 12 Julius La Rosa 86 Italian-American singer, actor, and television/radio personality (notable for being a regular on Arthur Godfrey and His Friends, the host of The Julius La Rosa Show, a recurring role on Another World, and a frequent contributor to the Labor Day telethon) [92]
May 19 Morley Safer 84 Canadian-American television and radio journalist, reporter, and author, who was a mainstay at CBS News for 61 years, including 46 as co-host of 60 Minutes [93]
Rosemary Gernette 81 Television personality and talk show host at WISN-TV/Milwaukee, and an alumnus of WSAU/Wausau, Wisconsin [94][95]
Alan Young 96 Actor, best known as Wilbur Post on Mister Ed and the voice of Scrooge McDuck on DuckTales and host of The Alan Young Show [96]
May 23 Joe Fleishaker 62 Actor best known for his work with Troma Entertainment. Also appeared in numerous skits on Late Show with David Letterman [97]
May 24 Buck Kartalian 93 American actor (My Favorite Martian, Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm) [98]
May 27 Michael Dann 94 Television executive (VP/Programming for CBS, 1963–1970) [99]
May 31 Jan Crouch 78 Co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network and founder of Smile of a Child TV; co-host of TBN's flagship programs Praise the Lord and Behind the Scenes [100]

June

Date Name Age Notability Source
June 3 Muhammad Ali 74 American boxer, Olympic Gold medalist, author, actor, sports commentator, and activist (notable credits include Freedom Road, the titular character in the 1977 NBC animated series, I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali, Diff'rent Strokes, and numerous sports programs, as well as commercial work for Coca-Cola and D-Con) [101]
June 6 Theresa Saldana 61 Actress, best known as Rachel Scali on The Commish [102]
June 10 Christina Grimmie 22 Reality television participant who appeared in season 6 of The Voice [103]
June 12 Janet Waldo 96 Voice actress, best known as Judy Jetson on The Jetsons [104]
Michu Meszaros 76 Hungarian-born American circus performer, stuntman, and actor, best known for performing in costume as ALF in several first-season episodes of the TV series of the same name [105]
June 14 Ronnie Claire Edwards 83 American film and television character actress, best known as Corabeth Walton Godsey on The Waltons [106]
Ann Morgan Guilbert 87 American character actress, best known as Millie Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Grandma Yetta on The Nanny [107]
June 17 Ron Lester 45 Actor, best known as Michael 'Sugar Daddy' Bernardino on Popular [108]
Mary Ann King 82 Television actress and educator, known to Los Angeles viewers as "Miss Mary Ann" on Romper Room during its run on KCOP-TV [109]
June 18 Alejandro Fuentes 45 American singer who competed in La Voz... México [110]
June 19 Anton Yelchin 27 Russian actor (Trollhunters, Huff, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) [111]

July

Date Name Age Notability Source
July 3 Noel Neill 95 American actress best known for her role of Lois Lane in Adventures of Superman from 1953 to 1958 [112]
July 6 John McMartin 86 American actor (As the World Turns, East Side/West Side, Premiere, Hawaii Five-O, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Magnum, P.I., The Golden Girls, Lincoln, Beauty and the Beast, Murder, She Wrote, Coach, Touched by an Angel, Oz, Further Tales of the City and Law & Order) [113]
July 19 Garry Marshall 81 American TV producer, writer and director (creator/executive producer of Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, Blansky's Beauties, Who's Watching the Kids?, Joanie Loves Chachi, Hey, Landlord, and Angie; writer on Tonight Starring Jack Paar, The Danny Thomas Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Lucy Show; executive producer of The Odd Couple and The New Odd Couple). [114]
July 26 Youree Dell Harris 53 Actress best known as "Miss Cleo", the spokeswoman for the Psychic Readers Network from 1997 to 2003. [115]
July 27 Jerry Doyle 60 Actor (most notably Michael Garibaldi on Babylon 5) and radio personality [116]
July 30 Dave Schwartz 63 On-camera meteorologist for The Weather Channel [117]
Gloria DeHaven 91 American film/television actress, singer, and personality (credits includes regular roles on Ryan's Hope, As the World Turns, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and Nakia; guest starring and supporting roles in Robert Montgomery Presents, Appointment with Adventure, The Guy Mitchell Show, Johnny Ringo, The Rifleman, Wagon Train, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Marcus Welby, M.D., Gunsmoke, Mannix, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, Mama's Family, Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, and Touched by an Angel; Host of Prize Movie at WABC-TV/New York City, and original co-host of WBAY-TV/Green Bay's annual United Cerebral Palsy telethon) [118]

August

Date Name Age Notability Source
August 3 Blake Krikorian 48 Entrepreneur and co-founder of the Slingbox TV streaming media service [119]
August 7 Sagan Lewis 63 Actress, best known as Dr. Jacqueline Wade on St. Elsewhere [120]
August 9 W. Carter Merbreier 90 Children's television host of WPVI-TV's Captain Noah and His Magical Ark [121]
Barry Jenner 75 Actor, best known as Admiral William Ross on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and recurring roles on Dallas, Family Matters, Knots Landing, and several others [122]
August 10 John Saunders 61 Longtime sportscaster and host for ESPN's The Sports Reporters [123]
August 13 Kenny Baker 81 English actor, best known as the voice and operator of R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise. Also appeared in The Adventure Game, Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Man of the World, and Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader [124]
August 14 Fyvush Finkel 93 Actor, best known as Douglas Wambaugh on Picket Fences (which won him an Emmy Award) and Harvey Lipschultz on Boston Public [125]
August 15 Dick Assman 82 Canadian gas station attendant famous for his one-month run as a correspondent on the Late Show with David Letterman in 1995 [126]
August 16 John McLaughlin 89 Host of the long running political talk show The McLaughlin Group as well as John McLaughlin's One on One, McLaughlin, and McLaughlin Special Report [127]
August 19 Lou Pearlman 62 American businessman, record executive, and manager (co-creator/producer of Making the Band, which launched the career of O-Town) [128]
Jack Riley 80 American actor and comedian, probably best known as Elliot Carlin in The Bob Newhart Show and the voice of Stu Pickles in Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!. Other roles include Occasional Wife, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Hogan's Heroes, The Red Skelton Show, Romance Theatre, Diff'rent Strokes, Roxie, Night Court, Son of the Beach and the voice of Country Crock spread commercials. [129]
August 23 Steven Hill 94 Actor, best known as District Attorney Adam Schiff on Law & Order and Dan Briggs on Mission: Impossible [130]
August 25 Marvin Kaplan 89 American character actor and comedian, best known as the voice of Choo Choo in Top Cat and Henry Bessaymer on Alice [131]
August 27 Joy Browne 71 Psychologist who hosted two short-lived television shows, one for syndication (1999–2000) and another for Discovery Health [132]
August 28 Harry Fujiwara 82 Hawaiian born Japanese-American wrestler and manager, known to WWE fans as Mr. Fuji and an inductee of the 2007 WWE Hall of Fame [133]
August 29 Gene Wilder 83 American film/television actor, singer, director, writer, author, and producer (TV credits include the lead role in Something Wilder and an Emmy Award for guest-starring in Will & Grace) [134]

September

Date Name Age Notability Source
September 1 Jon Polito 65 Character and voice actor with over 200 credits in film, television (Homicide: Life on the Street, Crime Story) and video games [135]
September 5 Hugh O'Brian 91 Film and television actor. Starred in the 1955–61 western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and the 1972–73 action series Search. [136]
September 8 Brenda Knox 59 Transgender entertainer and author who performed as The Lady Chablis (appeared in Bizarre Foods America and Real Housewives of Atlanta), guest starring on All My Children, One Life to Live, and Santa Barbara [137]
Eric Von Broadley 58 Television and radio journalist, personality, and publisher in the Milwaukee media market (alumnus of WISN-TV/Milwaukee) [138][139]
September 10 Eddie Antar 68 Founder of the New York City-based Crazy Eddie electronics chain (famous for the commercial catchphrase "Crazy Eddie's Prices Are So Low They're Insane!") [140]
September 11 Alexis Arquette 47 American transgender entertainer, LGBT activist, and reality television personality (The Surreal Life) [141]
September 16 Tom Torbjornsen 60 American auto repairman, hosted and created America's Car Show for WBBZ-TV and was a contributor for WIVB-TV [142]
September 17 C. Martin Croker 54 American animator and voice actor (roles including Zorak and Moltar on Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Dr. Weird on Aqua Teen Hunger Force) [143]
September 21 Richard D. Trentlage 87 Advertising composer who wrote several commercial jingles, most notably "The Oscar Mayer Wiener Song". [144]
September 24 Bill Nunn 63 Actor (TV roles include Cash Clay on Sirens and Terrance Phillips on The Job) [145]
September 25 Arnold Palmer 87 Professional golfer and co-founder of Golf Channel [146]
Kashif 59 American musician/songwriter/composer, who also produced music for television commercials and specials [147]
September 28 Gary Glasberg 50 Producer/writer (several shows, most notably NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans) [148]
Agnes Nixon 93 Writer and producer (head writer of Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and Search for Tomorrow; creator of ABC dramas Loving/The City, All My Children and One Life to Live) [149]

October

Date Name Age Notability Source
October 1 Ed Hinshaw 76 Anchorman, reporter, commentator, and news director at WTMJ-TV Milwaukee, and later named VP/Human Resources for parent company Journal Communications; alumnus of WRC-TV/Washington, D.C., KSTP-TV/Minneapolis-St. Paul, and KCJB/Minot, North Dakota [150]
October 11 Patricia Barry 93 Actress (most notably on the soap operas Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and All My Children; guest starring on Another World, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, As the World Turns, and General Hospital) [151]
October 12 Thomas Mikal Ford 52 Actor, best known as Tommy Strawn on Martin [152]
October 18 Anthony Addabbo 56 Actor and model, best known as Jim Lemay on Guiding Light [153]
October 21 Jean Gagné 69 Professional wrestler and manager, best known as Frenchy Martin in the World Wrestling Federation [154]
Kevin Meaney 60 Comedian (appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show and Late Show) and actor (the 1990 version of Uncle Buck) [155]
October 25 Kevin Curran 59 Writer/producer (most noted for work on The Simpsons, Late Night with David Letterman, and Married... with Children) [156]
October 27 John Zacherle 98 TV host and voice actor, best known for Shock Theater on WCAU from 1957 to 1958 and Zacherley at Large on WABC-TV from 1959 to 1960 [157]
October 28 Ron Grant 72 Composer (Knots Landing and Tiny Toon Adventures) [158]
October 29 Norman Brokaw 89 Talent agent, and later chairman, president and CEO of the William Morris Agency who helped create the series My Little Margie, The Public Defender, Racket Squad and Mr. and Mrs. North, and represented the producers of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Andy Griffith Show, as well as numerous actors including Marilyn Monroe, Bill Cosby, Elvis Presley, Warren Beatty, and Clint Eastwood. [159]
October 30 Tammy Grimes 82 Actress and singer (star of The Tammy Grimes Show, guest spot on The Play of the Week episode Archy and Mehitabel) [160]
Don Marshall 80 American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, notable for playing Dan Erickson on Land of The Giants [161]

November

Date Name Age Notability Source
November 2 Max Alexander 63 American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. (Full House, Out of This World, Matlock, Doogie Howser, M.D., Pearl, The Practice, Hang Time, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, My Wife and Kids and Paul Cruz: Latin Actor (A Mockuseries) [162]
November 7 Janet Reno 78 Lawyer who served as the first female U.S. Attorney General (TV work includes cameos on Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons and a Super Bowl XLI commercial) [163]
November 11 Robert Vaughn 83 American actor, best known for playing Napoleon Solo on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [164]
Claire Labine 82 American writer and producer, co-created Ryan's Hope, served as script writer and later co-head writer for Where the Heart Is and co-writer for Love of Life; Also served as head writer for General Hospital (1993–1996), One Life to Live (1996–1998) and Guiding Light (2000–2001) [165]
November 14 Gwen Ifill 61 Journalist and anchor of PBS' NewsHour and Washington Week [166]
November 24 Colonel Abrams 67 American Dance musician (appeared on Soul Train, Video Soul and Showtime at the Apollo) [167]
Florence Henderson 82 American television/film/stage actress/singer, voice actress, talk show host, pitch woman, cook, reality television participant, and author, best known for her iconic role as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch and its related franchise spin-offs; also an alumnus of Today as both a "Today Girl" and co-host (including Later Today), commercial work for Wesson Oil, part of The Surreal Life, competed on season 11 of Dancing with the Stars, and hosted programs on TNN and Retirement Living TV. [168]
November 25 Ron Glass 71 American television, film, and voice actor, best known for playing Detective Harris on Barney Miller, Felix Unger in The New Odd Couple, and Derrial Book in Firefly [169]
November 26 Fritz Weaver 90 American television, film, and stage actor, best known for his Emmy-nominated role in Holocaust [170]
November 28 Grant Tinker 90 Television producer and executive (co-founder, with former wife Mary Tyler Moore, of MTM Enterprises; Chairman/CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986) [171]
Van Williams 82 American actor (Bourbon Street Beat, Surfside 6, The Green Hornet) [172]
November 29 Robert Bennett 89 Television executive (founding GM of WCVB-TV/Boston; president of Metromedia) [173]
Keo Woolford 49 American actor, producer and screenwriter (portrayed Det. James Chang on Hawaii Five-0) [174]

December

Date Name Age Notability Source
December 2 Billy Chapin 74 Actor (guest spots on several shows, most notably Dragnet, Lux Video Theater, and Waterfront) [175]
December 4 Margaret Whitton 67 Actress (One Life to Live, The Doctors, Hometown, A Fine Romance, Good & Evil) [176]
December 6 Peter Vaughan 93 British actor, best known for playing Maester Aemon on Game of Thrones [177]
December 8 John Glenn 95 American astronaut, aviator, politician, and businessman (Appeared as a game show contestant and winner on Name That Tune and as himself on Frasier) [178][179]
Joseph Mascolo 87 Italian-American actor and musician, best known for playing Stefano DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 2000 and 2007 to 2016, and Massimo Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful from 2001 to 2006. Other roles include Domino (Nicholas Van Buren) on General Hospital, Carlos Alvarez on Santa Barbara, supporting roles in Where the Heart Is and From These Roots, and guest starring roles on All in the Family, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Lou Grant and The Rockford Files. [180]
December 12 Tom Moffatt 85 Television/radio personality and concert promoter who was as a fixture in the Honolulu media market as host of music shows at KHVH and KHON, and served as concert coordinator/producer for Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii [181][182]
December 13 Alan Thicke 69 Actor, best known as Dr. Jason Seaver on Growing Pains. Also reality show star (Unusually Thicke), theme song composer and singer (The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, and several game shows), and talk show host (The Alan Thicke Show and Thicke of the Night). Father of singer Robin Thicke. [183]
December 14 Bernard Fox 89 Welsh character actor/magician, famous for portraying Dr. Hubert Bombay in Bewitched, Tabitha, and Passions, and Colonel Crittendon on Hogan's Heroes. Other credits include Pee-Wee's Playhouse, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Knight Rider, Murder, She Wrote, F Troop, Columbo, and M*A*S*H [184]
December 15 Craig Sager 65 Sportscaster and reporter for Turner Sports, best known as the sideline reporter on NBA on TNT [185]
December 17 Guillermo Benites 75 Argentine-born American news anchor for Univision [186]
December 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor 99 Hungarian-born American actress, singer, personality, and socialite (TV credits include guest spots on Gilligan's Island, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Hart to Hart, Jukebox Jury, Batman, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, and Playhouse 90) [187]
Gordie Tapp 94 Canadian entertainer, notable for being a cast member of Hee Haw from 1969 to 1988 [188]
December 19 Dick Latessa 87 American actor [189]
December 20 Lisa Tedesco 59 Radio and television personality in the Boston and Memphis media market (known on-air as Lisa Lipps), who also wrote the 1982 single "General Hosp-Tale," a parody on General Hospital for the Afternoon Delights [190]
December 21 Valerie Fairman 23 Reality television personality who was featured in 16 and Pregnant [191]
December 25 George Michael 53 Grammy Award-winning musician/songwriter, and former member of Wham! (appeared as a recurring regular in Eli Stone; guest credits include American Bandstand, American Idol and Solid Gold) [192]
December 26 Ricky Harris 54 American actor and comedian (Everybody Hates Chris) [193]
George S. Irving 94 American stage/film/television actor, notable for being the voice of the narrator on Underdog and the Heat Miser in The Year Without Santa Claus [194]
December 27 Carrie Fisher 60 American actress, best known for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise. (TV credits include a regular role in Castastrophe, guest hosting Saturday Night Live, guest starring on Laverne & Shirley and 30 Rock, and voice work on Family Guy) [195]
December 28 Debbie Reynolds 84 American actress, singer, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author, as well as the mother of Carrie Fisher (notable TV credits include starring in her own self-titled television series and Aloha Paradise, the Halloweentown film series, Will & Grace, Madame's Place, and The Love Boat) [196]
Barbara Tarbuck 74 American actress (Dallas, Quincy M.E., Cagney & Lacey, Falcon Crest, Santa Barbara, NYPD Blue, General Hospital and American Horror Story) [197]
December 31 William Christopher 84 American actor, notable for playing Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H and AfterMASH [198]
Daniel Kay, Jr. 40 Reality television participant who appeared in season 17 of Survivor [199]

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