Movie, TV and music fans are remembering notable figures who have died since the start of 2024. “Beverly Hills 90210” star Shannen Doherty, “Bob Newhart Show” star Bob Newhart, “An Officer and a Gentleman” Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr., “Alice” star Linda Lavin, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor Richard Lewis, “Starsky and Hutch” star David Soul and “Honeymooners” star Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie, are among celebrities from the world of television who have died.
In film, cinephiles are remembering actor Donald Sutherland, actor James Earl Jones, “Romeo and Juliet” star Olivia Hussey, producer Roger Corman, “Chinatown” screenwriter Robert Towne, “Moonstruck” director Norman Jewison, “Harry Potter” star Maggie Smith and “The Shining” star Shelley Duvall.
Music stars we lost this year include Quincy Jones, Liam Payne, Kris Kristofferson, Toby Keith, Steve Lawrence and Phil Lesh.
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Linda Lavin
![Linda Lavin at the "No Good Deed" Los Angeles Premiere at Tudum Theater on December 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Variety via Getty Images Linda Lavin, star of CBS’ long-running sitcom “Alice” and a Tony winner for Neil Simon’s play “Broadway Bound” who remained active in TV and on stage, died Dec. 29. She was 87.
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Jimmy Carter
![(Original Caption) 3/24/1979-Elk City, Oklahoma: President Jimmy Carter addressing a town meeting. American flag is hung in background.]()
Image Credit: Bettmann Archive Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who may have left an even greater legacy with his efforts in his post-White House years, in which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in resolving international conflicts, died Dec. 29. He was 100.
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Olivia Hussey
![ROMEO AND JULIET, Olivia Hussey, 1968]()
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Olivia Hussey Eisley, the British-Argentine actor who shot to fame as a teenager starring as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the slasher classic “Black Christmas” and the 1978 “Death on the Nile,” died Dec. 27. She was 73.
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Michael Cole
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Image Credit: Getty Michael Cole, who played Pete Cochran, one of the three hip young cops on “The Mod Squad,” died Dec. 10. He was 84.
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Chuck Woolery
![BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 19: TV host Chuck Woolery attends the WE tv presents "The Evolution of The Relationship Reality Show" at The Paley Center for Media on March 19, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Chuck Woolery, the veteran game show host who gained fame as the original emcee behind “Wheel of Fortune” and later as the face of the popular syndicated dating show “Love Connection,” died Nov. 23. He was 83.
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Tony Todd
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Image Credit: Everett Collection Tony Todd, an American actor known for leading the “Candyman” horror franchise as its eponymous hook-wielding ghost, died Nov. 6 at his home in Marina Del Rey, Calif. He was 69.
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Quincy Jones
![NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: Music Producer and documentary subject Quincy Jones from "Keep On Keepin' On" poses for a portrait at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Getty Images Studio on April 18, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)]()
Image Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival Quincy Jones, who distinguished himself over the course of a 70-year career in music as an artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer, died Nov. 3. He was 91.
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Teri Garr
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Image Credit: Getty Teri Garr, the comic actress and singer who brought her buoyant personality to “Young Frankenstein” and was Oscar-nominated for “Tootsie,” died Oct. 29 in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was 79.
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Phil Lesh
![Phil Lesh of The Dead performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 16, 2009 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Bassist Phil Lesh, whose dense, inventive playing powered the Grateful Dead and, following the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry Garcia, many of the San Francisco band’s touring reincarnations, died Friday. He was 84.
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Liam Payne
![NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Liam Payne of One Direction performs onstage during Z100's Jingle Ball 2012, presented by Aeropostale, at Madison Square Garden on December 7, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Kane/Getty Images for Jingle Ball 2012)]()
Image Credit: Kevin Kane Liam Payne, one of the five members of the “The X Factor”-bred boy band One Direction, died Oct. 16 at the age of 31. The singer died after falling three floors from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Kris Kristofferson
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Image Credit: Mary Ellen Mark Kris Kristofferson, who attained success as both a groundbreaking country music singer-songwriter and a Hollywood film and TV star, died Sept. 28 at home in Maui, Hawaii. He was 88.
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Maggie Smith
![LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Maggie Smith attends the EE British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House on February 14, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images British stage and screen actress Maggie Smith, the “Downton Abbey” and “Harry Potter” star who numbers two Oscars, three Emmys and countless stage awards to her credit, died Sept. 27 in London. She was 89.
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James Earl Jones
![SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Actor James Earl Jones poses for a photo during a "Driving Miss Daisy" photo call on on January 7, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was most widely known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Sept. 9 at his home in Dutchess County, N.Y., his rep confirmed to Variety. He was 93.
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Alain Delon
![CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 19: Alain Delon attends the screening of "A Hidden Life (Une Vie Cachée)" during the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2019 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Alain Delon, the French actor most famous for his roles in the films of New Wave director Jean-Pierre Melville, especially “Le Samourai,” died Aug. 18. He was 88.
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Bob Newhart
![BOB, Bob Newhart, 1992-93. ph: Jeff Katz / TV Guide / ©CBS / courtesy Everett Collection]()
Image Credit: ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection Bob Newhart, the genteel but sharply satirical comic whose TV series “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart” were huge hits throughout the 1970s and ’80s, died July 18.
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Shannen Doherty
![CHARMED, Shannen Doherty, 1999, 1998-2006. ph: Richard Cartwright /© The WB Television Network / Courtesy Everett Collection]()
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Shannen Doherty, known for her roles on the wildly popular series “Beverly Hills, 90210” and on the witchcraft fantasy “Charmed,” died July 13.
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Richard Simmons
![LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 02: Richard Simmons attends the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's 24th Annual "A Time For Heroes" at Century Park on June 2, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for EGPAF)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images for EGPAF Richard Simmons, the energetic, frizzy-haired TV personality and fitness coach who made exercise accessible to millions and then became reclusive in recent years, died July 13.
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer
![PASADENA, CA - FEBRUARY 11: Dr. Ruth Westheimer of 'Ask Dr. Ruth' speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel during the Winter TCA 2019 on February 11, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Hulu)]()
Image Credit: (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Hulu) Ruth Westheimer, who brought frank talk about sex into America’s living rooms for the first time as radio and television talk show host Dr. Ruth, died July 12.
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Shelley Duvall
![3 WOMEN, (aka THREE WOMEN), Shelley Duvall, 1977, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.]()
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Shelley Duvall, the big-eyed, waifish performer who won the Cannes actress award for Robert Altman‘s “3 Women” and endured Stanley Kubrick’s intense directing techniques to star in “The Shining,” died of diabetes complications on July 11.
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Robert Towne
![LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 25: Producer Robert Towne attends the AMC celebration of the final 7 episodes of "Mad Men" with the Black & Red Ball at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on March 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, died July 1.
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Martin Mull
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Image Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Martin Mull, the comic musician and actor who started with 1970s TV series “Fernwood 2 Night” and went on to appear as Colonel Mustard in “Clue” and on “Arrested Development” and “Roseanne,” died June 27.
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Donald Sutherland
![INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Donald Sutherland, 1978]()
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “MASH” and “Hunger Games” star Donald Sutherland died June 20.
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Anouk Aimee
![French film actress Anouk Aimée whose award winning film 'Un Homme et une femme' is due to open in London, 16th January 1967. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images French film actress Anouk Aimée died June 18.
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Johnny Wactor
![PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 29: Actor Johnny Wactor is seen in Old City on October 29, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)]()
Image Credit: GC Images Johnny Wactor, an actor best known for his role as Brando Corbin in “General Hospital,” was shot and killed during a suspected catalytic converter theft attempt in downtown L.A. on May 25. He was 37.
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Morgan Spurlock
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Image Credit: Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com “Super Size Me” director Morgan Spurlock died May 23.
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Dabney Coleman
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Image Credit: Getty Dabney Coleman, who starred in “9 to 5” and “Boardwalk Empire,” died May 16.
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Roger Corman
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Image Credit: Jared Cowan/American Cinematheque Roger Corman, prolific director and producer of hundreds of B-movies, died May 9.
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O.J. Simpson
![LOVELOCK, NV - JULY 20: O.J. Simpson attends his parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada. Simpson is serving a nine to 33 year prison term for a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping conviction. (Photo by Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images O.J. Simpson, football star and actor who was found liable in the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, died April 10.
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Barbara Rush
![HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 11: Special Guest Barbara Rush attends The 30th Anniversary Screening of "When Harry Met Sally…" Opening Night at the 2019 10th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival on April 11, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for TCM)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images for TCM Barbara Rush, who won a Golden Globe for most promising newcomer in “It Came From Outer Space” and went on to appear in “Peyton Place” and many other movies and TV shows, died March 31.
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Chance Perdomo
![LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 22: Chance Perdomo attends the "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" UK Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on June 22, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Chance Perdomo, who starred in the television series “Gen V” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” died March 30 as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was 27.
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Louis Gossett Jr.
![AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, Louis Gossett Jr., 1982. © Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection]()
Image Credit: ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Louis Gossett Jr., who won a supporting actor Oscar for playing the hard-as-nails drill instructor in 1982’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” a few years after winning an Emmy for his role as the cunning Fiddler in “Roots,” died March 29. He was 87.
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Eric Carmen
![ATLANTA - NOVEMBER 10: American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist Eric Carmen, former member of The Raspberries, performs at Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom on November 10, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Photo by Tom Hill/WireImage)]()
Image Credit: WireImage Eric Carmen, who became an icon of early ’70s power pop as the frontman of the Raspberries before achieving solo success with hits like “All By Myself” and “Hungry Eyes,” over the weekend of March 12.
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Steve Lawrence
![STEVE AND EYDIE?ON STAGE -- Pictured: (l-r) Husband and wife singers Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme -- (Photo by: Paul W. Bailey/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Steve Lawrence, a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the ’50s and ’60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died March 7 at age 88.
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Richard Lewis
![HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 06: Actor/comedian Richard Lewis attends AFI's 41st Life Achievement Award Tribute to Mel Brooks at Dolby Theatre on June 6, 2013 in Hollywood, California. 23647_006_JK_0006.JPG (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for AFI)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images for AFI Richard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died Feb. 28. He was 76.
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Toby Keith
![NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 08: Toby Keith performs onstage for the BMI Icon Award during the 2022 BMI Country Awards at BMI on November 08, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for BMI)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images for BMI Toby Keith, the country singer who scored the genre’s most-played song of the ’90s with “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” died on Feb. 5. He was 62.
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Chita Rivera
![Chita Rivera at arrivals for 72nd Annual Tony Awards - Arrivals, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY June 10, 2018. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection]()
Image Credit: Everett Collection Broadway legend Chita Rivera, a two-time Tony winner who received eight additional nominations, died Jan 30. She was 91.
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Carl Weathers
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Image Credit: Getty Images Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four “Rocky” films opposite Sylvester Stallone, died Feb. 1. He was 76.
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Melanie
![American singer and songwriter Melanie Safka posed on 20th March 1971. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Hulton Archive Melanie, the singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had major pop hits with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” in the early ’70s, died Jan. 23 at age 76.
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Norman Jewison
![(Original Caption) An American New Waver: Actors big and small get the same attention from Director Jewison. Stewart Wallace, in his film debut, is here told what is to be done before filming a scene from the Academy Award winning In The Heat Of The Night.]()
Image Credit: Bettmann Archive Oscar-nominated film director and producer Norman Jewison, who steered the 1967 racial drama “In the Heat of the Night” to a best picture Oscar and also helmed such popular films as “Moonstruck,” “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” and “The Thomas Crown Affair,” as well as film musicals “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,” died Jan. 20 at his Los Angeles residence. He was 97.
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Mary Weiss (center)
![Three members of the singing group the Shangri-Las (previously the Bon Bons) on a visit to London. Extreme left and right sisters Margie and Mary Anne Ganser (1947 - 1971) and in the centre Mary Weiss whose sister Betty the fourth member of the group stayed at home in the USA because of illness. (Photo by Ron Case/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Mary Weiss, the lead singer and focal point of the Shangri-Las — one of the truly legendary girl groups of the early 1960s, with hits like “Leader of the Pack,” “Great Big Kiss,” “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” and “Heaven Only Knows” — died Jan. 19.
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Joyce Randolph
![NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Actress Joyce Randolph attends the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on the classic sitcom “The Honeymooners,” and was the last surviving member of the cast, died Jan. 13 in New York City. She was 99.
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Alec Musser
![NEW YORK - JUNE 23: Alec Musser attends the premiere of "Grown Ups" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on June 23, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Alec Musser, an actor known for “All My Children” and the 2010 comedy film “Grown Ups,” died Jan. 12 in Del Mar, Calif. He was 50.
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Bill Hayes
![Days of Our Lives Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes]()
Image Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC Bill Hayes, a longtime star of the NBC soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” died Jan. 12 at the age of 98.
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Cindy Morgan
![LOS ANGELES - 1982: Actress Cindy Morgan poses for a portrait in 1982 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Getty Images Cindy Morgan, the actor best known for playing Lacey Underall in “Caddyshack” and Lora/Yori in Disney’s original “Tron” film, died in December 2023, and her death was announced in 2024. She was 69.
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Glynis Johns
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Image Credit: Everett Collection English actor Glynis Johns, who played the daffy suffragette mother Mrs. Banks in “Mary Poppins,” died Jan. 4 at an assisted living home in Los Angeles. She was 100.
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David Soul
![American actor David Soul (Photo by Eric Fougere/Sygma via Getty Images)]()
Image Credit: Sygma via Getty Images David Soul, who starred as Sergeant Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson in the TV series “Starsky & Hutch,” died Jan. 4, his wife announced on his website. He was 80.
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