December 28, 200520 yr Here is a list of the most recognizable people that passed away this year: Feel free to add on any prominent names January: Will Eisner - Comic Book Pioneer - created "The Spirit" Spencer Dryden - member of Jefferson Airplane Johnny Carson - King of Late Night February: John Vernon - Actor / "Animal House" Ossie Davis - Actor Arthur Miller - Playwright Sandra Dee - Actress Dan O'Herlihy - Actor / "Robocop" movies John Raitt - Actor / Father of Bonnie Raitt Hunter S. Thompson - Writer March: Chris Ledoux - Country singer John DeLorean - Car Manufacturer Barney Martin - Actor / Jerry Seinfeld's TV Dad Johnny Cochrane - Lawyer Mitch Hedberg - Comedian Frank Perdue - Chicken Entrepreneur April: Pope John Paul II Saul Bellow - Author Dale "Dalia" Messick - Cartoonist / Created Brenda Starr Prince Rainier - Monarch of Monaco Johnnie Johnson - Musician / Collaborated with Chuck Berry to develope rock 'n roll sound - Song "Johnny B. Goode" written for him May: Frank Gorshin - Actor / "Batman's" Riddler Eddie Albert - Actor / "Green Acres" June: George Mikan - NBA player / Responsible for NBA adopting 24 second rule and goaltending Anne Bancroft - Actress / Mel Brooks' wife / Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" Dana Elcar - Actor / "MacGyver" John Fiedler - Actor / voice of "Piglet" on "Winnie The Pooh" July: Renaldo Benson - Member of Four Tops Luther Vandross - Singer Hank Stram - Former Kansas City Chiefs Coach James Stockdale - Ross Perot's running mate James Doohan - Actor / "Star Trek" - 'Mr. Scott, the word is given: Warp Speed' Pat McCormick - Actor / "Smokey and the Bandit" films August: Peter Jennings - ABC newsanchor Barbara Del Geddes - Actress / "Dallas" Robert Moog - Inventor of the synthesizer Brock Peters - Actor / Admiral Cartright "Star Trek IV & VI" & Grandpa Sisko on "Deep Space 9" September: Bob Denver - Actor / "Gilligan's Island" & "Dobie Gillis" William Rehnquist - Chief Justice of Supreme Court Robert Wise - Director / "West Side Story" "Sound Of Music" "Star Trek: Motion Picture" "Day The Earth Stood Still" Tommy Bond - Child Actor / Butch from "Little Rascals Don Adams - Actor / "Get Smart" "Inspector Gadget" October: Nipsey Russell - Actor & Comedian / "Match Game" "Hollywood Squares" Charles Rocket - Actor & Comedian / "Saturday Night Live" Louis Nye - Actor / "Jackie Gleason Show" "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Shirley Horn - Jazz singer Rosa Parks - Civil Rights Leader Wellington Mara - Former owner of NFL New York Giants Al Lopez - Former MLB HOFer November: Sheree North - Actress / "Mary Tyler Moore SHow" Kramer's mom on "Seinfeld" Ralph Edwards - TV Host / "This Is Your Life" Pat Morita - Actor / "Happy Days" "Karate Kid" movies Stan Berenstein - Author / "Berenstein Bears" Wendie Jo Sperber - Actress / "Bosom Buddies" "Back to the Future" December: Jack Colvin - Actor / Mr. McGee on "Incredible Hulk" Richard Pryor - Actor & Comedian John Spencer - Actor / "West Wing" Michael Vale - Actor / "Dunkin Donuts" guy Vincent Schiavelli - Actor / "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
December 28, 200520 yr Vincent Schiavelli - Actor / "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" ...who does he play??
December 28, 200520 yr Author Vincent Schiavelli - Actor / "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" ...who does he play?? THe Science teacher "Mr. Fargus" - took the class to see cadavers on the field trip, switched to De-Caf
December 28, 200520 yr May - Thurl Ravenscroft (voice of Frosted Flakes' Tony the Tiger) Henry Corden (second voice of Fred Flintstone, 1977-2005) June - Paul Winchell (Ventriloquist, voice of "Tigger", creator of one of the first artificial hearts) Not the best year if you are a voice actor...
December 28, 200520 yr May - Thurl Ravenscroft (voice of Frosted Flakes' Tony the Tiger) That's not all he was famous for. He worked with Disney a lot, the Haunted Mansion in the Disney parks being just one of the projects he participated in. He also sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He was awesome. It was really sad to see such a great Disney legend like him go. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712391/
December 28, 200520 yr Author It seems as if in the last few years a lot of entertainers I grew up with as a kid are all going...
December 28, 200520 yr Joe Ranft - Died in August He was also a voice actor and worked with Disney/Pixar. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710020/
December 28, 200520 yr Wow... Johnny died in January? It almost seems like yesterday. November: Michael Piller - Writer/Producer of "Star Trek: TNG" and "DS9" (Co-creator), among other things; the man mostly responsible for the success the franchise in the 90s, as far as I'm concerned.
December 28, 200520 yr Author Wow... Johnny died in January? It almost seems like yesterday. November: Michael Piller - Writer/Producer of "Star Trek: TNG" and "DS9" (Co-creator), among other things; the man mostly responsible for the success the franchise in the 90s, as far as I'm concerned. Dead Zone too Rick Berman almost destroyed everything Piller did
December 28, 200520 yr Vincent Schiavelli - Actor / "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" ...who does he play?? THe Science teacher "Mr. Fargus" - took the class to see cadavers on the field trip, switched to De-Caf wow holy crap.
January 1, 200620 yr Dec. 31st - Patrick Cranshaw - Actor / "Old School" Was that the really old dude who did the wrestling scene?
January 1, 200620 yr Dec. 31st - Patrick Cranshaw - Actor / "Old School" Was that the really old dude who did the wrestling scene? Aww, he was awesome!
January 2, 200620 yr Don Adams... Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 at CONTROL... such a funny show, so sad to see him pass Carson too.
January 2, 200620 yr We lost Bradcore in November, but he came back sometime in late December, apparently.
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