# 2015 deaths in American television

Please limit the "Notability" field to examples of the deceased's notable TV work. "Notability" does not have to be a comprehensive list of the deceased's work, just a new noteworthy examples of their service in the field of television or TV broadcasting, or how their work was featured on television. The following deaths of notable individuals related to American television occurred in 2015.

## January

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| January 1 | Donna Douglas | 82 | Actress, singer, and children's book author, best known as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (other credits include playing the key character in The Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder", Love, American Style, Hee Haw and The Nanny) |
| January 2 | Robert Magruder | 82 | American actor and television/radio voiceover personality, known for his narration of the filmed investigations on Cheaters |
| January 4 | Stuart Scott | 49 | ESPN personality (anchor of SportsCenter, studio host for NFL and NBA coverage on both ESPN and ABC) |
| January 8 | Patsy Garrett | 93 | American actress |
| January 8 | Rod Taylor | 84 | Australian-born American actor (Credits include Hong Kong, Bearcats!, and The Oregon Trail) |
| January 9 | Bud Paxson | 80 | American radio and television owner and executive (founder of WNYP-TV/Jamestown, New York, Home Shopping Network, Paxson Communications and PAX TV) |
| January 10 | George Dickerson | 81 | American actor |
| January 10 | Taylor Negron | 57 | American actor, comedian, playwright, poet, and painter (Credits includes regular roles in So Little Time and Smart Guy; guest roles in Seinfeld, Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm) |
| January 12 | Darrell Winfield | 85 | Model and rancher known as the Marlboro Man in the 1960–1980s. |
| January 13 | H. Wesley Kenney | 89 | American producer and director, was executive producer for Days of Our Lives (1977–1979, also directed from 1968 to 1979); The Young and the Restless (1982–1987); General Hospital (1987–1989, was also head writer briefly during the 1988 WGA strike); and directed episodes of All in the Family. |
| January 15 | Sid Smith | 93 | American director and producer (All Star Revue, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Jimmy Durante Show, The Ray Anthony Show and The Bell Telephone Hour) and several Bob Hope specials |
| January 17 | Don Harron | 90 | Canadian actor, writer, and radio personality (best known for appearances as Charlie Farquharson on Hee Haw) |
| January 17 | Greg Plitt | 37 | American fitness model and actor (starred in the Bravo series Work Out) |
| January 18 | Tony Verna | 81 | Producer/director (notably with CBS Sports and live events including Live Aid) and inventor of instant replay |
| January 19 | Walter Peregoy | 89 | American animator |
| January 20 | Bette Rogge | 92 | Talk show host |
| January 22 | Peggy Charren | 86 | Children's television advocate and co-founder of Action for Children's Television |
| January 23 | Barrie Ingham | 82 | English actor |
| January 24 | Joe Franklin | 88 | Host of The Joe Franklin Show, the longest continuously running talk show in television history, from 1950 to 1993 |
| January 26 | Stephen R. Johnson | 62 | American director, animator and writer, directed episodes of Pee-Wee's Playhouse |
| January 28 | Tommie Manderson | 102 | English make-up artist |
| January 30 | Than Wyenn | 95 | American actor (Zorro, The Twilight Zone, Wanted: Dead or Alive, It Takes a Thief, Barnaby Jones, The Six Million Dollar Man and Quincy M.E.) |
| January 31 | Robert Blees | 96 | American writer and producer (Bus Stop, Combat!, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Bonanza and Project U.F.O.) |

## February

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| February 1 | Edward De Blasio | 88 | American producer and writer known for Police Woman, Dynasty and In the Heat of the Night. |
| February 1 | Monty Oum | 33 | American animator and writer (RWBY) |
| February 3 | Mary Healy | 96 | American actress, known for Peter Loves Mary |
| February 7 | Joe Voci | 51 | American producer (High Society, Cupid, Mercy Point, Young Americans, Rude Awakening and Good Girls Don't) |
| February 11 | Lou Shaw | 89 | American writer and producer (The Rebel, Have Gun – Will Travel, McCloud, Beyond Westworld, Quincy M.E., The Fall Guy and Half Nelson) |
| February 11 | Bob Simon | 73 | Correspondent for CBS News (most notably for 60 Minutes) |
| February 12 | Gary Owens | 80 | American disc jockey and voice actor, was the announcer for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, other credits include Roger Ramjet, Space Ghost, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Garfield and Friends, Square One TV, and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, also wrote for Jay Ward Productions and served as vice president of Gannett Company |
| February 13 | Stan Chambers | 91 | American reporter, worked at KTLA from 1947 to 2010. |
| February 16 | Lesley Gore | 68 | American singer/songwriter, actress, and LGBT activist (TV credits including Batman, In the Life, Murphy Brown, Hollywood Squares, All My Children (sister show to One Life to Live) and Days of Our Lives) |
| February 19 | Harris Wittels | 30 | American comedian, actor, writer, producer and musician. Writer for The Sarah Silverman Program, writer and executive producer for Parks and Recreation. |
| February 20 | Patricia Norris | 83 | American costume designer (Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Helter Skelter, Sybil and The Waltons) |
| February 21 | Paul Napier | 84 | American actor (Felony Squad, The Mothers-In-Law, Knots Landing) |
| February 23 | Ben Woolf | 34 | American actor, best known for playing Meep in American Horror Story: Freak Show |
| February 24 | Maurice Hurley | 75 | American producer and writer (The Equalizer, Miami Vice, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Pointman and Baywatch) |
| February 24 | Mirjana Puhar | 19 | American model and reality television participant (America's Next Top Model) |
| February 25 | Harve Bennett | 84 | American producer and writer (The Mod Squad, The Invisible Man, Rich Man, Poor Man, Gemini Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Salvage 1, Time Trax and Invasion America) |
| February 27 | Richard Bakalyan | 84 | American actor (The Untouchables, Batman, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Vega$ and Charlie's Angels) |
| February 27 | Leonard Nimoy | 83 | Television, film and stage actor, best known as Spock on the original Star Trek TV series and its film adaptations; other roles include the lead in the TV movie Baffled!, Morris Meyerson in A Woman Called Golda, Paris in Mission: Impossible, host of In Search of... and Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!, among numerous other roles |

## March

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| March 1 | Daniel von Bargen | 64 | Actor, best known for recurring roles in Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle, Guiding Light and All My Children |
| March 2 | Jenna McMahon | 89 | Actress (The Funny Side, Love, American Style) and writer (The Carol Burnett Show, The Facts of Life, Mama's Family) |
| March 3 | Lynn Borden | 77 | American actress (Hazel) |
| March 5 | Gordon Kent | | American writer, producer and animator (Alvin and the Chipmunks, CBS Storybreak, Teen Wolf, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Garbage Pail Kids, Timeless Tales from Hallmark, Taz-Mania and Bonkers) |
| March 6 | John Siceloff | 61 | American journalist, was a longtime producer for PBS |
| March 8 | Sam Simon | 59 | American producer, director, and writer (Taxi, Cheers, It's Garry Shandling's Show, The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons, The George Carlin Show and The Drew Carey Show) |
| March 9 | Eugene Patton | 82 | Stagehand at NBC Studios, Burbank and personality on The Gong Show ("Gene Gene the Dancing Machine"). First African American member of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, Local 33. |
| March 10 | Windell Middlebrooks | 36 | American actor, seen in Miller High Life beer ads and on several TV series (The Suite Life on Deck, Hannah Montana, My Name Is Earl, Chocolate News, Entourage, Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Body of Proof) |
| March 11 | Ralph Taeger | 78 | American actor, starred in the short-lived series Klondike, Acapulco and Hondo. |
| March 11 | William Beckley | 85 | American actor (Barnaby Jones and Dynasty) |
| March 15 | Sally Forrest | 86 | American actress |
| March 17 | Christie Schoen Codd | 38 | Husband-and-wife film/TV workers (Christie was an actress, stuntwoman, caterer and reality TV contestant; Joseph was a stage grip on TV and film projects) |
| March 17 | Joseph Codd | 45 | Husband-and-wife film/TV workers (Christie was an actress, stuntwoman, caterer and reality TV contestant; Joseph was a stage grip on TV and film projects) |
| March 20 | Lisa Colagrossi | 49 | News reporter on WABC-TV/New York City. Also worked at WKMG-TV/Orlando (where she won two local Emmy Awards); and WKYC-TV/Cleveland |
| March 21 | John Litvack | 69 | Director (soap operas including The Edge of Night and Guiding Light), producer (Hill Street Blues, Smallville), and executive with CBS, NBC, Walt Disney Television, and The WB |
| March 21 | Alberta Watson | 60 | Canadian actress (notable roles including La Femme Nikita, 24, and Nikita) |
| March 25 | George Fischbeck | 92 | TV meteorologist, most notably at KABC-TV from 1972 to 1990 |
| March 27 | Rod Hundley | 80 | Former NBA player and broadcaster for the New Orleans/Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, and TVS Television Network |
| March 28 | Richard L. Bare | 101 | Director/writer (work on several series, most notably The Twilight Zone and Green Acres) |

## April

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| April 2 | Robert H. Schuller | 88 | American minister and televangelist (founder of Crystal Cathedral Ministries; co-host of the Hour of Power, 1970–2008) |
| April 4 | Lisa Simon | 64 | Producer/director, most notably for work on Sesame Street |
| April 5 | Richard Dysart | 86 | Actor, best known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law |
| April 6 | James Best | 88 | Actor, best known as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard |
| April 6 | Ray Charles | 96 | American musician, singer and songwriter; sang the theme song for Three's Company. |
| April 6 | Ben Powers | 64 | Actor, best known as Keith Anderson on Good Times |
| April 7 | Stan Freberg | 88 | Advertising executive, satirist and voice actor (participated in Time for Beany, developed commercials for Jeno's pizza rolls, Cheerios, Sunsweet prunes, Heinz soup, Jacobsen Mowers, and Encyclopædia Britannica) |
| April 7 | Geoffrey Lewis | 79 | Actor in film and television, including regular roles on Flo, Gun Shy, Falcon Crest, Land's End. Father of Juliette Lewis. |
| April 21 | Steve Byrnes | 56 | NASCAR reporter and announcer for TNN, CBS, and Fox Sports |
| April 22 | Lois Lilienstein | 78 | Musical performer who starred on The Elephant Show and Skinnamarink TV as a member of children's trio Sharon, Lois & Bram |
| April 23 | Sawyer Sweeten | 19 | Actor, best known as Geoffrey Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond |
| April 25 | Don Mankiewicz | 93 | American writer and novelist (Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Profiles in Courage and Ironside) |
| April 26 | Jayne Meadows | 95 | Stage, film, and television actress who had recurring appearances on I've Got a Secret and What's My Line?. Also appeared live in Las Vegas with her husband, Steve Allen. |
| April 27 | Suzanne Crough | 52 | Actress, best known as Tracy Partridge on The Partridge Family |
| April 27 | Verne Gagne | 89 | WWE Hall of Famer and co-founder of the American Wrestling Association |
| April 30 | Ben E. King | 76 | Singer whose Top 10 hit song "Stand by Me" was included in numerous TV shows including The X Factor, Late Show with David Letterman and So You Think You Can Dance, as well as a film of the same name |

## May

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| May 1 | Grace Lee Whitney | 85 | Actress, best known as Yeoman Janice Rand on the original Star Trek TV series and its film adaptations; guest starring in General Hospital and Bewitched |
| May 4 | Ellen Albertini Dow | 101 | Guest roles on Loving and Another World; recurring roles on Santa Barbara and Guiding Light |
| May 9 | Elizabeth Wilson | 94 | American actress (East Side/West Side, Doc, Morningstar/Eveningstar and Delta) |
| May 14 | B.B. King | 89 | American Blues musician, guitarist, songwriter, radio personality, and actor (credits include The Cosby Show, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Sesame Street, Married... with Children, Sanford and Son and Touched by an Angel; voiceover work in Cow and Chicken and Between The Lions; musical performances on Austin City Limits; commercials for OneTouch Ultra and Toyota Camry) |
| May 15 | John Stephenson | 91 | Actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Hogan's Heroes and other series) and voice artist (notably on The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, and The Transformers) |
| May 20 | Mary Ellen Trainor | 62 | American actress, had roles in Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Relativity and Roswell |
| May 23 | Anne Meara | 85 | American actress, singer, writer, producer and comedian, notably as part of the Stiller and Meara comedy team with husband Jerry Stiller, and the mother of Ben and Amy Stiller (Credits include solo regular and recurring roles in The Greatest Gift, The Paul Lynde Show, The Corner Bar, Kate McShane, Rhoda, Take Five with Stiller & Meara, Archie Bunker's Place, The Stiller and Meara Show, ALF, All My Children, The King of Queens, Sex and the City, Oz, and web series Stiller & Meara; TV movie roles in Ninotchka, Dames at Sea, The Other Woman, The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, Great Performances:"The Mother", What Makes a Family, Crooked Lines, and The Shallow End of the Ocean; voice work in Wonder Pets; guest roles in Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, In the Heat of the Night, Will & Grace, Good Morning, Miami, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Four Kings, and Mercy) |
| May 26 | Dave Benton | 52 | News anchor at WCIA/Champaign, Illinois since 2005. |
| May 29 | Betsy Palmer | 88 | Film/TV actress (TV credits including As the World Turns, I've Got a Secret, Knots Landing, The Love Boat, and Newhart) |

## June

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| June 1 | Katherine Chappell | 29 | Visual effects editor (Game of Thrones) |
| June 6 | Anthony Riley | 28 | American reality television contestant and singer who competed, then abruptly left, season 8 of The Voice after winning the first round. |
| June 7 | Christopher Lee | 93 | British character actor (Credits include guest hosting Saturday Night Live, How the West Was Won, Charlie's Angels, The Pirate, and a regular role in Street Gear) |
| June 11 | Dusty Rhodes | 69 | American wrestler, executive, manager and valet. A member of the WWE Hall of Fame |
| June 12 | Monica Lewis | 93 | American actress and singer, notable for being the voice of the Chiquita Banana girl (credits include The Ed Sullivan Show, Wagon Train, Night Gallery, The Virginian, Marcus Welby, M.D., Remington Steele, Ironside and Falcon Crest) |
| June 18 | Ralph J. Roberts | 95 | American business executive (co-founder of Comcast) |
| June 18 | Danny Villanueva | 77 | Former NFL kicker/punter; sports/news reporter for KMEX-TV and KNBC/Los Angeles; executive with KMEX and Spanish International Network/Univision |
| June 20 | Bob Barry, Jr. | 58 | American sports journalist (sports anchor, and later, sports director at KFOR-TV/Oklahoma City from 1982 to 2015) |
| June 21 | Darryl Hamilton | 50 | Former Major League Baseball player and analyst for MLB Network |
| June 21 | Tony Longo | 53 | American actor (roles include Alice, Hell Town, 1st & Ten, Police Academy: The Series, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and Alibi Boys) |
| June 22 | James Horner | 61 | American Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer (Composed theme songs to CBS Evening News and Fish Police) |
| June 23 | Dick Van Patten | 86 | American television, film and stage actor, best known for playing Tom Bradford in Eight Is Enough (other credits include starring roles in Mama and When Things Were Rotten; and guest roles in Naked City, Happy Days, Sanford and Son, Adam-12, Love, American Style, The Love Boat, Hotel, Growing Pains, WIOU, Touched by an Angel, Boy Meets World, Arrested Development, That '70s Show and Hot in Cleveland) |
| June 26 | Chris Thompson | 63 | Writer/producer (work on several shows, most notably Bosom Buddies, The Larry Sanders Show, The Naked Truth, Action, and Shake It Up) |
| June 28 | Jack Carter | 93 | Comedian, actor, and television presenter |

## July

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| July 2 | Charlie Sanders | 68 | NFL Hall of Fame tight end and TV analyst for the Detroit Lions. |
| July 6 | Jerry Weintraub | 77 | Film/TV producer (TV work including Behind the Candelabra, Years of Living Dangerously, The Brink, and Westworld) |
| July 10 | Roger Rees | 71 | Actor (recurring roles on several series, including Cheers, Boston Common, M.A.N.T.I.S., The West Wing, Warehouse 13, and Singles) |
| July 14 | Marlene Sanders | 84 | Correspondent and anchor for ABC News and CBS News |
| July 15 | Gary Mack | 68 | Held several jobs at KXAS-TV/Dallas–Fort Worth from 1981 to 1993 before becoming the archivist and curator of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. |
| July 17 | Van Miller | 87 | Sportscaster; weather and sports anchor for WBEN-TV/WIVB/Buffalo from 1955 to 1998 and play-by-play man for Empire Sports Network. Better known for his radio career, where he announced the Buffalo Bills for a record 37 nonconsecutive years. |
| July 18 | Alex Rocco | 79 | Emmy-winning film, television, and voice character actor (Notable roles as Pete Karras in Three for the Road, Charlie Polniaczek in The Facts of Life, Al Floss in The Famous Teddy Z, Howie Rusco in Sibs, Roger Meyers, Jr. in The Simpsons, John Exstead Sr. in The Division, and Harry Rosetti in The George Carlin Show; other credits include Home Improvement, Batman, Cannon, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Murphy Brown, Pinky and the Brain and Family Guy) |
| July 18 | George Coe | 86 | Actor (Cast member on Saturday Night Live, recurring roles on Archer, Working, L.A. Law, Max Headroom, Goodnight, Beantown, Hill Street Blues, Equal Justice, The West Wing) |
| July 21 | Theodore Bikel | 91 | Austrian-American actor |
| July 23 | Loredana Nesci | 47 | Lawyer who was the subject of her own Sundance Channel reality TV series Loredana, Esq. |
| July 26 | Bobbi Kristina Brown | 22 | Reality television personality, actress and singer (The Houstons: On Our Own); daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown |
| July 28 | James H. Allen | 87 | Children's host who portrayed the clown character "Rusty Nails" in the Portland, Oregon market; inspiration for Krusty the Clown on The Simpsons |
| July 31 | Gerald S. O'Loughlin | 93 | American actor (Men at Law, The Rookies, The Blue and the Gray, Automan, Our House, and Murder, She Wrote) |
| July 31 | Roddy Piper | 61 | WWE Hall of Fame wrestler and actor (guest spots and cameo appearances as himself on several shows) |

## August

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| August 3 | Coleen Gray | 92 | Film and television actress who guest-starred in numerous series |
| August 7 | Terrence Evans | 81 | Actor who guested in episodes of numerous series, most notably Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Progress", "Cardassians") and Star Trek: Voyager ("Nemesis"). |
| August 9 | Frank Gifford | 84 | Sports broadcaster (as part of Monday Night Football and CBS Sports), commercial pitchman, and actor; husband of TV host Kathy Lee Gifford |
| August 10 | Bob Briley | 91 | Reporter, anchor, and sports announcer in the Spokane radio and TV market, working at KHQ-TV and KXLY-TV (where he won a regional Emmy for his work at the latter) |
| August 15 | Julian Bond | 75 | American Civil Rights activist, politician in the Georgia House of Representatives and the Senate, president of the NAACP, the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and journalist/commentator (first African-American politician to guest host Saturday Night Live on April 9, 1977, which became infamous for the "Black Perspective" skit with then-SNL cast member Garrett Morris; served as host of America's Black Forum from 1980 to 1997, commentator for The Today Show, narrated Eyes on the Prize in 1987 and 1990, and played himself in King) |
| August 17 | Yvonne Craig | 78 | American actress, singer, dancer, speaker and businesswoman (notable for her portrayal as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon on Batman; other credits include The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Death Valley Days, Hennesey, My Three Sons, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Star Trek, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, McHale's Navy, The Big Valley, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Land of the Giants, Love, American Style, Kentucky Jones, It Takes a Thief, The Mod Squad, Kojak, Emergency!, Love, American Style, The Six Million Dollar Man, and celebrity editions of Family Feud; voiceover work in Olivia.) |
| August 18 | Bud Yorkin | 89 | Producer/writer (several shows, most notably All in the Family, Maude, and What's Happening!!) and director (The Ford Show, An Evening with Fred Astaire) |
| August 20 | Melody Patterson | 66 | American actress, best known for her role as "Wrangler" Jane Angelica Thrift in F Troop; recurring roles on All My Children, One Life to Live, and Santa Barbara |
| August 21 | Tobias Strebel | 35 | Actor, singer/songwriter/musician, and reality television personality, whose plans to have plastic surgery in order to look like Justin Bieber was documented in Botched, and also appeared in My Strange Addiction |
| August 24 | Howard Lipstone | 87 | Producer and television executive |
| August 30 | Wes Craven | 76 | Horror film director, producer and writer (created the characters in the TV series Freddy's Nightmares and Scream) |

## September

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| September 1 | Dean Jones | 84 | American actor known for Ensign O'Toole, The Chicago Teddy Bears, Herbie, the Love Bug, The Love Boat and Beethoven. |
| September 3 | Judy Carne | 76 | British actress best known as the "Sock it to me" Girl" on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In |
| September 6 | Martin Milner | 83 | American actor known for Adam-12 and Route 66. |
| September 8 | Merv Adelson | 85 | American producer and co-founder of Lorimar Television. (producing credits include The Waltons, Eight Is Enough, Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest) |
| September 10 | John Connell | 91 | American actor best known for his role of Dr. David Malone in the soap opera Young Dr. Malone. |
| September 12 | Frank D. Gilroy | 89 | American playwright, screenwriter and producer; co-created Burke's Law |
| September 19 | Jackie Collins | 77 | English-born American author/novelist, television producer, television personality, and sister of Dynasty actress Joan Collins (notable works include seeing her best-selling novel Hollywood Wives adapted into a television miniseries; served as co-producer on her television adaptations of Lady Boss, Lucky Chances and Hollywood Wives: The New Generation; hosted the talk shows Jackie Collins' Hollywood and Jackie Collins Presents) |
| September 20 | Jack Larson | 87 | American actor, best known for his role of Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman |
| September 22 | Yogi Berra | 90 | Hall of Fame American professional baseball player and coach for the New York Yankees and New York Mets. Notable work as contributor to numerous television baseball programs; host of Yogi & a Movie on YES Network; cameos in The Phil Silvers Show, Arli$$, Candid Camera, What's My Line, The Ed Sullivan Show and Colgate Comedy Hour; consultant on 61* and A Time for Champions; pitchman for Yoo-hoo and AFLAC; Rumored to be the inspiration for Yogi Bear that lead to a reported dispute with Hanna-Barbera, but later acknowledged as factual based on interviews. |
| September 22 | Mark Constantino | | Husband and wife who appeared on Ghost Adventures as EVP experts and analysts |
| September 22 | Debby Constantino | | Husband and wife who appeared on Ghost Adventures as EVP experts and analysts |
| September 28 | Catherine E. Coulson | 71 | Actress (the Log Lady on Twin Peaks) and camera/production assistant |
| September 29 | Pat Woodell | 71 | Actress (Bobbie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction) |

## October

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| October 3 | Roger Bollen | 74 | American writer (ABC Weekend Special, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Zenon: The Zequel, also co-created Handy Manny) |
| October 3 | Barbara Meek | 81 | American actress (Archie Bunker's Place, Melba and Big Brother Jake); guest roles on As the World Turns, General Hospital, and Guiding Light |
| October 13 | Jamie Zimmerman | 31 | Actress (7th Heaven, Boston Public), doctor and medical reporter for ABC News |
| October 21 | Marty Ingels | 79 | Comedian, actor (several roles, most notably I'm Dickens, He's Fenster), and voiceover artist (Cattanooga Cats, The Great Grape Ape Show, Pac-Man) |
| October 30 | Al Molinaro | 96 | Actor, best known as "Big Al" Delvecchio on Happy Days and its spin off Joanie Loves Chachi, Murray Greshler on The Odd Couple, and Joe Alberghetti on The Family Man |

## November

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| November 1 | Fred Thompson | 73 | American senator and actor, best known as District Attorney Arthur Branch in the Law & Order franchise |
| November 3 | David Graham | 91 | American casting director (Three's Company, The Ropers and ABC Weekend Special) |
| November 5 | George Barris | 89 | American designer and builder of many Hollywood custom cars, most famously the Batmobile in the Batman series. Also built/designed the car from The Beverly Hillbillies, the Munster Koach and KITT's "Super Pursuit Mode" in Knight Rider |
| November 5 | Ritch Brinkley | 71 | American actor (Dolly, Beauty and the Beast, Thunder Alley, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, and Murphy Brown) |
| November 11 | Nathaniel Marston | 40 | Actor, best known as Michael McBain on One Life to Live |
| November 14 | Nick Bockwinkel | 80 | Wrestler |
| November 16 | David Canary | 77 | Actor who won five Daytime Emmy Awards for playing the Chandler twins (Adam and Stuart) on All My Children |
| November 19 | Rex Reason | 87 | American actor (Conflict, Man Without a Gun, The Alaskans and The Roaring 20's) |
| November 20 | Jim Perry | 82 | Game show host (Card Sharks, $ale of the Century) |
| November 28 | Marjorie Lord | 97 | Actress (Kathy Williams on Make Room for Daddy and Make Room for Granddaddy) |
| November 30 | Steve Shagan | 88 | American producer |

## December

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| December 1 | Harry Radcliffe II | 66 | American producer, the first African American to head a CBS News bureau and served as a producer for 60 Minutes from 1995 to 2015. |
| December 2 | Ray Gandolf | 85 | Sports reporter/anchor for CBS News and ABC News; co-host of ABC's Our World |
| December 4 | Robert Loggia | 85 | American actor and director (Studio One in Hollywood, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, T.H.E. Cat, Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers, The Rockford Files, Emerald Point N.A.S., Magnum, P.I., Mancuso, FBI, Sunday Dinner, Wild Palms, The Sopranos and Queens Supreme) |
| December 4 | Chris Carney | 35 | American reality television personality and singer (twentyfourseven) |
| December 6 | Howard West | 84 | American producer and longtime agent for Jerry Seinfeld; served as executive producer for Seinfeld and The Marriage Ref |
| December 7 | Martin E. Brooks | 90 | American actor (Suspense, Studio One in Hollywood, Search for Tomorrow, General Hospital, Armstrong Circle Theatre, McMillan & Wife, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Dallas, Hunter and Knots Landing) |
| December 7 | Marque "Tate" Lynche | 34 | Actor (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer (competed on season 3 of American Idol) |
| December 12 | Rose Siggins | 43 | American actress and disability activist, best known for portraying Legless Suzy in American Horror Story: Freak Show |
| December 16 | Adam Roth | | American composer (Wreckreation Nation with Dave Mordal and Rescue Me) |
| December 19 | Louis DiGiaimo | 77 | American casting director and producer (Movin' On, Night Heat and Homicide: Life on the Street) |
| December 20 | Patricia Elliott | 77 | American actress best known for her role as Renée Divine Buchanan on One Life to Live (1987–2011) |
| December 25 | George Clayton Johnson | 86 | American writer (The Twilight Zone, Route 66, The Law and Mr. Jones, Kung Fu, Star Trek and co-wrote the novel Logan's Run, which inspired a miniseries of the same name) |
| December 25 | Jason Wingreen | 95 | Actor, best known as Harry Snowden on All in the Family and its spin-off, Archie Bunker's Place, also appeared in numerous episodes of The Twilight Zone |
| December 27 | Meadowlark Lemon | 83 | Basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) and actor (appeared in Season 2 of Hello, Larry) |
| December 31 | Wayne Rogers | 82 | Actor, best known as "Trapper" John McIntyre on M*A*S*H, later became an investor and appeared as a panelist on Fox News Channel's Cashin' In |
| December 31 | Natalie Cole | 65 | R&B singer and actress (TV credits include Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story) |
| December 31 | Beth Howland | 74 | Actress, best known as Vera Gorman on Alice. Also had small roles in The Love Boat, Little House on the Prairie, Murder, She Wrote, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch |