# 2024 deaths in American television

Please limit the "Notes" field to examples of the deceased's notable TV work. "Notes" 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 2024.

## January

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| January 1 | Mickey Cottrell | 79 | Actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager) |
| January 2 | Peter Berkos | 101 | Sound editor (Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) |
| January 3 | Bridget Dobson | 85 | Television writer (General Hospital, Guiding Light) and producer (Santa Barbara) |
| January 4 | Glynis Johns | 100 | British actress, dancer, musician, and singer (Batman, Cheers, The Love Boat) |
| January 4 | Christian Oliver | 51 | German actor best known as Brian Keller on Saved by the Bell: The New Class |
| January 4 | David Soul | 80 | American-British actor and singer best known as Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson on Starsky & Hutch |
| January 4 | Tracy Tormé | 64 | Television writer (Sliders, Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| January 5 | Brian McConnachie | 81 | Actor and television writer (Saturday Night Live, Shining Time Station, Noddy) |
| January 8 | Adan Canto | 42 | Mexican actor (The Following, Designated Survivor, The Cleaning Lady) |
| January 10 | Peter Crombie | 71 | Actor best known as "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld |
| January 10 | Conrad Palmisano | 75 | Stuntman and director (The Young Rebels) |
| January 10 | Tisa Farrow | 72 | Actress |
| January 11 | April Ferry | 91 | Costume designer (Rome, My Name Is Bill W., Game of Thrones) |
| January 11 | Lynne Marta | 78 | Actress and singer (Gidget, Love, American Style, Starsky & Hutch) |
| January 11 | Ruth Ashton Taylor | 101 | Newscaster for Los Angeles' KCBS-TV |
| January 12 | Bill Hayes | 98 | Actor and singer best known as Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives |
| January 12 | Alec Musser | 50 | Actor and fitness model best known as Del Henry on All My Children |
| January 13 | Joyce Randolph | 99 | Actress best known as Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners |
| January 13 | Tom Shales | 79 | Author and television critic for The Washington Post |
| January 15 | William O'Connell | 94 | Actor (Star Trek, Rawhide, Petticoat Junction, Quincy, M.E.) |
| January 15 | Reid Harrison | 65 | Television writer and producer (The Simpsons). |
| January 16 | David Gail | 58 | Actor best known as Stuart Carson on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Dr. Joe Scanlon on Port Charles |
| January 17 | Benedict Fitzgerald | 74 | American screenwriter |
| January 19 | Marlena Shaw | 84 | American singer whose her songs was used in television commercials |
| January 20 | Francisco Ciatso | 48 | Professional wrestler (WWE and TNA) |
| January 20 | David Emge | 77 | Actor |
| January 22 | Gary Graham | 73 | Actor best known as Detective Matthew Sikes on Alien Nation and Ambassador Soval on Star Trek: Enterprise |
| January 22 | Dexter King | 62 | Civil and animal rights activist (portrayed his father, Martin Luther King Jr., in the TV movie The Rosa Parks Story) |
| January 23 | Charles Osgood | 91 | Journalist and host of CBS News Sunday Morning |
| January 23 | Margaret Riley | 58 | Film and television producer who served as the executive producer of Ratched |
| January 23 | Melanie Safka | 76 | Singer-songwriter. She wrote the lyrics to the Beauty and the Beast theme song, "The First Time I Loved Forever". |
| January 23 | Ice Train | 56 | Professional wrestler (WCW) |
| January 24 | Rod Holcomb | 80 | Director (several TV movies and series, most notably the pilot and final episodes of ER) |
| January 24 | Jesse Jane | 43 | Pornographic actress. She made appearances as herself on Entourage, Bad Girls Club, and Gene Simmons Family Jewels. She also had an uncredited role in the TV movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. |
| January 24 | Herbert Coward | 85 | Actor |
| January 29 | Amanda Davies | 42 | Actress best known for playing a younger version of Victoria Lord in flashback scenes of One Life to Live |
| January 30 | Hinton Battle | 67 | Actor (Quantum Leap, Touched by an Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) |
| January 30 | Chita Rivera | 91 | Actress best known as Connie Richardson on The New Dick Van Dyke Show |
| January 31 | Joe Madison | 74 | Radio talk-show host |

## February

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| February 1 | Mark Gustafson | 63 | Animator (Claymation Easter, The PJs) |
| February 1 | Carl Weathers | 76 | Football player (Oakland Raiders) and actor (Street Justice, In the Heat of the Night, Arrested Development, The Mandalorian) |
| February 2 | Don Murray | 94 | Actor best known as Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing. |
| February 3 | Helena Rojo | 79 | Mexican actress and model (Ugly Betty) |
| February 5 | Mickey Gilbert | 87 | Actor, stuntman, and rodeo performer (Stunts Unlimited, Kolchak: The Night Stalker) |
| February 5 | Toby Keith | 62 | Country singer and songwriter. Made guest appearances on The Colbert Report and Huckabee. |
| February 6 | Cecilia Gentili | 52 | Argentine-American LGBTQ rights activist and actress best known as Ms. Orlando on Pose. |
| February 6 | Robert M. Young | 99 | Director, screenwriter, producer, and cinematographer (Solomon & Sheba, Slave of Dreams, Battlestar Galactica) |
| February 7 | Mojo Nixon | 66 | Actor (USA Up All Night) |
| February 7 | Henry Fambrough | 85 | Founder and vocalist of the R&B group The Spinners. He and his groupmates guest-starred on Laverne & Shirley. |
| February 10 | E. Duke Vincent | 91 | Television producer (Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, 7th Heaven) |
| February 11 | Randy Sparks | 90 | Founder of the folk music group The New Christy Minstrels. He and his groupmates were featured in The Andy Williams Show and Ford Presents the New Christy Minstrels. |
| February 14 | Dan Wilcox | 82 | Television producer and writer best known for working on M*A*S*H |
| February 15 | Anne Whitfield | 85 | Actress (Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Cheyenne) |
| February 16 | Ben Lanzarone | 85 | Composer (Happy Days, Dynasty, Mr. Belvedere) |
| February 18 | Lanny Flaherty | 81 | Actor (The Education of Max Bickford, The Exonerated, Lonesome Dove). He made guest appearances in The Edge of Night, The Equalizer, White Collar, Alpha House and Little America. |
| February 18 | Tony Ganios | 64 | Actor |
| February 18 | Bobbie Wygant | 97 | Television reporter for KXAS-TV |
| February 19 | Paul D'Amato | 74 | Actor (A Case of Deadly Force, American Playhouse, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Unusuals) |
| February 20 | Ron Cameron | 79 | American radio host |
| February 21 | Pamela Salem | 80 | British actress (Magnum, P.I., ER, The West Wing) |
| February 22 | Kent Melton | 68 | Animation sculptor (The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley and Tiny Toon Adventures) |
| February 22 | Roni Stoneman | 85 | Country musician (Hee Haw) |
| February 23 | Chris Gauthier | 48 | English-born Canadian actor (Earthsea, School of Life, Eureka, Harper's Island, Iron Invader, Once Upon a Time, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Christmas House, Joe Pickett). He made guest appearances in Smallville, Level Up and Signed, Sealed, Delivered. |
| February 23 | Jackie Loughery | 93 | Actress (Perry Mason, Burke's Law, Bonanza) |
| February 23 | Lynda Gravátt | 76 | Actress |
| February 24 | Kenneth Mitchell | 49 | Canadian actor (Jericho, Ghost Whisperer, Switched at Birth, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks) |
| February 25 | Charles Dierkop | 87 | Actor (The Naked City, Gunsmoke, Police Woman, The Deerslayer). He made guest appearances in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Andy Griffith Show, and more. |
| February 26 | Ole Anderson | 81 | Professional wrestler (WCW, Pro Wrestling USA) |
| February 27 | Richard Lewis | 76 | Comedian and actor (Anything but Love and Curb Your Enthusiasm); also appeared in TV commercials for Boku Fruit Juice |
| February 28 | Mike Jones | 72 | Professional wrestler (known as Virgil in the WWF and Vincent in WCW) |
| February 29 | Paul Vachon | 86 | Canadian professional wrestler (American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation, and National Wrestling Alliance) |

## March

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| March 1 | Iris Apfel | 102 | Fashion designer. Guest starred as herself in Today, Project Runway All Stars, Celebrity Page and others. |
| March 1 | Janice Burgess | 72 | Television writer and producer best known for being the creator of The Backyardigans. |
| March 2 | Mark Dodson | 64 | Actor (Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, Arachnicide). He made guest appearances in Darkwing Duck and Bonkers. |
| March 3 | Chris Mortensen | 72 | Sportswriter and television reporter for ESPN |
| March 5 | Debra Byrd | 72 | Vocalist (American Idol, The Voice) |
| March 7 | Steve Lawrence | 88 | Singer and actor (Tonight Starring Steve Allen, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Nanny). He made guest appearances in Frasier, Hot in Cleveland, and others. |
| March 10 | Jerry Foley | 68 | Director and producer, most notably on Late Show with David Letterman |
| March 11 | Eric Carmen | 74 | Singer and multi-instrumentalist (Raspberries, solo); multiple appearances on The Midnight Special |
| March 11 | Malachy McCourt | 92 | Actor (Search for Tomorrow, Ryan's Hope, All My Children). |
| March 12 | John Lomax | 72 | Television news anchor and reporter for WKRC-TV |
| March 12 | Robyn Bernard | 64 | Actress (General Hospital). She made guest appearances in Whiz Kids, Simon & Simon, The Facts of Life and others. |
| March 13 | Gerald M. Levin | 84 | Former CEO. Appeared himself in 60 Minutes and The 2000s. |
| March 13 | Bill Jorgensen | 96 | Television news anchor for WNYW |
| March 13 | Dan Wakefield | 91 | Television writer (James at 15) |
| March 14 | David Breashears | 68 | Cinematographer and producer (Frontline and Nova). |
| March 14 | Beth Peters | 92 | Actress (General Hospital, Mr. Belvedere, Quantum Leap) |
| March 15 | Joe Camp | 84 | Director and writer (Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince). |
| March 16 | David Seidler | 86 | British-American television writer (Malice in Wonderland, Onassis: The Richest Man in the World, Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure, Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story, Son of the Dragon). |
| March 18 | Jennifer Leak | 76 | Canadian actress (The Young and the Restless, Guiding Light and Another World) |
| March 18 | James M. Ward | 72 | Game designer, fantasy author, and writer (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero). |
| March 19 | M. Emmet Walsh | 88 | Actor (The Sandy Duncan Show, Gibbsville, Home Improvement) |
| March 19 | Dianne Crittenden | 82 | Casting director and actress (A Bright Shining Lie, Vendetta) |
| March 21 | Ron Harper | 91 | Actor (Garrison's Gorillas, Planet of the Apes, Land of the Lost, Generations, Another World) |
| March 21 | Sarah-Ann Shaw | 90 | Television reporter for WBZ-TV |
| March 23 | Eli Noyes | 81 | Animator (Sesame Street, Liquid Television) |
| March 25 | Paula Weinstein | 78 | Producer (Grace and Frankie) |
| March 27 | Joe Lieberman | 82 | Politician and lawyer (Diary of a Political Tourist). |
| March 29 | Louis Gossett Jr. | 87 | Actor (Cowboy in Africa, The Mod Squad, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, The Batman). He made guest appearances in Touched by an Angel, The Dead Zone, Family Guy and others. |
| March 30 | Chance Perdomo | 27 | British actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Gen V) |
| March 31 | Barbara Baldavin | 85 | Actress (Star Trek: The Original Series, Medical Center, Dynasty, Trapper John, M.D.) |
| March 31 | Barbara Rush | 97 | Actress (Peyton Place, All My Children, 7th Heaven) |

## April

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| April 1 | Joe Flaherty | 82 | Actor best known as "Count" Floyd Robertson on SCTV and The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley and Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks |
| April 1 | Michael Ward | 57 | Guitarist. Guest spots on Live with Kelly and Mark and Total Request Live. |
| April 2 | Christopher Durang | 75 | Playwright and actor (Frasier, Kristin). He made guest appearances in Tales from the Crypt and a few others. |
| April 2 | Larry Lucchino | 78 | Baseball executive. Appeared himself in 60 Minutes and Mike & Mike. |
| April 4 | Bruce Kessler | 88 | Racing driver and television director (Renegade, The Commish). |
| April 5 | Cole Brings Plenty | 27 | Actor best known as Pete Plenty Clouds on 1923. |
| April 7 | Jerry Grote | 81 | Baseball catcher. Appeared as himself in What's My Line? and Everybody Loves Raymond. |
| April 7 | Lori and George Schappell | 62 | Conjoined twins. They appeared as themselves on episodes of shows like Maury and The Jerry Springer Show. They also played a pair of conjoined twins in an episode of Nip/Tuck. |
| April 8 | Bob Ellison | 91 | Writer, producer, and script consultant (several series, among them The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers, Dear John, and Becker) |
| April 9 | Patti Astor | 74 | Actress |
| April 9 | Carla Balenda | 98 | Actress |
| April 10 | Mister Cee | 57 | DJ record executive. Appeared as himself in Luke Cage, Unsung and others. |
| April 10 | Trina Robbins | 85 | Artwork (Independent Lens) |
| April 10 | O. J. Simpson | 76 | Actor (1st & Ten, Goldie and the Boxer, A Killing Affair, Hertz commercials), subject of Juice on the Loose, football player (Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers), and broadcaster (Monday Night Football, NFL on NBC); his trial and acquittal on two murder charges for the killing of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman was a major television event dubbed the "Trial of the century". |
| April 10 | Dan Wallin | 97 | Sound engineer (The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Fringe). |
| April 11 | Meg Bennett | 75 | Soap opera actress (Julia Newman on The Young and the Restless) and writer (most notably on Y&R, Santa Barbara and General Hospital) |
| April 12 | Roberto Cavalli | 83 | Italian designer. Appeared as himself in The Girls Next Door, Project Runway and others. |
| April 12 | Eleanor Coppola | 87 | Filmmaker. Appeared as herself in Celebrity Page and Made in Hollywood. |
| April 12 | Robert MacNeil | 93 | Canadian-American journalist (PBS NewsHour). |
| April 13 | Faith Ringgold | 93 | Painter and art department (5th Ward). Appeared as herself in Makers: Women Who Make America and CBS News Sunday Morning. |
| April 13 | Ron Thompson | 83 | Actor (Beretta). He made guest appearances in The Rebels and others. |
| April 15 | Jerry Savelle | 77 | Author and televangelist. Appeared as himself in Praise. |
| April 15 | Whitey Herzog | 92 | Baseball player. Appeared as himself in Jim Rome Is Burning. |
| April 16 | Carl Erskine | 97 | Baseball pitcher (Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush). Appeared as himself in The Ed Sullivan Show and others. |
| April 16 | Barbara O. Jones | 82 | Actress (Freedom Road). She made guest appearances in The Quest, Laverne & Shirley and others. |
| April 18 | Dickey Betts | 80 | Guitarist and member of The Allman Brothers Band. Appeared as himself in The History of Rock 'n' Roll and others. |
| April 18 | Mandisa | 47 | Christian singer. Appeared as herself in American Idol and others. |
| April 18 | Spencer Milligan | 86 | Actor best known as Rick Marshall on Land of the Lost |
| April 19 | Daniel Dennett | 82 | Philosopher and writer. Appeared as himself in Closer to Truth and others. |
| April 20 | Howie Schwab | 63 | Sports trivia expert (Sports Jeopardy!, Stump the Schwab) |
| April 20 | Roman Gabriel | 83 | Football player. He made guest appearances in Perry Mason and more. |
| April 20 | Michael Cuscuna | 75 | Jazz record producer. Appeared as himself in Jazz. |
| April 21 | Alex Hassilev | 91 | Musician and band member of The Limeliters. He made guest appearances in Get Smart and several others. |
| April 23 | Terry Carter | 95 | Actor (McCloud, Battlestar Galactica) and filmmaker. |
| April 24 | Ray Chan | 56 | Art director. Appeared as himself in Marvel Studios: Assembled. |
| April 24 | Harry Pappas | 78 | Television broadcasting entrepreneur, co-founder of Pappas Telecasting Companies. |
| April 25 | Marla Adams | 85 | American actress (The Secret Storm, The Young and the Restless, Generations, The President's Man, Walker, Texas Ranger). She made guest appearances in Emergency!, Capitol, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, and Bewitched. |
| April 28 | Brian McCardie | 59 | Scottish actor (Outlander, Snatch). |
| April 28 | Zack Norman | 83 | Actor (The Nanny). He made guest appearances in Baywatch and a few others. |
| April 28 | Joe Thomas | 83 | American producer |

## May

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| May 1 | Richard Maloof | 84 | Musician. Appeared as himself in The Lawrence Welk Show. |
| May 2 | Susan Buckner | 72 | Actress (The Brady Bunch Hour, The Amazing Howard Hughes, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Return Engagement, When the Whistle Blows). She made guest appearances in Police Woman, Switch, Starsky & Hutch, B. J. and the Bear and The Love Boat. |
| May 2 | Edgar Lansbury | 94 | British-American producer (Coronet Blue). |
| May 2 | Peter Oosterhuis | 75 | English golf pro and analyst for PGA Tour on CBS and Golf Channel |
| May 2 | Roxanne | 95 | Actress and model (assistant on Beat the Clock) |
| May 3 | Dick Rutan | 85 | Aviator. Appeared as himself in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and 60 Minutes. |
| May 5 | Jeannie Epper | 83 | Actress and stuntwoman (Wonder Woman) |
| May 5 | Gloria Stroock | 99 | Actress (The Girls, Archie Bunker's Place, Baretta) |
| May 6 | Ian Gelder | 74 | British actor best known as Kevan Lannister on Game of Thrones |
| May 6 | Hootie Ingram | 90 | Football player. Appeared as himself in SportsCentury. |
| May 6 | Robert Logan Jr. | 82 | Actor best known as J.R. Hale on 77 Sunset Strip |
| May 6 | Don Penny | 91 | Actor |
| May 7 | Steve Albini | 61 | Music producer (Delocated). Appeared as himself in Metal Evolution and others. |
| May 8 | John Barbata | 79 | Drummer. Appeared as himself in Behind the Music. |
| May 9 | Roger Corman | 98 | Film director. Appeared as himself in American Masters, Entertainment Tonight, and more. |
| May 9 | James Gregory | 78 | American stand-up comedian |
| May 10 | Sam Rubin | 64 | Entertainment reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles. |
| May 11 | Susan Backlinie | 77 | Actress and stuntwoman (Quark). She also made guest appearances in The Quest and The Fall Guy. |
| May 11 | Kevin Brophy | 70 | Actor (Lucan, M*A*S*H, JAG) |
| May 12 | David Sanborn | 78 | Alto saxophonist and television presenter (Night Music). He also played for the Saturday Night Live Band and The World's Most Dangerous Band on Late Night with David Letterman in the 1980s. |
| May 13 | Samm-Art Williams | 78 | Writer (Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice) and television producer (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) |
| May 14 | Gudrun Ure | 98 | Scottish actress (The 10th Kingdom) |
| May 15 | Barbra Fuller | 102 | Actress (Adventures of Superman, My Three Sons, Perry Mason) |
| May 16 | Dabney Coleman | 92 | Actor (several series, most notably Buffalo Bill, The Slap Maxwell Story, and Yellowstone) and voice artist (The Magic School Bus, Recess, The Zeta Project, and Pound Puppies) |
| May 17 | Peter Bennett | 92 | Animator (SpongeBob SquarePants, ChalkZone) |
| May 18 | Alice Stewart | 58 | Political commentator for CNN |
| May 18 | Patrick Gottsch | 70 | Media executive (founder of RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel) |
| May 19 | Peggi Blu | 77 | Singer best known as a vocal coach on American Idol. |
| May 19 | Richard Foronjy | 86 | Actor (The Jeffersons, Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues) |
| May 22 | Darryl Hickman | 92 | Actor and screenwriter. He made guest appearances in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke and others. |
| May 23 | Caleb Carr | 68 | Author, screenwriter, and producer (writer of the 1991 TV movie Bad Attitudes) |
| May 23 | Morgan Spurlock | 53 | Filmmaker (director of The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!) and TV host/producer (Morgan Spurlock Inside Man, 30 Days) |
| May 25 | Albert S. Ruddy | 94 | Canadian-American film and television producer best known for creating Hogan's Heroes. He also voiced Fatcat in Running Mates. |
| May 25 | Richard M. Sherman | 95 | Songwriter and composer (Welcome to Pooh Corner, Goldilocks). |
| May 25 | Johnny Wactor | 37 | Actor best known as Brando Corbin on General Hospital. |
| May 27 | Elizabeth MacRae | 88 | Actress best known as Lou-Ann Poovie on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. |
| May 27 | Bill Walton | 71 | Basketball player and sportscaster. Appeared as himself in American Dad! and a few others. |
| May 28 | Jac Venza | 97 | Public television producer (NET Playhouse, Live from Lincoln Center, American Playhouse). |
| May 30 | Mitchell Block | 73 | Filmmaker best known for creating the series Carrier. |
| May 31 | Martin Starger | 92 | Television executive (president of ABC Entertainment) and producer (Friendly Fire, All Quiet on the Western Front, and other TV movies) |

## June

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| June 1 | Erich Anderson | 67 | Actor (Thirtysomething, Melrose Place, Felicity) |
| June 2 | Jeannette Charles | 96 | British actress and Elizabeth II impersonator (Saturday Night Live) |
| June 2 | Janis Paige | 101 | Actress (It's Always Jan, Eight Is Enough, All in the Family) |
| June 3 | Armando Silvestre | 98 | American-born Mexican actor (Mannix, The Quest, Wonder Woman) |
| June 3 | Betty Anne Rees | 81 | American actress |
| June 4 | Tom Bower | 86 | Actor best known as Dr. Curtis Willard on The Waltons. |
| June 11 | Howard Fineman | 75 | Journalist and television commentator (NBC News) |
| June 11 | Tony Lo Bianco | 87 | Actor (Police Story, Jesus of Nazareth, Marco Polo) |
| June 11 | Tony Mordente | 88 | Television director (Rhoda, Walker, Texas Ranger, 7th Heaven) |
| June 12 | Ron Simons | 63 | Actor (Nowhere Man, Jonny Zero, Law & Order) and producer |
| June 12 | Bob Harris | 81 | American sportscaster |
| June 13 | Jonathan Axelrod | 74 | Producer and screenwriter best known for executive producing Dave's World. |
| June 13 | Angela Bofill | 70 | Singer-songwriter. She made guest appearances on Soul Train and The Pat Sajak Show. |
| June 13 | Benji Gregory | 46 | Actor best known as Brian Tanner on ALF |
| June 16 | Evans Evans | 91 | Actress |
| June 18 | Willie Mays | 93 | Hall of fame baseball player. He made several guest appearances on shows like What's My Line?, The Donna Reed Show, The Dating Game, and Bewitched. He also voiced himself in the Rankin/Bass animated special Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid. |
| June 18 | Anthea Sylbert | 84 | Film producer (Truman, If You Believe) and costume designer |
| June 19 | Russell Morash | 88 | American public television producer and director |
| June 20 | Russell Morash | 88 | Television producer and director (The French Chef, The Victory Garden, This Old House) |
| June 20 | Donald Sutherland | 88 | Canadian actor (Commander in Chief, Dirty Sexy Money, Trust) |
| June 20 | Taylor Wily | 56 | Actor best known as Kamekona Tupuola on Hawaii Five-0 |
| June 21 | Jamie Kellner | 77 | Television executive (Fox, The WB) |
| June 23 | Tamayo Perry | 49 | American professional surfer |
| June 24 | Shifty Shellshock | 49 | Frontman of Crazy Town. He made appearances on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and Sober House. |
| June 24 | Joan Benedict Steiger | 96 | Actress best known as Edith Fairchild on General Hospital |
| June 25 | Sika Anoa'i | 79 | WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler |
| June 26 | Bill Cobbs | 90 | Actor (The Slap Maxwell Story, The Drew Carey Show, Star Trek: Enterprise) |
| June 27 | Martin Mull | 80 | Actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Arrested Development, Roseanne), comedian, and musician; regular panelist on Hollywood Squares; voice work for animated shows like The Simpsons, Danny Phantom, and American Dad!; television commercial spokesperson for Red Roof Inn |

## July

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| July 1 | Robert Towne | 89 | Screenwriter and director (The Lloyd Bridges Show, Breaking Point, The Outer Limits). |
| July 5 | Judith Belushi-Pisano | 73 | Radio and television producer. |
| July 9 | David Loughery | 71 | Screenwriter and film producer. |
| July 9 | Dan Collins | 80 | American journalist |
| July 11 | Shelley Duvall | 75 | Actress (Faerie Tale Theatre, Tall Tales & Legends, Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories) |
| July 12 | Ruth Westheimer | 96 | Sex therapist and television host (The Dr. Ruth Show and What's Up, Dr. Ruth?). She also made guest appearances on shows like Late Night with David Letterman, The Arsenio Hall Show, One Life to Live, and Quantum Leap. |
| July 12 | Evan Wright | 59 | Writer (Generation Kill and its television adaptation) and journalist |
| July 12 | Bob Booker | 92 | Writer |
| July 13 | Shannen Doherty | 53 | Actress best known as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Prue Halliwell on Charmed |
| July 13 | Naomi Pomeroy | 49 | Chef and Top Chef Masters contestant |
| July 13 | James B. Sikking | 90 | Actor best known as Lt. Howard Hunter on Hill Street Blues and Dr. David Howser on Doogie Howser, M.D. |
| July 13 | Richard Simmons | 76 | Fitness personality. Television roles includes guest appearances on The Roseanne Show and General Hospital. Also appeared on informercials for his Sweating to the Oldies tapes and Deal-a-Meal. |
| July 13 | Bob Tischler | 78 | Television writer and producer best known for his work on Saturday Night Live |
| July 15 | Whitney Rydbeck | 79 | Actor (Far Out Space Nuts, Scrubs, 7th Heaven). He also played a crash test dummy in public service announcements for seat belt safety. |
| July 16 | Tom Fenton | 94 | CBS News correspondent |
| July 18 | Lou Dobbs | 78 | Television host on CNN and Fox Business (Lou Dobbs Tonight) |
| July 18 | Bob Newhart | 94 | Actor and comedian best known as the star of The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart. Also hosted a variety show and starred in the short lived shows Bob and George and Leo, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for his recurring role on The Big Bang Theory. |
| July 19 | Esta TerBlanche | 51 | South African actress best known as Gillian Andrassy on All My Children. |
| July 22 | Duke Fakir | 88 | Founding member of Motown group Four Tops. He and his groupmates were featured on the NBC special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. |
| July 28 | Erica Ash | 46 | Actress best known as Mary Charles "M-Chuck" Calloway on Survivor's Remorse and as a cast member on The Big Gay Sketch Show and MADtv. |
| July 28 | Chino XL | 50 | Actor (The Young and the Restless, Reno 911!, CSI: Miami) and rapper. |
| July 29 | Robert Banas | 90 | Actor and dancer. He made numerous television appearances, including on The Judy Garland Show and Get Smart. |

## August

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| August 1 | Leonard Engelman | 83 | Makeup artist (Cagney & Lacey, The Shield). |
| August 3 | George Schenck | 82 | Television writer and producer (NCIS) |
| August 4 | Charles Cyphers | 85 | Actor (The Betty White Show, Wonder Woman, The Dukes of Hazzard) |
| August 5 | John Aprea | 83 | Actor (Matt Houston, Full House, Another World) |
| August 5 | Patti Yasutake | 70 | Actress best known as Alyssa Ogawa on Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| August 6 | Billy Bean | 60 | Baseball player and executive (I've Got a Secret) |
| August 8 | Mitzi McCall | 93 | Actress (Silk Stalkings, Alright Already) |
| August 9 | Jim Riswold | 66 | Advertising artist for Wieden+Kennedy (most notably developed the Mars Blackmon and Bo Knows campaigns for Nike) |
| August 9 | Kevin Sullivan | 75 | Professional wrestler (WCW, NWA, GCW) |
| August 10 | Rachael Lillis | 55 | Voice actress (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Chaotic) |
| August 11 | Ofra Bikel | 94 | Israeli-American filmmaker, most notably on documentaries for PBS' Frontline |
| August 11 | Ángel Salazar | 68 | Cuban-American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Last Comic Standing) |
| August 12 | Kim Kahana | 94 | Actor, stunt performer, and action choreographer best known as Chongo on Danger Island. |
| August 13 | Wally Amos | 88 | Television personality, entrepreneur, and author. Appeared as himself on shows like The Jeffersons, Taxi, and The Office. Hosted the adult reading program Learn to Read. |
| August 14 | Gena Rowlands | 94 | Actress (Robert Montgomery Presents, Laramie, Johnny Staccato) |
| August 15 | Peter Marshall | 98 | Entertainer and game show host, most notably of Hollywood Squares |
| August 16 | Afa Anoaʻi | 80 | WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler |
| August 18 | Phil Donahue | 88 | Creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show |
| August 21 | John Amos | 84 | Actor (Maude, Good Times, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Roots, Hunter, 704 Hauser, In the House, The West Wing, The District, All About the Andersons, Men in Trees) |
| August 21 | Roger Cook | 70 | Landscaper (appeared on This Old House) |
| August 26 | Sid Eudy | 63 | Professional wrestler (Sid Vicious in World Championship Wrestling; Sid Justice and Sycho Sid in World Wrestling Federation) |
| August 27 | Ron Hale | 78 | Actor best known as Roger Coleridge on Ryan's Hope and Mike Corbin on General Hospital |
| August 27 | Jim Houghton | 75 | Actor best known as Kenny Ward on Knots Landing |
| August 28 | Rusty Shoop | 76 | Meteorologist for KERO-TV/Bakersfield, California |
| August 29 | Johnny Gaudreau | 31 | NHL ice hockey player (Calgary Flames, Columbus Blue Jackets) |
| August 30 | Fatman Scoop | 56 | Rapper, hype man, and radio personality. He did voice work as himself on two episodes of The Boondocks. |
| August 31 | Sonny King | 79 | American professional wrestler |
| August 31 | Obi Ndefo | 51 | Actor best known as Bodie Wells on Dawson's Creek |

## September

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| September 1 | Eric Gilliland | 62 | Writer/producer (several series, most notably Roseanne) |
| September 2 | James Darren | 88 | Actor (The Time Tunnel, T. J. Hooker, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) |
| September 5 | Screamin' Scott Simon | 75 | Singer (Sha Na Na). He and his groupmates hosted a syndicated variety show in the late '70s. |
| September 8 | Peter Renaday | 89 | Voice actor best known as Splinter and Vernon Fenwick on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series |
| September 9 | John Cassaday | 52 | Comic book artist. He directed an episode of Dollhouse. |
| September 9 | James Earl Jones | 93 | Actor (Roots: The Next Generations, Gabriel's Fire, The Simpsons); longtime commercial spokesman for Bell Atlantic |
| September 13 | Michaela DePrince | 29 | Sierra Leonean-born ballet dancer. Appeared as herself on Dancing with the Stars. |
| September 17 | JD Souther | 78 | Singer-songwriter and actor (Thirtysomething, Purgatory, Nashville). |
| September 19 | Florence Warner | 77 | Singer (voice of the "Hello News" local station campaigns created by Gari Communications) |
| September 20 | Kathryn Crosby | 90 | Actress (The Bing Crosby Show, Great Performances, The Initiation of Sarah) |
| September 20 | David Graham | 99 | British actor ("Big Brother" in the "1984" Super Bowl commercial introducing the Apple Macintosh computer) and voice artist (Doctor Who, Fireball XL5, Peppa Pig) |
| September 20 | Eduardo Xol | 58 | Actor and designer. Appeared as himself on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. |
| September 21 | Benny Golson | 95 | Musician and composer (Mannix, Ironside, M*A*S*H) |
| September 26 | John Ashton | 76 | Actor (M*A*S*H, Starsky & Hutch, Dallas) |
| September 27 | Maggie Smith | 89 | British actress (The Carol Burnett Show, Great Performances, My House in Umbria) |
| September 28 | Drake Hogestyn | 70 | Actor best known as John Black on Days of Our Lives |
| September 28 | Kris Kristofferson | 88 | Singer-songwriter and actor (Freedom Road, The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James, Amerika) |
| September 29 | Ron Ely | 86 | Actor best known as Tarzan on the 1960s TV series of the same name |
| September 30 | Gavin Creel | 48 | Actor (Eloise at the Plaza, Eloise at Christmastime, American Horror Stories). He also did voice work for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure and Central Park. |
| September 30 | Frank Fritz | 60 | Antique picker (co-host of American Pickers) |
| September 30 | Dikembe Mutombo | 58 | Congolese-American basketball player. He appeared in commercials for GEICO and Mobil 1. |
| September 30 | Ken Page | 70 | Actor (Gimme a Break!, Sable, Family Matters). He also did voice work for Duckman and All Grown Up!. |

## October

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| October 4 | Allan Blye | 87 | Actor and writer best known as Captain Blye on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. |
| October 4 | Christopher Ciccone | 63 | Artist, interior decorator, and designer. He made an appearance in The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. |
| October 4 | Yukio Hattori | 78 | Japanese television personality and food critic. He made an appearance in Season 2 of The Next Iron Chef. |
| October 4 | John Lasell | 95 | Actor best known as Peter Guthrie on Dark Shadows |
| October 6 | Dan Coughlin | 86 | Sportscaster (WJW) and journalist. |
| October 7 | Cissy Houston | 91 | Singer. She made guest appearances on shows like The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Show with David Letterman, and Oprah Prime. |
| October 7 | Nicholas Pryor | 89 | Actor best known as A. Milton Arnold on Beverly Hills, 90210 |
| October 10 | Ethel Kennedy | 96 | Human rights advocate. She made a cameo in an episode of Cheers along with her son Michael. |
| October 16 | Sherry Coben | 71 | Writer (Ryan's Hope, Kate & Allie, Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.) |
| October 16 | Liam Payne | 31 | English singer and member of One Direction. He made guest appearances as himself on shows like iCarly, Dancing with the Stars, Family Guy, and Drop the Mic. |
| October 17 | Mitzi Gaynor | 93 | Actress, dancer, and entertainer. She appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and starred in several television specials throughout the 1960s and 1970s. |
| October 19 | Mel Showers | 78 | News anchor (WKRG-TV) |
| October 21 | Mimi Hines | 91 | Canadian actress, singer, and comedian. She made guest appearances on shows like The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, Frasier, and The Rosie O'Donnell Show. |
| October 22 | Lynda Obst | 74 | Film and television producer (Hot in Cleveland, The Soul Man, Helix) |
| October 22 | Alan Sacks | 81 | Writer-producer, most notably on Welcome Back, Kotter |
| October 23 | Jack Jones | 86 | Singer (theme from The Love Boat) and actor (The Rat Patrol, Police Woman, McMillan & Wife) |
| October 24 | Tom Jarriel | 89 | KPRC-TV and ABC News anchor/reporter |
| October 24 | Jeri Taylor | 86 | Writer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager) and producer (Quincy, M.E.). |
| October 25 | David Harris | 75 | Actor (Kojak, The White Shadow, Hill Street Blues) |
| October 26 | Jim Donovan | 68 | Sportscaster and news anchor (WKYC/Cleveland) |
| October 29 | Teri Garr | 79 | Actress best known as Phoebe Abbott on Friends; appeared in TV commercials for Fruit of the Loom panties |
| October 30 | Wally Kennedy | 76 | Television personality (WPVI-TV/Philadelphia) |

## November

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| November 2 | Alan Rachins | 82 | Actor best known as Douglas Brackman Jr. on L.A. Law and Larry Finkelstein on Dharma & Greg |
| November 2 | Jonathan Haze | 95 | Actor and writer. He made guest appearances in The Angry Beavers and more. |
| November 3 | Quincy Jones | 91 | Composer (The Bill Cosby Show, Ironside, Sanford and Son) and record producer, winner of one Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for Roots in 1977. He also made guest appearances on The Boondocks and Last Call with Carson Daly; hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live during its 15th season in 1990; and was an executive producer for MADtv and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. |
| November 5 | Elwood Edwards | 74 | Voice actor. He made guest appearances on The Simpsons and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; worked at various local television stations, including WKYC; and appeared in a television commercial for Shopify. |
| November 6 | Tony Todd | 69 | Actor (21 Jump Street, Night Court, Matlock). He also did voice work for shows like Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Sym-Bionic Titan, Young Justice, and The Flash. |
| November 7 | John C. Hartigan | 67 | Visual effects artist and special effects coordinator (Hawaii Five-O) |
| November 9 | Ella Jenkins | 100 | Singer-songwriter. She made guest appearances on shows like Today, Showbiz Today, Barney & Friends, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. |
| November 9 | George Wilkins | 90 | Musician, arranger, and composer (The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin) |
| November 11 | Richard D. James | 88 | American art director and production designer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager) |
| November 11 | John Peaslee | 75 | Television producer and screenwriter (Coach, Something So Right, Just Shoot Me!, 8 Simple Rules, According to Jim, Dog with a Blog, Liv and Maddie) |
| November 12 | Timothy West | 90 | English actor (Masada, The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story) |
| November 15 | Al Ferrara | 84 | Major League baseball player who played from 1963 to 1971. He made appearances on episodes of Gilligan's Island and Batman. |
| Paul Teal | 35 | Actor best known as Josh Avery on One Tree Hill | |
| November 17 | Jim Knaub | 68 | Former professional wheelchair marathon athlete and actor. (The A-Team, The Fall Guy, The Love Boat) |
| November 20 | Andy Paley | 72 | Composer (The Ren and Stimpy Show, SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo), record producer, and songwriter |
| November 22 | Mark Withers | 77 | Actor (Dynasty, Days of Our Lives, Stranger Things) |
| November 23 | Chuck Woolery | 83 | Game show host (Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, Scrabble, The Dating Game, Greed, Lingo) |
| November 24 | Helen Gallagher | 98 | Actress best known as Maeve Ryan on Ryan's Hope. |
| November 25 | Earl Holliman | 96 | Actor best known for Police Woman, Delta, and the premiere episode of The Twilight Zone |
| November 25 | Hal Lindsey | 95 | Author and televangelist. He hosted International Intelligence Briefing on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. |
| November 26 | Jim Abrahams | 80 | Director and screenwriter (Big John, Little John, Police Squad!) |
| November 26 | Scott L. Schwartz | 65 | Actor (Nash Bridges, The Tick, The Young and the Restless), stuntman, and professional wrestler. |
| November 29 | Marshall Brickman | 85 | Director and screenwriter (Candid Camera, The Tonight Show, and The Dick Cavett Show) |
| November 29 | Christian Juttner | 60 | Actor (Bewitched, Emergency!, The Bionic Woman, ABC Afterschool Special) |
| November 29 | Wayne Northrop | 77 | Actor (Dynasty, Days of Our Lives, Port Charles) |
| November 30 | Steve Alaimo | 84 | Singer and record producer. He hosted and co-produced Where The Action Is. |

## December

| Date | Name | Age | Notes |
| December 1 | Kelly Powers | 45 | Podiatric surgeon and commentator for Fox News. |
| December 2 | Paul Maslansky | 91 | Film producer and writer. Produced The Gun and the Pulpit and King; was an executive producer for CBS Schoolbreak Special, Police Academy, and Police Academy: The Series. |
| December 5 | Thom Christopher | 84 | Actor best known as Carlo Hesser on One Life to Live. |
| December 5 | Bill Melton | 79 | Professional baseball player and sports commentator. He commentated on White Sox broadcasts for NBC Sports Chicago. |
| December 8 | Jill Jacobson | 70 | Actress (The New Gidget, Falcon Crest, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) |
| December 9 | Nikki Giovanni | 81 | Writer, poet, activist, and educator. She made appearances on shows like Soul! and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. |
| December 10 | Michael Cole | 84 | Actor best known as Peter Cochran on The Mod Squad. |
| December 10 | The Amazing Kreskin | 89 | Mentalist. He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Show with David Letterman, The Mike Douglas Show and The Merv Griffin Show. |
| December 13 | Diane Delano | 67 | Actress best known as Sergent Barbara Semanski on Northern Exposure. |
| December 15 | Aziza Barnes | 32 | Poet and playwright. They wrote for shows like Snowfall and Teenage Bounty Hunters. |
| December 16 | Anita Bryant | 84 | Singer and conservative activist. |
| December 16 | Jean Jennings | 70 | Journalist, publisher and television personality. |
| December 20 | John Erwin | 88 | Voice actor (The Archie Show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) |
| December 21 | Art Evans | 82 | Actor (M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, A Different World, Everybody Hates Chris) |
| December 21 | Hudson Meek | 16 | Actor (MacGyver, Legacies, Genius, Found) |
| December 22 | Geoffrey Deuel | 81 | Actor best known as Dave Campbell on The Young and the Restless. |
| December 24 | Richard M. Cohen | 76 | American journalist |
| December 26 | Dick Capri | 93 | Actor and comedian. He made appearances on shows like The Merv Griffin Show and The Ed Sullivan Show. |
| December 27 | Greg Gumbel | 78 | Sportscaster (most notably with CBS Sports) |
| December 27 | Olivia Hussey | 73 | British actress best known as Norma Bates on Psycho IV: The Beginning. She voiced Talia al Ghul in the DC Animated Universe. |
| December 28 | Charles Dolan | 98 | Businessman, founder of Cablevision and HBO. |
| December 29 | Aaron Brown | 76 | Broadcast journalist (most notably with ABC News and CNN) |
| Jimmy Carter | 100 | 39th President of the United States and 76th Governor of Georgia; made a guest appearance on an episode of Home Improvement and once appeared as a mystery guest on What's My Line?. | |
| Linda Lavin | 87 | Actress and singer best known as Alice Hyatt on Alice. | |
| December 30 | John Capodice | 83 | Actor (General Hospital, Seinfeld, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) |