Dead People 2014
by HypnocraticGoat | created - 17 Jan 2014 | updated - 12 Jan 2015 | Public1. Phil Everly
Soundtrack | Tequila Sunrise
Phil Everly was born on January 19, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Tequila Sunrise (1988), Flipped (2010) and Bull Durham (1988). He was married to Patrice Yvonne Arnold, Patricia Mickey and Jacqueline Alice Ertel. He died on January 3, 2014 in Burbank, ...
Dead January 3, 2014 (age 74)
2. Saul Zaentz
Producer | The English Patient
Saul Zaentz learned gambling as a youth in Passaic, New Jersey, playing a card game called briscola. Later, in his twenties, he earned a full-time living as a gambler.
Saul settled in San Francisco after WWII, at first working for a local record distributor and eventually joining the jazz record ...
Dead January 3, 2014 (age 92)
3. Russell Johnson
Actor | Gilligan's Island
Long before he was known as "The Professor" in the cult comedy classic Gilligan's Island (1964), Russell Johnson was a well-known character actor, starring in several Westerns and Sci-Fi classics as This Island Earth (1955) and It Came from Outer Space (1953). Johnson grew up in Pennsylvania and ...
Dead January 16, 2014 (age 89)
4. Dave Madden
Actor | The Partridge Family
Dave Madden was born on December 17, 1931 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Partridge Family (1970), Charlotte's Web (1973) and Eat My Dust (1976). He was married to Sandra Martin and Alvena Louise (Nena) Arnold. He died on January 16, 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Dead January 16, 2014 (age 82)
5. Pete Seeger
Soundtrack | Just Cause
Sixteen-year-old Pete Seeger enrolled at the Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut and then decided to become a hermit. His life since then has been one social cause after another, buoyed by an almost indefatigable career as a self-described "sing-along leader."
During the 1930s he attended Harvard, ...
Dead January 27, 2014 (age 94)
6. Arthur Rankin Jr.
Producer | The Last Unicorn
Arthur Rankin Jr. was born on July 19, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Last Unicorn (1982), Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965) and The Hobbit (1977). He was married to Olga Karlatos. He died on January 30, 2014 in Harrington Sound, Bermuda.
Dead January 30, 2014 (age 89)
7. Maximilian Schell
Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg
Maximilian Schell was the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings, Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he was a dedicated anti-Nazi. Indeed, with the exception of Maurice Chevalier and ...
Dead February 1, 2014 (age 83)
8. Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor | The Master
Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport to Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry. After becoming involved in ...
Dead February 2, 2014 (age 46)
9. Shirley Temple
Actress | The Little Colonel
Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in ...
Dead February 10, 2014 (age 85)
10. Sid Caesar
Actor | Grease
Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" ...
Dead February 12, 2014 (age 91)
11. Maggie Estep
Actress | MTV Unplugged Spoken Word II
Maggie Estep was born on March 20, 1963 in Summit, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for MTV Unplugged Spoken Word II (1994), Alchemy (1995) and Beavis and Butt-Head (1993). She died on February 12, 2014 in Albany, New York, USA.
Dead February 12, 2014 (age 50)
12. Ralph Waite
Actor | The Waltons
Ralph Waite was born in White Plains, New York on June 22, 1928. Educated at Bucknell University where he graduated with a BA degree, Waite existed rather aimlessly as a young adult while trying to find his way in the world. Occupations came and went, including social worker, religious editor for ...
Dead February 14, 2014 (age 85)
13. Mary Grace Canfield
Actress | Green Acres
Mary Grace Canfield was born on September 3, 1924 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Green Acres (1965), Pollyanna (1960) and The Best of Broadway (1954). She was married to John Theodore Bischof and Charles Orlebar Carey, Jr.. She died on February 15, 2014 in Santa Barbara,...
Dead February 15, 2014 (age 89)
14. Bob Casale
Music_department | Drop Dead Gorgeous
Robert Edward Casale Jr. was born on July 14, 1952 in Kent, Ohio. The younger brother of Gerald Casale, Robert grew up in Akron, Ohio and was trained as a medical radiation technologist, but eventually left that job to become a key founding member of the New Wave band Devo. Casale not only played ...
Dead February 17, 2014 (age 61)
15. Harold Ramis
Writer | Ghostbusters
Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" ...
Dead February 24, 2014 (age 69)
16. Franny Beecher
Music_department | A ritmo de twist
Franny Beecher joined Bill Haley and the Comets in 1954, replacing guitarist Danny Cedrone, who had died. Beecher's guitar solos became legendary during his time with the band. He left the Comets in 1962, but in 1987 he participated in a Comets reunion and now in his late 70s, he continues to ...
Dead February 24, 2014 (age 92)
17. Jim Lange
Actor | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jim Lange was born on August 15, 1932 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Captain 11 (1954) and Amazing Stories (1985). He was married to Nancy Fleming and Fay Marie Madigan. He died on February 25, 2014 in Mill Valley, California, USA.
Dead February 25, 2014 (age 81)
18. Sheila MacRae
Actress | Backfire
Sheila MacRae was born on September 24, 1921 in London, England, UK. She was an actress and producer, known for Backfire (1950), Caged (1950) and Bikini Beach (1964). She was married to Ronald Wayne and Gordon MacRae. She died on March 6, 2014 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
Dead March 6, 2014 (age 92)
19. Hal Douglas
Actor | The Holiday
Voiceover artist par excellence Hal Douglas was born Harold Cone on September 1, 1924 in Stamford, Connecticut. The son of Samuel and Miriam Levenson Cone, Hal and his brother Edwin were primarily raised by their grandparents Sarah and Tevya Levenson after their mother died when Hal was only nine. ...
Dead March 7, 2014 (89)
20. William Guarnere
Self | He Has Seen War
As a young man he joined the famous Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Infantry Division when it was first formed. His first combat jump as a paratrooper was into occupied France the night before D-Day as part of the mass invasion. Earned the name "Wild Bill" due to his heroic efforts in combat ...
American hero. Dead March 8, 2014 (age 90)
21. Joe McGinniss
Writer | Miracle
Joe McGinniss was born in New York City in 1942. After finishing high school, he attended Holy Cross College in Worchester, Massachusetts, where he worked for the school newspaper and, during summers, the Port Chester Daily Item. After graduating from Holy Crossin 1964, McGinniss worked as a ...
American villain. Dead March 10, 2014 (age 71)
22. Scott Asheton
Soundtrack | Smokin' Aces
Scott Asheton was born on August 16, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Smokin' Aces (2006), Predestination (2014) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). He was married to Elizabeth. He died on March 15, 2014 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Dead March 15, 2014 (age 64)
23. David Brenner
Actor | Worth Winning
David Brenner was born on February 4, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Worth Winning (1989), Modern Family (2009) and Theory of a Deadman: Not Meant to Be (2009). He was married to Ruth Davey, Elizabeth Slater and Geraldine (Geri) Judith Leno. He died ...
Dead March 15, 2014 (age 78)
24. Joe Lala
Actor | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Joe Lala was born on November 3, 1947 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), Seinfeld (1989) and Out for Justice (1991). He was married to Ginny McSwain. He died on March 18, 2014 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Dead March 18, 2014 (age 66)
25. James Rebhorn
Actor | Independence Day
James Robert Rebhorn (September 1, 1948 - March 21, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films, television series, and plays. At the time of his death, he had recurring roles in the current series White Collar and Homeland.
An early performance was in Butterflies are Free at the ...
Dead March 21, 2014 (age 65)
26. Kate O'Mara
Actress | Department S
Kate O'Mara was born Frances Meredith Carroll on August 10, 1939 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. A hard-looking brunette with high cheekbones, Kate was the daughter of actress Hazel Bainbridge and John Carroll and prodded into performing as a child. Educated at the Aida Foster School, she ...
Dead March 30, 2014 (age 74)
27. John Pinette
Actor | The Punisher
John Pinette was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 23, 1964, the son of Robert Pinette Sr. and Louise Pitre (Petrie). His mother was of Acadian ancestry, with her parents both from the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He graduated from Malden Catholic High School in 1982. He was a ...
Dead April 5, 2014 (age 52)
28. Mickey Rooney
Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mickey Rooney was born Joe Yule Jr. on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. He first took the stage as a toddler in his parents vaudeville act at 17 months old. He made his first film appearance in 1926. The following year, he played the lead character in the first Mickey McGuire short film. ...
Dead April 6, 2014 (age 93)
29. Peaches Geldof
Self | The King Is Dead
Peaches Geldof was born on March 13, 1989 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The King Is Dead (2010), 8 Out of 10 Cats (2005) and Celebrity Juice (2008). She was married to Thomas Cohen and Maxwell Drummey. She died on April 7, 2014 in Wrotham, Kent, England, UK.
Dead April 7, 2014 (age 25)
30. Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Writer | The Hurricane
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was boxing's most feared middleweight contender in the early 1960s. Standing only 5' 8" tall and weighing 160 lbs., he nevertheless had one of the most muscular builds in the sport. With a shaved head, Fu Manchu mustache and bulging muscles, he sent shudders and shakes ...
Dead April 20, 2014 (age 76)
31. Bob Hoskins
Actor | The Long Good Friday
Bob Hoskins was described by the director John Mackenzie as "an actor from the British tradition but with an almost American approach, an instinctive approach to acting and knowing how to work with the camera". He was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was ...
Dead April 29, 2014 (age 71)
32. Al Feldstein
Writer | Tales from the Crypt
Al Feldstein was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. He was interested in comics and comic art from an early age, and attended art school at night while working as assistant for a comic publisher by day. After a stint in the Army Air Corp during WW II, Feldstein returned to work as a freelancer. In...
Dead April 29, 2014 (age 88)
33. Judi Meredith
Actress | Jack the Giant Killer
Judi Meredith was born on October 13, 1936 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Jack the Giant Killer (1962), Queen of Blood (1966) and Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958). She was married to Gary Nelson. She died on April 30, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Dead April 30, 2014 (age 77)
34. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Actor | Wait Until Dark
It's hardly surprising that the son of renowned Russian-born concert violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (1889-1985) and Romanian-born opera singer Alma Gluck (1884-1938) would desire a performing career of some kind. Born in New York City on November 30, 1918, surrounded by people of wealth and privilege...
Dead May 2, 2014 (age 95)
35. Jeb Magruder
Self | Watergate
Jeb Magruder was born on November 5, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Patricia Newton and Gail Barnes Nicholas. He died on May 11, 2014 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Dead May 11, 2014 (age 79)
36. H.R. Giger
Art_department | Alien
H.R. Giger was born on February 5, 1940 in Chur, Switzerland. He was a director, known for Alien (1979), Aliens (1986) and Alien vs. Predator (2004). He was married to Carmen Maria Scheifele and Mia Bonzanigo. He died on May 12, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Dead May 12, 2014 (age 74)
37. Gordon Willis
Cinematographer | Zelig
Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979).
His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and ...
Dead May 18, 2014 (age 82)
38. Jerry Vale
Soundtrack | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Jerry Vale was born on July 8, 1930 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Casino (1995) and Donnie Brasco (1997). He was married to Rita Grapel. He died on May 18, 2014 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Dead May 18, 2014 (age 83)
39. Bunny Yeager
Actress | Harry & Son
Buxom and beautiful blonde bombshell Bunny Yeager always aspired to be a pin-up model. She was born Linnea Eleanor Yeager on March 13, 1929 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Her father Raymond Conrad Yeager worked in an office for the telephone company and later was an electrical engineer for ...
Dead May 25, 2014 (age 85)
40. Maya Angelou
Actress | Poetic Justice
Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Poetic Justice (1993), Madea's Family Reunion (2006) and How to Make an American Quilt (1995). She was married to Paul Du Feu, Vusumzi Linda Make and Enistasious (Tosh) Angelos. She died on ...
Dead May 28, 2014 (age 86)
41. Martha Hyer
Actress | The Sons of Katie Elder
Martha Hyer was born on August 10, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas. Once she finished her formal schooling, Martha played a bit role in 1946's The Locket (1946). Slowly, Martha began picking up roles with more and more substance. The best years for the beautiful actress began in 1954 when she played in ...
Ead May 31, 2014 (age 89)
42. Ann B. Davis
Actress | The Brady Bunch
Ann B. Davis made her debut in show business at age 6 earning $2.00 in a puppet show. At the University of Michigan, Ann planned to study medicine but got the acting bug from her brother who was the lead dancer in the national company of "Oklahoma" for over a year. Ann then spent six years in ...
Dead June 1, 2014 (age 88)
43. Rik Mayall
Actor | The Young Ones
Rik Mayall, one of the first and foremost alternative comedians in the UK, was born in a village called Matching Tye, just outside Harlow in Essex. His parents, John and Gillian were both drama teachers. His acting debut was at the age of seven when he appeared in one of his father's stage plays. ...
Dead June 9, 2014 (age 56)
44. Ruby Dee
Actress | American Gangster
Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961).
She also starred in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Cat People (1982), ...
Dead June 11, 2014 (age 91)
45. Casey Kasem
Actor | Ghostbusters
Born an entertainer, Casey reigns from Michigan, the same birthplace for fellow Shaggy voice actor Matthew Lillard (whom both Casey and Matthew do a very fine, smashing job voicing the iconic character). Debuted as a radio operator and legendary disc jockey in his early days, he was the greatest ...
Dead June 15, 2014 (age 82)
46. Gerry Goffin
Soundtrack | Vanilla Sky
Gerry Goffin was born on February 11, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Vanilla Sky (2001), True Romance (1993) and Ford v Ferrari (2019). He was married to Michele Conaway, Linda Zimmerman, Ellen May Minasian, Barbara Beth Behling and Carole King. He died on June 19, ...
Dead June 18, 2014 (age 75)
47. Steve Rossi
Actor | The Mexican
Steve Rossi was born on May 25, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mexican (2001), The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966) and Allen and Rossi Meet Dracula and Frankenstein (1974). He was married to Karma Kennedy and Elaine Annette Gronski. He died on June 22, 2014 ...
Dead June 22, 2014 (age 82)
48. Eli Wallach
Actor | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
One of Hollywood's finest character / "Method" actors, Eli Wallach was in demand for over 60 years (first film/TV role was 1949) on stage and screen, and has worked alongside the world's biggest stars, including Clark Gable, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, Peter O'Toole,...
Dead June 24, 2014 (age 98)
49. Bobby Womack
Soundtrack | Dredd
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Bobby Womack was born into a musical family. Managed by their father, he and his brothers formed "The Womack Brothers", a gospel singing group that toured with several national gospel stars. "The Womack Brothers" caught the attention of the legendary Sam Cooke when ...
Dead June 27, 2014 (age 70)
50. Meshach Taylor
Actor | Designing Women
Surrounded by four dazzling Southern-styled ladies on the hit sitcom Designing Women (1986), genial African-American actor Meshach Taylor made a name for himself as the beleaguered male foil consistently at the mercy of the title gals' antics during its popular 7-season run.
The Boston-born actor ...
Dead June 28, 2014 (age 67)
51. Paul Mazursky
Actor | An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky was born on April 25, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for An Unmarried Woman (1978), Harry and Tonto (1974) and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). He was married to Betsy Mazursky. He died on June 30, 2014 in Beverly Grove, ...
Dead June 30, 2014 (age 84)
52. Bob Hastings
Actor | The Poseidon Adventure
Bob Hastings got his show business start in radio after WWII as the voice of "Archie Andrews" in the show of the same name (a spin-off of the Archie Comics series) on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The good-looking Hastings made the transition to television smoothly in 1949 in early ...
Dead June 30, 2014 (age 89)
53. Dave Legeno
Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
A twin fisted existentialist, whose post-Nietzschian sensibilities reject the lantern of the cynic in a quest for a sun that leaves no shadow. He attended Dr Challoners Grammar School where he achieved 8 'o' levels, he then elected to work on demolition sites rather than continue his education to ...
Dead July 6, 2014 (age 50)
54. Tommy Ramone
Soundtrack | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Tommy Ramone was born on January 29, 1949 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) and Pet Sematary (1989). He died on July 11, 2014 in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
Dead July 11, 2014 (age 62)
55. Johnny Winter
Soundtrack | The Accused
Johnny Winter was born on February 23, 1944 in Beaumont, Texas, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Accused (1988), Sliver (1993) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978). He was married to Susan Warford. He died on July 16, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Dead July 16, 2014 (age 70)
56. Elaine Stritch
Actress | 30 Rock
A brash, sharp-tongued, incorrigible actress/singer who led a six decade career that contained many highs and lows, veteran Elaine Stritch's raucous six-decade career certainly lived up well to the Stephen Sondheim song lyrics "I'm Still Here." A popular, magnetic performer, she stole so many ...
Dead July 17, 2014 (age 89)
57. James Garner
Actor | The Notebook
Amiable and handsome James Garner had obtained success in both films and television, often playing variations of the charming anti-hero/con-man persona he first developed in Maverick, the offbeat western TV series that shot him to stardom in the late 1950s.
James Garner was born James Scott ...
Dead July 19, 2014 (age 86)
58. James Shigeta
Actor | Die Hard
Hawaiian-born James Shigeta was, for a time, the biggest East Asian U.S. star the country had known for decades. His up-and-down career reflected the country's changing interest in films with East Asian themes, but, when called upon, he filled both A-movie starring roles and minor T.V. guest ...
Dead July 28, 2014 (age 81)
59. Marilyn Burns
Actress | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Marilyn Burns was born Mary Lynn Ann Burns on May 7, 1949 in Erie, Pennsylvania, and raised in Houston, Texas. She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Drama. Marilyn was one of the original scream queens, remembered primarily for her role in ...
Dead August 5, 2014 (age 64)
60. Menahem Golan
Producer | The Apple
Menahem Golan was born Menahem Globus to parents of Polish decent in Tiberias, Israel, in May 1929. In his early years, he was a pilot for the fledgling Israeli Air Force, changing his surname to Golan for patriotic reasons in 1948. A few years later, he took the first step towards his future ...
Dead August 8, 2014 (age 85)
61. Charles Keating
Actor | Another World
Charles Keating was born on October 22, 1941 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Another World (1964), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) and The Bodyguard (1992). He was married to Mary Ellen Cudbody. He died on August 8, 2014 in Weston, Connecticut, USA.
Dead August 9, 2014 (age 72)
62. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
Dead August 11, 2014 (age 63)
63. Lauren Bacall
Actress | To Have and Have Not
Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a ...
Dead August 12, 2014 (age 89)
64. Arlene Martel
Actress | Star Trek
Arlene Martel is well-known to Star Trek (1966) fans as Spock's Vulcan bride, T'Pring, in the episode, Star Trek: Amok Time (1967). Born Arline Greta Sax to Austrian Jewish immigrants on April 14, 1936 in New York City, she spent her early years in one of the poorest slums in the Bronx. When her ...
Dead August 12, 2014 (age 78)
65. Don Pardo
Actor | Radio Days
Don Pardo was born on February 22, 1918 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Radio Days (1987), Stay Tuned (1992) and 'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (2003). He was married to Catherine Anne (Kay) Lyons. He died on August 18, 2014 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Dead August 18, 2014 (age 96)
66. Richard Attenborough
Actor | Jurassic Park
Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a ...
Dead August 24, 2014 (age 90)
67. Glenn Cornick
Self | Beat-Club
Glenn Cornick was born on April 23, 1947 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK. He was married to Brigitte Martinez-Cornick and Brigitte. He died on August 28, 2014 in Hilo, Hawaii, USA.
Dead August 28, 2014 (age 67)
68. Joan Rivers
Actress | Spaceballs
Joan Rivers is an American talk show host, comedian, writer and actress from Brooklyn, New York. She voiced Dot Matrix from Mel Brooks' Spaceballs. She has portrayed in several films and shows such as Shrek 2, Look Who's Talking, The Smurfs and Iron Man 3. She passed away in September 2014 at ...
Dead September 4, 2014 (age 81)
69. Simone Battle
Actress | What We Need
Simone Battle was born on June 17, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for What We Need (2014), Zoey 101 (2005) and Meanamorphosis (2012). She died on September 5, 2014 in West Hollywood, California, USA.
Dead September 5, 2014 (age 25)
70. Molly Glynn
Actress | In America
Molly Glynn (6/14/1968 - 9/6/2014) was a well-known Chicago stage actress who also played several roles in film and television, including a recurring role as an ER doctor on the television series Chicago Fire at the time of her death. Born and raised in Hartford, CT to William E. Glynn (Mayor of ...
Dead September 6, 2014 (age 46)
71. Richard Kiel
Actor | Moonraker
Towering 7' 2" tall actor who cornered the market on playing giants, intimidating henchmen, bayou swamp monsters and steel toothed villains! Kiel worked in numerous jobs including as a night club bouncer and a cemetery plot salesman, before breaking into film & TV in several minor roles in the late...
Dead September 10, 2014 (age 74)
72. Theodore J. Flicker
Writer | The President's Analyst
Theodore J. Flicker was born on June 6, 1930 in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The President's Analyst (1967), Up in the Cellar (1970) and Spinout (1966). He was married to Barbara Flicker. He died on September 12, 2014 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Dead September 12, 2014 (age 84) Writer/Director of the brilliant satire "The President's Analyst"
73. Polly Bergen
Actress | Cry-Baby
In a six-decade-plus career (she started out as a radio performer at age 14), there are very few facets of entertainment that lovely singer/actress Polly Bergen has not conquered or, at the very least, touched upon. A nightclub and Columbia recording artist of the 50s and 60s, she is just as well ...
Dead September 20, 2014 (age 84)
74. Paul Revere
Soundtrack | Santee
Paul Revere was born on January 7, 1938 in Harvard, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Santee (1973), Where the Action Is (1965) and Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000). He was married to Eileen Elizabeth (Sydney) Mohrman, Sandra Sue Campbell and ...
Dead October 4, 2014 (age 76)
75. Jean-Claude Duvalier
Self | Aristide and the Endless Revolution
Jean-Claude Duvalier was born on July 3, 1951, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the son of Haitian president Francois Duvalier. When he was 19 years old his father died, and he took over as president, making him the youngest president in the world. Haiti, which was the poorest country in the Western ...
Dead October 4, 2014 (age 63)
76. Jan Hooks
Actress | Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Jan Hooks is better remembered for her five-year run on Saturday Night Live (1975) (1986-91) on the series she impersonated actress ranging from Bette Davis, to Ann-Margret, to Sally Kellerman, to Jodie Foster. After she left the show, she was proposed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to replace Jean ...
Dead October 9, 2014 (age 57)
77. Elizabeth Peña
Actress | Rush Hour
As she inherited her love for the arts by her father, well-known playwright, actor, director and novelist Mario Peña, it is not hard to understand that actress Elizabeth Pena already had designs to become an actress by the time she was eight years old.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on September 23, ...
Dead October 14, 2014 (age 55)
78. Oscar de la Renta
Costume_department | Ugly Betty
Oscar de la Renta was born on July 22, 1932 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was a costume designer and executive, known for Ugly Betty (2006), Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) and Beautopia (1998). He was married to Annette Reed and Françoise de Langlade. He died on October 20, ...
Dead October 20, 2014 (age 82)
79. Ben Bradlee
Actor | Born Yesterday
Ben Bradlee was born on August 26, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Born Yesterday (1993), Jack: The Last Kennedy Film (1993) and The American President (2000). He was married to Sally Quinn, Antoinette Bradlee and Jean Saltonstall. He died on October 21, 2014 in ...
Dead October 21, 2014 (age 93)
80. Jack Bruce
Soundtrack | True Lies
Jack Bruce was born on May 14, 1943 in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for True Lies (1994), Backdraft (1991) and Road House (1989). He was married to Margrit Seyffer and Janet Godfrey. He died on October 25, 2014 in Bures, Suffolk, England, UK.
Dead October 25, 2014 (age 71)
81. Marcia Strassman
Actress | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
This tall (5'10"), pretty, willowy brunette (but frequently blonde) was born on April 28, 1948, in New York City, as one of four children. Raised in Passaic, New Jersey, Marcia grew into a striking young teen and worked for a time as a model in a local children's department store. A talented singer...
Dead October 25, 2014 (age 66)
82. Acker Bilk
Soundtrack | Red Heat
Acker Bilk was born on January 28, 1929 in Pensford, Somerset, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Red Heat (1988), There's Something About Mary (1998) and The Courier (2020). He was married to Jean Hawkins. He died on November 2, 2014 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
Dead November 2, 2014 (age 85)
83. Tom Magliozzi
Actor | Cars
Tom Magliozzi was born on June 28, 1937 in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Cars (2006), Cars 3 (2017) and Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns (2008). He was married to Julia and Joanne. He died on November 3, 2014 in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.
Dead November 3, 2014 (age 77)
84. Richard Schaal
Actor | Mary Tyler Moore
Richard Schaal was born on May 5, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) and The Hollywood Knights (1980). He was married to Tasha Brittain, Valerie Harper and Lois Treacy. He died on November 4, 2014 in ...
Dead November 4, 2014 (age 86)
85. Glen A. Larson
Writer | McCloud
Born on January 3, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, Glen A. Larson was the man behind some of the world's best-known prime-time television series. His highly successful productions (successful both financially and popularly, less often critically) include Knight Rider (1982), The Fall Guy (1981), ...
Dead November 14, 2014 (age 77)
86. Mike Nichols
Director | The Graduate
He, along with the other members of the "Compass Players" including Elaine May, Paul Sills, Byrne Piven, Joyce Hiller Piven and Edward Asner helped start the famed "Second City Improv" company. They used the games taught to them by fellow cast mate, Paul Sills 's mother, Viola Spolin. He later ...
Dead November 19, 2014 (age 83)
87. Mary Ann Mobley
Actress | Get Yourself a College Girl
Born on February 17, 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Ann Mobley is one of the few Miss Americas to have true success as an actress or television personality (the others are Barnaby Jones (1973) beauty Lee Meriwether, television hostess Phyllis George, Consumer advocate/game show panelist Bess ...
Dead December 9, 2014 (age 75)
88. Billie Whitelaw
Actress | The Omen
Billie Whitelaw first appeared on the radio aged 11. She made her theatrical debut in 1950 and in films from 1953. She has made a speciality of playing intense, single-purposed women. Also, (on stage), she has appeared in many of the stranger plays by Samuel Beckett.
Dead December 21, 2014 (age 82)
89. Joe Cocker
Soundtrack | Across the Universe
Joe Cocker was born on May 20, 1944 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Across the Universe (2007), The Bodyguard (1992) and Layer Cake (2004). He was married to Pam Baker. He died on December 22, 2014 in Crawford, Colorado, USA.
Dead December 22, 2014 (age 70)
90. Joseph Sargent
Director | Jaws: The Revenge
Joseph Sargent was born on July 22, 1925 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Jaws: The Revenge (1987), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) and Nightmares (1983). He was married to Carolyn Nelson and Mary Carver. He died on December 22, 2014 in Malibu, ...
Dead December 22, 2014 (age 89)
91. Edward Herrmann
Actor | Overboard
Edward Herrmann was born on July 21, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Overboard (1987), The Lost Boys (1987) and Nixon (1995). He was married to Star Herrmann and Leigh Curran. He died on December 31, 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.
Dead December 31, 2014 (age 71)
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