A very partial list of Deaths You May Have Missed this year (I’m sure you’ll have your own to add):
Actresses Osa Massen, Phyllis Gates, Shelley Winters, Maureen Stapleton, Alida Valli, June Allyson, Carrie Nye, Elizabeth Allen, Tamara Dobson, Jane Wyatt, Adrienne Shelly, Marian Marsh
Actors Tony Franciosa, Chris Penn, Al Lewis, Dennis Weaver, Don Knotts, Jack Wild, Barnard Hughes, Red Buttons, Jack Warden, Mako, Bruno Kirby, Glenn Ford, Pat Corley, Mickey Hargitay, Jack Palance, Peter Boyle
Singers Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett, Joan Diener, Ruth Brown, Anita O’Day, Martha Tilton, James Brown
Dancers Fayard Nicholas, Moira Shearer
Playwright Wendy Wasserstein
Directors Gordon Parks, Val Guest, Vincent Sherman, Robert Altman
Producer Aaron Spelling
Comics Jan Murray, Anna Russell
Writer Mickey Spillane
Talk-show host Mike Douglas
Cinematographer Sven Nykvist
Songwriter Betty Comden
Makeup and costume designer Van Smith
Music executive Ahmet Ertegun