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Notable entertainment deaths in 2021

By Velma Jones
December 28, 2021
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January

January 4: actress Tanya Roberts, “Charlie’s Angels”, “That ’70s Show”, 65; actor Gregory Sierra, “Barney Miller”, 83

January 7: filmmaker Michael Apted, “Up”, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, 79; rapper Deezer D, 55;

January 8: soap opera actress Diana Millay, 85

January 9: soap opera actor John Reilly, 86

January 11: Jazz musician Howard Johnson, 79

January 16: Music producer and convicted killer Phil Spector, 81

January 18: singer Jimmie Rogers, “Honeycomb”, “Kisses Sweeter than Wine”, 87

January 21: character actor Anthony Dawes, 92

January 23: actor Hal Holbrook, 95; Talk show host Larry King, 87

January 27: actress Cloris Leachman, 94

January 28: actress Cicely Tyson, 96

January 30: Rapper Double K, 43

February

February 1: Actor Dustin Diamond, played Screech in “Saved by the Bell”, aged 44

February 3: Jim Weatherly, wrote “Midnight Train to Georgia”, aged 77

February 5: actor Christopher Plummer, 91

February 8: singer Mary Wilson, original member of Supremes, 76

February 9: jazz musician Chick Corea, 79

February 10: Larry Flynt, Hustler editor, 78

February 14: singer-songwriter Ari Gold, 47

February 16: Fashion designer Jessica McClintock, 90

February 18: rapper Prince Markie Dee, 52

February 27: actress Erica Watson, 48

March

March 2: Reggae singer Bunny Wailer, 73

March 9: opera director James Levine, 77

March 14: actor Henry Darrow, 87

March 15: actor Yaphet Kotto, 81 years old

March 18: actor Richard Gilliland, 71

March 23: actor George Segal, 87

March 24: actress Jessica Walter, 80

March 25: actress muMs da Schemer, 52 years old; author Larry McMurtry, 84

March 26: author Beverly Cleary, 104

April

April 1: actor Biff McGuire, 94

April 2: R&B singer Quindon Tarver, 38

April 3: actress Gloria Henry, 98 years old

April 5: actor Paul Ritter, 54

April 7: actor James Hampton, 84; former “Saturday Night Live” writer Anne Beatts, 74

April 9: DMX rapper, 50 years old

April 16: actress Helen McCrory, 52

April 17: Rapper Black Rob, 52

April 19: songwriter Jim Steinman, 73

April 20: Les McKeown, former singer of the Bay City Rollers, 65

April 22: Rapper Shock G, 57

April 24: Opera singer Christa Ludwig, 93

April 28: spy novelist Jason Matthews, 69

April 29: Actress Billie Hayes, 96

Can

May 1: Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, 89

May 2: dancer Jacques d’Amboise, 86 years old

May 3: Lloyd Price, singer of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, 88 years old

May 6: Pervis Staples, member of the Staple Singers, 85

May 7: model / actress Tawny Kitaen, 59

May 11: actor Norman Lloyd, 106

May 18: actor Charles Grodin, 86 years old

May 19: comedian Paul Mooney, 79; folk singer and activist Alix Dobkin, 80; “The Office” actor Mark York, 55

May 23: children’s book writer / illustrator Eric Carle, 91

May 25: children’s book writer / illustrator Lois Ehlert, 86

May 27: first ballerina Carla Fracci, 84 years old

May 29: actor Gavin MacLeod, 90; singer BJ Thomas, 78

June

June 4: actor Clarence Williams III, 81

June 13: actor Ned Beatty, 83 years old

June 15: actress Lisa Barnes, 65

June 16: actor Frank Bonner, 79

June 26: John Langley, 78, creator of “Cops”

June 29: actor Stuart Damon, 84; 74-year-old hard rock singer John Lawton

July

July 5: director Richard Donner, 91; actor William Smith, 88

July 6: actress Suzzanne Douglas, 64

July 7: director Robert Downey Sr., 85; actor Dilip Kumar, 98; actor Chick Vennera, 74

July 9: drummer Andy Williams, 49

July 10: violinist Byron Berline, 77

July 11: actor Charlie Robinson, 75

July 16: rapper Biz Markie, 57; author and illustrator of children’s books Floyd Cooper, 65

July 17: Robert Steinhardt, former member of the Kansas band, 71

July 24: comedian Jackie Mason, 93

July 26: Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, 46

July 28: Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist, 72; infomercial king Ron Popeil, 86; meringue icon Johnny Ventura, 81; actor Saginaw Grant, 85

July 31: actor Alvin Ing, 89

August

August 3: jazz pianist Robert Ringwald, 80

August 7: actress Markie Post, 70; actress Jane Withers, 95; Dennis Thomas, founding member of Kool & the Gang, 70

August 12: Actress Una Stubbs, 88

August 13: folk singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, 68

August 19: portrait artist Chuck Close, 81

August 20: Country singer / songwriter Tom T. Hall, 85

August 21: singer / musician Don Everly, half of the Everly Brothers, 84

August 24: Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, 80

August 29: actor Ed Asner, 91

August 31: actor Michael Constantine, 94

September

September 4: “Today”, meteorologist Willard Scott, 78

September 5: singer Sarah Harding, 39

September 6: actor Michael K. Williams, 54; the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, 88 years old; actor Anthony Johnson, 55

Sep 13: Jazz impresario George Wein, 95

September 14: comedian Norm McDonald, 61

September 16: actress Jane Powell, 92

Sep 20: singer Sarah Dash, co-founder of Labelle, 76

Sep 21: actor Willie Garson, 57; filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, 89

October

October 4: “Late Show with David Letterman”, announcer Alan Kalter, 98 years old

October 5: “Haché Jr.” competitor Fuller Goldsmith, 17

October 13: Writer Gary Paulsen, 82

October 16: actress Betty Lynn, 95

October 17: Lorli Von Trapp Campbell, second daughter of 90-year-old Maria von Trapp

October 21: director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42 years old; former CSO conductor Bernard Haitink, 92 years old

October 22: actor Peter Scolari, 66

October 24: actor James Michael Tyler, 59

October 26: actor Mort Sahl, 94 years old

November

November 2: Ronnie Wilson, founding member of the GAP Band, 73

November 4: actor Lionel Blair, 92

November 5: singer Marília Mendonça, 22 years old

November 6: Peter Aykroyd, Emmy-nominated actor / writer and brother of Dan Aykroyd, 66

November 7: actor Dean Stockwell, 85

November 9: actor Jerry Douglas, 88

November 11: Moody Blues drummer and co-founder Graeme Edge, 80

November 17: Rapper Young Dolph, 36

November 22: Joanne Shenandoah, Native American singer-songwriter, 63

November 26: Broadway songwriter / lyricist Stephen Sondheim, 91

November 27: actor Eddie Mekka, 69

November 28: Fashion designer Virgil Abloh, 41

November 29: actress Arlene Dahl, 96; actor David Gulpilil, 68

December

December 4: Stonewall Jackson, singer of Grand Ole Opry, 89

December 9: Mexican TV actress Carmen Salinas

December 10: Mike Nesmith of the Monkees, 78; Lina Wertmueller, first woman to receive Oscar nomination for directing, 93

December 11: 80-year-old bestselling novelist Anne Rice

December 12: Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, 81

December 14: Producer Ken Kragen, who helped organize “We are the World”, 85

December 18: hip-hop artist Kangol Kid, 55

December 19: Carlos Marin, 53, member of Il Divo; actress Sally Ann Howes, 91


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