Idi Amin - 80, Former Dictator, August 16

 

Robert Atkins - 72, Inventor Of Atkins Diet, April 17

 

Asa Baber - 66, Playboy Columnist, June 16

 

Alan Bates - 69, British Stage And Screen Actor, December 28

 

Fred "Rerun" Berry - 52, Actor (Rerun on "What's Happening"), October 21

 

Bobby Bonds - 57, Baseball Player, Father Of Barry, August 23

 

Jonathan Brandis - 27, Actor ("Seaquest DSV", "Ladybugs"), November 11

 

David Brinkley - 82, Veteran NBC Newsman, June 11

 

Charles Bronson - 81, Actor ("Death Wish", "Mr. Majestyk"), August 30

 

Art Carney - 85, Actor (Ed Norton on "The Honeymooners"), November 9

 

Benny Carter - 95, Jazz Musician, July 12

 

Nell Carter - 54, Actress ("Ain't Misbehavin'," "Gimme A Break"), January 23

 

Johnny Cash - 71, Legendary Musician ("I Walk The Line", "Boy Named Sue"), September 12

 

June Carter Cash - 73, Legendary Musician, May 15

 

Richard Crenna - 76, Actor ("Rambo", "Our Miss Brooks"), January 17

 

Hume Cronyn - 91, Actor ("Cocoon"), June 15

 

Celia Cruz - 77, Afro-Cuban Singing Star, July 16

 

Larry Doby - 78, Cleveland Indians, AL's First African American Player, June 18

 

Buddy Ebsen - 95, Actor "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Barnaby Jones"), July 6

 

Jack Elam - 84, Actor (Westerns such as "Rawhide", "Wichita"), October 20

 

Maurice Gibb - 53, Musician (The Bee Gees), January 12

 

Althea Gibson - 76, Ground-breaking Tennis Champion, September 28

 

Trevor Goddard - 37, Actor ("JAG"), June 8

 

Buddy Hackett - 78, Actor ("The Music Man"), June 30

 

Bobby Hatfield - 63, Singer (The Righteous Brothers), November 5

 

Curt Hennig - 44, Professional Wrestler ("Mr. Perfect"), February 10

 

Katharine Hepburn - 96, Actress ("The Philadelphia Story", "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"), June 26

 

Dame Wendy Hiller - 90, British Actress ("The Importance Of Being Earnest"), May 14

 

Earl Hindman - 61, Actor (Wilson on "Home Improvement"), December 29

 

Gregory Hines - 57, Actor And Dancer ("White Nights", "Running Scared"), August 9

 

Al Hirschfeld - 99, Caricature Artist, January 20

 

Bob Hope - 100, Comedian, Entertainer, And Golfer, July 27

 

Larry Hovis - 67, Actor (Sgt. Carter on "Hogan's Heroes"), September 9

 

Michael Jeter - 50, Actor ("Evening Shade"), March 30

 

Gordon Jump - 71, Actor (Arthur Carlson on "WKRP In Cincinnati", the Maytag Repair Man), September 22

 

Michael Kamen - 55, Composer ("Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon"), November 18

 

Elia Kazan - 94, Director ("A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death Of A Salesman"), September 28

 

Keiko - 27, Celebrity Whale ("Free Willy&qquot;), December 12

 

Hope Lange - 72, Actress ("Peyton Place"), December 19

 

Dorothy Loudon - 70, Tony-Award Winning Stage Actress ("Annie"), November 15

 

Herbie Mann - 73, Jazz Musician, July 1

 

Donald O'Connor - 78, Entertainer ("Singing In The Rain"), September 27

 

Paul Owens - 79, Architect Of Legendary 1970's-1980's Phillies Teams, December 26

 

Robert Palmer - 54, Singer ("Addicted To Love", member of Power Station), September 26

 

Johnny Paycheck - 64, Singer ("Take This Job And Shove It"), February 18

 

Gregory Peck - 87, Actor ("To Kill A Mockingbird"), June 12

 

Sam Phillips - 80, Founder Of Sun Records Label (Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, etc.), July 30

 

George Plimpton - 76, Author ("Paper Lion"), September 25

 

John Ritter - 54, Actor (Jack Tripper on "Three's Company"), September 11

 

Rod Roddy - 66, Game Show Announcer ("The Price Is Right"), October 27

 

Fred Rogers - 74, Childrens' TV Legend, February 27

 

John Schlesinger - 77, Director ("Midnight Cowboy", July 25

 

Compay Segundo - 95, Cuban Musician, July 13

 

Elliott Smith - 34, Musician, October 21

 

Robert Stack - 84, Actor ("The Untouchables", "Unsolved Mysteries"), May 14

 

Florence Stanley - 79, Actress (Fish's wife on "Barney Miller"), October 3

 

William Steig - 95, Author ("Shrek"), October 3

 

Lynne Thigpen - 54, Actress (The Chief on "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?", "The District"), March 12

 

Strom Thurmond - 100, longtime US Senator, June 26

 

Leon Uris - 78, Author ("Exodus"), June 21

 

Nedra Volz - 94, Actress (Adelaide on "Diff'rent Strokes"), January 20

 

Barry White - 58, The Icon Of Love And R&B Crooner ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"), July 4

 

Sheb Wooley - 82, Actor And Singer (Movie "High Noon", Song "Purple People Eater"), September 16

 

Warren Zevon - 56, Musician ("Werewolves Of London"), September 7