Passings

Mae Questel, voice of Betty Boop, 89, Jan. 4

Owen Bradley, country music record prodcuer, 82, Jan. 7

Ellis Rabb, actor and Tony Award-winningn director, 67, Jan. 11

Emil Sitka, straight man in Three Stooges movies, 83, Jan. 16

Jack Lord, “Hawaii Five-O” star, 77, Jan. 21

Donald Davis, actor, 69, Jan. 23

Walter Bishop Jr., jazz pianist, 70, Jan. 24

Bob Russell, co-creator of “Name That Tune,” 90. Jan. 24

Ferdy Mayne, actor, 81, Jan. 30

Falco, singer, 40, Feb. 7

Philip Abbott, actor, 74, Feb. 23

J.T. Walsh, actor, 51, Feb. 27

Donald Woods, actor, 91, March 5

Lloyd Bridges, actor, 85, March 10

Helen Westcott, actress, 70, March 17

Daniel Massey, actor, 64, March 25

Gene Evans, actor, 75, April 1

Forrest Fickling, wrote “Honey West” novels, 72, April 3

Rodney Harvey, actor/model, 30, April 10

Dorothy Squires, singer who wrote “Tammy Tell Me True,” 83, April 14

Liam Sullivan, actor, 74, April 19

Peter Lind Hayes, actor, 82, April 21

Maidie Norman, actress, 84, May 2

Gene Raymond, actor, 89, May 3

Eddie Rabbitt, country western singer, 56, May 7

Alice Faye, actress/singer, 83, May 9

Frank Sinatra, crooner and actor, 82, May 14

Montie Montana, Western actor and parade favorite, 87, May 20

John Derek, actor/director, 71, May 22

Phil Hartman, actor, 49, May 28

Dorothy Stickney, actress, 101, June 2

Jeanette Nolan, actress, 86, June 5

Teresa Merritt, singer/actress, 75, June 12

Maureen O’Sullivan, actress, 87, June 22

Kay Thompson, actress, singer and author, 90ish, July 2

Gregg Burge, dancer/actor, 40, July 4

Roy Rogers, Western movie and TV star, 86, July 6

Joseph Maher, actor, 64, July 17

Robert Young, actor, 91, July 21

Binnie Barnes, actress, 95, July 25 or 26

“Buffalo Bob” Smith, children’s TV host, 80, July 301

Sylvia Field Truex, actress, 92, July 31

Shari Lewis, children’s performer and puppeteer, 65, Aug. 2

Eva Bartok, actress, 69, Aug. 1

Phil Leeds, actor, 82, Aug. 16

E.G. Marshall, actor, 88, Aug. 24

Leo Penn, actor/director, Sept. 5

Akira Kurosawa, director, 88, Sept. 6

Leonid Kinskey, actor, 95, Sept. 8

Catherine Turney, screenwriter, 92, Sept. 9

Dane Clark, actor, 85, Sept. 11

Mary Frann, actress, 55, Sept. 23

Gene Autry, Western movie and TV star, singer and businessman, 91, Oct. 2

Roddy McDowall, actor, 70, Oct. 3

Bob “Tex” Allen, Western movie star, 91, Oct. 9

Joseph Cates, TV director, 74, Oct. 10

Richard Denning, actor, 85, Oct. 11

Molly O’Day, “Our Gang” child star, 88, x Oct.15

Joan Hickson, TV’s “Miss Marple,” 92, Oct. 17

Christopher Gable, ballet star and actor, 58, Oct. 23

Paul Misraki, film composer, 90, Oct. 27

Rosamund John, British actress, 85, Oct. 27

Nancy Baer, museum curator of theater and dance, 55, Oct. 27

Jean Marais, French actor, 84, Nov. 8

Svetlana Berisova, ballerina, 66, Nov. 10

Dick O’Neill, actor, 70, Nov. 17

Esther Rolle, actress, 78, Nov. 17

Norma Connolly, actress, 71, Nov. 18

Alan Pakula, director, 70, Nov. 19

Rolando Alphonso, “Ska” pioneer, 67, Nov., 20

Nicky Blair, actor and restauranter, 70, Nov. 22

William Ovis, opera tenor, 70, Nov. 27

George Van Eps, jazz guitarist, Nov. 29

Margaret Walker Alexander, black feminist author, 83, Nov. 30

Johnny Roventini, Philip Morris bellboy, 88, Nov. 30

Mary Alice Casiday Bye, Busby Berkeley dancer, 88, NOv. 30

Philip Sterling, actor, 76, Nov. 30

Freddie Young, cinematographer, 96, Dec. 1

Janet Lewis, novelist/poet, 99, Dec. 1

Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, one-legged tap dancer, 91, Dec. 6

Cesar Baldaccini, French sculptor, 77, Dec. 6

Michael Zaslow, actor, 54, Dec. 6