Celebrity Deaths in 2014

272 notable figures died in 2014. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Billie Nelson Tyrrell

  2014 · Actresses
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  Alexandra Bastedo

  1946 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Alicia Rhett

  1915 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Alma Muriel

  1951 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Amiri Baraka

  1934 – 2014 · Authors and Writers Jan 1
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  Ann Carter

  1936 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Dr Dale Mortensen

  1939 – 2014 Jan 1
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  Erik Blegvad

  1923 – 2014 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Joan Brickhill

  1924 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Juanita Moore

  1914 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Jan 1
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  Keiko Awaji

  1933 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Khin Yu May

  1937 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Lorella De Luca

  1940 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Lorella De Luca

  1940 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Marly Marley

  1938 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Sarah Marshall

  1933 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Suchitra Sen

  1931 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Phil Everly

  1939 – 2014 · Rock & Roll, Singer Jan 3
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  Carmen Zapata

  1927 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 5
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  Eusébio

  1942 – 2014 · Athletes, Soccer Jan 5
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  Jerry Coleman

  1924 – 2014 · Athletes, Entertainers, Sports Figures Jan 5
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  Mónica Spear

  1984 – 2014 · Actresses, Model, Victims of crime and disaster Jan 6
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  Keiko Awaji

  1933 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 11
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  Ariel Sharon

  1928 – 2014 · Politicians Jan 11
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  Alexandra Bastedo

  1946 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 12
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  Frank Marth

  1922 – 2014 · Actors Jan 12
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  Mae Young

  1923 – 2014 · Wrestler Jan 14
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  Joan Brickhill

  1924 – 2014 · Actresses Jan 15
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  Roger Lloyd-Pack

  1944 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Jan 15
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  Dave Madden

  1931 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Jan 16
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  Russell Johnson

  1924 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Jan 16
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  Ruth Robinson Duccini

  1918 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Jan 16
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  George Scott (Wrestler)

  1929 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Jan 20
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  Luis Avalos

  1946 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Jan 22
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  Tom Gola

  1933 – 2014 · Athletes, Basketball Jan 26
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  Pete Seeger

  1919 – 2014 · Celebrities, Musicians, Musicians and Composers, Singer Jan 27
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  Peter Seeger

  1919 – 2014 · Entertainers, Musicians and Composers, Singer Jan 27
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  Maximilian Schell

  1930 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities, Director Feb 1
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  Aaron Dale Allston

  1960 – 2014 · Authors and Writers Feb 2
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  Elisabetta Barbato

  1921 – 2014 · Entertainers Feb 2
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  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  1967 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Feb 2
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  Seymour Hoffman

  1967 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Feb 2
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  Richard Bull

  1924 – 2014 · Actors, Theater Actor Feb 3
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  Keith Allen

  1923 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Feb 4
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  Suzanne Basso

  1954 – 2014 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Feb 5
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  Doug Mohns

  1933 – 2014 · Athletes, Hockey Feb 7
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  Shirley Temple

  1928 – 2014 · Actresses, Singer Feb 10
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  Sid Caesar

  1922 – 2014 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Entertainers Feb 12
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  Sid Caesar

  1922 – 2014 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Entertainers Feb 12
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  Ralph Waite

  1928 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Feb 13
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  Jim Fregosi

  1942 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Feb 14
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  Jamie Coots

  1971 – 2014 · Religious Figures Feb 15
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  Mary Grace Canfield

  1924 – 2014 · Actresses Feb 15
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  Gudrun Brost

  1910 – 2014 · Actresses Feb 17
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  Bob Casale

  1952 – 2014 · Entertainers, Musicians and Composers Feb 17
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  Charlotte Dawson

  1966 – 2014 · Entertainers, Model Feb 22
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  Penny DeHaven

  1948 – 2014 · Country Music, Gospel Music Feb 23
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  Harold Ramis

  1944 – 2014 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Celebrities, Director Feb 24
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  Jim Lange

  1932 – 2014 · Entertainers Feb 25
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  Paco de Lucia

  1947 – 2014 · Musicians and Composers Feb 25
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  Alain Resnais

  1922 – 2014 · Director, Film Director Mar 1
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  Gail Gilmore

  1937 – 2014 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Lawrence Edward Walsh

  1912 – 2014 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 3
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  Nanda Karnataki

  1939 – 2014 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Patrice Wymore

  1926 – 2014 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Ralph Cookerly Wilson, Jr

  1918 – 2014 · Business Magnates Mar 3
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  Sheila MacRae

  1921 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities, Producer, Singer Mar 6
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  Nazario Moreno González

  1970 – 2014 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Philanthropists Mar 9
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  William Clay Ford Sr.

  1925 – 2014 · Business Magnates Mar 9
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  Cynthia Lynn

  1936 – 2014 · Actresses Mar 10
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  Věra Chytilová

  1929 – 2014 · Film Director Mar 12
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  Abby Singer

  1917 – 2014 · Movie/TV Producer, TV Director Mar 13
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  David Brenner

  1936 – 2014 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Comedian Mar 15
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  Fred Phelps

  1929 – 2014 · Politicians, Religious Figures Mar 19
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  James Rebhorn

  1948 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Mar 21
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  Dave Brockie

  1963 – 2014 · Heavy Metal, Musicians and Composers, Singer Mar 23
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  Mary Anna Morrison Jackson

  2014 – 2014 · Authors and Writers Mar 24
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  Jeremiah Denton

  1924 – 2014 · Politicians, Senator Mar 28
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  Dane Witherspoon

  1957 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Mar 29
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  Kate O’Mara

  1939 – 2014 · Actresses, Authors and Writers Mar 30
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  Charles Keating JR

  1923 – 2014 · Athletes, Attorney At Law, Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Swimmer Mar 31
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  Tommy Lynn Sells

  1964 – 2014 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 3
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  Tommy Lynn Sells

  1964 – 2014 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 3
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  Arlene McQuade

  1936 – 2014 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Mary Anderson

  1918 – 2014 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Mayra Alejandra

  1955 – 2014 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Michael Heisley, Sr

  1937 – 2014 Apr 4
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  Perlita Neilson

  1933 – 2014 · Actresses Apr 4
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  John Pinette

  1964 – 2014 Apr 5
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  Mickey Rooney

  1920 – 2014 · Actors Apr 6
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  Peaches Geldof

  1989 – 2014 · Authors and Writers, Socialite Apr 7
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  Phyllis Frelich

  1944 – 2014 · Actresses Apr 10
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  Lou Hudson

  1944 – 2014 · Athletes, Basketball Apr 11
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  Michael Ruppert

  1951 – 2014 · American journalist Apr 13
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  Basil Paterson

  1926 – 2014 · Politicians Apr 16
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  Gabriel García Márquez

  1927 – 2014 · Celebrities, Film Director Apr 17
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  Kevin Sharp

  1970 – 2014 · Country Music Apr 19
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  Rubin “Hurricane” Carter

  1937 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Apr 20
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  Earl Morrall

  1934 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Apr 25
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  Lee Marshall

  1949 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Apr 26
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  Jack Ramsay

  1925 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Apr 28
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  Al Feldstein

  1925 – 2014 · Artists and Architects Apr 29
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  Bob Hoskins

  1942 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Apr 29
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  Polly Wagner

  1910 – 2014 · Actresses May 2
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  Leslie Carlson

  1933 – 2014 · Actors May 3
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  Barbara Murray

  1929 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Beverly Long

  1933 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Gary S. Becker

  1930 – 2014 · Authors and Writers May 5
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  H. R. Giger

  1940 – 2014 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Jackie Lynn Taylor

  1925 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Joan Lorring

  1926 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Karlheinz Böhm

  1928 – 2014 · Actors May 5
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  Lee Chamberlin

  1938 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Lewis Katz

  1942 – 2014 May 5
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  Nancy Malone

  1935 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Pauline “Polly” Wagner

  1910 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Tatiana Samoilova

  1934 – 2014 · Actresses May 5
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  Jimmy Ellis

  1940 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures May 6
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  Harlan Mathews

  1927 – 2014 · Politicians, Senator May 9
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  Barbara Knudson

  1927 – 2014 · Actresses May 11
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  Malik Bendjelloul

  1977 – 2014 · Actors, Director, Producer May 13
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  Jane Adams

  1921 – 2014 · Actresses May 21
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  Matthew Cowles

  1944 – 2014 · Actors May 22
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  Elliot Rodger

  1991 – 2014 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 23
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  Mona Freeman

  1926 – 2014 · Actresses May 23
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  Maya Angelou

  1928 – 2014 · Actresses, Authors and Writers, Educators, Poet May 28
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  Martha Hyer

  1924 – 2014 · Actresses May 31
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  Ann Davis

  1926 – 2014 · Actresses, Comedian Jun 1
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  Don Zimmer

  1931 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Jun 4
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  Ann B. Davis

  1926 – 2014 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Eric Hill

  1927 – 2014 · Artists and Architects, Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Jacques Bergerac

  1927 – 2014 · Actors Jun 6
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  Marjorie Stapp

  1921 – 2014 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Paula Kent Meehan

  1931 – 2014 · Business Magnates Jun 6
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  Rik Mayall

  1958 – 2014 Jun 9
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  Ruby Dee

  1922 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Jun 11
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  Carla Laemmle

  1909 – 2014 · Actresses Jun 12
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  Chuck Noll

  1932 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Jun 13
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  Casey Kasem

  1932 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities, Entertainers, Producer, Talk Show Host Jun 15
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  Eli Wallach

  1915 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Jun 24
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  Howard Baker

  1925 – 2014 · Politicians, Senator Jun 26
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  Julius Rudel

  1921 – 2014 · Musicians and Composers Jun 26
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  Bobby Womack

  1944 – 2014 · R&B Singer, Rock & Roll Jun 27
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  Meshach Taylor

  1947 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Jun 28
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  Bob Hastings

  1925 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Jun 30
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  Rosemary Murphy

  1925 – 2014 · Actresses Jul 5
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  Alan Dixon

  1927 – 2014 · Politicians, Senator Jul 6
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  Alfredo Di Stéfano

  1926 – 2014 · Athletes, Soccer Jul 7
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  Dickie Jones

  1927 – 2014 · Actors, Singer Jul 7
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  Dora Bryan

  1923 – 2014 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Eduard Shevardnadze

  1928 – 2014 · Politicians Jul 7
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  Henry Warren “Hank” Hartsfield, Jr

  1933 – 2014 · Astronaut Jul 7
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  Thomas Berger

  1924 – 2014 · Authors and Writers Jul 7
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  Yvette Lebon

  1910 – 2014 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Zohra Sehgal

  1912 – 2014 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Vanna Bonta

  1958 – 2014 · Authors and Writers, Poet Jul 8
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  Eileen Ford

  1922 – 2014 · Business Magnates Jul 9
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  Tommy Ramone

  1952 – 2014 · Musicians and Composers Jul 11
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  Johnny Winter

  1944 – 2014 · Music Producer, Musicians and Composers, Singer Jul 16
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  Elaine Stritch

  1925 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities, Entertainers Jul 17
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  James Garner

  1928 – 2014 · Actors Jul 19
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  Skye McCole Bartusiak

  1992 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Jul 19
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  Skye McCole Bartusiak

  1992 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities, Model Jul 19
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  Sally Farmiloe

  1954 – 2014 · Actresses Jul 28
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  Michael Johns

  1978 – 2014 · Entertainers, Singer Aug 1
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  James Brady

  1940 – 2014 · Politicians Aug 4
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  Marilyn Burns

  1949 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Aug 4
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  Karen Gaylord

  1921 – 2014 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Lord Richard Attenborough

  1923 – 2014 · Actors Aug 8
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  Madeleine Collinson

  1952 – 2014 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Marilyn Burns

  1950 – 2014 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Rosella Towne

  1918 – 2014 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Stan Goldberg

  1932 – 2014 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Charles Keating

  1941 – 2014 · Actors Aug 9
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  Ed Nelson

  1928 – 2014 · Actors Aug 9
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  Richard Kiel

  1939 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Aug 10
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  Robin Williams

  1951 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities, Philanthropists Aug 11
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  Arlene Martel

  1936 – 2014 · Actresses Aug 12
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  Lauren Bacall

  1924 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Aug 12
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  Columba Domínguez

  1929 – 2014 · Actresses Aug 13
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  Edith Flagg

  1919 – 2014 · Business Magnates, Celebrities, Philanthropists Aug 13
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  Jay Adams

  1961 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Aug 14
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  Stephen Lee

  1955 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Aug 14
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  Don Pardo

  1918 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Aug 18
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  Jim Jeffords

  1934 – 2014 · Politicians, Senator Aug 18
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  Brian Hutton

  1935 – 2014 · Actors, Director, Film Director Aug 19
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  B.K.S. Iyengar

  1918 – 2014 Aug 20
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  Edmund Szoka

  1927 – 2014 · Religious Figures Aug 20
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  Albert Ebossé Bodjongo

  1989 – 2014 · Athletes, Sports Figures Aug 23
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  Antônio Ermírio de Moraes

  1928 – 2014 · Business Magnates Aug 24
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  Leonid Stadnyk

  1970 – 2014 Aug 24
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  Richard Attenborough

  1923 – 2014 · Actors, Business Magnates, Director, Producer Aug 24
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  Bill Kerr

  1922 – 2014 · Actors Aug 28
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  Steven Sotloff

  1983 – 2014 · American journalist, Victims of crime and disaster Sep 2
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  Joan Rivers

  1933 – 2014 · Talk Show Host Sep 4
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  Joan Rivers

  1933 – 2014 · Actresses, Authors and Writers, Business Magnates, Celebrities, Entertainers, Philanthropists, Socialite Sep 4
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  Simone Battle

  1989 – 2014 · Actresses, Entertainers, Singer Sep 5
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  Molly Glynn

  1968 – 2014 · Actresses Sep 6
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  Magda Olivero

  1910 – 2014 · Singer Sep 8
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  China Zorilla

  1922 – 2014 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Elena Varzi

  1926 – 2014 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Marina von Ditmar

  1914 – 2014 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Samuel Truett Cathy

  1921 – 2014 Sep 9
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  Sarah Goldberg

  1974 – 2014 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Stefan Gierasch

  1926 – 2014 · Actors Sep 9
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  Tony Auth

  1942 – 2014 · Artists and Architects Sep 9
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  David Haines

  1970 – 2014 · Victims of crime and disaster Sep 13
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  Audrey Long

  1922 – 2014 · Actresses Sep 19
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  Polly Bergen

  1930 – 2014 · Actresses, Authors and Writers, Business Magnates, Entertainers, Singer Sep 20
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  Linda Griffiths

  1953 – 2014 · Actresses, Theater Actor Sep 21
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  Sarah Goldberg

  1974 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Sep 27
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  Sarah Madison

  1974 – 2014 · Actresses Sep 27
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  Marian Seldes

  1928 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 6
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  Iva Withers

  1917 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 7
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  Jan Hooks

  1957 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities, Comedian Oct 9
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  Anna Przybylska

  1978 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Anna Przybylska

  1978 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Ben Bradlee

  1921 – 2014 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Comer Cottrell

  1931 – 2014 Oct 10
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  Elizabeth Norment

  1952 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Joy Saunders

  1924 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Misty Anne Upham

  1982 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Ox Baker

  1934 – 2014 · Entertainers, Wrestler Oct 10
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  Renee Asherson

  1915 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  René Burri

  1933 – 2014 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Sumi Sevilla Haru

  1939 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Ursula Lingen

  1928 – 2014 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Elizabeth Pena

  1959 – 2014 · Actresses, Director Oct 14
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  Elizabeth Peña

  1953 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities, Director Oct 14
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  Joanne Borgella

  1982 – 2014 · Model, Singer Oct 18
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  Gerard Parkes

  1924 – 2014 · Actors, Celebrities Oct 19
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  Oscar de la Renta

  1932 – 2014 · Designer Oct 20
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  Tyson Stevens

  1985 – 2014 · Singer Oct 20
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  Marcia Strassman

  1948 – 2014 · Actresses, Celebrities Oct 24
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  Oscar Taveras

  1992 – 2014 · Athletes Oct 26
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  Herman Eisen

  1918 – 2014 · Scientists and Inventors Nov 2
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  Carol Ann Susi

  1952 – 2014 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Leigh Chapman

  1939 – 2014 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Lucilla Morlacchi

  1936 – 2014 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Mariam Fakhr Al Din

  1933 – 2014 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Rebekah Gibbs

  1973 – 2014 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Roberto Gómez Bolaños

  1929 – 2014 · Actors Nov 11
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  Warren Clarke

  1947 – 2014 · Actors Nov 11
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  Diem Brown

  1982 – 2014 Nov 14
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  Jimmy Ruffin

  1936 – 2014 · Musicians and Composers, R&B Singer Nov 17
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  Mike Nichols

  1931 – 2014 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Director, Producer Nov 19
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  Mike Nichols

  1931 – 2014 · Authors and Writers, Producer Nov 19
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  Marion Barry

  1936 – 2014 · Politicians Nov 23
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  Martin Litton

  1917 – 2014 · Politicians, Social Reformers Nov 30
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  Paul Crouch

  1934 – 2014 · Evangelist Nov 30
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  Bobby Keys

  1943 – 2014 · Musicians and Composers Dec 2
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  Ian McLagan

  1945 – 2014 · Musicians and Composers Dec 3
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  Ken Weatherwax

  1955 – 2014 · Actors Dec 7
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  Mary Ann Mobley

  1937 – 2014 · Actresses Dec 9
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  Billie Whitelaw

  1932 – 2014 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Norman Ray Bridwell

  1928 – 2014 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  Sy Berger

  1923 – 2014 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  Terry Becker

  1921 – 2014 · Actors Dec 12
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  Tom Adams

  1938 – 2014 · Actors Dec 12
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  Millie Kirkham

  1923 – 2014 · Country Music Dec 14
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  Booth Colman

  1923 – 2014 · Actors Dec 15
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  Dieter Grau

  1913 – 2014 · Scientists and Inventors Dec 17
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  Virna Lisi

  1936 – 2014 · Actresses Dec 18
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  Christine Cavanaugh

  1963 – 2014 · Actresses Dec 22
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  Joe Cocker

  1944 – 2014 · Celebrities, Musicians, Singer Dec 22
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  Joe Cocker

  1944 – 2014 · Entertainers, Pop Artist, Singer Dec 22
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  Rhodes Reason

  1930 – 2014 · Actors Dec 26
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  Beau Kazer

  1951 – 2014 · Actors Dec 30
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  Luise Rainer

  1910 – 2014 · Actresses Dec 30
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  Luise Rainer

  1910 – 2014 · Actresses Dec 30
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  Yolande Donlan

  1920 – 2014 · Actresses Dec 30
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  Edward Herrmann

  1943 – 2014 · Actors, Director, Entertainers Dec 31