(Part 1 of 5) It's the time of year when we talk about what happened over the past year, and that unfortunately includes the deaths of many notable personalities. After the jump is a list of the celebrities and other TV-related people we lost in 2006, in no particular order. (Note: it's not easy to compile a list like this and I'm sure I forgot someone. Let me know in the comments and I'll try to add them.)
Steve Irwin
Don Knotts
Darren McGavin
Red Buttons
Shelley Winters
John Spencer
Jared Nathan
Frank Stanton
Peter Boyle
Joseph Barbara
Sid Raymond
Jeremy Slate
Robert Altman
Ed Bradley
Jack Palance
Arthur Hill
Jane Wyatt
Jerry Belson
Edward Albert
Ralph Story
Christopher Glenn
Pablo Santos
Pat Corley
Daniel Smith
Ed Benedict
Joseph Stefano
Glenn Ford
Tony Jay
Bruno Kirby
Mako
Jack Warden
Carrie Nye
Mickey Spillane
Kasey Rogers
Barnard Hughes
June Allyson
Benjamin Hendrickson
Jan Murray
Moose
Richard Stahl
Aaron Spelling
Robert Donner
Paul Gleason
Alex Toth
Elma Farnsworth
Henderson Forsythe
Scott Brazil
Gloria Monty
Dan Curtis
Buck Owens
Maureen Stapleton
Dennis Weaver
Mike Evans
Curt Gowdy
Al Lewis
Louis Rukeyser
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-01-2007 @ 1:57PM
Dorv said...
That list is too damn long.
I will miss John Spencer the most. Too young to have enjoyed him on LA Law, I was sold from moment one to his portrayal of Leo McGarry on the West Wing. I'm going through the Season 7 DVDs that I received for Christmas, and was pleasantly surprised that they kept the dedication that Martin Sheen recorded in front of 'Running Mates.' Someone, I think on this board, commented and I agree wholeheartedly that the hardest part of watching that episode was hearing Spencer say the words, "By an overwhelming percentage, the first warning symptom of a heart attack is death."
Godspeed to everyone we've lost.
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1-01-2007 @ 2:24PM
Riley said...
Thats quite a list, RIP to those we have lost this year.I was sad to hear about Peter Boyle, I really loved "Frank" on Raymond.
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1-01-2007 @ 3:39PM
Toby OB said...
Just out of curiousity, why did John Spencer make the list for 2006 when he passed away in 2005? Did you publish a similar list last year and he missed the deadline?
I see that so often in other end of the year reviews: they list celebrities we lost and somebody always passes away after the list gets published. This year we had James Brown, Gerald Ford, and more for infamy than fame, Saddam Hussein.
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1-01-2007 @ 3:42PM
Bob Sassone said...
Wow, you know what? I have NO idea why I included Spencer's death this year. It was probably because his death came really late last year and also because his character death on West Wing didn't take place til 2006. Sorry about that. I'm going to change that pic but keep his obit in.
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1-01-2007 @ 4:12PM
Kath said...
You missed Chris Penn Jan. 24, 2006
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1-01-2007 @ 4:16PM
TVblogger said...
No Saddam?
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