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Actors and Actresses - Stage and Real Names

January 14 - Teddy Pendergrass, R&B Singer - ("Turn Off the Lights" and "Love TKO,") age 59

January 22 - James Mitchell, Actor, dancer - Palmer Cortlandt on "All My Children" for 30 years - age 89

January 22 - Jean Simmons, Actress, starred in The Robe, Spartacus, Guys and Dolls and others - age 80

January 24 - Pernell Roberts Actor - Adam Cartwright on "Bonanza" '59 - '65 and Dr John McIntyre on "Trapper John" - age 81

January 27 - JD Salinger, Writer & recluse - wrote "Catcher In The Rye" in 1951 - age 91

February 3 - Francis Reid, Actress - was Alice Horton on "The Days Of Our Lives" from 1965 to 2007 - age 95

February 8 - Robert Hoy, Actor / stunt man - appeared in High Chaparral and numerous other TV shows - age 82

February 9 - Walter Fredrick Morrison, Inventor - was responsible for the greatest recreational item ever - THE FRISBEE - age 90

February 9 - Phil Harris, Fisherman - star of the Discovery Channel's reality TV show "Deadliest Catch" - age 53

February 10 - Charles Wilson, Politician - 12 term Congressman who led a behind the scenes war in Afghanistan against the Soviets - age 76

February 17 - Kathryn Grayson, Actress / Operatic Singer - starred in musicals like Anchors Aweigh, Showboat, Kiss Me Kate and others- age 88

February 20 - Alexander Haig, Career Military - retired as Four Star General, then served in several assignments for President's Reagan, Ford and Nixon - age 85

March 3 - Nan Martin, Actress - known for strong roles, recurring part on the Drew Carey Show - age 82

March 10 - Corey Haim, Actor - roles in the '80's in Lucas, Lost Boys and others - age 38

March 11 - Merlin Olsen, NFL Player/ actor/ broadcaster - 15 years with the LA Rams, acted in Little House on the Prairie and NBC Sports - age 69

March 14 - Peter Graves, Actor - Mission Impossible, Airplane's I & II, brother of James Arness (Gunsmoke) - age 83

March 17 - Alex Chilton, Musician - played with the Box Tops and Big Star had hit in 1960's "The Letter" - age 59

March 18 - Fess Parker, Actor - immortalized the role of Davy Crockett and later Daniel Boone on television - age 85

March 24 - Robert Culp, Actor - broke racial television ground in "I Spy", early role in Trackdown (1954) - age 79

April 1 - John Forsythe, Actor - Bachelor Father, Dynasty and voice of Charlie in Charlie's Angels - age 92

April 10 - Dixie Carter, Actress - Julia Sugerbaker on Designing Women 1986 - '93 - age 70

May 1 - Helen Wagner, Actress - Nancy Hughes-McClosky on "As the World Turns" from 1956 until April 5, 2010 - age 91

May 2 - Lynn Redgrave, Oscar nominated Actress - "Tom Jones", latest movie "Confessions of a Shopoholic" - age 67

May 9 - Lena Horne, Singer/ Actress/ Dancer - Signature song was "Stormy Weather" she also starred in the movie by the same name - age 92

May 26 - Art Linkletter, Author and Radio and TV Personality - "House Party" 1952 - 1969 and "People Are Funny" 1954 - 1961 - age 97

May 28 - Gary Coleman, Actor - Arnold Jackson on "Different Strokes" 1978 - 1986 (had congenital kidney disease and received two transplants) age 42

May 29 - Dennis Hopper, Actor, Filmmaker and Artist - Rebel Without a Cause, Giant, and Easy Rider as an actor plus others as a producer - age 74

May 30 - Ali-Ollie Woodson, R&B Singer and songwriter - sang with the Temptations, co-wrote hit single "Treat Her Like a Lady" - age 58

June 3 - Rue McClanahan, Emmy Award winning Actress - Blanche Deveraux on "Golden Girls" 1985 - 1992 also Maude and others - age 76

June 4 - John Wooden, Basketball Coach - Coached UCLA 1948 - 1975 and won 10 National Championships, Hall of Fame as Player and Coach - age 99

June 13 - Jimmy Dean, Singer, Actor, Entrepreneur - won a Grammy for "Big Bad John", best known for self named sausage brand - age 81

June 28 - Sen. Robert Byrd, Politician - represented W Virginia, was the longest seving Senator in the U.S. Congress - age 92

July 6 - Harvey Fuqua, Singer / Song Writer - was origial member of the Moonglows, helped form Motown records - age 80

July 13 - George Steinbrenner, Businessman - owner of the New York Yankees, won 7 World Series Championships and 11 Pennants - age 80

July 16 - James Gammon, Actor - was the coach on "Major League" and father on "Nash Bridges" - age 70










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