1997 in American Television - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 16 – Ennis Cosby, 27, Bill Cosby's son is murdered.
  • February 6 – Ernie Anderson, 74, voice actor and announcer, (lung cancer).
  • February 26 – David Doyle, 67, actor.
  • March 15 - Gail Davis, 71, actress
  • April 15 – Donald Bexley, 87, actor (Bubba on Sanford and Son).
  • May 4 – Alvy Moore, 75, actor (Hank Kimball on Green Acres).
  • May 11 – Howard Morton, 71, character actor (Officer Ralph Simpson on Gimme a Break!).
  • June 8 – Reid Shelton, 72, actor.
  • June 24 – Brian Keith, 75, actor (Uncle Bill on Family Affair), (suicide).
  • June 25 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 87, maker of marine documentaries
  • July 4 – Charles Kuralt, 63, journalist.
  • August 27 – Brandon Tartikoff, 48, former president of NBC.
  • September 9 – Burgess Meredith, 88, actor.
  • September 17 – Red Skelton, 84, comedian.
  • October 9 - Arch Johnson, 75, actor.
  • October 16 – Audra Lindley, 79, actress (Mrs. Roper on Three's Company).
  • October 24 – Don Messick, 71, voice actor who voiced Scooby-Doo among others.
  • October 30 – Sydney Newman, 80, producer.
  • November 25 - Charles Hallahan, 54, actor
  • December 18 – Chris Farley, 33, accidental overdose of cocaine and morphine.
  • December 25 – Denver Pyle, 77, actor (Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard).

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