Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | John Woodnutt | 81 | actor |
| January 12 | Anne Meacham | 80 | actress (Another World). |
| January 14 | Shelley Winters | 85 | actress |
| January 28 | Henry McGee | 76 | actor (The Benny Hill Show) |
| February 3 | Al Lewis | 82 | actor (The Munsters, Car 54, Where Are You?). |
| February 5 | Franklin Cover | 77 | actor (The Jeffersons). |
| February 24 | Don Knotts | 81 | actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company). |
| February 24 | Dennis Weaver | 81 | actor (McCloud, Gunsmoke). |
| February 25 | Darren McGavin | 83 | actor (Mike Hammer). |
| March 13 | Peter Tomarken | 63 | game show host (Press Your Luck, Hit Man, Wipeout), killed in a plane crash |
| March 24 | Lynne Perrie | 75 | actress (Ivy Tilsley in Coronation Street), stroke |
| March 25 | Buck Owens | 76 | musician, host of Hee Haw |
| March 27 | Dan Curtis | 78 | creator of Dark Shadows, brain tumor. |
| April 30 | Jay Bernstein | 69 | producer (Mike Hammer also manager to Suzanne Somers and Farrah Fawcett), stroke. |
| May 29 | James Brolan | 42 | CBS News sound technician, killed by a car bomb in Iraq. |
| May 29 | Paul Douglas | 48 | CBS news cameraman, killed by a car bomb in Iraq. |
| May 30 | Robert Sterling | 88 | actor (Topper) |
| June 23 | Aaron Spelling | 83 | producer (Dynasty, Beverly Hills, 90210, 7th Heaven, and more) |
| June 28 | Lennie Weinrib | 71 | actor (The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan) |
| July 3 | Benjamin Hendrickson | 55 | actor (As The World Turns), suicide. |
| July 8 | Peter Hawkins | 82 | actor and voice artist (Doctor Who). |
| July 19 | Jack Warden | 85 | actor (Crazy Like a Fox, Brian's Song) |
| July 19 | Tudi Wiggins | 70 | actress (Love of Life) |
| July 21 | Mako | 72 | voice Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender |
| August 11 | Mike Douglas | 81 | Talk show host (The Mike Douglas Show) |
| September 5 | Hilary Mason | 89 | actress (Maid Marian and her Merry Men) |
| October 5 | Jennifer Moss | 61 | actress (Lucille Hewitt in Coronation Street) |
| October 20 | Jane Wyatt | 96 | actress (Father Knows Best) |
| November 1 | Bettye Ackerman | 82 | actress (Ben Casey) |
| November 9 | Ed Bradley | 65 | CBS News reporter (60 Minutes) |
| November 11 | Belinda Emmett | 32 | actress (Rebecca Nash in Home and Away) |
| December 12 | Peter Boyle | 71 | actor (Everybody Loves Raymond) |
| December 14 | Mike Evans | 57 | actor (All in the Family, The Jeffersons) |
| December 18 | Joseph Barbera | 95 | animator (The Flintstones and many others) |
| December 28 | Jared Nathan | 21 | child actor, ZOOM |
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“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
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