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Throughout 2024, we will continue to update this IN MEMORIAM photo gallery with notable celebrity deaths from film, television, theater and music. Major entertainment figures to be honored in the 2024 gallery are TV legend Bob Newhart, Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr., director/producer Norman Jewison, broadway legend Chita Rivera, country music superstar Toby Keith and actors Dabney Coleman, Donald Sutherland and Carl Weathers.
Featured in the 2023 gallery were Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Jeff Beck, Robbie Robertson and David Crosby, Oscar and Tony winner Alan Arkin, Oscar/Emmy/Tony winner Glenda Jackson, Oscar and Grammy winner Burt Bacharach, Oscar winner William Friedkin, Grammy legend Tony Bennett, Emmy nominee Matthew Perry, Emmy winner Norman Lear, Emmy winner Andre Braugher, Emmy winner Ron Cephas Jones, along with rock legend Elvis Presley‘s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, and actresses Melinda Dillon, Annie Wersching and Cindy Williams.
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Bob Newhart
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Gold Derby Comedian and actor Bob Newhart died on July 18 at age 94. His first album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” brought him three Grammy Awards in 1961 (Album of the Year, Comedy Album and New Artist). He was the star of CBS hit shows “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart.” He was a nine-time Emmy nominee, winning in 2013 for his guest role on “The Big Bang Theory.” He was inducted into the TV Academy Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2002.
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Shannen Doherty
Image Credit: Thos Robinson/Getty Images Actress Shannen Doherty died on July 13 at age 53. She was a star of “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed,” along with many TV movies, “Little House on the Prairie” and “Our House.”
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Richard Simmons
Image Credit: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images Fitness expert and TV host Richard died on July 13 at age 76. He was best known for the Emmy-winning “Richard Simmons Show,” his “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” videos and many appearances on game shows and talk shows.
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Image Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Dr. Ruth Westheimer died on July 12 at age 96. The sex therapist became well known for her radio show “Sexually speaking” before her best-selling book “Dr. Ruth’s Guide to Good Sex” and TV show “The Dr. Ruth Show.” She was a regular guest on many talk shows, game shows and more.
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Shelley Duvall
Image Credit: Fairchild Publishing / WWD Actress Shelley Duvall died on July 11 at age 75. Her films included “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” “The Shining,” “Nashville,” “Popeye,” “Time Bandits” and “Roxanne.” She received Emmy nominations for “Tall Tales and Legends” and “Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories.”
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Robert Towne
Image Credit: Francois Durand/Getty Images Screenwriter and director Robert Towne died on July 1 at age 89. He was an Oscar winner for writing “Chinatown” and was also nominated for “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo” and “Greystoke.” Other films included “Tequila Sunrise,” “The Firm” and “Mission: Impossible.”
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Martin Mull
Image Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Actor and comedian Martin Mull died on June 27 at age 80. He was best known for his many comedy albums, his paintings, the film “Clue” and the TV shows “Fernwood 2 Night,” “Roseanne,” “Arrested Development,” “Hollywood Sqaures” and his many appearances on late night talk shows. He received an Emmy nomination for his guest role on “Veep.”
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Donald Sutherland
Image Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Actor Donald Sutherland died at age 88 on June 20. His best known films included “The Dirty Dozen,” “Ordinary People,” “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “JFK” and “The Hunger Games” franchise. He won an Emmy for the miniseries “Citizen X.” He received an Honorary Oscar in 2017.
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Richard M. Sherman
Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Composer Richard M. Sherman died on May 25 at age 95. He and his brother Robert B. Sherman were two-time Oscar winners for “Mary Poppins.” They also wrote the music for “It’s a Small World,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “The Parent Trap” and many other movies and TV shows.
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Dabney Coleman
Image Credit: David Klein/Getty Images Actor Dabney Coleman died on May 16 at age 92. He was an Emmy winner for “Sworn to Silence” and also starred on “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” “Buffalo Bill,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “Yellowtone.” His major film roles included “9 to 5,” “On Golden Pond,” “Tootsie” and “WarGames.”
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Louis Gossett, Jr.
Image Credit: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. died on March 28 at age 87. He was an Oscar winner for his supporting role in “An Officer and a Gentleman.” Other film roles included “Enemy Mine,” “Iron Eagle” and “The Color Purple.” He was also an Emmy winner for “Roots” among his eight career primetime nominations.
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Richard Lewis
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Comedian and actor Richard Lewis died on February 27 at age 76. He was known for his roles on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Anything But Love” (co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis), plus his many comedy specials.
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Toby Keith
Image Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Country musician, singer and songwriter Toby Keith died on February 5 at age 62. He was a seven-time Grammy nominee and an inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Carl Weathers
Image Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Actor Carl Weathers died on February 1 at age 76. He was best known for playing Apollo Creed in “Rocky” and also starred in “Force 10 from Navarone,” “Predator,” “Action Jackson” and “Happy Gilmore.” He was an Emmy nominee for his role on “The Mandalorian.”
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Chita Rivera
Image Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images Actress and dancer Chita Rivera died on January 30 at age 91. She was a 10-time Tony nominee, winning twice for “The Rink” and “Kiss of the Spider-Woman.” She was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Norman Jewison
Image Credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images Director and producer Norman Jewison died on January 20 at age 97. He was an Oscar nominee for “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “A Soldier’s Story” and “Moonstruck.” He received the Thalberg Award in 1999.