L'Wren Scott(01 of63)
Open Image ModalDavid Brenner(02 of63)
Open Image ModalDavid Brenner, the lanky, toothy-grinned "Tonight Show" favorite whose brand of observational comedy became a staple for other standups, including Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser, died on March 15, 2014. He was 78. (credit:Getty)
Harold Ramis(03 of63)
Open Image ModalSid Caesar(04 of63)
Open Image ModalShirley Temple(05 of63)
Open Image ModalPhilip Seymour Hoffman(06 of63)
Open Image ModalPete Seeger(07 of63)
Open Image ModalThe American troubadour, folk singer and activist Seeger died Jan. 27, 2014, at age 94. (credit:AP)
James Avery(08 of63)
Open Image ModalAvery died at the age of 68 from complications following open heart surgery in a Los Angeles suburb hospital on Dec. 31, 2013 (credit:Getty)
Ray Price(09 of63)
Open Image ModalPrice died on Dec. 16, 2013 at his Texas home after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 87. (credit:Getty)
Peter O'Toole(10 of63)
Open Image ModalThe legendary actor of the stage and screen died on Dec. 14, 2013 following a long illness. He was 81. (credit:Getty)
Nelson Mandela(11 of63)
Open Image ModalAfter suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection, Mandela died on Dec. 5, 2013 at the age of 95. (credit:Getty)
Paul Walker(12 of63)
Open Image ModalLou Reed(13 of63)
Open Image ModalMarcia Wallace(14 of63)
Open Image ModalEd Lauter(15 of63)
Open Image ModalPatsy Swayze(16 of63)
Open Image ModalChoreographer and dance instructor Patsy Swayze, the mother of late actor Patrick Swayze, died Sept. 16, 2013. She was 86. No cause of death was given. (credit:Landov)
Jackie Lomax(17 of63)
Open Image ModalJackie Lomax, a singer-songwriter who worked with The Beatles and enjoyed a long solo career, died Sept. 15, 2013 following a brief illness. He was 69. (credit:Getty)
Lee Thompson Young(18 of63)
Open Image ModalLisa Robin Kelly(19 of63)
Open Image ModalGia Allemand(20 of63)
Open Image ModalMichael Ansara(21 of63)
Open Image ModalKidd Kraddick(22 of63)
Open Image ModalJJ Cale(23 of63)
Open Image ModalDennis Farina(24 of63)
Open Image ModalCory Monteith(25 of63)
Open Image ModalCory Allan Michael Monteith, a Canadian actor best known for playing Finn Hudson on the hit Fox TV show "Glee," was found dead on July 13, 2013 in a Vancouver hotel room. He was 31. (credit:Getty Images)
James Gandolfini(26 of63)
Open Image ModalJames Gandolfini, best known for his role on "The Sopranos," died in Italy on June 19, 2013 after suffering from a heart attack. (credit:Getty Images)
Slim Whitman(27 of63)
Open Image ModalThe high-pitched country singer who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died June 19, 2013 at a Florida hospital. He was 90. (credit:Getty Images)
Jeanne Cooper(28 of63)
Open Image ModalJeff Hanneman(29 of63)
Open Image ModalHanneman, a founding member of Slayer, died May 1, 2013 of liver failure. He was 49. (credit:Getty Images)
Chris Kelly(30 of63)
Open Image ModalChris Kelly, one-half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, died May 1, 2013 of an apparent drug overdose. He was 34. (credit:Getty Images)
George Jones(31 of63)
Open Image ModalThe country music legend died at 81 on April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was hospitalized April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure. (credit:Getty Images)
Richie Havens(32 of63)
Open Image ModalThe folk singer and guitarist, who was the first performer at Woodstock, died on April 22, 2013 at age 72. He died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a statement. (credit:Getty Images)
Chrissy Amphlett(33 of63)
Open Image ModalThe raunchy lead singer of the Australian rock band Divinyls whose hit "I Touch Myself" brought her international fame in the early 1990s, died at her home in New York City on April 21, 2013. She was 53 years old."Christine Joy Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, diseases she vigorously fought with exceptional bravery and dignity," her musician husband Charley Drayton said in a statement. (credit:Getty Images)
Richard LeParmentier(34 of63)
Open Image ModalCharacter actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, died April 16, 2013. He was 66. (credit:Getty Images)
Jonathan Winters(35 of63)
Open Image ModalThe comedic film and TV actor died on April 11, 2013 at the age of 87. He passed away of natural causes, surrounded by friends and family. (credit:Getty Images)
Annette Funicello(36 of63)
Open Image ModalFormer child star Annette Funicello died on April 8, 2013 at the age of 70. The actress, who is best remembered for her time as a Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" from 1955 to 1957, died from complications related to multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with more than 20 years ago. (credit:Getty Images)
Roger Ebert(37 of63)
Open Image ModalLegendary film critic Roger Ebert died April 4, 2013, at the age of 70. Two days prior, Ebert revealed on his blog that his cancer had returned and that he would be reducing his reviewing duties at the Chicago Sun-Times. (credit:Getty Images)
Shain Gandee(38 of63)
Open Image ModalThe 21-year-old "Buckwild" star was found dead in a truck in Sissonville, W. Va., along with two other bodies, on April 1, 2013. It was later said Gandee had died of carbon monoxide poisoning while “mudding," or off-roading through mud, in his 1984 Ford Bronco. (credit:Getty Images)
Phil Ramone(39 of63)
Open Image ModalA masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, Ramone died March 30, 2013 of complications stemming from heart surgery. He was 79. (credit:Getty Images)
Richard Griffiths(40 of63)
Open Image ModalOne of the great British stage actors of his generation, also known for playing grumpy Uncle Vernon in the fantastical "Harry Potter" movies. Griffiths died March 28, 2013, from complications following heart surgery. He was 65. (credit:Getty Images)
Clive Burr(41 of63)
Open Image ModalFormer Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr has died March 12, 2013. He was 56. Burr passed away in his sleep and had suffered poor heath for years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. (credit:Getty Images)
Claude King(42 of63)
Open Image ModalA country singer-songwriter and original member of the Louisiana Hayride, King was best known for the 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain." He died on March 7, 2013, at 90 years of age. (credit:AP)
Peter Banks(43 of63)
Open Image ModalPeter Banks, the original guitarist for the British band Yes, died on March 7, 2013, at the age of 65. A post on his official website stated that Banks died from heart failure and was found in his London home after he didn't show up to a recording session.
L-R: Peter Banks, Tony Kaye, Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, Jon Anderson - posed, group shot (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns) (credit:Getty)
Alvin Lee(44 of63)
Open Image ModalThe British rock guitarist and founder of the band "Ten Years After," who burst to stardom with a memorable Woodstock performance, died March 6, 2013. He was 68. A statement posted on Lee's official website said he died unexpectedly from complications following a routine surgical procedure. Lee's manager, Ron Rainey, said the guitarist died in Spain. (credit:AP)
Bonnie Franklin(45 of63)
Open Image ModalBonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress who won fame as a divorced mom on the long-running sitcom "One Day at a Time," has died March 1, 2013 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. She was 69. (credit:Getty Images)
DJ Ajax (Adrian Thomas)(46 of63)
Open Image ModalAustralian producer Adrian Thomas, better known as DJ Ajax, died on the day of his 42nd birthday, Feb. 28, 2013. The Sydney Morning Herald reported DJ Ajax died after he ran out onto a Melbourne road and was hit by an oncoming truck. (credit:MySpace)
Richard Street(47 of63)
Open Image ModalFormer Motown vocalist Richard Street (top R), a member of the Temptations for 25 years, died on Feb. 27, 2013 at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness. He was 70. (credit:Getty)
Dale Robertson(48 of63)
Open Image ModalDale Robertson, an Oklahoma native who became a star of television and movie Westerns during the genre's heyday, died Feb. 26, 2013 Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., following a brief illness. He was 89. (credit:Getty)
Dan Toler(49 of63)
Open Image ModalFormer Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dan Toler has died on Feb. 25, 2013, at the age of 65. He passed away in his sleep after a two-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. (credit:Everett Collection)
Lou Myers(50 of63)
Open Image ModalMyers, the actor most known for playing Mr. Vernon Gaines on the NBC sitcom "A Different World," died on Feb. 19, 2013 at Charleston Medical Center in West Virginia after undergoing a heart-related emergency and falling into a coma. He was 76. (credit:Getty Images)
Damon Harris(51 of63)
Open Image ModalHarris (far right), a one-time member of legendary Motown group The Temptations, died on Feb. 18, 2013. According to the Baltimore Sun, Harris (born Otis Robert Harris, Jr.) lost his 14-year-long battle to prostate cancer after spending the last three months in the hospital. He was 62.Also in the photo: Richard Street, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams and Dennis Edwards in 1972.
Mindy McCready(52 of63)
Open Image ModalThe country singer was found dead in her Heber Springs, Ark., home on Feb. 17, 2013. The Cleburne County sheriff said in a statement that preliminary autopsy results from Arkansas' state crime lab show McCready's death was a suicide from a single gunshot wound to the head. (credit:Getty Images)
Rick Huxley(53 of63)
Open Image ModalBass player Rick Huxley, one of the founding members of the Dave Clark Five, died on Feb. 11, 2013, at the age of 72. Though the band broke up in 1970, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. (credit:Getty)
John Kerr(54 of63)
Open Image ModalJohn Kerr, the stage and film actor whose credits include the movie "South Pacific," the thriller "The Pit and the Pendulum" and a Tony Award-winning turn in "Tea and Sympathy," died on Feb. 9, 2013, at the age of 81. He passed away due to heart failure at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. (credit:Getty)
Mark Balelo(55 of63)
Open Image ModalDonald Byrd(56 of63)
Open Image ModalJazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit jazz-funk fusion records such as "Black Byrd," died on Feb. 4, 2013. He was 80. No details have been released regarding his death. (credit:Getty)
Robin Sachs(57 of63)
Open Image ModalThe British actor died on Feb. 1, 2013, just four days shy of his 62nd birthday. He is best known for playing villainous character Ethan Rayne on the hit series "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," but boasts a full resume and will also be remembered for his roles on "Babylon 5" and "Star Trek: Voyager." (credit:Getty)
Mary O'Connor(58 of63)
Open Image ModalO'Connor, Hugh Hefner's longtime secretary who appeared on the reality series "Girls Next Door," died on Jan. 27, 2013. (credit:YouTube)
Robert F. Chew(59 of63)
Open Image ModalThe actor, best known for his role as drug kingpin Proposition Joe on the critically acclaimed HBO series “The Wire,” died January 17th, 2013, of apparent heart failure in his sleep at his home in Northeast Baltimore. He was 52. (credit:HBO)
Pauline Phillips(60 of63)
Open Image ModalPauline Phillips, who as Dear Abby dispensed snappy, sometimes saucy advice to millions of newspaper readers around the world, died Jan. 16, 2013, in Minneapolis after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was 94. (credit:WikiMedia)
Conrad Bain(61 of63)
Open Image ModalConrad Bain, who was best known for his role as father Philip Drummond on the hit series "Diff'rent Strokes," died Jan. 14. He was 89. (credit:Getty)
Freddy E(62 of63)
Open Image ModalSeattle rapper Freddy E (real name Freddy E. Buhl) died on January 5, 2013, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 22-year-old is believed to have live tweeted the moments leading up to his apparent suicide. (credit:Freddy E/Twitter)
Ned Wertimer(63 of63)
Open Image ModalNed Wertimer (here seen on the left), who appeared on 11 seasons of "The Jeffersons" as Ralph The Doorman, died January 2, 2013, at the age of 89. Wertimer died following health complications at the Sherman Village Health Care Center in California. (credit:Getty Images)