Remembering Norman Lear, Matthew Perry, Paul Reubens, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Raquel Welch, Ryan O'Neal, Glenda Jackson, William Friedkin, Bob Barker, Gina Lollobrigida, Grace Bumbry, Topol, Jerry Springer, Suzanne Somers and many others who died in 2023.
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Director who pulled off a unique double-Tony feat
Actor on “Homicide” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Actor made an instant movie star by “Love Story”
Actress who crossed racial barriers on daytime TV
Writer and producer whose comedies changed TV
Actress known for playing formidable older women
Actress with a maternal specialty
Contentious advocate for profit-indifferent theater
Lovably sarcastic Chandler Bing on “Friends”
One of first Black action heroes in “Shaft”
“Rocky” actor who played complex tough guys
The first Lois Lane on TV’s “Superman”
“Three’s Company” star and ThighMaster mogul
Reluctant starlet turned respected actress
Actor on fanciful 1960s sci-fi series “Lost in Space”
Filmmaker who mined literature and his own life
Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” films
TV star twice over
Tony winner and “Spamalot” veteran
Tony winner who also costumed Coneheads
Playwright best known for “Coastal Disturbances”
Subject of the acclaimed "Up" documentary series
Longtime host of “The Price Is Right”
With "Dallas," creator of the prime-time soap opera
Actress known for the 1959 film “Black Orpheus”
Ballet dancer who broke free of apartheid
Emmy winner for “This Is Us”
Rare Black presence in experimental dance
Opera diva who inhabited roles
“French Connection” and “Exorcist” director
Scene-stealing actor in “Breaking Bad”
Actor on “Euphoria”
Creator of Pee-wee Herman
One of Hollywood’s most admired screenwriters
Actress whose comeback brought her a Tony
Singer, actress and fashion inspiration
Sex-talking TV personality
Early meteorologist in TV weather forecasting
Comic actor with a serious side
Satirist who targeted TV
“Fiddler on the Roof” lyricist
Two-time Oscar winner who played Lear in her 80s
Last of the French New Wave directors
Actor known for “Hair” and “Everwood”
Star of the 1971 cult film “Vanishing Point”
Comedian of outrage
1960s TV heartthrob as a star of “Route 66”
Singing star who became a familiar face on TV
Bassist and composer of son Spike’s films
Experimental filmmaker with a pop culture legacy
Football great, then movie star and civil rights activist
“General Hospital” actress for nearly a half-century
One of opera’s first, and biggest, Black stars
Host of a raucous TV talk show
Pop and film superstar who was a civil rights force
Actor behind the divine, dotty, Dadaist Dame Edna
Revitalizer of New York’s Roundabout Theater
Dazzling master of total recall
Anti-apartheid catalyst
Star of “The Wire” and “John Wick”
Ballerina hailed as among greatest of dance actors
TV star of “Baretta” acquitted in wife’s murder
Star of “Fiddler on the Roof” for decades
Auteur of mutant monster movies
“Saving Private Ryan” actor who went to prison
Producer of canonical films
Comedy club impresario who made careers
“Hill Street Blues” actress skillful in family drama
Detective Munch on “Law & Order: S.V.U.”
Hollywood bombshell who yearned for more
Actress and ’60s sex symbol
Director of “Chariots of Fire”
Tony-winning set designer for Broadway and “S.N.L.”
Two-time Oscar nominee
Wednesday Addams in “The Addams Family”
In TV's "Laverne & Shirley," she was Shirley
Ballerina of power and fire
Movie star and sex symbol
