iEntry 10th Anniversary
Recent Deaths
List of Famous Dead People: Category - Celebrities
Rubinstein was an actress and human rights activist, she is probably most known for her role of Tangina Barrons in the 1982 movie Poltergeist. Some of Rubinstein’s other films included: Sixteen Candles, Cages, Teen Witch, The Wildcard, Southland Tales and National Lampoon’s Last Resort. Zelda Rubinstein stood only 4 feet 3 inches due to a deficiency in [...]
Smith (born William Lane Smith III) was an American actor, known for his role as newspaper editor Perry White in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Richard Nixon in The Final Days. Smith was born in Memphis, Tennessee and long had an interest in acting. He studied drama, before joining the army for [...]
Robets was an actor and singer who is probably best known for his role of Adam Cartwright, Ben Cartwright’s eldest son, on the popular television western series Bonanza. He was also the star of Trapper John, M.D. in which he played the title role of chief surgeon, Dr. John MacIntyre. Despite the success of Bonanza, Roberts [...]
He was a musician, singer and actor more commonly known as “The King of Rock n’ Roll” or just simply “The King”. Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee Elvis would go to the local record stores that had juke boxes or listening booths and just play records for hours. The area also had a strong blues music [...]
Casey Johnson was a great-great-granddaughter of Robert Wood Johnson I, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson which makes her an heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. Johnson is known for being a Hollywood socialite, some of her friends are Paris & Nicky Hilton, Nicole Richie, and several others. On December 9, 2009 Johnson announced that she was [...]
Murphy was a famous actress who had starred in such movies as Clueless, 8 Mile, Sin City and Riding in Cars with Boys.
Oral Roberts was a renowned televangelist and claimed Jesus had appeared to him numerous times asking him to undertake various tasks. Under the order of Jesus, Roberts opened his own university in 1963.
Sales was a very famous comedian, actor and on air personality. He is probably best known for his children’s television show “Lunch with Soupy Sales”. The show was a series of comedy sketches with almost every skit ending with the classic pie in the face, which became Sales’ trademark.
Albano was a professional wrestler, actor and manager. During his prestigious wrestling career, Albano helped 15 different tag teams, and 4 singles, to championships. After his wrestling success Albano began to transition over to television and film projects. During the 1980’s you could see him featured on Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling, Miami Vice, Wise Guys, [...]
Gately was a signer / songwriter who is probably best known for being the lead vocalist of the pop group Boyzone. Boyzone had sixteen consecutive singles enter the top five of the UK singles chart. In 1999 Gately became one of the first pop stars to come out as gay.
Swayze was a dancer, singer-songwriter and an iconic actor with numerous cinematic greats on his resume. Some of his best films include The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Point Break, Ghost, Dirty Dancing and of course Road House. Swayze got his start as a dancer for Disney on parade. Soon after, he got the part of Danny Zuko [...]
Dunne was an investigative journalist whose focus was generally on the way high society types interact with the judicial system. He had written six novels, two non-fiction books, two collections and produced four movies. At the time of his death he was working on his final book, Too Much Money.
Malden was an Academy winning actor that had a career that spanned over 70 years. He is probably best remembered for his roles in classic films such as: A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks. You may remember him from his famed role of Mike Stone on the 1970s crime drama, The [...]
Storm was an American actress and singer who is probably best remembered for her stints on “My Little Margie” ad “The Gale Storm Show”. When Storm was 17 two of her teachers urged her to enter the “Gateway to Hollywood” contest, broadcasting on the CBS Radio studios. First prize was a one-year contract with a movie [...]
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana to a working class family on August 29, 1958. His father, Joseph, was a steel mill employee and often performed in various R&B groups. His mother was a stay at home mom and a devout Jehovah’s Witness. Michael was the seventh of nine children; his siblings include Rebbie, Jackie, [...]
Fawcett was an actress and a pop culture icon. At the height of her career, she was a sex symbol to millions of young men and a fashion icon for young women… most notably being her famed hairstyle. Fawcett began her career doing commercials in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Wella Balsam Shampoo. Around [...]
McMahon was a game show host, comedian, television personality, and probably best known as the announcer on the Tonight Show. McMahon got his start calling various bingo games in Maine when he was just 15 years old. He even put himself through college being a pitchman for vegetable slicers on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Johnny Carson and [...]
Carradine was an actor best known for his role of Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s television series Kung Fu. Eventhough he was known as David, he was actually born John Arthur Carradine in Hollywood, California in 1936. He had one brother, Bruce Carradine, and two half-brothers Keith and Robert Carradine. Caradine got his big break in the [...]
Arthur was a comedian, singer and actress who is probably best known for her roles in the widely popular television shows Maude and The Golden Girls. In 1972 Arthur was cast as the title character in the series entitled Maude. In the series, Maude lived in the community of Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with her [...]
Richardson was a fairly well known stage & cinema actress and wife of Liam Neeson. Richardson began her career at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England. In 1984 she began her film career with Every Picture Tells a Story, followed by a CBS miniseries, Ellis Island. Some of her other works include Nell, The Parent Trap [...]
Harvey was a radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He is probably best known for his News and Comment broadcasts, and his The Rest of the Story segments. His voice was unmistakable, with his dramatic pauses and undeniable quirks. A large part of Harvey’s success came from being able to blend monologue with reading a [...]
Montalbán was a theatre, film, and television actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles on Fantasy Island and as Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Many of his early roles were Westerns that saw him playing “Indians” or a “Latin Lover”. Montalbán appeared in a wide assortment of films, which [...]
Page was a model who became infamous for her 1950’s fetish modeling and pin-up photos. She was also one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. Page got into modeling when she met Jerry Tibbs, a police officer with an interest in photography. The two worked together and created a pinup portfolio. Soon after [...]
Jimmy Stewart is one of the most famous actors of classic film, having starred in such pictures as “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “The Big Sleep”. He was also an Alfred Hitchcock favorite starring in “Rear Window”, “Vertigo”, “Rope”, and “The Man Who Knew Too Much”. He is remembered alongside greats such as Gregory Peck, Paul [...]
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American songwriter, electric guitarist, and record producer. He played with the band the Mothers of Invention before going on to a solo career that earned him cult status. He eventually got into filmmaking as well.
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, although he had other passions as well - being an entrepreneur, directing film, and racing cars. The films for which Newman was probably most known for include: Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The COlor of Money, The Sting, Exodus, Cat on a Hot [...]
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor best known for his performance in the classic film Casablanca. He won one academy award for The African Queen, and was married to actress Laruen Bacall with who he starred in Key Largo. Other notable films that starred “Bogie”, are The Big Sleep, and The Maltese Falcon. Bogart has [...]
Roy Kelton Orbison was a singer/songwriter and guitarist. Some of his most popular songs include: “Only the Lonely”, “Ooby Dooby”, “In Dreams”, “Oh, Pretty Woman”, and “You Got It”. He was considered a pioneer of rock and roll music, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In ‘89 after his [...]
Page was an actress and one of the few surviving people who acted as an adult in silent films. She was also the last known living attendee of the very first Academy Awards in 1929. She was the leading lady to Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, and Clark Gable (among others).
Ossie Davis was a film actor, director, and writer. He was married to actress Ruby Dee. Mostly known for his acting, he appeared in such notable films as Doctor Doolittle, I’m Not Rappaport, Grumpy Old Men, Jungle Fever, Joe Versus the Volcano, and Bubba Ho-Tep in which he played JFK. Davis was also a political activist [...]