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Paying tribute to the stars we have lost this year - in memoriam

Digital Spy

19 December 2019 at 6:53 pm

Paying tribute to the stars we have lost this year - in memoriam

Claudine Auger - actress who played Bond girl Domino in Thunderball - died December 18

Nicky Henson – actor known for roles in Fawlty Towers and as Jack Edwards in EastEnders – died December 15

Ron Leibman - actor, who played Rachel's father on Friends - died December 6

Clive James - author, broadcaster and presenter of Radio 4's Point of View - died November 24

Gary Rhodes - celebrity chef best known for MasterChef and Rhodes around Britain - died November 26

Gay Byrne - broadcaster and presenter of Ireland's Late Late Show - died November 4

John Witherspoon - actor who played Willie Jones aka Pops in Friday - died October 29

Leah Bracknell – actress who played Zoe Tate in Emmerdale – died October 16

Robert Forster – actor best known for roles in Jackie Brown, Twin Peaks and Last Man Standing – died October 11

Juliette Kaplan - actress who played Pearl in Last Of The Summer Wine - died October 10

Diahann Carroll - star of Dynasty - died on October 4

Peter Sissons - news broadcaster for ITV and the BBC – died October 2

Rob Garrison – actor, best known for his role as Tommy in The Karate Kid – died September 27

Linda Porter – actor, best known for her role as Myrtle in Superstore – died September 26

Sid Haig – horror star, filmmaker and musician – died September 21

Aron Eisenberg – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star – died September 21

Eddie Money – Grammy-nominated rock singer and songwriter – died September 13

John Wesley – actor known for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – died September 9

Chris March – fashion designer and Project Runway contestant – died September 5

Valerie Harper – Emmy-winning actress known for playing Rhoda on The Mary Tyler Moore Show – died August 30

Terrance Dicks (left) – Doctor Who scriptwriter – died August 29

Jessi Combs – former Mythbusters presenter – died August 27

Richard Williams – Oscar-winning animator who worked on Who Framed Roger Rabbit – died August 16

Peter Fonda – Academy Award-nominated actor who starred in Easy Rider – died on August 16

Toni Morrison – American novelist, essayist, editor, and author of Song of Solomon – died August 6th

Joe Longthorne – British entertainer and impressionist – died August 3

Russi Taylor – voice actress known for being the official voice of Disney's Minnie – died July 26

Rutger Hauer – actor who starred in Blade Runner and Buffy the Vampire Slayer – died at 75 on July 19

David Hedison – actor who played Felix Leiter in Bond films Live and Let Die and Licence to Kill – died July 18

Karl Shiels – actor who starred in Irish soap Fair City and Peaky Blinders – died July 14

Stephanie Niznik – actress who starred in Everwood and Star Trek – died June 23

Rip Torn – actor who starred in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Men in Black – died July 10

Cameron Boyce – actor who starred in Disney's Descendants franchise – died July 6

John McCririck – racing pundit and former Celebrity Big Brother contestant – died July 5

Bryan Marshall – actor who starred as Gerard Singer in Neighbours and Commander Talbot in The Spy Who Loved Me – died June 26

Beth Chapman – wife of Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter – died June 26

Billy Drago – who starred in Charmed and The Untouchables – died June 24

William Simons – actor who starred as Alf Ventress in Heartbeat – died June 21

Andrew Hall – actor who played Marc Selby in Coronation Street – died May 20

Ashley Massaro – former WWE star – died May 16

Tim Conway – star of The Carol Burnett Show and voice of Barnacle Boy on SpongeBob SquarePants – died May 14

Doris Day – singer and actress – died May 13

Peggy Lipton – Actress known for Twin Peaks and The Mod Squad – died May 11

Pua Magasiva – Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Shortland Street actor – died May 11

Alvin Sargent – Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote Ordinary People and the 2000s Spider-Man films – died May 9

Freddie Starr — comedian and Opportunity Knocks star — died May 9

Peter Mayhew — who played Chewbacca in Star Wars — died April 30

John Singleton – director of Boyz N the Hood – died April 29

Larry 'Flash' Jenkins – actor stared in Fletch and known for Ferris Bueller's Day Off role – died April 25

Edward Kelsey — actor played Joe Grundy in The Archers and Baron Silas Greenback in DangerMouse — died April 24

Terry Rawlings — film editor — died April 23

Ken Kercheval – actor played Cliff Barnes in Dallas – died April 21

Georgia Engel – actress – died April 15

Ian Cognito – comedian – died April 11

Nadja Regin – James Bond actress – died April 8

Nipsey Hussle – American rapper and songwriter – died March 31

Tania Mallet – Tilly Masterson actress in Goldfinger – died March 30

Ranking Roger — singer for iconic bands The Beat and General Public — died March 26

Scott Walker — member of The Walker Brothers and solo artist — died March 22

Mike Thalassitis – Love Island star – died March 15

Pat Laffan — milkman Pat Mustard in Father Ted — died March 14

Luke Perry – Riverdale and Beverly Hills 90210 actor – died March 4

Keith Flint – frontman, The Prodigy – died March 4

Lisa Sheridan – CSI: Miami actress – died February 28

Karl Lagerfeld – creative director of Chanel – died February 19

Andrea Levy – writer of The Long Song and Small Island – died February 14

Jan-Michael Vincent – Stringfellow Hawke in Airwolf – died February 10

Cadet – British rapper – died February 9

Albert Finney – Ebenezer Scrooge in a Christmas Carol – died February 7

Clive Swift – Richard Bucket in BBC's Keeping Up Appearances – died February 1

Jeremy Hardy – Comedian and BBC Radio 4 panelist – died February 1

Carol Channing – actress – died January 15

We honour the stars we've lost in 2019, through the words of those who knew them best.

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