THE FINAL BOW

Some of the arts and entertainment greats who died in the ‘80s.

Jack Albertson Harold Arien Mary Astor Jim Backus George Balanchine Count Basie Anne Baxter John Belushi Michael Bennett Ingrid Bergman Irving Berlin Eubie Blake Mel Blanc Ray Bolger Yul Brynner Richard Burton Jimmy Cagney Karen Carpenter Hoagy Carmichael John Carradine John Cassavetes Gower Champion Harry Chapin Paddy Chayefsky Broderick Crawford Scatman Crothers George Cukor Salvador Dali Divine Melvyn Douglas Jimmy Durante Bob Fosse Marvin Gaye Ira Gershwin Andy Gibb Hermoine Gingold Jackie Gleason Arthur Godfrey Benny Goodman Ruth Gordon Cary Grant Lorne Greene Bill Haley Margaret Hamilton Rita Hayworth Jacsha Heifetz Woody Herman Alfred Hitchcock William Holden Rock Hudson John Huston Harry James George Jessel Robert Joffrey Herbert von Karajan Danny Kaye Grace Kelly Fernando Lamas Peter Lawford Mervyn Le Roy Alan Jay Lerner Joseph E. Levine Liberace Beatrice Lillie Frederick Loewe Joshua Logan Allen Ludden Gordon MacRae Bob Marley Freddy Martin Lee Marvin Zeppo Marx Raymond Massey James Mason Steve McQueen Ethel Merman Ray Milland Vincente Minnelli Thelonious Monk Robert Montgomery Ricky Nelson A.C. Nielsen David Niven Merle Oberon Sir Laurence Olivier Roy Orbison Eugene Ormandy Geraldine Page Sam Peckinpah Walter Pidgeon Eleanor Powell William Powell Otto Preminger Robert Preston Gilda Radner George Raft Donna Reed Buddy Rich Sir Ralph Richardson Nelson Riddle Peter Sellers Andres Segovia Norma Shearer Simone Signoret Phil Silvers Kate Smith Sam Spiegel Gloria Swanson Francois Truffaut Rudy Vallee Fred Waring Harry Warren Muddy Waters Johnny Weissmuller Orson Welles Mae West Cornell Wilde Tennessee Williams Dennis Wilson Jackie Wilson Natalie Wood William Wyler