In Memoriam

Mercer Ellington, 76, Jan. 8

Don Simpson, 52, Jan. 19

Gerry Mulligan, 68, Jan. 20

Jerry Siegel, 81, Jan. 28

Gene Kelly, 83, Feb. 2

Audrey Meadows, 69, Feb. 3

Martin Balsam, 76, Feb. 13

McLean Stevenson, 66, Feb. 15

Brownie McGhee, 80, Feb. 16

Morton Gould, 82, Feb. 20

Haing S. Ngor, 55, Feb. 26

Lyle Talbot, 94, March 3

Minnie Pearl, 83, March 4

Whit Bissell, 86, March 5

George Burns, 100, March 9

Vince Edwards, 67, March 11

Krzysztof Kieslowski, 54, March 13

Rene Clement, 82, March 18

Greer Garson, 92, April 6

Ben Johnson, 75, April 8

Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 67, April 16

Jimmy “The Greek” Synder, 77, April 21

Erma Bombeck, 69, April 22

P.L. Travers, 96, April 23

Saul Bass, 75, April 25

Stirling Silliphant, 78, April 26

David Opatoshu, 78, April 30

Jack Weston, 71, May 3

Johnny “Guitar” Watson, 61, May 17

Norman Rene, 45, May 24

Bradley Nowell of Sublime, 28, May 25

Timothy Leary, 75, May 31

Don Grolnick, 48, June 1

Franklin Israel, 50, June 10

Jo Van Fleet, 73, June 10

Ella Fitzgerald, 78, June 15

Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, 87, June 27

Margaux Hemingway, 41, July 1

Steve Tesich, 53, July 1

Jonathan Melvoin, touring keyboardist with Smashing Pumpkins, 34, July 12

John Chancellor, 68, July 12

Dana Hill Goetz, 32, July 15

Claudette Colbert, 92 , July 30

Helen Kushnick, 51, Aug. 27

Greg Morris, 62, Aug. 27

Bill Monroe, 84, Sept. 9

Joanne Dru, 74, Sept. 10

Tupac Shakur, 25, Sept. 13

Juliet Prowse, 59, Sept. 14

Dorothy Lamour, 81, Sept. 22

Ted Bessell, 61, Oct. 6

David Viscott, 58, Oct. 14

Morey Amsterdam, 87, Oct. 27

Tiny Tim, 66, Nov. 30

Howard Rollins, 46, Dec. 8

Marcello Mastroianni, 72, Dec. 19

Carl Sagan, 62, Dec. 20