Emmys 2014 Obituaries Photo Gallery

Marcia Wallace (1942-2013) -- Emmy Award-winning actress Marcia Wallace, who voiced the “Simpsons” role of Edna Krabappel and played wisecracking receptionist Carol Kester on the classic sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show.”   (Gary Ambrose / Los Angeles Times)

Lucy Hood (1957-2014) -- President and chief operating officer of the Television Academy.  (Christopher Polk / Getty Images)

Sandy Grossman (1935-2014) -- The television sports director oversaw broadcasts of a record 10 Super Bowls.  (Roman Iwasiwka / Associated Press)

Robert Halmi Sr. (1924-2014) -- Produced television movie versions of “In Cold Blood,” “Gulliver’s Travels,” “Animal Farm” and “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”  (Nick Ut / Associated Press)

Actress Phyllis Frelich starred on Broadway in “Children of a Lesser God,” for which she won a Tony in 1980. After a long illness, Frelich has died at 70.  (Justin Walters / Associated Press)

William “Wild Bill” Guarnere participates in the Veterans Day parade in Media, Pa., in 2004. Guarnere was one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries “Band of Brothers.”  (Jacqueline Larma / Associated Press)

John Henson, son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, with his sister Cheryl in 2013; John Henson died Friday at 48.  (D. Dipasupil / Getty Images)

Kate O’Mara (1939-2014) -- British actress best known as Joan Collins’ TV sister in the 1980s prime-time soap “Dynasty.”   (Gary Stone / Getty Images)

Attorney Ben Pesta, left, appears in court in 2004 with former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley, who was accused of misappropriating public funds while mayor.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Sid Caesar (1922-2013) -- A television pioneer who reigned as the king of live TV sketch comedy in the 1950s.  (Krista Niles / Associated Press)

Paul Crouch (1934-2013) -- A pioneering televangelist who founded Trinity Broadcasting Network.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Anna Nateece, left, a designer for Liberace, chats with costume designer Michael Travis, who also worked for the glitzy entertainer, at a 1997 memorial service at Forest Lawn marking the 10th anniversary of Liberace’s death. Travis died Thursday at his home in Studio City at the age of 86.   (Irfan Khan /Los Angeles Times)

Meshach Taylor (1947-2014) -- Best know for his role as ex-con deliveryman Anthony Bouvier in the hit 1980s sitcom “Desiging Women.”  (Nick Ut / Associated Press)

“R.I.P the brilliant Marcia Wallace who played Edna Krabappel in The Simpsons.” — @rickygervais  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

James Garner (1928-2014) -- An Emmy Award-winning actor who rose to fame playing the wisecracking Bret Maverick in TV’s “Maverick.”

Elaine Stritch (1925-2014) -- The Tony Award-winning actress also portrayed Alec Baldwin’s mother in the NBC sitcom “30 Rock.”  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Don Matheson, shown in 1975, starred on “Land of the Giants.” His earliest TV credits include appearances on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “McHale’s Navy” in 1962.   (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

Casey Kasem (1932-2014) -- Los Angeles-based disc jockey pioneered the nationally syndicated countdown-style show in 1970 with “American Top 40.”  (Eric Jamison / Associated Press)

At the age of 90, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. watches during a ceremony honoring him at the FBI building in Los Angeles in 2009.   (Nick Ut / AP)

Stanley Rubin (1917-2014) -- UCLA students Elias Male, left, and Marshall Knight talk with Rubin, a prolific TV and movie writer-producer.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Paul Mazursky (1930-2014) -- An Oscar nominated writer-director who also co-wrote the 1966 TV pilot for “The Monkees.”  (Christina House / For The Times)

Michael Filerman, producer of Knots Landing, on Oct. 28, 1991  (Los Angeles Times / Los Angeles Times)

Tennis champion Louise Brough playing in tournament in Philadelphia in 1955.  (Associated Press / Associated Press)

Maximilian Schell won the lead actor Oscar for his portrayal of a defense attorney in the 1961 drama “Judgment at Nuremberg.”   (Alfred Assmann / EPA)

Jim Lange (1932-2014) -- The original and best-known host of “The Dating Game,” with a contestant.  (ABC Photo Archives / ABC via Getty Images)

Jess Marlow (1929-2014) -- A Los Angeles news anchor whose no-nonsense delivery reflected a passion for facts over fluff.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Dick Smith (1922-2014) -- Emmy winning master of special-effects makeup.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)

British actor Bob Hoskins arrives for the world premiere of “A Christmas Carol” in London.  (Daniel Deme / EPA)

Ann B. Davis (1926-2014) -- The Emmy-winning actress played the housekeeper Alice on the “The Brady Bunch.”  (ABC Photo Archives / ABC via Getty Images)

Scott Kalvert (1964-2014) -- The director who made music videos for performers such as Will Smith and Cyndi Lauper is seen at the premiere of “Deuces Wild” in New York City in 2002.   (Evan Agostini / Getty Images)

Author Allan Folsom on a book tour in Paris in 2005. None of his novels was ever filmed -- a great disappointment to him, his wife said.  (Ulf Andersen / Getty Images)