Photos: Notable deaths in 2015

Wayne Rogers, as Captain Trapper John McIntyre, center, on the television series ‘M.A.S.H.,’ in 1972. Rogers died on Dec. 31 of complications from pneumonia at 82 in Los Angeles. Also pictured are actors Alan Alda and Loretta Swit.

Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, seen here onstage in Germany in November 2015, died of cancer on Dec. 28 at the age of 70.

Influential cinematographer and social documentarian Haskell Wexler, who won Oscars for his work in both arenas, has died. He was 93.

In this Jan. 17, 1996, file photo, Gladys Knight, center, William Guest, left, and Merald Knight take the stage as they are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during ceremonies in New York. William Guest, a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, has died. He was 74. Guest’s daughter, Monique Guest, said her father died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015.

This undated photo provided the Spitzer family shows Dr. Robert Sptizer, a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality’s designation as a pathology. Spitzer died Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in Seattle. He was 83.

Lillian Vernon, who created a sprawling catalog business that specialized in personalized gifts and ingenious gadgets and made her an American household name, died on Dec. 14, 2015, in New York. She was 88.

North Face founder and environmental activist Doug Tompkins died on December 8, 2015 after suffering severe hypothermia when his kayak capsized on southern Chile’s Lake General Carrera. He was 72.

In this March 20, 2007 file photo, Chuck Williams stands in front of his original store location in Sonoma, Calif, during a reception celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary. Williams, who founded the Williams-Sonoma empire and ushered in an era of aspirational culinary retailing, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. He was 100.

Robert Loggia poses for a portrait Jan. 22, 2009, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Loggia, who played drug lords and mobsters and danced with Tom Hanks in “Big,” has died at age 85.

Cynthia Robinson, trumpeter, vocalist and co-founder of Sly and the Family Stone, died Nov. 23, 2015, at 69.

Actor Nathaniel Marston, known for his work on the soap opera “One Life to Live,” died Nov. 11, 2015, following a car accident in late October.

Legendary New Orleans musician and composer Toussaint died Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, after suffering a heart attack following a concert he performed in Madrid. He was 77.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on “Law & Order,” died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, his family said. He was 73.

Maureen O’Hara, the flame-haired Irish movie star who appeared in classics ranging from the grim “How Green Was My Valley” to the uplifting “Miracle on 34th Street,” died in her sleep on Oct. 24, 2015, at her home in Boise, Idaho. She was 95.

Marty Ingels, a raspy-voiced comedian, actor and talent agent who was married to singer and actress Shirley Jones for nearly 40 years, died at 79 following complications of stroke.

Thomas Stemberg, founder of Staples office supply stores, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in Massachusetts. He was 66.

Promotional portrait of, from left, American actresses Pat Woodell (as Bobbie Jo Bradley), Jeannine Riley (as Billie Jo Bradley), and Linda Henning (as Betty Jo Bradley Elliot) on the set of an episode of ‘Petticoat Junction’ entitled ‘The Art Game,’ Los Angeles, California, January 7, 1964. Woodell died Sept. 29 in Fallbrook, Calif., according to the LA Times. She was 71.

Chef Paul Prudhomme in 2005.

Baseball Hall of Famer and former New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra died at the age of 90 of natural causes on September 22, 2015.

Jack Larson, right, who was better known as the cub reporter Jimmy Olsen in the television series “Adventures of Superman,” died at age 87.

Dennis Greene, founding member of the 50s retro-rock/doo-wop group Sha Na Na who later became a movie studio executive and law professor, died Sept. 5 at age 66.

Jean Darling and Joe Cobb in, “Noisy Noises,” an Our Gang comedy, later to be known as The Little Rascals. Darling died in Rodgau, Germany at the age of 93, according to the New York Times.

Actor Martin Milner attends the 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 7, 1997 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Milner appeared in police drama ‘Adam-12’ as ‘Officer Peter J. Malloy’. Milner died Sept. 6, 2015 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif., at the age of 83 after a long illness, according to family.

Actor Dean Jones, seen here on the set of “Any Wednesday” in New York in 1966, was a favorite in lighthearted Disnehy films such as ‘That Darn Cat’ and ‘The Love Bug.’ He died on Sept. 1 in Los Angeles of Parkinson’s disease at 84.

Wes Craven, whose “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream” movies made him one of the most recognizable names in the horror film genre, has died at 76. Craven’s family said in a statement that he died in his Los Angeles home Sunday after battling brain cancer.

Indy Car driver Justin Wilson died on Aug. 24, 2015, from a head injury he suffered during a Pocono IndyCar 500 race a day earlier. Wilson, who was hit in the head by a piece of debris from another car, was 37.

American ballet dancer and actress Yvonne Craig, best known for her role as Batgirl from the TV series ‘Batman’ died of breast cancer at age 78 on August 18, 2015, in her home in Pacific Palisades, California.

Film and television director, producer and writer, Bud Yorkin, best known for his work on the pioneering sitcom “All in the Family” died on Aug. 18, 2015, in Los Angeles. He was 89.

Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Aug. 15, 2015, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.

In this Oct. 10, 2002 file photo, fashion designer Arnold Scaasi talks about his designs at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Scaasi, whose flamboyant creations adorned first ladies, movie stars and socialites, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital of cardiac arrest. He was 85.

True-crime author Ann Rule, who wrote more than 30 books, including one about serial killer Gary Ridgway and a profile of serial killer Ted Bundy, died at age 83 on July 26, 2015.

In this Feb. 12, 2011, file photo, singer Whitney Houston, left, and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown arrive at an event in Beverly Hills, Calif. Brown, who was in hospice after months of receiving medical care, died on July 26, 2015.

Alex Rocco, the character actor best known for playing the bespectacled Las Vegas mobster Moe Greene in “The Godfather,” has died, his daughter announced on July 18, 2015. He was 79.

Jerry Weintraub, who made his name as a music manager working with Elvis Presley and Led Zeppelin before moving on to the movie business, where he produced such hits as “The Karate Kid,” “Diner” and the “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise, died July 6 in Santa Monica at 77.

Scot Alexander Breithaupt, who organized bicycle races on dirt motorcycle courses in the early 1970s, becoming a founder of BMX and later a champion and one of the cycling sport’s best known figures, died in Indio, Calif., authorities said Monday, July 6, 2015. Breithaupt was 57.

Amanda Peterson, best known for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy “Can’t Buy Me Love,” died on July 5 in Greeley, Colo. She was 43.

Burt Shavitz, a former beekeeper, is the Burt behind Burt’s Bees. The co-founder behind Burt’s Bees died on July 5, 2015 at the age of 80.

Chris Squire, the bassist and co-founder of the band Yes, died on July 4 at age 67. He had been diagnosed with acute erythroid leukemia months earlier.

Avengers star Patrick Macnee died on June 25, 2015. He was 93.

Dick Van Patten, the genial comic actor best known as the patriarch of TV’s “Eight is Enough,” died on June 23. He was 86.

Composer James Horner, who won two Oscars for the film “Titanic,” was killed when his plane crashed in Southern California on June 22, 2015. He was 61. Horner also received Oscar nominations for the scores to “Alien,” ’’Apollo 13,” ’’Field of Dreams,” ’’Braveheart,” ’’A Beautiful Mind,” ’’House of Sand and Fog” and “Avatar.”

Darryl Hamilton, seen here in 2011, a member of the New York Mets team that reached the 2000 World Series, was killed in a murder-suicide in a suburban Houston home on June 22, 2015, police said. Hamilton, who also played for the Giants, Brewers, Rangers and Rockies over 13 seasons, had worked for the MLB Network since 2013.

Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, who made a fortune in Las Vegas hotels, MGM deals, died on June 16, 2015 at the age of 98, according to the MGM.

Christopher Lee, the prolific, aristocratic British actor who brought dramatic gravitas to the low-budget thrills of Hammer Studios’ 1950s and 1960s horror films and to the more recent “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and two of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels, has died at age 93.

Horst Brandstaetter who launched the popular Playmobil range of plastic toys in the 1970s, has died. He was 81. Playmobil manufacturer Geobra Brandstaetter Stiftung said in a statement that he died on June 3, 2015.

Actress and philanthropist Mary Ellen Trainor, who appeared in every “Lethal Weapon” film and played the mother in “Goonies,” died at her home in Montecito, Calif., on May 20. She was 62.

Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau, died from brain cancer on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Beau Biden was 46. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Actress and comedian Anne Meara died May 23, 2015 at the age of 85. She was married to Jerry Stiller and mother to actor Ben Stiller.

Dean Potter, 43, died during a wingsuit flight in Yosemite National Park on Saturday May 16, 2015.

John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind,” died in a car crash along with his wife Alicia in New Jersey on May 23, 2015, police said.

Pop artist Chris Burden, noted performance artist and sculptor has died. He was 69. His friend, Paul Schimmel, tells the L.A. Times that Burden died Sunday, May 10, 2015 from melanoma at his home in Topanga Canyon. He made complex installations, some with thousands of pieces, and works that had automated functions. Other works are in museums in New York, London and around the world.

Guy Carawan, whose rendition of “We Shall Overcome” became a civil rights anthem, died on May 2, 2015, at age 87.

Errol Brown, former singer and founder of the British pop band ‘Hot Chocolate’, has died at his home in Bahamas at the age of 71, his manager said on May 6, 2015.

Ellen Dow, a character actress best known for her rendition of “Rapper’s Delight” in “The Wedding Singer,” died on May 4, 2015, said her agent. She was 101.   (Evan Agostini / Getty Images)

Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya, 89, widely regarded as one of the greatest ballerinas of her time, died May 2, 2015, from a heart attack in Germany, according to an announcement by ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov.   (Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)