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PHOTOS: Notable deaths in 2014 - In Memoriam

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Edward Herrmann, the 'Gilmore Girls' star and Tony Award-winner, died on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, after a battle with brain cancer. He was 71.
Voice actress Christine Cavanaugh, is seen March 25, 1996 at the 68th Academy Awards in L.A. Cavanaugh, known for her role as Chuckie in the 'Rugrats,' died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014.
In this July 29, 1999 file photo, actress Luise Rainer poses in her central London apartment.
British singer Joe Cocker died of lung cancer at his home in Colorado on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. He was 70.
Rabbi Harold Schulweis, an influential Conservative synagogue leader and scholar who fostered bold change, died in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. He was 89.
Ian McLagan (left), Rolling Stones collaborator and Faces keyboardist, died on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the age of 69 after suffering a stroke.
Roberto Bolanos, the iconic Mexican comedian who wrote and played the boy TV character 'El Chavo del Ocho,' died on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. He was 85.
Rolling Stones' sax player Bobby Keys died on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, after a lengthy illness. He was 70 years old.
Bob Baker, fonder of The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, leads a parade during the 'Million Puppet March' in Santa Monica. Baker died on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. He was 90.
Author P.D. James died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 at her home in Oxford, southern England. She was 94.
Former District of Columbia Mayor and city councilman Marion Barry died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2014. He was 78.
Jimmy Ruffin, the Motown singer whose hits include 'What Becomes of the Brokenhearted' and 'Hold on to My Love,' died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. He was 78.
Actress Marcia Strassman, who played Gabe Kaplan's wife, Julie, on the 1970's sitcom 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' died Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. She was 66.
Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Washington Post, left, died at his home Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 of natural causes. He was 93.
Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta died at his Connecticut home on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. The 82-year-old had been battling cancer since 2006.
Actress Elizabeth Pena, known for her roles in 'La Bamba' and 'Modern Family' died Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, of natural causes. She was 55.
Isaiah 'Ikey' Owens, Jack White's keyboardist, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 in Mexico. The Long Beach native was 38 years old.
'Saturday Night Live' alum Jan Hooks died on Oct. 9, 2014 in New York at age 57, her agent confirmed to ABC7 Eyewitness News. Hooks' cause of death was not disclosed.
Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes died Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at age 86.
Missing actress Misty Upham, known for her roles in 'August: Osage County,' ''Frozen River' and 'Django Unchained,' was found dead Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. She was 32.
Paul Revere, the organist and leader of the Raiders rock band, has died. He was 76.
Sarah Goldberg, best known for her role in '7th Heaven,' passed away in her sleep on Sept. 27, 2014. The 40-year-old actress is believed to have died due to a heart condition.
Eric Lynch, left, died at the age of 39 on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Lynch was a regular on Howard Stern's radio show on SiriumXM and had a reputation for yelling at the host.
Emmy-winning actress and singer Polly Bergen died from natural causes at her Connecticut home Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. She was 84.
Actress Nicole Kidman's father, Tony Kidman, died Friday, Sept 12, 2014, after reportedly falling in Singapore.
Actor Richard Kiel, who played the villain Jaws in multiple James Bond films, died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. He was 74.
Former WWE wrestler Sean O'Haire was found dead in his South Carolina home on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. He was 43.
'Chicago Fire' actress Molly Glynn died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, after a tree toppled by a powerful storm struck her as she rode her bike in a forest preserve outside of Chicago.
Comedian Joan Rivers died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. She was 81.
Jimi Jamison, lead singer of the 1980s rock band Survivor, died Sunday, August 31, 2014 of an apparent heart attack at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 63.
Actor and Oscar-winning film director Richard Attenborough died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. He was 90.
Legendary radio and TV announcer Don Pardo, who was the longtime voice behind 'Saturday Night Live,' died in his Tuscon, Arizona home on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. He was 96.
Jay Adams, who helped transform skateboarding from a simple street pastime into a worldwide sport, has died of a heart attack on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013. He was 53.
Legendary Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall died on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. She was 89.
Actor-comedian Robin Williams was found dead of apparent suicide at his Northern California home on Monday, August 11, 2014. He was 63.
Marilyn Burns, best known as the heroine in the 1974 cult hit 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' died Tuesday, August 6, 2014. She was 65.
James Brady, the White House press secretary gravely wounded during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. He was 73.
'American Idol' contestant Michael Johns, who appeared in season 7 of the hit TV show, died on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reported. He was 35.
Dick Wagner, the skilled guitarist who worked with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Kiss and Aerosmith, died of respiratory failure on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. He was 71.
Skye McCole Bartusiak, who portrayed Mel Gibson's young daughter in the 2000 film 'The Patriot,' was found dead in her Houston home on Saturday, July 19, 2014. She was 21.
Legendary actor James Garner was found dead of natural causes at his home in the Brentwood area in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 19, 2014. He was 86.
Centenarian jazz musician Lionel Ferbos has died at his home in New Orleans on Saturday, July 19, 2014. He was 103.
Film and theater star Elaine Stritch died from natural causes on Thursday, July 17, 2014. She was 89.
Alice Coachman Davis, the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, died Monday, July 14, 2014, in south Georgia. She was 90.
Nadine Gordimer, an author who won the Nobel Prize for novels that explored the cost of racial conflict in apartheid-era South Africa, died Sunday, July 13, 2014. She was 90.
Tommy Ramone, who was a co-founder and the last living member of the Ramones, died Friday, July 11, 2014. He was 65.
Modeling agency founder Eileen Ford, who shaped a generation's standards of beauty as she built an empire, died of complications from a brain tumor and osteoporosis on July 9, 2014
Former Real Madrid soccer star Alfredo Di Stefano died on Monday July 7, 2014. He was 88.
Louis Zamperini, a local war hero and Olympian, died of pneumonia on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. He was 97.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bobby Castillo in 1981.
Meshach Taylor, who played an ex-convict surrounded by Southern belles on the sitcom 'Designing Women' died of cancer Saturday, June 29, 2014. He was 67.
Bobby Womack, an influential R&B singer-songwriter who impacted artists such as the Rolling Stones, died Friday, June 27, 2014. He was 70.
Former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker Jr., who asked what President Richard Nixon knew about Watergate, died Thursday, June 26, 2014. He was 88.
Eli Wallach died Tuesday evening, June 24, 2014, from natural causes after 98 years of life, 66 years of marriage and some 100 films.
Legendary San Diego Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn died of cancer at the age of 54 on Monday, June 16, 2014.
Famed radio host Casey Kasem died at a hospital in Gig Harbor, Wash. on Sunday, June 15, 2014. He was 82.
Legendary actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee died at home in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. She was 91.
Bob Welch, former pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics, died Monday, June 9, 2014, in Seal Beach, Calif. He was 57.
British comedian Rik Mayall, who played the title role in 1991 cult classic 'Drop Dead Fred,' died Monday, June 9, 2014, at his home in London. He was 56.
Ann B. Davis, best known for her role as devoted housekeeper Alice Nelson on 'The Brady Bunch,' died Sunday, June 1, 2014. She was 88.
Oscar-nominated actress Martha Hyer (right), who starred alongside the likes of Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, died May 31, 2014, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was 89.
American author and poet Maya Angelou died in her North Carolina home on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, her agent confirmed. She was 86.
Singer Jerry Vale dies Sunday, May 18, 2014, at his Palm Desert home. He was 83.
British actor Bob Hoskins died following a bout of pneumonia, an agent confirmed on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. He was 71.
Rashad Harden, a house music and footwork pioneer who performed as DJ Rashad, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on Saturday, April 26, 2014. He was 34.
Mark Shand, the brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, after falling outside a New York hotel bar and suffering a head injury. He was 62.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday, April 20, 2014. He was 76.
Kevin Sharp, a country music singer who recorded multiple chart-topping songs and survived a well-publicized battle with cancer, died Saturday, April 19, 2014. He was 43.
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in southern Mexico City. He was 87.
James Hellwig, aka The Ultimate Warrior, died of cardiovascular disease on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. He was 54.
British socialite Peaches Geldof died of possible drug overdose on Monday, April 07, 2014. She was 25.
Actor Mickey Rooney died of natural causes at his North Hollywood home on Sunday, April 6, 2014. He was 93.
Comedian John Pinette was found dead of natural causes in his hotel room at the Pittsburgh Sheraton on Saturday, April 5, 2014. He was 50.
Hobie Alter, who developed the foam surfboard and the 'Hobie Cat' sailboat, died Sunday, March 30, 2014, at his Palm Desert home. He was 80.
Actress Kate O'Mara, who played Joan Collins' sister Cassandra 'Caress' Morrell in 'Dynasty,' died on Sunday, March 30, 2014, after battling a short illness. She was 74.
Dave Brockie, who as 'Oderus Urungus' fronted the alien-costumed heavy metal band GWAR, died on Sunday, March 23, 2014. He was 50.
Actor James Rebhorn died Friday, March 21, 2014, following a lengthy battle with skin cancer. He was 65.
Pastor Fred Phelps Sr., the founder of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, died Thursday, March 20, 2014. He was 84.
Fashion designer L'Wren Scott, the longtime girlfriend of Mick Jagger, was found dead of an apparent suicide at her New York apartment on Monday, March 17, 2014. She was 49.
Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon, a wealthy arts patron who was friends with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, died Monday, March 17, 2014. She was 103.
Stand-up comedian David Brenner, a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show,' died of cancer on Saturday, March 15, 2014, in his New York City home. He was 78.
Scott Asheton, drummer for the influential punk rock band The Stoogies died of a heart attack on Saturday, March 15, 2014. He was 64.
Author Joe McGinniss died Monday, March 10, 2014, of complications from inoperable prostate cancer. He was 71.
Glenn Edward McDuffie, the young sailor who was featured in the iconic Times Square 'kissing' photo from the end of World War II, died Sunday, March 9, 2014. He was 86.
William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere, whose World War II service as a member of the Army's famed Easy Company was recounted in 'Band of Brothers,' died, Saturday, March 8, 2014. He was 90.
Actress Sheila MacRae, best known for role in the 1960s version of 'The Honeymooners,' died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J. She was 92.
TV game show host Geoff Edwards died Wednesday, March 5, 2014, died of complications related to pneumonia at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. He was 83.
Jim Lange, the first host of the popular game show 'The Dating Game, died on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. He was 81.
Actor-writer-director Harold Ramis, known for his role in 'Ghostbusters' and the comedic genius behind 'Groundhog Day' and 'Caddyshack,' died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. He was 69.
Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust, died in London on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. She was 110.
Devo guitarist Bob Casale died Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, from conditions that led to heart failure. He was 61.
'Green Acres' actress Mary Grace Canfield died of lung cancer on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at a hospice in Santa Barbara. She was 89.
Ralph Waite, who played the kind patriarch of a tight-knit rural Southern family on the TV series 'The Waltons,' died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. He was 85.
Actor Sid Caesar, pioneer of TV comedy, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, after a brief illness. He was 91.
Beloved child actress and political diplomat Shirley Temple died Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at her home near San Francisco. She was 85.
Baseball Hall of Famer and longtime New York Mets' broadcaster Ralph Kiner died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 91.
Joan Mondale, wife of former Vice President and former Minnesota Sen. Walter Mondale, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. She was 83.
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 of an apparent heroin overdose. He was 46.
Oscar-winning actor Maximilian Schell, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at a hospital in the Austrian city of Innsbruck following a 'sudden illness.' He was 83.
Former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, after a 12-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 68.
American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger died peacefully in his sleep at New York hospital on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. He was 94.
Dave Madden, who played the child-hating agent on the hit 1970s sitcom 'The Partridge Family,' died in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. He was 82.
Russell Johnson, who played Professor Roy Hinkley in the 1960s series 'Gilligan's Island,' died on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 from kidney failure. He was 89.
WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young died on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at age 90.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, after being in a coma for eight years following a stroke. He was 85.
Eric Lawson, who portrayed the Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the 1970s, died Jan. 10, 2014, of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 72.
Actress Carmen Zapata died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at her home in Van Nuys after an illness and a heart condition for some time. She was 86.
New York Yankee legend and long time San Diego Padres broadcaster Jerry Coleman died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, after a brief illness. He was 89.
Phil Everly of the musical duo the Everly Brothers died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, following complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.
Oscar-nominated actress Juanita Moore collapsed and died Wednesday, Jan. 1 ,2014, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 99.
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Edward Herrmann, the 'Gilmore Girls' star and Tony Award-winner, died on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, after a battle with brain cancer. He was 71.
AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams

Legendary comics Robin Williams and Joan Rivers and Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman are a few famous faces to die in 2014.


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