These are the notable folks that have passed away this year... feel free to leave comments of remembrance of those stars whose careers and lives particularly touched you...

1/3 – "Our Gang" actor SIDNEY KIBRICK, 97; 1/5 – Chef/"America's Test Kitchen" cohost ELLE SIMONE SCOTT, (ovarian cancer) 49; 1/6 – Broadway/film actor JOHN CUNNINGHAM, 93; 1/9 – TV/film actor T.K. CARTER, 69; 1/10 – The Grateful Dead singer/songwriter/guitarist BOB WEIR, 78; 1/11 – Actor MARCUS GILBERT, (throat cancer) 67; 1/13 – "Dilbert" comic strip writer SCOTT ADAMS, (prostate cancer) 68; 1/16 – Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer KENNY MORRIS, 68; 1/19 – Fashion designer VALENTINO GARAVANI, 93; 1/20 – Midnight Oil musician/singer/songwriter ROB HIRST, 70; 1/22 – The Scorpions bassist FRANCIS BUCHHOLZ, (cancer) 71; 1/23 – Actress YVONNE LIME FEDDERSON, 90; 1/25 – Celebrity hairstylist/tv personality KIM VO, (colon cancer) 55; 1/28 – Actress ELYSE DONALSON, 78; 1/30 – Actress CATHERINE O’HARA, (pulmonary embolism) 71; 1/30 – Actor GRADY DEMOND WILSON, (cancer) 79.

2/2 – Three Dog Night singer CHUCK NEGRON, (COPD and heart failure) 83; 2/3 – The 5th Dimension singer/photographer LAMONTE MCLEMORE, 90; 2/4 – Actress CAMILLA CARR, (complications from Alzheimer’s) 83; 2/7 – Three Doors Down Singer BRAD ARNOLD, (kidney cancer) 47; 2/8 – Actor BLAKE GARRETT, 33; 2/10 – Actor SHELLY DESAI, 90; 2/11 – “Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise” star CASS LACELLE, (cancer) 34; 2/11 – Actor JAMES VAN DER BEEK, (colorectal cancer) 48; 2/11 – Actor BUD CORT, 77; 2/14 – Actor TOM NOONAN, 74; 2/15 – Actor ROBERT DUVALL, 95; 2/16 – Filmmaker FREDERICK WISEMAN, 96; 2/16 – Songwriter BILLY STEINBERG, (cancer) 75; 2/17 – Civil Rights leader/Reverend JESSE JACKSON, 84; 2/19 – Actor ERIC DANE, (ALS) 53; 2/21 – Musician/actor/activist WILLIE COLON, 75; 2/21 – NFL player RONDALE MOORE, (apparent suicide) 25; 2/23 – Actor ROBERT CARRADINE, (suicide) 71; 2/23 – Actress SONDRA LEE, 97; 2/24 – Actor BOBBY J. BROWN, (smoke inhalation and burns) 62; 2/24 – Actress LAUREN CHAPIN, (cancer) 80; 2/24 – Actress MARIA O’BRIEN, 75; 2/25 – SiriusXM radio host JIM “BOOMER” GORDON, (cancer) 55; 2/25 – "Deadliest Catch" star TODD MEADOWS, 25; 2/27 – Singer/songwriter NEIL SEDAKA, 86; 2/28 – Actress/fashion icon ANNABEL SCHOFIELD, (cancer) 62.

3/2 –Actor STEPHEN HIBBERT, (heart attack) 68; 3/4 – Former NCAA football coach/broadcaster LOU HOLTZ, 89; 3/5 – Actor COREY PARKER, (cancer) 60; 3/6 – Actress JENNIFER RUNYON, (cancer) 65; 3/7 – Folk musician/actor COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD, 84; 3/9 – Boston singer TOMMY DECARLO, (brain cancer) 60; 3/9 – “Lilias, Yoga and You” host LILIAS FOLAN, 90; 3/14 – Former “The Only Way is Essex” star JORDAN WRIGHT, 33; 3/15 – Actor MATT CLARK, 89; 3/16 – Actress JUDY PACE, 83; 3/17 – Former “Showtime at the Apollo” TV host KIKI SHEPARD, (heart attack) 74; 3/19 – Actor CHUCK NORRIS, 86; 3/20 – Director JAMIE BLANKS, 54; 3/20 – Actor NICHOLAS BRENDON, (heart disease) 54; 3/22 – Actress MARCIA ANN BURRS, 85; 3/23 – Actress VALERIE PERRINE, 82; 3/23 – Songwriter CHIP TAYLOR, 86; 3/26 – Seals & Crofts singer/songwriter DASH CROFTS, 85; 3/26 – Actor JAMES TOLKAN, 94; 3/28 – Actress MARY BETH HURT, (Alzheimer’s disease) 79; 3/29 – Comedian/actor ALEX DUONG, (soft tissue cancer) 42.

4/11 – "H.R. Pufnstuf" and "Land of the Lost" series creator SID KROFFT, 96; 4/12 – “My 600-Lb. Life” star DOLLY MARTINEZ, 30; 4/17 – Actress MARICLARE COSTELLO, 90; 4/18 – Actress NATHALIE BAYE, (Lewy body dementia) 77; 4/18 – Actor RIF HUTTON, (glioblastoma) 73; 4/19 – Actor PATRICK MULDOON, (heart attack) 57; 4/19 – Former Traffic singer/songwriter/guitarist DAVE MASON, 79; 4/20 – The Osmonds singer/songwriter/producer ALAN OSMOND,  76; 4/22 – “Storage Wars” star DARRELL SHEETS, (apparent suicide) 67; 4/24 – Actor/former NFL player BEAU STARR, 81; 4/25 – former "The Voice" contestant/singer DYLAN CARTER, (car accident) 24; 4/26 – The Ronettes singer NEDRA TALLEY ROSS, 80; 4/29 – Singer/songwriter DAVID ALLAN COE, 86.

5/4 – Sports broadcaster JOHN STERLING, (heart failure) 87; 5/6 – Media mogul TED TURNER, (Lewy body dementia) 87; 5/9 – Actress JENNIFER HARMON, 82; 5/10 – "Real People" host/producer/creator JOHN BARBOUR, 93; 5/11 – NBA player BRANDON CLARKE, (apparent overdose) 29; 5/12 – Film critic/journalist REX REED, 87; 5/12 – Actor DONALD GIBB, 71; 5/12 – Former NBA player JASON COLLINS, (brain cancer) 47; 5/14 – Soul singer CLARENCE CARTER, (pneumonia) 90; 5/15 – Former child actor DENNIS RUSH, (leukemia) 74; 5/ 18 – Voice actor TOM KANE, (complications from a stroke) 64; 5/18 – Actress CAITLIN O’HEANEY, 73; 5/20 – Former US Representative BARNEY FRANK, 86; 5/21 – Race car driver KYLE BUSCH, (pneumonia and sepsis) 41; 5/21 – Actor STEWART MCLEAN, (homicide) 45; 5/21 – Actor PETER HELM, 84; 5/22 – Rapper ROB BASE, (cancer) 59; 5/22 – Actor GRIZZWALD CHAPMAN, 52; 5/22 – Actor CHARLES CIOFFI, 90; 5/25 – Jazz saxophonist SONNY ROLLINS, 95; 5/27 – Actor PIERRE DENY, (ALS) 69; 5/30 – Actress KELLY CURTIS, 69; 5/30 – “Alaskan Bush People” star MATT BROWN, (suicide) 43; 5/30 – Former Commodores bassist RONALD LAPREAD, 75; 5/31 – Actor OWAIN RHYS DAVIES, 44.

6/2 – R&B singer/songwriter PEABO BRYSON, (complications from a stroke) 75; 6/3 – Actor JAMES HARDY, (fatal stabbing) 81; 6/3 – Director/graphic novelist/artist MARJANE SATRAPI, 56; 6/4 – Actor PATRICK GODFREY, 93; 6/5 – Actor ANTHONY HEAD, (complications from pneumonia) 72; 6/6 – Actor ANTHONY GUIDERA, (cardiac arrest) 65; 6/9 – WSM Radio host/Grand Ole Opry announcer BILL CODY, (kidney and heart failure) 67; 6/9 – TV fitness guru GILAD JANKLOWICZ, 71; 6/10 – Actress GINA FERRALL, (uterine sarcoma) 67; 6/12 – Movie critic GENE SHALIT, 100; 6/12 – Actor RONNIE SCHELL, 94; 6/15 – Actress ANNE SCHEDEEN, 77; 6/16 – Actress DAVEIGH CHASE, (AIDS) 35; 6/17 – Chicago saxophonist WALTER PARAZAIDER, (Alzheimer’s disease) 81; 6/19 – Director/producer/series co-creator JAMES BURROWS, 85; 6/20 – Actor MICHAEL BYRNE, 82; 6/22 – Music mogul CLIVE DAVIS, 94; 6/24 – Actress/singer ANN BLYTH, 98; 6/24 – Composer/conductor HAROLD WHEELER, 82; 6/24 – Former Blood, Sweat, and Tears singer/songwriter DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS, 84; 6/29 - Actor TOM LIGON, 85; 6/29 – Actress PENELOPE KEITH, 86; 6/30 – Village People lead singer VICTOR WILLIS, 74.  

7/2 – Actor KJELL NILSSON, 76; 7/6 – Actress LOUISE LASSER, 87; 7/6 – "Born This Way" star CRISTINA SANZ, (cardiac arrest) 36; 7/7 – Actress JOANNA PETTET, 83; 7/9 – Singer BONNIE TYLER, 75; 7/9 – Actor PETER VAN NORDEN, 75; 7/9 – Actor RANDOLPH MANTOOTH, 80; 7/10 – Actor JOSH GRISETTI, (suicide) 44; 7/11 – Team South Africa soccer player JAYDEN ADAMS, 25; 7/11 – US Senator LINDSEY GRAHAM, (aortic dissection) 71; 7/12 – Actress WAI CHING HO, 82; 7/12 – Actor SCOTT BRYCE, 68; 7/13 – Actor SAM NEILL, (pneumonia) 78; 7/15 – Actor HAL WILLIAMS, 91; 7/17 – "Five Star Chef" winner/chef DOM TAYLOR, 44; 7/17 – Actress BRENDA FRICKER, 81; 7/17 – Singer FREDDY ‘BOOM BOOM’ CANNON, (cancer) 89; 7/21 – Actress KAYLEE HOTTLE, (car accident) 19; 7/22 – Director CHUCK RUSSELL, 74; 7/29 – Singer/songwriter/actor GLEN HANSARD, (motorcycle crash) 56; 7/29 – The Chantels lead singer ARLENE SMITH, 84.

8/1 – Actor VINCENT PASTORE, 80; 8/3 – Actor JON CYPHER, 94; 8/5 – Actress JEAN LODGE, 99; 8/5 – Actress TEDDE MOORE, 79; 8/6 – Entertainment journalist FLO ANTHONY, (cancer) 74; 8/9 – Actor/politician BEN JONES, (heart attack) 84; 8/9 – Actor REGGIE BANNISTER, 80; 8/11 – Actress CHRISTY KNOWINGS, (asthmas attack) 46; 8/11 – Director JOHN IRVIN, 86; 8/13 – “The Real World: Key West”/"The Challenge" star TYLER DUCKWORTH, 44; 8/13 – Director MARK RYDELL, 97; 8/14 – Music critic/author DAVE MARSH, 76; 8/15 – Radio actress PEGGY WEBBER, 100; 8/16 – Actress HAYDEN PANETTIERE, 36; 8/18 – ZZ Top drummer FRANK BEARD, 77; 8/19 – Actor MICHAEL WRIGHT, 70; 8/20 – Actress BUNNY LEVINE, 97; 8/21 – Motown songwriter JANIE BRADFORD, 87; 8/22 – Actress/singer SHELLEY FABARES, (pneumonia) 82; 8/24 – Singer/actress JAYE P. MORGAN, 94; 8/25 – Country singer/songwriter/actress/philanthropist/entrepreneur DOLLY PARTON, (cancer) 80; 8/26 – Actor TIM CURRY, (COPD) 80; 8/26 – Actor SAMUEL MONROE JR., 52; 8/28 – "Swift Justice" host Judge JACKIE GLASS, 70.

9/1 – Actress CARLA JEFFERY, best known for playing Bree in the Disney “Zombies” franchise, 33 years old

9/2 – Jazz musician CASSANDRA WILSON, a two-time Grammy winner for her Jazz albums “New Moon Daughter” and “Loverly” and known for covering songs by JONI MITCHELL, ROBERT JOHNSON, THE MONKEES, and HANK WILLIAMS, 70 years old

9/2 – Former NFL player ALPHONSO SMITH JR., who previously played for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos from 2009-2012, (suicide) 40 years old

9/3 – Feminist icon/journalist GLORIA STEINEM, a writer and magazine editor, co-creator of Ms. magazine and co-founder of the Women’s Action Alliance – a group dedicated to fighting sexism – more than 50 years ago, 92 years old