Remembering the Classic Actors, Musicians and Celebrities We Loved & Lost in 2024

In 2024, many of our favorite stars from film (Carl Weathers, James Earl Jones, Teri Garr), TV (David Soul, Shannen Doherty, Martin Mull), music (Kris Kristofferson, Toby Keith), soap operas (Drake Hogestyn), sports (Willie Mays), and more took a final bow.

We’ve created a tribute to the bright lights we lost this year, honoring them in the order in which they passed. Read on to remember them and all the joy that they gave us.

Glynis Johns (100)

Born: Oct. 4, 1923
Died: Jan. 3, 2024
Singer and actress, Mary Poppins, While You Were Sleeping

Everett Collection

David Soul (80)

Born: Aug. 28, 1943
Died: Jan. 4, 2024
Actor and singer, Starsky & Hutch, Salem’s Lot

Joyce Randolph (99)

Born: Oct. 20, 1924
Died: Jan. 12, 2024
Actress, The Honeymooners

Everett Collection

Lynne Marta (78)

Born: Oct. 30, 1945
Died: Jan. 11, 2024
Singer and actress, Footloose, Love, American Style

Everett Collection

Bill Hayes (98)

Born: June 5, 1925
Died: Jan. 12, 2024
Actor, Days of Our Lives

NBC/courtesy Everett Collection

Mary Weiss (75)

Born: Dec. 28, 1948
Died: Jan. 19, 2024
Singer, the Shangri-Las, “Leader of the Pack”

Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty

David Emge (77)

Born: Sept. 9, 1946
Died: Jan. 20, 2024
Actor, Dawn of the Dead

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Melanie (76)

Born: Feb. 3, 1947
Died: Jan. 23, 2024
Singer-songwriter, “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” “What Have They Done to My Song Ma”

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Chita Rivera (91)

Born: Jan. 23, 1933
Died: Jan. 30, 2024
Actress, singer and dancer in Broadway musicals, including West Side Story, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman

Oscar Abolafia/Everett Collection

Carl Weathers (76)

Born: Jan. 14, 1948
Died: Feb. 2, 2024
Actor and football player, Rocky, Predator

MGM /Courtesy Everett Collection

Wayne Kramer (75)

Born: April 30, 1948
Died: Feb. 2, 2024
Influential guitarist and co-founder of the Detroit punk band MC5

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Toby Keith (62)

Born: July 8, 1961
Died: Feb. 5, 2024
Singer-songwriter, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” “How Do You Like Me Now?!”

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Mojo Nixon (66)

Born: Aug. 2, 1957
Died: Feb. 7, 2024
Musician and actor, “Elvis Is Everywhere”

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Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman (85)

Born: May 5, 1938
Died: Feb. 22, 2024
Bluegrass banjo player and comedian, Hee-Haw

CBS / Courtesy Everett Collection

Richard Lewis (76)

Born: June 29, 1947
Died: Feb. 27, 2024
Actor and comedian, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Robin Hood: Men in Tights

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Steve Lawrence (88)

Born: July 8, 1935
Died: March 7, 2024
Singer and actor; formed pop duo with wife Eydie Gormé

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Eric Carmen (74)

Born: Aug. 10, 1949
Died: March 10, 2024
Singer and frontman of the ‘70s group the Raspberries, “All By Myself,” “Hungry Eyes,”

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M. Emmet Walsh (88)

Born: March 22, 1935
Died: March 19, 2024
Actor, The Jerk, Blade Runner

Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection

Ron Harper (91)

Born: Jan. 12, 1933
Died: March 21, 2024
Actor, Land of the Lost, Planet of the Apes (TV Show)

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Louis Gossett Jr. (87)

Born: May 27, 1936
Died: March 29, 2024
Actor, An Officer and a Gentleman, Iron Eagle, Roots

Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection

Joe Flaherty (82)

Born: June 21, 1941
Died: April 1, 2024
Actor, writer and comedian, SCTV, Freaks and Geeks

Family Channel/courtesy Everett Collection

O.J. Simpson (76)

Born: July 8, 1947
Died: April 9, 2024
Football player and actor, Roots, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

NBC/courtesy Everett Collection

Dickey Betts (80)

Born: Dec. 12, 1943
Died: April 17, 2024
Musician, Allman Brothers Band guitarist

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Spencer Milligan (86)

Born: Sept. 10, 1937
Died: April 18, 2024
Actor, Land of the Lost

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Mike Pinder (82)

Born: Dec. 27, 1941
Died: April 24, 2024
Musician, keyboard player for the Moody Blues

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Duane Eddy (86)

Born: April 25, 1938
Died: April 29, 2024
Musician, “Rebel Rouser”

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Richard Tandy (76)

Born: March 25, 1948
Died: April 30, 2024
Musician, keyboard player for Electronic Light Orchestra

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Bernard Hill (79)

Born: Dec. 17, 1944
Died: May 5, 2024
Actor, Titanic, Lord of the Rings franchise

New Line/courtesy Everett Collection

Steve Albini (61)

Born: Jul 21, 1962
Died: May 6, 2024
Musician (Big Black) and music producer (Nirvana’s In Utero)

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Robert Logan (82)

Born: May 29, 1941
Died: May 6, 2024
Actor, 77 Sunset Strip, Wilderness Family films

Monty Sherman/TV Guide /courtesy Everett Collection

Roger Corman (98)

Born: April 5, 1926
Died: May 9, 2024
Producer/director and “King of B-Movies,” The Little Shop of Horrors, The Trip, House of Usher

Everett Collection; Mark Mainz/Getty Images for AFI

Susan Backlinie (77)

Born: Sept. 1, 1946
Died: May 11, 2024
Actress, Jaws

Courtesy of Everett Collection

Mark Damon (91)

Born: April 22, 1933
Died: May 12, 2024
Actor, House of Usher

Everett Collection

Dabney Coleman (92)

Born: Jan. 3, 1932
Died: May 16, 2024
Actor, WarGames, 9 to 5, Tootsie

Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection

Janis Paige (101)

Born: Sept. 16, 1922
Died: June 2, 2024
Actress, Silk Stockings, Romance on the High Seas

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Willie Mays (93)

Born: May 5, 1931
Died: June 17, 2024
Baseball Player, Hall of Fame MLB center fielder with the New York/San Francisco Giants and New York Mets

Everett Collection

Donald Sutherland (88)

Born: July 17, 1935
Died: June 20, 2024
Actor, M*A*S*H, Hunger Games, Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Everett Collection

Martin Mull (80)

Born: Aug. 18, 1943
Died: June 27, 2024
Actor and comedian, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Clue, Roseanne

Bob D’Amico/Carsey-Werner/Paramount Television/ABC/courtesy Everett Collection

Joe Bonsall (76)

Born: May 18, 1948
Died: July 9, 2024
Singer, tenor vocalist for the Oakridge Boys

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Shelley Duvall (75)

Born: July 7, 1949
Died: July 11, 2024
Actress, The Shining, Popeye, Brewster McCloud

Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection

Dr. Ruth Westheimer (96)

Born: June 3, 1928
Died: Jul 12, 2024
Talk show host and sex advice expert, Ask Dr. Ruth

Roger Prigent/TV Guide/Lifetime/courtesy Everett Collection

Shannen Doherty (53)

Born: April 12, 1971
Died: July 13, 2024
Actress, Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, Heathers

Everett Collection

James B. Sikking (90)

Born: March 5, 1934
Died: July 13, 2024
Actor, Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser

NBC/Courtesy: Everett Collection

Richard Simmons (76)

Born: July 12, 1948
Died: July 13, 2024
Fitness guru and actor, General Hospital, Sweatin’ to the Oldies

Jim Britt/TV Guide/courtesy Everett Collection

Bob Newhart (94)

Born: Sept. 5, 1929
Died: July 18, 2024
Actor and comedian, The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, Elf

Everett Collection

John Mayall (90)

Born: Nov. 29, 1933
Died: July 22, 2024
British blues musician, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

David Redfern/Redferns

Jack Russell (63)

Born: Dec. 5, 1960
Died: Aug. 7, 2024
Singer-songwriter, Great White frontman

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Greg Kihn (75)

Born: July 10, 1949
Died: Aug. 13, 2024
Musician, Greg Kihn Band, “Jeopardy”

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Gena Rowlands (94)

Born: June 19, 1930
Died: August 14, 2024
Actress, The Notebook, Peyton Place

Julian Wasser/TV Guide/courtesy Everett Collection.

Peter Marshall (98)

Born: March 30, 1926
Died: Aug. 15, 2024
Game show host and entertainer, The Hollywood Squares

NBC/courtesy Everett Collection

Phil Donahue (88)

Born: Dec. 21, 1935
Died: Aug. 18, 2024
Talk show host and producer, Donahue

Everett Collection

John Amos (84)

Born: Dec. 27, 1939
Died: Aug. 21, 2024
Actor, Good Times, Roots, Coming to America

Columbia Pictures Television/courtesy Everett Collection

James Darren (88)

Born: June 8, 1936
Death: Sept. 2, 2024
Actor and singer, Gidget movies, The Time Tunnel, T.J. Hooker, hit song “Goodbye Cruel World”

Gene Trindl/TV Guide /20th Century Fox Film Corp./courtesy Everett Collection

Sérgio Mendes (83)

Born: Feb. 11, 1941
Died: Sept. 5, 2024
Musician, Brazilian bossa nova pop pioneer, “Mas Que Nada”

David Redfern/Redferns/via Getty

James Earl Jones (93)

Born: Jan. 17, 1931
Died: Sept. 9, 2024
Actor, Field of Dreams, Coming to America, voice of Darth Vader (Star Wars) and Mufasa (Lion King)

Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection

Tito Jackson (70)

Born: Oct. 15, 1953
Died: Sept. 15, 2024
Musician, Jackson 5 guitarist

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Maggie Smith (89)

Born: Dec. 28, 1934
Died: Sept. 27, 2024
Actress, Downtown Abbey, Harry Potter franchise

Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection

Drake Hogestyn (70)

Born: Sept. 29, 1953
Died: Sept. 28, 2024
Actor, Days of Our Lives

NBC /Courtesy Everett Collection

Kris Kristofferson (88)

Born: June 22, 1936
Died: Sept. 28, 2024
Singer-songwriter and actor, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” A Star is Born

Everett Collection

Ron Ely (86)

Born: June 21, 1938
Died: Sept. 29, 2024
Actor, Tarzan

Curt Gunther/TV Guide/Courtesy Everett Collection

Pete Rose (83)

Born: April 13, 1941
Died: Sept. 29, 2024
MLB player and manager; all-time leader in hits, games played, at-bats, singles and outs

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Mitzi Gaynor (93)

Born: Sept. 4, 1931
Died: Oct. 17, 2024
Actress and Las Vegas entertainer, South Pacific

Everett Collection

Michael Newman (68)

Born: April 26, 1957
Died: October 20, 2024
Actor, Baywatch

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David Harris (75)

Born: June 18, 1949
Died: Oct. 25, 2024
Actor, The Warriors, NYPD Blue

Paramount / Everett Collection

Phil Lesh (84)

Born: March 15, 1940
Died: Oct. 25, 2024
Musician, Grateful Dead bass player

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Teri Garr (79)

Born: Dec. 11, 1944
Died: Oct. 29, 2024
Actress, Young Frankenstein, Mr. Mom, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Jim Britt/TV Guide/courtesy Everett Collection

Quincy Jones (91)

Born: March 14, 1933
Died: Nov. 3, 2024
Songwriter/composer/producer; produced Michael Jackson’s albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad; composed scores for Roots, The Wiz, The Color Purple

Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

Wayne Northrop (77)

Born: April 12, 1947
Died: November 29, 2024
Actor, Dynasty, Days of Our Lives

Gary Null/NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection

Earl Holliman (96)

Born: Sept. 11, 1928
Died: Nov. 25, 2024
Actor, The Twilight Zone, Police Woman

Everett Collection

Michael Cole (84)

Born: July 3, 1940
Died: Dec. 10, 2024
Actor, Mod Squad, It

Everett Collection

Geoffrey Deuel (81)

Born: Jan. 17, 1943
Died: Dec. 22, 2024
Actor, The Young and the Restless

The Everett Collection

Richard Perry (82)

Born: June 18, 1942
Died: Dec. 24, 2024)
Music/Record Producer, “Your So Vain”

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Greg Gumble (78)

Born: May 3, 1946
Died: Dec. 27, 2024
Sports Anchor

Monty Brinton/CBS/courtesy Everett Collection

Olivia Hussey (73)

Born: April 17, 1951
Died: Dec. 26, 2024
Actress, Romeo and Juliet (1968), Black Christmas

Everett Collection

Jimmy Carter (100)

Born: Sept. 30, 1924
Died: Dec 28, 2024
39th US President and Humanitarian

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Linda Lavin (87)

Born: Oct. 15, 1937
Died: Dec. 29, 2024
Actress, Broadway Star, Alice

Everett Collection

Musicians Who Died in 2024

The music industry lost some major titans and influencers this year. We pay tribute with some of their biggest hits.

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