In Memoriam

 

 

Tupac Shakur

 

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), Rapper

 

Aaliyah

 

Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), Entertainer and Model

 

The Notorious B.I.G.

 

Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), Rapper

 

Stanley Kubrick

 

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999), Director and Producer

 

John Wayne

 

John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), Actor

 

John Ritter

 

Johnathan Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003), Actor and Comedian

 

Johnny Cash

 

Johnny R. Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), Singer

 

Jam Master Jay

 

Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), Founder of Run-D.M.C.,
Rapper and DJ

 

Ella Fitzgerald

 

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), Jazz Vocalist

 

Dean Martin

 

Dino Paul Crocetti (June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995), Singer, Actor and Comedian

 

Bruce Lee

 

Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), Founder of Jeet Kune Do, Philosopher, Instructor, Martial Arts-Artist and Actor

 

Audrey Hepburn

 

Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993), Actress and Fashion Icon

 

Bob Marley

 

Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), Reggae singer

 

Brandon Lee

 

Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993), Actor

 

Frank Sinatra

 

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998), Actor and Singer

 

River Phoenix

 

River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993), Actor

 

Sammy Davis Jr.

 

Samuel George Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990), Entertainer

 

Elvis Presley

 

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), Musician and Actor

 

Frank Zappa

 

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993), Composer, Musician and Director

 

Grace Kelly

 

Miss Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982), Actress and Princess of Monaco

 

Heath Ledger

 

Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008), Actor

 

Humphrey Bogart

 

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), Actor

 

Ingmar Bergman

 

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007), Film and Opera Director

 

James Dean

 

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955), Actor

 

James Brown

 

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), Entertainer

 

Janis Joplin

 

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970), Singer and Arranger

 

Walt Disney

 

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Voice actor, Animator, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist

 

William Hanna

 

William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001), Founder of Hanna-Barbera, Animator, Director, Producer, Cartoon Artist

 

Sharon Tate

 

Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969), Actress

 

Romy Schneider

 

Romy Schneider (September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982), Actress

 

Phil Hartman

 

Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998), Writer, Actor, Voice artist, Comedian and Graphic artist

 

Peter Tosh

 

Winston Hubert McIntosh (October 19, 1944 – September 11, 1987), Reggae singer

 

Peter Sellers

 

Richard Henry Sellers (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980), Actor and Comedian

 

Mahalia Jackson

 

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972), Gospel singer

 

Luciano Pavarotti

 

Luciano Pavarotti (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007), Operatic tenor

 

Louis Armstrong

 

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), Jazz singer and Trompeter

 

Katharine Hepburn

 

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003), Actress

 

Justin Pierce

 

Justin Charles Pierce (March 21, 1975 – July 10, 2000), Actor and Pro-Skateboarder

 

Joseph Barbera

 

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera (March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006), Co-Founder of Hanna-Barbera, Animator, Cartoon- and Storyboard Artist, Director and Producer

 

Jim Morrison

 

James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971), Director, Singer and Poet

 

Falco

 

Johann Hölzel (February 19, 1957 – February 6, 1998), Pop-, Hip Hop and Rock Star

 

John Lennon

 

John Ono Lennon (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), Musician and Poet

 

Kurt Cobain

 

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994), Musician

 

Akira Kurosawa

 

Akira Kurosawa (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998), Director, Producer and Screenwriter

 

Kinji Fukasaku

 

Kinji Fukasaku (July 3, 1930 – January 12, 2003), Director, Writer and Actor

Walter Lantz

 

Walter Benjamin Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994), Producer, Director, Animator, Screenwriter and Actor

Alfred Hitchcock

 

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980), Director and Producer

Cary Grant

 

Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), Actor

Klaus Nomi

 

Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 – August 6, 1983), Tenor

Maria Callas

 

Maria Callas (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977), Opera Singer

Donald Pleasence

 

Donald Henry Pleasence (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995), Actor

Sid Vicious

 

John Simon Ritchie (May 10, 1957 – February 2, 1979), Musician, Songwriter and Composer

Jimi Hendrix

 

Johnny Allen Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970), Guitarist, Singer, Producer and Songwriter

Jonathan Brandis

 

Jonathan Gregory Brandis (April 13, 1976 – November 12, 2003), Actor, Screenwriter and Director

Ashleigh Aston Moore

 

Ashleigh Aston Moore (September 30, 1981 – December 10, 2007), Actor

Ava Gardner

 

Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990), Actor

Beatrice Hsu

 

Beatrice Hsu (November 13, 1978 – January 28, 2007), Actor

Martin Kleinti Simon

 

Martin Kleinti Simon (June 17, 1966 – June 5, 2000), Musician and Songwriter

Johnny Ace

 

John Marshall Alexander(June 9, 1929 – December 25, 1954), Musician

Michael Cuccione

 

Michael James Cuccione (January 5, 1985 – January 13, 2001), Actor, Singer, Dancer, Author and Activist

Tommy Bolin

 

Thomas Richard 'Tommy' Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976), Guitarist

Sr. Tito Puente

 

Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), Musician

Karen Carpenter

 

Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983), Singer and Drummer

Matthew McGrory

 

Matthew McGrory (May 17, 1973 – August 9, 2005), Actor

Merritt Butrick

 

Merritt R. Butrick (September 3, 1959 – March 17, 1989), Actor

Edie Sedgwick

 

Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971), Actress, Socialite, Model and Heiress

Estelle Getty

 

Estelle Scher-Gettleman (July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008), Actress

Bernard Herrmann

 

Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975), Composer

Bernie Mac

 

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), Actor and Comedian