A Year In Review
Last Updated: January 2
Our 2015 Scoring Roster
Headliners
Big deaths rendered meaningless because nobody scored.
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Anne Meara | Omar Sharif | Wes Craven | Fred Thompson |
The B-List
Folks who, while not quite rising to the level of Headliner, were still of note.
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Donna Douglas (1/1,
81) Ellie May Clampett Mario Cuomo (1/1, 82) former NYC mayor Edward Herrmann (12/31, 71) versatile actor Taylor Negron (1/10, 57) comic actor |
| Bob Simon
(2/11, 73) 60 Minutes correspondent Windell Middlebrooks (3/9, 36) comic and commercial actor James Best (4/6, 88) Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane Geoffrey Lewis (4/7, 79) prolific character actor, father of Juliette |
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Jayne Meadows (4/26,
95) actress, game show mainstay Ellen Albertini Dow (5/4, 101) The Rappin' Granny Mary Ellen Trainor (6/9, 62) ex-wife of Robert Zemeckis, she appeared in all of your favorite 80's movies. Romancing The Stone, Goonies, Lethal Weapon (1-3), Die Hard, Scrooged, Ghostbusters 2, Back to the Future 2. Dick Van Patten (6/23, 86) Eight Is Enough, movies, Broadway actor |
| Roger Rees
(7/10, 71) best known for Cheers and Men In Tights, but a
huge career on Broadway Alex Rocco (7/18, 79) gravelly-voiced actor best known as Godfather's Moe Greene Bobbi Kristina Brown (7/26, 22) Bobby and Whitney's kid. Never had a chance. Yvonne Craig (8/17, 78) TV's Batgirl |
   
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Dean Jones
(9/1, 84) that guy in every Disney movie Martin Milner (9/6, 83) Route 66 and Adam-12 Jackie Collins (9/19, 77) pulp author, sister of Joan Paul Prudhomme (10/8, 75) Cajun chef |
| Al
Molinaro (10/30,
96) Al Delvecchio from Happy Days Jim Perry (11/20, 82) host of Card Sharks and $ale of the Century Robert Loggia (12/4, 85) Scarface, Sopranos, Big |
  
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The C-List
Minor celebrities, various other entertainment names.
Christine Cavanaugh (12/22, 51) Major cartoon voice actor (Dexter, Rugrats) Rod Taylor (1/7, 84) from Hitchcock's The Birds to Inglourious Basterds Anita Ekberg (1/11, 83) Swedish bombshell of the 50's and 60's Don Harron (1/17, 90) Hee Haw actor Joe Franklin (1/24, 88) radio and tv pioneer Colleen McCullough (1/29, 77) author of The Thorn Birds Gary Owens (2/12, 80) announcer on Laugh-In Daniel von Bargen (3/1, 64) Seinfeld's Mr. Kruger, from the Festivus episode Eugene Patton (3/9, 82) The Gong Show's Gene Gene the Dancing Machine Gary Dahl (3/23, 78) inventor of the Pet Rock Stan Freberg (4/7, 88) 70 years of comedy records, cartoon voices, and radio shows Richard Dysart (4/5, 86) most famous as LA Law's Leland McKenzie Sawyer Sweeten (4/23, 19) child actor on Everybody Loves Raymond Michael Blake (5/2, 69) author of Dances With Wolves Suzanne Crough (4/27, 52) played Tracy Partridge Grace Lee Whitney (5/1, 85) Star Trek's Yeoman Rand Patrick Macnee (6/25, 93) The Avengers' John Steed George Coe (7/18, 86) original SNL actor Uggie (8/7, 13) Jack Russell star of The Artist Brad Anderson (8/30, 91) Creator of Marmaduke, who is big and funny Judy Carne (9/3, 76) Laugh-In's Sock It To Me Girl Catherine Coulson (9/28, 71) Twin Peaks' Log Lady Pat Woodell (9/29, 71) Petticoat Junction's Bobbie Jo (the smart one) Kevin Corcoran (10/6, 66) the kid from Old Yeller Gunnar Hansen (11/7, 68) original Leatherface actor Vincent Margera (11/15, 59) Don Vito from Jackass Rose Siggins (12/12, 43) Legless Suzi on American Horror Story George Johnson (12/20, 86) wrote Logan's Run and the first Star Trek episode
Sports
 
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Ernie Banks
(1/23, 83) Cubs legend Dean Smith (2/7, 83) Hall of Fame UNC basketball head coach Jerry Tarkanian (2/11, 84) UNLV basketball head coach Garo Yepremian (5/15, 70) Kicker for undefeated '72 Dolphins. Threw the worst pass in the history of the NFL. (neither Finkel nor Einhorn) |
| Bevo Francis
(6/3, 82) Rio Grande basketball legend. 113 points in
a game. Read here. Ken "Snake" Stabler (7/8, 69) legendary Raider QB. Frank Gifford (8/9, 84) NFL QB turned MNF broadcaster Moses Malone (9/13, 60) three-time NBA MVP |
   
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Flip Saunders
(10/25, 60) coach and president, Minnesota Timberwolves John "Hot Rod" Williams (12/11, 53) popular Cavs 6th man Meadowlark Lemon (12/27, 83) Clown Prince of the Harlem Globetrotters |
Roy Tarpley (1/9, 50) Former NBA star banned in 1991 for drug use Ann Mara (2/1, 85) matriarch of the New York Giants Ed Sabol (2/9, 98) founder, NFL Films Jerome Kersey (2/18, 52) former NBA star Earl Lloyd (2/26, 86) first black NBA player Anthony Mason (2/28, 48) former NBA All-Star Lauren Hill (4/10, 19) freshman basketball player at Mount St. Joseph Steve Byrnes (4/21, 56) Fox Sports NASCAR announcer Jerry Dior (5/10, 82) designer of MLB logo Dusty Rhodes (6/11, 69) WWE hall of famer Buddy Baker (8/10, 74) NASCAR driver and broadcaster Darryl Dawkins (8/27, 58) Former NBA All-Star Joaquin Andujar (9/8, 62) former Cardinals pitcher, famously went insane during 1985 World Series Rocco Scotti (9/11, 95) Opera singer, used to sing the anthem before Tribe games Dr. Jonathan Woods (9/12, 76) Former Director, TBDBITL Lindy Infante (10/8, 75) Former Packers and Colts coach Jonah Lomu (11/18, 40) rugby star for New Zealand's legendary All Blacks
Music
 
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Little Jimmy
Dickens
(1/2, 94) Oldest member of the Grand Ol Opry Lesley Gore (2/16, 68) Iconic 60's singer Percy Sledge (4/14, 74) When A Man Loves A Woman Lynn Anderson (7/30, 67) singer, Rose Garden |
Sam Andrew (2/12, 73) cofounder, Big Brother & the Holding Company Jimmy Greenspoon (3/11, 67) keyboardist, Three Dog Night Mike Porcaro (3/15, 59) bassist, Toto AJ Pero (3/20, 55) drummer, Twisted Sister Robert Burns, Jr. (4/4, 64) original drummer, Lynyrd Skynyrd Johnny Kem (4/16, 55) late 80's R&B singer (Just Got Paid) Jack Ely. (4/28, 71) Kingsmen singer on Louie Louie Ben E. King (4/30, 76) singer, Stand By Me Errol Brown (5/6, 71) lead singer, Hot Chocolate (You Sexy Thing) James Horner (6/22, 61) movie composer, Titanic, Karate Kid, Braveheart Chris Squire (6/27, 67) bassist, Yes Dennis Greene (9/5, 66) lead singer, Sha Na Na Gary Richrath (9/13, 65) guitarist, REO Speedwagon Billy Joe Royal (10/6, 73) singer, Down In The Boondocks Cory Wells (10/20, 74) singer, Three Dog Night Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (11/11, 61) drummer, Motorhead P.F. Sloan (11/15, 70) wrote Secret Agent Man and Eve of Destruction Cynthia Robinson (11/23, 71) original trumpeter, Sly and the Family Stone William Guest (12/24, 74) Pip
Business / Politics / History
| Timothy Dowd (12/26, 99)
Caught David (Son of Sam) Berkowitz Tony Verna (1/18, 81) invented instant replay Koos van den Akker (2/3, 75) designed the "Cosby Sweater" Rudolph Perz (4/2, 89) creator, Pillsbury Doughboy Mary Doyle Keefe (4/21, 92) model for Rosie the Riveter Elisabeth Bing (5/15, 100) cofounder of Lamaze International Tariq Aziz (6/5, 79) former Iraqi foreign minister Blaze Starr (6/15, 83) stripper girlfriend of 50's LA governor Blaine Gibson (7/5, 97) Disney sculptor and animator Julian Bond (8/15, 75) civil rights icon Kenneth Koe (10/7, 90) inventor of Zoloft Mike Hammond (10/29, 53) cofounder, Gateway Computers Lillian Vernon (12/14, 88) catalog founder |
Dottie Thomas (1/9, 92)
pioneer of bone marrow transplantation Richard von Weizsacker (1/31, 94) former German president Dana "Buck" Rinehart (2/18, 68) former Columbus mayor Jenny Wallenda (4/4, 87) circus family matriarch Betty Willis (4/19, 91) designer of iconic Las Vegas sign Hugh Ambrose (5/23, 48) historian, author, son of Stephen Horst Brandstatter (6/3, 81) founder, Playmobil toys Donald Featherstone (6/22, 79) inventor of pink plastic flamingo Burt Shavitz (7/5, 80) founder, Burt's Bees Louis Stokes (8/18, 90) Ohio Congressman Ken Taylor (10/15, 81) Canadian diplomat who hid those Argo people Chuck Williams (12/5, 100) founder, Williams-Sonoma |
Melvin Gordon (1/20, 95)
CEO of Tootsie Rolls Joseph Langdell (2/4, 100) oldest survivor of USS Arizona Boris Nemtsov (2/27, 55) Russian opposition leader Joel Spira (4/8, 88) inventor of the dimmer switch Jean Nidetch (4/29, 91) founder of Weight Watchers Vincent Bugliosi (6/9, 80) Manson prosecutor, author JoAnn Killingsworth (6/20, 91) first Disneyland Snow White Sister Nirmala Joshi (6/22, 81) successor to Mother Teresa Vincent Marotta (8/1, 91) cofounder, Mr. Coffee Fred DeLuca (9/14, 67) cofounder, Subway Thomas Stemberg (10/23, 66) founder, Staples Mariuccia Mandelli (12/6, 90) Italian fashion designer. Inventor of hot pants. |
It's All Relative
| Eddie
Rice (12/25, 77) Mother of NFL's Jerry Movita Castaneda (2/12, 98) ex-wife of Marlon Brando Sarah Kemp Brady (4/3, 73) widow of James Joanne Carson (5/8, 84) ex of Johnny Charcey Glenn (6/19, 73) mom of Charles Barkley Jimmy Evert (8/21, 91) tennis coach father of Chris Rafael Nadal (9/7, 85) grandfather of ... guess who Trudy Taylor (10/10, 92) mother of singer James Dorothy Coble Helms (11/6, 96) widow of Jesse Jeremy Carter (12/19, 28) grandson of Jimmy |
Francesca Hilton (1/5, 67)
daughter of Zsa Zsa Virginia Glass (3/6, 91) grandmother of Ryan Seacrest Cynthia Lennon (4/1, 75) first wife of John Happy Rockefeller (5/19, 88) widow of Nelson Diana Douglas (7/4, 92) ex-wife of Kirk, mother of Michael Anna Kashfi (8/16, 80) ex-wife of Marlon Brando Doris Robinson (9/16, 96) widow of Grambling Coach Eddie Gail Zappa (10/7, 70) widow of singer Frank Charlie Dick (11/8, 81) widower of Patsy Cline John Dineen (12/13, 34) fiancee of Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary) |
Jean-Claude Baker
(1/15, 71) adopted son of Josephine Richard Ford (3/20, 90) half-brother of Gerald Peter Cronkite (4/26, 22) grandson of Walter Beau Biden (5/30, 46) Son of VP Joe Claud Johnson (6/30, 83) son of bluesman Robert Helen Burns Jackson (9/7, 92) mother of Jesse Sybil Stockdale (10/10, 90) widow of Admiral James Macel Falwell (10/15, 82) widow of Rev. Jerry Dick and Joan Flutie (both 11/18) parents of QB Doug |