A Year In Review
Last Updated: December 27
Our 2016 Scoring Roster
Headliners
Big deaths rendered meaningless because nobody scored.
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| David
Bowie |
Alan Rickman | Garry Shandling | Prince | Garry Marshall |
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| Alan
Thicke |
Carrie Fisher |
The B-List
Folks who, while not quite rising to the level of Headliner, were still of note.
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Wayne Rogers
(12/31, 82) MASH's Trapper John Pat Harrington, Jr. (1/6, 86) One Day At A Time's Schneider Dan Haggerty (1/15, 73) Grizzly Adams George Gaynes (2/15, 98) Police Academy, Punky Brewster |
| George Kennedy
(2/28, 91) tough-guy character actor Larry Drake (3/17, 66) LA Law Emmy-winner Doris Roberts (4/17, 90) beloved TV mom Madeleine LeBeau (5/1, 92) Casablanca's Yvonne |
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Morley
Safer
(5/19, 84) veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Jan Crouch (5/31, 78) giant purple-haired founder of TBN religious network Ron Lester (6/17, 45) Varsity Blues' Billy Bob |
| Anton Yelchin
(6/19, 27) Chekov in the Star Trek reboot Elie Wiesel (7/2, 87) Nobel laureate. Holocaust survivor. Prolific author. David Huddleston (8/2,85) Blazing Saddles. Lebowski. Dozens of others. Kenny Baker (8/13, 81) the man inside R2-D2 |
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Jack Riley
(8/19, 80) Newhart. And that guy from that thing. Steven Hill (8/23, 94) DA Schiff on Law & Order Marvin Kaplan (8/26, 89) nebbish character actor from Alice, prolific voice actor Jon Polito (9/1, 65) Coen Brothers regular |
| Alexis Arquette (9/11,
47) member of famous acting family Bill Nunn (9/24, 63) Spike Lee regular, also New Jack City and others Kevin Meaney (10/21, 60) longtime standup comic Janet Reno (11/7, 78) first female Attorney General |
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Robert Vaughn
(11/11, 83) Man From UNCLE, tons of other stuff Ron Glass (11/25, 71) Barney Miller, Firefly |
The C-List
Minor celebrities, various other entertainment names.
Jason Wingreen (12/25, 95) voice of Boba Fett David Marguiles (1/11, 78) veteran actor, mayor in Ghostbusters Joe Alaskey (2/3, 63) succeeded Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs and Daffy Angela "Big Ang" Raiola (2/18, 55) Mob Wives star Joe Santos (3/18, 84) Rockford Files actor Ken Howard (3/23, 71) stage, tv, and film actor David Smyrl (3/22, 80) Sesame Street's Mr. Handford Erik Bauersfeld (4/4, 93) voice of Admiral Ackbar Arthur Anderson (4/9, 93) voice of the Lucky Charms leprechaun E.M. Nathanson (4/5, 88) author of The Dirty Dozen Phil Sayer (4/14, 62) the voice of the London Underground. "Mind the Gap" Alan Young (5/19, 96) human star of Mr. Ed, also the voice of Scrooge McDuck Burt Kwouk (5/24, 85) Cato Fong in the Pink Panther films Angela Paton (5/26, 86) Bill Murray's innkeeper in Groundhog Day Sir Peter Shaffer (6/6, 90) British playwright of Equus and Amadeus Michu Meszaros (6/12, 76) the guy in the ALF costume Janet Waldo (6/12, 96) voice of Judy Jetson and many others Michael Cimino (7/2, 77) Director, Deer Hunter Noel Neill (7/3, 95) first actresss to play Lois Lane, in 1948 Marni NIxon (7/24, 86) uncredited movie singer. Deborah Kerr in King and I. Natalie Wood in West Side Story. Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. Miss Cleo (7/26, 53) infomercial "psychic", real name Youree Harris Fyvush Finkel (8/14, 91) Stage, film, tv actor, best known for Picket Fences Arthur Hiller (8/17, 92) director, Love Story and many others John McLaughlin (8/16, 89) political talk-show host Dick Assman (8/22, 82) Letterman's "Assman the Gasman" Jerry Heller (9/2, 75) former manager, NWA Lady Chablis (89/8, 59) transgendered star of Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil Edward Albee (9/16, 88) Pulitzer winning playwright Charmain Carr (9/17, 73) Liesl von Trapp W.P. Kinsella (9/16, 81) author of Shoeless Joe, which became Field of Dreams Curtis Hanson (9/20, 71) writer, LA Confidential, 8 Mile Agnes Nixon (9/28, 93) creator, One Life To Live, All My Children Steve Dillon (10/22, 54) author of Preacher comic Michael Massee (10/20, 64) actor who accidentally shot Brandon Lee Rick Steiner (11/3, 69) Broadway producer; The Producers, Hairspray, Jersey Boys Gwen Ifill (11/14, 61) co-anchor of PBS' NewsHour Joseph Mascolo (12/7, 87) Stefano from Days of Our Lives Margaret Whitton (12/4, 67) hated Tribe owner from Major League Peter Vaughan (12/6, 93) Game of Thrones' Maester Aemon Joey Boots (12/23, 49) part of Howard Stern's Wack Pack
Sports
   
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Lee Reherman
(3/2, 49) American Gladiator's Hawk, actor Joe Garagiola (3/23, 90) Baseball player and broadcast great Joanie Laurer (4/20, 45) WWE's Chyna Kimbo Slice (6/7, 42) breakout MMA fighter |
| Buddy Ryan
(6/28, 82) NFL defensive coach. Won '86 Super Bowl
with Da Bears Pat Summitt (6/28, 64) Greatest women's basketball coach. Ever. Dennis Green (7/21, 67) longtime NFL head coach John Saunders (8/10, 61) ESPN college football anchor |
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Jose Fernandez (9/25,
24) ace Marlins pitcher Dennis Byrd (10/15, 50) former paralyzed Jets lineman Rashaan Salaam (12/5, 42) 1994 Heisman winner at Colorado Craig Sager (12/15, 65) wildly dressed NBA sideline reporter |
Dave "Hendo" Henderson (12/27, 57) Red Sox postseason hero Lawrence Phillips (1/13, 40) former Nebraska and NFL running back, was serving 30 years in prison Bernie Stowe (2/9, 80) Reds clubhouse manager for decades Will Smith (4/9, 34) former Buckeye and Saints player Milt Pappas (4/19, 76) 200+ game winner in MLB Dwayne "Pearl" Washington (4/20, 52) former Syracuse basketball star Rick MacLeish (5/30, 66) part of the Philadelphia Flyers champ "Broad Street Bullies" teams Nate Thurmond (7/16, 74) NBA Hall of Famer Betty Jane France (8/29, 78) First Lady of NASCAR Harry Fujiwara (8/28, 82) former WWE manager Cary Blanchard (9/6, 47) former Colts kicker Suzanne Mitchell (9/27, 73) creator of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Ralph Branca (11/23, 90) gave up Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard Round the World Joe McKnight (12/1, 28) former Jets running back
Music
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Natalie Cole
(12/31, 65) R&B singer Glenn Frey (1/18, 67) founding member of The Eagles Denise Matthews (2/15, 57) Prince protege Vanity Prince Be (6/17, 46) half of PM Dawn |
| Buckwheat Zydeco
(9/24, 68) the only zydeco musician anybody's ever heard of Leon Russell (11/13, 74) pianist and songwriter |
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Dale Griffin (1/17, 67) drummer, Mott the Hoople Signe Anderson (1/28, 74) original singer, Jefferson Airplane Paul Kantner (1/28, 74) original member, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship Maurice White (2/3, 74) founder, Earth, Wind & Fire Lennie Baker (2/24, 69) singer, sax player, Sha Na Na Keith Emerson (3/11, 71) keyboardist, Emerson Lake & Palmer Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor (3/22, 45) A Tribe Called Quest Billy Paul (4/24, 80) singer, Me & Mrs. Jones John Berry (5/19, 52) founding member of the Beastie Boys Nick Menza (5/21, 51) former drummer, Megadeth Henry McCullough (6/14,/ 72) guitarist, Wings Bernie Worrell (6/24, 72) keyboards, Parliament Funkadelic Scotty Moore (6/28, 84) Elvis' guitarist Mack Rice (6/27, 82) writer, Mustang Sally, Respect Yourself Lou Pearlman (8/19, 62) founder of the boy-band craze Matt Roberts (8/20, 38) guitarist, 3 Doors Down Pete Burns (10/23, 57) singer, Dead or Alive Leonard Cohen (11/7, 82) celebrated singer-songwriter Joe Esposito (11/23, 78) Elvis' right-hand man Greg Lake (12/7, 69) King Crimson and Emerson Lake & Palmer
Business / Politics / History
| Ashraf Pahlavi (1/7, 96)
twin sister of the Shah of Iran Boutros Boutros-Ghali (2/16, 93) former UN Secretary-General Jack Lindquist (2/28, 88) first president of Disneyland Richard Ransom (4/11, 96) founder, Hickory Farms Connie Kopelov (5/28, 90) part of the first same sex couple legally wed in New York in 2011 Margaret Vinci Heldt (6/10, 98) inventor, beehive hairdo Jerome Fisher (6/23, 85) founder, Nine West Sydney Schanberg (7/9, 82) journalist whose experiences in Cambodia inspired The Killing Fields Suzanne Wright (7/29, 69) cofounder, Autism Speaks Joe Sutter (8/30, 95) designer, Boeing 747 Richard Trenglage (9/21, 87) writer, Oscar Mayer weiner jingle Ruth Baron Ziff (11/11, 92) real-life Peggy Olson, created "Mr. Whipple" ad (which was my dad's CB handle) Jim Delligatti (11/28, 98) inventor, Big Mac Dr. Henry Heimlich (12/17, 96) inventor of a maneuver |
William Del Monte
(1/11, 109) last known survivor of 1906 San Francisco
earthquake Umberto Eco (2/19, 84) author, The Name of the Rose Earl Hammer, Jr. (3/24, 92) creator of the Waltons Robert Cooper (4/25, 39) inventor, St. Germain elderflower liqueur Louis Garippo (5/31, 84) judge in trials for both John Wayne Gacy and Richard Speck Bretagne (6/6, 16) last known living 9/11 search dog Goro Hasegawa (6/20, 83) inventor, Othello board game Rev. Tim LaHaye (7/25, 90) author of the Left Behind series Greta Friedman (9/8, 92) the woman in that VJ Day poster getting kissed by a sailor in Times Square Shimon Peres (9/28, 93) former Israeli PM Junko Tabei (10/20, 77) first woman to climb Everest in 1975 Ronald Peters (11/19, 59) Pete Rose's bookie Grant Tinker (11/28, 90) former boss of NBC, ex of Mary Tyler Moore Richard Adams (12/24, 96) author, Watership Down |
Edgar Mitchell (2/4, 85)
6th man on the moon [and DeMolay Hall of Fame member] Jim Kimsey (3/1, 76) cofounder of AOL Mother Mary Angelica (3/27, 92) nun who founded EWTN television channel Bill Backer (5/13, 89) the guy who actually created that Coke "Teach The World To Sing" ad. Sorry, Don Draper Ralph Ketner (5/29, 95) founder, Food Lion George Voinovich (6/12, 79) former Ohio governor and Senator Jack Taylor (7/2, 94) founder, Enterprise Rent-a-Car Dave Schwartz (7/30, 63) Weather Channel meteorologist Frank Palopoli (8/6, 94) Inventor of fertility drug Clomid Phyllis Schlafly (9/5, 92) anti-feminist leader Trinh Thi Ngo (9/30, 85) North Vietnam'sHanoi Hannah Peng Chang-kuei (11/30, 98) inventor, General Tso's chicken E.R. Braithwaite (12/12, 104) author, To Sir, With Love |
It's All Relative
| Carl
Izzo (12/28, 90) father of MSU Coach Tom Ramon Castro (2/23, 91) older brother of Fidel and Raul Michelle McNamara (4/21, 46) writer and wife of comic Patton Oswalt Jeanne Parr (5/20, 92) mother of Chris Noth Ricci Martin (8/4, 62) youngest son of Dean Marion C. Berry (8/14, 36) son of DC mayor Margrit Mondavi (9/2, 91) widow of the wine guy Mary Smith (11/26, ?) mom of NFL's Emmitt |
Rene Angelil (1/14, 73)
husband of Celine Dion Frank Sinatra, Jr. (3/16) son of Francis Albert Harriet Carell (5/7, 90) mother of comic Steve Nancy Dow (5/25, 79) actress mother of Jennifer Aniston Barbara Gibb (8/12, 95) mom of the Bee Gees and Andy Curtis Roosevelt (9/26, 86) grandson of FDR Prince Mikasa (10/27, 100) brother of Hirohito Gordon Hunt (12/19, 87) father of Helen |
Daniel Dion (1/16,
59) brother of Celine Dion David Gest (4/12, 62) ex-husband of Liza Minnelli Afeni Shakur (5/2, 69) mother of Tupac Helen Chavez (6/6, 88) widow of Cesar Thomas Steinbeck (8/11, 72) son of John Thaddeus Farrow (9/21, 27) adopted son of Mia Miriam Weinstein (11/2, 90) mom of Bob & Harvey |