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The Saturday Night Live alum died Oct. 9 at 57 after a serious illness. A former member of The Groundlings, she joined SNL in 1986 — the same year that Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman signed on — and was best known for a range of characters that included Candy Sweeney of "The Sweeney Sisters," a lounge act alongside her sister Liz Sweeney (Nora Dunn). She also performed noted impressions of Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, Sinead O'Connor, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hillary Clinton, among others. Hooks left in 1991 to replace Jean Smart on Designing Women. She earned an Emmy nomination for her guest spot on 3rd Rock from the Sun and most recently appeared on 30 Rock, where she played Jenna's mom, Verna. Her big-screen credits included Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Batman Returns and Coneheads. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The La Bamba and Jacob's Ladder actress died Oct. 14 at 55 of cirrhosis of the liver. Peña's other films includ *Batteries Not Included, Lone Star and Rush Hour. On the small screen, she played the titular role on the ABC sitcom I Married Dora in 1987 and most recently played Gloria's mother Pilar on Modern Family. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The 32-year-old actress' body was found Oct. 16 in a ravine outside Seattle, Wash., 11 days after she went missing. Upham died of blunt force trauma to the head and torso, but her family doesn't believe she committed suicide. A Native-American from the Blackfoot tribe, Upham broke through in the 2008 film Frozen River opposite Melissa Leo, for which she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She played housekeeper Johanna in August: Osage County, sharing a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination with the cast, which included Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Her final film Cake, which also stars Jennifer Aniston, Anna Kendrick and Chris Messina, will be released posthumously. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The American Idol alum died Oct. 18 at 32 after a long battle with endometrial cancer. Borgella made it to the Top 24 on Season 7 of Idol and also appeared on MTV's MADE, as well as Mo'Nique's Oxygen reality show Fat Chance, on which she won first place. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The Welcome Back, Kotter star died of breast cancer on Oct. 24 at 66. A former singer, Strassman segued into acting when she landed the recurring role of nurse Margie Cutler on M*A*S*H. She joined Welcome Back, Kotter as the title character's wife in 1975 and also guest-starred on The Rockford Files and The Love Boat. On the big screen, Strassman is also known for playing Diane Szalinski, the wife of Rick Moranis' character, in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The Cream bassist died Oct. 25 at 71 of liver disease. Bruce, Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker formed Cream in 1966, and they produced such hits as "Sunshine of Your Love," "White Room," and "Crossroads," among others. Cream disbanded in 1968, and Bruce went to record solo albums and front other bands. He had just released a solo album, Silver Rails, in March. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The Mary Tyler Moore actor died Nov. 4 at 66. Schaal played four characters on Mary Tyler Moore, twin brothers Howard and Paul Arnell, Dino and Chuckles the Clown, and appeared on its spin-offs Rhoda and Phyllis. Throughout the '60s and '70s he had recurring guest-starring roles on Dick Van Dyke, That Girl and Bob Newhart. He notably appeared in the films Slaughterhouse-Five, Once Bitten and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The Big Bang Theory actress died from cancer at 62 on Nov. 11. Susi voiced Howard's overbearing — but unseen — mother Mrs. Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom and became a fan favorite character. Her other TV credits include The Night Stalker, Cheers, Doogie Howser, M.D., Mad About You, Just Shoot Me, Seinfeld and Six Feet Under. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The MTV Challenge star died Nov. 14 at 34 after her third bout with cancer, which was found in her stomach and colon before spreading to her liver and lymph nodes in October. She received her first diagnosis shortly after competing on her first season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge in 2006 and faced the disease again in 2012. In addition to competing on seven seasons of The Challenge, Brown founded MedGift, a charity organization that provides medical patients a platform to create a gift registry. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The Battlestar Galactica and Magnum P.I. creator died Nov. 14 at 77 from esophageal cancer. Larson began his television writing career in the 1960s with an episode of The Fugitive. He went on to create Knight Rider, Manimal, The Fall Guy, Quincy M.E., Cover Up and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He earned three Emmy nominations for his work on the limited series McCloud and Quincy M.E. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The legendary director and EGOT recipient died Nov. 19 at 83 of a heart attack. After rising to fame and winning a Grammy as part of the comedy duo Nichols and May with Elaine May, Nichols transitioned to directing and helmed such classics as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Working Girl, Silkwood, Heartburn, Catch-22, Postcards from the Edge, The Birdcage, Primary Colors, Closer and The Graduate, for which he won the Best Director Oscar in 1968. His last film was 2007's Charlie Wilson's War. Nichols won nine Tony Awards in his career, including a record six for Best Director of a Play. His Broadway hits include Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Spamalot and the 2012 revival of Death of a Salesman. For his TV work, he earned directing Emmys for Wit and the seminal HBO miniseries Angels in America. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The British crime novelist died Nov. 27 at 94. James had worked in the forensic science department and the criminal law department of London's Home Office, and held her jobs there until 1979 while publishing novels on the side, including her first novel Cover Her Face. Her best-known titles include The Children of Men, which was adapted into a film in 2006, and the 2013Pride and Prejudice spin-off Death Comes to Pemberley. In 1987, James was given the Crime Writers' Association's Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award. In 2005, Britain's National Arts Club awarded her the Medal of Honor for Literature. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The Mexican comedian and screenwriter, known by his nickname "Chespirito," died Nov. 28 at 85 from a heart attack. Considered to be one of Mexico's greatest comedic actors, he created and starred in a pair of successful television comedies in the early 1970s, El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulin Colorado. Bolaños' character in the latter, "The Crimson Grasshopper," a timid and mostly ineffective superhero was the inspiration for The Simpsons' Bumblebee Man character. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The Rolling Stones saxophonist died Dec. 2 at 70 from cirrhosis of the liver. Keys, who played with the band for more than four decades, was best known for his solos on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and his memorable performance in "Brown Sugar." Although his time with the Stones was off-and-on over the years, Keys had a strained relationship with front man Mick Jagger , he reunited with the band for good in 1989. He toured with the Stones earlier this year before his health prevented him from continuing to perform. In addition to a 1972 solo album, Keys worked with John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and Buddy Holly, among others. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The wrestling icon died April 8 at 54 of a heart attack, just three days after he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Warrior, born James Hellwig, began wrestling in 1987 and became the WWE Champion at Wrestle Mania VI three years later, defeating Hulk Hogan. He was so passionate about the sport, he even legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
The Nobel Prize winner died April 17 at 87 after battling lung and urinary tract infections. One of the most recognized Latin writers known for the use of magical realism, Marquez won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982. His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude has sold more than 50 million copies in more than 25 languages. He's also known for Love in the Time of Cholera, Chronicle of Death Foretold and Autumn of the Patriarch, among other works. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
The boxer, who spent 19 years in prison for a wrongfully convicted triple homicide, died April 20 at 76 of prostate cancer. During his brief career, Carter recorded 27 wins, 12 losses and one draw in 40 fights before he was incarcerated in 1967 for three murders despite a lack of physical evidence and improper handling of the investigation by police. He was convicted again in 1976 during a new trial and was finally released in 1985. During the second trial, Bob Dylan penned the song "Hurricane," insisting that Carter was innocent. Denzel Washington won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Carter in the 1999 film The Hurricane. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
The country singer died in April from complications from past stomach surgeries and digestive issues. He was 43. Sharp made his country debut in 1997 with a cover of Tony Rich's single "Nobody Knows." The single topped the Billboard country charts for four weeks. His debut album, Measure of a Man, also produced several Top 5 singles including "If You Love Somebody" and "She's Sure Taking It Well." Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
House music star Rashad Harden was found dead of a suspected drug overdose. He was 34. Known as DJ Rashad, pioneered a technique known as footwork, which combines synthesizers, bursts of fast beats and R&B samples with classic stepper's movements and hip-hop dancing. The practice originated in Chicago. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
Rodney Bryce, who was known among the music community as DJ E-Z Rock, died at the age of 46 of unknown causes, although Biz Markie claimed it was from a diabetic seizure. Bryce teamed up with MC Rob Base for the dancefloor anthem "It Takes Two" in 1988. The duo's debut album It Takes Two, which also featured the familiar song "Joy and Pain," would go platinum and charted as high as number 31 on the Billboard 200. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
The English actor known for his roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Long Good Friday and Hook died of pneumonia at the age of 71. Hoskins won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA, and earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination in 1987 for his performance in Mona Lisa. He received two more Golden Globe nominations for arguably his most famous role as P.I. Eddie Valiant in 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and for 2005's Mrs. Henderson Presents. He is survived by four children and his wife, Linda Banwell. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
The Golden Globe-winning actor, star of F.B.I. and 77 Sunset Strip, passed away at his ranch in Solvang, Calif., at the age of 95. The New Yorker began his career on Broadway before landing a few film roles and a recurring role as Dandy Jim Buckley on Maverick in the late '50s. He later provided the voice of the trusty Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series and associated spin-offs. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
Bendjelloul, who had directed the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, committed suicide after struggling with depression. He was 36. The Swedish filmmaker had also been a child actor on the TV series Ebba and Didrik and later was a reporter for Sweden's public broadcaster SVT. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
The 1950s crooner who was known for the hit "You Don't Know Me" died of natural causes in his Palm Desert home surrounded by family and friends on May 18. He was 83. Vale's recording of "The Star-Spangled Banner" also became a fixture at sporting events. The Gold Record he received for it was displayed at the Baseball Hall of Fame. He had two children with his wife of 55 years, Rita. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here -
The character actor best known for creating and portraying the character Billy Clyde Tuggle on All My Children died on May 22 at the age of 69. The playwright and longtime TV and film star earned two Daytime Emmy nominations and was married to actress Christine Baranski, with whom he had two daughters. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here
