While best and worst of everything lists are compiled by others as another year draws to a close, The Free Choice E-zine continues it annual tradition of pausing to briefly look back and remember those that are sadly no longer with us.Unfortunately we cannot post the whole list; but amongst the innocents who died needlessly at the hands of others; our family, friends, and loved ones; as well as those within law enforcement, medical/emergency services, and the military personnel who lost their lives helping and/or protecting others during 2019, we have also lost...
ACTORS
Danny Aillelo (Moonstruck, The Godfather Part 2)Carmen Argenziano (credits too numerous to mention)
Patricio Bisso (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Voice actor Bradley Bolke (Chumley the Walrus to Don Adams’ Tennessee Tuxedo, Year Without A Santa Claus Christmas special)
Cameron Boyce (Jessie, Grown Ups, Descendants)
Alistair Browning (The Lord of the Rings trilogy)
Carmine Caridi (The Godfather Part 2, Summer Rental, Bugsy)
Richard Carter (Mad Max: Fury Road, 2013 version of The Great Gatsby)
Seymour Cassell (Faces, Dick Tracy)
Former Mister Olympia and actor (Terminator 1, Conan the Barbarian 1) Franco Columbu.
O’Neal Compton (Deep Impact)
Charles Craig (Night of the Living Dead)
Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7, Doctor Who)
Bob Einstein (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ocean’s 13) also known as Super Dave Osborne.
Douglas Fielding (Z Cars, East Enders)
Albert Finney (Tom Jones, Erin Brockovich)
Jerry Fogel (The Mothers In Law, Tora! Tora! Tora!)
Peter Fonda (Easy Rider, Ulee’s Gold)
Robert Forster (The Black Hole, Jackie Brown)
Rob Garrison (Karate Kid 1, Cobra Kai, Iron Eagle)
Sid Haig (credits too numerous to mention)
Nicky Henson (East Enders, Shine On Harvey Moon)
Glyn Houston (Doctor Who, The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, Inspector Morse)
Larry Jenkins (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Fletch, and many more)
Comedian Arte Johnson (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In, Love At First Bite, and numerous other credits)
Edward Kelsey (The Archers, Danger Mouse)
Ken Kercheval (Dallas)
Alexander Kuznetsov (The Alaska Kid, Space Cowboys)
Michael Lai (supporting roles in several Jackie Chan films)
Ron Leibman (credits too numerous to mention)
Bill Macy (Maude, My Favorite Year)
Pua Magasvia (Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder, Shortland Street)
Bryan Marshall (James Bond’s The Spy Who Loved Me)
Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise)
Philip McKeon (Alice)
Character actor Dick Miller (credits too numerous to mention)
Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210, Riverdale)
Joseph Pilato (Day of the Dead, Pulp Fiction)
Michael J. Pollard (Star Trek, Bonnie and Clyde, The Virginian, numerous others)
John Quarmby (Fawlty Towers, 1984 version of A Christmas Carol)
Shane Rimmer (James Bond’s The Spy Who Loved Me, Dr. Strangelove, Thunderbirds)
William Morgan Sheppard (credits too numerous to mention)
Albert Shepherd (Crossroads)
William Simons (No Place For Jennifer, Heart Beat)
Kristoff St. John (The Young and The Restless)
Clive Swift (Keeping Up Appearances)
Nathaniel Taylor (Sanford and Son, What’s Happening?)
Stephen Thorne (Z Cars, Doctor Who)
Niall Toibin (Ryan’s Daughter, Far and Away)
Rip Torn (Men In Black, The Larry Sanders Show)
Vinny Vella (Casino, Analyze This, The Sopranos)
Robert Walker (Ensign Pulver, various TV roles)
David Winters (West Side Story)
Morgan Woodward (Cool Hand Luke, Gunsmoke)
Max Wright (Alf, All That Jazz, Buffalo Bill)
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ACTRESSES
Julie Adams (original Creature From The Black Lagoon, Murder She Wrote)Bibi Andersson (credits too numerous to mention)
Claudine Auger (James Bond’s Thunderball)
Actress/dancer Nita Bieber (Rhythm and Weep, Summer Stock, The Prince Who Was A Thief)
Verna Bloom (Animal House)
Leah Bracknell (Emmerdale, The Royal Today)Diahann Carroll (Julia, the original Dynasty)
Valentina Cortese (Malaya, Brother Sun-Sister Moon, Day For Night)
Ann Crumb (credits too numerous to mention)
Denise DuBarry (Being There, Black Sheep Squadron)
Carmen Duncan (Harlequin, Another World)
Nonnie Griffin (Good Fences, The Believers)
Laurel Griggs (Once, Bubble Guppies, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof)
Valerie Harper (The Mary Tyler Moor Show, Rhoda, The Hogan Family)
Katherine Helmond (Who’s The Boss?, Soap, Coach)
Anime voice actress Etsuko Ichihara (Your Name, Horus-Prince of the Sun)
Juliette Kaplan (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street)
Laurie Killing (The Teddy Bear, Beyond Therapy)
Peggy Lipton (The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks)
Sue Lyon (Lolita, Night of the Iguana, Arsenic and Old Lace)
Model/actress Tania Mallet (James Bond’s Goldfinger, The New Avengers)
Sylvia Miles (Midnight Cowboy, Raymond Chandler’s Farewell My Lovely)
Shelley Morrison (Will and Grace, The Flying Nun, etc)
Denise Nickerson (Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, The Electric Company, Dark Shadows)
Barbara Perry (credits too numerous to mention)
Linda Porter (Superstore, Twin Peaks)
Sandy Radcliff (East Enders)
Nadja Regin (James Bond’s From Russia With Love & Goldfinger)
Martha Ross (East Enders)
Edith Scob (Eyes Without A Face, The Man on the Train, Venus Beauty)
Voice actress Fuyumi Shiraishi (Mobile Suit Gundam series, Space Dandy)
Libi Staiger (The Most Happy Fella)
Valerie Van Ost (Carry On, Mr. 10%)
Erica Yohn (An American Tail, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, ER)
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ATHLETES/SPORTS FIGURES
Former professional baseball player (Astros and Yankees), author (Ball Four) and actor (The Long Goodbye) Jim Bouton.Professional wrestler King Kong Bundy (Christopher Allan Pallies)
Former professional football player and co-inventor of NERF Football Fred Cox.
Jim Fowler of Wild Kingdom.
Professional baseball player Elijah “Pumpsie” Green (Boston Red Sox, New York Mets)
Professional runner Gabriele Grunewald.
Boston Celtic legend John Havlicek.
Stuntman Frank Henson (Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
Former Major League Baseball player Al Jackson (Mets, Cardinals, Pirates)
The real life Petey Jones, portrayed in Remember The Titans.
Professional hockey legend Ted Lindsay.
Stuntman Bronco McLoughlin (Superman 1, Indiana Jones, Star Wars)
Former Baltimore Oriole and San Francisco Giants player Luis Mercedes.
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson.
Pitcher Tyler Skaggs of the Los Angeles Angels.
Former professional baseball player Leroy Stanton.
Former professional football play and Green Bay Packers legend Bart Starr.
“Jumping” Johnny Wilson of the Harlem Globetrotters.
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CREATIVE PERSONNEL
Book illustrator/artist Tom Adams (European editions of many novels)Comic book artist Doroteo Gerardo N. Alanguilan, Junior.
The Village People’s producer/songwriter ("YMCA", "In the Navy") Henri Belolo.
New York Times journalist David Binder.
Artist Keith Birdsong (various Star Trek series, Shadowrun, Star Wars, the US Postal Service)
TV writer/producer Eunetta T. Boone (One on One, The Hughleys)
Writer Gordon Bressack (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, etc)
William F. Brown (The Wiz and other productions)
Special Effects and film director John Carl Buechler (Troll, Friday the 13th Part 6)
Songwriter Irving “Lord” Burgess (“Jamaican Farewell”, “Day-O”, the Barbados National Anthem, many others)
TV Producer Al Burton (One Day At A Time, The Jeffersons, Diff’rent Strokes)
Songwriter (“Try”, “Summer Nights”) “busbee” (aka Michael James Ryan)
Director Larry Cohen (It’s Alive)
Comic book artist Ernie Colon (DC, Marvel, Harvey, etc)
Comic book writer/artist Howard Cruse (Barefootz, Stuck Rubber Baby, others)
Writer Larry DiTillio (Fat Albert, original and revival of He-Man, original She-Ra, Babylon 5)
TV writer Peter Allan Fields (Man From U.N.C.L.E., Original Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man)
Writer D.C. Fontana (Star Trek franchise, The Waltons, so much more)
Film producer David Foster (1982 version of The Thing, Short Circuit)
Songwriter Fred Foster (“Me and Bobby McGee”)
Author Ernest J. Gaines (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman)
Producer Leonard Goldberg (Charlie’s Angels, Blue Bloods, etc)
Film producer Steve Golin (Spotlight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Actor/voice artist/radio personality Tom Hatten (credits too numerous to mention)
Composer Jerry Herman (Hello Dolly, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles)
Comic book writer James D. Hudnall (Espers, Interface, and many more)
Songwriter Robert Hunter (The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan)
Radio personality Don Imus.
Comedian/writer/musician Neil Innes (supporting player: Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Rutles)
Author Ward S. Just.
Screenwriter Barrie Keeffe (The Long Good Friday)
Author Judith Kerr (The Tiger Who Came To Tea, the Mog series)
Radio Hall of Famer Bob Kingsley.
Manga artist Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood)
Author Judith Krantz (credits too numerous to mention)
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.
Batton Lash, creator-writer-artist of Wolff and Byrd/Supernatural Law.
Movie composer Michael Legrand.
Film producer Branko Lustig (Schindler’s List, Gladiator)
Comic book artist Tom Lyle (Starman, Comet, Peter Parker)
Film producer Michael Lynne (The Lord of the Rings trilogy)
Famed Science Fiction author Vonda N. McIntyre (credits too numerous to mention)
Design artist Syd Mead (original Blade Runner movie, original Tron, Aliens)
Writer Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God)
Author Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eyes, Song of Solomon)
Movie composer Andre Previn (Gigi, My Fair Lady)
Famed Broadway producer-director Harold Prince (original New York productions of West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera)
Composer Sid Ramin (West Side Story)
Film editor Terry Rawlings (Alien 1, Blade Runner 1, Chariots of Fire)
Animator Chris Reccardi (Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, Ren and Stimpy)
Songwriter Les Reed (“It’s Not Unusual”, “Delilah”)
Voice actor Stu Rosen (credits too numerous to mention)
Sound Engineer Gregg Rudloff (Glory, The Matrix)
Jeraldine Saunders, creator of The Love Boat TV series.
Author J. Neil Schulman (Alongside Night, The Rainbow Cadenza)
Producer/director John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood, 2 Fast 2 Furious)
Writer Bernard Slade (Same Time Next Year, The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family, other shows)
Artist Ron Smith (Judge Dredd)
WBZ Radio Personality and actor Joe Stapleton (Mystic River)
Professional Makeup artist Daniel C. Striepeke (Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump)
Comedian Rip Taylor (credits too numerous to mention)
Film Producer Andrew G. Vajna (Nixon, Terminator 3)
Artist/fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt.
Animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Thief and the Cobbler, The Pink Panther series)
Songwriter Allee Willis (“I’ll Be There For You”, “September”, and more)
Artist Gahan Wilson (credits too numerous to mention)
Author Gene Wolfe (credits too numerous to mention)
Author Herman Wouk (The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, The Caine Mutiny)
Director Franco Zeffirelli (1968 version of Romeo & Juliet, 1967 version of The Taming of The Shrew)
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ENTERTAINERS
Singer Gus Backus of the Del-Vikings.Singer (“Fly Me To The Moon”) and actress (The Mothers-In-Law, The Doris Day Show) Kaye Ballard.
Chuck Barksdale of The Dells.
Comedian Kevin Barnett.
Professional magician Marshall Brodien (Wizzo the Wizard on Bozo)
Singer Maxine Brown of The Browns (“The Three Bells”)
Carol Channing (Hello Dolly! And so many other projects)
Beth Chapman, Mrs. “Dog” the Bounty Hunter.
Comedian Ian Cognito.
Comedian Tim Conway (McHale’s Navy, The Carol Burnett Show)
Comedian Chris Cotton.
Doris Day (credits too numerous to mention)
Entertainer Donnie Fritts (credits too numerous to mention)
Singer Nancy Holloway (credits too numerous to mention)
Singer/songwriter James Ingram (“Baby Come To Me”, “Somewhere Out There”, “100 Ways”)
Rocker Eddie Money (“Baby Hold On”, “Two Tickets To Paradise”, etc)
Wrestling announcer “Mean” Gene Okerlund.
Carroll Spinney, the original Muppeteer for Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
Singer/comedian Bernard Thomas (aka Bishop Bullwinkle)
Comedian John Witherspoon (Friday, The Wayans Brothers, The Boondocks, etc)
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HISTORIC
The Achatinella Apexfulva land snail may now be extinct.The victims of the 2019 Albania earthquake.
The innocents lost in Australian bush fires.
The real Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans.
Scientist Wallace Smith Broecker, who coined the term “global warming”.
Those who lost their lives during the California boat fire September 2.
The innocent victims of a California high school shooting November 14.
The innocent victim in the senseless attack on a California Synagogue April 27.
Those who died during the October California wildfires.
The innocent victims of a CHURCH shooting December 29!
Former US Senator Thad Cochran.
The innocent victim in the senseless Colorado school shooting May 7.
Long time House of Representatives member John Conyers.
Baltimore/Maryland’s House of Representatives’ Elijah Cummings.
The innocent victims of the intentional church burning in Dablo, Burkina Faso May 12.
The innocent victims of the senseless shooting in Aurora, Illinois February 15.
Land speed record holder and host (Myth Busters) Jessi Combs.
The innocent victims in the Dayton, Ohio mass shooting August 4.
The innocent victims killed in the senseless mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas Walmart August 3.
Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi.
Those who lost their lives in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 March 10.
Fausta, the world’s oldest known rhinoceros.
Joe Flannery, booking agent who got The Beatles their early gigs before becoming famous.
Pete Frates, originator of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
The innocent victims of a Florida Naval Base shooting December 6.
Reb Foster, former manager of The Turtles and Three Dog Night.
Murray Gell-Mann, 1969 Nobel Prize winner in Physics.
The innocent victims killed in the senseless gun assault at the Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28.
The victims of the “Grays” incident.
The innocent victims of the shootings at Halloween parties October 29 and 31.
Robert Hubbard, inventor of the Head And Neck Support safety device.
Those who lost their lives during Hurricane Dorian.
Business executive turned writer Lee Iacocca (Where Have All The Leaders Gone?)
The innocents lost during India’s 2019 heat wave.
Journalist Paul Ingrassia (The Wall Street Journal, Reuters)
The innocent victims of the arson attack on the Kyoto Animation Studio July 18.
The innocent victims of the shooting spree in Los Angeles, California, USA July 25.
Suspected drug kingpin Frank Lucas, who was the basis for the movie American Gangster.
George Mendonsa, Life magazine’s kissing sailor of World War 2.
Former Governor of Michigan, USA William Milliken.
Oceanographer Walter Munk.
The innocent victims of the New Jersey shooting “spree” December 10.
The innocent victims of a New Orleans, Louisiana shooting December 1.
The innocent victims of the New Zealand terrorist attack March 15.
The victims of the December New Zealand volcanic eruption.
The innocent victims at an Oklahoma store shooting November 18.
The innocent victims of an Orange County, California stabbing “spree” August 7.
The victims of the Pakistan earthquake September 24.
Business tycoon and former Presidential candidate H. Ross Perot.
Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens.
Tongan Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva.
The Martian Rover Opportunity.
Journalist Cokie Roberts.
Asylum Records executive Elliot Roberts (manager for Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, etc)
The innocent victims in the South Carolina shooting September 21.
The innocent victims in the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings.
The innocent victims of the Texas Mass Shooting August 31.
The innocent victims of the Torrance, California bowling alley shooting January 4.
The victims of Tropical Storm Imelda.
The victims of Typhoon Faxai.
The innocent victims of Typhoon Hagibis.
The innocent victims at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte shooting April 30.
The innocent victims of the Virginia Beach shooting May 31.
The innocent guests intentionally killed during a WEDDING August 17.
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MUSICIANS
Drummer Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith)Famed Drummer Hal Blaine (credits too numerous to mention)
Famed country music guitarist Harold Bradley (credits too numerous to mention)
Guitarist Neal Casal.
Larry Cunningham of The Floaters.
The King of Surf Guitar Dick Dale (aka Richard Monsour)
Daryl Dragon of The Captain and Tennille.
Bassist Stephan Ellis of Survivor.
Roky Erickson, who recorded the original version of “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone”.
Marie Fredriksson of Roxette.
Blues musician Tony “Little Sun” Glover.
Bassist Mike Grose of Queen.
Eric Haydock of The Hollies.
Musician Doctor John (aka Malcolm John Rebennack) (“Right Place, Wrong Time”)
Bassist Larry Junstrom (38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Art Neville of The Neville Brothers.
Ric Ocasek of The Cars.
Singer-guitarist Leon Redbone.
Drummer Doug Sandom of The Who.
Jack Sheldon (The Merv Griffin Show, Schoolhouse Rock)
Larry Taylor of Canned Heat.
Joe Terry of Danny and the Juniors.
Peter Tork of The Monkees and Shoe Suede Blues.
David White of The Spokesmen and Danny and the Juniors.
John Gary Williams of The Mad Lads.
Bluegrass musician Mac Wiseman of the Foggy Mountain Boys.
Rapper Juice WRLD (aka Jarad Anthony Higgins)
DISHONORABLE MENTION
Suicide bombers, terrorists, and anyone else who would take another’s life without moral and/or legal justification.
NOTE: All categories and the names within them are alphabetical to the best of our human ability, except the last one.
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