World Famous People Pass Away (Died) In 2010-2011

May

Moshe Landau, May 1

Chief justice of the 1961 trial of Nazi, Adolf Euchmann. Age 99

Gene Gossage, May 2

Football player. Age 76

Lloyd Colteryahn, May 2

Football player. Age 79

Phoebe Snow, May 3

Singer, songwriter, guitarist. Age 58

Jackie Cooper, May 3

Child actor, adult film & TV actor, director. Age 88

Sada Thompson, May 4

Film & TV actress. Age 83

Arthur Laurents, May 5

Director, screenwriter, playwright. "West Side Story", "The Way We Were". Age 93

Claude Stanley Choules, May 5

Last known combat veteran of World War I. Age 110

Dana Wynter, May 5

Stage & film actress. Age 80

Steve Ballesteros, May 7

Spanish golf pro. Age 54

Peter Lieberson, May 7

Composer. Age 64

Emilio Navarro, May 7

Baseball player. Age 105

Jane Rhodes, May 7

Opera singer. Age 82

Norma Zimmer, May 10

Singer. Starred on the Lawrence Welk Show in the 1960s. Age 88

Mark Landon, May 11

Actor and oldest, adopted son of actor, Michael Landon. Age 60

Edward Hardwicke, May 16

British TV & film actor. Starred as Dr. Watson in the British TV show, "Sherlock Holmes" with Jeremy Brit. Son of actor, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Age 78

Barbara Stuart, May 16

Film & TV actress. Age 76

Harman Killebrew, May 17

Baseball player. Age 75

Kathie Kirby, May 19

British pop singer of the 1960s. Age 72

Phyllis Avery, May 19

Film & TV actress. Age 86

Randy Savage, May 20

Wrestler. Age 58

Derek Boogaard, May 20

Football player. Age 28

Paul Splittorff, May 25

Baseball player. Age 64

Janet Brown, May 27

British Film, stage, radio & TV actress. Age 87

Jeff Conaway, May 27

Film & TV actor. Starred in the TV show "Taxi" and in the feature film "Grease". Age 60

Clarice Taylor, May 30

Stage, radio, film & TV actress. Played Bill Cosby's mother on the TV show "The Cosby Show". Age 93

Andy Robustelli, May 31

Football player. Age 85

Pauline Betz Addie, May 31

Tennis player. Age 91

June

Josephine Hart, June 2

Author. Age 69

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, June 3

Assisted suicide doctor. Age 83

James Arness, June 3

Film & TV actor. Played Matt Dillon on long running TV show "Gunsmoke". Age 88

Lilian Jackson Braun, June 4

Author of "The Cat Who..." novels. Age 98

Mietek Pemper, June 7

Holocaust survivor, author, personal friend of Oskar Schindler. Age 91

Jose Pagan, June 7

Baseball player, coach. Age 76

Jim Northrup, June 8

Baseball player, broadcaster. Age 71

Gunnar Fischer, June 11

Movie cinematographer, Age 100

Carl Gardner, Sr., June 12

Founding member & lead singer of the 1950s R&B group, "The Coasters". Age 83

Laura Ziskin, June 12

Motion picture producer. "A Star Is Born", "Murphy's Romance", "As Good As It Gets", and "Spiderman 1, 2 & 3". Age 61

Larry Smith, June 24

Chicago Jazz DJ. Age 81

July

John Mackey, July 6

Foortball player. Age 69

Dick Williams, July 7

Baseball player/manager. Age 82

Alan Rubin, July 8

Jazz musician, trumpet player. Age 68

Betty Ford, July 8

Former 1st Lady. Wife of President Gerald R. Ford. Age 93

Roberts Blossom, July 8

Stage and film actor. Age 87

Rob Grill, July 11

Rock musician. Founder and lead singer of the "Grass Roots". Age 67

Sherwood Schwartz, July 12

TV producer. Wrote for "I Married Joan", Red Skelton and "My Favorite Martian". Created "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch". Age 94

Sid Cooper, July 18

Musician, worked with Frank Sinatra. Played in the band on Johnny Carson's the "Tonight Show". Age 92

Amy Winehouse, July 23

British punk rock singer. Age 27