Deaths
- January 16 – Ennis Cosby, 27, Bill Cosby's son is murdered.
- February 6 – Ernie Anderson, 74, voice actor and announcer, (lung cancer).
- February 26 – David Doyle, 67, actor.
- March 15 - Gail Davis, 71, actress
- April 15 – Donald Bexley, 87, actor (Bubba on Sanford and Son).
- May 4 – Alvy Moore, 75, actor (Hank Kimball on Green Acres).
- May 11 – Howard Morton, 71, character actor (Officer Ralph Simpson on Gimme a Break!).
- June 8 – Reid Shelton, 72, actor.
- June 24 – Brian Keith, 75, actor (Uncle Bill on Family Affair), (suicide).
- June 25 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 87, maker of marine documentaries
- July 4 – Charles Kuralt, 63, journalist.
- August 27 – Brandon Tartikoff, 48, former president of NBC.
- September 9 – Burgess Meredith, 88, actor.
- September 17 – Red Skelton, 84, comedian.
- October 9 - Arch Johnson, 75, actor.
- October 16 – Audra Lindley, 79, actress (Mrs. Roper on Three's Company).
- October 24 – Don Messick, 71, voice actor who voiced Scooby-Doo among others.
- October 30 – Sydney Newman, 80, producer.
- November 25 - Charles Hallahan, 54, actor
- December 18 – Chris Farley, 33, accidental overdose of cocaine and morphine.
- December 25 – Denver Pyle, 77, actor (Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard).
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