2002 in American Television - Deaths

Deaths

• January 13 – Ted Demme, 37, film and television director. (Blow, Beautiful Girls).
• February 21 - John Thaw, 60, actor (The Sweeney, Inspector Morse, Kavanagh QC)
• February 22 – Chuck Jones, 89, animator.
• February 24 – Mel Stewart, 72, character actor (Henry Jefferson on All in the Family and Billy Melrose on Scarecrow and Mrs. King).
• February 27 – Spike Milligan, 83, comedian.
• February 28 – Mary Stuart, 75, soap opera actress who starred as Jo in the entire 35-year run of Search for Tomorrow.
• March 15 – Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, 93, longtime president of NBC, credited with creating The Today Show and The Tonight Show.
• March 17 – Rosetta LeNoire, 90, Mother Winslow on Family Matters.
• March 27
  • – Milton Berle, 93, comedian, actor.
  • – Dudley Moore, 66, comedian, actor.
• April 2 – Jack Kruschen, 80, character actor (Papa Papadopolous on Webster).
• April 16 – Robert Urich, 55, actor (Spenser: For Hire).
• May 24 – Susie Garrett, 72, actress (Betty Johnson on Punky Brewster), sister of Marla Gibbs.
• June 5 – Dee Dee Ramone, 49, actor/songwriter of the Ramones.
• June 13 - John Hope, 83, meteorologist of The Weather Channel.
• September 14 – LaWanda Page, 81, comedian, actress (Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son).
• September 28 – Whitney Blake, 76, actress (Dorothy Baxter on Hazel), co-creator of One Day at a Time, and mother of Meredith Baxter.
• October 3 – Bruce Paltrow, 58, producer (St. Elsewhere).
• October 13 – Keene Curtis, 79, actor (John Allen Hill on Cheers).
• October 20 – Barbara Berjer, 82, most known for her roles as Claire Cassen Shea on As the World Turns, Barbara Norris Thorpe on Guiding Light, and Bridget Connell on Another World.
• November 3 – Jonathan Harris, 87, actor (Bradford Webster on The Third Man, Doctor Zachary Smith on Lost in Space, Commander Isaac Gampu on Space Academy)
• November 9 - Merlin Santana, 26, actor (Romeo Santana on the The WB hit series The Steve Harvey Show).
• December 3 – Glenn Quinn, 32, actor (Mark on Roseanne)
• December 5 – Roone Arledge, 71, sports producer, credited with creating Monday Night Football.