Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Lynn Cartwright | 76 | U.S. actor. |
| January 17 | Noble Willingham | 72 | U.S. film and T.V. actor |
| January 19 | Jerry Nachman | 57 | MSNBC editor-in-chief. |
| January 23 | Bob Keeshan | 76 | U.S. actor (Captain Kangaroo). |
| January 27 | Jack Paar | 85 | The Tonight Show host. |
| January 29 | Mary-Ellis Bunim | 57 | producer and co-creator of The Real World. |
| February 23 | Carl Anderson | 58 | U.S. actor. |
| February 24 | John Randolph | 88 | U.S. actor. |
| March 7 | Paul Winfield | 62 | Emmy-winning actor. |
| March 8 | Robert Pastorelli | 50 | actor (Murphy Brown). |
| March 17 | J.J. Jackson | 62 | former MTV VJ. |
| March 26 | Jan Sterling | 82 | U.S. actor. |
| March 27 | Art James | 74 | game show host and announcer. |
| March 28 | Sir Peter Ustinov | 82 | British actor. |
| March 30 | Alistair Cooke | 95 | BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator. |
| March 30 | Hubert Gregg | 89 | BBC broadcaster. |
| April 1 | Carrie Snodgress | 57 | character actress. |
| May 9 | Alan King | 76 | comedian. |
| May 14 | Shaun Sutton | 85 | writer, director, producer and longest-serving Head of Drama at BBC Television. |
| May 17 | Tony Randall | 84 | actor and star of television version of The Odd Couple. |
| May 21 | Gene Wood | 78 | announcer of Family Feud and other U.S. game shows. |
| May 22 | Richard Biggs | 44 | U.S. actor |
| May 29 | Jack Rosenthal | 72 | TV scriptwriter and playwright |
| July 9 | Isabel Sanford | 86 | actress, (Louise "Weezie" Mills Jefferson on The Jeffersons), from natural causes. |
| July 28 | Eugene Roche | 75 | actor (Soap, Webster, and many other series). |
| November 6 | Howard Keel | 85 | actor/singer, (Clayton Farlow on Dallas). |
| December 28 | Jerry Orbach | 69 | actor (Law & Order) |
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