Another tough year in America, another list chronicling the demise of people of whom you and I might both have heard. Some of the deaths this year surprised me, mostly because I wasn't sure they were still alive. Some death notices made me consider whether I'd already bought their albums, as the prices would most likely go way up. I was also a little more selective with this year's list. Collecting the death of every famous I'd ever heard of, even if I couldn't recall any context or recollection of their face seemed to cheapen a list of people I did remember, and at least one of whose death affected me viscerally.
Miguel Ferrer
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Anderson
John Hurt
Packy
Richard Hatch
Dick Bruna
Kuno Maliepaard
Bill Paxton
Judge Joseph Wapner
Chuck Berry
Sib Hashian
Don Rickles
Jim Marshall
Charlie Murphy
Robert Persig
Chris Cornell
Roger Moore
Gregg Allmann
Jonathan Demme
Adam West
Chester Bennington
George Romero
Glen Campbell
Jerry Lewis
Walter Becker
Tobe Hooper
Hugh Hefner
Tom Petty
Gord Downie
Malcolm Young
Charles Manson
Della Reese
David Cassidy
Fats Domino
J Geils
Sue Grafton
