Daily Grindhouse exists to recognize creativity that might otherwise get overlooked. In that spirit, let’s please take a minute to remember everything and everyone we lost in the past 365 days. It’s our hope that this tribute includes both huge worldwide stars and the kind of names that might get cut for time in the award-show montages. As always, if you’re looking for a face we somehow missed, please let us know immediately, and we will happily add them. The idea here is inclusion. The goal here is admiration. Give a moment to think about the human beings (and a few animals) listed here who gave a little of themselves and in so doing, with no exaggeration at all, became part of our souls.
It’s important to remember people. It’s important to remember their contributions. It’s important to appreciate what they gave us. It’s also important to take inspiration from their example. Get out there and create. Get out there and make your mark. Not everyone will make the planet rattle, and very few get the worldwide remembrances they deserve, but every life has value, no matter how famous, no matter how anonymous. Here are some who made their mark on us.
Hank Aaron
American baseball legend
Virgil Abloh
American fashion designer
Granville Adams
American actor
Jonshel Alexander
American actress
Bradley James Allan
Australian stuntman and martial artist
Jack Angel
American voice actor
Michael Apted
British filmmaker
Ed Asner
American actor & activist
Peter Aykroyd
Canadian actor & comedian
Christopher Ayres
American voice actor
Eve Babitz
American author
Ross Bacon
American character actor
Lisa Banes
American actress
Claudia Barrett
American actress
Barry The Central Park Owl
Bart the Bear
Alaskan Kodiak bear & film actor
Raven Bay
American actress & model
Ned Beatty
American character-actor legend
Jean-Paul Belmondo
French actor & New Wave icon
Walter Bernstein
American screenwriter
Ben Best
American actor, writer, musician, and producer
Val Bisoglio
American character actor
Robert Bly
American poet
Ryan Bodenheim
American comic book artist
Frank Bonner
American film & TV actor
Brandy
Shane Briant
British actor
Leslie Bricusse
British composer
Ed Bullins
American playwright
George Butler
British-American documentary filmmaker and photographer
Jennifer Butler
costume designer
JoAnna Cameron
American actress
Carmine Capobianco
American actor
John “Bud“ Cardos
American film director & stuntman
Raffaella Carrà
Italian singer, dancer, and actress
Jean-Claude Carrière
French novelist, screenwriter, and actor
Steve Carver
American film director
Nino Castelnuovo
Italian actor
Michael Champion
American actor, singer, songwriter, and musician
Sonny Chiba
Japanese film actor & absolute iconic legend
Paul Christy
American professional wrestler
Kevin Alexander Clark
American actor & drummer
Beverly Cleary
American writer & forever a legend
Don Collier
American actor
Neil Connery
Scottish actor
Michael Constantine
American actor
Barbara Campbell Cooke
widow of Sam
Floyd Cooper
American illustrator
Alex Cord
American actor
Chick Corea
jazz composer & keyboardist
Jack Couffer
American cinematographer
Erik Cowie
zookeeper
Johnny Crawford
American actor
J. D. Crowe
American banjo player and bluegrass band leader
Lou Cutell
amazing American actor
Arlene Dahl
American actress
Jacques d’Amboise
American ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and educator
Blackie Dammett (born John Kiedis)
actor
Stuart Damon
American actor
Henry Darrow
American character actor
John Davis
singer, The Real Milli Vanilli
Lois de Banzie
Scottish film actress
Martha De Laurentiis
American film producer
Giannetto De Rossi
Italian make-up artist
Nathalie Delon
French actress and film director
Dustin Diamond
American actor
Eric Jerome Dickey
American author
Joan Didion
American writer
Art Ditmar
MLB starting pitcher
DMX
rapper, actor & NY legend
Richard Donner
American director
MF DOOM
British-American rapper & blazer of trails
Anne Douglas
American philanthropist and film producer
Jerry Douglas
American guitar player
Suzzane Douglas
American actress
Robert Downey Sr.
a prince
Olympia Dukakis
American legend of stage & screen
Marilyn Eastman
Iowa-born, Pittsburgh-based actress & filmmaker
Pee Wee Ellis
American saxophonist, composer, and arranger
Don Everly of the Everly Brothers
country rock pioneer
Peggy Farrell
American costume designer
Pedro Feliciano
Puerto Rican MLB pitcher
Kangol Kid (Shaun Shiller Fequiere)
American MC & breakdancer
Vicente Fernández
Mexican singer & Ranchera legend
Robert Fletcher
American costume & set designer
Verónica Forqué
Spanish film actress
Gérald Forton
Belgian-born French comic book artist
Heath Freeman
American film & TV actor
Mira Furlan
Croatian actress & singer
John Gabriel
American actor
Willie Garson
American TV & film actor
Leon Gast
American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor
Larry Gelman
American film & TV character actor
Richard Gilliland
American TV actor
Brian Goldner
American executive & film producer
Arlene Golonka
American actress
Desiree Gould
American actress (Aunt Martha from SLEEPAWAY CAMP)
Craig Grant, aka muMs da Schemer
American poet & actor
Jim “Mudcat” Grant
MLB pitcher & American pioneer
Saginaw Grant
Native American character actor
Mike Gravel
U.S. Senator
Eloise Greenfield
American children’s book author and poet
Charles Grodin
American actor & comedian
David Gulpilil
Australian actor & dancer
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
American boxer & film actor
Jean Hale
American actress
Biz Markie (aka Marcel Theo Hall)
American rapper & beatboxer
Rob Hall
FX artist & filmmaker
James Hampton
American actor
Bridget Hanley
American actress
Haya Harareet
Israeli actress and screenwriter
Sarah Harding
English singer
Al Harrington
Samoan-American actor
Andrea Haugen
German recording artist & writer
Billie Hayes
American TV actress
Jerome Hellman
American film producer
Monte Hellman
American filmmaking legend
Mike Henry
American actor & NFL linebacker
Chuck Hicks
American actor & stuntman
Dusty Hill
American musician & rock bassist
Hiroshi Hirata
Japanese comic book artist & designer of iconic logos
Pat Hitchcock
English actress & producer
Robert Hogan
American actor
Hal Holbrook
American legend of stage & screen
bell hooks
American author & trailblazer
Sally Ann Howes
English actress and singer
Leonard “Hub” Hubbard
bassist for The Roots
Halyna Hutchins
Ukrainian cinematographer
Toshihiro Iijima
Japanese film & television director
Frank Jacobs
American satirist & the poet laureate of Mad Magazine
Shock G (aka Gregory Jacobs, aka Humpty Hump)
American rapper & leader of Digital Underground
Paula Jacobs
British actress
Anthony Johnson
American actor & comedian
Don Jones
American filmmaker
Robert C. Jones
American film editor, screenwriter, and educator
Norton Juster
American academic, architect, and author of children’s books
Larry King
American broadcaster
Bruce Kirby
American character actor
Tommy Kirk
American actor
Tawny Kitaen
American actress & model
Asei Kobayashi
Japanese composer
Yaphet Kotto
American actor & storyteller
David Anthony Kraft
American comic book writer, publisher, and critic
Dilip Kumar
Indian actor and film producer
Art LaFleur
American character actor
Tommy Lane
American actor & stuntman
Joe Lara
American actor, martial artist, and musician
Tommy Lasorda
American baseball pitcher and manager
Stephen J. Lawrence
American composer for ‘Sesame Street’
Cloris Leachman
American actress and comedienne
John Paul Leon
American comic book artist
Steve Lightle
American comics artist
Gunnel Lindblom
Swedish film actress
Joanne Linville
American actress
Ernie Lively
American actor and acting coach
Phil Lombardi
MLB catcher
Janice Long
English broadcaster & trailblazing BBC radio DJ
Norman Lloyd
American actor, producer, director, and Hollywood legend
William Lucking
American actor
Betty Lynn
American actress
John Madden
American football coach and sportscaster
Norm Macdonald
Canadian stand-up comedian
Joyce MacKenzie
American actress
Gavin MacLeod
American actor
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Polish film actor
Janet Malcolm
American writer, journalist, and collagist
Michael Martin
actor, director, and playwright
Jackie Mason
American comedian
Helen McCrory
English actress
Ben McFall
New York bookseller
William “Biff” McGuire
American actor
Larry McMurtry
American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter
Frank McRae
American character actor
Eddie Mekka
American TV actor
Tania Mendoza
Mexican actress & singer
Art Metrano
American comedian
Roger Michell
British film director
Allen Midgette
American actor and painter
Diana Millay
American actress
Jack Miller
American radio host
Matthew Mindler
American actor
Paul Mooney
American comedian
Kaycee Moore
American actress
Trevor Moore
American comedian
Prince Markie Dee (Mark Anthony Morales)
American rapper
Joey Morgan
American actor
Kelsey Mulrooney
American actress
Ndakasi
Congolese mountain gorilla
Michael Nesmith
American musician, songwriter, TV actor, film producer, and novelist
Trisha Noble
Australian singer and actress
Keiko Nobumoto
Japanese screenwriter
Gavan O’Herlihy
Irish actor
Walter Olkewicz
American character actor
Nicola Pagett
Cairo-born British actress
John Paragon
American actor, writer, director, and genie
Gift Of Gab (Timothy G. Parker)
American rapper and still-under-recognized genius
Gary Paulsen
American writer of children’s and young adult fiction
Trevor Peacock
English actor, screenwriter, and songwriter
Ronald Pickup
English actor
Lee Scratch Perry
Jamaican record producer and singer
Christopher Plummer
Canadian acting legend
Wakefield Poole
American dancer, choreographer, theatrical director, and pioneering filmmaker
Markie Post
American TV actress
Anthony Powell
English costume designer for film and stage
Jane Powell
American actress, singer, and dancer
Ricky Powell
American photographer
Quandra Prettyman
pioneering educator who inaugurated Black literary studies in the U.S.
Lloyd Price
American R&B and swing singer-songwriter, record executive & bandleader
Albert Raboteau
American scholar & educator
Marion Ramsey
American actress and singer
Milogost Reczek
Polish voice actor
Anne Rice
American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature
John Richardson
English film actor
Peter Mark Richman
American actor
Paul Ritter
English actor
Tanya Roberts
Bronx-born actress, producer, and model
Charlie Robinson
American theater, film & TV actor
James Rocchi
American film critic turned teacher
Mick Rock
British photographer
Giuseppe Rotunno
Italian cinematographer
Richard Rush
American film director
Will Ryan
American voice actor, singer, and musician
Antonio Sabáto Sr.
Italian film actor
Libuse Safránková
Czech actress
Mort Sahl
Canadian-American comedian & satirist
Takao Saito
Japanese manga artist & GOLGO 13 creator
Carmen Salinas
Mexican actress, impressionist, comedian, politician, and theatre entrepreneur
Rogério Samora
Portugese actor
Peter Scolari
American actor
Alfie Scopp
Canadian voice actor
George Segal
American actor, comedian and musician
Larry Sellers
Osage American actor and stuntman
Malikah Shabazz,
daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz
Dean Shek
Hong Kong film actor and producer
Barbara Shelley
English film actress
Antony Sher
Cape Town born British actor
Sanpei Shirato
Japanese manga artist and essayist
Jan Shutan
American actress
Gregory Sierra
American actor
Felix Silla
Italian actor and stuntman
Joan Micklin Silver
American film director
Joseph Siravo
American film & TV actor
Wilbur Smith
Zambian-born British-South African novelist
William Smith
American actor & tough-guy icon
Paul Soles
Canadian voice actor
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Leon Spinks
American professional boxer
Lynn Stalmaster
American casting director
Tom Stechschulte
American film & TV actor
Dorothy Steel
American actress
Jim Steinman
American composer, lyricist, record producer, and playwright
Martha Stewart
American actress
Dean Stockwell
American film, TV, and stage actor
Tempest Storm
American burlesque star and motion picture actress
Julie Strain
American actress, model, and pin-up icon
Una Stubbs
English actress & dancer
Sylvain Sylvain
New York Dolls guitarist
Greg Tate
American writer, musician, and producer
Bertrand Tavernier
French director, screenwriter, actor and producer
Bill Taylor
legendary visual effects artist
T. Mark Taylor
‘He-Man’ artist and toy designer
Takeshi Terauchi
Japanese instrumental rock guitarist
Michail “Mikis” Theodorakis
Greek composer and lyricist
Wayne Thiebaud
American painter
BJ Thomas
American singer
Deezer D (Dearon Thompson)
American actor, rapper, and motivational speaker
Frank Thorne
American comic book artist
Young Dolph (Adolph Robert Thornton)
Memphis rapper
Stacy Title
American film director, screenwriter and producer
Ruthie Tompson
American animator
Colin Tully
Scottish composer and multi-instrumentalist
Desmond Tutu
South African priest, bishop, theologian, and activist
James Michael Tyler
American actor
Cicely Tyson
American actress, pioneer & icon
Masayuki Uemura
Japanese engineer & designer of the first Nintendo Entertainment System
Andrew Vachss
American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths
Buddy Van Horn
American stunt coordinator and film director
Melvin Van Peebles
American filmmaker, pioneer & iconoclast
Jean-Marc Vallée
Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter
Isela Vega Durazo
Mexican actress, model, filmmaker & singer-songwriter
Emi Wada
Japanese costume designer
Jessica Walter
American actress in film, TV, and theater
Romy Walthall
American actress
Gloria Warren
American actress, soprano singer, and philanthropist
Rusty Warren
American comedian & singer
Charlie Watts
British musican & drummer for the Rolling Stones
Joan Weldon
American actress and singer
Sunni Welles
actor, singer & performer
Lina Wertmüller
Italian film director and screenwriter
Betty White
American actress, comedian, and animal advocate
Rhonda Stubbins White
veteran TV actor
Yvonne Wilder
American actress, comedian, writer, and artist
Cara Williams
American film & TV actress
Clarence Williams III
American actor & icon
Michael Kenneth Williams
American character actor & immediate icon in TV and film
E.O. Wilson
American biologist, naturalist, and writer
Mary Wilson
American singer & founding member of the Supremes
Ronnie Wilson
founder of the Gap Band
Winter
American bottlenose dolphin
Jane Withers
American actress and children’s radio show host
John Woodruff
American middle-distance runner, Olympian, hero
May Wynn
American dancer & actress
Samuel E. Wright
American actor & singer
Sophie Xeon (lknown professionally as Sophie)
Scottish musician, record producer, singer and DJ
Wanda Young
lead singer of the Marvelettes
May their memories be a blessing. Please join us in wishing peace and strength to the families, friends, and loved ones. And if you’ll permit me, I would like to add one more name and picture.
Alice Fernandez, social worker, mother, and grandmother
Love you Mom.
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