Every year at year’s end, Daily Grindhouse attempts to remember the many talented and remarkable people that were lost over the past 365 days.
Here you will find dozens and dozens of names and pictures of people from movies, TV, comics, comedy, sports, fine art, wrestling, books, modeling, cartooning, pornography, music, reality-TV, and just about every other kind of entertainment or artistic expression there is. Invariably there are names and pictures missing. Please feel free to comment or email or social-media-DM and this post will be updated accordingly. Last thing intended here would be to leave anyone out. If you want to see someone on here who isn’t, let us know.
Please also allow me my indulgence of placing animals alongside human beings in this tribute. I do it not to undermine how important the lives of human beings are, but to attempt to elevate the importance of other creatures we share this world with.
Death is always waiting. Death is undefeated. Death always wins in the end. Nobody’s ever left and come back, even if saying that means dissenting from The Boss. Ain’t none of us getting off this planet alive. Baby, that’s a fact. Tomorrow is promised to no one, which is what a friend of mine always says. It’s maybe the best lesson any friend of mine ever taught me. Also: He and I are not friends any more. Friendship dies too. There is no forever. Even this Earth will one day die. We’ll all be long gone by then. Maybe the universe is infinite. But maybe it’s not! One thing is for certain: None of us, writer or reader, are going to make it that far.
All of that said… There is meaning in this life. Death is the end, but while we live, we can make an impact on each other. If we are worth a half a god-damn, we want that impact to be good. People, they do die. The people below, they are gone now. But they had an impact on the rest of us when they were here. Some of them made very much of a positive impact. Some of them may even have saved some lives, through their actions, or through their art. There are people here who have done that for me. I put a few people on here who saved me, in art, or in action. While I’m still here, for however long that might be, I hope I can yet follow their good example. They had a spark. We carry their spark. They live on in us, and in whatever we choose to do next.
And yeah, I do still hope, maybe at the end of the universe, that I will see some of them again some day.
Jim Abrahams
American film director and writer
Safaa Ahmed
Syrian journalist
Anouk Aimée
French film actress
Steve Albini
American musician and audio engineer
John Amos
American actor
Alfa Anderson
American singer and educator and one of the lead vocalists of the 1970s band Chic
Iris Apfel
American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer
John Aprea
American actor
Ivan Argüelles
American poet
Erica Ash
American actress, comedian, singer, and model
John Ashton
American actor
Paul Auster
American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker
Susan Backlinie
American actress and stuntwoman
Adrian Bailey
Broadway actor and dancer
Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett
Jamaican musician
Hinton Battle
American actor and singer
Billy Bean
American professional baseball player
Judith Belushi-Pisano
American radio and television producer
Donna Berwick
American costume designer
Shifty Shellshock (Seth Binzer)
American rapper and singer-songwriter
Angela Bofill
American singer-songwriter of Cuban-Puerto Rican origins
Christine Boisson
French actress
Jack Bond
British film producer and director
David Bordwell
American film theorist and film historian
Boulders
African penguin
Joyce Brabner
American writer of political comics and the widow of Harvey Pekar
Marshall Brickman
American screenwriter and director
MD Bright
American comic book artist
Mike Brumley
American baseball player
Dennis Bryon
Welsh rock drummer
Janice Burgess
American television executive, screenwriter, and producer for Nickelodeon
Burt
Australian film character actor and saltwater crocodile
Aaron Bushnell
United States Air Force serviceman
Joe Camp
American film director and writer, creator and director of the ‘Benji’ films
Georgie Campbell
British equestrian
Adan Canto
Mexican actor
Eric Carmen
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Terry Carter
pioneering black American actor and filmmaker
John Cassaday
American comic book artist
Roberto Cavalli
Italian fashion designer
Joe Chambers
American singer
Casey Chaos (born Karim George Chmielinski)
American musician and lead singer of Amen
Fred Chappell
American poet and author of “Dagon”
Rebecca Cheptegei
Ugandan Olympic marathon runner
Daniela Larreal Chirinos
Venezuelan cyclist
Bill Cobbs
American character-actor legend
Rocky Colavito
American professional baseball player, coach, and television sports commentator
Amy Cole
‘Late Show’ executive assistant
Michael Cole
American actor
Dabney Coleman
American character-actor legend
Dan Collins
American journalist and author
Roger Corman
American film director, producer, and actor: authentic filmmaking icon
Gavin Creel
American actor, singer, and songwriter
Peter Crombie
American actor
Charles R. Cross
American journalist and author
Charles Cyphers
American actor
Mark Damon
American film producer and actor
James Darren
American television and film actor, television director, and singer
Vontae Davis
American professional football player
Laurent de Brunhoff
French author and illustrator
José Delbo
Argentine comics artist
Alain Delon
French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman
Michaela DePrince
American ballet dancer
Sugar Pie DeSanto
American R&B singer and dancer
Frans de Waal
Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist
Toumani Diabaté
Malian kora player
Paul Di’Anno
English heavy metal singer and lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981
Mark Dodson
American voice actor
Shannen Doherty
American TV and film actress
Phil Donahue
American media personality, writer, and creator and host of ‘The Phil Donahue Show’
Sergio Donati
Italian screenwriter
Slim Dunlap
American rock musician
Christopher Durang
American playwright
Buddy Duress
American actor
Shelley Duvall
American actress and producer
Duane Eddy
American rock and roll guitarist
Farah El Kadhi
Tunisian social media influencer
Ron Ely
American actor and novelist
David Emge
American actor
Emily
African chimpanzee
Paul Engelen
British make-up artist
Leonard Engelman
American make-up artist
Jeannie Epper
American stuntwoman
Edward Jay Epstein
American investigative journalist and political science professor
Carl Erskine
American baseball pitcher
Art Evans
American film and television actor
Duke Fakir
American singer and co-founder of the Four Tops
Tisa Farrow
American actress
April Ferry
American costume designer
Flaco
Eurasian eagle-owl
Joe Flaherty
American actor, writer, and comedian
Huckleberry Fox
American actor
Ramona Fradon
American comics artist
DJ Clark Kent (born Rodolfo Antonio Franklin II)
American hip hop DJ and record producer
Fatman Scoop (Isaac Freeman III)
American hip-hop artist
Frank Fritz
‘American Pickers’ star
Jerry Fuller
American songwriter, singer, and record producer
Yvonne Furneaux
French-British actress
Atila Futaki
Hungarian comic-book artist
Lee Gambin
American writer, film lover, and genre historian
Teri Garr
American actress and comedienne
Chris Gauthier
English-born Canadian actor
Mitzi Gaynor
American actress, singer, and dancer
Cecilia Gentili
Argentinian-American advocate for rights of transgender people and sex workers
Joan Gibbs
New York City–based attorney, activist, writer and speaker
Eric Gilliland
American television producer, writer, actor, and whistler
Peter B. Gillis
American comic book writer
Nikki Giovanni
American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator
Cat Glover
American professional choreographer, dancer, singer, and rapper
Emily Gold
‘America’s Got Talent’ cheerleader
Drew Gordon
American basketball center
Louis Gossett Jr.
American actor
Alice Gotti
American radio personality, known to some as ‘Crazy Alice’
David Graham
English actor
Gary Graham
American actor
Benji Gregory
American child actor and voice artist
Taylor Rousseau Grigg
TikTok star and influencer
Grizzly 399
Wyoming grizzly bear
Kiki Håkansson
Swedish model, beauty queen, and first winner of the Miss World beauty pageant
Ron Hale
American actor
Françoise Hardy
French singer-songwriter
David Harris
American television and film actor
Bill Hayes
American singer, actor, and recording artist
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer
Jonathan Haze
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Rickey Henderson
American professional baseball left fielder
Greg Hildebrandt
American illustrator and painter
Bernard Hill
English actor
Mimi Hines
Canadian actress, singer, and comedian
Jim Hoagland
American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
Drake Hogestyn
American TV actor
Earl Holliman
American actor, animal rights activist, and singer
Cissy Houston
American soul and gospel singer
Gary Indiana
American writer, actor, artist, and cultural critic
James Irsay
American radio host, musician, historian, and pianist
Tito Jackson
American musician and founding member of the Jackson 5
Mark James
American songwriter
Jesse Jane
American pornographic film actress
Jennell Jaquays
American game designer, video game artist, and illustrator
Norman Jewison
Canadian filmmaker
Glynis Johns
British actress
Harry “Chip” Johnson
American actor
Tom Johnson
American comedy writer
Jack Jones
American singer and actor
James Earl Jones
American actor
Quincy Jones
American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader
Gylan Kain
American poet and playwright
Reverend Dr. Norman Kansfield
American minister
Toby Keith
American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
Jamie Kellner
American television executive
Kelvin Kiptum
Kenyan marathon record holder
Wayne Kramer
American guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and film & television composer
Ed Kranepool
American baseball player
The Amazing Kreskin (born George Joseph Kresge Jr.)
American mentalist
Kris Kristofferson
American icon
Yoshiko Kuga
Japanese actress
Rich Homie Quan
American rapper, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar
Jon Landau
American film producer
Ruth Landers
American producer, actress, and mother of Audrey Landers and Judy Landers
Lewis H. Lapham
American writer
Elena Larrea
Mexican social media influencer and animal activist
Sherif Lawal
Nigerian-British boxer
Steve Lawrence
American singer and comedian
James Lawson
American activist
Phil Lesh
American musician and founding member of the Grateful Dead
Richard Lewis
American comedian
David Liederman
American chef and businessman
Tony Lo Bianco
American actor
David Loughery
American screenwriter and film producer
Tom Luth
Illustrator, digital artist, and colorist
Don Madden
illustrator of children’s books and cartoonist
Barry N. Malzberg
American writer and editor
Mandisa (born Mandisa Lynn Hundley)
American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist
John Marsden
Australian writer and school principal
Peter Marshall
American game show host
Paul Maslansky
American film producer, writer, and director
John Mayall
English blues and rock musician, songwriter, and producer
Willie Mays
American baseball center fielder and “Say Hey Kid”
Jane McAlevey
American author and labor organizer
Mitzi McCall
American comedian and actress
Brian McCardie
Scottish actor and writer
Malachy McCourt
American-Irish actor and writer
Chad McQueen
American actor and film producer
Sergio Mendes
Brazilian musician
Sandra Milo
Italian actress, television personality, author, and musician
Bernie Mireault
Canadian comic book artist
Rey Misterio (born Miguel Ángel López Díaz)
Mexican professional wrestler and trainer
Raja Mitra
Indian film director and music director
Karl Moline
American comic book artist
Josette Molland
French resistance activist and painter
Lily Monteverde
Filipino film producer
Tony Mordente
American actor, dancer, choreographer, and television director
Isabel Moreno
Cuban actress
Paul Morrissey
American film director
Alice Munro
Canadian short story writer
Don Murray
American actor
Grayson Murray
American professional golfer
Dikembe Mutombo
Congolese-American professional basketball player
Miho Nakayama
Japanese singer and actress
Aleksei Navalny
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, and political prisoner
Obi Ndefo
American actor
Paul Neary
British comic book artist, writer, and editor
Shigeichi Negishi
Japanese engineer and inventor of the earliest prototype of the karaoke machine
Debbie Nelson
Eminem’s mother
Bob Newhart
American comedic legend
Michael Newman
‘Baywatch’ star
Eli Noyes
American animator and stop-motion innovator
Lynda Obst
American film producer and author
Christian Oliver
German actor
Charles Osgood
American radio and television commentator, writer, and musician
Seiji Ozawa
Japanese conductor and music director of theBoston Symphony Orchestra
Grant Page
Australian stuntman and legendary stunt coordinator
Ken Page
American actor and cabaret singer
Janis Paige
American actress and singer
Conrad Palmisano
American film stuntman
Liam Payne
English singer-songwriter
Pinche Peach
Brujeria vocalist/samplist
Don Perlin
American comic book artist, writer, and editor
Chance Perdomo
British & American actor
Tamayo Perry
American professional surfer, lifeguard, and actor
Colin Petersen
Australian musician and actor and drummer for the Bee Gees
Tony Pigg
DJ and on-air personality at WPLJ-FM
Judith Belushi Pisano
American radio and television producer
Ed Piskor
American cartoonist
Dick Pope
British cinematographer
Micheline Presle
French actress
Jessica Pettway
Internet personality
Martin Phillipps
New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
Ben Potter
American internet personality
Alan Rachins
American actor
Terry Ree
American comedian
Betty Anne Rees
American character actress
Gian Franco Reverberi
Italian composer and musician
Justin Seth Riley, aka BeatKing
American rapper, songwriter, and record producer
Faith Ringgold
American painter and author
Chita Rivera
American actress, singer, and dancer
Trina Robbins
American cartoonist and underground comix pioneer
Marian Robinson
mother of Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Puerto Rican professional golfer
Johnny “Dandy” Rodríguez
American musician and percussionist
Rosa
American sea otter
Pete Rose
American former professional baseball player and manager
Rover
American bald eagle
Gena Rowlands
American acting royalty
Sam Rubin
American journalist
Jack Russell
American rock vocalist and founding member of the hard rock band Great White
KA (born Kaseem Ryan)
American rapper, producer, and firefighter from Brooklyn, New York
Christina Sandera
companion of Clint Eastwood for the past decade
Melanie
American singer-songwriter, born Melanie Safka
George Schenck
American television writer and film producer
Scott L. Schwartz
American actor, stuntman, and wrestler (as “The Ultimate Bad Guy”)
Daniel Selznick
American film and television producer
Richard Serra
American artist
Tom Shales
American TV critic
James B. Sikking
American actor
Richard Simmons
American fitness advocate and pop-culture icon
Ron Simons
American actor and film producer
OJ Simpson
definitely did it
John Sinclair
American poet, writer, and political activist
Mac Sinise
American actor, musician, and son of actor Gary Sinise
David J. Skal
American horror authority
Dame Maggie Smith
British acting legend of stage and screen
Nell Smith
Canadian musician and prodigy
David Soul
American-British actor and singer
Norman Spencer
British producer, production manager, and screenwriter
Adele Springsteen
The Boss’s mom
Morgan Spurlock
American documentary filmmaker
Kevin Sullivan
American professional wrestler
Donald Sutherland
Canadian acting legend
Dave Sweetapple
Canadian musician
Hubert Taczanowski
Polish cinematographer
Paolo Taviani
Italian film director and screenwriter
Tony Todd
American actor of stage and screen, legend, and horror icon
Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist and character designer
Tracy Tormé
American screenwriter and television producer
Leonardo ‘Niño’ Torrente
Cuban-born bassist, singer, and composer
Robert Towne
American screenwriter and director
Val
American chimpanzee
Fernando Valenzuela
Mexican baseball pitcher
Bill Viola
American video artist
Johnny Wactor
American actor
Chet Walker
American Hall-of-Fame basketball player
Karl Wallinger
Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer
Bill Walton
American Hall-of-Fame basketball player and television sportscaster
M. Emmet Walsh
American character-actor legend
Scott Wampler
American podcaster and film journalist
Melvin Way
American folk artist
Carl Weathers
American character actor and movie star
Carl Weathersby
American electric blues vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter
Jerry West
American basketball player and executive
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
German-American sex therapist and talk show host
Ed Wheeler
American character actor
Cecil Williams
American pastor, civil and LGBT rights activist, community leader, and author
Maurice Williams
lead singer of Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
Taylor Wily
American actor, sumo wrestler, and mixed martial artist
Evan Wright
American writer
Xie Fang
Chinese actress and author
Eduardo Xol
American actor, singer, television personality, designer, and social activist
Rachel Yaffe
American TikTok star
Patti Yasutake
American stage, film, and television actress
Robert M. Young
American film and TV director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer
C.B. Zaman
Bangladeshi film director and actor
Bruno Zanin
Italian film, theatre, and television actor and writer
Zeus
American chimpanzee
Michael Zulli
American artist, animal and wildlife illustrator, and comic book illustrator
May their memories be a blessing.
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