January •
January 20:
Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, (artistic consultant for the "
Rhapsody in Blue" segment in
Fantasia 2000 which was inspired by his designs), dies at age 99. •
January 25:
Cliff Norton, American actor (voice of Woggle-Bird in
Jack and the Beanstalk, Dr. Kakofonous A. Dischord in
The Phantom Tollbooth, Ed Huddles in ''
Where's Huddles?, Crow #2 in The Mouse and His Child, Timothy in Pandamonium''), dies at age 84.
February •
February 24:
Imogene Lynn, American singer (singing voice of
Red in
Tex Avery's cartoons), dies at age 80. •
February 27:
Fred Rogers, American television host, author, producer and minister (voiced himself in the
Arthur episode "Arthur Meets Mister Rogers"), dies from stomach cancer at age 74.
March •
March 9:
Stan Brakhage, American film director and animator (
Mothlight), dies at age 70. •
March 12: •
Lynne Thigpen, American actress (voice of Luna in
Bear in the Big Blue House, Judge in the
King of the Hill episode "
Hank's Dirty Laundry"), dies from cerebral hemorrhage at age 54. • Branco Karabajic, Croatian comic book artist and animator (worked on
Veliki Mitting), dies at age 77. • Thomas Warkentin, American comic book artist, comic book writer and animator (
Filmation,
Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 67. •
March 23: Nelda Ridley, American animation checker (
Bakshi Animation,
Hanna-Barbera,
Cartoon Network Studios), dies at age 65. •
March 28:
Bob Matz, American animator (
Warner Bros. Cartoons,
DePatie-Freleng,
Peanuts specials), dies at age 90. •
March 30:
Michael Jeter, American actor (voice of Smokey and Steamer in
The Polar Express, Biederman in
The Wild Thornberrys, William Blay in the
Duckman episode "Ajax & Ajaxer", Runta in the
Aladdin episode "Stinker Belle"), dies at age 50.
April •
April 15:
Maurice Rapf, American screenwriter (
Walt Disney Animation Studios,
Gnomes), dies at age 88. •
April 16: David Brown, American businessman (co-founder of
Blue Sky Studios), dies at age 64. •
April 20:
Johnny Douglas, English composer (
Marvel Productions), dies at age 82. •
April 24: Gary Sperling, American television writer (
Disney Television Animation), dies at age 45. •
April 30:
Lionel Wilson, American actor (voiced all characters in
Tom Terrific, Vincent van Gopher and Possible Possum in
Deputy Dawg, Eustace Bagge in
Courage the Cowardly Dog), dies at age 79.
May •
May 11: Joe Denton, American background artist (
Ghostbusters,
She-Ra: Princess of Power,
Warner Bros. Animation) and storyboard artist (
Camp Candy,
Warner Bros. Animation,
Jumanji,
Sabrina: The Animated Series,
Family Guy), dies at age 65. •
May 14: •
Dante Quinterno, Argentine animator,
comics artist, and publisher, created the first animated
color film of
Latin America (
Upa en apuros), dies at age 93. •
Robert Stack, American actor (voice of
Ultra Magnus in
The Transformers: The Movie, ATF Agent Fleming in
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Bob the Narrator in
Hercules, Superintendent in ''
Recess: School's Out, Stoat Muldoon in Butt-Ugly Martians, General in the Recess episode "A Genius Among Us", Narrator in The Angry Beavers episode "Home Loners", Reynolds Penland in the King of the Hill episode "The Trouble with Gribbles", Gordon/The Silver Shield in the Teamo Supremo'' episode "The Grandfather Show"), dies from heart failure at age 84. •
May 27: Dave Monahan, American screenwriter (
Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 85.
June •
June 30:
Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (voice of Pardon-Me-Pete in
Jack Frost, Scuttle in
The Little Mermaid), dies at age 78.
July •
July 4:
Barry White, American singer and songwriter (voice of Samson and Brother Bear in
Coonskin, himself in
The Simpsons episodes "
Whacking Day" and "
Krusty Gets Kancelled"), dies from cardiac arrest at age 58. •
July 24: Irving Dressler, American animator and comics artist (
Fleischer Studios,
Famous Studios,
Hal Seeger), dies at age 90. •
July 27:
Bob Hope, English-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer (voiced himself in
The Simpsons episode "
Lisa the Beauty Queen"), dies from pneumonia at age 100. •
July 31:
Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist and animator, dies at age 70.
August •
August 9:
Gregory Hines, American dancer, actor, choreographer and singer (voice of Big Bill in
Little Bill), dies from liver cancer at age 57. •
August 24:
Robert C. Bruce, American actor (narrator of various
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies cartoons), dies at age 88.
September •
September 6: •
Jules Engel, American sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director (
Walt Disney Animation Studios,
Charles Mintz Studios,
UPA) and founder of the Experimental Animation Program at
CalArts, dies at age 94. •
Harry Goz, American actor (voice of Mayor Huffenmeier in ''
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night, Captain Hazel "Hank" Murphy in Sealab 2021''), dies from multiple myeloma at age 71. •
September 8:
Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (voice of the title character in
Caillou, Meg in
Mega Babies, second voice of Lori in ''
What's with Andy?''), dies in a car accident at age 17. •
September 11:
John Ritter, American actor (voice of
Peter Dickinson in
The Flight of Dragons, Inspector Gil in
Fish Police, Eugene Grandy in
King of the Hill, the title character in
Clifford the Big Red Dog and ''
Clifford's Really Big Movie, Great Uncle Stew in Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up, Dr. David Wheeler in the Batman Beyond'' episode "The Last Resort"), dies at age 54. •
September 12:
Johnny Cash, American country singer (voice of the Space Coyote in
The Simpsons episode "
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"), dies at age 71. •
September 25:
George Plimpton, American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman (voiced himself in
The Simpsons episode "
I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can"), dies at age 76. •
September 29:
Wesley Tuttle, American country singer (did the yodeling in
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 85. •
September 30:
Edwin Gillette, American inventor, cameraman and animator (Cambria Studios, inventor of the
Syncro-Vox technique), dies at age 94.
October •
October 3:
Florence Stanley, American actress (voice of Mrs. Packard in
Atlantis: The Lost Empire and ''
Atlantis: Milo's Return, Waitress in A Goofy Movie''), dies from a stroke at age 79. •
October 16:
Carl Urbano, American animator and director (
A Is for Atom,
Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 92. •
October 26:
Ted C. Bemiller, American animation checker, camera operator (
Crusader Rabbit,
Hanna-Barbera,
The Beatles,
MGM Animation/Visual Arts,
Filmation,
Who Framed Roger Rabbit,
The Simpsons,
Looney Tunes), cinematographer (
Fritz the Cat) and production manager (
Garfield and Friends), dies at age 79. •
October 27:
Rod Roddy, American radio and television announcer (voice of Mike the Microphone in
House of Mouse, Johnny in the
Garfield and Friends episode "Over the Rainbow"), dies from colon cancer at age 66.
November •
November 12: •
Kay E. Kuter, American actor (voice of Grimsby in
The Little Mermaid,
Santa Claus in ''
Annabelle's Wish, Ego the Living Planet in the Fantastic Four'' episode "To Battle the Living Planet"), dies at age 78. •
Penny Singleton, American actress and labor leader (voice of
Jane Jetson in
The Jetsons), dies at age 95. •
Jonathan Brandis, American actor (voice of Mozenrath in
Aladdin), dies at age 27. •
November 18:
Michael Kamen, American composer, orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter and session musician (
The Iron Giant), dies from a heart attack at age 55. •
November 30:
Kin Platt, American caricaturist, radio writer, television writer, comics artist and animation writer (
Walt Disney Animation,
Hanna-Barbera,
Terrytoons,
Milton the Monster), dies at age 91.
December •
December 17:
Alan Tilvern, English actor (portrayed R.K. Maroon in
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, voice of Innkeeper in
The Lord of the Rings), dies at age 85. •
December 19:
Les Tremayne, English actor (voice of
The Ghost of Christmas Present in ''
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Humbug in The Phantom Tollbooth, Chester C. Cricket and Harry Cat in The Cricket in Times Square, A Very Merry Cricket, and Yankee Doodle Cricket, Alexander Graham Wolf, and Santa Claus in Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper, the title character in Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile, the Wishing Well in Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island, Orin in Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, Arthur in Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Gustav in Tis the Season to Be Smurfy''), dies at age 90. •
December 22:
Wah Chang, Chinese-American designer, sculptor, animator and animation producer (
Pinocchio,
Bambi), dies at age 86. •
December 27:
Pete Alvarado, American comics artist and animator (
Walt Disney Company,
Warner Bros. Cartoons,
DePatie-Freleng,
Republic Pictures,
Hanna-Barbera,
Ruby-Spears Productions,
Filmation), dies at age 83. •
December 29:
Bob Monkhouse, British actor and writer (voice of Mr. Hell in ''
Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show, Johnny Saveloy in Rex the Runt''), dies at age 75. •
Specific date unknown: Oliver Passingham, British comics artist and animator, dies at age 78.
Specific date unknown • Claude Smith, American animator (
Walt Disney Animation Studios,
MGM), dies at age 90. ==See also==