The world of soap operas lost Barbara Berjer, Nancy Addison, Don Chastain, Dennis Cooney, Joshua Ryan Evans and Mary Stuart. The dwindling ranks of Our Gang is short four more members with the passings of Joe Cobb, Darwood Kaye, Jacquie Lyn, and Jay R. Numerous leading ladies died during the year including Kim Hunter, Katy Jurado, Whitneyīlake, Mary Brian, Peggy Moran, Hildegarde Knef, Phyllis Calvert, Signe Hasso, Adele Jergens, Nobu McCarthy, Lucille Lund, as did character actors Harold Russell, Parley Baer, Eddie Bracken, Ted Ross, Judson Pratt, Michael Bryant, Jeff Corey, Maurice Manson, Keene Curtis, Maurice Denham, Dennis Patrick, James Gregory, Jack Kruschen, Guy Stockwell, Lawrence Tierney. Also dead in 2002 were British comedians Dudley Moore and Spike Milligan, Monty Python director Ian MacNaughton, hip-hop DJ Jam Master Jay and punk rocker Dee Dee Ramone, jazz musician Lionel Hampton, and gospel music pioneer James Blackwood. Fifties sci-fi film leading men John Agar and Kenneth Tobey, and Robot Monster star George Nader are also within these pages. Leading film directors Billy Wilder, John Frankenheimer, and George Roy Hill, and serial director William Witney also passed on, as did many prominent producers and directors of science fiction and horror films - Herman Cohen, Albert Band, Andre De Toth, Jerry Gross, Louis “Deke” Heyward, Nathan Juran, Antonio Margheriti, and Sidney Pink. Smith - Jonathan Harris and Rumpole of the Bailey Leo McKern are included in this year’s edition. Harry Potter’s Professor Dumbledore - Richard Harris, Lost in Space’s Dr. Legendary comedian Milton Berle, Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger, singers Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee, country music legend Waylon Jennings, television star Robert Urich, The Who’s John Entwistle, The Clash’s Joe Strummer, and two of The Magnificent Seven- James Coburn & Brad Dexter - all died during the year. INTRODUCTION The year 2002 saw the passing of numerous show business celebrities and pop culture icons. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Reference Bibliography Obituaries Alexanders, the Memphis Film Festival, the gang at AOL’s Classic Horror Film Board, Tommy Gattas, James Gattas, the University of Memphis Library and the Memphis and Shelby County Public Libraries. Mark Heffington, Anne Taylor, Andy Branham, John Nelson, Richard Allynwood, Frank de Azpillaga, Irv Jacobs, Bill Warren, Bob Cuneo, Alun Jones, Marty Baumann, Trinity Houston, Joy Martin, Denise Tansil, John Janovich, Jake Miller, Blaine Lester, Monica Whitsitt, Kate Branford, Mason Grace, Dave Ruble, Karen Lavaudais, Jay Morris, the fine folks at J. Porter, Forrest J Ackerman, Mike Fitzgerald, John Beifuss, Eric Rohr, Ray Neilson, John Whyborn, Boyd Magers, Larry Tauber, Andrew “Captain Comics” Smith, Nikki and Jimmy Walker, Tony Pruitt, Greg Bridges, Bobby Mathews, Also, thanks to Anne Howard, Rosa Burnett and the staff at State Technical Institute library, Tom Weaver, Fred Davis, Andrew I. Special thanks also go to Bob King at Classic Images, for granting permission to use information from my columns, and to the people at Jerry Ohlinger’s for assistance in acquiring many of the photographs appearing herein. Cara, III, Sam Lobianco, Lynn Wiggins, Marie Daniels, Margaret Davis, Robert Canerdy Dal Coger, David Yellin, and Barbara Lawing and also to stars Irish McCalla, Lucille Lund, Jeff Corey, John Agar and Kim HunterĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS I greatly appreciate the assistance of my good friend, Carla Clark, and my mother, Helene Lentz. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 6¡¡, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 To the memory of those friends and family lost during 2002 - Dominic J. Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and Londonįront cover, clockwise from top left: LaWanda Page, Dudley Moore, Rosemary Clooney, Billy Wilder. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002 Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture by

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