In Memoriam: Celebrities we lost in 2019

Another year has come to an end, bidding farewell to famous faces along the way.

Here’s a look at some of the most influential celebrities we lost in 2019:

Jan. 2: Gene Okerlund at age 76

Jan. 15: Carol Channing at age 97

Feb. 7: Albert Finney at age 82

February 19: Karl Lagerfeld at age 85

Feb. 21: Peter Tork of The Monkees at age 77

Feb. 21: Stanley Donen at age 94

March 4: Luke Perry at age 52

March 31: Nipsey Hussle at age 33

April 30: Peter Mayhew at age 74

April 28: John Singleton at age 51

May 13: Doris Day at age 97

 

May 14: Tim Conway at age 85

July 9: Rip Torn at age 88

Aug. 5: Toni Morrison at age 88

Aug. 30: Valerie Harper at age 80

Sept. 15: Ric Ocasek of The Cars at age 75

Oct. 4: Diahann Carroll at age 84

Oct. 6: Ginger Baker of Cream at age 80

Oct. 26: Robert Evans at age 89

Oct. 29: John Witherspoon at age 77

Dec. 9: Marie Fredriksson of Roxette at age 61

Dec. 12: Danny Aiello at 86

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at 鶹 as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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