Movie, TV and music fans are already remembering notable figures who have died since the start of 2024. “Starsky and Hutch” star David Soul and “Honeymooners” star Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie, are among celebrities from the world of television who have died. In film, cinephiles are remembering “Moonstruck” director Norman Jewison and “Mary Poppins” actress Glynis Johns.
Last year, the entertainment community said goodbye to celebrities including musicians Jimmy Buffett, Shane McGowan, Robbie Robertson and David Crosby, actors Andre Braugher and Matthew Perry, writer-producer Norman Lear and director William Friedkin.
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David Soul
David Soul, who starred as Sergeant Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson in the TV series “Starsky & Hutch,” died Jan. 4, his wife announced on his website. He was 80.
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Glynis Johns
English actor Glynis Johns, who played the daffy suffragette mother Mrs. Banks in “Mary Poppins,” died Jan. 4 at an assisted living home in Los Angeles. She was 100.
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Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan, the actor best known for playing Lacey Underall in “Caddyshack” and Lora/Yori in Disney’s original “Tron” film, died in December 2023, and her death was announced in 2024. She was 69.
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David Soul
David Soul, who starred as Sergeant Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson in the TV series “Starsky & Hutch,” died Jan. 4, his wife announced on his website. He was 80.
English actor Glynis Johns, who played the daffy suffragette mother Mrs. Banks in “Mary Poppins,” died Jan. 4 at an assisted living home in Los Angeles. She was 100.
Cindy Morgan, the actor best known for playing Lacey Underall in “Caddyshack” and Lora/Yori in Disney’s original “Tron” film, died in December 2023, and her death was announced in 2024. She was 69.
Bill Hayes, a longtime star of the NBC soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” died Jan. 12 at the age of 98.
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Alec Musser
Alec Musser, an actor known for “All My Children” and the 2010 comedy film “Grown Ups,” died Jan. 12 in Del Mar, Calif. He was 50.
Joyce Randolph
Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on the classic sitcom “The Honeymooners,” and was the last surviving member of the cast, died Jan. 13 in New York City. She was 99.
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Mary Weiss (center)
Mary Weiss, the lead singer and focal point of the Shangri-Las — one of the truly legendary girl groups of the early 1960s, with hits like “Leader of the Pack,” “Great Big Kiss,” “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” and “Heaven Only Knows” — died Jan. 19.
Norman Jewison
Oscar-nominated film director and producer Norman Jewison, who steered the 1967 racial drama “In the Heat of the Night” to a best picture Oscar and also helmed such popular films as “Moonstruck,” “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” and “The Thomas Crown Affair,” as well as film musicals “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,” died Jan. 20 at his Los Angeles residence. He was 97.
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Melanie
Melanie, the singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had major pop hits with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” in the early ’70s, died Jan. 23 at age 76. [VARIETY]