Throughout 2024, we will continue to update this IN MEMORIAM photo gallery with notable celebrity deaths from film, television, theater and music. Major entertainment figures to be honored in the 2024 gallery are Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr., director/producer Norman Jewison, broadway legend Chita Rivera, country music superstar Toby Keith and actors Dabney Coleman, Donald Sutherland and Carl Weathers.
Featured in the 2023 gallery were Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Jeff Beck, Robbie Robertson and David Crosby, Oscar and Tony winner Alan Arkin, Oscar/Emmy/Tony winner Glenda Jackson, Oscar and Grammy winner Burt Bacharach, Oscar winner William Friedkin, Grammy legend Tony Bennett, Emmy nominee Matthew Perry, Emmy winner Norman Lear, Emmy winner Andre Braugher, Emmy winner Ron Cephas Jones, along with rock legend Elvis Presley‘s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, and actresses Melinda Dillon, Annie Wersching and Cindy Williams.
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Donald Sutherland
Image Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Actor Donald Sutherland died at age 88 on June 20. His best known films included “The Dirty Dozen,” “Ordinary People,” “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “JFK” and “The Hunger Games” franchise. He won an Emmy for the miniseries “Citizen X.” He received an Honorary Oscar in 2017.
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Richard M. Sherman
Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Composer Richard M. Sherman died on May 25 at age 95. He and his brother Robert B. Sherman were two-time Oscar winners for “Mary Poppins.” They also wrote the music for “It’s a Small World,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “The Parent Trap” and many other movies and TV shows.
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Dabney Coleman
Image Credit: David Klein/Getty Images Actor Dabney Coleman died on May 16 at age 92. He was an Emmy winner for “Sworn to Silence” and also starred on “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” “Buffalo Bill,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “Yellowtone.” His major film roles included “9 to 5,” “On Golden Pond,” “Tootsie” and “WarGames.”
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Louis Gossett, Jr.
Image Credit: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. died on March 28 at age 87. He was an Oscar winner for his supporting role in “An Officer and a Gentleman.” Other film roles included “Enemy Mine,” “Iron Eagle” and “The Color Purple.” He was also an Emmy winner for “Roots” among his eight career primetime nominations.
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Richard Lewis
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Comedian and actor Richard Lewis died on February 27 at age 76. He was known for his roles on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Anything But Love” (co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis), plus his many comedy specials.
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Toby Keith
Image Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Country musician, singer and songwriter Toby Keith died on February 5 at age 62. He was a seven-time Grammy nominee and an inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Carl Weathers
Image Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Actor Carl Weathers died on February 1 at age 76. He was best known for playing Apollo Creed in “Rocky” and also starred in “Force 10 from Navarone,” “Predator,” “Action Jackson” and “Happy Gilmore.” He was an Emmy nominee for his role on “The Mandalorian.”
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Chita Rivera
Image Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images Actress and dancer Chita Rivera died on January 30 at age 91. She was a 10-time Tony nominee, winning twice for “The Rink” and “Kiss of the Spider-Woman.” She was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Norman Jewison
Image Credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images Director and producer Norman Jewison died on January 20 at age 97. He was an Oscar nominee for “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “A Soldier’s Story” and “Moonstruck.” He received the Thalberg Award in 1999.
