So 10 years have passed since I started this blog - March 1, 2012 until March 1, 2022. 280 of the 500 people on the original list have passed away. I speculated it would be over half, and I was right in this assumption. Of course I did not foresee a worldwide pandemic, which sadly, took several perhaps a few years early.
The other names listed represent people from every field of life. Nearly every major TV show from the past 50 years lost someone associated with the show. Every major movie from the 1950-2000 lost someone associated with that movie. Every major league sports team can find someone associated with that team in these obituaries from these past ten years. Every former president from Kennedy to Obama lost a key cabinet member or other key person. Life is short. Eternity is not.
Beyond that there was an definite uptick in the number of obituaries of famous and semi-famous people. From 443 in 2014 to 753 in 2021. In fact 2022 is on pace to have more than 800. What is going on? Well, I will leave that up to you to speculate.
I am going to continue this blog until either every person is passed on the list, or I leave this earth. The purpose is to remind you - this life is short and we better look to the Savior for our redemption or we will find soon enough that time is up.
Those who passed from March 1, 2012 through March 1, 2022 are marked in red.
Abe Vigoda
Ace Parker
Adam West
AJ Foyt
Al Molinara
Al Pacino
Alan Alda
Alan Arkin
Alan Greenspan
Albert Finney
Alex Devecchio
Alex Karras
Andrew van der Bijl
Andy Griffith
Andy Williams
Angela Lansbury
Angie Dickinson
Ann Margaret
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Ann Rutherford
Anne Meara
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
Ariel Sharon
Arnold Palmer
Art Donovan
Art Garfunkel
Art Modell
Baby Peggy
Barbara Bush
Barbara Eden
Barbara Feldon
Barbara Hale
Barbara Rush
Barbara Walters
Barry Corbin
Barry Switzer
BB King
Ben E King
Bernie Koppell
Betty Lynn
Betty White
Beverly Cleary
Beverly LaHaye
Bill Cosby
Bill Daily
Bill Gaither
Bill Russell
Bill Sharman
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Graham
Billy Shaw
Billy Williams
Bob Barker
Bob Cousy
Bob Dole
Bob Dylan
Bob Gibson
Bob Goalby
Bob Newhart
Bob Petit
Bobby Bowden
Bobby Doerr
Bobby Hull
Bobby Unser
Brian Wilson
Brigitte Bardot
Bruce Dern
Buck Rogers
Bud Adams
Bud Grant
Bud Selig
Burt Reynolds
Buzz Aldrin
C Everett Koop
Cale Yarborough
Carl Reiner
Carl Yastrsemski
Carol Burnett
Carol Channing
Casey Kasem
Celeste Holm
Charles Durning
Charles Manson
Charles Stanley
Charley Rangel
Charley Trippi
Charlie Daniels
Charlotte Rae
Christopher Lee
Christopher Plummer
Chuck Bednarik
Chuck Berry
Chuck Colson
Chuck Knoll
Chuck Yeager
Claire Bloom
Cliff Hagan
Clint Eastwood
Clint Walker
Clive Davis
Cloris Leachman
Colin Powell
Connie Stevens
Conrad Bain
Dabney Coleman
Dahli Llama
Dan Rather
Daniel Inouye
Dave Madden
David Canary
David Hartman
David Prowse
David Rockefeller
Dean Jones
Dean Smith
Debbie Reynolds
Debra Paget
Della Reese
Denny Crum
Desmond Tutu
Dick Button
Dick Cheney
Dick Clark
Dick LeBeau
Dick Motta
Dick Savitt
Dick Smothers
Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Patten
Doc Severinsen
Dolph Schayes
Don Bluth
Don King
Don Nelson
Don Newcombe
Don Pardo
Don Rickles
Don Shula
Don Zimmer
Donald Rumsfield
Donald Sutherland
Donna Douglas
Doris Day
Doris Roberts
Dustin Hoffman
Dyan Cannon
Earl Lloyd
Earl Scruggs
Earl Weaver
Ed Asner
Ed Koch
Ed Sabol
Edward Fox
Efrem Zimbalist Sr.
Eileen Brennan
Eli Wallach
Elinor Donahue
Elizabeth Dole
Elliott Gould
Emperor Akhito
Ernest Borgnine
Ernie Banks
Estelle Harris
Esther Williams
Eve Marie Saint
F. Murray Abraham
Fats Domino
Felipe Alou
Fidel Castro
Florence Henderson
Frances Ford Coppola
Frances Sternhagen
Frank Cady
Frank Gifford
Frank Ramsey
Frank Robinson
Frankie Vallie
Fred Willard
G. Gordon Liddy
Garry Marshall
Gary Player
Gavin MacLeod
Gene Hackman
George Beverly Shea
George HW Bush
George Jones
George Kennedy
George Lindsey
George McGovern
George Mitchell
George Schultz
George Takei
Glenda Jackson
Glenn Hall
Gloria Jean
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Vanderbilt
Glynis Johns
Gogi Grant
Gordie Howe
Gore Vidal
Hal Holbrook
Hal Linden
Hank Aaron
Harper Lee
Harry Caray Jr.
Helen Mirren
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Schmidt
Henri Richard
Henry Heimlich
Henry Kissinger
Herman Wouk
Hosni Mubarak
Hugh Downs
Hugh Hefner
Hugo Chavez
I.M. Pei
J.D. Crowe
Jack Burke Jr.
Jack Butler
Jack Hayford
Jack Klugman
Jack Nicholson
Jack Ramsay
Jack Twyman
Jacques Bergerac
Jacques Chirac
Jake LaMotta
James Baker
James Brady
James Earl Jones
James Garner
James L Brooks
Jamie Farr
Jane Alexander
Jane Fonda
Jean Beliveau
Jean Kennedy Smith
Jean Stapleton
Jerry Brown
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Maren
Jerry Stiller
Jill St. John
Jim Bunning
Jim Dobson
Jim Nabors
Jim Otto
Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Swaggert
Joan Collins
Joan Fontaine
Joan Plowright
Joan Rivers
Joe Schmidt
John Andersen
John Chaney
John Cleese
John Conyers
John David Crow
John Dingell
John Glenn
John Hillerman
John Kundla
John Paul Stevens
John Williams
Johnny Lujak
Johnny Mathis
Jon Voight
Jonathan Winters
Judd Hirsch
Judi Dench
Julie Andrews
Julie Newmar
June Foray
June Lockhart
K.C. Jones
Katherine Helmond
Keith Richards
Ken Berry
Kenny Baker
Kenny Rogers
King Abdullah
Kirk Douglas
Kitty Wells
Kris Kristofferson
Larry Flynt
Larry Hagman
Larry King
Lauren Bacall
Lee Corso
Lee Iacocca
Lee MacPhail
Lee Majors
Lee Meriwether
Len Dawson
Lenny Moore
Lenny Wilkins
Leon Panetta
Leonard Nimoy
Leslie Caron
Little Richard
Loretta Lynn
Lou Carnesseca
Lou Holtz
Louis Farrakhan
Louise Brough
Lucille Bliss
Luis Echeverría
Luise Rainier
Lute Olson
Madeline Albright
Maggie Smith
Margaret DuPont
Margaret Thatcher
Mario Andretti
Marion Ross
Marjorie Lord
Marla Gibbs
Martin Scorcesee
Marv Levy
Marvin Miller
Mary Tyler Moore
Maureen O’Hara
Max Baer Jr.
Maxine Waters
Maxmilian Schell
Meadowlark Lemon
Mel Brooks
Mel Tillis
Merle Haggard
Michael Caine
Michael Learned
Mick Jagger
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Wright
Mikail Gorbachev
Mike Ditka
Mike Farrell
Mike Love
Mike Wallace
Monte Irvin
Monty Hall
Morgan Freeman
Mort Walker
Muhammad Ali
Nancy Reagan
Ned Beatty
Neil Armstrong
Nelson Mandela
Nichelle Nichols
Norm Snead
Norman Lear
Norman Lloyd
Norman Schwarzkopf
Olivia de Havilland
Olympia Dukakis
Orlando Cepeda
Oscar Neimeyer
Oscar Robertson
Ozzy Osbourne
Pat Boone
Pat Carroll
Pat Harrington
Pat Priest
Pat Robertson
Pat Summerall
Patti Page
Patty Andrews
Paul Hogan
Paul Hornung
Paul McCartney
Paula Prentiss
Peter Fonda
Peter Mayhew
Peter O’Toole
Peter Tork
Philip Glass
Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Schafly
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Cardin
Pope Benedict
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Quincy Jones
Ralph Kiner
Ralph Nader
Ralph Waite
Ralph Wilson
Raul Castro
Ray Bradbury
Red Schoendienst
Regis Philbin
Richard Attenborough
Richard Bull
Richard Chamberlain
Richard Dawson
Richard Kiel
Richard Petty
Richard Sanders
Richard Sherman
Ringo Starr
Rip Torn
Robert Clary
Robert Conrad
Robert Duvall
Robert Redford
Robert Schuller
Robert Sherman
Robert Vaughn
Robert Wagner
Rod Taylor
Roger Moore
Roman Polanski
Ron Moody
Ron Paul
Ronnie Schell
Rosalynn Carter
Rose Marie
Rosey Grier
Roy Clark
Roy Emerson
Ruby Dee
Rupert Murdoch
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sally Ann Howes
Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandy Koufax
Scottie MacGregor
Scotty Bowman
Sean Connery
Sherman Hemsley
Shimon Peres
Shirley Jones
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley Temple
Sid Ceasar
Sidney Poitier
Slater Martin
Slim Whitman
Smokey Robinson
Sonny Jurgenson
Sophia Loren
Stacy Keach
Stan Lee
Stan Mikita
Stan Musial
Stella Stevens
Stephen Hawking
Steven Hill
Sun Myong Moon
T. Boone Pickens
Ted Kaczynski
Ted Koppel
Ted Turner
Tenley Albright
Tex Winters
Tim Conway
Tim LaHaye
Tom Brokaw
Tom Foley
Tom Skerritt
Tom Smothers
Tommy Heinsohn
Tommy Lasorda
Tommy McDonald
Tony Bennett
Tony Martin
Ursula Andress
Valerie Harper
Van Williams
Vanessa Redgrave
Vera Lynn
Walter Koenig
Walter Mondale
Warren Beatty
Warren Buffet
Wayne Rogers
Whitey Ford
Whitey Herzog
Wilford Brimley
Willard Scott
William Clay Ford
William Shatner
Willie Mays
Willie Nelson
Winnie Mandela
Woody Allen
YA Tittle
Yale Lary
Yitzhak Shamir
Yogi Berra
Yvonne Craig
Zsa Zsa Gabor
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