Died 2016

Fyvush Finkel, the actor who won an Emmy Award for his performance as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on “Picket Fences,” died Aug. 14, 2016. He was 93. Born Philip Finkel Oct. …

British actor played R2-D2 in “Star Wars”…

Ruby Wilson, the singer known as the Queen of Beale Street, died Aug. 12, 2016, according to multiple news sources. She was 68. Wilson’s manager, Rollin Riggs of the Resource …

Singer-songwriter Glenn Yarbrough, a founding member of the folk music vocal trio the Limeliters, died Aug. 11, 2016, at his home in Nashville following a long period of ill health. He was …

Opera star Patrice Munsel died Aug. 4, according to her family. She was 91.

John Saunders was a Canadian-born sports journalist who worked for ESPN and ABC.

Barry Jenner, an actor who was known best for playing Admiral William Ross on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” died Aug. 9, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was …

Padraig Duggan, a guitarist who co-founded the Grammy Award-winning Irish Celtic music group Clannad, died Aug. 9, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 67. Duggan died in a …

Dirt track racer Bryan Clauson died Sunday of injuries sustained in a crash, according to the United States Auto Club (USAC). He was 27. On Saturday night, Clauson was racing …

Pete Fountain, the virtuoso Dixieland jazz clarinetist, died Aug. 6, 2016, of heart failure, according to multiple news sources. He was 86. He had been in hospice care, his son-in-law …