Died December 2019

Tenega also recorded “You’re Dead,” used as the theme song for the 2015 movie “What We Do in the Shadows.”

Starkweather’s bosses didn’t want him to work on the visionary technology.

Natalie Trundy starred in four sequels to the original “Planet of the Apes” movie. She played different roles in the sequels which were produced by her then husband Arthur Jacobs. Trundy …

Jack Sheldon was a jazz trumpeter and singer who was known for his work on “The Merv Griffin Show” and “Schoolhouse Rock.” A member of Mort Lindsey’s Orchestra on “The …

Sue Lyon was an actress best known for starring in the title role of Stanley Kubrick’s controversial 1962 film adaptation of “Lolita.” Lyon was 14 when she was cast in …

Neil Innes was a comedian, writer, and songwriter best known for collaborating with the Monty Python team. He wrote songs and sketches for their TV show, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” …

Kelly Fraser was an Inuit-Canadian pop singer known for her version of Rhianna’s “Diamonds.” In Frasers’ 2013 version of the song, she mixed her native Inuktitut language with English to make the song accessible …

Nicholas Kittrie was a legal scholar, a law professor, and the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of books about international law and morality including “Rebels With a Cause: The Minds and Morality of …

Sleepy LaBeef was a rockabilly musician with a strong fan following over his long career. LaBeef (born Thomas LaBeff) released his first singles in 1957 at the height of rockabilly music. He was nicknamed “Sleepy” for …

Producer of “Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”