Notable deaths in the entertainment world in 2021
January
Jan. 4: actress Tanya Roberts, "Charlie's Angels," "That '70s Show," age 65; actor Gregory Sierra, "Barney Miller," age 83
Jan. 7: filmmaker Michael Apted, "Up," "Coal Miner's Daughter," age 79; rapper Deezer D, 55;
Jan. 8: soap opera actress Diana Millay, 85
Jan. 9: soap opera actor John Reilly, 86
Jan. 11: jazz musician Howard Johnson, 79
Jan. 16: music producer and convicted killer Phil Spector, 81
Jan. 18: singer Jimmie Rogers, "Honeycomb," "Kisses Sweeter than Wine," 87
Jan. 21: character actor Anthony Dawes, 92
Jan. 23: actor Hal Holbrook, 95; talk show host Larry King, 87
Jan. 27: actress Cloris Leachman, 94
Jan. 28: actress Cicely Tyson, 96
Jan. 30: rapper Double K, 43
February
Feb. 1: actor Dustin Diamond, played Screech on "Saved by the Bell," age 44
Feb. 3: Jim Weatherly, wrote "Midnight Train to Georgia," age 77
Feb. 5: actor Christopher Plummer, age 91
Feb. 8: singer Mary Wilson, original member of Supremes, 76
Feb. 9: jazz musician Chick Corea, 79
Feb. 10: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, 78
Feb. 14: singer-songwriter Ari Gold, 47
Feb. 16: fashion designer Jessica McClintock, 90
Feb. 18: rapper Prince Markie Dee, 52
Feb. 27: actress Erica Watson, 48
March
March 2: reggae singer Bunny Wailer, 73
March 9: opera director James Levine, 77
March 14: actor Henry Darrow, 87
March 15: actor Yaphet Kotto, 81
March 18: actor Richard Gilliland, 71
March 23: actor George Segal, 87
March 24: actress Jessica Walter, 80
March 25: actor muMs da Schemer, 52; author Larry McMurtry, 84
March 26: author Beverly Cleary, 104
April
April 1: actor Biff McGuire, 94
April 2: R&B singer Quindon Tarver, 38
April 3: actress Gloria Henry, 98
April 5: actor Paul Ritter, 54
April 7: actor James Hampton, 84; former "Saturday Night Live" writer Anne Beatts, 74
April 9: rapper DMX, 50
April 16: actress Helen McCrory, 52
April 17: rapper Black Rob, 52
April 19: songwriter Jim Steinman, 73
April 20: Les McKeown, former lead singer of Bay City Rollers, 65
April 22: rapper Shock G, 57
April 24: opera singer Christa Ludwig, 93
April 28: spy novelist Jason Matthews, 69
April 29: actress Billie Hayes, 96
May
May 1: Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, 89
May 2: dancer Jacques d'Amboise, 86
May 3: Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame singer Lloyd Price, 88
May 6: Pervis Staples, member of the Staple Singers, 85
May 7: model/actress Tawny Kitaen, 59
May 11: actor Norman Lloyd, 106
May 18: actor Charles Grodin, 86
May 19: comedian Paul Mooney, 79; folk singer and activist Alix Dobkin, 80; "The Office" actor Mark York, 55
May 23: children's book writer/illustrator Eric Carle, 91
May 25: children's book writer/illustrator Lois Ehlert, 86
May 27: prima ballerina Carla Fracci, 84
May 29: actor Gavin MacLeod, 90; singer B.J. Thomas, 78
June
June 4: actor Clarence Williams III, 81
June 13: actor Ned Beatty, 83
June 15: actress Lisa Barnes, 65
June 16: actor Frank Bonner, 79
June 26: "Cops" creator John Langley, 78
June 29: actor Stuart Damon, 84; hard rock singer John Lawton, 74
July
July 5: film director Richard Donner, 91; actor William Smith, 88
July 6: actress Suzzanne Douglas, 64
July 7: film director Robert Downey Sr., 85; actor Dilip Kumar, 98; actor Chick Vennera, 74
July 9: drummer Andy Williams, 49
July 10: fiddler Byron Berline, 77
July 11: actor Charlie Robinson, 75
July 16: rapper Biz Markie, 57; children's book author and illustrator Floyd Cooper, 65
July 17: Robert Steinhardt, former member of band Kansas, 71
July 24: comedian Jackie Mason, 93
July 26: Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, 46
July 28: ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, 72; infomercial king Ron Popeil, 86; meringue icon Johnny Ventura, 81; actor Saginaw Grant, 85
July 31: actor Alvin Ing, 89
August
Aug. 3: jazz pianist Robert Ringwald, 80
Aug. 7: actress Markie Post, 70; actress Jane Withers, 95; Dennis Thomas, founding member of Kool & the Gang, 70
Aug. 12: actress Una Stubbs, 88
Aug. 13: folk singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith, 68
Aug. 19: grid portrait artist Chuck Close, 81
Aug. 20: country singer/songwriter Tom T. Hall, 85
Aug. 21: singer/musician Don Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, 84
Aug. 24: Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, 80
Aug. 29: actor Ed Asner, 91
Aug. 31: actor Michael Constantine, 94
September
Sept. 4: "Today" show weatherman Willard Scott, 78
Sept. 5: singer Sarah Harding, 39
Sept. 6: actor Michael K. Williams, 54; actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, 88; comedian Anthony Johnson, 55
Sept. 13: jazz impresario George Wein, 95
Sept. 14: comedian Norm McDonald, 61
Sept. 16: actress Jane Powell, 92
Sept. 20: singer Sarah Dash, co-founder of Labelle, 76
Sept. 21: actor Willie Garson, 57; filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, 89
October
Oct. 4: "Late Show with David Letterman" announcer Alan Kalter, 98
Oct. 5: "Chopped Jr." competitor Fuller Goldsmith, 17
Oct. 13: writer Gary Paulsen, 82
Oct. 16: actress Betty Lynn, 95
Oct. 17: Lorli Von Trapp Campbell, second daughter of Maria von Trapp, 90
Oct. 21: cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42; former CSO conductor Bernard Haitink, 92
Oct. 22: actor Peter Scolari, 66
Oct. 24: actor James Michael Tyler, 59
Oct. 26: comedian Mort Sahl, 94
November
Nov. 2: Ronnie Wilson, founding member of the GAP Band, 73
Nov. 4: actor Lionel Blair, 92
Nov. 5: singer MarĂlia Mendonça, 22
Nov. 6: Peter Aykroyd, Emmy-nominated actor/writer and brother of Dan Aykroyd, 66
Nov. 7: actor Dean Stockwell, 85
Nov. 9: actor Jerry Douglas, 88
Nov. 11: drummer and Moody Blues co-founder Graeme Edge, 80
Nov. 17: rapper Young Dolph, 36
Nov. 22: Joanne Shenandoah, Native American singer-songwriter, 63
Nov. 26: Broadway composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, 91
Nov. 27: actor Eddie Mekka, 69
Nov. 28: fashion designer Virgil Abloh, 41
Nov. 29: actress Arlene Dahl, 96; actor David Gulpilil, 68
December
Dec. 4: Grand Ole Opry singer Stonewall Jackson, 89
Dec. 9: Mexican TV actress Carmen Salinas
Dec. 10: The Monkees' Mike Nesmith, 78; Lina Wertmueller, first woman to receive an Oscar nomination for directing, 93
Dec. 11: best-selling novelist Anne Rice, 80
Dec. 12: Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, 81
Dec. 14: producer Ken Kragen, who helped organize "We are the World," 85
Dec. 18: hip-hop artist Kangol Kid, 55
Dec. 19: Il Divo member Carlos Marin, 53; actress Sally Ann Howes, 91