Cathy Downs
Dec 8, 1976
at
50
in
Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death:
cancer
Walter Fitzgerald
Dec 20, 1976
at
80
in
London, England
Cause of death:
Frankie Darro
Dec 25, 1976
at
59
in
Huntington Beach, CA
Cause of death:
Leila Hyams
Dec 4, 1977
at
72
in
Bel Air, CA
Cause of death:
Jacques Tourneur
Dec 19, 1977
at
73
in
Bergerac, Dordogne
Cause of death:
Charlie Chaplin
Dec 25, 1977
at
88
in
Vevey, Switzerland
Cause of death:
died in sleep
Howard Hawks
Dec 26, 1977
at
81
in
Palm Springs, CA
Cause of death:
accident (fall)
Charlotte Greenwood
Dec 28, 1977
at
87
in
Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death:
Bill Anderson
Dec 28, 1977
at
66
in
San Francisco, CA
Cause of death:
I. Stanford Jolley
Dec 7, 1978
at
78
in
Woodland Hills, CA
Cause of death:
Ed Wood
Dec 10, 1978
at
54
in
North Hollywood, CA
Cause of death:
Chill Wills
Dec 15, 1978
at
76
in
Encino, CA
Cause of death:
Orville O. Dull
Dec 29, 1978
at
90
in
Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death:
Robert Karnes
Dec 4, 1979
at
62
in
Sherman Oaks, CA
Cause of death:
Casey Robinson
Dec 6, 1979
at
76
in
Sydney, Australia
Cause of death:
James Neilson
Dec 9, 1979
at
70
in
Flagstaff, AZ
Cause of death:
Ann Dvorak
Dec 10, 1979
at
68
in
Honolulu, HI
Cause of death:
stomach cancer
Jon Hall
Dec 13, 1979
at
64
in
North Hollywood, CA
Cause of death:
Darryl F. Zanuck
Dec 22, 1979
at
77
in
Palm Springs, CA
Cause of death:
jaw cancer
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Dec 23, 1979
at
86
in
Los Angeles County, CA
Cause of death:
unknown
Joan Blondell
Dec 25, 1979
at
73
in
Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death:
leukemia
Lee Bowman
Dec 25, 1979
at
65
in
Brentwood, Los Angeles
Cause of death:
heart attack
John Lennon
Dec 8, 1980
at
40
in
New York City, NY
Cause of death:
Ben Sharpsteen
Dec 20, 1980
at
85
in
Calistoga, CA
Cause of death:
unknown
Samuel Rheiner
Dec 22, 1980
at
81
in
New York City, NY
Cause of death:
