2024’s Notable & Celebrity Deaths: The Year In Memoriam

2024 In Memoriam:

Our heartfelt look back at the many beloved celebrities and other public figures who died in 2024. Legacy.com’s obituary experts guide you chronologically through the year’s memorial tributes, including President Jimmy Carter; television stars Phil Donahue, Bob Newhart, Chuck Woolery, John Amos, Richard Lewis, David Soul, and Shannen Doherty; country music icons Kris Kristofferson and Toby Keith; baseball legend Willie Mays; acclaimed film actors Shelley Duvall, James Earl Jones, Teri Garr, Donald Sutherland, Louis Gossett Jr., Dabney Coleman, and Dame Maggie Smith; lifestyle gurus Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Richard Simmons; champion athletes Dikembe Mutombo, Pete Rose, Broadway superstar Chita Rivera; and many more.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Lynn “Lynja” Yamada Davis
0:46 Glynis Johns
1:12 David Soul
1:33 Adan Canto
1:57 Bill Hayes
2:18 Joyce Randolph
2:37 Brian Barczyk
3:02 Mary Weiss
3:27 Norman Jewison
3:49 Charles Osgood
4:17 Melanie
4:41 Chita Rivera
5:07 Carl Weathers
5:30 Toby Keith
5:55 Richard Lewis
6:19 Richard Truly
6:49 Akira Toriyama
7:14 Steve Lawrence
7:39 Eric Carmen
8:00 Thomas Stafford
8:29 M. Emmet Walsh
8:54 Joe Lieberman
9:20 Louis Gossett Jr.
9:49 Barbara Rush
10:11 Joe Flaherty
10:37 O.J. Simpson
11:10 Robert MacNeil
11:34 Whitey Herzog
11:58 Dickey Betts
12:21 Mandisa
12:44 Marla Adams
13:06 Duane Eddy
13:35 Richard Tandy
14:00 Susan Buckner
14:23 Bernard Hill
14:43 Jimmy Johnson
15:08 Roger Corman
15:32 David Sanborn
15:57 Dabney Coleman
16:20 Jim Otto
16:42 Morgan Spurlock
17:08 Richard M. Sherman
17:34 Bill Walton
17:56 Elizabeth MacRae
18:17 Larry Allen
18:43 William Anders
19:08 Chet Walker
19:30 Ben “Comicstorian” Potter
19:53 Francoise Hardy
20:17 Jerry West
20:43 Angela Bofill
21:06 Anouk Aimee
21:30 Willie Mays
22:03 Donald Sutherland
22:29 Sika & Afa Anoa’i
23:00 Bill Cobbs
23:26 Martin Mull
23:51 Orlando Cepeda
24:18 Doug Sheehan
24:40 Joe Bonsall
25:06 Joe Engle
25:31 Shelley Duvall
25:58 Dr. Ruth Westheimer
26:27 Richard Simmons
26:54 Shannen Doherty
27:19 James Sikking
27:42 Bob Newhart
28:09 Lou Dobbs
28:34 Evelyn Thomas
28:53 Duke Fakir
29:20 John Mayall
29:49 The Nelons
30:21 Jack Russell
30:46 Chi Chi Rodriguez
31:11 Greg Kihn
31:36 Gena Rowlands
32:03 Peter Marshall
32:28 Scott Bloomquiest
32:50 Phil Donahue
33:23 Alain Delon
33:51 Roger Cook
34:17 John Amos
34:43 Sid Eudy
35:07 Ron Hale
35:28 Johhny Gaudreau
35:54 James Darren
36:20 Rich Homie Quan
36:42 Sergio Mendes
37:10 James Earl Jones
37:43 Frankie Beverly
38:06 Michaela DePrince
38:37 Joe Schmidt
39:02 Tito Jackson
39:29 J.D. Souther
39:59 Maggie Smith
40:26 Kris Kristofferson
41:01 Drake Hogestyn
41:28 Ron Ely
41:54 Dikembe Mutombo
42:25 Pete Rose
42:56 Gavin Creel
43:21 Frank Fritz
43:47 Susie Maxwell Berning
44:13 Billy Shaw
44:42 Cissy Houston
45:10 Luis Tiant
45:36 Liam Payne
46:00 Mitzi Gaynor
46:26 Fernando Valenzuela
46:52 Phil Lesh
47:18 Teri Garr
47:48 Alan Rachins
48:15 Quincy Jones
48:46 Tony Todd
49:14 Bobby Allison
49:39 Chuck Woolery
50:05 Helen Gallagher
50:27 Earl Holliman
50:51 Silvia Pinal
51:17 Wayne Northrop
51:41 Nikki Giovanni
52:12 Michael Cole
52:34 Rocky Colavito
52:57 The Amazing Kreskin
53:23 Rickey Henderson
53:48 Greg Gumbel
54:10 Olivia Hussey
54:31 Linda Lavin
54:59 President Jimmy Carter

Read more about the celebrities who died in 2024: legcy.co/headlines

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Written by Eric San Juan, Linnea Crowther & Stephen Segal
Narrated by Linnea Crowther & Stephen Segal
Edited by John Maxwell


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