Photos: Notable deaths 2018

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Photos: Notable deaths 2018

Ray Sawyer, who sang lead vocals for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's 1972 hit, "Cover of the Rolling Stone," died Dec. 28, a band spokesman confirmed. He was 81.

Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus poses with a toy truck in this undated photo. Company officials announced on Thursday, March 22, 2018, that Lazarus had died. He was 94.

Actress and director Penny Marshall died at age 75 from diabetes complications.

Former Atlanta Falcons All-Pro offensive lineman Bill Fralic died Dec. 13. He was 56.

Nancy Wilson, winner Best Jazz Vocal Album for "Turned to Blue" (Photo by M. Caulfield/WireImage)

Actress Sondra Locke in movie The Gauntlet.

Musician Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks perform onstage during day 2 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2012 in Indio, California.

George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died Nov. 30. He was 94.

Actor Ken Berry, known for bringing laughs as Capt. Wilton Parmenter on TV's 'F Troop' and Vinton Harper on 'Mama's Family,' died Dec. 1, 2018 at age 85, multiple news outlets are reporting.

"SpongeBob SquarePants" creator Stephen Hillenburg died after a battle with ALS at age 57.

Director Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with "The Last Emperor" and whose erotic drama "Last Tango in Paris" enthralled and shocked the world, died Nov. 26, 2018, at age 77.

Ricky Jay's manager confirmed the magician and actor died on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. He was 72.

Houston Texans owner Bob McNair died Nov. 23. He was 80.

Ray Chavez, the oldest surviving veteran from the attack on Pearl Harbor, died Nov. 21. He was 106.

LFO singer Devin Lima died of cancer at age 41 Nov. 21.

FILE PHOTO: Roy Clark talks at Center Stage at The Opry celebrating Minnie Pearl's 100th at The Grand Ole Opry on October 22, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. Clark died at the age of 85.

Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, who played Harriet Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie," died Nov. 13. She was 93.

Stan Lee speaks onstage at Stan Lee's Los Angeles Comic-Con at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Lee died Nov. 12 at the age of 95.

Douglas Rain, who supplied the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey," died Nov. 11. He was 90.

Football pioneer Wally Triplett, the first black to be drafted and play in an NFL game, died Nov. 8. He was 92.

Former Jacksonville Jaguars lineman Vince Manuwai
was found dead Sunday at 38. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

Roy Hargrove performs at the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on September 16, 2013 in Washington, DC.

"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf" playwright Ntozake Shange died peacefully in her sleep in October 2018.

In this 2007, file photo, brothel owner Dennis Hof poses with two of his "working girls" Brooke Taylor, left, and a woman working under the name "Airforce Amy", right, as firefighters burn down remains of the former Mustang Ranch 2 brothel east of Reno, Nev. Hof, a legal pimp who has fashioned himself as a Donald Trump-style Republican candidate has died, Nevada authorities said Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died from cancer Monday at the age of 65, according to a statement from his family and Microsoft.

Actress Peggy McCay, who played Caroline Brady on "Days of Our Lives," died Oct. 7 at the age of 90.

Alex Spanos, owner of the NFL's Chargers since 1984, died Oct. 9. He was 95.

Actor Scott Wilson, better known as Hershel Greene on “The Walking Dead,” died Oct. 6, 2018, according to multiple outlets. He was 76.

Dave Anderson, right, a Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist for The New York Times, died Oct. 4. He was 89.

Geoff Emerick, the Beatles' recording engineer, died Oct. 2 at age 72.

MONTEREY CA - JUNE 17: Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane performs on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 17 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Actor Bill Daily pictured in 2007 t the Paley Center for Media and TV Land salute of "The Bob Newhart Show" at the Paley Center for Media. Daily died in 2018 of natural causes, his son said. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Actor Burt Reynolds attends the screening of “The Bandit” during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Paramount Theatre on March 12, 2016 in Austin, Texas. Reynolds died Sept. 6 at the age of 82.

Rapper Mac Miller performs onstage during the Smokers Club Festival at The Queen Mary on April 29, 2018 in Long Beach, California. He died Sept. 7. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 21: Conway Savage of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performs at The Fonda Theatre on February 21, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

Playwright Neil Simon, who wrote "The Odd Couple" and "Barefoot in the Park," died Aug. 26. He was 91.

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks after he was presented with the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal during a special Twilight Tattoo performance November 14, 2017 at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. McCain died Saturday, Aug. 25.

Robin Leach on the red carpet at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. Leach, known for his show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," died Aug. 24, at the age of 76.

Ed King, a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, died at his home in Tennessee on Aug. 22, 2018. He was 68.

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 1967 file photo, Barbara Harris receives Cue Magazine's "Entertainer of the Year" award from director Mike Nichols in New York. Harris died Aug. 21 at the age of 83.

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, died Aug. 18 at age 80.

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis’ estranged wife, Deven Davis, has died at age 39, a family spokesperson confirmed on Aug. 18, 2018.

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, shows singer Aretha Franklin performing during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 at her home in Detroit. She was 76. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: Charlotte Rae attends the opening night of "Assisted Living" at The Odyssey Theatre on April 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Rae's death was announced Sunday. She was 92. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images)

Pro wrestler and WWE Hall of Fame member Nikolai Volkoff died at age 70, the WWE announced on its website July 29.

Pro golfer Bruce Lietzke, 67, died after a battle with brain cancer on July 28, 2018.

Tony Sparano, interim head coach of the Oakland Raiders looks on as his players warm up before a game between the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on December 28, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. Sparano died unexpectedly in July 2018. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

Nancy Sinatra Sr., flanked by daughters Nancy Sinatra Jr., left, and Tina Sinatra, died July 13. She was 101.

1950s film star and singer Tab Hunter died July 8 at age 86.

French film director Claude Lanzmann, who directed the epic movie "Shoah," died July 5. He was 92.

Former WWE star Matt Cappotelli died at age 38 after a long battle with cancer, his wife Lindsay Cappotelli and WWE announced on June 30.

Joe Jackson, the father of the late pop singer Michael Jackson and the patriarch of the Jackson family, died Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was 89.

Television personality Richard 'the Old Man' Harrison from History's 'Pawn Stars' arrives at the Riviera Hotel & Casino on April 16, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Drummer Vinnie Paul, who helped form the heavy metal band Pantera during the 1990s, died June 22. He was 54.

WWE wrestler Big Van Vader in 2015 at a WWE Hall of Fame Induction. Vader died at age 63 in 2018. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY: Matt Murphy has died at 88. In this photo he performs on stage during the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Actor and singer-songwriter Jackson Odell, left, was found dead at his California home on June 8. He was 20.

Actress Eunice Gayson, the first "Bond girl" in the James Bond movies, died on June 8. She was 90.

Anthony Bourdain attends "WASTED! The Story of Food Waste" Premiere during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 22, 2017 in New York City. Bourdain was 61.

Designer Kate Spade attends the Tribeca Ball 2011 at the New York Academy of Art on April 4, 2011 in New York City. Spade died at age 55 in 2018. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for New York Academy of Art)

Jerry Maren, the last surviving Munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz" has died at age 98, family confirmed to Fox News.

Actor Robert Mandan, who starred in the ABC situation comedy "Soap" from 1977 to 1981, died at 86. Mandan's April 29, 2018, death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on June 3, 2018.

In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. Bean, the Apollo and Skylab astronaut, fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died. Bean, 86, died on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston.

Elizabeth Sung attends the opening night premiere of 'Searching' at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at Directors Guild Theatre on May 3, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. She died at the age of 63.

Author Philip Roth, prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, religion and mortality, has died at age 85, his literary agent said Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Actress Patricia Morison, who portrayed the shrewish Lilli Vanessi in the Broadway hit, "Kiss Me, Kate," died March 20, 2018.

Acclaimed author Tom Wolfe died in New York City on Monday, May 14, 2018, his literary agent said. He was 88.

Actress Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder, who rose to fame for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the "Superman" film series, died Sunday, May 13, 2018. She was 69.

Actress Pamela Gidley, seen here in "The Pretender," died at age 52 April 16, 2018. (Photo by Getty Images)

This Aug. 30, 2011 photo shows Larry Harvey, co-founder of the Burning Man festival, during a party at Media Mecca, the communications center during the festival in the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada. Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell says Harvey died Saturday, April 28, 2018 at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 70. (John Curley via AP)

Charles Neville performs in 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Neville died at age 79 of pancreatic cancer. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

Actor Verne Troyer died Saturday at 49. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night)

R. Lee Ermey died Sunday, April 15, at 74. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

ROME - OCTOBER 23: Jury President Milos Forman attends the Official Awards Ceremony on Day 9 of the 4th International Rome Film Festival held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica on October 23, 2009 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images)

Prominent South African anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who was previously married to the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, died on Monday, April 2, 2018, family members confirmed. She was 81.

FILE - This undated file photo, location unknown, shows Linda Brown. Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died at age 76. Peaceful Rest Funeral Chapel of Topeka confirmed that Linda Brown died Sunday, March 25, 2018. (AP Photo, File)

Hazel Smith during 54th Annual BMI Country Awards - Arrivals at BMI Offices in 2006. The "outlaw country" journalist died in 2018 at age 83. (Photo by Tony R. Phipps/WireImage for BMI Nashville)

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks presents pioneering pediatrician Dr. Berry Brazelton the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. Brazelton died at his Cape Cod home on March 13.

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 29: Professor Stephen Hawking speaks during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium on August 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Craig Mack (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

FILE - In this June 4 2007 file photo, French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy leaves the Saint-Louis en l'Ile church in Paris. French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 91. (AP Photo/Michael Sawyer, File)

Tower Records founder Russ Solomon, pictured in 2008, died March 4, 2018, of a heart attack.

Actor David Ogden Stiers died Saturday at 75. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

FILE - In this file photo dated April 27, 1999, British actress Emma Chambers on the des carpet in London. The actress known for her roles in TV series "The Vicar of Dibley" and the movie "Notting Hill", Chambers has died of natural causes at the age of 53, according to an announcement from her agent John Grant, Saturday Feb. 24, 2018. (Peter Jordan/PA FILE via AP)

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 31: Evangelist Billy Graham addresses the audience from the stage during the Billy Graham Library Dedication Service on May 31, 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Approximately 1500 guests, including former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, attended the private dedication ceremony for the library, which chronicles the life and teachings of Graham. (Photo by Davis Turner/Getty Images)

Legendary pop and big band singer Vic Damone died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. He was 89. (ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)

Country musician Daryle Singletary, best known for hits like "I Let Her Lie" and "Amen Kind of Love," died Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. He was 46. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

Reg E. Cathey, winner of the award for guest actor in a drama for "House of Cards," poses in the press room during the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 12, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 05: Edwin Jackson #53 of the Indianapolis Colts celebrates after stopping Matt Forte #22 of the New York Jets in the second quarter during their game at MetLife Stadium on December 5, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

FILE - In this May 20, 2014, file photo, Indiana Pacers' Rasual Butler gestures during the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat in Indianapolis. Authorities say Butler and his wife Leah LaBelle, whose given name is Leah LaBelle Vladowski, died in a single-vehicle rollover traffic accident in the Studio City area of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley early Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter says both died at the scene. Autopsies are pending. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 17: Actor Mark Salling attends The Official Viper Room Re-Launch Party With Performance By X Ambassadors, Dj Set By Zen Freeman at The Viper Room on November 17, 2015 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for The Viper Room)

CORRECTS THAT COLEMAN IS AT RIGHT, NOT LEFT - In this July 30, 1981 photo, John Coleman, weather channel founder, right, and Frank Batten, publisher of the Norfolk, Va., Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star, and chairman and chief executive of Landmark Communications, Inc., are seen during a news conference in New York. John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel and longtime KUSI weatherman, died Saturdaty night, Jan. 20, 2018, at home in Las Vegas, said his wife Linda Coleman. He was 83. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 25: Jim Rodford of The Zombies performs at 3rd & Lindsley on April 25, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. Rodford died Saturday, Jan. 20. He was 76. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 1977 file photo, Jo Jo White, left, of Boston Celtics, drives past Chicago Bulls' Wilbur Holland (12) during an NBA basketball game in Chicago. Basketball Hall of Famer Jo Jo White, a two-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and an Olympic gold medalist, has died. He was 71. The Celtics announced his death Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. No cause was provided. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)

FILE - In this June 17, 2008 file photo, gospel singer Edwin Hawkins performs during an event celebrating Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died early Monday at age 74. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)

VATICAN CITY - DECEMBER 3: Irish singer Dolores O'Riordan performs at the Vatican Christmas Concert, the annual fundraiser raising funds to build churches in outlying neighbourhoods of Rome, at the Paul VI Hall on December 3, 2005 in Vatican City. She died on Jan. 15 at the age of 46.

Keith Jackson was flanked by Howard Cosell, left, and Don Meredith, before the first "Monday Night Football" game in September 1970.

Photo of MOTORHEAD; Portrait of Fast Eddie Clarke backstage with guitars, circa 1980. Clarke died at age 67 in London.

Blues and R&B legend Denise LaSalle died at 78 years old.

Larry Jones, General Manager of TV Land and Nick at Nite, greets Jerry Van Dyke ,"Coach", at the TV Land and Nick at Nite Upfront in "The Bat Cave" on Broadway in New York City on April 24, 2002. photo by Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect

In this April 1972 photo made available by NASA, John Young salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site on the moon during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity. NASA says the astronaut, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, died on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. He was 87. (Charles M. Duke Jr./NASA via AP)

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Ray Sawyer, who sang lead vocals for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's 1972 hit, "Cover of the Rolling Stone," died Dec. 28, a band spokesman confirmed. He was 81.

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