Celebrities Who Left Us in 2013: Part 2
By Jon Konjoyan
Toluca Lake’s own Jane Kean, who just a year ago starred in a local one-woman stage show, suddenly passed away last month at age 90. The actress and singer was best known for playing Trixie in the color version of The Honeymooners TV shows.
Kean joins a list of the famous who left us this year. Here now are the names of the dearly departed since June when THE TOLUCAN published a midyear report:
- James Gandolfini, 51, actor, The Sopranos
- Slim Whitman, 90, country singer
- Deacon Jones, 74, football player
- Alan Myers, 58, drummer for Devo
- Bobby Bland, 83, singer
- Amar Bose, 83, founder of Bose Audio
- Cory Monteith, 31, Glee star
- Helen Thomas, 92, journalist
- Dennis Farina, 69, Law & Order actor
- Emile Griffith, 75, boxing champ
- JJ Cale, 74, singer/songwriter
- Eileen Brennan, 80, actress
- Garry Davis, 91, peace activist
- Michael Ansara, 91, actor
- George Duke, 67, keyboardist/producer
- Karen Black, 74, actress
- Marilyn King, 82, singer, King Sisters
- Al Coury, 78, music industry executive
- Art Donovan, 89, football Hall Of Famer
- Eydie Gorme, 84, singer
- Lisa Robin Kelly, 43, That 70’s Show actress
- Jack Germond, 85, political columnist
- Lee Thompson Young, 29, actor
- Margaret Pellegrini, 89, actress, Munchkin in Oz
- Marian McPartland, 95, jazz pianist and composer
- Julie Harris, 87, actress
- Cal Worthington, 92, businessman
- Don Nelson, 86, screenwriter, brother of Ozzie Nelson
- Jackie Lomax, 69, singer
- Ken Norton, 70, boxing champ
- Richard Sarafian, 83, film director
- A.C. Lyles, 95, movie producer
- Scott Carpenter, 88, astronaut
- Tom Foley, 84, former U.S. Speaker of the House
- Bum Phillips, 90, football coach
- Gloria Lynne, 83, jazz vocalist
- Noel Harrison, 79, singer-actor
- Marcia Wallace, 70, actress
- Hal Needham, 82, stuntman, director
- Lou Reed, 70, rock singer
- Todd Christensen, 57, NFL tight end
- Paul Mantee, 82, actor
- Jane Kean, 90, actress, The Honeymooners
- Paul Walker, 40, actor
- Paul Crouch, 79, televangelist
- Eleanor Parker, 91, actress The Sound of Music
- Peter O’Toole, 81, actor
- Joan Fontaine, 96, actress
- Tom Laughlin, 82, actor, Billy Jack