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As the year draws to a close, it is time to remember the figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment who died in 2019. Here is a look back at some of those to whom we said farewell.

January

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The year was still young when we said goodbye to Broadway star Carol Channing, It Ain't Half Hot Mum actor Windsor Davies and BBC presenter Dianne Oxberry. We also lost:

• Author and editor Diana Athill
• Sitcom writer Kevin Barnett
• Captain & Tennille singer Daryl Dragon
• Curb Your Enthusiasm actor Bob Einstein
• Marmalade singer Dean Ford
• Transgender 'pioneer' Julia Grant
• Original Hollies bass player Eric Haydock
• R&B singer James Ingram
• Composer John Joubert
• Composer Michel Legrand
• Actor Dick Miller
• Wrestling interviewer Gene Okerlund
• Producer Andrew G Vajna
• Theatre producer Duncan Weldon

February

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In February the curtain fell on acclaimed actor Albert Finney, much-loved comedian Jeremy Hardy and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. We also lost:

• Creature from the Black Lagoon star Julie Adams
• British grime rapper Cadet
• Director Stanley Donen
• Swiss actor Bruno Ganz
• Soap star Katherine Helmond
• Talk Talk singer Mark Hollis
• Small Island author Andrea Levy
• Author Rosamunde Pilcher
• Composer Andre Previn
• Reality TV star Miriam Rivera
• Keeping Up Appearances' Clive Swift
• Monkees musician Peter Tork
• Airwolf star Jan-Michael Vincent

March

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March was the month we bid a sad farewell to Keith Flint of The Prodigy, Beverly Hills 90210 actor Luke Perry and rock enigma Scott Walker. We also lost:

• Director Larry Cohen
• Guitarist Dick Dale
• TV presenter Magenta Devine
• Rapper Nipsey Hussle
• Goldfinger actress Tania Mallet
• The Beat singer Ranking Roger
• Thunderbirds actor Shane Rimmer
• Studio executive Sidney Sheinberg
• Director Agnes Varda

April

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Star Wars actor Peter Mayhew, EastEnders actress Sandy Ratcliff and film-maker John Singleton were among those who left us in April. We also lost:

• Swedish actress Bibi Andersson
• Character actor Seymour Cassel
• Comedian Ian Cognito
• Level 42 member Rowland 'Boon' Gould
• Dallas actor Ken Kercheval
• Actor John McEnery
• CBBC actress Mya-Lecia Naylor
• Studio executive David V Picker
• Bond actress Nadja Regin

May

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May saw actress and singer Doris Day, comedian Freddie Starr and newsreader Nan Winton depart at the ages of 97, 76 and 93 respectively. We also lost:

• Actor Tim Conway
• Online feline Grumpy Cat
• Coronation Street actor Andrew Hall
• Author Judith Kerr
• Twin Peaks actress Peggy Lipton
• American Gangster inspiration Frank Lucas
• Spider-Man screenwriter Alvin Sargent
• Broadcaster Brian Walden
• Author Herman Wouk

June

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Blake's 7 actor Paul Darrow, fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt and Italian director Franco Zeffirelli were among those who took their leave in June. We also lost:

• French DJ Philippe Cerboneschi
• US actor Billy Drago
• Telenovela actress Edith González
• Musician Dr John
• YouTube celebrity Etika
• Z Cars actor Douglas Fielding
• Actor Glyn Houston
• Author Judith Krantz
• Indian magician Chanchal Lahiri
• Actor Bryan Marshall
• US actress Sylvia Miles
• Heartbeat actor William Simons
• ALF actor Max Wright

July

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The sudden death of Disney star Cameron Boyce at the age of 20 was one of a number of sad farewells in a month which also saw Blade Runner actor Rutger Hauer and Broadway producer Hal Prince depart. We also lost:

• Journalist Christopher Booker
• Inspector Montalbano author Andrea Camilleri
• Annie writer Martin Charnin
• South African musician Johnny Clegg
• Italian actress Valentina Cortese
• Irish comedian Brendan Grace
• TV presenter Emily Hartridge
• James Bond actor David Hedison
• Emmerdale actor Freddie Jones
• British actor Jeremy Kemp
• Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa
• Racing pundit John McCririck
• Actress Danika McGuigan
• Former child actress Denise Nickerson
• Composer Barrington Pheloung
• Irish actor Karl Shiels
• This Country actor Michael Sleggs
• Minnie Mouse voice actress Russi Taylor
• Men in Black star Rip Torn

August

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Easy Rider actor Peter Fonda, author Toni Morrison and Home and Away actor Ben Unwin were among those who departed in August. We also lost:

• Village People co-creator Henri Belolo
• Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks
• Kinks keyboardist Ian Gibbons
• Composer Jonathan Goldstein
• US actress Valerie Harper
• Australian actress Ningali Lawford-Wolf
• Entertainer Joe Longthorne
• Film-maker DA Pennebaker
• Actress Anna Quayle
• Actress Sheila Steafel
• Animator Richard Williams

September

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September saw the lights go down on playwright Peter Nichols, opera singer Jessye Norman and The Cars' Ric Ocasek. We also lost:

• Star Trek actor Aron Eisenberg
• Songwriter LaShawn Daniels
• Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter
• Porn star Jessica Jaymes
• Cult musician Daniel Johnston
• Photographer Peter Lindbergh
• US singer Eddie Money
• BBC journalist Hanna Yusuf

October

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Emmerdale actress Leah Bracknell, Chinatown producer Robert Evans and newsreader Peter Sissons were among October's dearly departed. We also lost:

• Ballet dancer Alicia Alonso
• Cream drummer Ginger Baker
• Literary critic Harold Bloom
• Saved by the Bell creator Sam Bobrick
• US actress Diahann Carroll
• Sax player Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan
• Jackie Brown actor Robert Forster
• Czech singer Karel Gott
• Last of the Summer Wine actress Juliette Kaplan
• BBC World Service presenter Julian Keane
• Eddie and the Hot Rods singer Barrie Masters
• Hitchhiker's Guide actor Stephen Moore
• Journalist Deborah Orr
• South Korean pop star Sulli
• Neighbours creator Reg Watson
• US actor-comedian John Witherspoon

November

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On a single day in November, it was confirmed that Australian broadcaster Clive James, theatre director Jonathan Miller and celebrity chef Gary Rhodes had died. We also lost:

• News presenter Tazeen Ahmad
• US composer Irving Burgie
• Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne
• Last of the Summer Wine actress Jean Fergusson
• Glee actress Jane Galloway Heitz
• Model and actor Godfrey Gao
• Child star Laurel Griggs
• K-Pop artist Goo Hara
• Gladiator producer Branko Lustig
• Photographer Terry O'Neill
• Film producer Nik Powell
• The Archers actor Colin Skipp
• Singer-songwriter Iain Sutherland
• Irish actor Niall Tóibín
• Hedd Wyn director Paul Turner

December

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In the last month of 2019, we said goodbye to nature broadcaster David Bellamy, actor Tony Britton and singer Kenny Lynch. We also lost:

• Do The Right Thing actor Danny Aiello
• Star Trek actor Rene Auberjonois
• James Bond actress Claudine Auger
• Rev David Coles, Rev Richard Coles's civil partner
• Star Trek writer DC Fontana
• Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson
• Giffords Circus co-founder Nell Gifford
• Scottish artist Norman Gilbert
• TV producer Leonard Goldberg
• TV actor Nicky Henson
• Composer Jerry Herman
• South Korean actor Cha In-ha
• Monty Python songwriter Neil Innes
• Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons
• US rapper Juice Wrld
• French actress Anna Karina
• Screenwriter Barrie Keeffe
• Emmerdale actress Sheila Mercier
• Will and Grace actress Shelley Morrison
• Singer Andrew 'Greedy' Smith
• Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney

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