| CELEBRITY | AGE | DATE OF DEATH | DESCRIPTION |
| FREDDIE HUBBARD | 70 | 12/29/2008 | Jazz trumpeter who played on several influential jazz albums and recorded on Blue Note Records. |
| EARTHA KITT | 81 | 12/25/2008 | Actress who played 'Catwoman' on the original 'Batman' TV Series and jazz singer best known for her rendition of 'Santa Baby'. |
| ROBERT MULLIGAN | 83 | 12/20/2008 | American film director best known for directing 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. |
| DOC ELLIS | 63 | 12/19/2008 | Major league baseball pitcher who won 19 games for the World Series 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| VAN JOHNSON | 92 | 12/12/2008 | MGM movie star who made many films and starred in 'The Caine Mutiny' in 1954. |
| BETTIE PAGE | 85 | 12/11/2008 | 50's pinup model who was one of the first Playmates of the Month for Playboy Magazine. |
| ROBERT PROSKY | 77 | 12/8/2008 | Actor who starred in the movies "The Natural" and "Broadcast News" and the tv show "Hill Street Blues." |
| DENNIS YOST | 65 | 12/7/2008 | Lead singer of the 60's hitmaking group The Classics IV. |
| SUNNY VON BULOW | 76 | 12/6/2008 | American heiress who went into a coma in 1980. Her husband Claus was convicted of trying to kill her but went free on appeal. |
| BEVERLY GARLAND | 82 | 12/5/2008 | Actress who was best known for portraying Barbara on "My Three Sons". |
| ODETTA | 77 | 12/2/2008 | American folk singer and human rights activist whose given name was Odetta Holmes. |
| PAUL BENEDICT | 70 | 12/1/2008 | Actor best known for playing the English neighbor Harry Bentley on 'The Jeffersons'. |
| MC BREED | 37 | 11/22/2008 | Rapper Eric Breed who scored a couple of rap hits in the mid 1990's. |
| ALAN GORDON | 64 | 11/22/2008 | Songwriter whose best known hit was the Turtles' "Happy Together". |
| MITCH MITCHELL | 61 | 11/12/2008 | Drummer who was the last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. |
| HERB SCORE | 75 | 11/11/2008 | Major league baseball pitcher and broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians. |
| MIRIAM MAKEBA | 76 | 11/10/2008 | Grammy Award winning South African singer who was known to millions as 'Mama Afrika'. |
| JODY REYNOLDS | 69 | 11/7/2008 | Pop singer who had the top 5 hit 'Endless Sleep' in 1958. |
| MICHAEL CRICHTON | 66 | 11/3/2008 | Doctor, author, producer and director best known for 'Jurassic Park', 'The Andromeda Strain' and 'ER'. |
| YMA SUMAC | 86 | 11/1/2008 | Peruvian singer with a five octave range who specialized in music known as 'exotica'. |
| MERL SAUNDERS | 74 | 10/24/2008 | Keyboard player and Grateful Dead member best known for collaborations with Jerry Garcia. |
| RUDY RAY MOORE | 81 | 10/19/2008 | 'Disco Godfather' who was best known for playing the pimp 'Dolemite' in several 70's blaxploitation movies. |
| RICHARD BLACKWELL | 86 | 10/19/2008 | Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell best known for his yearly "10 Worst Dressed Celebrities" list. |
| DEE DEE WARWICK | 63 | 10/18/2008 | One of soul's most prominent session singers and younger sister of Dionne. |
| LEVI STUBBS | 72 | 10/17/2008 | Lead singer and founding member of the Motown Records hit-making group The Four Tops. |
| EDIE ADAMS | 81 | 10/15/2008 | Television and movie star who was married to Ernie Kovaks. |
| JACK NARZ | 85 | 10/15/2008 | Game show host who was the emcee of 'Concentration', 'Beat the Clock', 'Now You See It' and others. |
| CLIFF NOBLES | 64 | 10/12/2008 | Musician best known for his 1968 hit "The Horse", a song played by many marching bands across the US. |
| NICK REYNOLDS | 75 | 10/1/2008 | Folk musician and founding member of the group The Kingston Trio. |
| HOUSE PETERS JR. | 92 | 10/1/2008 | 1950's B-Movie actor best known as the face & body of Procter & Gamble's 'Mr. Clean' in commercials. |
| PAUL NEWMAN | 83 | 9/26/2008 | Legendary oscar award winning actor of numerous films (He won best actor for "The Color of Money") who was also a race car driver, businessman and philantropist. |
| NORMAN WHITFIELD | 68 | 9/16/2008 | Motown Records producer and songwriter of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "I Can't Get Next to You", "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" and others. Also wrote "Car Wash" and "War". |
| RICHARD WRIGHT | 65 | 9/15/2008 | Keyboardist who was one of the founding members of the rock band Pink Floyd. |
| DON LaFONTAINE | 68 | 9/1/2008 | Known as the king of the voice-overs, he provided the voice for over 5,000 movie trailers. |
| JERRY REED | 71 | 8/31/2008 | Singer who reached the top ten in the early 70's with 'Amos Moses' and 'When You're Hot You're Hot.' Portrayed Cletus Snow in the 'Smokey and the Bandit' movies. |
| KEVIN DUCKWORTH | 44 | 8/25/2008 | Two time National Basketball Association All-Star center of the Portland Trailblazers. |
| GENE UPSHAW | 63 | 8/21/2008 | National Football League Hall of Fame player and executive director of the Players Association. |
| PERVIS JACKSON | 70 | 8/18/2008 | Bass vocalist of the popular rhythm and blues group The Spinners. |
| JERRY WEXLER | 91 | 8/15/2008 | Legendary record producer and executive of Atlantic Records. |
| ISAAC HAYES | 65 | 8/10/2008 | Grammy winning singer and composer of soul music. Wrote and recorded for STAX RECORDS in Memphis. Hit #1 in 1972 with the 'Theme from Shaft'. |
| BERNIE MAC | 50 | 8/9/2008 | Comedian and star of television and movies. Starred in his own 'Bernie Mac Show' and many movies including the 'Oceans Eleven' films. |
| ROBERT HAZARD | 59 | 8/5/2008 | New wave recording artist whose biggest hit was "Escalator of Life". He wrote Cyndi Lauper's first hit "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". |
| SKIP CARAY | 68 | 8/3/2008 | Atlanta Braves and Hawks television announcer and son of the late Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray. |
| LOUIS TEICHER | 83 | 8/3/2008 | Half of the famous piano recording duo Ferrante and Teicher. |
| ESTELLE GETTY | 84 | 7/22/2008 | Television actress best known as the wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo on 'The Golden Girls'. |
| JO STAFFORD | 90 | 7/16/2008 | Pop singer whose biggest hit was 'You Belong to Me'. |
| LES CRANE | 73 | 7/13/2008 | Grammy winning recording artist whose biggest hit was "Desiderata" in 1972. |
| BOBBY MURCER | 62 | 7/12/2008 | New York Yankee baseball player and broadcaster. |
| TONY SNOW | 52 | 7/12/2008 | White house press secretary from 2006 to 2007. |
| JESSE HELMS | 86 | 7/4/2008 | United States Senator for 30 years from North Carolina. |