Notable Celebrities That Died January 2024
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Notable celebrities that died in January, 2024
0:19 Starsky & Hutch actor David Soul, who helped popularize one of the most iconic TV series of the 1970s, died on Jan. 4. From 1975 to 1979, Soul starred as Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson opposite Paul Michael Glaser's David Michael Starsky in Starsky & Hutch. Soul also released five albums and a handful of successful singles, including the 1976 rock hit "Don't Give Up on Us," which reached No. 1 in the United States. He was 80.
1:03 Glynis Johns who played Winifred Banks in the original Mary Poppins, died on Jan. 4. Johns earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for The Sundowners and won a Tony Award for the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. She was 100.
1:43 Christian Oliver the actor best known for his roles as Snake Oiler in Speed Racer and Emil Brandt in The Good German, died Jan. 4 in a plane crash that also killed his two young daughters. He was 51. 2:23 Bill Hayes the beloved daytime television actor who starred as Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives for more than five decades, died Jan. 12. He married his costar Susan Seaforth Hayes in 1974 and, two years later, their super-couple characters on the show similarly followed them down the aisle. He was 98.
3:27 Joyce Randolph the last surviving member of The Honeymooners cast, died Jan. 13 of natural causes. The actress is best remembered for playing housewife Trixie Norton across 39 episodes of the classic TV sitcom. She starred alongside Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and series creator Jackie Gleason. She was at 99.
4:16 Peter Crombie the actor known for playing “Crazy” Joe Davola on Seinfeld, died Jan. 10 following a short illness. The actor's other credits include spotlight roles in television shows like Loving, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Picket Fences, L.A. Firefighters, Diagnosis Murder, and Get Smart, Se7en, The Doors, Rising Sun, My Dog Skip, Natural Born Killers, and The Blob. He was 71.
5:01 Lynne Marta an actress known for her guest starring roles in TV and bit parts in films like Footloose and Three Men and a Little Lady, died Jan. 11 after a battle with cancer. Marta appeared in the 1972 western Joe Kidd starring Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall, which was probably her most high profile film role until 1984's Footloose. She was 78.
6:05 Dexter Scott King the third child of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died January 22 after a "valiant battle with prostate cancer," He devoted his life to perpetuating his father's legacy and protecting the intellectual property he left behind. He was 62.
6:46 Gary Graham the actor known for starring on the television series Alien Nation and appearing in various Star Trek screen projects, died Jan. 22. His other TV credits included The Incredible Hulk, Scruples, CHiPs, The Dukes of Hazzard, Ally McBeal, and JAG. He was 73.
7:27 Charles Osgood the venerable CBS news anchor and radio personality, died Jan. 23. The cause of death was dementia. Osgood was best known as the Sunday Morning news host who helmed the show from 1994 to 2016. He was 91.
8:12 Melanie Safka - Melanie, the folk-pop singer and songwriter known for such hits as "Brand New Key" and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," died Jan. 23. Born Melanie Safka in New York City, she got her start performing in coffeehouses and made a splash at Woodstock as a relative unknown in 1969. The latter experience provided the basis for her breakthrough hit, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," which was followed by her inescapably popular single "Brand New Key," her sole top 10 hit in the U.S. She was 76.
9:05 Hinton Battle the three-time Tony-winning actor who originated the role of Scarecrow in The Wiz on Broadway, died Jan. 29. Battle won the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his work in 1981's Sophisticated Ladies, 1984's The Tap Dance Kid, and 1991's Miss Saigon. He was 67.
8:58 Chita Rivera the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina's. She was 91.
10:27 Norman Jewison the versatile Canadian filmmaker who directed some of the 20th century's most beloved movies, such as In the Heat of the Night and Moonstruck, died Jan. 20. He directed a wide variety of popular films in wildly different genres, including Fiddler on the Roof, The Thomas Crown Affair, Rollerball, The Cincinnati Kid, and Jesus Christ Superstar. His films won a total of 12 Oscars from 41 nominations, including a Best Picture win for In the Heat of the Night. He was 97.
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