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1.	In January we bid farewell to this TV dad.
		Andy Taylor - The Andy Griffith Show
		Martin Crane - Frasier
		Jason Seaver - Growing Pains
		Phillip Drummond - Diff'rent Strokes
		*By way of explanation.....* Conrad Bain died of natural causes on January 14.

2.	94-year old Pauline Phillips died on January 16. Phillips had been giving advice to readers around the world for decades, but we knew her as:
		Dear Abby
		Miss Manners
		Ann Landers
		Ask Prudence
		*By way of explanation.....* Phillips penned Dear Abby for decades. Her twin sister Eppie Lederer was Ann Landers.

3.	Despite a celebrated and accomplished lifelong career in film, this actor, who passed away on December 14 at the age of 81, holds the record for most Lead Actor Academy Award nominations without a win.
		Peter O'Toole
		Robert Duvall
		Kirk Douglas
		Dustin Hoffman
		*By way of explanation.....* Peter O'Toole was nominated for 8 Lead Actor awards.

4.	One of this late actor's endeavors was a series of documentaries about war veterans and how post-traumatic stress disorder affects veterans and their families.
		David Caruso
		James Gandolfini
		Nicholas Tuturro
		Vincent Gallo
		*By way of explanation.....* The Sopranos' Gandolfini died in June at the age of 51.

5.	Cory Monteith's untimely death in July at the age of 31 of a drug overdose stunned and saddened many fans of this popular TV show in which he co-starred.
		Glee
		New Girl
		The Vampire Diaries
		Game of Thrones

6.	The actor who voiced this Simpsons character passed away in October.
		Ned Flanders
		Troy McClure
		Sideshow Bob
		Edna Krabappel
		*By way of explanation.....* Marcia Wallace died at the age of 70 after a long battle with breast cancer.

7.	On March 1 we said goodbye to Bonnie Franklin, who died at age 69 of pancreatic cancer. Franklin, a TV and stage actress, was best known for her role on this show:
		Three's Company
		One Day at a Time
		WKRP in Cincinnati
		Taxi
		*By way of explanation.....* Franklin played single mother Ann Romano from 1975-1984

8.	This actor from the Fast and Furious series died on November 30 in a tragic fiery car crash that could have been part of one of his movies.
		Vin Diesel
		Tyrese Gibson
		Paul Walker
		Chris "Ludacris" Bridges

9.	Richard Griffiths, who passed away in March at the age of 65, was an accomplished actor of stage and screen, winning a Tony for his role in The History Boys. However, he is probably best known to the younger crowd for his role in which popular film series?
		Twilight
		Harry Potter
		Percy Jackson
		The Chronicles of Narnia
		*By way of explanation.....* Richard Griffiths portrayed Harry's uncle Vernon Dursley.

10.	In his early days reviewing movies, this late film critic co-wrote screenplays for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, as well as a few low-budget sexploitation films.
		Leonard Maltin
		Roger Ebert
		Rex Reed
		Gene Shalit

11.	This late actress, also an athlete, was set to compete in the 1940 Olympics until the outbreak of WWII resulted in their cancellation.
		Maureen O'Hara
		Janet Leigh
		Lauren Bacall
		Esther Williams
		*By way of explanation.....* Williams was a champion swimmer, which was incorporated into many of her films.

12.	This late actress who died in April owed her career to Walt Disney. He cast her in one of his shows after seeing her performing in a dance recital at the age of 12.
		Annette Funicello
		Ann-Margaret
		Peggy Lipton
		Lesley Ann Warren

13.	Jean Stapleton, who passed away May 31 at the age of 90, was a stage, screen and TV actress. She may be best known for her role as this TV mom.
		June Cleaver - Leave it to Beaver
		Shirley Partridge - The Partridge Family
		Edith Bunker - All in the Family
		Marion Cunningham - Happy Days

14.	This late actress, one of Alfred Hitchcock's muses, was known not only for her successful movie career, but for her toxic decades-long feud with her actress sister.
		Joan Fontaine
		Tippi Hedren
		Grace Kelly
		Ingrid Bergman
		*By way of explanation.....* Joan Fontaine's long-standing feud with sister Olivia de Havilland started in the 1940s. Fontaine, 96, passed away on December 15.

15.	This versatile actress, who passed away on December 9 at the age of 91, was known as Woman of a Thousand Faces. She might be best known to movie audiences, however, for her role as Baroness Schraeder in The Sound of Music.
		Jane Russell
		Doris Day
		Eleanor Parker
		Eva Marie Saint

16.	This late TV actress, one of the longest-serving soap opera actors at the time of her death, had her facelift written into her soap character's storyline.
		Jeanne Cooper
		Susan Lucci
		Deidre Hall
		Frances Reid
		*By way of explanation.....* Cooper, who portrayed Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless, died on May 8. She was the mother of actor Corbin Bernsen.

17.	In April we said goodbye to this comedic legend and actor, whose varied career included roles as an alien and a Smurf.
		George Carlin
		Jerry Lewis
		Jonathan Winters
		Bob Hope
		*By way of explanation.....* Winters co-starred on Mork & Mindy as their child, and voiced Grandpa Smurf (TV show) and Papa Smurf (2011/2013 movies).

18.	This late actor, who died in July at age 69, had a long career as a Chicago police officer before becoming an actor.
		Dennis Farina
		Craig T Nelson
		Jeffrey Tambor
		Sam Elliott

19.	This "Clue" character's obituary might read as follows: _____________, at home, of bladder cancer.
		Miss Scarlet
		Professor Plum
		Mrs Peacock
		Colonel Mustard
		*By way of explanation.....* Eileen Brennan (Mrs Peacock) died of bladder cancer in July at the age of 80.

20.	This celebrated world political figure passed away on December 5 at the age of 95. His life has been reenacted numerous times on film, and he has been portrayed by actors such as Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, Idiris Elba and Danny Glover.
		Desmond Tutu
		Kofi Annan
		Nelson Mandela
		Oliver Tambo

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