Deaths in the 2000s

Lamont Bentley

1973–2005 (age 32)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Lamont Bentley (1973-2005) was a Milwaukee-born actor best known for his roles on television and film before being laid ...

Parley Baer

1914–2002 (age 88)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Parley Baer (1914-2002) was a Salt Lake City-born character actor whose prolific radio, television, and film work deligh...

Rudy LaRusso

1937–2004 (age 67)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Rudy LaRusso (1937-2004) was a Brooklyn-born professional basketball player noted for his time in the NBA and is buried ...

Buddy Baker

1918–2002 (age 84)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Buddy Baker (1918–2002) of Springfield was the Disney composer and conductor whose scores for theme park attractions a...

Salvatore Camarata

1913–2005 (age 92)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Salvatore Camarata (1913–2005) of Glen Ridge was an Italian-American composer, arranger, and conductor whose Hollywood...

David Bailey

1933–2004 (age 71)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

David Bailey (1933–2004) of Newark was an actor whose film and television work remains part of his legacy at Forest La...

Norman Whitfield

1940–2008 (age 68)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Norman Whitfield (1940–2008) of Harlem was the Motown songwriter and producer behind hits for the Temptations and Marv...

Joe Brooks

1923–2007 (age 84)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Joe Brooks (1923–2007) of Los Angeles composed pop songs and musical material that brought him to rest at Forest Lawn ...

Johnny Carpenter

1914–2003 (age 89)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Johnny Carpenter (1914–2003) of Dardanelle was a Western film actor, writer, and producer whose career culminated in h...

Hilary

1950–2007 (age 57)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Hilary (1950–2007) of Los Angeles, known professionally by her single name, is interred at Westwood Village Memorial P...

Isabel Bigley

1926–2006 (age 80)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Isabel Bigley (1926–2006) of The Bronx was a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress who later moved to Los Angeles before...

Beverly Roberts

1914–2009 (age 95)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Beverly Roberts (1914–2009) of Brooklyn was a Golden Age Hollywood actress who later undertook civic work and was laid...

Billie Bird

1908–2002 (age 94)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Billie Bird (1908–2002) of Pocatello was a character actress and comedian whose television and film roles led to her b...

Rainbeaux Smith

1955–2002 (age 47)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Rainbeaux Smith (1955–2002) of Los Angeles was an actress featured in cult films of the 1970s and 1980s before being i...

Julie Bishop

1914–2001 (age 87)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Julie Bishop (1914–2001) of Denver was a film actress known for her 1940s Hollywood roles before she was laid to rest ...

Lula Mae Hardaway

1930–2006 (age 76)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Lula Mae Hardaway (1930–2006) of Eufaula was a songwriter and Stevie Wonder’s mother who co-wrote several early hits...

Marian McCargo

1932–2004 (age 72)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Marian McCargo (1932–2004) of Pittsburgh was a former actress and tennis champion who spent her later years as a civic...

Michael Blodgett

1939–2007 (age 68)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Michael Blodgett (1939–2007) of Minneapolis was an actor and novelist whose film work and writing career earned him a ...

Robert S. Stevens

1916–2000 (age 84)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Robert S. Stevens (1916–2000) was a Salt Lake City native whose life was commemorated with burial at Forest Lawn Memor...

Ernest Lehman

1915–2005 (age 90)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Ernest Lehman (1915–2005) was a New York City-born screenwriter known for crafting Oscar-nominated Hollywood thrillers...

Alexander Courage

1919–2008 (age 89)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Alexander Courage (1919–2008) was a Philadelphia-born composer and conductor whose themes, including for Star Trek, fo...

Ford Rainey

1908–2005 (age 97)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Ford Rainey (1908–2005) was a New York City-born actor with a long career in film and television whose grave is at Wes...

Ian Copeland

1949–2006 (age 57)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Ian Copeland (1949–2006) was a Damascus-born music promoter who helped launch new wave acts and was buried at Westwood...

Shana Alexander

1925–2005 (age 80)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Shana Alexander (1925–2005) was a New York City-born journalist and television personality whose remains rest at Westw...

Jack Elliott

1927–2001 (age 74)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Jack Elliott (1927–2001) was a Hartford-born composer and arranger of television and film scores, interred at Westwood...

Mark Roberts

1921–2006 (age 85)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Mark Roberts (1921–2006) was a Denver-born actor whose career spanned stage and screen before he was buried at Westwoo...

Marvin Davis

1925–2004 (age 79)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Marvin Davis (1925–2004) was a Newark-born industrialist and oil investor whose gravesite is at Westwood Village Memor...

Michel Colombier

1939–2004 (age 65)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Michel Colombier (1939–2004) was a composer and arranger from Lyon whose work graced film and television before he was...

Allan Melvin

1923–2008 (age 85)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Allan Melvin (1923–2008) was a Kansas City-born actor remembered for television comedies, laid to rest at Westwood Vil...

Carrie Hamilton

1963–2002 (age 39)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Carrie Hamilton (1963–2002) was a New York City-born actress and singer who is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Par...

Bruce Lester

1912–2008 (age 96)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Bruce Lester (1912–2008) was a Johannesburg-born actor whose career in British and American films concluded with buria...

Alan W. Livingston

1917–2009 (age 92)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Alan W. Livingston (1917–2009) was a record executive credited with shaping Capitol Records' roster and was buried at ...

Donald G. Jackson

1943–2003 (age 60)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Donald G. Jackson (1943–2003) was a Tremont-born film director known for cult action movies and is buried at Westwood ...

Loretta King Hadler

1917–2007 (age 90)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Loretta King Hadler was an American actress best known for her starring role in Ed Wood’s cult classic Plan 9 from Out...

Lu Leonard

1926–2004 (age 78)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Lu Leonard was an American character actress celebrated for her memorable turns on stage, television, and film.

Nora Eddington

1924–2001 (age 77)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Nora Eddington was an American actress who came to public attention as the second wife of Errol Flynn and a supporting p...

Peter Shaw

1918–2003 (age 85)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Peter Shaw was a British-American actor and producer who later managed the career of his wife, Angela Lansbury.

Jennifer Syme

1972–2001 (age 29)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Jennifer Syme was an American actress and personal assistant whose life and tragic death drew widespread media attention...

Roberta Wohlstetter

1912–2007 (age 95)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Roberta Wohlstetter was an American military historian whose pioneering work reshaped Cold War intelligence analysis.

William J. Bell

1927–2005 (age 78)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

William J. Bell was an American soap opera writer and producer who co-created The Young and the Restless.

William Sackheim

1919–2004 (age 85)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

William Sackheim was an American film and television producer and writer known for his work on socially conscious projec...

Carol Grace

1924–2003 (age 79)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Carol Grace was an American actress and writer who inspired the character Holly Golightly in Truman Capote’s Breakfast...

Robert Slatzer

1927–2005 (age 78)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Robert Slatzer was an American writer most notable for his controversial claim of having married Marilyn Monroe.

Leonard Gershe

1922–2002 (age 80)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Leonard Gershe was an American playwright and screenwriter celebrated for works including the Tony-winning musical Butte...

Danny Dark

1938–2004 (age 66)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Danny Dark was an American voice actor whose deep baritone lent gravitas to television promos and commercials for decade...

Frank Rosenfelt

1921–2007 (age 86)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Frank Rosenfelt was an American film executive who guided MGM during pivotal moments in its mid-20th-century history.

Freddie Fields

1923–2007 (age 84)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Freddie Fields was an American theatrical agent and film producer who co-founded the Creative Management Agency.

Georgia Frontiere

1927–2008 (age 81)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Georgia Frontiere was an American businesswoman best known as the owner of the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams NFL franchise.

Han Bong-soo

1933–2007 (age 74)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Han Bong-soo (1933–2007) was a Korean martial arts master who helped popularize hapkido in the West before being laid ...

Henry Gibson

1942–2002 (age 60)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Henry Gibson (1942–2002) was an Emmy-nominated American actor and comedian best known for his work on Rowan & Martin's...