Don Adams, 82: he played kooky detective Maxwell Smart on TV series Get Smart, and was an avid horse and card player with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy mansion.
Eddie Albert, 99: most remember him from Green Acres, but he also made over 200 film and TV appearances.
Johnny Carson, 79: the
absolute greatest talk show host ever, he grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska, and
was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1987. He served on the
USS Pennsylvania in the Navy.
Johnnie Cochran, 67: lawyer made famous by defending OJ Simpson, he was later parodies as Jackie Chiles on the Seinfeld TV series.
Bob Denver, 70: everybody's little buddy from Gilligan's Island, he also played Maynard G. Krebs in The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis. His antic with the Skipper was based on the comedy of Laurel and Hardy.
Frank Gorshin, 72: he was the original Riddler in the Batman TV series, and was the only member of the show's cast to ever receive an Emmy nomination for the show.
Peter Jennings, 67: famed anchorman of the ABC Evening News, he was also the only national news anchor to host specials for and with children on a regular basis, with topics including drugs, crime, prejudice, war, and 9/11.
Pat Morita, 73: he played Arnold on Happy Days and the instructor on The Karate Kid, he actually began his career as a stand-up comedian.
Rosa Parks, 92: famous for not giving up her seat on an Alabama bus, she became a much respected symbol for civil rights. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999.
Richard Pryor, 65: Known as a hilarious but very controversial comedian, he was chosen as the #1 Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.
Nipsey Russell, 80: considered a television comical poet laureate, his roots were in rock and roll music.
