(Part 4 of 5)

It happens every year, and you hate to be the one who ends up writing about it (especially me because I'm a big cry-baby), but it's the right thing to do when it comes time to pay your respects to those we've lost over the last 365 days. So grab a box of tissues and join me along with the rest of my fellow TV Squadders as we remember some of the great actors, comedians, news anchors, producers, writers, and other television personalities who've moved on to what we can only hope is a better place.

• Don Adams, actor (Get Smart)
• Mason Adams, actor (Lou Grant)
• Leon Askin, actor (Hogan's Heroes)
• Gary Belkin, writer (The Carol Burnett Show)
• Lamont Bentley, actor (Moesha)
• Lloyd Bochner, actor (The Twilight Zone)
• J.D. Cannon, actor (McCloud)
• Johnny Carson, TV host (The Tonight Show)
• Jack Colvin, actor (The Incredible Hulk)
• Henry Corden, cartoon voice (Fred Flintstone)
• Tara Correa-McMullen, actress (Judging Amy)
• Bob Denver, actor (Gilligan's Island)
• James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
• Ralph Edwards, TV host (This is Your Life)
• Dana Elcar, actor (MacGyver)
• Stephen Elliot, actor (St. Elsewhere)
• John Fiedler, actor (The Bob Newhart Show)
• Myron Floren, accordionist (The Lawrence Welk Show)
• Gretchen Franklin, actress (EastEnders)
• Barbara Bel Geddes, actress (Dallas)
• Ileen Getz, actress (Third Rock from the Sun)
• Frank Gorshin, actor (Batman)
• Eddie Guerrero, wrestler (WWE Wrestling)
• Kevin Hagen, actor (Little House on the Prarie)
• Mitch Hedberg, comedian/actor (Almost Famous)
• Skitch Henderson, bandleader (The Tonight Show)
• Paul Henning, producer (The Beverly Hillbillies)
• Mary Jackson, actress (The Waltons)
• Peter Jennings, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
• Perry Lafferty, programming director: CBS (All in the Family)
• Frances Langford, actress/singer (The Bob Hope Show)
• Gordon Lee, actor (The Little Rascals)
• Wayne Manor, very expensive house (Batman)
• Pat McCormick, actor/comedian (The Don Rickles Show)
• Pat Morita, actor (The Karate Kid series)
• Howard Morris, actor (The Andy Griffith Show)
• Sheree North, actress (Seinfeld)
• Louis Nye, comedian/actor (The Steve Allen Show)
• Frank Perdue, chicken enthusiast (Perdue commercials)
• Michael Piller, writer (Star Trek: TNG)
• Norman Prescott, animation guru (Superman)
• Richard Pryor, legendary comedian (Brewster's Millions)
• Ford Rainey, actor (Bonanza)
• Thurl Ravenscroft, cartoon voice (Tony the Tiger)
• Charles Rocket, actor (Saturday Night Live)
• Nipsey Russel, comedian/actor (Match Game)
• Herb Sargent, writer (Colgate Comedy Hour)
• Vincent Schiavelli, actor (Death to Smoochy)
• Danny Simon, writer (Your Show of Shows)
• Lane Smith, actor (From the Earth to the Moon)
• John Spencer, actor (The West Wing)
• Wendie Jo Sperber, actress (Back to the Future, Parts I-III)
• Paul Talbot, producer (Baywatch)
• Michael Vale, commercial actor (Dunkin' Donuts Ad Campaigns)
• George D. Wallace, actor (The X-Files)
• Herta Ware, actress (E.R.)
• Paul Winchell, cartoon voice (Tigger)
• Robert Wise, director (West Side Story)