Photos: Entertainers who died in 2011
Some of the actors, musicians, directors, entertainers who died in 2011.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
This 1961 file photo shows actress Elizabeth Taylor in the film "Butterfield 8" in 1961. Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Clarence Clemons, left, and Bruce Springsteen, right, perform on the NBC "Today" television program in New York's Rockefeller Center. Clemons died in Florida at age 69 on Saturday, June 18, 2011.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
ActorJackie Cooper, the child movie star who won a best actor Oscar nomination at 9 for "Skippy" and grew up to play The Daily Planet editor in as Christopher Reeves' four "Superman" movies, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Actor Cliff Robertson, who portrayed John F. Kennedy in World War II.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Actor Pete Postlethwaite portrays Fergus "Fergie" Colm in a scene from the 2010 crime drama "The Town." Postlethwaite died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. He was 64.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Actor James Arness, portrayed Marshal Matt Dillon in the CBS-TV series "Gunsmoke."
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Jane Russell is shown in a scene from the movie "The Outlaw." Russell, stunning star of 1940s and 1950s films, died at age 89.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Director Sidney Lumet during an interview in his New York office where he discussed the current state of TV news, the focus of his 1976 film, "Network." Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," died in April, 2011. He was 86.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
In this Feb. 16, 2007 file photo, British singer Amy Winehouse poses for a photograph at a studio in north London, Friday, Feb. 16, 2007. British police say singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The singer was 27 years old.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 in Manhattan of congestive heart failure. He was 91.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Actor Peter Falk, from "Columbo," arrives at NBC's 75th anniversary celebration at New York's Rockefeller Center. Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in "Columbo," died Thursday, June 23, 2011 at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home. He was 83.
Actors and entertainers who died in 2011
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Phoebe Snow is seen in a July 2009 photo provided by Sue Cameron. Snow died Tuesday, April 26, 2011 in Edison, N.J., from complications of a brain hemorrhage she suffered in January 2010.