Necrolog 2010 

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Transdiffusion’s annual list of those we have loved and lost in the past year – broadcasting personalities of one degree of fame or another who have transmitted for the last time.

John Freeman (93)

Died 1 January

Animator, The Smurfs

David Gerber (86)

Died 2 January

Executive producer, Police Story

David Giles (83)

Died 6 January

Director, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Andis Hadjicostis (43)

Murdered 11 January

CEO, Sigma TV Cyprus

Petra Schürmann (74)

Died 14 January

TV presenter

Mark Jones (70)

Died 14 January

Character actor, everything

George Jellinek (90)

Died 16 January

WQXR radio announcer

Daisuke Gōri (57)

Suicide 17 January

Actor in anime series

Kalthoum Sarrai (47)

Died 19 January

Presenter on French TV

Jennifer Lyon (37)

Died 19 January

US Reality TV star

Johnny Seven (83)

Died 22 January

Actor, Ironside

James Mitchell (89)

Died 22 January

Actor, All My Children

Roger Pierre (86)

Died 23 January

TV presenter

Robert Lam (64)

Died 23 January

Newsreader

Pernell Roberts (81)

Died 24 January

Actor, Bonanza

James Henry Quello (95)

Died 24 January

Nixon-appointed head of the FCC

Zelda Rubinstein (76)

Died 27 January

Actor, Picket Fences

Barry Blitzer (80)

Died 27 January

Comedy writer, The Flintsones

Sarah Mulvey (34)

Probable suicide 28 January

Channel 4 commissioning editor

Margaret Dale (87)

Died 28 January

Director of Dance at the BBC

Eric Freiwald (82)

Died 29 January

TV writer, The Young and the Restless

Aaron Ruben (95)

Died 30 January

Producer, Andy Griffith Show

Justin Mentell (27)

Died 1 February

Actor, Boston Legal

Frances Reid (95)

Died 3 February

Actor, Days of our Lives

John McCallum (91)

Died 3 February

Producer, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Ian Carmichael (89)

Died 5 February

Actor, The World of Wooster

Robert Hoy (82)

Died 8 February

Actor, The Enforcer

David Froman (71)

Died 8 February

Actor, Matlock

Cy Grant (90)

Died 13 February

Lieutenant Green, Captain Scarlet

George Waring (84)

Died 15 February

Arnold Swain, Coronation Street

Bo Griffin (51)

Died 16 January

Radio and TV presenter

Bull Verweij (100)

Died 19 January

Founder of Radio Veronica

Lionel Jeffries (83)

Died 19 February

Actor, Tom, Dick and Harriet

Jason Wood (38)

Died 20 February

Comedian

Sandy Kenyon (87)

Died 20 February

Voice actor, The Twilight Zone

Robin Davies (56)

Died 22 February

Actor, The Newcomers

Andrew Koenig (41)

Found dead from suicide 25 February

Actor, Growing Pains

Dave Sheasby (69)

Died 26 February

Radio producer

Richard Devon (84)

Died 26 February

Actor, Lassie

Nathan Scott (94)

Died 27 February

Composer, Lassie

Kristian Digby (32)

Died 1 March 2010

TV presenter

Don Kent (92)

Died 2 March 2010

Weatherman, WBZ-TV

Judith Bumpus (70)

Died 2 March 2010

Radio producer

Roger Newman (69)

Died 4 March

Actor, Guiding Light

Nan Martin (82)

Died 4 March

Actor, The Drew Carey Show

Richard Stapley (aka Richard Wyler) (86)

Died 5 March

Actor, Man from Interpol

Corey Haim (38)

Died 10 March

Actor, The Edison Twins

Peter Graves (83)

Died 14 March

Actor, Mission: Impossible

Charlie Gillett (68)

Died 17 March

Radio presenter

Fess Parker (85)

Died 18 March

Actor, Daniel Boone

Bill McIntyre (80)

Died 19 March

Actor, Dallas

Ebet Kadarusman (73)

Died 20 March

TV and radio presenter

Harry Carpenter (84)

Died 20 March

TV sports presenter

Robert Culp (79)

Died 24 March

Actor, I Spy

Chet Simmons (81)

Died 25 March

President of ESPN

Des Hoysted (86)

Died 25 March

Horse racing commentator

Des Hoysted (45)

Died 28 March

Comedian

David Mills (48)

Died 30 March

TV writer, NYPD Blue

John Forsythe (92)

Died 1 April

Actor, Charlie’s Angels

Roland MacLeod (74)

Died 3 April

Actor, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Christopher Cazenove (64)

Died 7 April

Actor, Dynasty

Hiro Muramoto (43)

Murdered 10 April

Reuters cameraman

Dixie Carter (70)

Died 10 April

Actor, Diff’rent Strokes

Alexander Bernstein (74)

Died 13 April

Granada

Raimondo Vianello (87)

Died 15 April

TV personality

Michael Pataki (72)

Died 15 April

Character actor, everything

Sid Conrad (86)

Died 16 April

Actor, The Young and the Restless

Allen Swift (86)

Died 18 April

Voice actor, Howdy Doody

Gerry Ryan (53)

Died 30 April

TV and radio presenter

Helen Wagner (91)

Died 1 May

Actor, As the World Turns

Jimmy Gardner (85)

Died 3 May

Character actor, everything

Mark Shannon (58)

Died 8 May

KTOK radio presenter

Allan Manings (86)

Died 12 May

TV writer, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

Eddie Garrett (82)

Died 13 May

Actor, Quincy ME

Fred O’Donovan (80)

Died 14 May

Former chairman of the RTÉ Authority

Stephen Perry (55)

Murdered on or before 16 May

TV writer, ThunderCats

Martin Cohan (77)

Died 19 May

TV producer, Who’s the Boss?

Willie Webber (80)

Died 23 May

TV and radio personality

Barbara New (c87)

Died 24 May

Actor, You Rang, M’Lord?

Gary Coleman (42)

Died 28 May

Actor, Diff’rent Strokes

Eddie Barth (78)

Died 28 May

Actor, Simon & Simon

Robert O Smith (67)

Died 1 June

Radio presenter

Rue McClanahan (76)

Died 3 June

Actor, Golden Girls

Robert Hudson (90)

Died 3 June

Created Test Match Special for the Third Network

Himan Brown (99)

Died 4 June

Producer, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre

Robert Wussler (73)

Died 5 June

Founder, CNN

Adriana Xenides (54)

Died 7 June

Wheel of Fortune nymphette on Australian TV

Tony Cennamo (76)

Died 8 June

WBUR DJ

Bernie Andrews (76)

Died 11 June

Radio producer

Richard Herrmann (90)

Died 14 June

NRK presenter

Phil Gordon (94)

Died 15 June

Character actor, everything

Vince O’Brien (91)

Died 19 June

Character actor, everything

Chris Sievey (aka Frank Sidebottom) (54)

Died 21 June

Comedian

Irwin Barker (58)

Died 21 June

TV writer, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Pennant Roberts (69)

Died 22 June

TV director

Allyn Ferguson (85)

Died 23 June

Composer, Charlie’s Angels

Alan Plater (75)

Died 25 June

Writer

Pietro Taricone (35)

Died 29 June

Reality show star

Gordon Mulholland (89)

Died 30 June

Actor, The Villagers

Alison Booker (47)

Died 1 July

BBC local radio presenter

Murray Chercover (80)

Died 3 July

CEO of CTV

Roy Waller (69)

Died 6 July

Radio presenter

John Henning (73)

Died 7 July

Newsreader

Gilly Coman (50)

Died 13 July

Actor, Bread

Kip King (72)

Died 15 July

Character actor, everything

Shirley Silvey (82)

Died 17 July

Animator, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

Larry Keith (79)

Died 17 July

Actor, All My Children

Robert Sandall (58)

Died 20 July

Radio presenter

Daniel Schorr (93)

Died 23 July

NPR journalist

Wallace Souza (51)

Died 27 July

Reality TV presenter

JJ Maura (61)

Died 28 July

TV announcer

John Aylesworth (80)

Died 28 July

TV writer, Hee Haw

Clint Formby (86)

Died 31 July

Radio presenter

Jack Parnell (87)

Died 8 August

Musical director at ATV

Jay Larkin (59)

Died 9 August

TV executive, Showtime

Tab Baker (50)

Died 9 August

Actor, Prison Break

David L Wolper (82)

Died 10 August

TV producer, Roots

Jimmy Reid (78)

Died 10 August

Trades unionist turned broadcaster

Paul Ryan Rudd (70)

Died 12 August

Character actor, everything

Edward Kean (85)

Died 13 August

TV writer, Howdy Doody

Gloria Winters (c78)

Died 14 August

Actor, Sky King

Dan Avey (69)

Died 15 August

Radio presenter

Alejandro Maclean (41)

Died 17 August

TV producer

Fiona Coyne (45)

Probable suicide on 18 August

Presenter, The Weakest Link South Africa

Jackson Gillis (93)

Died 19 August

TV writer, Perry Mason

Jack Horkheimer (72)

Died 20 August

PBS equivalent of Patrick Moore

Harold Dow (62)

Died 21 August

Newsman, 48 Hours

Nancy Dolman (58)

Died 21 August

Actor, Soap

Dave McElhatton (81)

Died 23 August

News anchor

Owen Edwards (c76)

Died 30 August

Founder CEO of S4C

Morgan White (86)

Died 2 September

Producer of KGMB Honolulu’s Checkers & Pogo

David Dortort (93)

Died 5 September

Producer, Bonanza

Riad al-Saray (35)

Murdered 7 September

TV presenter

John Kluge (95)

Died 7 September

Former owner of Metromedia (formerly DuMont, later Fox)

Harold Gould (86)

Died 11 September

Character actor, everything

Fud Leclerc (86)

Died 20 September

First person to score nul points in the Eurovision Song Contest

Van Snowden (71)

Died 22 September

Puppeteer, HR Pufnstuf

Art Gilmore (98)

Died 25 September

Character actor, everything

Mickey Freeman (90)

Died 28 September

Actor, The Phil Silvers Show

Joe Mantell (94)

Died 29 September

Character actor, everything

Tony Curtis (85)

Died 29 September

Actor, The Persuaders!

Stephen J Cannell (69)

Died 30 September

Producer, almost everything in the 1980s

Roger A Peterson (89)

Died 1 October

Producer, What’s My Line

Norman Wisdom (95)

Died 4 October

Actor

Frank Bourgholtzer (90)

Died 8 October

NBC News White House correspondent

Janet MacLachlan (77)

Died 11 October

Actor, Archie Bunker’s Place

Mark Stevens (76)

Died 12 October

KLOL radio presenter

Mary Malcolm (92)

Died 13 October

BBC announcer

Simon MacCorkindale (58)

Died 14 October

Actor, Manimal

Jim Dougal (65)

Died 15 October

Journalist

Barbara Billingsley (94)

Died 16 October

Actor, Leave It to Beaver

Graham Crowden (87)

Died 19 October

Actor, Waiting for God

Tom Bosley (83)

Died 19 October

Actor, Happy Days

Wendall Woodbury (68)

Died 20 October

Presenter, WGAL-TV

Alex Anderson (90)

Died 22 October

Animator

Lamont Johnson (88)

Died 24 October

Director, Dr Kildare

Bob Courtney (87)

Died 24 October

SABC announcer

James Wall (92)

Died 27 October

Mr Baxter, Captain Kangaroo

Denise Borino-Quinn (46)

Died 27 October

Actress, The Sopranos

James MacArthur (72)

Died 28 October

Actor, Hawaii Five-O

Gerard Kelly (51)

Died 28 October

Actor, Rab C Nesbitt

Robert Ellenstein (87)

Died 28 October

Character actor, everything

Mervyn Haisman (82)

Died 29 October

Writer, Doctor Who

Arthur Bernard Lewis (84)

Died 30 October

Writer, Dallas

Ina Clare (77)

Died 30 October

Extra, everything

Charlie O’Donnell (78)

Died 1 November

Wheel of Fortune announcer

Julien Hug (35)

Suicide c3 November

Reality TV star

Jill Clayburgh (66)

Died 5 November

Actor, Ally McBeal

Addison Powell (89)

Died 8 November

Actor, Dark Shadows

William Self (89)

Died 15 November

Character actor, everything

Moira Hoey (88)

Died 15 November

Actor, The Riordans

Ruth Springford (89)

Died 20 November

Actor, The Frankie Howerd Show

Willis Burks (75)

Died 21 November

Character actor, everything

Ingrid Pitt (73)

Died 23 November

Actor, Doctor Who

Gavin Blyth (41)

Died 26 November

Producer, Emmerdale

Leslie Nielsen (84)

Died 28 November

Actor, Police Squad!

Al Mancini (80)

Died 29 November

Producer, Baywatch Hawaii

Ted Sorel (74)

Died 30 November

Character actor, everything

Chane’t Johnson (34)

Died 2 December

Character actor, everything

Alan Armer (88)

Died 5 December

Producer, The Fugitive

Anthony Howard (76)

Died 19 December

Journalist

Brian Hanrahan (61)

Died 20 December

Journalist

Elisabeth Beresford (84)

Died 24 December

Underground, overground, Wombling free

As ever, the shifting mass of satellite and cable multi-channels has seen the demise of several television networks this year, presented here courtesy of Wikipedia and Wordle:

And some long-running or otherwise notable TV shows were cancelled this year: