Photos: 2018 celebrity deaths

TV actresses Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams smile at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 1979. The duo play television's "Laverne and Shirley." (AP Photo/George Brich) — TV actresses Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams smile at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 1979. The duo famously played television’s “Laverne and Shirley.” Marshall died of complications from diabetes on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, at her Hollywood Hills home. She was 75. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

In a January 23, 1977 photo, Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, center, talks with guests at a National Press Club reception. Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 at a nursing home in Roseau, in northern Minnesota according to his daughter, Linda Vatnsdal. He was 90. (Kent Kobersteen/Star Tribune via AP)

Kent Kobersteen/Star Tribune via AP

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 1997 file photo, actress/director/author Sondra Locke poses for a photograph at a garden in Beverly Hills, Calif. A death certificate obtained by The Associated Press shows Oscar-nominated actress Locke died Nov. 3, 2018, at age 74 at her home in Los Angeles of cardiac arrest stemming from breast and bone cancer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for 1968's "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," her first film. (AP Photo/ Damian Dovarganes, File) — In this Nov. 1, 1997 file photo, actress/director/author Sondra Locke poses for a photograph at a garden in Beverly Hills, Calif. A death certificate obtained by The Associated Press shows Oscar-nominated actress Locke died Nov. 3, 2018, at age 74 at her home in Los Angeles of cardiac arrest stemming from breast and bone cancer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for 1968’s “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” her first film. (AP Photo/ Damian Dovarganes, File)

Frontman Pete Shelley of the British punk band Buzzcocks, performs at Plaza Condesa in the 6th edition of the Marvin Festival, in Mexico City, Saturday, May 19, 2018. Shelley died Dec. 6, 2018, at age 63. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) — Frontman Pete Shelley of the British punk band Buzzcocks, performs at Plaza Condesa in the 6th edition of the Marvin Festival, in Mexico City, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Ken Berry, popular TV actor in the 1960s and ’70s who starred in “F-Troop,” “Mama’s Family” and “Mayberry R.F.D.,” died Saturday. (AP Photo) — FILE – Ken Berry, who played Captain Wilton Parmenter in the TV series called “F Troop” in the 1970s is seen sticking his arm the wrong way down a cannon. He died on Saturday, Dec. 1 2018, at the age of 85. (AP Photo)

FILE – In this May 11, 2008 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of White House in Washington. Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File

FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2015 file photo, SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg attends the world premiere of “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water” in New York. Hillenburg died Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 of ALS. He was 57. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File

This image released by Harpo Inc. shows media mogul Oprah Winfrey, right, with her mother Vernita Lee. A Winfrey spokeswoman issued a statement, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, saying <a href="https://wtop.com/national/2018/11/oprah-winfreys-mother-vernita-lee-dies-at-83/">Lee died at her Milwaukee home on Nov. 22.</a> She was 83. (George Burns/Harpo Inc. via AP) — This image released by Harpo Inc. shows media mogul Oprah Winfrey, right, with her mother Vernita Lee. A Winfrey spokeswoman issued a statement, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, saying Lee died at her Milwaukee home on Nov. 22. She was 83. (George Burns/Harpo Inc. via AP)

FILE - Feb. 1972 file photo of Italian movie director Bernardo Bertolucci. Bertolucci, who won Oscars with "The Last Emperor" and whose erotic drama "Last Tango in Paris" enthralled and shocked the world, has died at the age of 77. Bertolucci's press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in an email to The Associated Press. (AP Photo) — FILE – Feb. 1972 file photo of Italian movie director Bernardo Bertolucci. Bertolucci, who won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, has died at the age of 77. Bertolucci’s press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in an email to The Associated Press. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: Actor Ricky Jay attends the Opening Night Gala Presentation Of "Life Of Pi" at the 50th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on September 28, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) — Ricky Jay was a gifted magician, actor and author known for his stealthy card tricks and written works on the history of stage magic. Pictured, Jay attends the Opening Night Gala Presentation Of “Life Of Pi” at the 2012 New York Film Festival in New York City. Jay died on Nov. 24, 2018. He was 72. (Getty Images/Jamie McCarthy)

Roy Clark picks his way through a performance at his theater in Branson, Mo., Oct. 14, 1996. Clark was the first big name to have a theater in Branson and lead the way for others to come. He gives his last performance in Branson next month. (AP Photo/John S. Stewart) — Roy Clark picks his way through a performance at his theater in Branson, Mo., Oct. 14, 1996. Clark was the first big name to have a theater in Branson and lead the way for others to come. Clark died Nov. 15, 2018. He was 85. (AP Photo/John S. Stewart)

In this June 7, 1979 photo provided by Stratford Festival, Actor Douglas Rain appears as King Henry IV in this scene from The Second Part of Henry IV at Stratford’s Festival Theatre in Stratford, Ontario. Rain, who played some of Shakespeare’s most intriguing characters onstage but perhaps is best known for supplying the creepily calm voice of the rogue computer HAL in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” has died. Douglas Rain was 90. (Robert C Ragsdale/Stratford Festival via AP)

FILE – In this April 16, 2002, file photo, Stan Lee, 79, creator of comic-book franchises such as “Spider-Man,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “X-Men,” smiles during a photo session in his office in Santa Monica, Calif. Comic book genius Lee, the architect of the contemporary comic book, has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File

FILE – In this April 1964 file photo, San Francisco Giants’ Willie McCovey poses for a photo, date and location not known. McCovey, the sweet-swinging Hall of Famer nicknamed “Stretch” for his 6-foot-4 height and those long arms, has died. He was 80. The San Francisco Giants announced his death, saying the fearsome hitter passed “peacefully” Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 31, 2018, “after losing his battle with ongoing health issues.” (AP Photo, File)

AP Photo, File

In this Dec. 6, 2012 file photo, Todd Bol poses with a Little Free Library lending boxes in Hudson, Wis. Bol, who founded Little Free Library, the boxes of books for sharing that popped up across the U.S. and spread to more than 80 countries, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in a Minnesota hospice of complications from pancreatic cancer, according to Little Free Library spokeswoman Margret Aldrich. He was 62. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

AP Photo/Jim Mone, File

FILE – In this March 11, 2003 file photo, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, chats with Portland Trail Blazers owner and former business partner Paul Allen during a game between the Trail Blazers and Seattle SuperSonics in Seattle. Allen, billionaire owner of the Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks and Microsoft co-founder, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 at age 65. Earlier this month Allen said the cancer he was treated for in 2009, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, had returned. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2016, file photo, Scott Wilson appears during the "Damien" panel at the A&E 2016 Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. Wilson, who played the murderer Robert Hickock in 1967’s “In Cold Blood” and was a series regular on “The Walking Dead,” has died. He was 76.
AMC, the show’s network, announced Wilson’s death Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) — In this Jan. 6, 2016, file photo, Scott Wilson appears during the “Damien” panel at the A&E 2016 Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. Wilson, who played the murderer Robert Hickock in 1967’s “In Cold Blood” and was a series regular on “The Walking Dead,” has died. He was 76. AMC, the show’s network, announced Wilson’s death Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2016 file photo, Marty Balin arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Singer Balin of the Jefferson Airplane has died at age 76. Spokesman Ryan Romenesko said Balin died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in Tampa, Fla., where he was on the way to the hospital. The cause of death was not immediately available. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File

In a Sept. 5, 2007 file photo, Bill Daily arrives for TV Land’s 35th anniversary tribute to “The Bob Newhart Show,” Wednesday, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bill Daily, the comic sidekick to leading men on the sitcoms “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Bob Newhart Show,” has died. Family spokesman Steve Moyer said Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 that Daily died Tuesday of natural causes in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 91. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File

In this Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, Mac Miller performs at the 2016 The Meadows Music and Arts Festivals at Citi Field in Flushing, N.Y. Miller, the platinum hip-hop star whose rhymes vacillated from party raps to lyrics about depression and drug use, has died at the age of 26. A family statement released through his publicists says Miller died Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, and there are no further details available on how he died. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File

Burt Reynolds on the set of Universal Studios Stage 27 where he is directing Martin Sheen in NBCs Alfred Hitchcock Presents in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 23, 1985. Reynolds directed most of the episodic shows he did for television such as Dan August and Gunsmoke. (AP Photo/Red McLendon) — Burt Reynolds on the set of Universal Studios Stage 27 where he is directing Martin Sheen in NBCs Alfred Hitchcock Presents in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 23, 1985. Reynolds directed most of the episodic shows he did for television such as Dan August and Gunsmoke. Reynolds died Sept. 6, 2018 at age 82. (AP Photo/Red McLendon)

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2012 file photo, Christopher Kennedy Lawford appears at the LA Friendly House Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. Patrick Kennedy says Lawford died of a heart attack on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Vancouver. He was 63. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for LA friendly House/File) — FILE – In this Oct. 27, 2012 file photo, Christopher Kennedy Lawford appears at the LA Friendly House Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. Patrick Kennedy says Lawford died of a heart attack on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Vancouver. He was 63. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for LA friendly House/File)

FILE- In this Sept. 22, 1994, file photo, american playwright Neil Simon answers questions during an interview in Seattle, Washington. Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park” and his “Brighton Beach” trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, died on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. He was 91. (AP Photo/Gary Stuart, File)

AP Photo/Gary Stuart, File

Sen. John McCain, war hero and Republican nominee for president in 2008, died August 25, 2018, at age 81 years old, days before his 82nd birthday. In this Oct. 25, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., pauses before speaking to reporters during a meeting of the National Defense Authorization Act conferees, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain’s family says the Arizona senator has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

Robin Leach, the British-born host of the iconic show "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous," died Aug. 23, 2018, just days before his 77th birthday. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) — Robin Leach, the British-born host of the iconic show “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,” died Aug. 23, 2018, just days before his 77th birthday. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

In this March 13, 2006 file photo, members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, from left, Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Artimus Pyle, Ed King and Bob Burns, appear backstage after being inducted at the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dinner in New York. A family statement said King, who helped write several of their hits including “Sweet Home Alabama,” died from cancer, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. He was 68. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 1967 file photo, Barbara Harris, star of "The Apple Tree" receives Cue Magazine's "Entertainer of the Year" award from last year's winner, director Mike Nichols in New York. Harris, the Tony-winning actress whose intelligence, impish good looks and winsomely neurotic manner brightened Broadway musicals in the '60s and films such as "Nashville,” “Freaky Friday” and "A Thousand Clowns" has died. She was 83. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File) — In this Jan. 4, 1967 file photo, Barbara Harris, star of “The Apple Tree” receives Cue Magazine’s “Entertainer of the Year” award from last year’s winner, director Mike Nichols in New York. Harris, the Tony-winning actress whose intelligence, impish good looks and winsomely neurotic manner brightened Broadway musicals in the ’60s and films such as “Nashville,” “Freaky Friday” and “A Thousand Clowns” has died. She was 83. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

FILE – In this Tuesday March 29, 2005 file photo United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations. Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File

FILE – In this July 26, 2010 file photo Aretha Franklin poses for a portrait in Philadelphia. On Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, Franklin died from pancreatic cancer at her home in Detroit. She was 76. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

FILE – This 2001 file photo shows British author V.S. Naipaul in Salisbury, England. The Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at his London home, his family said. He was 85. (Chris Ison/PA via AP)

Chris Ison/PA via AP

Charlotte Rae, the longtime actress who starred as Mrs. Edna Garrett in “The Facts of Life” TV series, died on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. She was 92. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, FILE)

Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, FILE

FILE – In this Jan. 10, 1944 file photo, Nancy Sinatra holds her newborn son, Frank, at Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City, N.J. Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101. Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., tweeted that her mother died Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Murray Becker, File)

AP Photo/Murray Becker, File

Actor Tab Hunter is shown in this undated photo. (AP Photo) — Tab Hunter, star of “Damn Yankees!” and heartthrob for millions of teenage girls in the 1950s, has died at age 86. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this May 14, 2008 file photo, French director Claude Lanzmann talks at the opening night ceremony during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France. Lanzmann, director of the epic movie 'Shoah,' has died at age 92 his publisher said Thursday, July 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File) — FILE – In this May 14, 2008 file photo, French director Claude Lanzmann talks at the opening night ceremony during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France. Lanzmann, director of the epic movie ‘Shoah,’ has died at age 92 his publisher said Thursday, July 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)

Joe Jackson attends The Friars Foundation Gala honoring Robert De Niro and Carlos Slim at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

This undated image released by History shows Richard Harrison from “Pawn Stars.” Harrison’s son Rick posted on Facebook, Monday, June 25, 2018, that his father died. He said his father was surrounded by family over the weekend. The Navy veteran opened the Gold & Silver Pawn store in Las Vegas with his son, Rick. The TV show premiered in 2009 and features the Harrisons interacting with customers who are trying to sell or pawn objects. (History via AP)

History via AP

FILE – In this June 13, 2006, file photo, Donald Hall, author of numerous poetry books, poses in the barn of the 200-year-old Wilmot farm that has been in his family for four generations. Hall, a prolific, award-winning poet and man of letters widely admired for his sharp humor and painful candor about nature, mortality, baseball and the distant past, died at age 89. Hall’s daughter, Philippa Smith, confirmed Sunday, June 24, 2018, that her father died Saturday at his home in Wilmot, after being in hospice care for some time. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

AP Photo/Jim Cole, File

Vinnie Paul, co-founder and drummer of metal band Pantera, has died at 54. File. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

FILE – In this March 31, 2015, file photo, Charles Krauthammer talks about getting into politics during a news conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. The conservative writer and pundit Krauthammer has died. His death was announced Thursday, June 21, 2018, by two media organizations that employed him, Fox News Channel and The Washington Post. He was 68. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP, File)

Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP, File

Rapper XXXTentacion attends the BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 on Oct. 6, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. Investigators said the 20-year-old rapper was shot on Monday, June 18, 2018, in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was pronounced dead Monday evening at a Fort Lauderdale-area hospital. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET)

FILE – In this July 31, 2015, file photo. Connecticut Sun coach Anne Donovan watches her players in a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm in Uncasville, Conn. Donovan, the Basketball Hall of Famer who won a national championship at Old Dominion, two Olympic gold medals in the 1980s and coached the U.S. to gold in 2008, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, of heart failure. She was 56. Donovan’s family confirmed the death in a statement. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File

Anthony Bourdain died at 61 on June 8, 2018. The world-renowned chef is seen in the file photo speaking during South By Southwest at the Austin Convention Center on Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP) — Anthony Bourdain speaks during South By Southwest at the Austin Convention Center on Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

FILE - In this May 13, 2004 file photo, designer Kate Spade poses with handbags and shoes from her next collection in New York. Law enforcement officials say Tuesday, June 5, 2018, that New York fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead in her apartment in an apparent suicide. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) — FILE – In this May 13, 2004 file photo, designer Kate Spade poses with handbags and shoes from her next collection in New York. Law enforcement officials say Tuesday, June 5, 2018, that New York fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead in her apartment in an apparent suicide. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Dwight Clark, football player for the San Francisco 49ers died after a long battle with ALS on June 4, 2018. In this photo he is in the locker room at the Super Bowl XIX in Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 20, 1985. File. (AP Photo)

In this Jan. 11, 2001 file photo, Clarence Fountain, founder of the Grammy-winning gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama, appears before a show in San Francisco. Fountain died Sunday, June 3, 2018, in a hospital in Baton Rouge, La. He was 88. (AP Photo/Justin Sullivan, File)

AP Photo/Justin Sullivan, File

FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. Bean, the Apollo and Skylab astronaut, fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died. Bean, 86, died on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston. His death followed his suddenly falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, Indiana two weeks before. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)

AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File

In this Sept. 8, 2008, file photo, author Philip Roth poses for a photo in the offices of his publisher, Houghton Mifflin, in New York. Roth, prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, religion and mortality, has died at age 85, his literary agent said Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

AP Photo/Richard Drew, File

In this Aug. 5, 1966 file photo, actor Clint Walker appears on the set of “The Dirty Dozen” in Morkyate, Bedfordshire, England. Walker, who played the title character in the early TV western “Cheyenne,” died Monday, May 21, 2018, of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Grass Valley, Calif. He was 91. (AP Photo, File)

American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, Jr., seen here in 2016, died Monday May 14, 2018 at age 87. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Actress Margot Kidder, left, and actor Christopher Reeve pose in front of Oscar at the 51st Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif., April 9, 1979. Kidder portrayed Lois Lane opposite Reeve in "Superman. The Movie received an award for special achievement and received nominations for film editing, best original score and best original sound." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) — Actress Margot Kidder, left, and actor Christopher Reeve pose in front of Oscar at the 51st Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif., April 9, 1979. Kidder portrayed Lois Lane opposite Reeve in “Superman. The Movie received an award for special achievement and received nominations for film editing, best original score and best original sound.” Kidder died Sunday, May 13, 2018. She was 69. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Anne V. Coates arrives at the 2016 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. Coates, an Oscar-winning film editor died Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif.. She was 92. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

This Aug. 30, 2011 photo shows Larry Harvey, co-founder of the Burning Man festival, during a party at Media Mecca, the communications center during the festival in the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada. Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell says Harvey died Saturday, April 28, 2018 at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 70. (John Curley via AP)

John Curley via AP

Actor Verne Troyer from the “Austin Powers” movie franchise died April 21, 2018 at age 49. Verne Troyer arrives at the 6th Annual Get Lucky For Lupus Poker Tournament on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

EDM star Avicii has died in Muscat, Oman at age 28. (AP) — EDM star Avicii died April 20, 2018 in Muscat, Oman at age 28. (AP)

FILE – In a Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush listens to a patient’s question during a visit to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. The snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018. She was 92. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File

Actresses Pamela Gidley (on the right) and Michelle Hurd attend the Fox 'Skin' Premiere Party on October 13, 2003 in Hollywood, California. Actress Pamela Gidley who starred in the “Twin Peaks” prequel, “Fire Walk With Me,” died on April 16. She was 52. (Photo by Giulio Marcocchi /Getty Images) — Actresses Pamela Gidley (on the right) and Michelle Hurd attend the Fox ‘Skin’ Premiere Party on October 13, 2003 in Hollywood, California. Gidley, who starred in the “Twin Peaks” prequel, “Fire Walk With Me,” died on April 16. She was 52. (Photo by Giulio Marcocchi /Getty Images)

Harry Anderson, left, was among the stars posing for photographers after a press conference in New York announcing NBC-TV's prime time line-up for Fall 1988, shown May 19, 1988. Anderson will host "The Magical World of Disney." Also pictured are, from left:Joe Cortese of "Something Out There"; Mario Van Peebles of "Sonny Spoon" and Jasmine Guy of "A Different World." (AP Photo/Richard Drew) — Harry Anderson, left, was among the stars posing for photographers after a press conference in New York announcing NBC-TV’s prime time line-up for Fall 1988, shown May 19, 1988. Anderson will host “The Magical World of Disney.” Also pictured are, from left:Joe Cortese of “Something Out There”; Mario Van Peebles of “Sonny Spoon” and Jasmine Guy of “A Different World.” He was found dead in his North Carolina home at age 65 on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Vietnam veteran and character actor R. Lee “Gunny” Ermey joined 700 Veterans, 12 riding Victory Motorcycles and a 5-ton truck as part of the IAVA/Victory Motorcycles presence at America’s Parade on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in New York. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and Victory Motorcycles have created “The Road Home” campaign where $500 is donated to IAVA for each Victory Motorcycle sold. (Charles Sykes/ AP Images for IAVA and Victory Motorcycles) — FILE — Vietnam veteran and character actor R. Lee “Gunny” Ermey, known for his role in Stanley Kubrik’s “Full Metal Jacket” joined 700 Veterans, 12 riding Victory Motorcycles and a 5-ton truck as part of the IAVA/Victory Motorcycles presence at America’s Parade on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in New York. His official Twitter account announced he died of complications from pneumonia on April 15, 2018. (Charles Sykes/ AP Images for IAVA and Victory Motorcycles)

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2007, file photo, Czech-born filmmaker Milos Forman, Jury President of the seventh Marrakesh Film Festival, poses during a photo call on the second day of the Marrakesh 7th International Film Festival in Marrakesh. Forman, whose American movies "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus" won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File) — FILE – In this Dec. 8, 2007, file photo, Czech-born filmmaker Milos Forman, Jury President of the seventh Marrakesh Film Festival, poses during a photo call on the second day of the Marrakesh 7th International Film Festival in Marrakesh. Forman, whose American movies “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus” won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)

Chuck McCann, the zany comic who hosted a children’s television show in the 1960s before branching out as a character actor in films and TV, died April 8, in Los Angeles. He was 83. McCann was a prolific voice actor, lending his voice to characters such as Mayor Grafton on “The Garfield Show,” Ducksworth in “DuckTales: Remastered,” and Heff Heffalump in Disney’s “The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh.” (AP)

Steven Bochco, a writer and producer known for creating “Hill Street Blues,” has died. He was 74. Television writer/producer Steven Bochco poses for a portrait at his office on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. In his memoir “Truth Is a Total Defense: My Fifty Years in Television” Bochco takes the reader through his prolific career, which he began at 22 as a story editor on a popular NBC drama, “The Name of the Game,” and continues today with his latest creation, “Murder in the First,” in its third season on TNT. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

This 1955 photo provided by Heinz Endowments shows Drue Heinz in Pittsburgh. Drue Heinz, the widow of the former head of the H.J. Heinz Co. and a longtime patron of the literary arts has died, she was 103. The Heinz family and The Heinz Endowments said she died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Lasswade, Scotland. (H.J. Heinz II/Heinz Endowments via AP)

H.J. Heinz II/Heinz Endowments via AP

FILe – In this Feb. 16, 1999 file photo, Sammy Williams rehearses a song from the show “Too Old for the Chorus” at the ASCAP Foundation/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop in Burbank, Calif. Williams, who won a Tony Award in the original Broadway production of “A Chorus Line,” died of cancer in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 17, 2018. He was 69. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly, File)

AP Photo/Jill Connelly, File

FILE – In this March 30, 2015 file photo, Professor Stephen Hawking arrives for the Interstellar Live show at the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said early Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File

FILE – In this 1997 file photo, Russell Solomon, founder of Tower Records, is photographed inside a sculpture at the Tower Records headquarters in Sacramento, Calif. Solomon, who founded the Tower Records chain that became a global phenomenon and changed the way people consumed music, has died in his Sacramento home. He was 92. The Sacramento Bee reports Solomon was watching the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, with his wife when he died. (Michael A. Jones/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File)

Michael A. Jones/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File

FILE – In this Sept. 25, 1983, file photo, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sammy Stewart, right, uses an umbrella to keep dry as teammate Bill Swaggerty pours a beverage during their victory celebration after defeating the Milwaukee Brewers to win the American League Eastern Division title in Milwaukee, Wis. Stewart, who helped the Orioles win the 1983 World Series before falling into a life of drug addiction and arrests, has died. He was 63. The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said Stewart was found dead Friday, March 2, 2018, at a residence. No cause for his death had been determined as of Sunday. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn, File)

AP Photo/Tom Lynn, File

FILE – In this Oct. 22, 1981, file photo, Jamie Farr, from front left, plugs his ears as cast members of the “M.A.S.H.” television series cast Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, William Christopher and, from back from left, Mike Farrell, Alan Alda and David Ogden Stiers celebrate during a party on the set of the popular CBS program in Los Angeles. Stiers a prolific actor best known for playing a surgeon on the television series “M.A.S.H.” has died, the actor’s agent Mitchell Stubbs confirmed Saturday night, March 4, 2018, in an email. He was 75. (AP Photo/Huynh, File)

AP Photo/Huynh, File

FILE - In this May 6, 1954 file photo, Britain's Roger Bannister hits the tape to become the first person to break the four-minute mile in Oxford, England. A statement released Sunday March 4, 2018, on behalf of Bannister's family said Sir Roger Bannister died peacefully in Oxford on March 3, aged 88. (AP Photo, File) — In this May 6, 1954 file photo, Britain’s Roger Bannister hits the tape to become the first person to break the four-minute mile in Oxford, England. A statement released Sunday March 4, 2018, on behalf of Bannister’s family said Sir Roger Bannister died peacefully in Oxford on March 3, aged 88. File. (AP Photo, File)

Lewis Gilbert, who directed three James Bond films in “You Only Live Twice,” ”The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker,” died Feb. 23, 2018. He was 97. (YouTube)

FILE- In this Dec. 20, 2010 file photo, evangelist Billy Graham, 92, is interviewed at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. A spokesman said Graham died at his home in North Carolina on Feb. 21, 2018. He was 99. Graham was treated for numerous ailments late in life. He was known for counseling many U.S. presidents. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File) — In this Dec. 20, 2010 file photo, evangelist Billy Graham, 92, is interviewed at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. A spokesman said Graham died at his home in North Carolina on Feb. 21, 2018. He was 99. Graham was treated for numerous ailments late in life. He was known for counseling many U.S. presidents. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

FILE – In this Feb. 3, 1997 file photo, singer Vic Damone poses after becoming a member of Lafayette High School’s midyear graduating class, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Damone died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at a Miami Beach hospital from complications of a respiratory illness. He was 89. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)

AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File

In this Jan. 11, 2015 file photo, Johann Johannsson poses in the press room with the award for best original score for “The Theory of Everything” at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The award-winning musician and film composer has died according to his manager, Tim Husom. Husom says Johannsson died Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 in Berlin. ( Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

In this Sept. 10, 2016 file photo, Reg E. Cathey arrives at night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The Emmy winning actor, best known for “House of Cards” and “The Wire,” has died. Cathey died at age 59, according to a statement from Netflix published in numerous reports. No other details were given. “The Wire” creator David Simon announced his death in a tweet Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Simon called him a “fine, masterful actor” and “delightful” person. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File

In this July 26, 2010 file photo, actor John Mahoney arrives at the premiere of “Flipped” in Los Angeles. Mahoney’s longtime manager, Paul Martino, said Mahoney died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Chicago after a brief hospitalization. The cause of death was not immediately announced. He was 77. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File

Dennis Edwards attends the 26th Annual Heroes and Legends Awards held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP) — Dennis Edwards attends the 26th Annual Heroes and Legends Awards held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Edwards died Feb. 2, 2018 at age 74. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)

FILE – In this March 13, 2015 file photo, Mark Salling arrives at the 32nd annual Paleyfest “Glee” in Los Angeles. Salling, one of the stars of the Fox musical comedy “Glee,” died, Tuesday Jan. 30, 2018. He was 35. Salling’s lawyer, Michael J. Proctor did not release the cause of death. Salling pleaded guilty in December to possession of child pornography. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File

FILE - This is a June 16, 2005 file photo of Mark E Smith the lead singer and driving force of British post-punk band The Fall, has died aged 60 at home on Wednesday Jan. 24, 2018. (Yui Mok/PA, File via AP) — Mark E. Smith, the lead singer and driving force of British post-punk band The Fall, died at home on Wednesday Jan. 24, 2018. He was 60. (Yui Mok/PA, File via AP)

Ursula Le Guin American author of novels, children’s books, is seen in a Sept. 9, 2001 photo at home in Portland, Ore. Le Guin, the award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer who explored feminist themes and was best known for her Earthsea books, died peacefully Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Portland, Oregon, according to a brief family statement posted to her verified Twitter account. She was 88. (Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian via AP)

Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian via AP

In this July 30, 1981 photo, John Coleman, weather channel founder, right, and Frank Batten, publisher of the Norfolk, Va., Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star, and chairman and chief executive of Landmark Communications, Inc., are seen during a news conference in New York. John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel and longtime KUSI weatherman, died Saturdaty night, Jan. 20, 2018, at home in Las Vegas, said his wife Linda Coleman. He was 83. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File

File-This March 27, 1957, file photo shows Best supporting Oscar winners Dorothy Malone and Anthony Quinn posing at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif. Malone, who won hearts of 1960s television viewers as the long-suffering mother in the nighttime soap “Peyton Place,” has died. Her daughter Mimi Vanderstraaten says Malone died Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, from natural causes in her hometown of Dallas. She was 93. (AP Photo, File)

AP Photo, File

FILE- In this Feb. 9, 2011, file photo, The Foundation for AIDS Research, or amfAR, Founding Chairman Dr. Mathilde Krim attends amfAR’s annual New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Krim, a prominent AIDS researcher who galvanized worldwide support in the early fight against the deadly disease, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. She was 91. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File

Dolores O'Riordan of Irish rock group "The Cranberries" perfoms at the Sant Jordi Club in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) — Dolores O’Riordan of Irish rock group “The Cranberries” perfoms at the Sant Jordi Club in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

This 1989, file photo shows National League umpire Doug Harvey. Harvey, one of 10 umpires enshrined in the baseball Hall of Fame, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. He was 87. (AP Photo, File)

AP Photo, File

Keith Jackson, known for his famous call of "Whoa, Nelly!" in college football, died on Friday Jan. 12. He was 80-years-old. File. (Photo by Richard Shotwell Invision/AP) — Keith Jackson, known for his famous call of “Whoa, Nelly!” in college football, died on Friday Jan. 12. He was 80-years-old. File. (Photo by Richard Shotwell Invision/AP)

FILE – In this Aug. 25, 1992 file photo, Jerry Van Dyke, left, and his brother, Dick, laugh during a party in Los Angeles. Manager said Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, that Jerry Van Dyke, ‘Coach’ star and younger brother of comedian Dick Van Dyke, has died in Arkansas at 86. Manager, John Castonia, said Van Dyke died Friday at his ranch in Hot Spring County. His wife, Shirley Ann Jones, was by his side. (AP Photo/Chris Martinez, File)

AP Photo/Chris Martinez, File