LYNN CARTWRIGHT, 76, actress (older Geena Davis in A League of Their Own), 1/2
DONALD LEIGHT, 80, trumpeter (Side Man inspiration), 1/3
JOAN AIKEN, 79, children's author (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase), 1/4
STEVEN DORFMAN, 48, Jeopardy! writer, 1/4
BRIAN GIBSON, 59, director (What's Love Got to Do With It), 1/4
JOHN GUERIN, 64, founding member, L.A. Express, 1/5
ALEXANDRA RIPLEY, 70, author, Scarlett (sequel to Gone With the Wind), 1/10
MAX BARNES, 67, songwriter (''Look at Us''), 1/11
RANDY VANWARMER, 48, songwriter (''Just When I Needed You Most''), 1/12
RON O'NEAL, 66, actor (Superfly), 1/14
RAY STARK, 88, producer (Funny Girl), 1/17
NOBLE WILLINGHAM, 72, TV actor (Walker, Texas Ranger), 1/17
BILLY MAY, 87, Sinatra collaborator (Come Fly With Me), 1/22
CHARLOTTE ZWERIN, 72, director (Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser), 1/22
ROBERT KEESHAN, 76, Captain Kangaroo, 1/23
ANITA ADDISON, 51, one of the first female African-American TV executives (That's Life), 1/24
MARY-ELLIS BUNIM, 57, TV producer (The Simple Life), 1/29
JANET FRAME, 79, screenwriter (the autobiographical An Angel at My Table), 1/29
JOE VITERELLI, 66, actor (Analyze This), 1/29
JULIUS DIXON, 90, songwriter (''Lollipop''), 1/30
JEFF HARRIS, 68, TV producer (Diff'rent Strokes), 2/2
ESTHER ''KITTY'' BUHLER BRADLEY, 81, TV writer (My Three Sons), 2/3
CORNELIUS BUMPUS, 58, saxophonist (Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan), 2/3
JASON RAIZE, 28, first adult Simba in The Lion King, 2/3
NORMAN THELWELL, 80, Punch magazine cartoonist, 2/7
JULIUS SCHWARTZ, 88, D.C. Comics editor (Green Lantern), 2/8
ROBERT F. COLESBERRY Jr., 57, TV producer (The Wire), 2/9
EDWARD JABLONSKI, 81, biographer (Irving Berlin, Ira Gershwin), 2/10
CAROLE EASTMAN, 69, screenwriter (Five Easy Pieces), 2/13
LARRY KAMM, 64, Monday Night Football director, 2/13
JAN MINER, 86, actress (Palmolive's ''Madge''), 2/15
LES GRAY, 57, Mud lead singer, 2/21
BART HOWARD, 88, songwriter (''Fly Me to the Moon''), 2/21
ESTELLE AXTON, 85, cofounder, Stax Records, 2/24
JOHN RANDOLPH, 88, actor (Serpico, Roseanne), 2/24
PEDRO PIETRI, 59, Nuyorican playwright-poet, 3/3
DRAKE SATHER, 44, TV writer (Ed), 3/3
ANNA CARTER GORDON DAVIS, 87, singer, Chuck Wagon Gang, 3/5
PAUL WINFIELD, 62, Emmy-winning actor (Picket Fences), 3/7
TICHI KASSEL, 77, Hollywood Reporter editor/Women in Film founder, 3/8
DAVE BLOOD, 47, Dead Milkmen bassist, 3/10
J.J. JACKSON, 62, one of the first MTV VJs, 3/17
JOAN CULLMAN, 72, theater producer (Art), 3/18
JOHNNY BRISTOL, 65, music producer (Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross), 3/21
JAN BERRY, 62, singer of Jan & Dean (''Surf City''), 3/26
