| Mike Adamle (71) |
sports anchor, WBBM-Ch. 2 Chicago; former pro football player |
| Katrina Adams (88) |
former pro tennis player |
| Michael Alvarez (02) |
director of communication relations, Illinois Department of Employment Security |
| Ann-Margret (63) |
actress |
| Andrew Barrett-Weis (92) |
director of current programs, Warner Brothers Television |
| Karim Bartoletti (94) |
executive producer, FilmMaster |
| Warren Beatty (59) |
actor, Academy Award-winning producer |
| Richard Benjamin (60) |
actor/director |
Greg Berlanti (94)
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Creator of Everwood. Writer and producer for Jack and Bobby. Writer for Dawson's Creek. |
| Eric Bernt (86) |
screenwriter |
| Craig Bierko |
Tony Award-nominated actor |
| Bill Bindley (84) |
writer, director |
| Jeffory Blackard (81) |
founder and CEO, Blackard Development |
| Richard Block (73) |
associate head of the School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Robert Borden (89) |
executive producer, George Lopez |
Zach Braff (97)
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Television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. During the 2000s, he became known for his role as J.D. on the NBC sitcom Scrubs, as well as starring in several films. Braff also wrote and directed 2004's Garden State. The soundtrack record, which he selected and produced, earned him a Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005. |
| Clancy Brown (81) |
actor |
| Charles Busch (76) |
actor, Tony Award-award nominated playwright |
| Robert Olen Butler (67) |
author and winner of Pulitzer Prize for literature |
| Bruno Campos (95) |
actor |
| Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow (71) |
founding general manager of WYCC-TV Channel 20/PBS and Chicago's first female television general manager |
| Adam Chase (90) |
former writer, executive producer, Friends |
| Rory Joseph Clark (76) |
president and CEO, Process Corporation |
| Cheryl Coffey-Curry (87) |
director of affiliate relations, Harpo, Inc. |
Stephen Colbert (87)
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Actor, writer and producer of The Colbert Report. Colbert was a primary writer and senior on-air correspondent on The Daily Show, which received numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards. |
| Christopher Corbett (73) |
journalist, former news editor and reporter, Associated Press |
| Stephanie Shemin D'Abruzzo (93) |
Tony Award-nominated actress |
| Laura Eason (89) |
artistic director, Lookingglass Theatre Company |
| Gregg Edelman (80) |
Tony Award-nominated actor |
| Debi Feinman (78) |
senior partner, WorldWide Client Service Director at Ogilvy & Mather |
| Barbara Gaines (68) |
founder and artistic director, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre |
| Tom Galantich (83) |
actor |
| Frank Galati (65) |
Tony Award-winning, Oscar-nominated director; writer, actor, and retired Northwestern professor |
| Barry Gardner (98) |
professional football player |
| Ana Gasteyer (89) |
actress |
Richard Gephardt (62)
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Elected in 1994 to serve as House Democratic Leader, the top- ranking Democratic leader in the United States House of Representatives. |
| David Gersh (70) |
president and owner, Gersh Agency |
| Ileen Getz (83) |
actress |
| Eric Gilliland (84) |
writer/producer |
| Joy Gregory (88) |
scriptwriter |
| Michael Greif (81) |
director, Rent |
| Napoleon Harris (02) |
professional football player |
| Deborah Hayes (71) |
director of audiology, speech pathology, and learning services at the Children's Hospital-Denver |
| Heather Headley (97) |
Tony Award-winning actress, star of "Aida" and "Lion King," Grammy-nominated R&B singer |
| Marg Helgenberger (82) |
Emmy Award-winning actress |
| Charlton Heston (45) |
Academy Award-winning actor |
| David Hollander (90) |
screenwriter and TV producer |
| Richard Hopple (69) |
chairman and CEO, Unicast Communications Corporation |
| Chris Hughes (95) |
sports information director, California State University |
| Laura Innes (79) |
actress |
| Donald J. Jackson (65) |
founder, chairman, and CEO, Central City Productions |
| Brian d'Arcy James (90) |
Tony Award-nominated actor |
| Jennifer Jones (40) |
Academy Award-winning actress (also known as Phylis Isley) |
| Alex Kent (94) |
president and founder, Symphonic Wireless |
| Tom Keramides (83) |
vice president, Leo Burnett USA |
| Richard Kind (78) |
actor |
| Rikki Klieman (70) |
anchor, Court TV |
| Jeff Kurland (75) |
costume designer |
Jeff Kwatinetz (87)
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CEO, The Firm, one of the top five agencies in Hollywood. The Firm represents clients and also producers in music, TV, film and literary. Clients include Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Linkin Park, and Ice Cube. |
| Martha Lavey (79) |
artistic director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
Sherry Lansing (66)
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Former Chairwoman and CEO of Paramount Pictures. |
| Brad Lawer (89) |
co-founder, Chopper Films |
| Cloris Leachman (48) |
Academy Award-winning actress |
| Harry Lennix (86) |
actor |
| Richard Lewis (83) |
director |
| John Logan (83) |
playwright and scriptwriter |
| Shelley Long (71) |
Emmy Award-winning actress |
| Tim Louis (86) |
co-founder, Desert Voices Oral Learning Center |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus (82) |
actress |
| Renetta McCann (78) |
CEO, Starcom North America |
| Grace McKearney (74) |
writer and producer for the Lifetime television network |
| Laverne McKinnon (87) |
executive vice president of drama development, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Susan Messing (86) |
performer, teacher, and director at Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Annoyance Theatre |
| Seth Meyers (96) |
actor |
| Newton Minow (49) |
attorney, former FCC chairman |
| Judi Sheppard Missett (66) |
CEO and founder, Jazzercise |
| Jason Moore (93) |
Tony Award-winning director, Avenue Q |
| Megan Mullally (81) |
actress |
| Dermot Mulroney (85) |
actor |
| John Musial |
founding member and director, Lookingglass Theatre Company |
Margaret Nagle (83)
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Writer of the screenplay for the HBO movie Warm Springs, which won the 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie as well as the Writers Guild of America Award. |
| Patricia Neal (47) |
Academy Award-winning actress |
| George Newbern (86) |
actor |
| Agnes Nixon (44) |
soap opera inventor |
| Denis O'Hare (84) |
Tony Award-winning actor |
| Dana Olsen (80) |
screenwriter |
| Jerry Orbach (56) |
actor |
| Danita Patterson (90) |
president, Destiny Outreach, Inc. |
| Stephen Peck (68) |
documentary filmmaker |
| Michael Pellerin (87) |
partner, Kurtti/Pellerin; produced The Lord of the Rings DVD trilogy |
| Paula Prentiss (59) |
actress |
| John Quaintance (93) |
writer, Joey |
| Charlotte Rae (48) |
actress |
| Tony Randall (41) |
actor |
| Tony Roberts (61) |
actor |
| Tina Rosenberg (81) |
editorial board, The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author |
| Jeri Ryan (90) |
actress |
| Kate Johnson Santhuff (83) |
vice president, 3rd Wave communications company |
| Alexis Sarkisian (71) |
Emmy Award-winning television producer, international marketing executive |
| Rebecca Schnur (87) |
director of communications, Maine Hospital Association |
David Schwimmer (88)
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Best known for his role as Ross Geller in the acclaimed television series Friends (1994–2004). Schwimmer also co-founded Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company, where he has directed a number of productions. |
| Melvin Sembler (52) |
U.S. Ambassador to Italy |
| Jon Shapiro (87) |
IMAX film producer |
| Peter Shapiro (95) |
IMAX film producer |
| Kate Shindle (99) |
actress; Miss America, 1998 |
| Francesca Spinelli (74) |
senior vice president of people, PETsMART |
| Joseph Staten (94) |
director of cinematics, Bungie |
| Peter Strauss (69) |
actor |
| Nicole Sullivan (91) |
actress |
| Ira Ungerleider (90) |
former producer, writer, Friends |
| Allison Teichner Wallach (90) |
vice president of original programming, Lifetime Television Network |
| Harry Wappler (58) |
former chief meteorologist, KIRO-TV |
| Lois Weisberg (46) |
commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs |
| Jim Weitzer (96) |
actor |
| Dawn Westlake (86) |
actress/writer/producer; president, Ron de Caña Productions |
| Kimberly Williams (93) |
actress |
| Rachael Yamagata (97) |
singer, songwriter |
| Mary Zimmerman (82) |
Northwestern professor, Tony Award-winning director |