Isn't she the one who rode on the bus?

Ann B. Davis (88)
Alice from The Brady Bunch

I also saw her in reruns, hilariously, as Shultzy in the TV show with Bob Cummings

Sasha Shulgin (88)
the "Godfather of Ecstasy"

Rik Mayall (56)
Americans will probably know him best from The Young Ones, but to me he'll always be Ricky from the Rest Home from Shock Treatment.

Bob Welch

As I hated both the Yankees and the Dodgers at the time, I frankly can't recall if I was rooting for him or Reggie in that epic confrontation. I think Reggie. But it was epic.

RIP, Bob. Dodgers suck.

Casey Kasem
That was the first time that I knew days in advance that a famous person was going to pass away. He could not speak, so the man with the golden voice had been silent for quite a while. He had no quality of life, and it was time. But it is still very sad, and his current wife only made things worse from the sound of it.

Gerry Goffin (75)
Composer and ex-husband of Carole King. You may not know his name, but you've heard his songs:

• Will You Love Me Tomorrow
• The Loco-Motion
• One Fine Day
• Up on the Roof
• Pleasant Valley Sunday
• Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
• Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
• Tonight, I Celebrate My Love
• Saving All My Love for You

to name just a few

Mary Rodgers (83)
Daughter of computer Richard Rodgers (of & Hammerstein fame), she was a gifted composer herself. She wrote music for Once Upon a Mattress, The Mad Show, and The Madwoman of Central Park West, among others. She also contributed songs to Free to Be... You and Me.

She wrote the children's book Freaky Friday which was made into a feature film in 1976, for which Rodgers wrote the screenplay.

She's also the mother of Tony-winning composer Adam Guettel.

Meshach Taylor

I have known his wife, Bianca for many years and met Meshach a couple of times. He was a very ginuine man and quite caring. He will be missed.