Christopher Reeve

Birth:	Sep. 25, 1952, USA
Death:	Oct. 10, 2004 Bedford Westchester County New York, USA
Actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Superman in four movies. He was born in New York City on September 25, 1952. When he was four, his parents divorced, and his mother moved with sons Christopher and 'Benjamin' to Princeton, New Jersey. He began acting at the age of ten, in a stage production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Yeoman of the Guard" at McCarter Theater in Princeton, and joined the actors' union when he was sixteen. After graduating from high school, Reeve studied at Cornell University, while at the same time working as a professional actor. In his final year of Cornell, he was one of two students selected (Robin Williams was the other) to study at New York's famous Juilliard School of Performing Arts, under the renowned John Houseman. Although Christopher is most well known for his role as Superman (1978), he starred in many other movies, such as "Deathtrap," "Village of the Damned," and "The Remains of the Day." He also made his Broadway debut in "A Matter of Gravity," which also starred Katharine Hepburn. In May of 1995, he was competing in an equestrian competition in Culpepper, Virginia, when he was thrown from his horse. He fractured the top two vertebrae in his neck and damaged his spinal cord. After undergoing many months of therapy, he was able to breathe without a respirator, and move his index finger, as well as regaining sensation in other parts of his body. He became a major advocate for stem cell research. He also authored two books, "Still Me" and "Anything is Possible." He returned to acting as well, appearing in the television movie production "Rear Window," for which he won a Screen Actor's Guild Award. Before his death, he had appeared on the television series "Smallville" as well. He died at Northern Westchester Hospital in Bedford, New York. Cause of death: Heart failure
Burial: Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.

Susie Garrett

Birth:	Dec. 29, 1931 Detroit Wayne County Michigan, USA
Death:	May 24, 2002 Southfield Oakland County Michigan, USA
Actress. Susie Garrett had rolls on 'Punky Brewster' and ''The Jeffersons'. She played Betty Johnson on "Punky Brewster" and also appeared in 10 episodes of the CBS television show called "The Jefferson's", that featured an African American family's rise into high society. Susie has a sister who is also an actress, Marla Gibbs, who played George and Louise Jefferson's maid. Television producer, Aaron Spelling, was the first person who saw her in the '227' play. In turn, she signed a contract with NBC. Mrs. Garrett moved from Los Angeles to Detroit, Michigan before breaking into television. She had walk'on parts in the 'Jeffersons' episodes. She also appeared in the film "The Wicked Stepmother". Her last performance is in a PBS special that will be aired this month on Channel 56. She narrates and plays the part of Sojouner Truth in "The Sojouner Truth Story". She also co-founded an acting school in Los Angeles, the Crossroads Arts Academy Theatre. Mrs. Garrett graduated from Detroit High School in 1949 and earned an associate's degree from Shaw College in Detroit in 1975. Mrs.Garrett, age 71 of Detroit, died of cancer at Providence Hospital in Southfield. Cause of death: Cancer

Diana "Princess Di" Spencer

Birth:	Jul. 1, 1961
Death:	Aug. 31, 1997
British Royalty. Born The Honourable Diana Frances Spencer, she was the fourth child, third girl, of Edward John Spencer and the Honorary Frances Ruth Burke Roche, then Viscount and Viscountess Althorp. Her parents separated in 1967 and were divorced in 1969. She was a member of an aristocratic English family that had served the crown for generations (her father had been an equerry to King George VI, father of Queen Elizabeth, from 1950-1952 and also to the Queen herself for the first two years of her reign). Her childhood playmates included the Queen's sons, the Princes Andrew and Edward. Upon the death of her grandfather, the 7th Earl Spencer, in 1975, Diana inherited the title of "Lady" and moved to Althorp, a stately mansion built in 1508 in the English Midlands. It was there where she struck up a conversation with Prince Charles during a shoot in November 1977. There wasn't talk of a relationship between Charles and Diana until late-1980, when Diana worked as a part-time kindergarten teacher in London. It was during this time that the media interest in Diana intensified. She would be trailed by photographers for the rest of her life. The engagement of Lady Diana and Prince Charles was announced on February 24, 1981 and they were married at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981 amidst nearly every royal house in the world and a TV and radio audience of 750 million (fulfilling a Spencer family dream: An ancestor, also named Lady Diana Spencer {1710-1735}, almost married Frederick, Prince of Wales in the early-1700s. The match was encouraged by her grandmother, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, but was eventually broken up by the wishes of King George II). Upon her marriage, Diana's full title was Her Royal Highness The Princess Charles, Princess of Wales, Countess of Chester, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Baroness of Renfrew, Lady of the Isles and Princess of Scotland. Although the style was incorrect, she was popularly referred to as "Princess Diana." Diana and Charles had two children: Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, born in 1982 and Prince Henry Charles Albert David, born in 1984. Diana was famous for her groundbreaking fashion choices but she also broke barriers in the late-1980s when she was the first celebrity to be photographed shaking hands with an AIDS patient without a glove and she touched leprosy patients in the poorest parts of the world without concern for her own health. Diana and Charles separated in December 1992 and were divorced on August 28, 1996, upon which Queen Elizabeth II stripped her of the title of "Her Royal Highness" and decreed she be addressed in the future as "Diana, Princess of Wales." Upon her separation, and after her divorce, Diana redefined herself: She cut the number of charities she supported to a handful and, in the last year of her life, she became passionate about banning antipersonnel land mines in war-weary Third World Countries. She died in an automobile accident in the underpass of the Place D'Alma Bridge in Paris, France shortly after midnight on Sunday, August 31, 1997 along with Dodi Al-Fayed, son of Harrod's department store owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, and driver Henri Paul (a fourth passenger, Dodi's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, survived the crash, but required extensive plastic surgery for his injuries). The Liberty flame sculpture near the site of the accident serves as an unofficial monument to Diana.
Burial: Spencer Estate Grounds Althrop Northamptonshire, England Plot: Island on the lake Oval

Dick Sargent

Birth:	Apr. 19, 1933
Death:	Jul. 8, 1994
Actor. He replaced actor Dick York in the role of 'Darrin Stephens' on the popular television comedy, "Bewitched." He had been offered the initial role of Darrin when the show first premiered in 1964, but he turned it down as he was under contract to Universal Studios. Born Richard Cox in Carmel, California, his father, Colonel Elmer Cox, was a World War I hero and a Hollywood business manager, and his mother, Ruth McNaughton Cox, was a film actress who went by the stage name of Ruth Powell. He initially attended the San Rafael Military Academy in Menlo Park, California, but changed to Stanford University, where he majored in Drama. His first movie role was uncredited in the 1954 film, "Prisoner of War." Adopting the stage name, Richard Sargent (later shortened to Dick Sargent), he found work in both television and film, including such popular television shows as "Gunsmoke", "Wagon Train", "The Rat Patrol", "Love American Style", "Baretta", "Charlie's Angels", and "The Dukes of Hazzard". Between television episodes, he also fit in supporting roles in such movies as "Operation Petticoat" (1959), "That Touch of Mink" (1962), "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" (1966) and in such lesser-known films as "Body Count" (1987), "Murder by Numbers" (1990) and "Frame Up" (1991). In 1964, the television show "Bewitched" became a hit, and without explanation after three seasons, he replaced veteran actor Dick York as the foil husband of witch 'Samatha Stephens', played by actress Elizabeth Montgomery (Dick York had become severely ill from a back injury suffered five years earlier, that would plagued his life). His role of 'Darrin' would last another three seasons, from 1969 to 1972. He continued taking support roles in television and movies, and occasionally performing on the stage. In 1989, he was diagnosed with prostrate cancer, and two years later, he came out as gay, becoming a role model for gay men. He had a long-time companion with whom he lived for over 20 years, before the unidentified man died from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1979, after whom Sargent lived with writer/producer Albert Williams until his death in 1994. His last role was that of 'Mr. Randolph' in the television movie, "Acting on Impulse" (1993). He died of prostate cancer in Los Angeles, California, in July 1994. Cause of death: Cancer

Agnes Moorehead

Birth:	Dec. 6, 1900 Clinton Worcester County Massachusetts, USA
Death:	Apr. 30, 1974 Rochester Olmsted County Minnesota, USA
Actress. She was born Agnes Robertson Moorehead in Clinton, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. She was a graduate of Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio then went on to earn a master's degree in English and public speaking at the university of Wisconsin. She continued her studies in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began appearing on Broadway and radio. With Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles, she was founder and charter member of the famed Mercury Theater Players. She worked in radio throughout her career, and received many accolades. Agnes was involved in two of the most famous shows of all time: Sorry Wrong Number which earned her the Golden Mike Award as well as a Golden Record and the hard to forget War of the Worlds the infamous Orsen Welles broadcast. She had five nominations for Oscars in her career and made her film debut in Orsen Welles movie "Citizen Kane." Agnes Moorehead appeared in many movies often cast in acid tongue roles and some are: "The Magnificent Ambersons, Our Vines have Tender Grapes, Dark Passage, The Left Hand of God and The Bat." Her numerous TV guest appearances led her to the 1960s TV sitcom Bewitched and became "Endora" the overbearing mother. She and several cast members were exposed to radiation while making "The Conqueror" in Nevada which led to speculation this was the cause when diagnosed with lung cancer. She worked until the very end. Coming full circle, she ended her career on the Broadway stage. When the disease progressed, she was admitted to Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota where she died. She was returned to Ohio for her entombment. Dayton was the last pastoral assignment of her father. Agnes had a presence in the area. She had attended high school in Hamilton and when not busy in Hollywood residing in her Beverly Hills home, she would spend long periods of time on a farm she owned in Hamilton purchased so as to be near her parents. After a private Presbyterian funeral service, Agnes was interred beside them in Abby Mausoleum located in Dayton's historic Memorial Park. Cause of death: Uterine cancer

Dick York

Birth:	Sep. 4, 1928 Fort Wayne Allen County Indiana
Death:	Feb. 20, 1992 Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan
Actor, most remembered for his role as Darrin Stephens, the often-frustrated husband of Elizabeth Montgomery, in the Television sitcom series, Bewitched. Born Richard Allen York in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 4 September 1928, he quickly found work in the entertainment industry. In 1943, at age 15, he became the star of the network radio program, "That Brewster Boy." Beginning in movies in 1947, with the role of Philip Norton in the film "Shy Guy" (1947), his roles were few and far between. To further develop his skills and to earn money, he played a number of small roles on early television shows, beginning with "Visit to a Small Planet" on the Goodyear Television Playhouse in May 1955. Over the next several years, he continued playing small, supporting actor roles on such TV series as Kraft Television Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, the United States Steel Hour, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, all the while doing numerous other supporting actor roles in less than memorable films, waiting for the big breakthrough role which never came. In 1959, while acting in the role of Private Renziehausen in the cavalry film "They Came to Cordura" (1959), he injured his back, which later aggravated into degenerative spine injury. In 1964 he won the supporting role of Darrin Stephens in the comic TV series "Bewitched," where he played the all-too-human husband of a witch with supernatural powers, played by Elizabeth Montgomery. His back continued to hurt him, and he quit the role in 1969, being replaced by actor Dick Sargent. From 1983 to 1985, he regained his health enough to play a couple of small supporting roles in such TV series as Simon and Simon and Fantasy Island. He later founded Acting for Life, a private fund raising effort for the homeless, which he managed from his home while bedridden from his degenerative spine injury.  He was married in 1951 to Joan York, until his death on 20 February 1992 of emphysema, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Cause of death: Emphysema complicated by a degenerative spinal condition

David White

Birth:	Apr. 4, 1916
Death:	Nov. 27, 1990
American stage actor who appeared frequently on television and occasionally but impressively in films. A Marine Corps veteran of the Second World War, he worked on Broadway and on tour in stage productions after the war. In the late 1950s, he became an increasingly familiar face on American television, following a strong performance in the film 'Sweet Smell of Success (1957)', in which he played the smarmy fellow who gets a dalliance with the unwilling 'Barbara Nichols' in exchange for a favor to Tony Curtis's Sidney Falco. Cads and pompous politicians became White's strong suit, but he achieved his greatest fame as the unctuous Larry Tate on the hit TV series "Bewitched" (1964). He continued to work in the Theatre, particularly as a member of acclaimed Theatre West company in Los Angeles and at the Mark Taper Forum there. In December, 1988, White's 33-year-old son Jonathan was killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, UK. White, who had been widowed soon after Jonathan's birth, was embittered and enraged by this new tragedy. He became reclusive for a time, but was returning to some social activity and Theatre work when he died of a massive heart attack in 1990, just a few days prior to the second anniversary of his son's death. He was survived by his daughter.