2019 deaths in American television
Date Name Age Notability
September 3 Carol Lynley 77 Actress ( recurring role on Fantasy Island and guest spots on several shows )
September 5 Bill Harris 75 American film critic ( At the Movies ) and journalist ( Entertainment Tonight )
September 5 Chris March 56 American fashion and costume designer ( Project Runway )
September 7 Robert Axelrod 70 Actor best known as the voice of Lord Zedd and Finster on Power Rangers
September 9 Fred McLeod 67 American sportscaster for Detroit stations WJBK and WDIV-TV , and play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Cavaliers , Detroit Lions , and Detroit Pistons
September 13 Eddie Money 70 American singer/songwriter , actor , and reality television personality ( his family and his battle with stage 4 esophageal cancer was the basis for the series Real Money ; appeared as himself on The King of Queens , as well as fictionalized versions in both The Drew Carey Show and The Kominsky Method ; music work for Hardball , commercial work for GEICO , musical appearance as guest VJ on MTV , Solid Gold , The Midnight Special , and American Bandstand . Performed the theme song of Quack Pack . His music video for his 1986 hit Take Me Home Tonight with Ronnie Spector was a staple on music video outlets )
September 15 Phyllis Newman 86 Actress and singer ( TV work includes recurring roles on Thirtysomething , One Life to Live , and Coming of Age ; guest spots on That Was The Week That Was , The Man from U.N.C.L.E . , Burke 's Law , ABC Stage 67 , Murder , She Wrote , The Wild Wild West , Decoy , and Diagnosis : Unknown ; panelist on What 's My Line ? , Match Game , and To Tell the Truth ; and frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson )
September 15 Ric Ocasek 75 American singer/songwriter , music producer , painter , and poetry writer , best known as the lead singer and founder of The Cars ( numerous appearances on The Colbert Report ; featured in memorable music videos during his tenure with The Cars included Shake It Up , Magic , and You Might Think , the latter which won the first MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year at the 1984 inaugural event )
September 16 Sander Vanocur 91 American journalist , reporter , and presenter ( White House correspondent and national political correspondent for NBC News , including host of First Tuesday and was the last person to interview Robert F. Kennedy during the 1968 United States presidential election just one day before he was assassinated ; Chief Diplomatic Correspondent , Senior Correspondent in Buenos Aires , and anchor for Business World at ABC News ; played himself in Without Warning , and hosted History Channel 's Movies in Time and History 's Business )
September 17 Cokie Roberts 75 Longtime political commentator and journalist for ABC News
September 17 Suzanne Whang 56 American comedian , actress and host ( hosted House Hunters from 1999 to 2007 , recurring roles on Las Vegas and General Hospital )
September 18 Ed Hopkins 68 American voice-over artist on numerous TV stations
September 21 Aron Eisenberg 50 American actor best known for portraying Nog on Star Trek : Deep Space Nine . Also recurred as Jerry on The Secret World of Alex Mack
September 21 Sid Haig 80 American character actor , main antagonist of Jason of Star Command ; guest/recurring roles on Batman , Star Trek , Mission : Impossible , Gunsmoke , The Rockford Files , Electra Woman and Dyna Girl , Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , Get Smart , Fantasy Island , Sledge Hammer ! , The A-Team , All My Children , The Fall Guy , The Dukes of Hazzard , Just the Ten of Us , and MacGyver
September 21 Carl Ruiz 44 American chef and restaurateur ( featured on Guy 's Grocery Games and Guy 's Ranch Kitchen , and a judge on Dinner : Impossible )
September 22 J. Michael Mendel 54 American television producer ( The Simpsons , Rick and Morty , The Critic ) , four-time Emmy Award winner ( 1995 , 1997 , 1998 , 2018 )
September 27 Linda Porter 86 American character actress , notable for her recurring roles as Mrytle Vartanian in Superstore and the Lady Slot-Addict in Twin Peaks , as well as the sample lady in a series of Nature Valley Cereal commercials
September 28 Hogan Sheffer 61 American television writer ( The Young and the Restless , As the World Turns , Days of Our Lives )
September 30 Wayne Fitzgerald 89 American title designer ( The Bronx Zoo , Maverick , Mister Ed , The Beverly Hillbillies , Night Gallery , McMillan & Wife , Dallas , Matlock , Columbo , Guiding Light , The Bold and the Beautiful , and One Life to Live ) . Emmy winner ( 1987 )
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The following deaths of notable individuals related to American television occurred in 2019.