TEN YEARS OF THE PASSING SCENE

As I celebrate 10 years of A Trip Down Memory Lane blog, I am reminded all of the stars and celebrities that have passed away in a decade. Each year I pick a person who is the biggest loss of the year.

Here is a list of the ones I have picked in the last ten years, as well as a runner up. All of the deaths are big losses to the world of entertainment, but their memories live on...

Tony Curtis

2010 - TONY CURTIS (1925-2010) and LENA HORNE (1917-2010)

2011 - ELIZABETH TAYLOR (1932-2011) and BETTY GARRETT (1919-2011)

2012 - ANDY GRIFFITH (1926-2012) and TONY MARTIN (1913-2012)

2013 - PATTY ANDREWS (1918-2013) and JEAN STAPLETON (1923-2013)

2014 - ROBIN WILLIAMS (1951-2014) and JAMES GARNER (1928-2014)

Leonard Nimoy

2015 - CHRISTOPHER LEE (1922-2015) and LEONARD NIMOY (1931-2015)

2016 - GENE WILDER (1933-2016) and CARRIE FISHER (1956-2016)

2017 - MARY TYLER MOORE (1936-2017) and JERRY LEWIS (1925-2017)

2018 - MARGOT KIDDER (1948-2018) and JERRY VAN DYKE (1930-2018)

2019 -  CAROL CHANNING (1921-2019) and ALBERT FINNEY (1936-2019)

2020 - VERA LYNN (1917-2020) and JERRY STILLER (1927-2020)

Carol Channing