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May
Joe Grant, 96. Disney artist and writer; created queen-witch character in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." May 6.

Herb Sargent, 81. Writer and producer for "Saturday Night Live." May 6.

Tristan Egolf, 33. Young author whose first novel "Lord of the Barnyard" won him comparisons to Steinbeck. May 7. Suicide.

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Jay Marshall, 85. Magician and ventriloquist, often on "The Ed Sullivan Show." May 10.

Monica Zetterlund, 67. Jazz singer; one of Sweden's best-known artists. May 12.

Jimmy Martin, 77. Singer, guitarist; performed with the Blue Grass Boys. May 14.

Frank Gorshin, 72. Impressionist; nominated for Emmy for role as the Riddler on the "Batman" TV series. May 17.

Howard Morris, 85. Comic on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows"; the poetry-spouting Ernest T. Bass on "The Andy Griffith Show." May 21.

Ismail Merchant, 68. With partner James Ivory, produced intelligent film dramas ("Howards End," "The Remains of the Day"). May 25.

Eddie Albert, 99. Actor; the befuddled city slicker-turned-farmer on "Green Acres." May 26.

June
Leon Askin, 97. Played Gen. Albert Burkhalter in the 1960s comedy "Hogan's Heroes." Announced June 3.

Anne Bancroft, 73. She won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" but achieved greater fame in "The Graduate." June 6.

Dana Elcar, 77. Round-faced actor whose real-life struggle with blindness was written into his role on "MacGyver." June 6.

Richard Eberhart, 101. Won Pulitzer in poetry in 1966 for "Selected Poems, 1930-1965." June 9.

Carlo Maria Giulini, 91. Italian maestro whose spiritual interpretations of classical music made him a conducting giant of the 20th century. June 14.

Phil Ford, 85. Entertainer who teamed with then-wife Mimi Hines on "The Tonight Show," Las Vegas stages. June 15.

Gene Miller, 76. Won two Pulitzers for Miami Herald stories that led to the release of four people wrongly convicted of murder. June 17.

Ronald Winans, 48. Grammy-winning member of Winans gospel quartet. June 17. Heart complications.

Chris Griffin, 89. Member of trumpet section in Benny Goodman's orchestra, alongside Harry James and Ziggy Elman. June 18.

Larry Collins, 75. Co-author of "Is Paris Burning?," best-seller on Nazi occupation of French capital. June 20.

Shana Alexander, 79. Veteran journalist; her skirmishes with James J. Kilpatrick on "60 Minutes" were spoofed on "Saturday Night Live." June 23.

Paul Winchell, 82. Ventriloquist, inventor; created lispy voice of Winnie the Pooh's animated friend Tigger. June 24.

Chet Helms, 62. Bay Area impresario; launched Janis Joplin's career. June 25.

Shelby Foote, 88. Brought his Southern storyteller's touch to multivolume work on the Civil War and the landmark PBS series. June 27.

Bruce Malmuth, 71. Film director ("Hard to Kill"). June 28.

Christopher Fry, 97. British playwright ("The Lady's Not for Burning"). June 30.

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