Overview
- Promiflash reports that December included the suicide of actor James Ransone on December 19 and the death of Brigitte Bardot on December 28.
- Rob and Michele Reiner were killed mid-December in their home, and their son Nick Reiner was arrested as a suspect and is reported to be facing murder charges.
- A five-day span in July saw the reported deaths of Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan from heart attacks and Malcolm-Jamal Warner by drowning during a stay in Costa Rica.
- The article recounts that in February Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead, with Betsy reportedly succumbing to a hantavirus illness and Hackman likely dying about a week later of heart problems.
- Promiflash also notes the reported deaths of Robert Redford at home in Sundance in September and Diane Keaton from pneumonia in October.