>> tonight, the stars we lost in 2019. >> i'm the fathe of two children. i want to be with tm as long as i can. >> and the mielegends. >> the right time and the right

story. >> tv favorites. >> i not suffering. >> and mic icons. goneoo soon. >> when i'm writing songs, i'm prty much in my own world. >> then, remembers tim conway. before comedy. career he tried >> i never wanted to be in this actually. and our time with hollywood legend doris day. ♪ hello and welcome. thanks for joining us as we remember the stars we lost this year. so many had a huge impact on our lives. icon.t' get started on a tv his death is still a shock to all of us. luke perry >> i'm the father of two children. i wanna be with them for as long as i can. i wanna have as althy a life as i can spend as much time with them. five days after he suffered two strokes.

a source told "e." when luke arrived at theospital, doctors had to heavily sedate him but his family was told to expect the worst. his son jack and daughr sophie were with him during his final moments. perry's fiancée wendy, his ex-wife rachel and other family and friends were also by his side. >> a year ago i was shoveling asphalt and a year from now i could be doing it agai >> we first met luke in '91 on the 90210 set. can i buy you a lemonade? i don't know. throw in some chicken, se salsa you got a date big boy. >> he was a modest heartthob. he always seemed to stay grounded and humble. >> you we signing autographs at the mall and started a riot. what happened? >> i don't know what happens. i had no idea that we would require an s.w.a.t. team and stuff like that. you never expect something like th. >> luke originally auditioned to

be 90210's steve sanders but lost out to ian ziering. on screen, he was brooding and off careen, he was actually sky. >> a little les private. people know who you are. i don't see them on tv. >> through the years he was doing guest stars on tv until 2013 when he was archie's father on "river dale". >> ideay, i will be long enough to be somebody's grandfather. >> luke told us he lived his regret the fl interest had no >> you have to get out and try. if you fail, if you get success, you have to fail a few times. yeah, you have to try it. mind around that he is gone. our yeah. hollywood lost john singleton.

>> his films spoke to a generaon. too fast too fur yus, pious poe justice. and boyz in the od. >> your grandchildren are gonna grandaddy, give me something! >> singleton both wrote and directed the 1991 film about life in south central los angeles. >> this movie is for our generation. you know? we ready for this. striaght outta south central. >> you're like mr. gq smooth now. >> john based the movie on people he knew growi up. singleton becamehe first african american to be nominated for the best director oscar, and the youngest at the age of 24. >> it feels good, you know, i'm getting respect from people that i respect. jackson and tupac shakur in net "poetic justice." >> hey, u kinda quiet, huh? >> ain't got nothin' to say. >> and launched the reers of taraji p. henson and tyrese bson in "baby boy."

later john moved onto action movies wit"2 fast 2 furious," samuel l. jackson's "shaft" reot, and mark wahlberg's "four brothers." >> it's crazy. everything's exactly the same, she didn't change nothing in this house. >> he passed at age 51. during his final "e.t." interview, john was eager to offer words of wisdom to young filmmakers. >> my advice would be to just keep on keepg on and just be a good story teller. >> 12019 marke the passing of the 33-year-old was gunned down in south cenal los angele grammys earlier this yearhere he was a nominee. >> it's eiting to be here. >> he worked hardo better his communy. his murder shocked hollywood with stars like reeianna.

>> and also, christophe st. john. paramedics called to h home. the cause of death, heart disease with alcohol abuse ao a factor. he struggled with depression following the 2015 suicide of his son. >> one of the worst calls ever. i knew. knew that -- i knew that -- >> he never seemed to get over the death of his s. >> i know you're up there. watching me always. i stay looking up. and that is what i'm doing. >> and disney channel star cameroboyce sudden by passed away in july after an epilepsy

si seizur >> you look around and the people you meet, it's like, wow, this is weird. >> so very sad. we also said good-by to larger than life female tv icons, startedingith someone who fought the good fight. valley harper. >> valerie lost her long battle withancer in late august at the age of 80. diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009. four years later she was told the disease had spread to her brian. she claimed experimental treatment allowed her to live ll beyond expectations. >> i am not suffering, i'm not in pain, so i'm really bless and i think of the people who have the courage to face the next day not being able to fee their kids. so i am really saying god has given me strenh and the attitu and i'm not suffering in any way. i'm very grateful i find something something ny things to say thank you for every day. from "thmary tyler moore lerie show." >> so you're rhoda? >> morgenstern.

>> and i'm mary richards. hello, get out of my apartment! >> she won four emmys playg her best friend.ghbor who became >> mary was like this rather prer elegant straightlaced upstanding, and rhoda was this kinda knock a couple of edges off her. >> we also lost valerie's co-star georgia engel who passed away at the e of 70. on "the mary tyler moore show" she played the sweet voiced wife of anchorm ted baxter. >> ted and i are going to the moes this afternoon and i have to go ho and make the popcorn. >> that was the first people i became another family with. >> the television word was saddened by will and grace star elly morrison. maid. ayed megan's weis cracking >> i'm crowd to be in in sw. i was ready to retire. >> katherine helmond passed away. she was best known for playing

the cop on the mod squad. >> it took about a year before paying attention to it. it and >> she dd at the age of 72 following a long battle with cancer. the former wife of quincy jones. and the word lost trail blazing legend dianann carroll. she was the first mem african-american to headline her own show in 1978. >>ou're in spring chicken. >> she oed a tony, an oscar nod and joined dynasty in the '80s. >> we are becomingn television more aware of the sophisticated black woman, a woman with an education. i think that julia was one of the first steps in that

direction. and i'm happy that that is so. ♪ >> s passed away from cancer. e was 86 years old. >> "e.t." wasortunate to spend some time with comedy great tim conway. >> i feel ftunate to be in the system. >> we remember him with his help from carol burnett. >> he would do tngs he han't done in rehearsal. and the deds of a star wars icon. "e.t."'s memories of the man behind chewbacca. d anderson cooper mourns the loss of hi mother. what you never know aut gloria

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>> i think a lot of time people have to confess whe they aren't ready for it. it might be a blessing. >> that was the first time we talked to jan michael vincent backn 1982. he passed away this yea after a long battle with drugs and alcohol. but will always be remembered as thetar of the big wednesday

and the disney classic "world's greatest athlete." he was 73 years old. also this year, weost a tv legend who brought us all to tears with laughter. the onend only tim conway. >> ts is painted canary yellow. >> i wanted to get a coloro match the brain. >> fortunate to not only be in the business but to be up and around. >> the girdle is killing . >> tim died at the age of 85 following an operati on a brain condition. he was fobing lines and ten made his co-stars crack up. >> he would do stuff he hadn't done in rehearsal. tim was merciless. take a firm hold of the

hypodermic needle. he would go crazy. th is usually the one we used. it was gold. >> it's called the timonway show. >> clean up. >> oh, get out of the way. >> i never wanted to be in the business,ctually. and i wanted to be a jockey. ani weighed about 95 pounds and i started gaining weight and the rses are going, it's a little heavy. >> we we with tim without his six decade career. he won sixemmys. the lost for his guest spot on "30 rock". >> ty give me an emmy for that? swhe check into that group. life is wonderful. i mean, it is. should you be here to enjoy it. and irritate team. >> one of the great things about tim is he had a amazing sense of humor about himself. he had ains plate that read 13 weeks n reference to how fast all of his solo tv shows got

canceled. from tv tomovies, we lost unrget able big screen stars this year. from "friday" star john withspoon to rip thorn and easy rider peterfonda. >> don't worry, everything's all right. >> the movie stars we loved and lost thi year. plus,rom her real name to massive fortune. what you never nemp about grumpy cat. closed captioning provided by --

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welcome back. it was is a sad yea for movie fans as hollywood mowned the loss of comedic actor joh therspoon. >> this is what makes you a man. >> the 77 year old actor died from a heart attack. from "friday" to "hollywood shuffle" to playing "pops" on the wayan brother's tv series, john over the top brand of humor was a hit with

genetions of fans. >> i have a kid that's 6-years old. i want him get to a jo >> in august, we lost peter fondaed ae age of 79 following a battle with lung cancer. the younger brher jane fonda and the father of actress bridget fonda became a star after the 1969 film "easy rider." peter and dennis hopper were hippie bikers, riding across t southwest. peter co-wrote and produced the movie at also launched a young jack nicholson's career. the world lost the man who played chew becca, british actor per mayhew. he passed from a heart attack at the age of 74. mayhew was cast as the wookie by rector george lucas for his size.

his final "star wars' film was in 2015's he force awakens." he says it was quite a moment on set when he re-united with his sewhen he re-united with his ole pal han solo! it's harrison. >> and actor rip torn who played will smith's boss in "men in black" passed away at the age 88. >> put it on. >> at the age of 87, we said goodye to carol channing. carol passed away fro natural causes and will be alws be prebed as platinum blond with a mega watt smile. >> i can play until i go to my

grave. i can think of a better way to go. can you. ♪ >> in may, 97-year-d doris day died of pneumonia in her home. >> there is nothing in my bedroom that is boing me. >> she made 39 movies and in the early '60s was the number one box office sta in the world. she told us she was like her clean cut characte >> i am really that way. i am. >> darryl dragon,rom captain and tenile passed away of kidney failure. they began their career doing backup for the beach boys. >> we had to dd if we wanted to coinue with the beach boys. we had a demo record and it got on the radio.

away 62.s ric ocasekassed he was estranged fro his wife when he died. ba in the day, they we red carpet ready. >> i ignored the siness. >> and married me. >> and eddie mon lost his battle with cancer at the age of 70. heold more than 28 million records and td "e.t." his songs were all about living life to the fulles >> everybody wants toake somebody home tonight. everybody wld love to have tickets to paradise. good time rock and roll. >> inde his muse lick live on forever. and his final projectas real money on access tv. now from rock stars to fashion icons we lost,tarting with

ka largerfeld. >> in bruary, the 85-year-old head of the chanel fashion empire passed away in france after a brief illness. he took over the iconic label in 1983 and cebrities loved his classic designs. >> it's still relevant and hip and edgy. >> i am a big n of everything he has done. >> claudia, what are we wearing? >> chanel. anel of course. >> though sometimes controversial, karl always had a strong work etc and a sense of >> i'm just working class. yes. yes, working with class. >> in june we also lost gloria vanderbilt. the designer and heiress passed away at her new york home from advanced stomach cance years old when she died. 95 >> on the day of her passing her n anderson cooper narrated her obituary on cnn. >> what an extraordary life. what an extraordinary mom, and what an incredible woman. >> born in a wealthy vanderbilt

family, in the 1980s, it was her jeans that made headlines. >> hello i'm gloria vanderbilt introducing my new collection of status jeans. >> she had high profile romances with frank sinatra and howard hughes and later laughed about her infamous love life. >> you've actually asked me from time to time about that sort of thing. about dang online. >> oh, yes, i have done that. no, you haven't. >> and februarying the fee ln that was a phenomenon, grumpy cat. e raiders e going to

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>> grumpy cat was just 7 years old wh she passed away. her final tweet, "some days are grumpier than others."