>> tonight, the stars we lost in 2019. >> i'm the father of two children. i want to be with them as long as i can. >> and the movie legends. >> the rht time and the right story. >> tv favorites. >> i am not suffering. >> and music icons. gone too soon. >> when i'm writing songs, i'm pretty muc in my own world.

>> then, remembers tim conway. the surprising career he tried before comedy. >> i never wanted to be in this actually. and our time with hollywood legend dis day. ♪ hlo and welcome. thanks for joining us as we remember the stars we lost this year. so many had a huge impact on our lives. >> let's get started on a tv his death is still a shock to all of us. luke per >> i'm the father of two children. i wanna be with them for as long as i can. i wanna have as healthy a life as i can spend as much time with them. five days after he suffered two strokes. a source tol"e.t." when luke arrived at the hospital, doctors had to heavily sedate him but his coition deteriorat.his fami the worst. his son jack and daughr sophie we 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 year from now i could be doing it again. we first met luke in '91 on the 90210 se >> can i buy you aemonade? i don't know. throw in some chicken, some saa you got a date big boy. >> he was a modest heartthob. he always seemed to stay grounded and humble. >> you were signing autographs at the mall and started a riot. what happened? >> i don't knowhat happens. i had no idea that we would require an s.w.a.t. team and stuff like tt. you never expect something like that. >> luke originally auditioneto be 90210's steve sanders but lost out to ian ziering. on screen, he was brooding and confident. off careen, h was actually sky.

>> a little less private. people know who you are. i don't see them on tv. >> throughhe years he was doing guest stars on tv until 2013hen 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 life to the full interest had no regrets. >>ou 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. >> it is still hard to wrap your mind aroun that he is gone. >> yeah. >> a month after luke passed, hollywoodost john singleton. >> his films spoke to a generation. o fast too fur yus, pious, poet

justice. and boyz in the hood. >> your grandchildren are gonna be running around, grandaddy, grandaddy,ive me something! >> singleton both wrote and directed the 1991 film about life isouth central los angeles. >> this movie is for our neration. you know? weeady for this. striaght outta south central. >> you're like mr. gq smooth >> john based the movie on people he knew growi up. singleton became the first african american to be nominated for the best director oscar, and the youngestt the age of 24. >> it feels good, you know, i'm gettg respect from people that i respect. >> john went on to direct janet jackson antupac shakur in "poetic justic" >> iin't got nothio say. huh? >> and launched the reers of taraji p. henson and tyrese gibson in "baby boy." later john moved onto action samuel l. jackson's haft" ou" reboot, and mark waherg's "four brothers." >> it's crazy. everything's exactly the sam

she didn change nothing in this house. >> he passed at age 51. during his final "e.t." interview, john was eager to offer wos of wisdom to young filmmakers. >> my advice would be to just keep on keeping on and just be good storyeller. >> 12019 marked the passing of nipsey hustle. the 33-year-old was gunned down in south central los angeles. grammys earlier this year where he was a nominee. >> it's exciting to be here. >> he worked hard to better his hi murder shocked hollywood th stars like reeianna. >> and also, christophe st.

john. paramedics called to his home. the cause of death, heart disease with alcohol abuse also a factor. he struggl with depression following the 2015 suicidef his son. >> one of the worst calls ever. i knew. i knew that -- i knew that -- >> he never seemed to g over the death of his son. i know you're up there. watching me always. i stay looking up. and that is what i'm doing. >> and disney channel sta cameron boyce sudden by passed away in july after an epilepsy si seizure. >>ou look around and the people you meet, it's like, wow,

this is weird. >> so very sad. we ao said good-bye to larger than life female tv icons, starteding with someone who foughthe good fight. valley harper. >> valerie lost her long battle with cancer in late aust at the age of 80. diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009. four years lat she was told the disease had spread to her brian. she claimed experimental treatment allowed her to live well beyond expections. >> i am not suffering, i'm not in pain, so i'm really blessed and i think of the people who have the courage to face the nextay not beingble to fee their kids. so i am really saying god has given me strength and the attitude and i'm not sufring in any way. i'm very grateful i find something something many things to say thank you for every day. >> audiences got to know valerie from "the mary tyler moore show." >> so you're rhoda? >> morgenstern. >> and i'm mary richards. hello, get out of my apartment! >> she won four emmys playing mary's brash neighbor who became her best fend.

>> mary was like this rather proper elegant straitlaced upstanding, and rhoda was this kinda knock a uple of edges >> we also lost valerie's co-star georgia engel who passed away at the age of 70. on "the mary tyler moore show" she played the sweet voiced wife >> ted and i are going to the moes this afternoon and i have to go home and make the poorn. >> that was the first people i became another familwith. >> the television word was saddened by will and grace star shelly morriso maid. ayed megan's weis cracking >> i'm crowd to be in in sw. i was ready toetire. >> katherine helmond passed away. she was best known for playing the cop on the mod squad. >> it tk aut a year before people started watching it and paying atttion to it. >> she died at the age of 72 following aong battle with

cancer. the former wife of quinc jones. and the word lost trail blazing legend dianann carroll. she was the first m african-american to headline her own show in 1978. >> you're in spring chicken. >> she owned a tony, an oscar nod and joined dynasty in the '80s. >> we are becoming on tevision 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 happyhat that is so. ♪ >> she passed away from cancer. she was6 years old. >> "e.t." was fortunate to spend

some te withomedy great tim conway. >> i feel fortunate to be in the system. >> we rememr him with his help from carol burnett. >> he would do things he han't done in rehearsal. >> and the deds of a star wars icon. "e.t."'s memories of thean behind chewbacca. andanderson cooper mourns the loss of his mother. what you never know about gloria

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>> ihink a lot of times, people have to confess when they aren't ready for it. it might be a blessing. >> that was the first time we talked to jan michael vincent back in 1982. he passed away this year after a long battle with drugs and alcohol. but will aays be remembed as the star of the big wednesday greatest athlete."sic "world's he was 73 years old. also this year, we lost a tv legend who brought us all to

tears with laughte the one and only tim conway. >> this is painted canary yellow. >> i wanted to get a color to match the brain. >> fortunate to not only be in the business b to be up and around. >>he girdle is kilng me. >> tim died at the age of 85 following an opetion on a brain condition. he was fobing lines and often made his co-stars crackup. >> he would do stu he hadn't done i rehearsal. tim was merciless take a firm hold of the hypodermic needle. he would go crazy. that is usually the one we used. it was gold. >> it's called the tonway show. >> clean up. >> i never wanted to be in the business, actually. and i wanted to be a jockey.

and i started gaining weight and the horses are going, it's a lile heavy. >> we were with tim without his six dece career. he won six emmys. the lost for his guest spot on "30 rock". >> they give me an emmy f that? swhe check into that group. life is wonderful. imean, it is. should you be here to enjoy it. and irritate team. tim is he had an amazing sense t of humor abouthimself. weeks n reference to how fast 13 allf his solo tvhows got canced. from tv to movies, we lost unforget able big screen stars from "friday" star john witherspoon to rip thorn and easy rider peter fonda.

>> don't worry, everything's all right. >> the movie stars we loved and lo this year. plus, from her real name to what you never nemp about grumpy cat. closed captioning provided by --

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welcome ba. it w is a sad year for movie fans as hollywood mowned the loss of cedic actor john witherspoon. >> this is what makes you a man. >> the 77 year old actor died from a heart attack. from "friday" to "hollywood shuffle" to playin"pops" on the wayan brother's tv series, john's over the top brand of humor was a hit with generations of fans. >> i have a kid that's 6-years old. i want him get to a job. >> in august, we lost peter fondaed aed age of 79 following

a battle with lung cancer. the younger brother of jane fonda and the father of actress bridget fonda became atar after the 1969 film "easy rider." peter and dennis hopper were hippie bikers,iding across the southwest. peter co-wrote and produced the movie that also launched a young jack nicholson's career. the world lost the man who played chew cca, british actor peter mayhew. he passed from a heart attack at the age of 74. mayhew was cast as the wookiby director george lucas fohis size. his final "star wars' film was in 2015's "the force awakens." he says it was quite a moment set when he re-united wi his set when he re-united with his ole pal han solo! it's harrison.

>> and actor rip torn who played will smith's bs in "men in black" passed away at the age 88. >> put it on. good-bye to carol channing.d carol passed away from natural causes and will be alws be prebed as a 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 ma 97-year-old doris day

died of pneumonia in her home. >> there is nothing i my bedroom that is bothering me. >> she made 39 movies and in the early '60s was the number one box oice star in the world. she told us she was like her clean cut characte >> i am really that way. i am. >> darryl dragon, from captain and tenile passed ayf kidney failure. they began their career doing backup for the bch boys. >> we had t dd if we wanted to continue with the beach boys. we had a demo record and it got on the radio. >> the cars ric ocasek passed away 62. he wasstranged from his wife

when he died. back in the day, they were red carpetready. >> i ignored the business. and married me. >> and edd money lt his battle with cancer at the age of 70. he sold more than 28 million records and told "e.t." his songs were all about living life to the fullest. >> evebody wants to take somebody home tonight. everybody would love to have tickets to paradise. good time rock and roll. >>indeed his muse lick live on forever. and his finalroject was real money on access tv. now from rock stars t fashion icons we lost, starting with karl largerfeld. >> in february, the 85-year-old head of the chanel fashion empire passed away in fran after a brief illness. he took over the iconic label in 1983 and celebrities loved his

classic designs. >> it'still relevant and hip and edgy. >> i am a big fan of everything he has done. >> claudia, what are we wearing? >> chal. chanel of course. >> though sometimes controversial, karl always had strong work ethic and a sense of >> i'm jusworking 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 advanc stomach cancer. >> gloria vanderbilt was 95 years old when she died. >> on the daof her passing her son anderson cooper narrated her obituary on cnn. >> what an extraordinary 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 glorivanderbilt introducing my new collection of status jeans. >> she had high profile mances with frank sinatra and howar

hughes and later laughed about her infamous le life. >> you've actually asked me from time to time about that sort of about dating online. >> oh, yes, i have de that. >>no, you ven't. >> and februarying the fee lean that was a phenomenon, grumpy cat.

travel considerations provided by -- tonight, we have celebrated e livesf some of the most famous people who walked this earth. but we also lost a he star walk on all fours. >> weid. the kitty who mad us all smile. grumpy cat. good night, everybody. >> this s the viral youtube video that started it all. re than 22 million have viewed that clip launching an empire that includes 2.7 million instagram follower a madame tussaud's exhibit, and even a grumpy cat tv movie. all, grumpy cat amassed a reported $10million fortune, and stars flocked to her. >> i love this cat!

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