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Jerry Orbach. He played one of the greatest tv detectives of all time for 12 seasons on Law & Order. Lenny Brisco left the 27th prescient for part time work with the DAs office. He was in two episodes of Trial by Jury before dying of cancer.
Night Court in the 80s had two co-stars who died from cancer and they knew they had while filming. Selma Diamond and Florance Halop. Hill Street Blues had MIchael Conrad
And no one should forget Robin Williams. He was pretty sick when he made "The Crazy Ones" with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Hamish Linkater. and he would take his own life in response to his illness after the season 1 premiere ended, which killed the show.
Madeline Kahn died while filming the series Cosby. They dedicated a whole episode to her in season 4 after her passing, where the rest of the cast sat around and talked about what it was like to work with her, as well as showing “best of Madeline” clips from previous episodes.
Michelle Thomas on Family Matters. She was battling cancer that whole last season. She kind of knew she wasn't gonna make it. It was a good thing the show ended that season because it gave her a chance to finish the show knowing she was very ill and she would sadly pass away a few months after the last episode.
Zara Cully who played “Mother Jefferson” on The Jeffersons worked on the show until her death. You could see she was ill during her last episode on the show. She hung in there like the trooper she was.
I don't know if she's in the above clip, but Diana Hyland, who played Tom Bradford's (Dick Van Patten's) 1st wife on "Eight is Enough" died of cancer during the show's first season. She died in 1977 at age 41.
Charlie Murphy Black Jesus (2014-2019) The Chappelle's Show (2003-2006) Actor was battling Lukiemia for the latter half of his life while being Involved with Projects like The Boondocks (2005-2014) his last role was In Starz Crime Epic Series Power (2016-2021) he died of the deadly Disease In 2018 RIP
Robert Urich, probably best known for starring on VEGA$, later had a supporting role on the sitcom Emeril (does anyone remember when network TV gave Emeril Legasse the chance to act?), even though he'd been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that ultimately killed him.
I’m surprised no one mentioned John Ritter in the comments. He experienced chest pains, severe nausea, and vomiting while rehearsing lines on the set of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. Ritter died that evening on 9-11-03.
@@lisab7977maybe or maybe not. According to his wife he was misdiagnosed in 2001. He was referred to a cardiologist but didn’t see one. Ritter passed 2yrs later from an aortic dissection
@HopeGardner3amed True, but he finished What If shortly before he died. It was one of the last things he worked on and they originally planned to bring him back for Season 2.
I had a big crush on Larry Hagman as a child, way before Dallas. I remember the storyline working his demise into it, and I sensed it was from real life. Then I wept. RIP. 😰😰😰
Annie Wersching filmed season 2 of Star Trek: Picard and her recurring role in The Rookie while dying of pancreatic cancer in 2022 (she died Jan 2023). Three months before she died aged only 45 her Rookie character, the serial killer Rosalind Doyle, was killed by an unknown sniper. It would be her last onscreen appearance.
Kathryn Joosten was also known as Mrs Landingham in The West Wing. Her death in the series led to one of the greatest monologues ever by Martin Sheen's President Bartlett.
No love for the late, much-missed Bill Bixby, star of The Incredible Hulk, The Magician, and so much else. He continued to direct Blossom from a bed that was brought to the set so he could keep going. He died six days after filming his final episode from prostate cancer. He was 59.
The two stars of BBC's comedy series Last of the summer wine, Bill Owen and Peter Salis (better known as the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit films). Bill owen died two episodes into the season, and Compo's death and funeral were writen into the show. They are both buried in Holmfirth, the small English village where they filmed the series, next to each other.
Sidney Clute from Cagney & Lacey died during the taping of the series. He was so loved that his name continued to appear as a cast member even after his passing. I miss Barbara Bel Geddes (Miss Ellie) on Dallas, Robert Urich from Vega$ and Spencer for Hire, Will Geer & Ellen Corby (Grandma and Grandpa on The Waltons) and Sada Thompson from Family. Unfortunately, as we grow older, so many in the entertainment industry who brought us smiles, laughter, and tears have passed on, for they had illnesses that took them too soon or they simply grew older too. I miss the TV shows of the 1970's and 1980's.
Bea Benaderet was filming petticoat junction while sick with lung cancer and ultimately passing away during production of the 5th season I believe could be the 4th.
If anyone has ever watched the movie Poltergeist 2, the man who plays Cain or Kane (not sure of the exact spelling) who comes knocking at the door wanting to speak to the Dad then starts cursing him when he refuses to let him in is an individual who was incredibly unwell during the making of the film and actually died not long after the movie was completed. To look at him, in the movie you would have said that he already looked as if he was at deaths door.
In the last 2 seasons of rugrsts and all grown up christine cavanuagh was battling chronic myloid lukemia since 2000 retired in 2001 (contributions came out in 2003) died In 2014 from the illness
@mandy3486 i do to. My mind is racing. I had thyroid cancer in 2017. Had to remove my thyroid but caught early stage 1. Remove 57 lymphnodes only one had cancer
@@BubbaSmurft I suppose I thought he was in the middle of a major episode of something. Since Parts Unknown was ALWAYS 8 episodes long, until season 8, when that LAST season was somehow only 7 episodes long!! 😰
Are you sure you're thinking of the actor who played Troy McClure on "The Simpsons" and Bill McNeal on "NewsRadio"? His wife murdered him, he wasn't ill.
Are you a child? Not everyone is lucky to have their loved ones surrounding them while they're on their deathbed. Also, people die in their sleep/die suddenly which doesn't allow them to see the faces of their loved ones for one last time. Maybe he didn't want that and it's okay!
Nancy Marchand's last "performance" was ridiculous. The worst CGI ever and trying to match her lines with the conversations going on; I think she would be humiliated by this. Of course if she was, then she would be alive and it would all be unnecessary.
Remember Nancy Marchand from the movie BRAIN DONORS with John Turturro, Mel Smith and Bob Nelson. It's a screwy movie with a lot of sick jokes. Anyone into this kind of silliness will love it.
This kind of glosses over the fact that when Rock Hudson's AIDS diagnosis was made public there was a tremendous controversy over the fact that he did not tell anyone on _"Dynasty"_ including co-star Linda Evans, that he was sick with the disease! I remember my mother and eldest sister discussing his weight loss while he was on the show. In the months just before his death he looked even more ill and people were panic-stricken with fears of the disease spreading... FROM WIKIPEDIA: _After Hudson revealed his diagnosis, a controversy arose concerning his participation in a scene in the television drama Dynasty, in which he shared a long and repeated kiss with actress Linda Evans in one episode (first aired in February 1985). When filming the scene, Hudson was aware that he had AIDS but did not inform Evans. Some felt that he should have disclosed his condition to her beforehand. _*_At the time, it was incorrectly thought that the virus was present in low quantities in saliva and tears, but there had been no reported cases of transmission by kissing._*_ Nevertheless, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had warned against exchanging saliva with members of groups perceived to be at high risk for AIDS._ _According to comments given in August 1985 by Ed Asner, then-president of the Screen Actors Guild, Hudson's revelation caused incipient "panic" within the film and television industry. Asner said that he was aware of scripts being rewritten to eliminate kissing scenes. Later in the same year, the guild issued rules requiring that actors be notified in advance of any "open-mouth" kissing scenes with a provision that they could refuse to participate in such scenes without penalty. Linda Evans appears not to have been angry at Hudson and asked to introduce the segment of the 1985 Commitment to Life benefit that was dedicated to Hudson._
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Bill Owen, as Compo in the British comedy Last of the Summer Wine! His son Tom Owen went into the show as Compo's son.
Jerry Orbach. He played one of the greatest tv detectives of all time for 12 seasons on Law & Order. Lenny Brisco left the 27th prescient for part time work with the DAs office. He was in two episodes of Trial by Jury before dying of cancer.
Yep. He was the first actor I thought of when I saw the title of this video...
He was also Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast animated movie
@christopherfranklin9838 And Baby's daddy in Dirty Dancing.
Night Court in the 80s had two co-stars who died from cancer and they knew they had while filming. Selma Diamond and Florance Halop. Hill Street Blues had MIchael Conrad
Don't forget Jack Soo from Barney Miller. Had cancer but still worked til his passing.
Ted Knight was fighting cancer while making Too Close for Comfort, which ended abruptly. In fact, he was dealing with it while filming Caddyshack.😊
Don't Forget Andy Whitfield of Spartacus, he fought hard to fight cancer and before he passed, he allowed the creators to recast his role
And no one should forget Robin Williams. He was pretty sick when he made "The Crazy Ones" with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Hamish Linkater. and he would take his own life in response to his illness after the season 1 premiere ended, which killed the show.
Andy was amazing in the first season.
They aren't. But he didn't know he was dying. His cancer wasn't classed as terminal.
Rest in Peace to all of these celebrities, who continued working on their respective projects, despite their declining health.
Much respect to them all
😢❤ yes jamis thullfini Tony saprono.
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Jim Davis who played Jock Ewing, J.R.'s father on Dallas. Knew he was dying of cancer. His character was killed off on the show.
Madeline Kahn died while filming the series Cosby. They dedicated a whole episode to her in season 4 after her passing, where the rest of the cast sat around and talked about what it was like to work with her, as well as showing “best of Madeline” clips from previous episodes.
Madeline Kahn was wonderful. She did a better Marlene Dietrich than Dietrich!
Michelle Thomas on Family Matters. She was battling cancer that whole last season. She kind of knew she wasn't gonna make it. It was a good thing the show ended that season because it gave her a chance to finish the show knowing she was very ill and she would sadly pass away a few months after the last episode.
😢family maters was grate tv show
😢❤ rip 🙏
And so young, too. She was a beautiful young woman.
That's not necessarily true. She worked on other shows after FM and she never thought she wouldn't make it, what are you talking about?
Actually she was starring on The Young And The Restless when she was dying and the show had to recast her role.
Phil Hartman. He was one of my favorite actors and the way he died was so horrible. I miss him alot.
Phil Hartman didn’t know he was gonna die. He was shot.
Yeah, I don't think the tragic murder of Phil Hartman belongs on this list because he wasn't sick. He was MURDERED.
Phil Hartman should be a domestic violence awareness of men getting abused by their wives..
He didn't know he was going to die..
You missed Michael Conrad from Hill Street Blues ("Let's be Careful Out There").
Ron Cephus Jones, Andy Whitfield, Jerry Orbach, Jack Soo, Chadwick Boseman, Jim Davis, and other actors who died should've been on the list. 📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺
This was specifically tv shows
Zara Cully who played “Mother Jefferson” on The Jeffersons worked on the show until her death. You could see she was ill during her last episode on the show. She hung in there like the trooper she was.
Yes, in that last season, she had lost a lot of weight.
I don't know if she's in the above clip, but Diana Hyland, who played Tom Bradford's (Dick Van Patten's) 1st wife on "Eight is Enough" died of cancer during the show's first season. She died in 1977 at age 41.
Charlie Murphy Black Jesus (2014-2019) The Chappelle's Show (2003-2006) Actor was battling Lukiemia for the latter half of his life while being Involved with Projects like The Boondocks (2005-2014) his last role was In Starz Crime Epic Series Power (2016-2021) he died of the deadly Disease In 2018 RIP
Robert Urich, probably best known for starring on VEGA$, later had a supporting role on the sitcom Emeril (does anyone remember when network TV gave Emeril Legasse the chance to act?), even though he'd been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that ultimately killed him.
Patrick Swayze was charismatic af
Word yo!
_Cheers_ wasn’t the same after Nicholas Colosanto’s death, and I miss his performance as Ernie “Coach” Pantuso.
Kathryn Joosten was fantastic on the West Wing. Never saw Desperate Housewives. Glad to hear she had such a great role!
She played a dying woman on scrubs too.
@ one of my favorite episodes!
I’m surprised no one mentioned John Ritter in the comments. He experienced chest pains, severe nausea, and vomiting while rehearsing lines on the set of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. Ritter died that evening on 9-11-03.
He did not know he was going to die.
@@lisab7977maybe or maybe not. According to his wife he was misdiagnosed in 2001. He was referred to a cardiologist but didn’t see one. Ritter passed 2yrs later from an aortic dissection
Ok, so you need to do a part 2 please! Where is Chadwick Boseman, Charlie Murphy and the others that others mention???
OR AN ANIMATED LIST
They didn’t mention any black actors. Just saying…
This is tv specifically. I don't know about Charlie Murphy but Chadwick was known more for movies than tv
@@Christeenia I hate when I leave a comment it gets deleted but I still get notifications after people reply on the same post smh RUclips
@HopeGardner3amed True, but he finished What If shortly before he died. It was one of the last things he worked on and they originally planned to bring him back for Season 2.
I had a big crush on Larry Hagman as a child, way before Dallas. I remember the storyline working his demise into it, and I sensed it was from real life. Then I wept. RIP. 😰😰😰
Marcia Wallace , Edna Nooooooooooo! 😢
If you do a part 2, please add Elizabeth Sladen.
Annie Wersching filmed season 2 of Star Trek: Picard and her recurring role in The Rookie while dying of pancreatic cancer in 2022 (she died Jan 2023). Three months before she died aged only 45 her Rookie character, the serial killer Rosalind Doyle, was killed by an unknown sniper. It would be her last onscreen appearance.
Migel Ferrer was also filming NCIS LA at the time
Kathryn Joosten was also known as Mrs Landingham in The West Wing. Her death in the series led to one of the greatest monologues ever by Martin Sheen's President Bartlett.
Rin Cephus Jones who played William "Shakespeare" on This is Us
Jim Davis (Jock Ewing) kept acting on the original Dallas, even though his health was failing.
No love for the late, much-missed Bill Bixby, star of The Incredible Hulk, The Magician, and so much else. He continued to direct Blossom from a bed that was brought to the set so he could keep going. He died six days after filming his final episode from prostate cancer. He was 59.
Big respect to all of those actors and performancer doing it until the end ❤️🙏 rip to them
Annie Wershing should've been on there in my opinion. Great actress! RIP to all of those great one who have passed.
The two stars of BBC's comedy series Last of the summer wine, Bill Owen and Peter Salis (better known as the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit films). Bill owen died two episodes into the season, and Compo's death and funeral were writen into the show. They are both buried in Holmfirth, the small English village where they filmed the series, next to each other.
Sidney Clute from Cagney & Lacey died during the taping of the series. He was so loved that his name continued to appear as a cast member even after his passing. I miss Barbara Bel Geddes (Miss Ellie) on Dallas, Robert Urich from Vega$ and Spencer for Hire, Will Geer & Ellen Corby (Grandma and Grandpa on The Waltons) and Sada Thompson from Family. Unfortunately, as we grow older, so many in the entertainment industry who brought us smiles, laughter, and tears have passed on, for they had illnesses that took them too soon or they simply grew older too. I miss the TV shows of the 1970's and 1980's.
Bea Benaderet was filming petticoat junction while sick with lung cancer and ultimately passing away during production of the 5th season I believe could be the 4th.
RIP Andy Whitfield, he was spectacular in Spartacus.
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She who played the Oracle in The Matrix and of course Ollie Reed.
Gloria Foster was the Oracle in the Matrix.
How do you make this list and not include John Spencer as Leo McGarry on the West Wing!?
That was more shocking since he had a heart attack i think
Because he didn't know he was dying from a sudden heart attack.
If anyone has ever watched the movie Poltergeist 2, the man who plays Cain or Kane (not sure of the exact spelling) who comes knocking at the door wanting to speak to the Dad then starts cursing him when he refuses to let him in is an individual who was incredibly unwell during the making of the film and actually died not long after the movie was completed.
To look at him, in the movie you would have said that he already looked as if he was at deaths door.
He absolutely terrified me as a cchild 😮
For these actors, the show must go on. 🎉
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Livia's actress was great. Wished she lived longer and saw more of her
They hadcplanned to kill her off third season so I'd been interested to see what they would've done
You got 1st! 😊🎉🎉🎉
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R.I.P to all these actors/actresses
Go away reaper, nobody wants your spam. It's sad you think anyone takes you seriously troll
Sounds like a Top 20 is coming
What a heartwarming topic
In the last 2 seasons of rugrsts and all grown up christine cavanuagh was battling chronic myloid lukemia since 2000 retired in 2001 (contributions came out in 2003) died In 2014 from the illness
Where’s Scott Wilson from the walking dead???
Was he sick during filming?
Kathryn Joosten Mrs Landingham on the West Wing
Andy Whitfield--- Spartacus
My youngest (23 now)never crawled.
He scooted around and started walking at 15 months. We called him scooter butt for the longest time 😂
Gonna need a 2nd list
Half these folks died of lung cancer, ugh, I hate cancer. I am wairing on my biospy results as we speak.
😢 praying for you. Hope it's benign and treatable !
@mandy3486 i do to. My mind is racing. I had thyroid cancer in 2017. Had to remove my thyroid but caught early stage 1. Remove 57 lymphnodes only one had cancer
Best of luck 🍀🤗
@jennierich2986 thanks even though this is a public forum. I keep you posted as soon as I find out
Healing vibes sent your way
Hagman should be 1 he know how to go out with one last gift and legacy for fans
My husband died from complications of MDS. I had no idea Larry Hagman had it. :(
Condolences on your loss.
I was wondering why Mrs Kravitz was played by a different actress after season 2.
Nancy Marchand's case was the true definition of life imitating art.
Do a Top 10 Movies that Are disturbing because of what we know now
Examples?
What about Bobbie Spencer from general hospital she had cancer while she was doing the show
Oh my goodness, the Soprano’s CGI looks creepy. They could have just done archives .
The only thing with JR's death was that they showed him in the afterlife with clouds around him.
Shouldn't it have been fire?
SO MANY of those mentioned in the comments did NOT do TV at the time but movies.
This TV Show in Series the Perpect!😊
Keep Calm and Carry on......
Rip Patrick swayze great actor
Damnit I just finished the 2nd season of Peaky Blinders 💀
Coach ❤️
🙏🕯️Rest in Peace 🕯️🙏
Hello good afternoon ❤❤❤
Shouldn't it be Jim Davis/Larry Hagman?
😊thie actress from Steve horvey
The sapronos was grate show
You should called this list 9 Actors who made tv shows when they knew they were dying of cancer.
RIP Andy Whitfield.
What about ANTHONY BOURDAIN here?? 😱😱
He killed himself. Kinda different.
@@BubbaSmurft I suppose I thought he was in the middle of a major episode of something. Since Parts Unknown was ALWAYS 8 episodes long, until season 8, when that LAST season was somehow only 7 episodes long!! 😰
Hey y'all 😮
Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman never knew he was dying, he was shot in his sleep you moron!!!
Are you sure you're thinking of the actor who played Troy McClure on "The Simpsons" and Bill McNeal on "NewsRadio"? His wife murdered him, he wasn't ill.
He was murdered.
Yes
Died in piece, just the way he wanted. As opposed to what? Dying with lots of screaming people surrounding you?
Are you a child? Not everyone is lucky to have their loved ones surrounding them while they're on their deathbed. Also, people die in their sleep/die suddenly which doesn't allow them to see the faces of their loved ones for one last time. Maybe he didn't want that and it's okay!
@@Dasboot1992 Naw, I'm a 38 year old with a sick sense of humor, apparently.
This list is so grim.
Helen Mcrore was a great actress
Why everyone in Bewitched looks AI generated?
Rip❤
Patrick Swayze. The Beast
Nancy Marchand's last "performance" was ridiculous. The worst CGI ever and trying to match her lines with the conversations going on; I think she would be humiliated by this. Of course if she was, then she would be alive and it would all be unnecessary.
Remember Nancy Marchand from the movie BRAIN DONORS with John Turturro, Mel Smith and Bob Nelson. It's a screwy movie with a lot of sick jokes. Anyone into this kind of silliness will love it.
TV Characters died in real life
Darth Vader plain and simple
Did I miss Chadwick Boseman??
TV show actors
The title clearly says Shows not movies
@@Garry2-j2z He was in a TV show prior to his death. He did the voice for T-Challa in What-If.
Celebrity deaths
This kind of glosses over the fact that when Rock Hudson's AIDS diagnosis was made public there was a tremendous controversy over the fact that he did not tell anyone on _"Dynasty"_ including co-star Linda Evans, that he was sick with the disease!
I remember my mother and eldest sister discussing his weight loss while he was on the show. In the months just before his death he looked even more ill and people were panic-stricken with fears of the disease spreading...
FROM WIKIPEDIA: _After Hudson revealed his diagnosis, a controversy arose concerning his participation in a scene in the television drama Dynasty, in which he shared a long and repeated kiss with actress Linda Evans in one episode (first aired in February 1985). When filming the scene, Hudson was aware that he had AIDS but did not inform Evans. Some felt that he should have disclosed his condition to her beforehand. _*_At the time, it was incorrectly thought that the virus was present in low quantities in saliva and tears, but there had been no reported cases of transmission by kissing._*_ Nevertheless, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had warned against exchanging saliva with members of groups perceived to be at high risk for AIDS._
_According to comments given in August 1985 by Ed Asner, then-president of the Screen Actors Guild, Hudson's revelation caused incipient "panic" within the film and television industry. Asner said that he was aware of scripts being rewritten to eliminate kissing scenes. Later in the same year, the guild issued rules requiring that actors be notified in advance of any "open-mouth" kissing scenes with a provision that they could refuse to participate in such scenes without penalty. Linda Evans appears not to have been angry at Hudson and asked to introduce the segment of the 1985 Commitment to Life benefit that was dedicated to Hudson._