Real-world deaths

Dedication to Paul Newman at the end of "Lost Verizon"

The following is a list of real-world people who have worked on The Simpsons, but later died, whilst the show was still airing. It includes deceased voice cast, staff and guest stars. Often, subsequent episodes have been dedicated to them.

Deaths

Cast

Dedication to Sooan Kim at the end of "Fatzcarraldo"

• Christopher Collins (died June 12, 1994) - Collins voiced as Mr. Burns in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", "Homer's Odyssey", and "The Telltale Head", and the America's Most Armed and Dangerous Presenter in "Some Enchanted Evening". Died due to intracerebral hemorrhage and encephalitis
• Doris Grau, 71 (died December 30, 1995) - Grau provided the voice of Lunchlady Doris and several minor parts. She had previously served as a script supervisor for the show. Because of Grau's death, Lunchlady Doris was retired, but has since made appearances under the name "Lunchlady Dora", although she is still sometimes called Doris. Tress MacNeille currently voices Lunchlady Doris since "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer". "Team Homer" was dedicated to her. Died due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  

  Dedication to Huell Howser at the end of "A Test Before Trying"

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  Dedication to Ron Taylor at the end of "Sweets and Sour Marge"

  Phil Hartman, 49 (died May 28, 1998) - Hartman regularly provided the voices of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz, as well as other minor one-time parts, such as Lyle Lanley in "Marge vs. the Monorail". Following his murder, his characters were retired and "Bart the Mother" was dedicated to him. That episode featured Hartman's last speaking appearance as Troy McClure. A section of The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued is dedicated to him. Died due to being murdered by his wife, Brynn, who was on drugs.
• Marcia Wallace, 70 (died October 25, 2013) - Wallace provided the voice of Edna Krabappel. Her book, Don't Look Back We're Not Going That Way, is a biography that recounts the early detection of her breast cancer. "The Man Who Grew Too Much" was dedicated to her, and Edna had since been retired after Wallace's death. Died due to pneumonia, sepsis, and breast cancer.
• Jan Hooks, 57 (died October 9, 2014) - Hooks provided the voice of Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon in "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons", "I'm with Cupid", "Eight Misbehavin'", "Take My Wife, Sleaze", "Bye Bye Nerdie", and "Large Marge". Tress MacNeille currently voices Manjula. Died due to throat cancer.

Dedication to Leonard Nimoy at the end of "The Princess Guide"

• Russi Taylor, 75 (died July 27, 2019) - Provided the voice of various characters such as Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri and Üter Zörker. A rerun of "Werking Mom" was dedicated to her. Died of colon cancer.

Staff

• Michael P. Schoenbrun, 54 (died June 5, 1993) - Schoenbrun was the Executive in Charge of Production at Gracie Films. "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" was dedicated to him.
• Thomas Chastain, 73 (died September 1, 1994) - Chastain co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Black Widower".
• Jackie Banks, 54 (died November 4, 1995) - Banks was an animation checker and scene planner who worked on the show during Season 2 and from Seasons 4 to 6. "Mother Simpson" was dedicated to her.
• Ed Demattia (died January 11, 1997) - Demattia was an animator for "Bart the Genius", "There's No Disgrace Like Home", and "Some Enchanted Evening".
• Sunni Walton, 59 (died December 29, 1997) - Walton had no known direct connection to The Simpsons, but the episode "This Little Wiggy" was "Dedicated to Sunni Walton O'Neil". Died due to a brain tumor.
• Kent Holaday, 49 (died June 24, 2001) - Holaday worked for lip sync from Seasons 2 to 13 and was a lip sync artist for "Radio Bart", "Lisa the Greek", "Homer Alone", "Summer of 4 Ft. 2", "Treehouse of Horror VII", "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", "All Singing, All Dancing", and "Homer the Moe". Died due to a thyroid condition.
• Jamie O'Brien (died 2005) - O'Brien was a layout artist for "Homer the Moe". "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" was dedicated to him.
• Don Payne, 48 (died March 26, 2013) - Payne was a consulting producer from Seasons 19 to 26, a co-executive producer from Seasons 14 to 19, a supervising producer from Seasons 12 to 14, a producer from Seasons 11 to 12, a writer from Seasons 12 to 25, and did the audio commentaries for the Complete Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Season DVDs. Died due to bone cancer.
• Steve Viksten, 53 (died June 23, 2014) - Viksten co-wrote "Homer Scissorhands" with Peter Gaffney. Died due to intracranial hemorrhage.
• Sam Simon, 59 (died March 9, 2015) - Simon was the co-creator, executive producer, writer, character designer, and creative supervisor for the show, the executive producer for the music videos Do the Bartman and Deep Deep Trouble, the writer for The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Take the Bowl, and Virtual Bart, the character designer for The Simpsons Movie and the Do the Bartman music video, the music writer for the Itchy & Scratchy Show theme song, the music writer for Spider-Pig and Springfield Anthem for The Simpsons Movie, wrote the lyrics to Spider-Pig and Springfield Anthem for The Simpsons Movie, starred as himself in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, and worked on character design for "Take My Wife, Sleaze" and "Behind the Laughter". "Another Simpsons Clip Show" had acknowledgement to him in writing contribution, and "Waiting for Duffman" was dedicated to him. Died due to terminal colorectal cancer.
• Kevin Curran, 59 (died October 25, 2016) - Curran was the co-executive producer, supervising producer, and consulting producer for the show, written 11 episodes, the co-executive producer for The Simpsons Take the Bowl, and wrote the lyrics to "Tastes Like Liberty". "There Will Be Buds" was dedicated to him. Died due to complications from cancer.
• Sooan Kim, 62 (died January 20, 2017) - Kim was a character layout artist from Seasons 16 to 28, and a lead character layout artist from Seasons 21 to 28. "Fatzcarraldo" was dedicated to him.
• Merle Welton, (died April 11, 2017) - Welton was an animation checker from Seasons 2 to Season 5.
• Lolee Aries, 61 (died July 10, 2018) - Aries was a producer for the show from Season 9 to Season 11. Died from complications of lymphoma. 
• J. Michael Mendel, 54 (died September 23, 2019) - Mendel was an associate producer from Seasons 1 to 5 and produced episodes from Seasons 6 to 8. He also served as a producer for the "Rick and Morty Couch Gag" in "Mathlete's Feat". "The Winter of Our Monetized Content" was dedicated to his memory. Died from natural causes.

Guest stars

• Audrey Meadows, 73 (died February 3, 1996) - Meadows guest voiced as Beatrice Simmons in "Old Money". Died due to lung cancer.
• George Fenneman, 77 (died May 29, 1997) - Fenneman guest voiced as the narrator in "Marge on the Lam". Died due to emphysema.
• Linda McCartney, 56 (died April 17, 1998) - McCartney guest starred as herself in "Lisa the Vegetarian". "Trash of the Titans" was dedicated to her. Died due to breast cancer and metastasis (was spread to her liver).
• Jim Varney, 50 (died February 10, 2000) - Varney voiced Cooder in "Bart Carny". Died due to lung cancer.
• Tito Puente, 77 (died May 31, 2000) - Puente guest starred as himself in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" and "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)". Died due to heart disease after developing complications from a heart attack.
• Steve Allen, 78 (died October 30, 2000) - Allen voiced the "electronically altered" voice of Bart in "Separate Vocations" and guest starred as himself in "'Round Springfield". Died due to a heart attack.
• Joe C., 26 (died November 16, 2000) - C. guest starred as himself in "Kill the Alligator and Run". Died due to coeliac disease.
• Werner Klemperer, 80 (died December 6, 2000) - Klemperer guest voiced as his character, Colonel Klink, from "Hogan's Heroes" in "The Last Temptation of Homer". Died due to cancer.
• Joey Ramone, 49 (died April 15, 2001) - Ramone guest starred as himself along with the rest of The Ramones in "Rosebud". Died due to lymphoma.
• Jack Lemmon, 76 (died June 27, 2001) - Lemmon guest voiced as Frank Ormand in "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson". Died due to bladder cancer.
• George Harrison, 58 (died November 29, 2001) - Harrison guest starred as himself in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet". "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" was dedicated to him. Died due to lung cancer.
• Ron Taylor, 49 (died January 16, 2002) - Taylor guest voiced as Bleeding Gums Murphy in "Moaning Lisa" and "'Round Springfield". "Sweets and Sour Marge" was dedicated to him. Died due to a heart attack.
• Lawrence Tierney, 82 (died February 26, 2002) - Tierney guest voiced as Don Brodka in "Marge Be Not Proud". Died due to pneumonia.
• Stephen Jay Gould, 60 (died May 20, 2002) - Gould guest starred as himself in "Lisa the Skeptic". "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" was dedicated to him. Died due to adenocarcinoma.
• John Entwistle, 57 (died June 27, 2002) - Entwistle guest starred as himself along with the rest of The Who in "A Tale of Two Springfields". Died due to a heart attack brought on by cocaine overdose.
• Rod Steiger, 77 (died July 9, 2002) - Steiger guest voiced as Captain Tenille in "Simpson Tide". Died due to pneumonia and kidney failure as a result of complications from gall bladder tumor surgery.
• Chick Hearn, 85 (died August 5, 2002) - Hearn guest voiced as the announcer in "Homer Defined". Died due to a serious head injury from suffering a fall.
• Johnny Unitas, 69 (died September 11, 2002) - Unitas guest starred as himself in "Homie the Clown". Died due to a heart attack.
• Barry White, 58 (died July 4, 2003) - White guest starred as himself in "Whacking Day" and "Krusty Gets Kancelled". Died due to kidney failure and hypertension after suffering a severe stroke while undergoing dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant.
• Bob Hope, 100 (died July 27, 2003) - Hope guest starred as himself in "Lisa the Beauty Queen". Died due to pneumonia.
• Johnny Cash, 71 (died September 12, 2003) - Cash guest voiced the Spirit Guide in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)". Died due to complications from diabetes.
• George Plimpton, 76 (died September 25, 2003) - Plimpton guest starred as himself in "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can". Died due to a heart attack.
• Paul Winfield, 62 (died March 7, 2004) - Winfield guest voiced as Lucius Sweet in "The Homer They Fall" and "The Trouble with Trillions". Died due to a heart attack.
• Isabel Sanford, 86 (died July 9, 2004) - Sanford guest starred as herself in "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore". Died due to cardiopulmonary arrest and heart disease.
• Johnny Ramone, 55 (died September 15, 2004) - Ramone guest starred as himself along with the rest of The Ramones in "Rosebud". Died due to prostate cancer after 5 years of surviving it.
• Rodney Dangerfield, 82 (died October 5, 2004) - Dangerfield guest voiced as Larry Burns in "Burns, Baby Burns". Died due to complications from his heart valve-replacement surgery after suffering a heart attack.
• Johnny Carson, 79 (died January 23, 2005) - Carson guest starred as himself in "Krusty Gets Kancelled". "Mommie Beerest" was dedicated to him. Died due to respiratory failure arising from emphysema.
• Henry Corden, 85 (died May 19, 2005) - Corden guest voiced as Fred Flintstone in the episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts". Died due to emphysema.
• Anne Bancroft, 73 (died June 6, 2005) - Bancroft guest voiced as Dr. Zweig in "Fear of Flying". Died due to uterine cancer.
• Bob Denver, 70 (died September 2, 2005) - Denver guest starred as himself in "Simpson Tide". Died due to complications after throat cancer surgery.
• Dennis Weaver, 81 (died February 24, 2006) - Weaver guest voiced as Buck McCoy in "The Lastest Gun in the West". Died due to complications from cancer.
• James Brown, 73 (died December 25, 2006) - Brown guest starred as himself in "Bart's Inner Child". Died due to congestive heart failure that resulted from complications of pneumonia.
• Tom Poston, 85 (died April 30, 2007) - Poston guest voiced as the Capital City Goofball in "Dancin' Homer". Died due to respiratory failure.
• Robert Goulet, 73 (died October 30, 2007) - Goulet guest starred as himself in episode "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)". Died due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• George Carlin, 71 (died June 22, 2008) - Carlin guest voiced as Munchie in "D'oh-in' in the Wind". Died due to heart failure.
• Paul Newman, 83 (died September 26, 2008) - Newman guest starred as himself in "The Blunder Years". "Lost Verizon" was dedicated to his memory. Died due to lung cancer.
• Eartha Kitt, 81 (died December 25, 2008) - Kitt guest starred posthumously as herself in "Once Upon a Time in Springfield". Died due to colorectal cancer.
• Patrick McGoohan, 80 (died January 13, 2009) - McGoohan guest voiced as Number 6 in "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes". Died due to a brief illness.
• John Updike, 76 (died January 27, 2009) - Updike guest starred as himself in "Insane Clown Poppy". Died due to lung cancer.
• Ed McMahon, 86 (died June 23, 2009) - McMahon guest starred as himself in "Treehouse of Horror IX". Died due to bone cancer, pneumonia, and the many health problems he'd suffered from beforehand.
• Michael Jackson, 50 (died June 25, 2009) - Jackson guest voiced as Leon Kompowsky in "Stark Raving Dad" and co-wrote "Do the Bartman". A rerun of "Wedding for Disaster" was dedicated to him. Died due to cardiac arrest caused by acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication.
• Gary Coleman, 42 (died May 28, 2010) - Coleman guest starred as himself in "Grift of the Magi", and archive audio of his performance was used in "Behind the Laughter" and "A Tale of Two Springfields". Died due to epidural hematoma after hitting his head from a fall.
• Robert Schimmel, 60 (died September 3, 2010) - Schimmel guest voiced as a convict in "Pokey Mom". Died due to injuries from a car accident.
• Jack LaLanne, 96 (died January 23, 2011) - LaLanne guest starred as himself in "The Old Man and the "C" Student". Died due to respiratory failure and pneumonia.
• Elizabeth Taylor, 79 (died March 23, 2011) - Taylor guest voiced as Maggie when she says "Daddy" in "Lisa's First Word" and guest starred as herself in "Krusty Gets Kancelled". "Love is a Many Strangled Thing" was dedicated to her memory. Died due to congestive heart failure.
• Clarence Clemmons, 69 (died June 18, 2011) - Clemmons guest voiced as the narrator in "Grift of the Magi". Died due to complications caused by a stroke.
• Charles Napier, 75 (died October 5, 2011) - Napier guest voiced as The Warden in "Pokey Mom" and "The Wandering Juvie", Grant Connor in "The Fat and the Furriest", and Officer Krackney in "The Seven-Beer Snitch". Died after collapsing the day before due to blood clots in his legs.
• Joe Frazier, 67 (died November 7, 2011) - Frazier guest starred as himself in "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" and "Homer's Paternity Coot". Died due to liver cancer.
• Harry Morgan, 96 (died December 7, 2011) - Morgan guest voiced as Bill Gannon in "Mother Simpson". Died due to pneumonia.
• Dick Tufeld, 85 (died January 22, 2012) - Tufeld guest starred as his character, Robot B-9, from "Lost in Space" in "Mayored to the Mob" and "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore". Died due to congestive heart failure.
• Dick Clark, 82 (died April 18, 2012) - Clark guest starred as himself in "Treehouse of Horror X". Died due to a heart attack and coronary artery disease after suffering from a transurethral resection of the prostate and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
• Ernest Borgnine, 95 (died July 8, 2012) - Borgnine guest starred as himself in "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood". Died due to kidney failure.
• Gore Vidal, 86 (died July 31, 2012) - Vidal guest starred as himself in "Moe'N'a Lisa". Died due to pneumonia.
• Marvin Hamlisch, 68 (died August 6, 2012) - Hamlisch guest starred as himself posthumously in "Gone Abie Gone". Died due to respiratory arrest caused by anoxic brain encephalopathy and hypertension.
• Larry Hagman, 81 (died November 23, 2012) - Hagman guest voiced as Wallace Brady in "The Monkey Suit". Died due to acute myeloid leukemia from being diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome after stage 2 throat cancer surgery.
• Huell Howser, 67 (died January 7, 2013) - Howser guest starred as himself in "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?". "A Test Before Trying" was dedicated to him. Died due to metastatic prostate cancer.
• Dr. Joyce Brothers, 85 (died May 13, 2013) - Brothers guest starred as herself in "Last Exit to Springfield". Died due to respiratory failure.
• Cory Monteith, 31 (died July 13, 2013) - Monteith guest starred as himself in "Elementary School Musical". Died due to combined drug overdose that consisted of heroin, alcohol, codeine and morphine.
• Tom Clancy, 66 (died October 1, 2013) - Clancy guest starred as himself in the episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife". Died of an undisclosed/unknown illness.
• Mickey Rooney, 93 (died April 6, 2014) - Rooney guest starred as himself in the episode "Radioactive Man". Died due to natural causes.
• Don Pardo, 96 (died August 18, 2014) - Pardo guest starred as himself in the episode "Moonshine River". Died in his sleep due to natural causes.
• Joan Rivers, 81 (died September 4, 2014) - Rivers guest voiced as Annie Dubinsky in the episode "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution". Died due to cerebral hypoxia while in a coma after she stopped breathing while suffering serious complications during her failed minor throat surgery.
• Leonard Nimoy, 83 (died February 27, 2015) - Nimoy guest starred as himself in the episodes "Marge vs. the Monorail" and "The Springfield Files". Died due to complications from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after falling into a coma.
• Alex Rocco, 79 (died July 18, 2015) - Rocco guest voiced as Roger Myers, Jr. in the episodes "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", "The Day the Violence Died", and "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show". Died due to pancreatic cancer.
• Merl Reagle, 65 (died August 22, 2015) – Voiced himself in "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words".
• Daryl L. Coley, 60 (died March 15, 2016) - Coley guest voiced as Bleeding Gums Murphy in "Dancin' Homer". Died due to complications from diabetes mellitus while in hospice care.
• Garry Marshall, 81 (died July 19, 2016) - Marshall guest voiced as Larry Kidkill in "Eight Misbehavin" and Sheldon Leavitt in "Homer the Father". Died due to complications of pneumonia after suffering a stroke.
• Fyvush Finkel, 93 (died August 14, 2016) - Finkel guest starred as himself playing Krusty the Clown in "Lisa's Sax". Died due to a heart attack.
• Janet Reno, 78 (died November 7, 2016) - Reno guest starred as herself in "Dark Knight Court". Died due to Parkinson's disease after being diagnosed with it for 21 years.
• Adam West, 88 (died June 9, 2017) - West guest starred as himself in "Mr. Plow" and "Large Marge". Died due to leukemia after his brief battle with it.
• Jack Ong, 76 (died June 13, 2017) - voiced a Chinese fisherman in episode "Das Bus". Brain tumor.
• Martin Landau, 89 (died July 15, 2017) - Landau guest starred as The Great Raymondo in ''The Great Simpsina''. Died due to multiple organ failure complicated by intra-abdominal hemorrhage.
• June Foray, 99 (died July 26, 2017) - Foray guest voiced as the receptionist for the Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers Babysitting Service in "Some Enchanted Evening". Died due to being in declining health since a car accident in 2015.
• Jerry Lewis, 91 (died August 20, 2017) - Lewis guest starred as Jonathan Frink Sr. in ''Treehouse of Horror XIV''. Died due to cardiovascular disease.
• Hugh Hefner, 91 (died September 27, 2017) - Hefner guest starred as himself in "Krusty Gets Kancelled". Died of natural causes.
• Tom Petty, 66 (died October 2, 2017) - Petty guest starred as himself in "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation". "Springfield Splendor" was dedicated to him. Died due to cardiac arrest.
• Ray Thomas, 74 (died January 4, 2018) - voiced himself in "Viva Ned Flanders".
• John Mahoney, 77 (died February 4, 2018) - Mahoney guest starred as Robert Terwilliger, Sr in Funeral for a Fiend. Died of throat cancer.
• Stephen Hawking, 76 (died March 14, 2018) - Hawking appeared as himself in "They Saved Lisa's Brain", "Don't Fear the Roofer", "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!", and "Elementary School Musical". "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't" was dedicated to him. Died from complications of ALS.
• R. Lee Ermey, 74 (died April 15, 2018)- Ermey voiced  Colonel Leslie Hapablap in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" and "Waiting for Duffman". "Lisa Gets the Blues" was dedicated to his memory. Died from complications of pneumonia.
• Carl Kasell, 84 (died April 17, 2018) - voiced himself in "Pay Pal". Complications of Alzheimer's disease.
• Tom Wolfe, 88 (died May 14, 2018)- Wolfe voiced himself in "Moe'N'a Lisa".
• Anthony Bourdain, 61 (died June 8, 2018) - Played himself in "The Food Wife". Suicide.
• Harlan Ellison, 84 (died June 28, 2018) - Played himself in "Married to the Blob.
• Stan Lee, 95 (died November 12, 2018) - Played himself in "I Am Furious (Yellow)", "Married to the Blob", and “The Caper Chase”. "Werking Mom" was dedicated to him. Died of pneumonia.
• Ricky Jay, 72 (died November 24, 2018) - Played himself in "The Great Simpsina". "Daddicus Finch" was dedicated to him. Died from natural causes.
• Penny Marshall, 75 (died December 17, 2018) - Played Lucille Botzcowski in Some Enchanted Evening. A rerun of "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was dedicated to her. Died due to complications of diabetes.
• Luke Perry, 52 (died March 4, 2019) - Played himself in "Krusty Gets Kancelled". "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" was dedicated to him. Died from complications of a stroke.
• Tim Conway, 85 (died May 14, 2019)- Played himself in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase". He died from complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus. 
• Valerie Harper, 80 (died August 30, 2019) - voiced Proctor Perkins in "A Test Before Trying" and Ms. Myles in "Mr. Lisa's Opus". Lung cancer.
• Robert Forster, 78 (died October 11, 2019)- Played Lucky Jim in "Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes". Died of brain cancer. 
• Robert Evans, 89 (died October 26, 2019) - voiced himself in "Kill the Alligator and Run".
• Jack Sheldon, 88 (died December 27, 2019) - voiced Amendment To Be in "The Day the Violence Died".
• John Baldessari, 88 (died January 2, 2020) - voiced himself in "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage".
• Jack Burns, 86, (died January 26, 2020) - voiced Edward Christian in "Beyond Blunderdome".
• Kirk Douglas, 103, (died February 5, 2020) - voiced Chester Lampwick in "The Day the Violence Died". Died of natural causes.
• James Lipton, 93, (died March 2, 2020) - voiced himself in "The Sweetest Apu" and "Homer the Father". "Screenless" was dedicated to his memory. Died due to bladder cancer.
• Max von Sydow, 90, (died March 8, 2020) - voiced Klaus Ziegler in "The War of Art". "Better Off Ned (episode)" was dedicated to his memory.
• Little Richard, 87, (died May 9, 2020) - voiced himself in "Special Edna". "The Way of the Dog" was dedicated to his memory. Died from a struggle with bone cancer.
• Fred Willard, 86, (died May 15, 2020) - voiced Wally Kogen in "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday". Died of natural causes.
• Regis Philbin, 88, (died July 24, 2020) - played himself in “Treehouse of Horror IX“. Died of cardiovascular disease.

Citations

• Dearly Departed on the Simpsons at The Simpsons Archive
• The Curse of The Simpsons