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• The year is just beginning, but we’ve already lost a handful of stars across Hollywood. Here’s a list of some of the notable celebrities and industry professionals in film, TV, music and sports who we’ve lost so far in 2018.

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  Jon Paul Steuer

  Jon Paul Steuer, a former child actor who starred in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and most recently under the stage name Jonny Jewels for the rock band P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., died on Jan. 1. He was 33.

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• Mark Tenser

  Mark Tenser, president and CEO of B-Movie studio Crown International Pictures, died on Jan. 1. At his request, his age was not disclosed.

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  Frank Buxton

  Frank Buxton, a writer and director best known for his work on “The Odd Couple” and “Happy Days,” died on Jan. 2. He was 87.

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• Donnelly Rhodes

  Donnelly Rhodes, a Canadian actor who played chief medical officer Dr. Sherman Cottle on the “Battlestar Galactica” reboot, died on Jan. 8. He was 80.

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  John Thompson

  John Thompson, a major action film producer and head of production at Millennium Films, died on Jan. 9 after a battle with leukemia. He was 71.

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• “Fast” Eddie Clark

  Motörhead guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke died on Jan. 10 at the age of 67 after being admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. He was the last living member of the band’s 1976-1982 lineup.

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  Dolores O’Riordan

  Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer for Irish rock group The Cranberries, known for hits like “Linger,” “Dreams” and “Zombie,” died on Jan. 15 at age 46. She died suddenly while recording in London.

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• Jo Jo White

  Jo Jo White, a Hall of Fame basketball player for the Boston Celtics, died from cancer on Jan. 16. He was 71.

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  Hugh Wilson

  Hugh Wilson, director of the film comedies “Police Academy” and “The First Wives Club” and creator of the hit TV series “WKRP In Cincinnati,” died on Jan. 16. He was 74.

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• Simon Shelton

  The British actor who portrayed Tinky Winky on “Teletubbies,” Simon Shelton – who also went by the name Simon Barnes – died on January 17. He was 52.

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  Peter Wyngarde

  Peter Wyngarde, the cult British actor who served as Mike Myers’ inspiration for Austin Powers, died on Jan. 18. He was 90.

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• Dorothy Malone

  Dorothy Malone, a glamour queen of Old Hollywood who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1956’s “Written on the Wind” and starred in “Peyton Place” and “Basic Instinct,” died on Jan. 19 of natural causes. She was 92.

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  Olivia Cole

  Olivia Cole, the Emmy-winning star of the miniseries “Roots,” died on Jan. 19 at her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She was 75.

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• Fredo Santana

  Fredo Santana, a Chicago rapper who came up with his cousin Chief Keef, died on Jan. 20. No cause of death was immediately revealed, but Santana was hospitalized in October with kidney and liver failure. He was 27.

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  Connie Sawyer

  Connie Sawyer, a late blooming actress who starred in “When Harry Met Sally” and “Pineapple Express,” died on Jan. 22. She was 105, and the oldest working member of the Screen Actors Guild.

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• Lari White

  Lari White, a country singer known for her songs “Now I Know” and “That’s My Baby,” as well as an actress who appeared in “Cast Away” and “No Regrets,” died on Jan. 23 following a battle with cancer. She was 52.

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  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Ursula K. Le Guin, an acclaimed fantasy and science fiction writer, died in her home in Portland, Oregon on Jan. 23. She was 88.

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• Joel Taylor

  Joel Taylor, a star of the Discovery Channel reality show “Storm Chasers,” died on Jan. 23. He was 38.

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  Ezra Swerdlow

  Ezra Swerdlow, a New York film producer for “The First Wives Club” and with additional credits on “Spaceballs,” “Alien 3,” “Tootsie” and more, died of complications from pancreatic cancer and ALS in Boston on Jan. 23. He was 64.

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• Mark E. Smith

  Mark E. Smith, the lead singer of the prolific British post-punk band The Fall, died on Jan. 24 in his home. He was 60.

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  John Morris

  John Morris, a composer who worked on “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein” and many other Mel Brooks movies, died on Jan. 25. He was 91.

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• Mark Salling

  Mark Salling, known for playing Puck on “Glee,” was found dead on Jan. 30 near a riverbed in Sunland, California. Salling’s death came as he awaited sentencing in March after pleading guilty last October to possession of child pornography. The actor was 35.

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  Louis Zorich

  Louis Zorich, star of “Mad About You” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” died on Jan. 30. He had been married to “Moonstruck” star Olympia Dukakis since 1962. He was 93.

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• Ann Gillis

  Ann Gillis, a former child star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and who was featured in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” died on Jan. 31. She was 90.

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  Rasual Butler

  Former NBA star Rasual Butler was killed in a car crash on Jan. 31. He was 38.

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• Dennis Edwards

  Dennis Edwards, the lead singer of the Motown soul group The Temptations between 1968 and 1984, died on Feb. 2 just one day before his 75th birthday.

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  John Mahoney

  John Mahoney, who played Martin Crane on “Frasier” and also starred in “Moonstruck” and “Tin Men,” died on Feb. 4. He was 77.

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• Mickey Jones

  Mickey Jones, an actor known for roles in “Total Recall” and “Sling Blade,” died on Feb. 7 following a “long illness.” He was 76.

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  Jill Messick

  Jill Messick, a veteran studio executive, producer and the former manager to actress and activist Rose McGowan, took her own life on Feb. 8. Messick’s family issued a devastating statement blaming, “our new culture of unlimited information sharing and a willingness to accept statement as fact,” specifically citing the fight between Rose McGowan and Harvey Weinstein that also ensnared Messick. She was 50.

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• Reg E. Cathey

  Reg E. Cathey, the Emmy-winning actor known for his work on “The Wire” and “House of Cards,” died on February 9. He was 59.

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  John Gavin

  John Gavin, an actor who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Spartacus,” died on February 9. He was 86.

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• Jóhann Jóhannsson

  Jóhann Jóhannsson, an acclaimed, Oscar-nominated and emerging Icelandic film composer known for his work on “Sicario,” “Arrival” and “The Theory of Everything,” died on February 9. He was 48.

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  Vic Damone

  Vic Damone, a singer known for his baritone crooning and for his work on classic films like 1957’s “An Affair to Remember,” died on February 11. He was 89.

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• Daryle Singletary

  Daryle Singletary, a Georgian born country singer known for his songs “I Let Her Lie” and “Amen Kind of Love,” died on February 12. He was 46.

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  Barbara Alston

  Barbara Alston, a member of the ’60s girl group The Crystals who sang on the hit song “Then He Kissed Me,” died on Feb. 16 from complications from the flu. She was 74.

• Bruce Margolis

  Fox studio executive and TV producer Bruce Margolis, best known for work on “Star” and overseeing “24,” “Prison Break” and “Bones,” died after a battle with cancer on February 16. He was 64.

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  Billy Graham

  The Rev. Billy Graham, a Christian preacher and spiritual adviser to presidents going back to Harry Truman and an icon of American religious life and TV, died on Feb. 21. He was 99.

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• Emma Chambers

  Emma Chambers, who starred in “Notting Hill” and the BBC’s “The Vicar of Dibley,” died on Feb. 21 of natural causes. She was 53.

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  Bud Luckey

  Bud Luckey, an Oscar-nominated animator who designed Woody from Pixar’s “Toy Story” and voiced Eeyore in “Winnie the Pooh,” died on Feb. 24. He was 83.

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• Lewis Gilbert

  Lewis Gilbert, an Oscar-nominated British director of “Alfie” and three James Bond movies, died on Feb. 23. He was 97.

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  Sridevi

  Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor, also known as just Sridevi, died on Feb. 24. She had appeared in over 150 films in Bollywood. She was 54.

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• Benjamin Melniker

  Benjamin Melniker, an executive at MGM who had been with the company since 1939, as well as most recently a producer on “Justice League,” died on Feb. 26. He was 104.

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  Harry J. Ufland

  Harry Ufland (right), an agent-turned producer and who was a long-time collaborator with Martin Scorsese on films including “The Last Temptation of Christ,” died in March after suffering from brain cancer. He was 81.

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• Barry Crimmins

  Barry Crimmins, a legendary comedian on the Boston comedy circuit and political advocate for victims of childhood sexual abuse, died on March 1. Weeks before his death Crimmins disclosed a cancer diagnosis. He died beside his wife and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwaite, who made a documentary on Crimmins titled “Call Me Lucky.” Crimmins was 64.

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  David Ogden Stiers

  David Ogden Stiers, an Emmy-nominated actor who played Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on “M.A.S.H.,” died of cancer on March 3. He was 75.

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• Hubert de Givenchy

  Hubert de Givenchy, a legendary French fashion designer who dressed Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy, Princess Grace of Monaco and more, died on March 10. He was 91.

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  Craig Mack

  Craig Mack, a rapper who rose to fame with the 1994 hit “Flava in Ya Ear,” died on March 12. He was 46.

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• Nokie Edwards

  Nokie Edwards, a surf rock guitarist who played in the band The Ventures and who played bass on the “Hawaii Five-O” theme song, died on March 12. He was 82.

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  Stephen Hawking

  Stephen Hawking, the British physicist, cosmologist and author whose insights made him a scientific icon, and whose life inspired the film “The Theory of Everything,” died on March 13. He was 76.

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• Frank Avruch

  Frank Avruch, who worked at Boston’s WCVB for more than four decades, including on the first nationally syndicated “Bozo the Clown,” died on March 20. He was 89.

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  H. Wayne Huizenga

  H. Wayne Huizenga, the billionaire founder of Blockbuster Video, AutoNation, Waste Management and the former owner of the Miami Dolphins, Florida Marlins and Florida Panthers, died on March 23. He was 80.

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