2000 in television

Deaths

• January 15 - Fran Ryan, character actress, sister of Irene Ryan.
• February 10 - Jim Varney, actor and comedian who created the character Ernest P. Worrell.
• February 12 - Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist.
• March 25 - Helen Martin, veteran African American character actress with a role on 227.
• April 10 - Larry Linville, actor (Frank Burns on the TV version of M*A*S*H).
• July 14 - Meredith MacRae, actress on Petticoat Junction.
• August 12 - Loretta Young, actress.
• September 14 Beah Richards, actress.
• October 18, Julie London, singer, actress.
• October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author.
• December 6 - Werner Klemperer, actor (Col. Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes).
• December 26 - Jason Robards, actor.