Muppet Show guest stars who have died

The Muppet Show guest stars who have passed away:

Zero Mostel
September 8, 1977
aged 62

Edgar Bergen
October 1, 1978
aged 75

Peter Sellers
July 24, 1980
aged 54

Marty Feldman
December 2, 1982
aged 48

Ethel Merman
February 15, 1984
aged 76

Liberace
February 4, 1987
aged 67

James Coco
February 25, 1987
aged 56

Danny Kaye
March 3, 1987
aged 76

Buddy Rich
April 2, 1987
aged 69

Gilda Radner
May 20, 1989
aged 42

Pearl Bailey
August 17, 1990
aged 72

Andres Bossard
March 25, 1992
aged 47

Nancy Walker
March 25, 1992
aged 69

Roger Miller
October 25, 1992
aged 56

Dizzy Gillespie
January 6, 1993
aged 75

Rudolf Nureyev
January 6, 1993
aged 54

Vincent Price
October 25, 1993
aged 82

Gene Kelly
February 2, 1996
aged 83

George Burns
March 9, 1996
aged 100

Juliet Prowse
September 14, 1996
aged 59

John Denver
October 12, 1997
aged 53

Roy Rogers
July 6, 1998
aged 86

Señor Wences
April 20, 1999
aged 103

Madeline Kahn
December 3, 1999
aged 57

Doug Henning
February 7, 2000
aged 52

Jean-Pierre Rampal
May 20, 2000
aged 78

Victor Borge
December 23, 2000
aged 91

Dale Evans
February 7, 2001
aged 88

Avery Schreiber
January 7, 2002
aged 66

Spike Milligan
February 27, 2002
aged 83

Milton Berle
March 27, 2002
aged 93

Dudley Moore
March 27, 2002
aged 66

James Coburn
November 18, 2002
aged 74

Bob Hope
July 27, 2003
aged 100

Johnny Cash
September 12, 2003
aged 71

Peter Ustinov
March 28, 2004
aged 82

Tony Randall
May 17, 2004
aged 84

Christopher Reeve
October 10, 2004
aged 52

Lou Rawls
January 6, 2006
aged 72

Don Knotts
February 24, 2006
aged 81

Beverly Sills
July 2, 2007
aged 78

Teresa Brewer
October 17, 2007
aged 76

Harvey Korman
May 29, 2008
aged 81

Dom DeLuise
May 4, 2009
aged 75

Lynn Redgrave
May 2, 2010
aged 67

Lena Horne
May 9, 2010
aged 92

Lorene Yarnell
July 29, 2010
aged 66

Wally Boag
June 3, 2011
aged 90

Phyllis Diller
August 20, 2012
aged 95

Andy Williams
September 25, 2012
aged 84

Jonathan Winters
April 11, 2013
aged 87

Jean Stapleton
May 31, 2013
aged 90

Florence Henderson
November 24, 2016
aged 82

Roger Moore
May 23, 2017
aged 89

Bruce Forsyth
August 18, 2017
aged 89

Jim Nabors
November 30, 2017
aged 87

Charles Aznavour
October 1, 2018
aged 94

Roy Clark
November 15, 2018
aged 85

Carol Channing
January 15, 2019
aged 97

Kaye Ballard
January 21, 2019
aged 93

Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
April 30, 2019
aged 74

Valerie Harper
August 30, 2019
aged 80

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
December 8, 2019
aged 85

Kenny Rogers
March 20, 2020
aged 81

Phyllis George
May 14, 2020
aged 70

Helen Reddy
September 29, 2020
aged 78

Mac Davis
September 29, 2020
aged 78

Cloris Leachman
January 26, 2021
aged 94

Loretta Lynn
October 4, 2022
aged 90

Raquel Welch
February 15, 2023
aged 82

Harry Belafonte
April 25, 2023
aged 96

Glenda Jackson
June 15, 2023
aged 87

Alan Arkin
June 29, 2023
aged 89

Kris Kristofferson
September 28, 2024
aged 88

Linda Lavin
December 29, 2024
aged 87

Ruth Buzzi
May 1, 2025
aged 88

Loretta Swit
May 30, 2025
aged 87

Cleo Laine
July 24, 2025
aged 97

See also

• Muppet Show guest stars who are living
• Muppet Show guest stars by age