January 6: Cristela Alonzo, American comedian, actress, writer and producer (voice of Shirley the Old Lady Bird in The Angry Birds Movie, Cruz Ramirez in the Cars franchise, Camila in The Casagrandes episode "Grandparent Trap").
August 11: Drew Nelson, Canadian actor (voice of Duncan in the Total Drama franchise, Kai in the 6teen episode "The New Guy", Alex in the Braceface episode "Leap of Faith").
December 27: Carson Palmer, American former football quarterback (voiced himself in The Replacements episodes "Ball Hogs", "Dick Daring's All-Star Holiday Stunt Spectacular", "Shelton's Bar Mitzvah" and "Irreplaceable").
June 16: Lazar Lagin, Soviet science fiction writer, children's writer, satirist, and screenwriter (scripted Passion of Spies), dies at age 75.[51][52]
November 30: Dick Huemer, American animator, comic strip artist, and illustrator (redesigned and developed Koko the Clown, created Fitz (Ko-Ko's canine companion), created Scrappy, storyboard artist for Dumbo), dies at age 81.[61][62]
December
December 27: Nikolai Khodataev, Russian film director and animator (Interplanetary Revolution, China in Flames, One of Many, The Samoyed Boy, The Little Organ and Fialkin's Career), dies at age 87.[63][64][65][66]
Specific date unknown
Adam Beckett, American animator, special effects artist and teacher (Star Wars), dies at age 28 or 29 in a house fire.[67][68]
↑ "Deaths elsewhere: Ted Cassidy". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. January 24, 1979. p.12. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
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