It’s always hard to say good-bye to those familiar celebrity faces, the people who, over years of entertaining fans, become like good friends. This year we had to say farewell to some of our brightest stars, from the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, to the Charlie’s Angel’s, Farrah Fawcett.

Michael Jackson, age 50: Aug. 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009
Farrah Fawcett, age 62: Feb. 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009
Patrick Swayze, age 57: Aug. 18, 1952 – Sept. 14, 2009
Natasha Richardson, age 45: May 11, 1963 – March 18, 2009
Jade Goody, age 27: June 5, 1981 – March 22, 2009
Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, age 36: March 30, 1973 – Aug. 28, 2009
Brittany Murphy, age 32: Nov.10, 1977 – Dec. 20, 2009
Jett Travolta, age 16: April 13 1992 – Jan. 2 2009

The entertainment world also mourned the passing of these bright stars in 2009:

Patrick McGoohan, actor: Age 80 (March 19, 1928 – Jan. 13, 2009)
Ricardo Montalban, actor: Age 88 (Nov. 25, 1920 – Jan. 14, 2009)
Ron Silver, actor/director: Age 62 (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009)
Dom DeLuise, actor: Age 85 (Aug. 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009)
David Carradine, actor: Age 72 (Dec. 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009)
Ed McMahon, entertainer: Age 86 (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)
Billy Mays, TV pitchman: Age 50 (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009)
Karl Malden, actor: Age 97 (March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009)
Walter Cronkite, newscaster: Age 92 (Nov. 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)
Frank McCourt, author: Age 78 (Aug. 19, 1930 – July 19 19, 2009)
John Hughes, director/screenwriter: Age 59 (Feb. 18, 1950 – Aug. 6, 2009)
Ted Kennedy, U.S. senator: Age 77 (Feb. 22, 1932 – Aug. 25, 2009)
Army Archerd, columnist: Age 87 (Jan. 13, 1922 – Sept. 8, 2009)
Henry Gibson, actor/songrwiter: Age 73 (Sept. 21, 1935 – Sept. 14, 2009)
Jimmy Sullivan, aka The Rev, drummer for Avenged Sevenfold: Age 28 (Feb. 10, 1981 – Dec. 28, 2009)

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