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[[File:Paulnewmandedication.png|thumb|right|Dedication to Paul Newman at the end of "[[Lost Verizon]]"]]
The following is a list of '''people who have worked on ''[[The Simpsons]]''''', both the show and other franchise elements, but later '''died'''. For the main series, the list includes deceased voice cast, staff and guest stars. Often, subsequent episodes have been dedicated to them. Those who have work on the show's comics, albums, video games and other related productions, are also included here.

To clarify, this list only includes people who died after their work on ''The Simpsons'' took place, for example:
*[[Eartha Kitt]] is included because she recorded a guest spot for the show, but died before it aired.
*[[Neil Armstrong]] is included because, although he did not knowingly make an appearance on the series, archive audio of his first steps on the moon were used by the show whilst he was still alive.
*[[Theodore Roosevelt]] is not included because the archive audio of his speeches were used in the show long after his death.
**Similarly, the writer [[Edgar Allan Poe]] was credited with co-writing "The Raven" section of "[[Treehouse of Horror]]", as this primarily consisted of the actual text of Poe's ''{{W|The Raven}}''. Poe died aged 40 on October 7, 1849 from unknown causes, some 141 years before the episode aired.

== The Simpsons ==
The following people have been credited with working on ''The Simpsons''. Several have worked on other aspects of the franchise as well, but they are principally associated with the TV show.

=== Cast ===
*[[Christopher Collins]], 44 (died June 12, 1994) – voiced [[Mr. Burns]] in the episode "[[Homer's Odyssey]]" and the host of ''[[America's Most Armed and Dangerous presenter|America's Most Armed and Dangerous]]'' in "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]", before leaving the show. Cerebral hemorrhage.
*[[Doris Grau]], 71 (died December 30, 1995) – Grau provided the voice of [[Lunchlady Doris]] and several minor parts, appearing in 23 episodes, between seasons 2 and 9. She had previously served as a script supervisor. Lunchlady Doris was initially retired, but has since made appearances and now being voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]]. "[[Team Homer]]" was dedicated to her. Emphysema.
*[[Phil Hartman]], 49 (died May 28, 1998) – Hartman regularly provided the voices of [[Troy McClure]] and [[Lionel Hutz]] as well as other minor one-time parts such as [[Lyle Lanley]] and [[Evan Conover]], appearing in 52 episodes, between seasons 2 and 9. Following his murder, his characters were retired and "[[Bart the Mother]]" was dedicated to him. Homicide; gunshot.
*[[Marcia Wallace]], 70 (died October 25, 2013) – Wallace regularly provided the voice of [[Edna Krabappel]], appearing in over 170 episodes, between seasons 1 and 25. "[[Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]" had the chalkboard gag dedicated to her, and also contained a dedication at the end of the episode in its original airing. "[[White Christmas Blues]]" also had a small tribute to both her and [[Don Payne]] on the opening sequence. In "[[The Man Who Grew Too Much]]" Wallace and her character were retired with a special clip at the end of the episode. Combination of breast cancer, pneumonia, and sepsis.
*[[Russi Taylor]], 75 (died July 26, 2019) – voiced [[Martin Prince]], [[Sherri]], [[Terri]] and [[Üter Zörker]] among other characters. Her characters were taken over by [[Grey DeLisle]] starting with [[season 31]]. A rerun of "[[Werking Mom]]" was dedicated to her. Colorectal cancer.

=== Crew ===
==== Writers and producers ====
*[[Thomas Chastain]], 73 (died September 1, 1994) – Co-wrote the story of the episode "[[Black Widower]]". Lung cancer.
*[[Don Payne]], 48 (died March 26, 2013) – Payne served as a writer, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer and consulting producer on the show, between seasons 11 and 25. He was credited on 113 episodes, writing 16 of them, including "[[Insane Clown Poppy]]" (amongst many co-written with [[John Frink]]), "[[Thank God It's Doomsday]]" and "[[Fraudcast News]]". His most recent aired credit at the time of his death was as a consulting producer on "[[Dark Knight Court]]", but two episodes which he wrote, "[[White Christmas Blues]]" and "[[Labor Pains]]", aired after his death. Bone cancer.
*[[Steve Viksten]], 53 (died June 23, 2014) – Co-wrote the episode "[[Homer Scissorhands]]" with [[Peter Gaffney]].
*[[Sam Simon]], 59 (died March 8, 2015) – Simon co-created and developed ''The Simpsons'' with [[Matt Groening]] and [[James L. Brooks]]. He served as the showrunner for seasons 1 and 2 and remained on staff as a writer and producer until the end of season 4. Simon assembled the show's initial writing team and designed characters such as [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Chief Wiggum]]. He co-wrote nine episodes, including "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" and "[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]". He remained credited in his roles of developer, executive producer and character designer in every episode of the show. Colorectal cancer.
*[[Kevin Curran]], 59 (died October 25, 2016) – Served as a consultant for two episode during [[season 9]] before serving as a writer and producer from [[season 14]] to [[season 27]]. Curran was credited on 306 episodes, writing 11 of them, including "[[I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can]]". Cancer.
*[[Dennis Snee]], 68 (died July 1, 2019) – Wrote the episode "[[Special Edna]]". Parkinson's disease.
*[[J. Michael Mendel]], 54 (died September 23, 2019) - served as a producer from seasons 1-10. Also served as a producer for the "[[Rick and Morty couch gag]]" in [[season 26]]. Unknown.
*[[David Richardson]], 65 (died January 18, 2021) - supervising producer for [[season 5]] and [[season 6|6]] and writer of "[[Homer Loves Flanders]]". Heart failure.
*[[Marc Wilmore]], 57 (died January 30, 2021) - Writer and producer from seasons 13-27, credited on 302 episodes, writing 11 of them. Voiced [[Dr. Wilmore]] in "[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]". Complications from {{W|COVID-19}}.
*[[Frank Mula]], 71 (died December 17, 2021) - Writer and producer from seasons 3-5 and 10-12, credited on 80 episodes, writing 3 of them.
*[[Ron Zimmerman]], 64 (died July 28, 2022) - wrote the [[season 28]] episode "[[The Cad and the Hat]]".

==== Directors and animators ====
*[[Michael O'Conner]], 54 (died May 5, 1992) – O'Conner was a layout artist for season 1.
*[[Ray Johnson, Jr.]] (died 1994) – Johnson was a layout artist.
*[[Jackie Banks]], 54 (died November 4, 1995) – Banks was an Animation checker and scene planner, who worked on the show during seasons two, four, five and six. "[[Mother Simpson]]" was dedicated to her.
*[[Constantin Mustatea]], 68 (died April 17, 1996) – was an animator for "[[Homer's Odyssey]]".
*[[Tom Coppola]] (died July 13, 1996) – was a layout artist.
*[[Ed DeMattia]], 82 (died January 6, 1997) – was an animator for 3 episodes.
*[[Phyllis Craig]], 67 (died May 18, 1997) – ink and paint supervisor for 61 episodes.
*[[Art Seidel]], 66 (died February 21, 1998) – Seidel was the first assistant director and unit production manager for the live-action segment at the end of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]".
*[[Lee Mishkin]], 74 (died June 19, 2001) – Animation timer for "[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" and "[[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]".
*[[Kent Holaday]], 49 (died June 22, 2001) – Holaday worked as a lip sync artist for the show. Thyroid condition.
*[[Ted Bemiller]], 79 (died October 26, 2003) – animation camera operator for 23 episodes.
*[[Barrington T. Bunce]], 60 (died June 14, 2005) – layout artist on "[[Homer's Night Out]]".
*[[James O'Brien]] (died July 26, 2005) – O'Brien was a layout artist and assistant director. "[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]" was dedicated to him. Melanoma.
*[[Maxine Markota]], 83 (died December 15, 2012) – Animation checker.
*[[Don Vanderbeek]], 64 (died January 31, 2014) – Background layout artist. Esophageal cancer.
*[[Paul Gruwell]], 80 (died November 4, 2014) – Animation timer for "[[Lost Our Lisa]]".
*[[Chris Moeller]], 47 (died December 31, 2014) – Storyboard artist for nine episodes. ALS.
*[[Cliff Voorhees]] (died April 6, 2015) – Background layout artist for three episodes.
*[[Richard Manginsay]], 43 (died August 13, 2015) – Layout artist and assistant director. Cancer.
*[[Julia Kalantarova]], 45 (died September 27, 2016) – Background painter and color stylist.
*[[Sooan Kim]], 62 (died January 20, 2017) – Character layout artist.
*[[Merle Welton]] (died April 11, 2017) – Animation checker.
*[[Jerry Richardson]] (died May 17, 2018) – Background and storyboard artist.
*[[Domingo Rivera]] (died October 15, 2018) – Character layout artist.
*[[Christopher Reccardi]], 54 (died May 2, 2019) – Character layout artist for "[[Bart's Dog Gets an "F"]]". Heart attack. 
*[[Ernesto Elicanal]] (died September 4, 2019) – Character layout artist.
*[[Cullen Blaine]], 85 (died December 2, 2020) – Layout artist and lip sync artist for season 1.
*[[Tuck Tucker]], 59 (died December 22, 2020) – Character layout artist for ''The Simpsons''.
*[[Brenda Banks]], 72 (died December 30, 2020) – Animator for ''[[The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield]]'' and character layout artist for "[[Trash of the Titans]]" and "[[King of the Hill]]".
*[[Dale Baer]], 70 (died January 15, 2021) – Animator for the couch gag in "[[Fland Canyon]]". Complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*[[Richard Bowman]], 69 (died March 19, 2021) – Overseas animation supervisor, sheet timer, and lip sync artist for season 1.
*[[Edwin E. Aguilar]], 46 (died April 10, 2021) – Character layout artist, storyboard artist and assistant director. "[[Panic on the Streets of Springfield]]" was dedicated to him. Cerebral thrombosis.
*[[Mike Camarillo]], 57 (died December 25, 2021) – Background cleanup artist from seasons one to three.
*[[David Schwartz]], 67 (died December 30, 2021) – Storyboard artist for three episodes.
*[[Ian Wilcox]], 66 (died April 30, 2022) – Background layout artist and background designer from season 17 to 30. "[[Marge the Meanie]]" was dedicated to him. Cancer.
*[[Laurie Hanson]], 90 (died August 2, 2022) – Animation checker for season 1.
*[[Jeff Howard]], 69 (died August 25, 2022) – Character layout artist and animation timer.
*[[Ralph Eggleston]], 56 (died August 28, 2022) – Storyboard artist for "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]". Pancreatic cancer.
*[[Bike Kinzle]], 69 (died March 6, 2023) – Color designer for "[[The Simpsons Guy]]", a ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]'' crossover.
*[[Craig Armstrong]], 70 (died August 15, 2023) – Character layout artist.
*[[Istvan Majoros]], 72 (died September 27, 2023) – Character layout artist.

==== Other crew members ====
*[[Michael P. Schoenbrun]], 54 (died June 5, 1993) – Schoenbrun was Executive in Charge of Production at [[Gracie Films]]. "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]" was dedicated to him.
*[[Robert Glass]], 53 (died July 21, 1993) – was the sound re-recording mixer on "[[Lisa's First Word]]". Stabbed.
*[[Andy Houts]], 31 (died February 26, 1997) – was a production assistant for 20 episodes.
*[[Ron Scalera]], 49 (died April 21, 2010) – was the executive in charge of production of "[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]". Heart attack.
*[[Daria Paris]], 60 (died October 2, 2010) – assistant to the executive producers in season 1; [[Sam Simon]]'s assistant from season 2 to 4. Cancer.
*[[Csaba Varga]], 66 (died June 15, 2012) – served as a producer for [[Varga Studios]] for the music video for ''[[Do the Bartman]]''.
*[[Richard Lorenzana]], 69 (died March 27, 2014) – Lorenzana served as the show's production accountant from 2009 until his death.
*[[Harold M. Schulweis]], 89 (died December 18, 2014) – was the special technical consultant on "[[Like Father, Like Clown]]".
*[[András Erkel]], 52 (died December 29, 2014) – served as a producer for [[Varga Studios]] for the music video for ''[[Do the Bartman]]''.
*[[Ray Colcord]], 66 (died February 5, 2016) – was a one time composer for "[[Dead Putting Society]]". Pancreatic cancer.
*[[Dell Hake]], 73 (died August 10, 2017) – was a conductor and orchestrator for many episodes between seasons 17 and 26.
*[[Rochelle Linder]], 59 (died August 27, 2017) – was an office manager for the "[[The Simpsons Guy]]", a ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]'' crossover.
*[[Arthur B. Rubinstein]], 80 (died April 23, 2018) – composer for two episodes. Cancer.
*{{ap|Patrick Williams|composer}}, 79 (died July 25, 2018) – composer for the [[season 2]] episode "[[Simpson and Delilah]]". Cancer.
*[[Lolee Aries]], 61 (died July 10, 2018) – served as an animation producer and animation executive producer. Complications of lymphoma.
*[[Trista H. Navarro]], 43 (died February 6, 2019) – animation production manager, supervisor and associate for over 250 episodes.
*[[Alan Decker]], 59 (died December 23, 2020) – served as a sound re-recording mixer for ''The Simpsons''.
*[[Tommy Morgan]], 89 (died June 23, 2022) – played the harmonica to the song "[[The Ballad of Jebediah Springfield]]" in the [[season 7]] episode "[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]".
*[[Terry Harrington]], 84 (died July 20, 2022) – provided the sounds of [[Lisa Simpson]]'s saxophone.
*[[Trixie Flynn]], 74 (died July 22, 2022) – served as an assistant to [[James L. Brooks]]. Respiratory failure.
*[[Chris Ledesma]], 64 (died December 16, 2022) – served as the music editor for the first 33 seasons. "[[My Life as a Vlog]]" was dedicated to him.
*[[Jennifer Dolce]], 62 (died 2022) – served as an editor for 7 episodes.
*[[Anne Luiting]], 64 (died January 22, 2023) – served as a studio production manager and animation vice president of production.

=== Guest stars ===
*[[Audrey Meadows]], 73 (died February 3, 1996) – Voiced [[Beatrice Simmons|Beatrice "Bea" Simmons]] in "[[Old Money]]". Lung cancer.
*[[George Fenneman]], 77 (died May 29, 1997) – Appeared as the narrator in "[[Marge on the Lam]]". Emphysema.
*[[Linda McCartney]], 56 (died April 17, 1998) – Appeared as herself in "[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]". "[[Trash of the Titans]]" was dedicated to her. Breast and liver cancer.
*[[Jim Varney]], 50 (died February 10, 2000) – Played [[Cooder]] in "[[Bart Carny]]". Lung cancer.
*[[Tito Puente]], 77 (died May 31, 2000) – Appeared as himself in "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]" and "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)]]". Heart problem.
*[[Steve Allen]], 78 (died October 30, 2000) – Appeared as the "electronically altered" voice of Bart in "[[Separate Vocations]]" and as himself in "[['Round Springfield]]". Heart attack.
*[[Joe C.]], 26 (died November 16, 2000) – Appeared as himself in "[[Kill the Alligator and Run]]". Celiac disease
*[[Werner Klemperer]], 80 (died December 6, 2000) – Appeared as [[Colonel Klink]] from ''Hogan's Heroes'' in "[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]". Cancer.
*[[Joey Ramone]], 49 (died April 15, 2001) – Appeared as himself, with the rest of [[The Ramones]] in "[[Rosebud]]". Lymphoma.
*[[Jack Lemmon]], 76 (died June 27, 2001) – Voiced [[Frank Ormand]] in "[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]". Bladder cancer.
*[[George Harrison]], 58 (died November 29, 2001) – Harrison played himself in "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]". "[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]" was dedicated to him. Lung and brain cancer.
*[[Ron Taylor]], 49 (died January 16, 2002) – Voiced [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] in "[[Moaning Lisa]]" and "[['Round Springfield]]". "[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]" was dedicated to him. Heart attack.
*[[Lawrence Tierney]], 82 (died February 26, 2002) – Played [[Don Brodka]] in "[[Marge Be Not Proud]]". Pneumonia.
*[[Stephen Jay Gould]], 60 (died May 20, 2002) – Appeared as himself in "[[Lisa the Skeptic]]". "[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]" was dedicated to him. Cancer.
*[[John Entwistle]], 57 (died June 27, 2002) – Appeared as himself, with the rest of [[The Who]] in "[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]". Drug induced heart attack.
*[[Rod Steiger]], 77 (died July 9, 2002) – Voiced [[Captain Tenille]] in "[[Simpson Tide]]". Pneumonia after gall bladder surgery.
*[[Chick Hearn]], 85 (died August 5, 2002 – Voiced the Announcer in "[[Homer Defined]]". Head injury from fall.
*[[Johnny Unitas]], 69 (died September 11, 2002) – Appeared as himself in "[[Homie the Clown]]". Heart attack.
*[[Barry White]], 58 (died July 4, 2003) – Appeared as himself in "[[Whacking Day]]" and "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]". Kidney failure.
*[[Bob Hope]], 100 (died July 27, 2003) – Appeared as himself in "[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]". Pneumonia.
*[[Johnny Cash]], 71 (died September 12, 2003) – Voiced the [[Space Coyote]] in "[[El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer]]". Complications from diabetes.
*[[George Plimpton]], 76 (died September 29, 2003) – Appeared as himself in "[[I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can]]". Natural causes.
*[[Paul Winfield]], 64 (died March 7, 2004) – Voiced [[Lucius Sweet]] in "[[The Homer They Fall]]" and "[[The Trouble with Trillions]]". Heart attack.
*[[Isabel Sanford]], 86 (died July 9, 2004) – Appeared as herself in "[[Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]". Heart disease.
*[[Johnny Ramone]], 55 (died September 15, 2004) – Appeared as himself, with the rest of The Ramones in "[[Rosebud]]". Prostate cancer.
*[[Rodney Dangerfield]], 82 (died October 5, 2004) – Played [[Larry Burns]] in "[[Burns, Baby Burns]]". Complications from heart surgery.
*[[Johnny Carson]], 79 (died January 23, 2005) – Carson appeared as himself in "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]". "[[Mommie Beerest]]" was dedicated to him. Emphysema.
*[[Henry Corden]], 85 (died May 19, 2005) – Voiced Fred Flintstone in the episode "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]". Emphysema.
*[[Anne Bancroft]], 73 (died June 6, 2005) – Voiced [[Dr. Zweig]] in "[[Fear of Flying]]". Uterine cancer.
*[[Bob Denver]], 70 (died September 2, 2005) – Played himself in "[[Simpson Tide]]". Complications from throat cancer surgery.
*[[Dennis Weaver]], 81 (died February 24, 2006) – Played [[Buck McCoy]] in "[[The Lastest Gun in the West]]". Complications from cancer.
*[[James Brown]], 73 (died December 25, 2006) – Appeared as himself in "[[Bart's Inner Child]]". Heart failure induced by pneumonia.
*[[Tom Poston]], 85 (died April 20, 2007) – Appeared as the [[Capital City Goofball]] in "[[Dancin' Homer]]". Respiratory failure.
*[[Robert Goulet]], 73 (died October 30, 2007) – Appeared as himself in episode "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]". Pulmonary fibrosis.
*[[George Carlin]], 71 (died June 22, 2008) – Voiced Munchie in "[[D'oh-in' in the Wind]]". Heart failure.
*[[Paul Newman]], 83 (died September 26, 2008) – Appeared as himself in "[[The Blunder Years]]". "[[Lost Verizon]]" was dedicated to his memory. Lung cancer.
*[[Eartha Kitt]], 81 (died December 25, 2008) – Appeared posthumously in a "[[Once Upon a Time in Springfield]]". Colon cancer.
*[[Patrick McGoohan]], 80 (died January 13, 2009) – Appeared as Number Six in "[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]". Short illness.
*[[John Updike]], 76 (died January 27, 2009) – Appeared as himself in "[[Insane Clown Poppy]]". Lung cancer.
*[[Ed McMahon]], 86 (died June 23, 2009) – Appeared as himself in "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]". Bone cancer and pneumonia.
*[[Michael Jackson]], 50 (died June 25, 2009) – Appeared as Leon Kompowsky in "[[Stark Raving Dad]]" and also co-wrote "[[Do the Bartman]]". A repeat of "[[Wedding for Disaster]]" was dedicated to him. Drug overdose induced cardiac arrest.
*[[Gary Coleman]], 42 (died May 28, 2010) – Appeared as himself in "[[Grift of the Magi]]". Archive audio of his performance was also used in "[[Behind the Laughter]]" and "[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]". Intercranial hemorrhage from fall.
*[[Robert Schimmel]], 60 (died September 3, 2010) – Appeared as a convict in "[[Pokey Mom]]". Car accident.
*[[Jack LaLanne]], 96 (died January 23, 2011) – Appeared as himself in "[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]". Pneumonia.
*[[Elizabeth Taylor]], 79 (died March 23, 2011) – Voiced [[Maggie]] in "[[Lisa's First Word]]" and appeared as herself in "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"; "[[Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing]]" was dedicated to her. Heart failure.
*[[Clarence Clemons]], 69 (died June 18, 2011) – Narrated the episode "[[Grift of the Magi]]". Stroke.
*[[Charles Napier]], 75 (died October 5, 2011) – Voiced three different characters in four episodes, including the recurring character [[The Warden]]. Unknown cause.
*[[Joe Frazier]], 67 (died November 7, 2011) – Appeared as himself in the episodes "[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]" and "[[Homer's Paternity Coot]]". Liver cancer.
*[[Harry Morgan]], 96 (died December 7, 2011) – Appeared as his ''Dragnet'' character [[Bill Gannon]] in "[[Mother Simpson]]". Pneumonia.
*[[Tom Ardolino]], 56 (died January 6, 2012) – As [[NRBQ]]'s drummer, Ardolino performed with the rest of the band in three episodes. Diabetes.
*[[Dick Tufeld]], 85 (died January 22, 2012) – Tufeld reprised his role as the voice of the robot from the series ''[[Lost in Space]]'' in "[[Mayored to the Mob]]" and "[[Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]".
*[[Dick Clark]], 82 (died April 18, 2012) – Appeared as himself in "[[Treehouse of Horror X]]". Heart attack.
*[[Ernest Borgnine]], 95 (died July 8, 2012) – Appeared as himself in "[[Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood]]". Kidney failure.
*[[Gore Vidal]], 86 (died July 31, 2012) – Appeared as himself in "[[Moe'N'a Lisa]]". Pneumonia.
*[[Marvin Hamlisch]], 68 (died August 6, 2012) – Appeared posthumously as himself in "[[Gone Abie Gone]]". Multiple causes.
*[[Larry Hagman]], 81 (died November 23, 2012) – Voiced [[Wallace Brady]] in "[[The Monkey Suit]]". Throat cancer.
*[[Huell Howser]], 67 (died January 7, 2013) – Appeared as himself in "[[Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?]]". "[[A Test Before Trying]]" was dedicated to him. Prostate cancer. 
*[[Pat Summerall]], 82 (died April 16, 2013) – Appeared as himself in "[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]". Cardiac arrest.
*[[Joyce Brothers]], 85 (died May 13, 2013) – Appeared as herself in "[[Last Exit to Springfield]]". Respiratory failure.
*[[Cory Monteith]], 31 (died July 13, 2013) – Appeared as Flynn in "[[Elementary School Musical]]". Alcohol and drug overdose.
*[[Tom Clancy]], 66 (died October 1, 2013) – Appeared as himself in "[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]". Brief illness.
*[[Mickey Rooney]], 93 (died April 6, 2014) – Appeared as himself in "[[Radioactive Man]]". Natural causes.
*[[Don Pardo]], 96 (died August 18, 2014) – Appeared as himself in "[[Moe Letter Blues]]" and "[[Moonshine River]]". Natural causes.
*[[Joan Rivers]], 81 (died September 4, 2014) – Voiced [[Annie Dubinsky]] in "[[The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]". Heart failure.
*[[Jan Hooks]], 57 (died October 9, 2014) – Voiced [[Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon]] in six episodes, between seasons 9 and 14. "[[Super Franchise Me]]" was dedicated to her. Cancer.
*[[Leonard Nimoy]], 83 (died February 27, 2015) – Appeared as {{Ch|Leonard Nimoy|himself}} in "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]" and "[[The Springfield Files]]". "[[The Princess Guide]]" was dedicated to him. {{W|Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease}}.
*[[Alex Rocco]], 79 (died July 18, 2015) – Voiced [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]] in three episodes.
*[[Merl Reagle]], 65 (died August 22, 2015) – Voiced {{Ch|Merl Reagle|himself}} in "[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]".
*[[Daryl Coley]], 60 (died March 16, 2016) – Voiced [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] in "[[Dancin' Homer]]".
*[[Garry Marshall]], 81 (died July 19, 2016) – Voiced [[Larry Kidkill]] in "[[Eight Misbehavin']]" and [[Sheldon Leavitt]] in "[[Homer the Father]]". Complications of pneumonia after suffering a stroke.
*[[Fyvush Finkel]], 93 (died August 14, 2016) – voiced {{Ch|Fyvush Finkel|himself}} in "[[Lisa's Sax]]".
*[[Janet Reno]], 78 (died November 7, 2016) – voiced {{Ch|Janet Reno|herself}} in "[[Dark Knight Court]]". Parkinson's disease.
*[[Adam West]], 88 (died June 9, 2017) – voiced {{Ch|Adam West|himself}} in the [[season 4]] episode "[[Mr. Plow]]" and reprised his role of [[Batman]] in the [[season 14]] episode "[[Large Marge]]". Also voiced Mayor Adam West in ''[[Family Guy]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s season 13 premiere "[[The Simpsons Guy]]", a ''[[The Simpsons]]''/''Family Guy'' crossover. Leukemia.
*[[Jack Ong]], 76 (died June 13, 2017) – voiced a [[Chinese fisherman]] in the [[season 9]] episode "[[Das Bus]]". Brain tumor.
*[[Martin Landau]], 89 (died July 15, 2017) – voiced [[The Great Raymondo]] in the [[season 22]] episode "[[The Great Simpsina]]". Heart attack.
*[[June Foray]], 99 (died July 26, 2017) – voiced a [[Babysitting receptionist|receptionist]] for the [[Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers Babysitting Service]] in the [[season 1]] episode "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]". Unknown.
*[[Jerry Lewis]], 91 (died August 20, 2017) – voiced [[Jonathan Frink, Sr.]] in the [[season 15]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]". End-stage cardiac disease and {{W|peripheral artery disease}}.
*[[Hugh Hefner]], 91 (died September 27, 2017) – voiced {{Ch|Hugh Hefner|himself}} in the [[season 4]] episode "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]". Natural causes.
*[[Tom Petty]], 66 (died October 2, 2017) – voiced {{Ch|Tom Petty|himself}} in the season 14 episode "[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]". "[[Springfield Splendor]]" was dedicated to him. Cardiac arrest.
*[[Ray Thomas]], 74 (died January 4, 2018) – voiced {{Chs|The Moody Blues|himself}} in the [[season 10]] episode "[[Viva Ned Flanders]]". Unknown causes.
*[[John Mahoney]], 77 (died February 4, 2018) – voiced [[Robert Terwilliger, Sr.]] in the [[season 19]] episode "[[Funeral for a Fiend]]". Short illness.
*[[Stephen Hawking]], 76 (died March 14, 2018) – voiced {{Ch|Stephen Hawking|himself}} in several episodes. "[[Homer Is Where the Art Isn't]]" was dedicated to him. ALS.
*[[R. Lee Ermey]], 74 (died April 15, 2018) – voiced [[Leslie Hapablap]] in the [[season 7]] episode "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]" and the [[season 26]] episode "[[Waiting for Duffman]]". "[[Lisa Gets the Blues]]" was dedicated to him. Complications from pneumonia.
*[[Carl Kasell]], 84 (died April 17, 2018) – voiced {{Ch|Carl Kasell|himself}} in the [[season 25]] episode "[[Pay Pal]]". Complications of Alzheimer's disease.
*[[Tom Wolfe]], 87 (died May 14, 2018) – voiced {{Ch|Tom Wolfe|himself}} in the [[season 18]] episode "[[Moe'N'a Lisa]]". "[[Flanders' Ladder]]" was dedicated to him. Infection.
*[[Anthony Bourdain]], 61 (died June 8, 2018) – voiced {{Ch|Anthony Bourdain|himself}} in the [[season 23]] episode "[[The Food Wife]]". Suicide.
*[[Harlan Ellison]], 84 (died June 28, 2018) – voiced {{Ch|Harlan Ellison|himself}} in the [[season 25]] episode "[[Married to the Blob]]".
*[[Stan Lee]], 95 (died November 12, 2018) – voiced {{Ch|Stan Lee|himself}} in the [[season 13]] episode "[[I Am Furious (Yellow)]]", the [[season 25]] episode "[[Married to the Blob]]" and the [[couch gag]] for the [[season 28]] episode "[[The Caper Chase]]". "[[Werking Mom]]" was dedicated to him.
*[[Ricky Jay]], 72 (died November 24, 2018) – voiced {{Ch|Ricky Jay|himself}} in the [[season 22]] episode "[[The Great Simpsina]]". "[[Daddicus Finch]]" was dedicated to him. Natural causes.
*[[Penny Marshall]], 76 (died December 17, 2018) – voiced [[Lucille Botzcowski]] in the [[season 1]] episode "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]". Complications of diabetes.
*[[Luke Perry]], 52 (died March 4, 2019) – voiced {{Ch|Luke Perry|himself}} in the [[season 4]] episode "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]". "[[I Want You (She's So Heavy)]]" was dedicated to him. Stroke.
*[[Tim Conway]], 85 (died May 14, 2019) – voiced {{Ch|Tim Conway|himself}} in the [[season 8]] episode "[[The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]". Complications from {{W|normal pressure hydrocephalus}}.
*[[Valerie Harper]], 80 (died August 30, 2019) – voiced several characters starting in [[season 24]] and then again in [[season 28]] - [[Season 29|29]]. Lung cancer.
*[[Robert Forster]], 78 (died October 11, 2019) – voiced [[Lucky Jim]] in the [[season 20]] episode "[[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]". Brain cancer.
*[[Robert Evans]], 89 (died October 26, 2019) – voiced {{Ch|Robert Evans|himself}} in the [[season 11]] episode "[[Kill the Alligator and Run]]". Unknown causes.
*[[Jack Sheldon]], 88 (died December 27, 2019) – voiced [[Amendment To Be]] in the [[season 7]] episode "[[The Day the Violence Died]]".
*[[John Baldessari]], 88 (died January 2, 2020) – voiced {{Ch|John Baldessari|himself}} in the [[season 29]] episode "[[3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage]]".
*[[Jack Burns]], 86, (died January 26, 2020) – voiced [[Edward Christian]] in the [[season 11]] episode "[[Beyond Blunderdome]]".
*[[Kirk Douglas]], 103, (died February 5, 2020) – voiced [[Chester Lampwick]] in the [[season 7]] episode "[[The Day the Violence Died]]".
*[[James Lipton]], 93, (died March 2, 2020) – voiced {{Ch|James Lipton|himself}} in the [[season 13]] episode "[[The Sweetest Apu]]" and the [[season 22]] episode "[[Homer the Father]]". "[[Screenless]]" was dedicated to him. Bladder cancer.
*[[Max von Sydow]], 90, (died March 8, 2020) – voiced [[Klaus Ziegler]] in the [[season 25]] episode "[[The War of Art]]". "[[Better Off Ned]]" was dedicated to him.
*[[Little Richard]], 87, (died May 9, 2020) – voiced {{Ch|Little Richard|himself}} in the [[season 14]] episode "[[Special Edna]]". "[[The Way of the Dog]]" was dedicated to him. Bone cancer.
*[[Fred Willard]], 86, (died May 15, 2020) – voiced [[Wally Kogen]] in the [[season 10]] episode "[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]". Cardiac arrest, with coronary artery disease and myelodysplastic syndrome.
*[[Regis Philbin]], 88, (died July 24, 2020) – guest starred as {{Ch|Regis Philbin|himself}} in the [[season 10]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]", via live-action recording. Heart attack due to coronary artery disease.
*[[Alex Trebek]], 80, (died November 8, 2020) – voiced {{Ch|Alex Trebek|himself}} in the [[season 9]] episode "[[Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]" and the [[season 24]] episode "[[Penny-Wiseguys]]". "[[Podcast News]]" was dedicated to him. Pancreatic cancer.
*[[David Lander]], 73, (died December 4, 2020) – voiced [[Squiggy]] in the [[season 14]] episode "[[Helter Shelter]]". Multiple sclerosis.
*[[Larry King]], 87 (died January 23, 2021) – voiced {{Ch|Larry King|himself}} in the [[season 2]] episode "[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]" and the [[season 6]] episode "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]". Sepsis.
*[[Cloris Leachman]], 94 (died January 27, 2021) – voiced [[Alice Glick]] in the [[season 2]] episode "[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]". Complications from a stroke and COVID-19.
*[[George Segal]], 87 (died March 23, 2021) – voiced {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}} in the [[season 30]] episode "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]". Complications from bypass surgery.
*[[Olympia Dukakis]], 89 (died May 1, 2021) – voiced [[Zelda]] in the [[season 13]] episode "[[The Old Man and the Key]]". "[[Mother and Child Reunion]] was dedicated to her.
*[[Jackie Mason]], 93 (died July 24, 2021) – voiced [[Hyman Krustofsky]] in multiple episodes.
*[[Ed Asner]], 91 (died August 29, 2021) – voiced a [[Lifeways editor]] of the ''[[Springfield Shopper]]'' in the [[season 11]] episode "[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]". Natural causes.
*[[Graeme Edge]], 80 (died November 11, 2021) – voiced {{Chs|The Moody Blues|himself}} in the [[season 10]] episode "[[Viva Ned Flanders]]".
*[[Stephen Sondheim]], 91 (died November 26, 2021) – voiced {{Ch|Stephen Sondheim|himself}} and wrote the music to the song "[[The Ballad of Buzz Cola]]" in the [[season 18]] episode "[[Yokel Chords]]". A rerun of "[[A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas]]" was dedicated to him.
*[[John Madden]], 85 (died December 28, 2021) – voiced {{Ch|John Madden|himself}} in the [[season 10]] episode "[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]". "[[The Longest Marge]]" was dedicated to him.
*[[Betty White]], 99 (died December 31, 2021) – voiced {{Ch|Betty White|herself}} in the [[season 11]] episode "[[Missionary: Impossible]]" and the [[season 18]] episode "[[Homerazzi]]". A rerun of "[[Lisa's Belly]]" was dedicated to her.
*[[Peter Bogdanovich]], 82 (died January 6, 2022) – voiced a [[psychologist]] in the [[season 18]] episode "[[Yokel Chords]]". Parkinson's disease.
*[[Maggy Reno Hurchalla]], 81 (died February 19, 2022) – helped voice {{Ch|Janet Reno|her sister's character}} in the [[season 24]] episode "[[Dark Knight Court]]". Cardiac arrest.
*[[Ray Liotta]], 67 (died May 26, 2022) – voiced [[Morty Szyslak]] in the [[season 29]] episode "[[King Leer]]". A rerun of "[[My Octopus and a Teacher]]" was dedicated to him. Respiratory and acute heart failure.
*[[James Caan]], 82 (died July 6, 2022) – voiced {{Ch|James Caan|himself}} in the [[season 16]] episode "[[All's Fair in Oven War]]". Heart attack.
*[[Nichelle Nichols]], 89 (died July 30, 2022) – voiced {{Ch|Nichelle Nichols|herself}} in the [[season 15]] episode "[[Simple Simpson]]". Heart failure.
*[[David Crosby]], 81 (died January 18, 2023) – voiced {{Ch|David Crosby|himself}} in the [[season 4]] episode "[[Marge in Chains]]" and the [[season 5]] episode "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]". "[[The Many Saints of Springfield]]" was dedicated to him. Long illness.
*[[Sal Bando]], 78 (died January 20, 2023) – voiced {{Ch|Sal Bando|himself}} in the [[season 17]] episode "[[Regarding Margie]]". Cancer.
*[[Bill Saluga]], 85 (died March 28, 2023) - voiced [[Ray J. Johnson]] in the [[season 13]] episode "[[The Old Man and the Key]]".
*[[Jerry Springer]], 79 (died April 27, 2023) – voiced {{Ch|Jerry Springer|himself}} in the [[season 10]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]". Pancreatic cancer.
*[[Treat Williams]], 71 (died June 12, 2023) – voiced {{Ch|Treat Williams|himself}} in the [[season 23]] episode "[[A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again]]". A rerun of "[[The Many Saints of Springfield]]" was dedicated to him. Motorcycle accident.
*[[Tony Bennett]], 96 (died July 21, 2023) – voiced {{Ch|Tony Bennett|himself}} and sung "{{ap|Capital City|song}}" in the [[season 2]] episode "[[Dancin' Homer]]", the [[season 14]] episode "[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]", and the [[season 24]] episode "[[Whiskey Business]]". A rerun of "[[Carl Carlson Rides Again]]" was dedicated to him. Alzheimer's.
*[[William Friedkin]], 87 (died August 7, 2023) – voiced Dr. [[Kenneth Humphries]] in the [[season 29]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVIII]]". Heart failure and pneumonia.
*[[Suzanne Somers]], 76 (died October 15, 2023) – voiced {{Ch|Suzanne Somers|herself}} in the [[season 7]] episode "[[The Day the Violence Died]]". "[[McMansion & Wife]]" was dedicated to her. Breast cancer.
*[[Matthew Perry]], 54 (died October 28, 2023) – voiced an [[Ultrahouse 3000]] voice option in the [[season 13]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]". Drowned.

=== Archive footage ===
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*[[Neil Armstrong]], 82 (died August 25, 2012) – Twice voiced himself via audio footage. Complications following surgery.

==''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''==
*{{W|Don LaFontaine}}, 68 (died September 1, 2008) – LaFontaine provided the voice over for the majority of the film's trailers. Complications from a {{W|pneumothorax}}.
*[[Kevyn L. Wallace]], 47 (died September 14, 2011) – Background layout artist for the film. Injuries sustained in car accident.
*[[Danny Taverna]], 67 (died January 2, 2015) - Background layout artist for the film.
*[[Maureen Mlynarczyk]], 47 (died February 16, 2020) – served as an additional timing director for the film. Colon cancer.
*[[Marsha Kramer]], 74 (died January 23, 2020) – served as part of the ADR loop group for the film.
*[[Marko Barrows]], 60 (died May 4, 2021) – Visual effects animator for the film.
*[[Susan Burke]], 67 (died January 11, 2023) – Animation checker for the film.

== Other franchise elements ==
The following people worked exclusively on an aspect of ''The Simpsons''' franchise independent of the series or film, such as the comics, albums or video games. 

=== Comics ===
*[[Dan DeCarlo]], 82 (died December 18, 2001) – comic artist. Pneumonia.
*[[Al Williamson]], 79 (died June 12, 2010) – one time comic artist. Unknown causes.
*[[Gene Colan]], 84 (died June 23, 2011) – one time comic illustrator. Cancer and liver disease.
*[[Earl Kress]], 60 (died September 19, 2011) – comic book writer for [[Bongo Comics Group]].
*[[John Severin]], 90 (died February 12, 2012) – one time comic artist. Unknown causes.
*[[George Gladir]], 87 (died April 3, 2013) - writer for several comic stories. Unknown causes.
*[[Stan Goldberg]], 82 (died August 31, 2014) - one time penciler. Stroke.
*[[Murphy Anderson]], 89 (died October 22, 2015) - inker for ''[[The Thing in My Head!]]''. Heart failure.
*[[Lemmy]], 70 (died December 28, 2015) - writer for ''[[Homer Goes to Hell!]]''. Prostate cancer, congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia.
*[[Gary Glasberg]], 50 (died September 28, 2016) - writer for several comic stories. Unknown causes.
*[[Dan Spiegle]], 96 (died January 28, 2017) - guest artist for ''[[War Is Smelly!]]''. Unknown causes.
*[[Bernie Wrightson]], 68 (died March 18, 2017) - illustrated the comic story ''[[Squish Thing]]''. Brain cancer.
*[[Carolyn Kelly]] (died April 9, 2017) - penciller for two {{BSC}} stories. Unknown causes.
*[[Len Wein]], 69 (died September 10, 2017) - writer for multiple comic stories. Unknown causes.
*[[Batton Lash]], 65 (died January 12, 2019) - comic writer and artist. Brain cancer.
*[[Dan Nakrosis]], 57 (died July 21, 2020) - served as an inker for the ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' story ''[[Mr. Sparkle: Destroy All Manga!]]''.
*[[Oscar González Loyo]], 61 (died February 7, 2021) - served as a penciller for Bongo Comics.
*[[Chris Yambar]], 59 (died March 27, 2021) - served as a writer for Bongo Comics.

=== Books ===
*[[Herb Trimpe]], 75 (died April 13, 2015) - served as the illustrator for "Attack of the 48 3/4 Ft. Woman" illustration in the book ''[[The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis]]''. 

=== Albums ===
*[[David Cole]], 32 (died January 24, 1995) – Cole co-wrote the song "[[I Just Can't Help Myself]]" for ''[[The Yellow Album]]''. Complications from spinal meningitis.
*[[Floyd Cramer]], 64 (died December 31, 1997) – Crammer played piano on "[[Funny How Time Slips Away]]". Lung cancer.
*[[Lew McCreary]], 71 (died January 19, 1999) - played the trombone for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[David Frisina]], 86 (died November 1, 2000) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Harold Dicterow]], 81 (died December 1, 2000) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Myra Kestenbaum]], 69 (died November 6, 2001) - played the viola for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''. Cancer.
*[[Mike Rubin]], 88 (died November 23, 2001) - served as a musician contractor for the albums ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]'', ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Jon Clarke]], 54 (died June 9, 2005) - played woodwinds for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Gene Morford]], 66 (died August 27, 2005) - served as a singer for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Michael Botts]], 61 (died December 9, 2005) – Botts played drums on ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Album]]''. Colon cancer.
*[[John Thomas Johnson]], 71 (died October 16, 2006) - played the tuba for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''. Complications of cancer and kidney failure.
*[[Dorothy Wade]], 83 (died February 2007) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Richard Joseph]], 53 (died April 23, 2007) – Additional engineer on "[[I Just Can't Help Myself]]". Lung cancer.
*[[Larry Corbett]], 54 (died December 20, 2008) - played the cello for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Don Palmer]], 78 (died March 22, 2009) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Ben Keith]], 73 (died July 26, 2010) – Keith played steel guitar on "[[Funny How Time Slips Away]]". Blood clot in the lung.
*[[Ronni Chasen]], 64 (died November 16, 2010) - was thanked by [[Hans Zimmer]] for the album ''[[The Simpsons Movie: The Music]]''. Homicide; gunshot.
*[[Harris Goldman]], 78 (died May 13, 2011) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Armen Garabedian]], 62 (died August 23, 2011) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Israel Baker]], 92 (died December 25, 2011) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''. Stroke.
*[[Andrew Gold]], 59 (died June 3, 2011) – Gold worked on ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Album]]''. Heart failure.
*[[Bernard Kundell]], 98 (died 2012) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Warren Luening]], 70 (died March 18, 2012) - served as a trumpeter for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[B. B. King]], 89 (died May 14, 2015) – Played the guitar in the song "[[Born Under a Bad Sign]]" for ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''. Complications from high blood pressure and diabetes.
*[[Jimmy Levine]], 61-62 (died August 9, 2016) - was thanked by [[Hans Zimmer]] for the album ''[[The Simpsons Movie: The Music]]''. Cancer.
*[[Chuck Berry]], 90 (died March 18, 2017) – wrote the song "[[School Day]]", which was covered in ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''.
*[[Isabelle Daskoff]], 95 (died July 20, 2017) - played the violin for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Roger Neumann]], 77 (died November 28, 2018) - played woodwinds for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Gary Stewart]], 62 (died April 11, 2019) - served as an executive producer for the albums ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]'' and ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''.
*[[Dr. John]], 77 (died June 6, 2019) - played a piano solo for the song "[[I Love to See You Smile]]" for ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''. Heart attack.
*[[Tommy Morgan]], 89 (died June 23, 2022) - played the harmonica solo in the song "[[The Ballad of Jebediah Springfield]]" from the [[season 7]] episode "[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]".
*[[Vincent DeRosa]], 101 (died July 18, 2022) - played French horns for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
*[[Michael Lang]], 80 (died August 5, 2022) - played keyboard for the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''. Lung cancer.

=== Video games ===
*[[Bill Williams]], 37 (died May 28, 1998) – Was the original designer for ''[[The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare]]''. Cystic fibrosis.
*[[W. Marshall Rogers]], 57 (died March 25, 2007) – Worked with concept and design for ''[[Bartman Meets Radioactive Man]]''. Heart attack.

== Other related ==
The following people have had no direct employment on the series or franchise, but have been connected to it some way, such as appearing on something about the show.
*Homer Groening, 76 (died March 15, 1996) – [[Matt Groening]]'s father and the namesake of Homer. Cancer.
*Sunni Walton, 59 (died December 29, 1997) – Walton has no known direct connection to ''The Simpsons'', but the episode "[[This Little Wiggy]]" was "Dedicated to Sunni Walton O'Neil". Brain tumor.
*[[Ed Roth]], 69 (died April 4, 2004) – Unknown connection to ''Simpsons Comics''. Heart attack.
*[[Elsie Castellaneta]], 81 (died January 14, 2008) – [[Dan Castellaneta]]'s mother. "[[Mona Leaves-a]]" was dedicated to her.
*[[Dora K. Warren]], 92 (died February 23, 2008) – [[Harry Shearer]]'s mother. "[[Mona Leaves-a]]" was dedicated to her.
*[[Daryl Gates]], 83 (died April 16, 2010) – Appeared in the special ''[[Springfield's Most Wanted]]'', made to promote "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)]]", as himself. Blood cancer.
*Polly Platt, 72 (died July 27, 2011) – Gave [[James L. Brooks]] the ''[[Life in Hell]]'' cartoon "The Los Angeles Way of Death" by [[Matt Groening]] and suggested the two meet and that the characters be given their own show; the meeting spawned the ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show|Tracy Ullman Show shorts]]''. ALS.
*[[Robert Reno]], 72 (died July 7, 2012) – Guest stars [[Janet Reno]] and [[Maggy Reno Hurchalla]]'s brother. "[[Dark Knight Court]]" was dedicated to him. Complications of Alzheimer's disease.
*Margaret Groening, 94 (died April 22, 2013) – Matt Groening's mother and the namesake of Marge. Old age.
*[[Louis Castellaneta]], 99 (died August 15, 2014) – After [[Dan Castellaneta]]'s father death, the [[season 26]] premiere "[[Clown in the Dumps]]" was dedicated in memory of him. Natural causes.
*[[Rusty Nails]], 87 (died July 28, 2015) – Was the clown who inspired [[Krusty the Clown]]. He was interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]''. Congestive heart failure.
*[[David Kavner]], 98 (Died February 1, 2016) – [[Julie Kavner]]'s father. [[Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4]] was dedicated to him. Unknown causes.
*[[George H. W. Bush]], 94 (died November 30, 2018) – appeared in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]'' via archived recordings. {{W|Parkinson's disease}}.
*[[Double K]], 43 (died January 30, 2021) – appeared in the opening montage of ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]''.
*[[Dusty Hill]], (died July 28, 2021) – appeared in the opening montage of ''The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!''.
*[[David Davis]], 86 (died November 4, 2022) – [[Julie Kavner]]'s husband. "[[From Beer to Paternity]]" was dedicated to him.
*[[Burt Bacharach]], 94 (died February 8, 2023) – wrote the song "{{W|(They Long To Be) Close to You}}", which was used in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', and the song "{{W|That's What Friends Are For}}", which was used in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''. Natural causes.

== Foreign voice cast ==
*André Filho, 50 (died March 14, 1997) - voiced Principal Skinner in the Brazilian Portuguese dub. Complications from AIDS.
*Werner Abrolat, 73 (died August 24, 1997) - voiced several characters in the German dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 6]].
*Juan Felipe Preciado, 61 (died September 24, 1998) – voiced [[Dr. Hibbert]] and other characters in the {{ap|Los Simpson|Latin America|Latin American Spanish dub}} from [[season 6]] to [[season 9]]. Respiratory failure.
*Julien Bessette, 69 (died March 27, 1999) - voiced [[Cletus Spuckler]], [[Hans Moleman]], [[Jasper Beardsley]] and [[Groundskeeper Willie]] in the {{ap|Les Simpson|Quebec|Quebec}} dub. Throat cancer.
*Jean-Louis Millette, 64 (died September 29, 1999) – voiced [[Abraham Simpson]], [[Apu]] and [[Smithers]] in the {{ap|Les Simpson|Quebec|Quebec}} dub. Heart attack.
*Eduardo Borja, 60 (died April 11, 2000) – voiced [[Chief Wiggum]], [[Marvin Monroe|Dr. Marvin Monroe]], [[Dr. Hibbert]], [[Mayor Quimby]] and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 10]]. Stroke.
*Carlos Petrel, 76 (died September 17, 2000) – voiced [[Abraham Simpson]] and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 11]]. Hepatic cirrhosis derived from hepatitis.
*Carlos Revilla, 67 (died September 28, 2000) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] in the Spanish (Spain) dub. Heart attack.
*Balázs Szuhay, 65 (died May 11, 2001) – voiced [[Mr. Burns]] in Hungarian from [[season 1]] to [[season 8]]. Heart attack.
*Walter Reichelt, 79 (died July 2, 2002) – voiced [[Grandpa Simpson]] in the German dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 8]].
*Nelly Amaral, 65 (died September 21, 2002) – voiced [[Marge Simpson]] in the Brazilian dub from [[season 11]] to [[season 13]]. Cancer.
*Ulrich Bernsdorff, 73 (died January 12, 2003) – voiced several characters in the German dub.
*Arthur Costa Filho, 75 (died January 31, 2003) - voiced [[Abraham Simpson]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub from [[season 1]]. Heart attack. 
*Paulo Flores, 58 (died May 12, 2003) - voiced [[Julius Hibbert]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub from [[season 8]] to [[season 14]]. Liver disease.
*Maurizio Romano, 37 (died September 20, 2003) – voiced [[Lionel Hutz]] and [[Professor Frink]] (seasons [[season 2|2]]-[[season 4|4]]) in the Italian dub. Car crash.
*György Vizy, 49 (died October 22, 2004) - voiced [[Barney Gumble]] in the Hungarian dub.
*Gernot Duda, 76 (died December 14, 2004) - voiced [[Barney Gumble]] (seasons [[season 1|1]]-[[season 14|14]]), [[Hans Moleman]] (seasons [[season 5|5]]-[[season 14|14]]) and [[Horatio McCallister|Captain McCallister]] (seasons [[season 5|5]]-[[season 14|14]]) in the German dub.
*Horst Raspe, 79 (died December 19, 2004) – voiced [[Grandpa Simpson]] from [[season 10]] to [[season 15]] and other characters in the German dub.
*Fred Klaus, 80-81 (died 2005) – voiced [[Principal Skinner]] in the German dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 13]].
*Sándor Lázár, 50 (died August 22, 2005) - voiced [[Ned Flanders]] in the Hungarian dub. Car crash.
*Elisabeth Volkmann, 70 (died July 27, 2006) – voiced [[Marge]], [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] in the [[Die Simpsons|German dub]].
*Ivar Combrinck, 63 (died September 15, 2006) – voiced [[Timothy Lovejoy]], [[Jonathan Frink]], [[Bumblebee Man]], [[Sideshow Mel]] and other characters in the [[Die Simpsons|German dub]].
*Randolf Kronberg, 64 (died March 2, 2007) - voiced Mayor Quimby from [[season 5]] to [[season 17]] and other characters in the German dub.
*Kōichi Kitamura, 75 (died October 2, 2007) – voiced [[Mr. Burns]], in the Japanese dub. Pneumonia.
*Michel Modo, 71 (died September 25, 2008) – voiced [[Mr. Burns]], [[Skinner]], [[Krusty]], [[Chief Wiggum]], [[Kent Brockman]] and other characters from season 1 to season 19 in the French dub. Cancer.
*Tito Reséndiz, 72 (died May 20, 2009) – voiced [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Mayor Quimby]] and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 2]] to [[season 15]]. Lung cancer.
*Pedro Sempson, 90 (died May 24, 2009) - voiced [[Mr. Burns]] in the European Spanish dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 11]].
*Benoît Marleau, 72 (died June 3, 2009) – voiced [[Moe Szyslak]] and [[Herman Hermann]] in the {{ap|Les Simpson|Quebec|Quebec}} dub from ([[season 1]]) to ([[season 18]]). 
*Federico Romano, 77 (died June 2, 2010) – voiced [[Superintendent Chalmers]], [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] ([[season 6]]) and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub until [[season 15]].
*Vittorio Amandola, 57 (died July 22, 2010) – voiced [[Waylon Smithers]] in the Italian dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 20]]. Cancer.
*Fritz von Hardenberg, 56 (died December 2, 2010) - voiced Dr. Hibbert (seasons [[season 10|10]]-[[season 15|15]]), Superintendent Chalmers (seasons [[season 9|9]]-[[season 15|15]]), Kirk van Houten (seasons [[season 10|10]]-[[season 15|15]]) and other characters in the German dub.
*Ronald France, 75 (died June 17, 2011) – voiced [[Sideshow Bob]] in the Canadian French dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 22]]. Long illness.
*Patrick Guillemin, 60 (died August 21, 2011) – voiced [[Ned Flanders]], [[Apu]], [[Smithers]], [[Barney]], [[Carl]] and other characters from season 1 to season 9 in the French dub. Heart attack. 
*Junpei Takiguchi, 80 (died August 29, 2011) – voiced [[Abraham Simpson]] in the Japanese dub. Stomach cancer.
*Gérard Rinaldi, 69 (died March 2, 2012) – voiced [[Mr. Burns]], [[Skinner]], [[Krusty]], [[Chief Wiggum]], [[Kent Brockman]] and other characters from [[season 19]] to [[season 23]] in the French dub. Lymphoma.
*Sayuri Yamauchi, 55 (died March 7, 2012) – voiced [[Maude Flanders]] and [[Itchy]] in the Japanese dub. Cancer.
*Luis Alfonso Padilla, 51 (died May 12, 2012) – voiced [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]], [[Otto Mann]] and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 16]] to [[season 23]]. He also voiced [[Lenny Leonard]] from [[season 22]] to [[season 23]] and [[Moe Szyslak]] in [[Season 8]]. Pancreatic cancer.
*Laura Latini, 42 (died August 19, 2012) – voiced [[Ralph Wiggum]] (seasons [[season 1|1]]-[[season 9|9]]), [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] in the Italian dub. Cancer.
*Tonino Accolla, 64 (died July 14, 2013) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] in the Italian dub. Long illness.
*Piero Tiberi, 66 (died October 25, 2013) – voiced [[Seymour Skinner]] and [[Captain McCallister]] in the Italian dub of [[season 4]]. Long illness.
*Reinhard Brock, 62 (died December 8, 2013) – voiced several characters in the German dub.
*Jiří Bruder, 86 (died May 31, 2014) – voiced [[Krusty the Clown]] in the Czech dub. Long illness.
*Julio Cézar, 61 (died July 3, 2014) - voiced [[Homer Simpson]] (seasons [[season 8|8]]-[[season 14|14]]), [[Abraham Simpson]] (seasons [[season 8|8]]-[[season 14|14]]) and [[Charles Montgomery Burns]] (seasons [[season 11|11]]-[[season 14|14]]) in the Brazilian Portuguese dub. Stroke.
*Jomery Pozzoli, 86 (died July 26, 2014) - voiced [[Mr. Burns]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub from [[season 15]] to [[season 17]].
*Bedřich Šetena, 75 (died April 3, 2015) – voiced [[Mr. Burns]] in the Czech dub.
*César Izaguirre, 64 (died May 28, 2015) – voiced [[Moe Szyslak]] in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 2]] to [[season 4]].
*Norbert Gastell, 86 (died November 26, 2015) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] and several other characters in the German dub. Stroke.
*Vladimir Fišer, 81 (died December 11, 2015) – voiced [[Kent Brockman]] in the Czech dub.
*Domício Costa, 87 (died March 5, 2016) - voiced [[Charles Montgomery Burns]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub in [[season 1]]. Heart attack.
*Tōru Ōhira, 86 (died April 12, 2016) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] in the Japanese dub. Pneumonia.
*Miguel Rosenberg, 90 (died May 6, 2016) - voiced [[Charles Montgomery Burns]] (seasons [[season 2|2]]-[[season 8|8]] and [[season 18|18]]-[[season 25|25]]) in the Brazilian Portuguese dub. Stroke.
*Louise Rémy, 77 (died July 3, 2016) – voiced [[Edna Krabappel]] in the Canadian French dub. Heart attack.
*Donald Arthur, 79 (died September 21, 2016) - voiced [[Kent Brockman]] (seasons [[season 2|2]]-[[season 27|27]]) in the German dub.
*Agustín Sauret, 89 (died January 25, 2017) – voiced [[Ned Flanders]] (seasons [[season 2|2]]-[[season 15|15]]), [[Seymour Skinner]] and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 15]]. Cardiac arrest.
*Helena Štáchová, 73 (died March 22, 2017) – voiced [[Lisa Simpson]] and [[Maggie Simpson]] in the Czech dub. Long illness.
*Ulrich Frank, 74 (died April 17, 2017) - voiced [[Ned Flanders]] in the German dub from [[season 2]] to [[season 26]].
*Erika Mireles, 68-69 (died July 18, 2017) – voiced [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Patty Bouvier]] and [[Agnes Skinner]] in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 16]] to [[season 28]].
*Mario Milita, 94 (died August 22, 2017) – voiced [[Abraham Simpson]] from [[season 1]] to [[season 22]] in the Italian dub. Long illness.
*Carlos Íñigo, 56 (died September 17, 2017) – voiced [[Professor Frink]] (seasons [[season 3|3]]-[[season 14|14]]), [[Dolph Shapiro]] (seasons [[season 10|10]]-[[season 13|13]]) and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 14]]. Heart problem.
*Manfred Erdmann, 77 (died October 26, 2017) – voiced [[Dr. Marvin Monroe]] and [[Comic Book Guy]] in the German dub.
*Bernd Simon, 71 (died November 27, 2017) – voiced [[Moe Szyslak]] in the German dub. Heart attack.
*José Luiz Barbeito, 55 (died February 6, 2018) voiced [[Clancy Wiggum]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 7]].
*Vlastimil Bedrna, 89 (died March 6, 2018) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] in the Czech dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 12]].
*Waldyr Sant'anna, 81 (died April 21, 2018) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] (seasons [[season 1|1]]-[[season 8|8]] and [[season 15|15]]-[[season 18|18]]) and [[Grandpa Simpson]] (seasons [[season 2|2]]-[[season 8|8]] and [[season 15|15]]-[[season 18|18]]) in the Brazilian Portuguese dub.
*József Székhelyi, 71 (died August 22, 2018) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] in the Hungarian dub. Lung cancer.
*Tetsuya Asado, 83 (died November 15, 2018) – voiced [[Lenny Leonard]], [[Cletus Spuckler]] and [[Hans Moleman]] in the Japanese dub.
*Ángeles Bravo, 73 (died December 18, 2018) – voiced [[Agnes Skinner]] and other characters in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 8]] to [[season 15]]. She also voiced [[Medicine woman]] in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' and some characters in the first 2 episodes of [[season 19]]. Respiratory arrest.
*Yuu Shimaka, 70 (died July 28, 2019) – voiced [[Chief Wiggum]] from [[season 1]] to [[season 6]] in the Japanese dub.
*Leonel Abrantes, 82 (died February 6, 2020) - voiced [[Ned Flanders]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub from [[season 7]] to [[season 30]].
*Zdenek Hess, 79 (died March 26, 2020) – voiced [[Groundskeeper Willie]] and [[Fat Tony]] in the Czech dub.
*Gonzalo Curiel, 81 (died March 29, 2020) – voiced [[Kent Brockman]] in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 5]] to [[season 26]] (except some episodes). Heart attack.
*Hubert Gagnon, 72 (died June 7, 2020) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] in the {{ap|Les Simpson|Quebec|Quebec}} dub. Cancer.
*Jorge Roldán, 68 (died June 17, 2020) - voiced [[Clancy Wiggum]] in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 11]] to [[season 26]].
*Roberto Draghetti, 59 (died July 24, 2020) – voiced [[Fat Tony]] (seasons [[season 3|3-]][[season 31|31]]), [[Snake Jailbird]] and [[Superintendent Chalmers]] (seasons [[season 14|14]]-[[season 31]]) in the Italian dub. Heart attack.
*Zdeněk Dolanský, 68 (died October 20, 2020) - voiced [[Timothy Lovejoy, Jr.]] in the Czech dub from [[season 13]] to [[season 20]].
*Masahiro Anzai, 66 (died March 15, 2021) – voiced [[Otto Mann]], [[Snake Jailbird]] and [[Nelson Muntz]] in the Japanese dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 6]]. Heart failure.
*Susana Canales, 87 (died March 22, 2021) - voiced [[Edna Krabappel]] in the European Spanish dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 2]].
*Toni Rodríguez, 51 (died April 22, 2021) – voiced [[Colin]] in the Latin American Spanish dub of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''. Cancer.
*Christiane Louise, 49 (died July 19, 2021) - voiced [[Edna Krabappel]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub from [[season 8]] to [[season 31]]. Murdered.
*Júlio Chaves, 76 (died August 10, 2021) - voiced [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]] in the Brazilian Portuguese dub.
*Ulf-Jürgen Wagner, 76 (died August 16, 2021) - voiced [[Lou]] in the German dub from [[season 8]] to [[season 32]].
*Nino D'Agata, 65 (died August 20, 2021) - voiced Reverend Lovejoy in the Italian dub.
*Miłogost Reczek, 60 (died December 14, 2021) – voiced [[Homer Simpson]] in the Polish dub of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''. {{W|Multiple myeloma}}.
*Herman López, 60 (died December 19, 2021) – voiced [[Otto Mann]] and additional voices in the Latin American Spanish dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 15]]. He also dubbed the voice of [[Morty Szyslak]] in [[Season 29]] episode "[[King Leer]]". Spinal disease.
*Roland Dam, 47 (died December 27, 2021) - Voiced [[Moe Szyslak]] in the Hungarian dub from [[season 9]] to [[season 12]]. COVID-19
*Vítězslav Bouchner, 74 (died January 13, 2022) – voiced [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]] in the Czech dub.
*Luis Marín, 90 (died February 14, 2022) – voiced [[Barney Gumble]], [[Groundskeeper Willie]], [[Hans Moleman]], [[Jasper]], [[Judge Snyder]] and several other characters in the European Spanish dub.
*Yves Massicotte, 87 (died April 8, 2022) – voiced [[Dr. Hibbert]] and [[Barney Gumble]] in the Canadian French dub.
*Dalimil Klapka, 89 (died June 14, 2022) – voiced [[Grandpa Simpson]] and [[Principal Skinner]] in the Czech dub from [[season 1]] to [[season 33]]. Cancer.
*William Cohn, 65 (died June 30, 2022) - voiced [[Kent Brockman]] in the German dub.
*Miyuki Ichijo, 76 (died October 24, 2023) - voiced [[Marge Simpson]] in the Japanese dub. Multiple organ failure.

== References ==
*[http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/guides/departed.html Dearly Departed on the Simpsons] at [[The Simpsons Archive]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/search/common IMDb – Internet Movie Database]

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