Name |
Date of Death |
Ceremony |
Year |
Academy Award |
Film |
Winner |
Notes |
Marit Allen |
02007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007 |
80th |
2007 |
Best Costume Design |
La Vie en Rose |
|
|
Howard Ashman |
01991-03-14-0000March 14, 1991 |
64th |
1991 |
Best Music (Song) |
Beauty and the Beast |
Won |
[1] |
Best Music (Song) |
Beauty and the Beast |
|
|
Best Music (Song) |
Beauty and the Beast |
|
|
65th |
1992 |
Best Music (Song) |
Aladdin |
|
|
Joseph H. August |
01947-09-25-0000September 25, 1947 |
21st |
1948 |
Best Cinematography |
Portrait of Jennie |
|
|
Robert Alan Aurthur |
01978-11-20-0000November 20, 1978 |
52nd |
1979 |
Best Picture |
All That Jazz |
|
|
52nd |
1979 |
Best Writing |
All That Jazz |
|
|
Mario Cecchi Gori |
01993-11-05-0000November 5, 1993 |
68th |
1995 |
Best Picture |
Il Postino |
|
|
Frank Churchill |
01942-05-14-0000May 14, 1942 |
15th |
1942 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Bambi |
|
|
15th |
1942 |
Best Music (Song) |
Bambi |
|
|
Allen Davey |
01946-03-05-0000March 5, 1946 |
18th |
1945 |
Best Cinematography |
A Song to Remember |
|
|
James Dean |
01955-09-30-0000September 30, 1955 |
28th |
1955 |
Best Actor |
East of Eden |
|
|
29th |
1956 |
Best Actor |
Giant |
|
|
Walt Disney |
01966-12-15-0000December 15, 1966 |
41st |
1968 |
Best Short Film (Animated) |
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day |
Won |
|
Gail Dolgin |
02010-10-07-0000October 7, 2010 |
084th |
2011 |
Best Documentary (Short Subject) |
The Barber of Birmingham |
|
|
Gerald Duffy |
01928-06-25-0000June 25, 1928 |
01st |
1927 / 1928 |
Best Writing |
The Private Life of Helen of Troy |
|
|
Jeanne Eagels |
01929-10-03-0000October 3, 1929 |
02nd |
1928 / 1929 |
Best Actress |
The Letter |
|
|
William Ferrari |
01962-09-10-0000September 10, 1962 |
36th |
1963 |
Best Art Direction |
How the West Was Won |
|
|
Peter Finch |
01977-01-14-0000January 14, 1977 |
49th |
1976 |
Best Actor |
Network |
Won |
[2] |
Gil Friesen |
02012-12-13-0000December 13, 2012 |
86th |
2013 |
Best Documentary Feature |
20 Feet from Stardom |
Won |
[3] |
|
George Gershwin |
01937-07-11-0000July 11, 1937 |
10th |
1937 |
Best Music (Song) |
Shall We Dance |
|
|
Stuart Gilmore |
01971-11-19-0000November 19, 1971 |
44th |
1971 |
Best Film Editing |
The Andromeda Strain |
|
|
Thomas C. Goodwin |
01992-12-11-0000December 11, 1992 |
65th |
1992 |
Best Documentary (Short Subject) |
Educating Peter |
Won |
|
Conrad Hall |
02003-01-04-0000January 4, 2003 |
75th |
2002 |
Best Cinematography |
Road to Perdition |
Won |
[4] |
David Hall |
01964-07-23-0000July 23, 1964 |
38th |
1965 |
Best Art Direction |
The Greatest Story Ever Told |
|
|
Dale Hennesy |
01981-07-20-0000July 20, 1981 |
55th |
1982 |
Best Art Direction |
Annie |
|
|
Bernard Herrmann |
01975-12-24-0000December 24, 1975 |
49th |
1976 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Obsession |
|
|
49th |
1976 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Taxi Driver |
|
|
Gordon Hollingshead |
01952-07-08-0000July 8, 1952 |
25th |
1952 |
Best Short Film (Live Action) |
Desert Killer |
|
|
25th |
1952 |
Best Short Film (Live Action) |
Thar She Blows! |
|
|
William A. Horning |
01959-03-02-0000March 2, 1959 |
31st |
1958 |
Best Art Direction |
Gigi |
Won |
|
32nd |
1959 |
Best Art Direction |
Ben-Hur |
Won |
|
32nd |
1959 |
Best Art Direction |
North by Northwest |
|
|
Sidney Howard |
01939-08-23-0000August 23, 1939 |
12th |
1939 |
Best Writing |
Gone with the Wind |
Won |
|
John Hubley |
01977-02-21-0000February 21, 1977 |
50th |
1977 |
Best Short Film (Animated) |
A Doonesbury Special |
|
|
Eiko Ishioka |
02012-01-21-0000January 21, 2012 |
85th |
2012 |
Best Costume Design |
Mirror Mirror |
|
|
Bert Kalmar |
01947-09-18-0000September 18, 1947 |
24th |
1951 |
Best Music (Song) |
The Strip |
|
|
Jerome Kern |
01945-11-11-0000November 11, 1945 |
18th |
1945 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Can't Help Singing |
|
|
18th |
1945 |
Best Music (Song) |
Can't Help Singing |
|
|
19th |
1946 |
Best Music (Song) |
Centennial Summer |
|
|
William Kiernan |
01973-11-19-0000November 19, 1973 |
46th |
1973 |
Best Art Direction |
The Way We Were |
|
|
Frederic Knudtson |
01964-02-14-0000February 14, 1964 |
36th |
1963 |
Best Film Editing |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
|
[5] |
Albert Lamorisse |
01970-06-02-0000June 2, 1970 |
51st |
1978 |
Best Documentary (Feature) |
The Lovers' Wind |
|
|
Heath Ledger |
January 22, 2008 |
81st |
2008 |
Best Supporting Actor |
The Dark Knight |
Won |
[6] |
Boris Leven |
01986-10-11-0000October 11, 1986 |
59th |
1986 |
Best Art Direction |
The Color of Money |
|
|
William C. Mellor |
01963-04-30-0000April 30, 1963 |
38th |
1965 |
Best Cinematography |
The Greatest Story Ever Told |
|
|
Anthony Minghella |
02008-03-18-0000March 18, 2008 |
81st |
2008 |
Best Picture |
The Reader |
|
|
James V. Monaco |
01945-10-16-0000October 16, 1945 |
19th |
1946 |
Best Music (Song) |
The Dolly Sisters |
|
|
Alfred Newman |
01970-02-17-0000February 17, 1970 |
43rd |
1970 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Airport |
|
|
Joseph O'Brien |
01945-03-30-0000March 30, 1945 |
18th |
1945 |
Best Short Film (Live Action) |
Your National Gallery |
|
|
Bridget O'Connor |
02010-09-22-0000September 22, 2010 |
84th |
2011 |
Best Writing |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
|
|
Eric Orbom |
01959-05-23-0000May 23, 1959 |
33rd |
1960 |
Best Art Direction |
Spartacus |
Won |
|
Arnold Perl |
01971-12-11-0000December 11, 1971 |
45th |
1972 |
Best Documentary (Feature) |
Malcolm X |
|
|
Sydney Pollack |
02008-05-26-0000May 26, 2008 |
81st |
2008 |
Best Picture |
The Reader |
|
|
Raymond Rasch |
01964-12-23-0000December 23, 1964 |
45th |
1972 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Limelight |
Won |
[7] |
Gretchen Rau |
02006-03-29-0000March 29, 2006 |
79th |
2006 |
Best Art Direction |
The Good Shepherd |
|
|
Ralph Richardson |
01983-10-10-0000October 10, 1983 |
57th |
1984 |
Best Supporting Actor |
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
|
|
Richard H. Riedel |
01960-03-18-0000March 18, 1960 |
32nd |
1959 |
Best Art Direction |
Pillow Talk |
|
|
Larry Russell |
01954-02-14-0000February 14, 1954 |
45th |
1972 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Limelight |
Won |
[7] |
Tess Slesinger |
01945-02-21-0000February 21, 1945 |
18th |
1945 |
Best Writing |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
|
|
Carol Sobieski |
01990-11-04-0000November 4, 1990 |
64th |
1991 |
Best Writing |
Fried Green Tomatoes |
|
|
Gile Steele |
01952-01-16-0000January 16, 1952 |
24th |
1951 |
Best Costume Design |
Kind Lady |
|
|
24th |
1951 |
Best Costume Design |
The Great Caruso |
|
|
25th |
1952 |
Best Costume Design |
The Merry Widow |
|
|
Harry Stradling |
01970-02-14-0000February 14, 1970 |
42nd |
1969 |
Best Cinematography |
Hello, Dolly! |
|
|
Harry W. Tetrick |
01977-02-17-0000February 17, 1977 |
49th |
1976 |
Best Sound |
King Kong |
|
|
49th |
1976 |
Best Sound |
Rocky |
|
|
Spencer Tracy |
01967-06-10-0000June 10, 1967 |
40th |
1967 |
Best Actor |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
|
|
Massimo Troisi |
01994-06-04-0000June 4, 1994 |
68th |
1995 |
Best Actor |
Il Postino |
|
|
68th |
1995 |
Best Writing |
Il Postino |
|
|
Lamar Trotti |
01952-08-28-0000August 28, 1952 |
27th |
1954 |
Best Writing |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
|
|
Geoffrey Unsworth |
01978-10-28-0000October 28, 1978 |
53rd |
1980 |
Best Cinematography |
Tess |
Won |
[8] |
Robert L. Wolfe |
01981-02-28-0000February 28, 1981 |
54th |
1981 |
Best Film Editing |
On Golden Pond |
|
|
Victor Young |
01956-11-10-0000November 10, 1956 |
29th |
1956 |
Best Music (Scoring) |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
Won |
|
29th |
1956 |
Best Music (Song) |
Written on the Wind |
|
|
Sam Zimbalist |
01958-11-04-0000November 4, 1958 |
32nd |
1959 |
Best Picture |
Ben-Hur |
Won |
[9] |