List of Famous people who died at 74

William Lee was an American actor, who appeared in numerous television and film roles, but was best known for playing Mr. Hooper, the original store proprietor of the eponymous Hooper's Store. He was one of the four original human characters on Sesame Street, from the show's debut in November 1969 until his death in December 1982.

Pericle Fazzini was an Italian painter and sculptor. His large work, La Resurrezione, is installed in the Aula Paolo VI in the Vatican City in Rome.

Cornett Wood was an American animator and layout artist. Along with other Disney animators Harry Reed and John A. Waltz, Wood was a graduate of the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis.

Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli was an Italian archaeologist and art historian.

Theodoros Stamos was a Greek-American painter. He is one of the youngest painters of the original group of abstract expressionist painters, which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko. His later years were negatively affected by his involvement with the Rothko case.

Robert Alix Besson was a French politician.

Frederick Paul Draper II was an American film and television actor. He was roommates in New York City with Harry Mastrogeorge and John Cassavetes while attending The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York with Grace Kelly, Anne Bancroft and others. He graduated May 1, 1950. He appeared on numerous television programs and films.

Allen Curtis Jenkins was an American character actor and singer who worked on stage, film, and television.

Carroll Thomas Dozier was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Memphis (1971-1982).

Antonella Della Porta was an Italian actress.