| DRRUTH | With 12-Across: renowned therapist and talk-show host who passed away on Friday at the age of 96 |
| WESTHEIMER | Ruth ********** , late sex therapist and talk show host born in 1928 (10) |
| THANK | "I ___ You" (1968 hit for the duo at 12-Across; its remaining living member, the first mentioned in 12-Across, passed away on Friday at the age of 89) |
| MAGGIE | With 15-Across: film legend who passed away on Friday at the age of 89 |
| PIRATE | "A ___ Looks at Forty" (1975 hit for Jimmy Buffett, who passed away on Friday at age 76) |
| ALEXTREBEK | Jeopardy host who passed away in Nov. (4,6) |
| DALE | Mr Winton, former National Lottery host who passed away in 2018 (4) |
| THEHEARTOF | "The ___ Rock and Roll" (new Huey Lewis Broadway musical; he and Cyndi Lauper got together on Friday at the show's special opening performance) |
| GUNFIGHTAT | With 62-Across, renowned 1881 event that lasted about 30 seconds |
| THEFALLOFTHE | With 49 Across, renowned Gothic tale |
| TREATS | Acts as a therapist and pays for the others (6) |
| HERBALIST | Girl's going around Indonesian island with head therapist and healer (9) |
| MILANKUNDERA | "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" novelist who passed away on July 11 at the age of 94 |
| BILLWALTON | 6' 11" NBA Hall of Famer (and huge Grateful Dead fan) who passed away on Monday at the age of 71 |
| WHEEL | "___ of Fortune" (game show hosted from 1975-1981 by Chuck Woolery, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 83) |
| LISALORING | Actress who played Wednesday Addams on the original "The Addams Family"; she passed away on Saturday at the age of 64 |
| ROSS | "Glengarry Glen ___" (classic 1992 movie starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, and the great Alan Arkin, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 89) |
| ALAN | "L.A. Law" actor Rachins who passed away on Sunday at the age of 82 |
| PELE | Soccer legend who passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 82 |
| JIMMYCLIFF | Reggae great who passed away on Sunday at the age of 81 |
