As 2018 comes to a close, we are reflecting on those we have lost in the Broadway and theatre communities throughout the year.

Variety has reported that stage and screen actress Dame June Whitfield has died at age 93.

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that iconic dancer and performer Sono Osato has passed away. She was 99. 

It was reported this evening that Donald Moffat, a veteran actor of stage and scren, passed away this week at age 87, due to complications from a recent stroke.

According to Variety, writer, actor, and director Peter Masterson died Tuesday, December 18th at the age of 84. Masterson was best known in the theatre community as the co-writer of hit musical TH

As previously reported, Galt MacDermot, composer of the musical Hair, has passed away on December 17 at 89 years old.

As previously reported, actress and director Penny Marshall has passed away at the age of 75, due to complications with diabetes.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that composer Galt MacDermot, perhaps best known for his work on the landmark musical Hair, passed away today, December 17. He was 89 years old

Actor/Director Charles Weldon, who was Artistic Director of The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) since 2005, died December 7 at Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC. He was 78.

On December 3, Tony winner Philip Bosco passed away from complications of dementia. He was 88 years old.

According to the New York Times, Tony winner Philip Bosco passed away yesterday, December 3, 2018, in his New Jersey home from complications of dementia. He was 88 years old.

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this month, Broadway producer Jerry Frankel passed away on November 17, 2018 at 88 years of age.

Broadway producer Jerry Frankel passed away this morning, Saturday, November 17, 2018.

According to the Miami Herald, Broadway actress turned teacher and mentor Paula Wayne has passed away at age 84. She died on November 9th following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) and the entire Broadway community mourn the loss of Tony Award-winning writer Joe Masteroff, who passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018 at age 98. Roundabout will celebrate Masteroff's memory and longstanding history with the company by dimming the lights of the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street), Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street), and the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street) on Wednesday, October 17 at 5:45pm for one minute.

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that composer/lyricist/actress Carol Hall has passed away at age 82.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Broadway writer and lyricist and Tony nominee Ira Gasman passed away on Saturday, October 6, in Norfolk, Virginia. He was 76 years old.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Excellence in Theatre Education Award honorable mention Erica Heilmann has passed away at age 43. She was taken following a seven year battle with a cancer known as thymoma.

According to the Guardian, French singer Charles Aznavour passed away today, October 1. He was 94 years old.

Ebony Repertory Theatre announced today that Tony Award-winning actor Roger Robinson died Wednesday, September 26, 2018 in Escondido, California from a complicated heart condition. He was 78.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Joseph Masteroff, the Tony-winning librettist of the international musical classics, Cabaret and She Loves Me, died on September 28th 2018 at the Actors Fund Home in Engelwood, New Jersey. He was 98 years old.

Mazzie's husband, fellow Broadway veteran Jason Danieley, has just penned an emotional tribute to his wife of almost 21 years. 

UPDATE: The Broadway League has just announced that the dimming will now take place on Wednesday, September 19 at 6:45pm, to 'support and accommodate her family who are unable to attend on Friday.'

The Broadway community mourns the loss of Tony Award nominee and Theater Hall of Fame inductee Marin Mazzie, who passed away last Thursday, September 13 at age 57.

The Broadway community is mourning the loss of Marin Mazzie, who passed away on Thursday, September 13. Today, BroadwayWorld remembers Mazzie with a look back on highlights from her career.