January 25: Alicia Keys, American singer, songwriter and actress (voice of Boinga's Mom in The Backyardigans episode "Mission to Mars", herself in The Proud Family episode "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly").[15]
Porsha Williams, American television personality, actress, and author (voice of Carlotta in CarGo, Christine in the Zootopia+ episode "The Little Rodents of Little Rodentia").
Specific date unknown: Richard Loederer, American comics writer, comics artist and animation art director (worked for Amedee J. Van Beuren), dies at age 86 or 87.[39]
December 27: Hoagy Carmichael, American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer (voiced himself in The Flintstones episode "The Hit Song Writers"), dies at age 82.[60]