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The following is a list of deceased people who had an affiliation with the making of {{SBSP}}. The article does not include voice talent in non-English dubs.

==Posthumous contributors (died pre-2000)==
*'''[[Max Schreck]]''' - The German actor died on {{Time|February 20}}, {{Time|1936}}, sixty-three years before the series premiered. He played [[Nosferatu|Count Orlok]] in the {{Time|1922}} film ''{{W|Nosferatu|Nosferatu}}'', and stills derived from archival footage of him in this role appear in the episodes "[[Graveyard Shift]]" and "[[The Night Patty]]."
*'''{{W|Euday L. Bowman}}''' - Died on {{Time|May 26}}, {{Time|1949}}, fifty years before the series premiered. He was the composer for [[Twelfth Street Rag]].
*'''[[Harry Bluestone]]''' - The British-American composer died on {{Time|December 22}}, {{Time|1992}}, about six and a half years before the series premiered. He composed several music tracks with {{W|Emil Cadkin}}, many of which were used in the series up to [[Season 10]], when they were removed from APM.
*'''{{W|Frank Chacksfield}}''' - Died on {{Time|June 9}}, {{Time|1995}}, almost four years before the series premiered. He composed "[[List_of_production_music/c#Cinnamon Stick|Cinnamon Stick]]," "[[List_of_production_music/d#Dapper_Don|Dapper Don]]," and "[[List_of_production_music/g#Gay Dog|Gay Dog]]."
*'''Gerhard Trede''' - Died on {{Time|September 30}}, {{Time|1996}}, over two and a half years before the series premiered. He composed various production music tracks used in the show such as "[[Vergnügungspark]]," "[[Dombummel]]," and "[[Witty Fellow]]."
*'''[[Tiny Tim]]''' - The singer died on {{Time|November 30}}, {{Time|1996}}, two and a half years before the series premiered. In {{Time|1968}}, he sang a cover of the song "[[Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight]]," used posthumously in the series premiere episode "[[Help Wanted]]." His name is also mentioned by {{Link|SpongeBob}} in "[[MuscleBob BuffPants]]." 

==2000-2009 (2000s)==
*'''{{W|Dimebag Darrell|"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott}}''' - Died on {{Time|December 8}}, {{Time|2004}}. He was the guitarist for [[Pantera]], who provided the track [[Prehibernation]], used multiple times in the episode "[[Prehibernation Week]]."
*'''[[Pat Morita]]''' - Died on {{Time|November 24}}, {{Time|2005}}. He was the voice of [[Master Udon]] in "[[Karate Island]]," which premiered about six months after his death and is dedicated to his memory.
*'''{{W|K.I.D. (musician)|Geoff Bastow}}''' - Died on {{Time|March 16}}, {{Time|2007}}. He was the composer for "[[List of production music/d#Daytime Drama|Daytime Drama]]" which was used in the title card for "[[Dumped]]" and then since become a meme.
*'''[[Charles Nelson Reilly]]''' - Died on {{Time|May 25}}, {{Time|2007}}. He was the original voice of the [[Dirty Bubble]] in "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II]]" and ''[[Lights, Camera, Pants!]]''
*'''{{W|Will Schaefer}}''' - Died on {{Time|June 30}}, {{Time|2007}}. He composed the tracks "[[Fight! Fight! Fight!]]" and [[Fight for Ol' Schaefer U.]]"
*'''{{W|Ronnie Hazlehurst}}''' - Died on {{Time|October 1}}, {{Time|2007}}. He composed the track "[[List of production music/h#A Hat, a Cane|A Hat, a Cane]]" which was only used in "[[Culture Shock]]."
*'''[[Lux Interior]]''' - Died on {{Time|February 4}}, {{Time|2009}}. He was the voice of the lead singer of [[The Bird Brains]] and performed the song "[[Underwater Sun]]" in "[[Party Pooper Pants]]."

==2010-2019 (2010s)==
*'''{{W|David J. Steinberg|David Joseph Steinberg}}''' (not to be confused with [[David J. Steinberg]]) - Died on {{Time|March 16}}, {{Time|2010}}. He physically played the live-action SpongeBob hallucination seen by {{Link|Patchy}} in "[[Atlantis SquarePantis]]" (although his voice was dubbed by [[Tom Kenny]]).
*'''[[Davy Jones]]''' - Died on {{Time|February 29}}, {{Time|2012}}. Coincidentally sharing a name with the pirate of lore, his [[Davy Jones' locker|locker]] has been mentioned numerous times in the series, most notably by [[Flying Dutchman]] in "[[Born Again Krabs]]." Jones portrayed himself in "[[SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One]]."
*'''[[Ernest Borgnine]]''' - Died on {{Time|July 8}}, {{Time|2012}}. He was the original voice of [[Mermaid Man]]. ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' is dedicated to his memory.
*'''[[Robin Sachs]]''' - Died on {{Time|February 1}}, {{Time|2013}}. He was the voice of [[Sergeant Roderick]] in "[[Mrs. Puff, You're Fired]]."
*'''[[Hiram Titus]]''' - Died on {{Time|September 16}}, {{Time|2013}}. He was [[Nicolas Carr]]'s colleague at Saban Entertainment in the 1980s and one of the show's original music composers in seasons 7 and 8. His tracks are still frequently used.
*'''[[Hal Douglas]]''' - Died on {{Time|March 7}}, {{Time|2014}}. He did the voiceover in the first and third trailers for ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie''.
*'''[[Rik Mayall]]''' - Died on {{Time|June 9}}, {{Time|2014}}. He was the voice of [[Lord Reginald]] in "[[Chimps Ahoy]]."
*'''[[Robin Williams]]''' - Died on {{Time|August 11}}, {{Time|2014}}. He played himself in "[[Truth or Square]]" during one of the Patchy segments.
*'''[[Don Newhouse]]''' - Died on {{Time|May 12}}, {{Time|2015}}. He was an iconic employee at [[Nickelodeon Animation Studio]] who made brief appearances as a sailor in "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]," as himself in the beginning of "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]]," and as [[Don]] in "[[Sun Bleached]]" (although his voice was dubbed by Tom Kenny) and "[[Welcome to Binary Bottom]]."
*'''{{W|Lemmy|Lemmy Kilmister}}''' - Died on {{Time|December 28}}, {{Time|2015}}. Frontman of the band {{W|Motörhead}}, who performed the song "[[You Better Swim]]" for the soundtrack of ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]''.
*'''[[David Bowie]]''' - Died on {{Time|January 10}}, {{Time|2016}}. He was the voice of [[Lord Royal Highness]] in "Atlantis SquarePantis."
*'''[[Joe Alaskey]]''' - Died on {{Time|February 3}}, {{Time|2016}}. He was the voice of Mermaid Man in ''Lights, Camera, Pants!'' and ''[[Creature from the Krusty Krab]]''.
*'''{{W|Sam Spence}}''' - Died on {{Time|February 6}}, {{Time|2016}}. He was one of the show's music composers, with one of his most notable tracks being "[[The Lineman]]" - the theme of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
*'''[[Barry Anthony Trop]]''' - Died on {{Time|October 27}}, {{Time|2016}}. He was Nicolas Carr's colleague at Saban Entertainment in the 1980s and one of the show's original music composers in seasons 4-8, most notably known for {{Link|Squidward}}'s clarinet sounds. His tracks are still used now, including the ones he composed himself.
*'''[[Jeanette Miller]]''' - Died on {{Time|November 4}}, {{Time|2016}}. She portrayed [[Mrs. Johnson]] in "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]]."
*'''[[Adam West]]''' - Died on {{Time|June 9}}, {{Time|2017}}. He was the voice of younger Mermaid Man in "[[Back to the Past]]."
*'''{{W|Bruce Brown (director)|Bruce Brown}}''' - Died on {{Time|December 10}}, {{Time|2017}}. He was the voice of the narrator in "[[SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One]]."
*'''[[R. Lee Ermey]]''' - Died on {{Time|April 15}}, {{Time|2018}}. He was the voice of the [[warden]] of [[Inferno Island]] in "[[The Inmates of Summer]]."
*'''{{W|Vinnie Paul}}''' - Died on {{Time|June 22}}, {{Time|2018}}. He was the drummer for Pantera, who provided the track [[Prehibernation]], used multiple times in the episode "[[Prehibernation Week]]."
*'''[[Lolee Aries]]''' - Died on {{Time|July 10}}, {{Time|2018}}. She was an executive in charge of production between {{Time|2000}} to {{Time|2004}}.
*'''[[John Sterchi]]''' - Died on {{Time|October 8}}, {{Time|2018}}. He was the narrator in several books published by Publications International.
*'''[[Stephen Hillenburg]]''' - Died on {{Time|November 26}}, {{Time|2018}}. He was the creator of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and was the original voice of [[Potty the Parrot]]. "[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]" and ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]'' are dedicated to his memory.
*'''[[Chris Reccardi]]''' - Died on {{Time|May 2}}, {{Time|2019}}. He was a writer and storyboard director.
*'''[[Tim Conway]]''' - Died on {{Time|May 14}}, {{Time|2019}}. He was the voice of [[Barnacle Boy]].

==Since 2020 (2020s)==
*'''{{W|Marsha Kramer}}''' - Died on {{Time|January 23}}, {{Time|2020}}. She provided additional voices for ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water''.
*'''[[Bob Kulick]]''' - Died on {{Time|May 28}}, {{Time|2020}}. He was a writer for the song "[[Sweet Victory]]" that was used in the episode "[[Band Geeks]]."
*'''[[David Lander]]''' - Died on {{Time|December 4}}, {{Time|2020}}. He was the voice of [[Donnie]] in "[[Sharks vs. Pods]]."
*'''{{W|Emil Cadkin}}''' - Died on {{Time|December 16}}, {{Time|2020}}. He composed several music tracks with [[Harry Bluestone]], many of which were used in the series up to [[Season 10]], when they were removed from APM.
*'''[[Tuck Tucker]]''' - Died on {{Time|December 22}}, {{Time|2020}}. He was a writer, storyboard artist, storyboard director, and supervising storyboard director.
*'''[[Biz Markie]]''' - Died on {{Time|July 16}}, {{Time|2021}}. He voiced [[Kenny the Cat (character)|the titular character]] of the episode "[[Kenny the Cat]]."
* '''[[Ed Asner]]''' - Died on {{Time|August 29}}, {{Time|2021}}. He was the voice of the [[angry old timer]] in "[[Whirly Brains]]."
*'''[[Betty White]]''' - Died on {{Time|December 31}}, {{Time|2021}}. She was the voice of [[Beatrice]] in "[[Mall Girl Pearl]]."
*'''{{W|Maxie Santillan Jr.}}''' - Died on {{Time|March 22}}, {{Time|2022}}. He portrayed [[Gummy The Pirate]] in ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]''.
* '''[[Gilbert Gottfried]]''' - Died on {{Time|April 12}}, {{Time|2022}}. He was a live-action guest star in "[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]" as well as the voices of [[Sal (The Hankering)|Sal]] in "[[The Hankering]]" and [[Shecky]] in "[[Wise Kraken]]."
*'''[[Ray Liotta]]''' - Died on {{Time|May 26}}, {{Time|2022}}. He was the voice of the leader of [[The Bubble Poppin' Boys]] in "[[What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?]]"
*'''{{W|Jerry Blavat}}''' - Died on {{Time|January 20}}, {{Time|2023}}. He was the voice of Al Bacore for ''[[The Best Day Ever]]'' album.
*'''[[Bob Barker]]''' - Died on {{Time|August 26}}, {{Time|2023}}. He was the voice of [[Bob Barnacle]] in "[[Sanctuary!]]"
* '''{{W|Shawna Trpcic}}''' - Died on {{Time|October 4}}, {{Time|2023}}. She was the costume designer for ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]''.
*'''[[Garrett Ho]]''' - Died on {{Time|November 5}}, {{Time|2023}}. He was a storyboard artist on four episodes of the series.
*'''{{W|Laurie Johnson}}''' - Died on {{Time|January 16}}, {{Time|2024}}. He composed several music tracks such as "[[Blood In The Gutter]]," "[[Lonely Stranger]]," and "[[Gala Premiere]]."
*'''[[Peter Bennett]]''' - Died on {{Time|May 17}}, {{Time|2024}}. He was the art director and a background artist of the series. "[[Kreepaway Kamp]]" is dedicated to his memory.
*'''{{W|Andy Paley}}''' - Died on {{Time|November 20}}, {{Time|2024}}. He composed several music tracks with [[Tom Kenny]] such as "[[The Best Day Ever (song)|The Best Day Ever]]," "[[Where's Gary? (song)|Where's Gary?]]," and "[[Don't Be a Jerk]]."

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