Carrie Fisher
The whole universe was in mourning when Fisher, known for her role as Princess Leia from Star Wars, passed away unexpectedly in December of 2016. In her final silver screen appearance, she reprised her role as Princess-turned-General Leia in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, to be released in December 2017.
Robin Williams
The beloved actor had another outing as Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, one of four films that came out after Williams' shocking death in August 2014.
John Ritter
The Three's Company star fell ill on the set of ABC's 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter and died when he was 54 in September 2003. His final big-screen appearance was as a mild-mannered mall manager in the Coen brothers' black comedy Bad Santa, which came out that November.
Alan Rickman
After quietly battling cancer for over a year, the Harry Potter star passed away in January 2016 at age 69. His final live-action appearance was in the 2015 military thriller Eye in the Sky, though you couldn't miss his voice as Absolem the Butterfly in Alice Through the Looking Glass, which came out in May 2016.
Michael Clarke Duncan
Famous for his work in The Green Mile, Duncan passed away at 54 years old from a sudden heart attack in September 2014. The Oscar-nominated actor's final role was starring in the boxing drama The Challenger, which he also helped executive produce.
River Phoenix
The child star turned Hollywood heartthrob died tragically of a drug overdose in 1993 at only 23. Nineteen years later, his final film, Dark Blood, was released.
Brittany Murphy
The Clueless star died suddenly and shockingly under mysterious circumstances when she was only 32. Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in 2014, nearly five years after her death.
Anton Yelchin
The rising star passed away in a freak car accident in June 2016 at just 27 years old. Best known for his role as Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek franchise, he left three as-yet unseen movies behind him: Rememory and Thoroughbred, both of which debuted at Sundance in 2017, and the family drama We Don't Belong Here.
James Gandolfini
The Sopranos star suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Italy in 2013. The Emmy-winning actor's final film was The Drop, released in 2014, and he had started shooting The Night Of; John Turturro, a good friend of Gandolfini's, eventually took over the part.
Heath Ledger
The actor died of an accidental overdose in February 2007¯a year before he would win a posthumous Oscar for playing The Joker in The Dark Knight. His final appearance in theaters, however, was The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which was partly shot when he died. Director Terry Gilliam got Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and Jude Law to tag-team in the role for the remainder of the production.
Natasha Richardson
The star of stage and screen, and Liam Neeson's wife of 15 years, died in 2009 after suffering a head injury in a skiing accident. Her last film appearance was in the rom-com Wild Child.
Paul Walker
Production on Furious 7 was still going when the franchise star was killed in a car crash in November 2013 and the actor's brothers, Cody and Caleb, served as body doubles to help complete the film. The hit song "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth is a tribute to the actor, and was nominated for a Golden Globe as part of the Furious 7 soundtrack.
Cory Monteith
The Glee star died at 31 of a heroin overdose. Cory's final roles were in the films McCanick and All the Wrong Reasons, both of which screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival a few weeks after his death.
Alan Thicke
Thicke's penultimate film, It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway, was released on Jan. 1, 2017, a few weeks after his sudden death of a heart ailment. He'll also be seen in The Clapper, which will be released at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Dennis Hopper
The iconic actor's final film, The Last Film Festival, wasn't released until six years after his death from cancer in 2010. Netflix is in talks to acquire another unreleased Hopper film, about Orson Welles, called The Other Side of the World.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Oscar winner appeared on the big screen one last time as Plutarch Heavensbee in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2, which came out in November 2015—almost two years after he died of a heroin overdose while filming the YA epic.
James Avery
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor passed away at 68 years old due to complications following open heart surgery. His last appearance on the big screen was a small part in Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here, but he also acted in the television film Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer.