Celebrity deaths in 2011

40 of 84: Laura Ziskin, who produced the 'Spider-Man' movie franchise among many other hits in a 35-year Hollywood career, died on Monday, June 13 at the age of 61 after a seven-year battle against breast cancer.

(Photo: Laura Ziskin poses at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2001.) (AP Photo / Nick Ut)