Deaths This Decade

Display: in order of death in order of birth oldest to youngest youngest to oldest

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Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, notable American stillborn baby girl (b. 2000, d. 2000 at age 0)

Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (b. 2003, d. 2005 at age 2)

Dolly the Sheep (b. 1996, d. 2003 at age 7)

Danielle Van Dam, American murder victim (b. 1994, d. 2002 at age 8)

Amanda Dowler, British murder victim (b. 1988, d. 2002 at age 14)

Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990, d. 2004 at age 14)

Rob Knox, British actor (b. 1989, d. 2008 at age 19)

Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988, d. 2007 at age 19)

Natalee Holloway, American teen, disappeared in Aruba (b. 1986, d. 2005 at age 19)

Alexei Cherepanov, Russian Hockey Player (b. 1989, d. 2008 at age 19)

Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1987, d. 2006 at age 19)

Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982, d. 2002 at age 20)

Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987, d. 2008 at age 21)

Luc Bourdon, Canadian Hockey player (b. 1987, d. 2008 at age 21)

Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (b. 1985, d. 2006 at age 21)

Shawntinice Polk, American basketball player (b. 1983, d. 2005 at age 22)

Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979, d. 2001 at age 22)

Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984, d. 2007 at age 23)

Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984, d. 2007 at age 23)

Laura Sadler, British TV actress (b. 1980, d. 2003 at age 23)

Katy French, Irish model (b. 1983, d. 2007 at age 24)

Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983, d. 2007 at age 24)

Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981, d. 2005 at age 24)

Federico Crescentini, Sanmarinese football player (b. 1982, d. 2006 at age 24)

Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and owner (b. 1980, d. 2004 at age 24)

Gregory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983, d. 2007 at age 24)

Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (b. 1980, d. 2004 at age 24)

Roman Lyashenko, Russian hockey player (b. 1979, d. 2003 at age 24)

Lee Eun Joo, Korean actress (b. 1980, d. 2005 at age 25)

Miklos Feher, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979, d. 2004 at age 25)

Nguyen Tuong Van, Vietnamese-Australian drug trafficker and capital punishment cause celebre (b. 1980, d. 2005 at age 25)

Liane Bahler, German cyclist (b. 1982, d. 2007 at age 25)

Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982, d. 2007 at age 25)

Nadia Anjuman, Afghani poet and journalist (b. 1980, d. 2005 at age 25)

Hrvoje Custic, Croatian footballer (b. 1983, d. 2008 at age 25)

Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977, d. 2002 at age 25)

Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982, d. 2007 at age 25)

Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (b. 1978, d. 2003 at age 25)

Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (b. 1982, d. 2007 at age 25)

Casey Calvert, American musician (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981, d. 2007 at age 26)

Tose Proeski, Macedonian singer (b. 1981, d. 2007 at age 26)

Terje "Valfar" Bakken, Norwegian musician (b. 1978, d. 2004 at age 26)

Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982, d. 2008 at age 26)

Francois Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982, d. 2008 at age 26)

Nicholas Berg, American businessman (b. 1978, d. 2004 at age 26)

Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1977, d. 2003 at age 26)

Ashleigh Aston Moore, American actress (b. 1981, d. 2007 at age 26)

Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese-born airline hijacker (b. 1975, d. 2001 at age 26)

Agata Mroz-Olszewska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1982, d. 2008 at age 26)

Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamian boxer (b. 1975, d. 2002 at age 27)

Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

Jung Da Bin, Korean actress (b. 1980, d. 2007 at age 27)

Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979, d. 2006 at age 27)

Tony Renna, American race car driver (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

Brahim Deby, son of Chadian president Idriss Deby (b. 1980, d. 2007 at age 27)

Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

Keiko, Orca whale from Free Willy movies (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

Marc-Vivien Foe, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975, d. 2003 at age 28)

Barış Akarsu, Turkish musician (b. 1979, d. 2007 at age 28)

Karen Asrian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1980, d. 2008 at age 28)

Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979, d. 2007 at age 28)

Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (b. 1976, d. 2004 at age 28)

Peter Dubovsky, Slovak footballer (b. 1972, d. 2000 at age 28)

Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974, d. 2002 at age 28)

Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977, d. 2005 at age 28)

Ryan Cox, South African professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979, d. 2007 at age 28)

Paul Hunter, British snooker player (b. 1978, d. 2006 at age 28)

Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (b. 1978, d. 2007 at age 29)

Big Pun, American rapper (b. 1971, d. 2000 at age 29)

Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979, d. 2008 at age 29)

Anita Kulcsar, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976, d. 2005 at age 29)

Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (b. 1978, d. 2007 at age 29)

Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978, d. 2007 at age 29)

Conrad McRae, professional basketball player (b. 1971, d. 2000 at age 29)

Dave Williams, American singer (b. 1972, d. 2002 at age 30)

Mieszko Talarczyk, Swedish guitarist/musician (Nasum) (b. 1974, d. 2004 at age 30)

Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977, d. 2007 at age 30)

King Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971, d. 2001 at age 30)

Lisa Lopes, American rapper; one-third of the multi-platinum girl group TLC (b. 1971, d. 2002 at age 31)

Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1975, d. 2006 at age 31)

Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969, d. 2000 at age 31)

Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (b. 1974, d. 2005 at age 31)

Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975, d. 2006 at age 31)

Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (b. 1976, d. 2007 at age 31)

Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor (b. 1971, d. 2002 at age 31)

Kenny Irwin, NASCAR driver (b. 1969, d. 2000 at age 31)

Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978, d. 2009 at age 31)

Andujar Cedeno, Dominican Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros (b. 1969, d. 2000 at age 31)

Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972, d. 2004 at age 32)

Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977, d. 2009 at age 32)

J Dilla, American music producer (b. 1974, d. 2006 at age 32)

Yinka Dare, Nigerian Professional Basketball Player (b. 1972, d. 2004 at age 32)

Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (b. 1975, d. 2007 at age 32)

Brittany Murphy, American actress (b. 1977, d. 2009 at age 32)

Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970, d. 2002 at age 32)

Mike Lockwood American wrestler (b. 1971, d. 2003 at age 32)

Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973, d. 2006 at age 33)

Johanna Sallstrom, Swedish actress (b. 1974, d. 2007 at age 33)

Natasja Saad, Afro Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974, d. 2007 at age 33)

Timothy McVeigh, American convicted murderer (b. 1968, d. 2001 at age 33)

Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969, d. 2002 at age 33)

Mohamed Atta, Egyptian-born airline hijacker (b. 1968, d. 2001 at age 33)

Ibn Al-Khattab, Saudi guerilla (b. 1969, d. 2002 at age 33)

Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973, d. 2007 at age 34)

Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist (b. 1967, d. 2001 at age 34)

Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli settler leader (b. 1966, d. 2000 at age 34)

Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1972, d. 2006 at age 34)

Elliott Smith, American musician (b. 1969, d. 2003 at age 34)

Melanie Thornton, American-born singer (b. 1967, d. 2001 at age 34)

Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968, d. 2002 at age 34)

Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970, d. 2004 at age 34)

Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972, d. 2006 at age 34)

Rodney Anoa'i, American wrestler known as Yokozuna (b. 1966, d. 2000 at age 34)

Eric Medlen, American race car driver (b. 1973, d. 2007 at age 34)

Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970, d. 2004 at age 34)

Richard Burns, English race car driver (b. 1971, d. 2005 at age 34)

Marianna Komlos American professional wrestler and fitness model (b. 1969, d. 2004 at age 35)

Nazia Hassan First South Asian Pop Singer. (b. 1965, d. 2000 at age 35)

Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972, d. 2007 at age 35)

Layne Staley, American singer (b. 1967, d. 2002 at age 35)

Tony Roper, NASCAR driver (b. 1964, d. 2000 at age 36)

Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist (b. 1972, d. 2008 at age 36)

Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968, d. 2004 at age 36)

Domino Harvey, British born bounty hunter who moved to Los Angeles (b. 1969, d. 2005 at age 36)

Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973, d. 2009 at age 36)

Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (b. 1968, d. 2004 at age 36)

Yo-Sam Choi, Korean boxer (b. 1972, d. 2008 at age 36)

Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (b. 1971, d. 2008 at age 37)

Juan Camilo Mourino, Mexican politician (b. 1971, d. 2008 at age 37)

Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972, d. 2009 at age 37)

Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966, d. 2003 at age 37)

Mairtin Crawford, Irish poet (b. 1967, d. 2004 at age 37)

Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968, d. 2005 at age 37)

Lolo Ferrari, French porn star, billed as 'the woman with the largest breasts in the world' (b. 1963, d. 2000 at age 37)

Jam-Master Jay, American Hip-Hop DJ (b. 1965, d. 2002 at age 37)

Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962, d. 2000 at age 38)

Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (murdered) (b. 1966, d. 2004 at age 38)

Quorthon, Swedish musician (b. 1966, d. 2004 at age 38)

Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler (b. 1967, d. 2005 at age 38)

Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1967, d. 2005 at age 38)

Anna Malle, American pornographic actress (b. 1967, d. 2006 at age 39)

Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964, d. 2003 at age 39)

Ted Demme, American film and television director (b. 1963, d. 2002 at age 39)

Colin McRae, Scottish world rally champion (b. 1968, d. 2007 at age 39)

Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (b. 1970, d. 2009 at age 39)

Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968, d. 2007 at age 39)

Carrie Hamilton, American actress (b. 1963, d. 2002 at age 39)

Dennis Danell, American musician (Social Distortion) (b. 1961, d. 2000 at age 39)

Sergi Lopez Segu, Spanish footballer (b. 1967, d. 2006 at age 39)

Michael Park, English Rally Co- Driver of Markko Martin (b. 1966, d. 2005 at age 39)

Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963, d. 2002 at age 39)

Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967, d. 2007 at age 40)

Adrienne Shelly, American actress & director (b. 1966, d. 2006 at age 40)

Davey Boy Smith, British professional wrestler (b. 1962, d. 2002 at age 40)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant (b. 1966, d. 2006 at age 40)

S. P. Thamilselvan, Sri Lankan Tamil political leader (b. 1967, d. 2007 at age 40)

Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (b. 1967, d. 2007 at age 40)

Shawn Lane, American musician (b. 1963, d. 2003 at age 40)

Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1965, d. 2005 at age 40)

Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1963, d. 2003 at age 40)

Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966, d. 2006 at age 40)

Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b. 1967, d. 2007 at age 40)

Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965, d. 2006 at age 41)

Jose Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965, d. 2006 at age 41)

Hani Mohsin, Malaysian actor (b. 1965, d. 2006 at age 41)

Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist militant (b. 1968, d. 2009 at age 41)

Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965, d. 2006 at age 41)

Lana Clarkson, American actress (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963, d. 2004 at age 41)

Brett Kebble, South African mining magnate (b. 1964, d. 2005 at age 41)

Alfredo Reinado, East Timorese rebel (b. 1967, d. 2008 at age 41)

Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Kirsty MacColl, British singer-songwriter (b. 1959, d. 2000 at age 41)

Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (b. 1962, d. 2004 at age 42)

Craig Hinton, British novelist (b. 1964, d. 2006 at age 42)

William McCool, American astronaut (b. 1961, d. 2003 at age 42)

Laurel Clark, American astronaut (b. 1961, d. 2003 at age 42)

Terri Schiavo, American right-to-die cause celebre (b. 1963, d. 2005 at age 42)

Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut (b. 1961, d. 2003 at age 42)

Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966, d. 2008 at age 42)

Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965, d. 2007 at age 42)

Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963, d. 2005 at age 42)

Tomas Medina Caracas, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1965, d. 2007 at age 42)

Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964, d. 2006 at age 42)

Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957, d. 2000 at age 43)

Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964, d. 2007 at age 43)

Elizabeth Hulette, American wrestling manager and valet (b. 1960, d. 2003 at age 43)

Edouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963, d. 2006 at age 43)

Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (b. 1959, d. 2002 at age 43)

Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964, d. 2007 at age 43)

Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964, d. 2007 at age 43)

Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964, d. 2007 at age 43)

Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961, d. 2004 at age 43)

John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1963, d. 2006 at age 43)

Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Pakistani cleric (b. 1964, d. 2007 at age 43)

Robert Addie, British actor (b. 1960, d. 2003 at age 43)

Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (b. 1963, d. 2007 at age 44)

Alexey Prokurorov, Russian cross-country skier (b. 1964, d. 2008 at age 44)

Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960, d. 2004 at age 44)

Yegor Letov, Russian singer (b. 1964, d. 2008 at age 44)

Alexander Litvinenko, Russian-born spy (b. 1962, d. 2006 at age 44)

John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1960, d. 2004 at age 44)

Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur and founder of Herbalife (b. 1956, d. 2000 at age 44)

Curt Hennig, American wrestler (b. 1959, d. 2003 at age 44)

Wolfgang Priklopil, Austrian kidnapper of Natascha Kampusch (b. 1962, d. 2006 at age 44)

Steve Irwin, Australian environmentalist and television personality (b. 1962, d. 2006 at age 44)

Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (b. 1957, d. 2001 at age 44)

Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (b. 1959, d. 2003 at age 44)

Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (b. 1963, d. 2007 at age 44)

Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962, d. 2006 at age 44)

Rio Diaz, Filipino actress and TV host (b. 1959, d. 2004 at age 45)

Gottfried von Bismarck, German aristocrat and socialite (b. 1962, d. 2007 at age 45)

Eric Nance, American murderer (b. 1960, d. 2005 at age 45)

Joe Ranft, American animator (b. 1960, d. 2005 at age 45)

Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (b. 1962, d. 2007 at age 45)

Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and author (b. 1959, d. 2004 at age 45)

Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961, d. 2006 at age 45)

Dana Reeve, American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve (b. 1961, d. 2006 at age 45)

Aleksandr Dedyushko (b. 1962, d. 2007 at age 45)

Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian musician, composer, poet and comedian (b. 1961, d. 2006 at age 45)

Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961, d. 2006 at age 45)

Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese militant (b. 1962, d. 2008 at age 46)

Paul Hester, Australian musician (b. 1959, d. 2005 at age 46)

Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler (b. 1961, d. 2007 at age 46)

Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963, d. 2009 at age 46)

James Oyebola, British heavyweight boxer (b. 1961, d. 2007 at age 46)

Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer and actress (b. 1954, d. 2000 at age 46)

Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960, d. 2006 at age 46)

Kirby Puckett, U.S. baseball player (b. 1960, d. 2006 at age 46)

Aileen Wournos, American serial killer (b. 1956, d. 2002 at age 46)

Timothy Treadwell, bear enthusiast, conservationist, and naturalist (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

Michael Hegstrand American wrestler (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

David Foster Wallace, American writer (b. 1962, d. 2008 at age 46)

Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

Rick Husband, American astronaut (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

Scott Kalitta, American drag racer (b. 1962, d. 2008 at age 46)

Tsvetanka Khristova, Bulgarian athlete (b. 1962, d. 2008 at age 46)

David M. Brown, American astronaut (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (b. 1957, d. 2004 at age 47)

Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960, d. 2007 at age 47)

Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1957, d. 2004 at age 47)

Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962, d. 2009 at age 47)

Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Jose Uribe, Dominican Major League Baseball player (b. 1959, d. 2006 at age 47)

Randy Pausch, American author and computer scientist (b. 1960, d. 2008 at age 48)

Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghan military commander (b. 1953, d. 2001 at age 48)

Anna Politkovskaya, American-born Russian journalist (b. 1958, d. 2006 at age 48)

Linda Smith, English comedian (b. 1958, d. 2006 at age 48)

Zeljko Raznatovic, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. 1952, d. 2000 at age 48)

Ray Fernandez, American pro wrestler (b. 1956, d. 2004 at age 48)

Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956, d. 2004 at age 48)

Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952, d. 2000 at age 48)

Nasreen Huq, Bangladeshi social worker and human rights activist (b. 1958, d. 2006 at age 48)

Steve Howe, American Baseball Player (b. 1958, d. 2006 at age 48)

Gary Webb, American journalist known for his investigation into the Iran-Contra affair (b. 1955, d. 2004 at age 49)

Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (b. 1958, d. 2007 at age 49)

Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1957, d. 2006 at age 49)

Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1955, d. 2004 at age 49)

Tomomi Tsuruta, Former Japanese professional wrestler, better known as Jumbo Tsuruta (b. 1951, d. 2000 at age 49)

Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952, d. 2001 at age 49)

Benjamin W.S. Lum, American actor (b. 1953, d. 2002 at age 49)

Javier Urruticoechea, Spanish footballer (b. 1952, d. 2001 at age 49)

Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952, d. 2002 at age 50)

Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957, d. 2007 at age 50)

Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954, d. 2004 at age 50)

Darrell Porter, American baseball player (b. 1952, d. 2002 at age 50)

Nizar Rayan, Palestinian military and political leader (b. 1959, d. 2009 at age 50)

Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954, d. 2004 at age 50)

Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (b. 1951, d. 2001 at age 50)

Kenji Nagai, Japanese journalist (b. 1957, d. 2007 at age 50)

Dale Earnhardt, American auto racing driver (b. 1951, d. 2001 at age 50)

Roberto Bolano, Chilean writer (b. 1953, d. 2003 at age 50)

Joe Strummer, British musician (b. 1952, d. 2002 at age 50)

David Graf, American actor (b. 1950, d. 2001 at age 51)

Priscilla Paris, American singer (b. 1953, d. 2004 at age 51)

Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer, artist, and photographer (b. 1953, d. 2004 at age 51)

Jim Varney, American actor noted for his character, Ernest P. Worrell. (b. 1949, d. 2000 at age 51)

Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958, d. 2009 at age 51)

Istvan Cserhati, Hungarian keyboardist (P.Box) (b. 1954, d. 2005 at age 51)

Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952, d. 2003 at age 51)

Terry Lloyd, British journalist (b. 1952, d. 2003 at age 51)

Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (b. 1955, d. 2006 at age 51)

Julio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956, d. 2007 at age 51)

Rob Levin, American computer programmer (b. 1955, d. 2006 at age 51)

Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (b. 1951, d. 2002 at age 51)

Zoran Djindjic, Serbian prime minister (b. 1952, d. 2003 at age 51)

Milan Jelic, Bosnian-Serb politician (b. 1956, d. 2007 at age 51)

Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (b. 1955, d. 2006 at age 51)

Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (b. 1957, d. 2008 at age 51)

Michael Jackson, American performer and recording artist (b. 1958, d. 2009 at age 51)

Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player (b. 1954, d. 2006 at age 52)

Danny Rolling, American murderer (b. 1954) (executed, d. 2006 at age 52)

Stanley Williams, American gang founder (b. 1953, d. 2005 at age 52)

Madi Phala, South African artist (b. 1955, d. 2007 at age 52)

Kevin DuBrow, American musician (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955, d. 2007 at age 52)

Gangodawila Soma Thero, Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk (b. 1948, d. 2000 at age 52)

Christopher Reeve, American actor and activist (b. 1952, d. 2004 at age 52)

Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951, d. 2003 at age 52)

Fred Berry, American actor (b. 1951, d. 2003 at age 52)

Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954, d. 2006 at age 52)

Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955, d. 2007 at age 52)

Said Seyam, Palestinian politician (b. 1957, d. 2009 at age 52)

Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954, d. 2007 at age 53)

Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgian businessman and politician (b. 1955, d. 2008 at age 53)

June Pointer, American singer (b. 1953, d. 2006 at age 53)

Benjamin Orr, the Cars bassist and singer (b. 1947, d. 2000 at age 53)

Aurelio Rodriguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947, d. 2000 at age 53)

Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (b. 1949, d. 2002 at age 53)

Tony Snow, American political commentator (b. 1955, d. 2008 at age 53)

Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947, d. 2000 at age 53)

Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician (b. 1956, d. 2009 at age 53)

Erik Brann, American musician (b. 1950, d. 2003 at age 53)

Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954, d. 2007 at age 53)

Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949, d. 2003 at age 54)

Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953, d. 2007 at age 54)

Luther Vandross, American R&B singer (b. 1951, d. 2005 at age 54)

Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican jazz pianist (b. 1952, d. 2006 at age 54)

Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950, d. 2004 at age 54)

Jack Wild, English actor (b. 1952, d. 2006 at age 54)

Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo activist and leader (b. 1946, d. 2000 at age 54)

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1953, d. 2007 at age 54)

Terence McKenna, Writer, Philosopher, Ethnobotanist and Shaman (b. 1946, d. 2000 at age 54)

Don Poier, American sports announcer (b. 1951, d. 2005 at age 54)

Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1950, d. 2004 at age 54)

Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer. (b. 1949, d. 2003 at age 54)

Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1954, d. 2008 at age 54)

Teresa Graves, American actress (b. 1948, d. 2002 at age 54)

Maurice Gibb, British rock musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949, d. 2003 at age 54)

Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948, d. 2002 at age 54)

John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Mark Weil, Uzbek theater director (b. 1952, d. 2007 at age 55)

Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945, d. 2000 at age 55)

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946, d. 2001 at age 55)

Oliver, American singer (b. 1945, d. 2000 at age 55)

Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949, d. 2004 at age 55)

Sergio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952, d. 2007 at age 55)

Jim Cronin, British businessman (b. 1952, d. 2007 at age 55)

Nell Carter, African-American singer and actress (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952, d. 2007 at age 55)

David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945, d. 2000 at age 55)

George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947, d. 2002 at age 55)

Roger Bennett, American gospel musician (b. 1952, d. 2007 at age 55)

Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (b. 1952, d. 2007 at age 55)

Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan militant (b. 1954, d. 2009 at age 55)

Denis Donaldson, Irish Republican informer (b. 1950, d. 2006 at age 56)

Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951, d. 2007 at age 56)

Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949, d. 2005 at age 56)

King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945, d. 2001 at age 56)

Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951, d. 2007 at age 56)

Dan Fogelberg, American singer and songwriter (b. 1951, d. 2007 at age 56)

Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer and songwriter (b. 1950, d. 2006 at age 56)

Charles Rocket, American actor (b. 1949, d. 2005 at age 56)

Chip Reese, American professional gambler (b. 1951, d. 2007 at age 56)

Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948, d. 2004 at age 56)

Shōichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (b. 1953, d. 2009 at age 56)

Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951, d. 2007 at age 56)

Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944, d. 2000 at age 56)

Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947, d. 2003 at age 56)

Keith Magnuson, Canadian hockey player (b. 1947, d. 2003 at age 56)

Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946, d. 2002 at age 56)

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Iraqi politician and theologian (b. 1953, d. 2009 at age 56)

Rick James, American musician (b. 1948, d. 2004 at age 56)

Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician (b. 1951, d. 2007 at age 56)

Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese Seiyu (b. 1950, d. 2006 at age 56)

Warren Zevon, American singer (b. 1947, d. 2003 at age 56)

Chris LeDoux, American rodeo performer and singer (b. 1949, d. 2005 at age 56)

Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948, d. 2004 at age 56)

Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950, d. 2006 at age 56)

Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952, d. 2009 at age 57)

Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animation film director (b. 1950, d. 2007 at age 57)

Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (b. 1952, d. 2009 at age 57)

Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (b. 1950, d. 2007 at age 57)

Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950, d. 2007 at age 57)

Roberto Marinho, Chairman of organizations Globo (Brazil) (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Tony Wilson, English broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (b. 1950, d. 2007 at age 57)

Mike Evans, American actor (b. 1949, d. 2006 at age 57)

Dave Carpender, American guitarist with The Greg Kihn Band (b. 1950, d. 2007 at age 57)

Pramod Mahajan, Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and strategist (b. 1949, d. 2006 at age 57)

Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American R&B singer (b. 1949, d. 2006 at age 57)

Bob Hattoy, American activist (b. 1950, d. 2007 at age 57)

Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948, d. 2005 at age 57)

William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948, d. 2005 at age 57)

Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (b. 1952, d. 2009 at age 57)

Noel Redding, English musician (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Jo Ann Davis, American politician (b. 1950, d. 2007 at age 57)

Wally Foreman, Australian sports commentator (b. 1948, d. 2006 at age 58)

Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Syreeta Wright,American singer,songwriter (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945, d. 2003 at age 58)

Chauncey Bailey, American columnist and newspaper editor (b. 1949, d. 2007 at age 58)

George Harrison, English musician (b. 1943, d. 2001 at age 58)

Ian Dury, English singer, songwriter (b. 1942, d. 2000 at age 58)

Percy Sonn, South African lawyer and cricket executive (b. 1949, d. 2007 at age 58)

Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Joybubbles, American Phone Phreak (b. 1949, d. 2007 at age 58)

Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Michael Brecker, American jazz musician (b. 1949, d. 2007 at age 58)

Arabella Spencer-Churchill, English philanthropist (b. 1949, d. 2007 at age 58)

David Gemmell, British author (b. 1948, d. 2006 at age 58)

Jorg Haider, Austrian politician (b. 1950, d. 2008 at age 58)

Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

John Entwistle, English bassist (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Gary Stewart, American singer (b. 1945, d. 2003 at age 58)

Peter Law, British politician (b. 1948, d. 2006 at age 58)

Paul Wellstone, American politician (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Janez Drnovsek, Slovenian President and Prime Minister of (b. 1950, d. 2008 at age 58)

Tim Russert, American journalist (b. 1950, d. 2008 at age 58)

Deem Bristow, American voice actor (b. 1947, d. 2005 at age 58)

Ian Hornak, American painter, draughtsman and sculptor (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Jose Roberto Espinosa, Mexican commentator (b. 1948, d. 2007 at age 59)

Clemente Dominguez y Gomez, Spanish spiritual leader (b. 1946, d. 2005 at age 59)

John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946, d. 2005 at age 59)

Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947, d. 2006 at age 59)

Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945, d. 2004 at age 59)

Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945, d. 2004 at age 59)

Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950, d. 2009 at age 59)

Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946, d. 2005 at age 59)

Antonie Iorgovan, Romanian jurist, professor, and politician (b. 1948, d. 2007 at age 59)

Soe Win, Burmese politician (b. 1948, d. 2007 at age 59)

Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943, d. 2002 at age 59)

Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946, d. 2005 at age 59)

George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946, d. 2005 at age 59)

Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

Barry White, American singer (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

Bob Woolmer, English cricketer and coach (b. 1948, d. 2007 at age 59)

Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948, d. 2007 at age 59)

John Hughes, American film director and writer (b. 1950, d. 2009 at age 59)

Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (b. 1945, d. 2004 at age 59)

N!xau, Namibian actor (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

Dave Edwards, American musician (b. 1941, d. 2000 at age 59)

Richard Franklin, Australian film director (b. 1948, d. 2007 at age 59)

Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, American social theorist (b. 1950, d. 2009 at age 59)

Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946, d. 2006 at age 60)

Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Billy Preston, American artist and musician (b. 1946, d. 2006 at age 60)

Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Bill Strauss, American satirist, author and historian (b. 1947, d. 2007 at age 60)

Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1945, d. 2005 at age 60)

Gary Phillips, American keyboardist with The Greg Kihn Band (b. 1947, d. 2007 at age 60)

Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944, d. 2004 at age 60)

George McCorkle, American musician (b. 1947, d. 2007 at age 60)

Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947, d. 2007 at age 60)

Raul Reyes, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1948, d. 2008 at age 60)

Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader (b. 1941, d. 2001 at age 60)

Myra Hindley, English murderer (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947, d. 2007 at age 60)

Mate Parlov, Croatian boxer (b. 1948, d. 2008 at age 60)

Mohamed Haneef, Maldivian Politician and former Vice-President of Islamic Democratic Party of Maldives (b. 1946, d. 2006 at age 60)

John Thaw, British actor (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Len Thompson, Australian footballer (b. 1947, d. 2007 at age 60)

Steve Bender, German musician (Dschinghis Khan) (b. 1946, d. 2006 at age 60)

Syd Barrett, English singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1946, d. 2006 at age 60)

Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1947, d. 2007 at age 60)

Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Seamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948, d. 2008 at age 60)

Andreas Katsulas, American actor (b. 1946, d. 2006 at age 60)

Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia (b. 1948, d. 2008 at age 60)

Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (b. 1943, d. 2004 at age 61)

Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945, d. 2006 at age 61)

Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942, d. 2003 at age 61)

Rafik Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944, d. 2005 at age 61)

Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946, d. 2007 at age 61)

Catherine Leroy, French photographer (b. 1945, d. 2006 at age 61)

Robert Guei, Ivorian military ruler (b. 1941, d. 2002 at age 61)

Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist and author (b. 1941, d. 2002 at age 61)

Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939, d. 2000 at age 61)

Rene Harris, President of Nauru (b. 1947, d. 2008 at age 61)

Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (b. 1946, d. 2007 at age 61)

Basil Poledouris, American composer (b. 1945, d. 2006 at age 61)

Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944, d. 2005 at age 61)

Ezzedine Salim, President of the Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943, d. 2004 at age 61)

King Floyd, American singer (b. 1945, d. 2006 at age 61)

Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947, d. 2008 at age 61)

Valeriy Brumel, Russian athlete (b. 1942, d. 2003 at age 61)

Arthur Lee, American musician (b. 1945, d. 2006 at age 61)

Richard Whiteley, British journalist and television presenter (b. 1943, d. 2005 at age 62)

Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (b. 1943, d. 2005 at age 62)

Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (b. 1943, d. 2005 at age 62)

A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1945, d. 2007 at age 62)

Laurent-Desire Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939, d. 2001 at age 62)

Barbara Valentin, Austrian actress (b. 1940, d. 2002 at age 62)

Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942, d. 2004 at age 62)

David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941, d. 2003 at age 62)

Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1941, d. 2003 at age 62)

Jim Mitchell, pioneer in the pornographic film industry (b. 1945, d. 2007 at age 62)

David Bale, South African–born activist (b. 1941, d. 2003 at age 62)

Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (b. 1944, d. 2006 at age 62)

Rocio Durcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944, d. 2006 at age 62)

Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1947, d. 2009 at age 62)

Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (b. 1946, d. 2008 at age 62)

Galen Rowell, American photographer, writer, and climber (b. 1940, d. 2002 at age 62)

John Reynolds Gardiner, American author and engineer (b. 1944, d. 2006 at age 62)

John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940, d. 2002 at age 62)

Son Seals, American guitarist (b. 1942, d. 2004 at age 62)

Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945, d. 2007 at age 62)

Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist (b. 1946, d. 2008 at age 62)

Rene Munoz, Cuban actor, screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico (b. 1938, d. 2000 at age 62)

Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b. 1947, d. 2009 at age 62)

Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944, d. 2006 at age 62)

Rocio Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944, d. 2006 at age 62)

Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan (b. 1945, d. 2007 at age 62)

Richard Smalley, American physicist (b. 1943, d. 2005 at age 62)

Frank Patterson, Irish tenor (b. 1938, d. 2000 at age 62)

Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945, d. 2007 at age 62)

Kari S. Tikka, Finnish professor (b. 1944, d. 2006 at age 62)

Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945, d. 2007 at age 62)

Donald Dewar, Scottish politician (b. 1937, d. 2000 at age 63)

Benoit Lamy, Belgian motion picture writer-director (b. 1945, d. 2008 at age 63)

Sheila Holland (Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf, Laura Hardy), English writer (b. 1937, d. 2000 at age 63)

Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945, d. 2008 at age 63)

Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943, d. 2006 at age 63)

Bobby Hatfield, American singer (b. 1940, d. 2003 at age 63)

David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942, d. 2005 at age 63)

Jimmy Walker, American basketball player (b. 1944, d. 2007 at age 63)

Ron Silver, American actor and political activist (b. 1946, d. 2009 at age 63)

Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943, d. 2006 at age 63)

Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, British politician (b. 1943, d. 2006 at age 63)

Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Ivica Racan, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944, d. 2007 at age 63)

Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian football manager (b. 1939, d. 2002 at age 63)

Anderson Mazoka, Zambian politician (b. 1943, d. 2006 at age 63)

Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor (b. 1944, d. 2007 at age 63)

Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942, d. 2005 at age 63)

Gianfranco Ferre, Italian designer (b. 1944, d. 2007 at age 63)

Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (b. 1944, d. 2007 at age 63)

Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of South Korea (b. 1946, d. 2009 at age 63)

Keizō Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937, d. 2000 at age 63)

Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Jan Berry, American singer (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Percy Wickman, Canadian politician (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (b. 1943, d. 2006 at age 63)

Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (b. 1939, d. 2002 at age 63)

Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942, d. 2006 at age 64)

Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American television chef (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1941, d. 2005 at age 64)

Peter Tomarken, American game show host (b. 1942, d. 2006 at age 64)

Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938, d. 2002 at age 64)

Ron Ziegler, American White House Press Secretary (b. 1939, d. 2003 at age 64)

Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Dick Brooks, American auto racer (b. 1942, d. 2006 at age 64)

Long John Baldry, British musician (b. 1941, d. 2005 at age 64)

Bob Matsui, American politician (b. 1941, d. 2005 at age 64)

Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942, d. 2006 at age 64)

Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938, d. 2002 at age 64)

Antoine Ghanem, Lebanese politician (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Andrew Glyn, English economist (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Jake Thackray, Englisg singer-songwriter (b. 1938, d. 2002 at age 64)

Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943, d. 2007 at age 64)

Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935, d. 2000 at age 65)

Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist (b. 1942, d. 2007 at age 65)

Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935, d. 2000 at age 65)

Bobby Fischer, American-Icelandic chess grandmaster (b. 1943, d. 2008 at age 65)

John Peel, British radio disc jockey (b. 1939, d. 2004 at age 65)

Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941, d. 2006 at age 65)

Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant (b. 1937, d. 2002 at age 65)

Slobodan Milosevic, President of Serbia (b. 1941, d. 2006 at age 65)

Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician (Ryan's Fancy) (b. 1942, d. 2007 at age 65)

Maynard Jackson, American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. 1938, d. 2003 at age 65)

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1941, d. 2006 at age 65)

Richard Pryor, American comedian (b. 1940, d. 2005 at age 65)

Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941, d. 2006 at age 65)

Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938, d. 2003 at age 65)

Anita Roddick, English entrepreneur (b. 1942, d. 2007 at age 65)

Charmian May, British actress (b. 1937, d. 2002 at age 65)

Richard Wright, English musician (b. 1943, d. 2008 at age 65)

Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (b. 1941, d. 2006 at age 65)

Waylon Jennings, American country music singer (b. 1937, d. 2002 at age 65)

Michael Jackson, English writer (b. 1942, d. 2007 at age 65)

Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941, d. 2006 at age 65)

Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940, d. 2006 at age 66)

Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937, d. 2003 at age 66)

John Lyall, British football player and manager (b. 1940, d. 2006 at age 66)

Neil Aspinall, British record producer and business executive (b. 1942, d. 2008 at age 66)

Virginia Hamilton, American writer (b. 1936, d. 2002 at age 66)

Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940, d. 2006 at age 66)

Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (b. 1940, d. 2006 at age 66)

Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934, d. 2000 at age 66)

Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photojournalist (b. 1942, d. 2008 at age 66)

Benny Parsons, American race car driver and television personality (b. 1941, d. 2007 at age 66)

Nigel Dempster, British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b. 1941, d. 2007 at age 66)

Paul Avery, American journalist (b. 1934, d. 2000 at age 66)

Stephen Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936, d. 2002 at age 66)

Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940, d. 2006 at age 66)

John Phillips, American singer (b. 1935, d. 2001 at age 66)

Charles Norwood, American politician (b. 1941, d. 2007 at age 66)

Isaac Hayes, African-American musician (b. 1942, d. 2008 at age 66)

Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, British photographer (b. 1939, d. 2005 at age 66)

Ken Hendricks, American entrepreneur (b. 1941, d. 2007 at age 66)

Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942, d. 2008 at age 66)

Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani singer (b. 1942, d. 2008 at age 66)

Michael Crichton, American author and producer (b. 1942, d. 2008 at age 66)

Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935, d. 2001 at age 66)

Jennifer Dunn, American politician (b. 1941, d. 2007 at age 66)

Helen Duncan, New Zealand politician (b. 1941, d. 2007 at age 66)

Pat Roach, British wrestler and actor (b. 1937, d. 2004 at age 67)

Dudley Moore, British pianist, comedian, and actor (b. 1935, d. 2002 at age 67)

Carlo Little, British drummer (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Natalia Bessmertnova, Russian ballerina (b. 1941, d. 2008 at age 67)

Reginald Kray, leading figure in organised crime in London, UK (b. 1933, d. 2000 at age 67)

Azie Taylor Morton, U.S. Treasurer (b. 1936, d. 2003 at age 67)

Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet (b. 1941, d. 2008 at age 67)

Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940, d. 2007 at age 67)

Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936, d. 2003 at age 67)

Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (b. 1939, d. 2006 at age 67)

Peter Jennings, Canadian-American news anchor (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Ken Danby, Canadian artist (b. 1940, d. 2007 at age 67)

Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. 1937, d. 2004 at age 67)

Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939, d. 2006 at age 67)

Derek Bell, Northern Ireland musician (b. 1935, d. 2002 at age 67)

Charles Sheffield, English author and physicist (b. 1935, d. 2002 at age 67)

Augie Auer, meteorologist (b. 1940, d. 2007 at age 67)

Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933, d. 2000 at age 67)

Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936, d. 2003 at age 67)

Eugene J. Martin, American artist (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Denny Doherty, Canadian musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1940, d. 2007 at age 67)

Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (b. 1940, d. 2007 at age 67)

Aladar Pege, Hungarian musician (b. 1939, d. 2006 at age 67)

Jerry Juhl, American writer (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician (b. 1939, d. 2006 at age 67)

Mohammed Amza Zubeidi, former prime minister of Iraq (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Mike Reid, British comedian and actor (b. 1940, d. 2007 at age 67)

Chakufwa Chihana, Malawi politician (b. 1939, d. 2006 at age 67)

Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

Iain Macmillan, British photographer (b. 1938, d. 2006 at age 68)

David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist (b. 1938, d. 2006 at age 68)

Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor General of Canada (b. 1934, d. 2002 at age 68)

Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

Kerry Packer, Australian media tycoon (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Paul Gillmor, American politician (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

David Hatch, BBC Radio producer and comedian (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, U.S.American novelist (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

Dutch Mason, Canadian blues musician (b. 1938, d. 2006 at age 68)

Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel and political leader (b. 1934, d. 2002 at age 68)

John Allan Cameron, Canadian musician (b. 1938, d. 2006 at age 68)

Hans Janmaat, Dutch politician (b. 1934, d. 2002 at age 68)

Alan Coren, English columnist (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927, d. 2005 at age 68)

Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940, d. 2008 at age 68)

Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2000 at age 68)

Michael Smith, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932, d. 2000 at age 68)

Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (b. 1935, d. 2003 at age 68)

Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Obie Benson, Singer Of The Four Tops (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Carol Shields, American-born writer (b. 1935, d. 2003 at age 68)

Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

John Sichel, British film and television director (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Joe Dolan, Irish singer (b. 1939, d. 2007 at age 68)

Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian writer and novelist (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940, d. 2009 at age 69)

Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (b. 1931, d. 2000 at age 69)

Ryutaro Hashimoto, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937, d. 2006 at age 69)

Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937, d. 2006 at age 69)

Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Osvaldo Romo, Chilean agent of the Pinochet's Direccion de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Saddam Hussein, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937, d. 2006 at age 69)

Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940, d. 2009 at age 69)

Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1937, d. 2006 at age 69)

Charles Addo Odametey, Ghanaian football player (b. 1937, d. 2006 at age 69)

Freddy Fender, American singer (b. 1937, d. 2006 at age 69)

Julia Carson, American politician (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (b. 1936, d. 2005 at age 69)

Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Brian Clough, British football manager of Nottingham Forest and Derby County (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Charlie Waller, American singer and guitarist (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Taha Yassin Ramadan, Vice President of Iraq (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens (b. 1939, d. 2008 at age 69)

Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and 2004 presidential candidate (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936, d. 2005 at age 69)

Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936, d. 2005 at age 69)

Jerry Orbach, American actor (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Michael Deaver, American political adviser (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Francoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Huang Ju, Chinese politician (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

William Luther Pierce, American physicist and Neo-Nazi leader (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Yuri Glazkov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1939, d. 2008 at age 69)

Claire Davenport, British actress (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Jack Tunney, Canadian wrestling promoter (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1939, d. 2008 at age 69)

Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934, d. 2003 at age 69)

Earl King, American musician (b. 1934, d. 2003 at age 69)

David Lane, American white nationalist (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Juanita Millender-McDonald, American politician (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

George Roper, British comedian (b. 1934, d. 2003 at age 69)

Don Clarke, Rugby football player of New Zealand (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Bobby Pickett, American singer (b. 1938, d. 2007 at age 69)

Nina Simone, American singer (b. 1933, d. 2003 at age 70)

Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935, d. 2005 at age 70)

Luther Ingram, American singer (b. 1937, d. 2007 at age 70)

Roger Brierley, English actor (b. 1935, d. 2005 at age 70)

Valentin Paniagua, President of Peru (b. 1936, d. 2006 at age 70)

Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1938, d. 2008 at age 70)

FM-2030, Transhumanist philosopher (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Ekaterina Maximova, Soviet-Russian ballerina (b. 1939, d. 2009 at age 70)

Cardell Willis, American Comedian, and comedic mentor (b. 1937, d. 2007 at age 70)

Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (b. 1934, d. 2004 at age 70)

Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937, d. 2007 at age 70)

El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937, d. 2007 at age 70)

Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1933, d. 2003 at age 70)

Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1933, d. 2003 at age 70)

Robert Lull Forward, American author and physicist (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Wim Duisenberg, Dutch president of the European Central Bank (b. 1935, d. 2005 at age 70)

Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (Wendy's) (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Gary Gygax, American writer and game designer (b. 1938, d. 2008 at age 70)

Joao Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939, d. 2009 at age 70)

Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Jorge Porcel, Argentine actor (b. 1936, d. 2006 at age 70)

Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937, d. 2007 at age 70)

Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Johnny Cash, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Tony Ryan, Irish businessman (b. 1936, d. 2007 at age 71)

Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929, d. 2000 at age 71)

Susan Sontag, American writer and activist (b. 1933, d. 2004 at age 71)

Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929, d. 2000 at age 71)

Tom Snyder, American talk show host (b. 1936, d. 2007 at age 71)

Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

George Carlin, American author, actor, and comedian (b. 1937, d. 2008 at age 71)

Peter Snow, New Zealand doctor (b. 1935, d. 2006 at age 71)

Nariman Sadeq, Queen of Egypt (b. 1934, d. 2005 at age 71)

Larry Staverman, American professional basketball player and coach (b. 1936, d. 2007 at age 71)

Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Adrien Douady, French mathematician (b. 1935, d. 2006 at age 71)

Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935, d. 2006 at age 71)

Al Oerter, American athlete (b. 1936, d. 2007 at age 71)

Kevin Crease Australian news presenter and entertainer (b. 1936, d. 2007 at age 71)

John Tyndall, British activist (b. 1934, d. 2005 at age 71)

Masumi Okada, Japanese actor (b. 1935, d. 2006 at age 71)

Sopubek Begaliev, Soviet-era economist and politician (b. 1931, d. 2002 at age 71)

Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Don Selwyn, Māori actor and film director (b. 1936, d. 2007 at age 71)

Merle Kilgore, American singer and songwriter (b. 1934, d. 2005 at age 71)

Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930, d. 2001 at age 71)

Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929, d. 2000 at age 71)

Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937, d. 2008 at age 71)

John Spencer, British snooker player (b. 1935, d. 2006 at age 71)

Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935, d. 2006 at age 71)

Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931, d. 2002 at age 71)

Drazan Jerkovic, Croatian football player and manager (b. 1936, d. 2008 at age 72)

Verity Lambert, English producer (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Abdullah Qureshi, Pakistani activist (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

John Inman, English actor (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (b. 1929, d. 2001 at age 72)

John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2004 at age 72)

Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Italian-born Brazilian actor and playwright (b. 1934, d. 2006 at age 72)

Willie Thrower, American football player (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Rudi Carrell, Dutch entertainer (b. 1934, d. 2006 at age 72)

Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936, d. 2008 at age 72)

John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (b. 1934, d. 2006 at age 72)

Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931, d. 2003 at age 72)

John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (b. 1937, d. 2009 at age 72)

Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Charles Gray, English actor (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Ma Ji, Chinese actor (b. 1934, d. 2006 at age 72)

Vojislav Nikcevic, Montenegrin professor and linguist (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Roger Vadim, French film director (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Neil Postman, American educator, media theorist, and cultural critic (b. 1931, d. 2003 at age 72)

Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Saban Bajramovic, Serbian musician (b. 1936, d. 2008 at age 72)

Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1933, d. 2005 at age 72)

Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932, d. 2004 at age 72)

Pat Fordice, First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (b. 1935, d. 2007 at age 72)

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Frank O'Bannon, American politician (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

David Halberstam, American author and journalist (b. 1934, d. 2007 at age 73)

Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934, d. 2007 at age 73)

Tony Jay, English-born actor (b. 1933, d. 2006 at age 73)

Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934, d. 2007 at age 73)

Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934, d. 2007 at age 73)

David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936, d. 2009 at age 73)

Peter Stone, American writer (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater (b. 1929, d. 2002 at age 73)

John Vernon, Canadian Actor (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934, d. 2007 at age 73)

Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933, d. 2006 at age 73)

Guillermo Endara, President of Panama, 1989-1994 (b. 1936, d. 2009 at age 73)

Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-born actor (b. 1933, d. 2006 at age 73)

Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Harry Browne, American Libertarian Presidential candidate (b. 1933, d. 2006 at age 73)

James Brown, American singer (b. 1933, d. 2006 at age 73)

Christian Marquand, French actor and director (b. 1927, d. 2000 at age 73)

Louis Rukeyser, American television host (b. 1933, d. 2006 at age 73)

Jack Rosenthal, English playwright (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Lakshman Kadirgamar, foreign minister of Sri Lanka (assassinated) (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

Brian Trueman, English musician (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Walter Booker, American jazz bassist (b. 1933, d. 2006 at age 73)

Chaim Potok, American author and rabbi (b. 1929, d. 2002 at age 73)

Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Guyana and 4th President of Guyana (b. 1929, d. 2002 at age 73)

Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

James Chace, American historian (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Herbie Mann, American jazz flautist (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Maurice Rabb, Jr., American ophthalmologist (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934, d. 2007 at age 73)

Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934, d. 2007 at age 73)

John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Jonathan Adams, British actor (b. 1931, d. 2005 at age 74)

Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931, d. 2005 at age 74)

Yao Wenyuan, Chinese politician (b. 1931, d. 2005 at age 74)

Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Kyle Rote, American football player and coach (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Steve Reeves, American actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934, d. 2008 at age 74)

Arif Mardin, Turkish-born music producer (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine ski racer (b. 1935, d. 2009 at age 74)

Yukio Aoshima, Japanese politician, novelist and TV-actor (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Hiroyuki Iwaki, Japanese conductor and percussionist (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934, d. 2008 at age 74)

J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

Juan "Pachin" Vicens, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (b. 1934, d. 2008 at age 74)

Yossi Banai, Israeli singer and actor (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Earl Woods, American athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

Noor Jehan, Pakistani actress and singer (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Ray Charles, American singer and musician (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Dick Lane, American football player (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Jacques Derida, Algerian-born French literary critic (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932, d. 2006 at age 74)

Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929, d. 2003 at age 74)

Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni political and tribal leader (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

John Morgan, British-born comedian (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Tassos Papadopoulos, 5th President of Cyprus (b. 1934, d. 2008 at age 74)

Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (b. 1935, d. 2009 at age 74)

Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (b. 1935, d. 2009 at age 74)

Jack Kemp, American politician and football player (b. 1935, d. 2009 at age 74)

Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Irish McCalla, American actress (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Robert Goulet, American entertainer (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

June Carter Cash, American singer (b. 1929, d. 2003 at age 74)

Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927, d. 2001 at age 74)

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian athlete (b. 1927, d. 2001 at age 74)

Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Lansana Conte, President of Guinea (b. 1934, d. 2008 at age 74)

Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929, d. 2003 at age 74)

John Aspinall, British zoo owner (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935, d. 2009 at age 74)

Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1933, d. 2007 at age 74)

Clive Granger, British economist (b. 1934, d. 2009 at age 75)

Te Atairangi Kaahu, Maori queen (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Max McGee, American football player (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer (b. 1930, d. 2005 at age 75)

Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Claude Berri, French film director (b. 1934, d. 2009 at age 75)

Charles Rosen, American pianist and pioneer in artificial intelligence (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Lynne Perrie, English actress (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Gwen Verdon, American actress (b. 1925, d. 2000 at age 75)

Gaspare di Mercurio, Italian doctor and author (b. 1926, d. 2001 at age 75)

Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

George "Two Ton" Harris American professional wrestler (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Thom Gunn, British poet (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Edward Gorey, American writer and illustrator (b. 1925, d. 2000 at age 75)

Tommy Makem, Irish folk musician (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Vernon Corea, British broadcaster (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Marilyn Waltz, American actress, model, and Playboy Playmate (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Tele Santana, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Cesar Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Florian ZaBach, American musician and TV personality (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Rafael Eitan, Israeli politician (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Fred Rogers, American children's television host (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Johannes Rau, President of Germany (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Raul Cortez, Brazilian actor (b. 1931, d. 2006 at age 75)

Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Mirza Tahir Ahmad, British-born Muslim leader (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and Nobel Prize for Physics laureate (b. 1932, d. 2007 at age 75)

Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926, d. 2001 at age 75)

Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (b. 1933, d. 2009 at age 76)

Mala Powers, American film actress (b. 1931, d. 2007 at age 76)

Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (b. 1930, d. 2006 at age 76)

Claus van Amsberg, German born Prince Consort of the Netherland (b. 1926, d. 2002 at age 76)

Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician (b. 1930, d. 2006 at age 76)

Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (b. 1931, d. 2007 at age 76)

Jack Lemmon, American actor and director (b. 1925, d. 2001 at age 76)

Ronnie Barker, British comic actor (b. 1929, d. 2005 at age 76)

Ottomar Pinto, Brazilian politician (b. 1931, d. 2007 at age 76)

Ike Turner, American musician (b. 1931, d. 2007 at age 76)

Miriam Makeba, South African singer (b. 1932, d. 2008 at age 76)

Majel Barrett, American actress (b. 1932, d. 2008 at age 76)