Born 1920

Sammy Lee was a two-time Olympic diving champion.

Dr. Denton A. Cooley, the surgeon who performed the world’s first artificial heart implant, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. He was 96. Cooley was a pioneer in open heart surgery, …

Versatile session guitarist who played the “Bonanza” theme.

Canadian folk singer and radio host.

Max Mannheimer, Holocaust survivor, author and painter, died Friday, September 23, 2016 in Munich, Germany, according to multiple news sources. He was 96.

Noel Neill, the actress known best as Lois Lane in “Superman” film serials and on TV, died July 3, 2016. She was 95. 

John Schnabel, an Alaskan gold miner and family patriarch on the reality TV show “Gold Rush,” has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 96. Schnabel, who owned a …

Jason Wingreen, who first provided the voice of “Star Wars” bounty hunter Boba Fett, in 1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back,” died on Dec. 25.

Actress Maureen O’Hara, star of classic movies of the golden age of Hollywood including “Miracle on 34th Street” and “The Quiet Man,” died in her sleep on October 24, 2015. 

Her books sold millions in many countries and were made into television films.