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Feb 24, 2025
Eddie Fisher (1936–2025), White Sox All-Star pitcher
Eddie Fisher was a 15-year veteran of Major League Baseball whowon a World Series with the Baltimore Orioles and became an All-Star pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.
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Feb 6, 2025
Aga Khan IV (1936–2025), spiritual leader, magnate, and philanthropist
The Aga Khan IV was the spiritual leader of the Isma'ili branch of Shia Islam, a billionaire philanthropist who helped build homes, hospitals and schools throughout the world.
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Feb 3, 2025
John Erwin (1936–2024), voice of He-Man
John Erwin was an actor who voiced He-Man and Morris the Cat, among many other roles.
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Dec 3, 2024
Mary McGee (1936–2024), pioneering motorcycle racer
Mary McGee was one of the first women to race motorcycles, profiled in the recent ESPN documentary, “Motorcycle Mary.”
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Nov 8, 2024
Don Bosseler (1936–2024), College Football Hall of Famer
Don Bosseler was a fullback for the Washington Redskins in the 1950s and ‘60s after an All-American college career at the University of Miami.
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Nov 7, 2024
Kazuo Umezu (1936–2024), manga’s “god of horror”
Kazuo Umezu was a longtime manga artist who was sometimes called the “god of horror” over the course of his decades creating works like “Reptilia,” “The Drifting Classroom,” and “My Name Is Shingo.”
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Oct 25, 2024
Dr. Warren M. Washington (1936–2024), scholar and climate scientist
Dr. Warren M. Washington was an acclaimed climate scientist and scholar who advised six U.S. presidents on climate change and served as chair of the National Science Board.
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Oct 11, 2024
Ed Wheeler (1936–2024), actor in Blue Bloods, Law & Order
Ed Wheeler was a veteran actor whose work included shows like “Law & Order,” “Blue Bloods,” and “One Life to Live.”
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Oct 8, 2024
David Hobson (1936–2024), former U.S. representative from Ohio
David Hobson represented Ohio’s seventh congressional district as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009.
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Sep 30, 2024
Kris Kristofferson (1936–2024), singer, songwriter and actor
Kris Kristofferson was a singer, songwriter, and actor whose writing helped reshape country music and whose successful jump into acting made him one of the 1970s’ biggest stars.
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Sep 12, 2024
Jim Sasser (1936–2024), longtime U.S. senator from Tennessee
Jim Sasser was a three-term U.S. senator from Tennessee who also served as ambassador to China under former President Bill Clinton.
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Sep 3, 2024
James Darren (1936–2024), actor in Gidget, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
James Darren was a singer and actor best known for his work in the “Gidget” movies, as well as his recurring roles in shows like “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “T.J. Hooker.”
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Aug 28, 2024
Alvin Attles (1936–2024), Golden State Warriors Hall of Famer
Alvin Attles was a longtime NBA player, coach, executive and basketball Hall of Famer who spent more than 60 years with the Golden State Warriors.
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Aug 15, 2024
Wally Amos (1936–2024), creator of Famous Amos cookies
Wally Amos was an entrepreneur and television personality who created several well-known cookie brands, including Famous Amos cookies, and hosted the TV show “Learn to Read,” an educational series aimed at adults.
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Jul 2, 2024
Russell Morash (1936–2024), This Old House creator
Russell Morash was a TV producer who pioneered how-to TV as the creator of “This Old House” and director of “The French Chef,” among other PBS shows.
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Jun 18, 2024
Ed Stone (1936–2024), scientist who led NASA’s Voyager mission
Ed Stone was a NASA scientist who led the agency’s pioneering Voyager missions and served as head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 10 years.
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Jun 17, 2024
William Goines (1936–2024), America’s first Black Navy SEAL
William Goines was a decorated U.S. Navy veteran who was the first Black SEAL and a Lone Sailor award recipient.
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Jun 13, 2024
Tony Lo Bianco (1936–2024), played Sal Boca in The French Connection
Tony Lo Bianco was a Tony Award-nominated actor best known for playing Sal Boca in the neo-noir classic, “The French Connection.”
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May 29, 2024
Elizabeth MacRae (1936–2024), Gomer Pyle actress
Elizabeth MacRae was an actress best known for her performance in “Gomer Pyle, USMC” as Lou-Ann Poovie, Gomer’s girlfriend.
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May 6, 2024
Frank Stella (1936–2024), pioneering minimalist artist
Frank Stella was an artist, painter and sculptor known for his often abstract, geometric and minimalist work.
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Apr 30, 2024
Wally Dallenbach Sr. (1936–2024), influential Indy car racer
Wally Dallenbach Sr. was an Indy car champion and Hall of Fame racer who, as Chief Stewart of Competition for Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) for more than 20 years, pushed for new safety reforms still used today.
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Apr 17, 2024
Bob Graham (1936-2024), former U.S. senator and Florida governor
Bob Graham was a Democratic politician who served as the governor of Florida in the 1970s and ‘80s and went on to become a three-term U.S. senator.
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Apr 15, 2024
Eleanor Coppola (1936–2024), documentary filmmaker
Eleanor Coppola was a documentary filmmaker best known for “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse,” which chronicles the making of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark picture, “Apocalypse Now.”
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Mar 29, 2024
Louis Gossett Jr. (1936–2024), award-winning star of Roots
Louis Gossett Jr. was the Oscar- and Emmy-winning star of such movies and TV series as “An Officer and a Gentleman” and “Roots.”
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Mar 6, 2024
Antoine Predock (1936–2024), award-winning Southwest architect
Antoine Predock was an architect known for his landscape-inspired buildings in the American Southwest and around the world.
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Feb 27, 2024
Charles Dierkop (1936–2024), actor in The Sting, Police Woman
Charles Dierkop was an actor best known for his performances in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Sting,” and “Police Woman.”
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Feb 27, 2024
Jacob Rothschild (1936–2024), financier and philanthropist
Jacob Rothschild was a financier and philanthropist from the Rothschild banking dynasty who walked away from his family’s empire to forge his own path.
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Feb 7, 2024
Mickey Gilbert (1936–2024), Robert Redford’s stunt double
Mickey Gilbert was a veteran stuntman who performed daring feats as the stand-in for such actors as Robert Redford and .
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Jan 3, 2024
Frank Ryan (1936–2024), led the Browns to an NFL title
Frank Ryan was a three-time Pro Bowl quarterback in the NFL who led the Cleveland Browns to their most recent title in 1964, before retiring to become a mathematician and creator of the first electric voting system utilized by the U.S. Congress.
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Dec 12, 2023
Shirley Anne Field (1936–2023), actress in Alfie, Santa Barbara
Shirley Anne Field was a British actress known for roles in such films as “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” and “Alfie,” as well as in the TV soap opera “Santa Barbara.”
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Dec 8, 2023
David McKnight (1936–2023), actor in J.D.’s Revenge, Under Siege
David McKnight was an actor who starred in the 1976 blaxploitation horror film “J.D.’s Revenge,” along with appearances in dozens of other movies and TV shows, including “Under Siege,” “Superhero Movie,” and others.
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Nov 27, 2023
Betty Rollin (1936–2023), journalist and women’s health advocate
Betty Rollin was a news correspondent and author whose two memoirs were both adapted into TV movies, including “First, You Cry” starring .
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Nov 17, 2023
A.S. Byatt (1936–2023), bestselling author of Possession
A.S. Byatt was a British author who won the prestigious Booker Prize for her bestselling 1990 novel “Possession: A Romance.”
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Nov 15, 2023
Maj. Gen. Roland Lajoie (1936–2023), instrumental Cold War leader
Maj. Gen. Roland Lajoie was a U.S. Army veteran and an expert in Soviet technology who proved to be a key leader during the last years of the Cold War.
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Nov 6, 2023
Robbin Bain (1936–2023), “Today Girl” on NBC
Robbin Bain was a former beauty pageant winner who became a “Today Girl” on television, offering fashion and beauty tips in segments for NBC’s “Today” in the 1960s.
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Nov 3, 2023
Ken Mattingly (1936–2023), astronaut who assisted Apollo 13 from Earth
Ken Mattingly was an aviator and astronaut who took part in three Apollo missions, including a ground role during the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
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Oct 31, 2023
Dr. David Shaffer (1936–2023), expert in child and teen suicide
Dr. David Shaffer was a psychiatrist who did pioneering studies on child and teen suicide that led to more effective prevention methods.
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Oct 31, 2023
Frank Howard (1936–2023), Washington Senators slugger
Frank Howard was a power hitting slugger who hit 382 home runs over the course of his MLB career playing for the Washington Senators and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Oct 18, 2023
Carla Bley (1936–2023), influential free jazz composer
Carla Bley was an influential figure in the free jazz movement who became a staunch advocate of artists’ rights and the creation of independent record labels so musicians would have greater control over their own music.
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Oct 13, 2023
Mark Goddard (1936–2023), star of TV’s Lost in Space
Mark Goddard was an actor best known for playing Major Don West in the 1960s TV series “Lost in Space.”
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Oct 4, 2023
Lt. Gen. Claudius “Bud” Watts III (1936–2023), past president of The Citadel
Lt. Gen. Claudius “Bud” Watts III was a United States Air Force veteran who served as president of The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina, from 1989 to 1996.
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Sep 19, 2023
Roger Whittaker (1936–2023), The Last Farewell singer
Roger Whittaker was an English folk singer and songwriter best known for his version of “Wind Beneath My Wings,” as well as “Durham Town (The Leavin’)” and “The Last Farewell.”
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Sep 12, 2023
Ferid Murad (1936–2023), Nobel Prize-winning doctor
Ferid Murad was a doctor and pharmacologist who won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research into how nitric oxide treats heart disease.
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Sep 8, 2023
Edith Grossman (1936–2023), Gabriel García Márquez's translator
Edith Grossman was a literary translator best known for her work with the novels of great Spanish-language authors.
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Aug 28, 2023
Don Sundquist (1936–2023), former governor of Tennessee
Don Sundquist was a Tennessee politician and businessman who served in Congress for 12 years before becoming governor of Tennessee, a position he held for two terms.
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Aug 16, 2023
Bobby Baun (1936–2023), Toronto Maple Leafs hockey legend
Bobby Baun was a professional hockey player with the Toronto Maple Leafs who scored a game-winning goal in the 1964 Stanley Cup finals while skating on a broken ankle.
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Jul 28, 2023
Lelia Goldoni (1936–2023), star of Shadows
Lelia Goldoni was an actress who starred in classic indie film “Shadows.”
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Jul 17, 2023
C.R. Roberts (1936–2023), football star who defied segregation
C.R. Roberts was a college football star with the USC Trojans who went on to play for Canada's Toronto Argonauts and the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, following a historic college career that included beatingan all-white team in the segregated South.
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Jul 3, 2023
Lilli Vincenz (1937–2023), pioneering gay rights activist
Lilli Vincenz was a filmmaker, psychotherapist, and LGBTQIA+ activist among the first lesbians to openly protest for equal treatment in front of the White House.
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Jun 26, 2023
Frederic Forrest (1936–2023), The Rose, Apocalypse Now star
Frederic Forrest was an actor who received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in “The Rose” and had memorable roles in “Apocalypse Now” and “Lonesome Dove.”
