Died November

Java fought with the city of Los Angeles over its laws outlawing cross-dressing.

He played on hits for artists like Tom Jones, Petula Clark, and Dusty Springfield.

The Saucee Nomad collaborated with Xzibit and Ras Kass, plus appeared in “Menace II Society.”

Frommer’s affordable-travel guidebooks have sold over 75 million copies worldwide.

The TV drama filmed in his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina.

He played on hits like “Stayin’ Alive,” “Jive Talkin’,” and “You Should Be Dancing.”

Petersen was the Gibb brothers’ drummer on six of the group’s early albums.

Love went from the court to the mic, becoming the team’s community relations director.

He was one of the top male ballet dancers of his time.

Wharton was the first African American president of a major, majority-white university.