Badi Uzzaman

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Catharine Nicholson

Botanical artist -- via the Guardian.

Bill Haast

Director of the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories -- via the New York Times. He "milked" poisonous snakes of their venom for fun and profit.

Bob Pease

Analog engineer and author -- via edn.com.

Freda Koblick

Sculptor -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Lew Sayre Schwartz

Illustrator; he ghosted the Batman comics for Bob Kane from 1948 to 1953 -- via Digital Spy.

Kevin W. Kavanaugh

Original keyboardist for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes -- via the Asbury Park Press.

Simon Brint

Half of the musical comedy duo Raw Sex -- via the BBC.

Abelardo "Chacha" Jimenez Sr.

Tejano and conjunto vocalist -- via the Corpus Christi Caller Times.

Anet Mook

Former lead singer for Cay -- via Spinner.

Khawaja Pervez aka Ghulam Mohayudin

Composer and lyricist -- via The Nation (Pakistan).

A. Whitney Ellsworth

First publisher of the New York Review of Books -- via the New York Times.

Brian Haw

Peace campaigner -- via the New York Times.

Shafiullah Khan, Abid Naveed and Asfandyar

Journalists killed in suicide bombing -- via www.sialtv.com.

Ben Cox

Minister and original Freedom Rider -- via myfoxal.com.

Larry Wayne "Wild Man" Fischer

Outsider musician -- via the New York Times. A mentally ill and tormented person who made songs.

Phyllis Gebauer

Writing instructor and friend to Thomas Pynchon -- via the L.A. Times.

Gene McKown

Songwriter and musician -- via the Kansas City Star.

Kirby Allan

Singer, music promoter, gadfly -- via the East Valley Tribune.

IGnazio "Ig" Vella

Master cheesemaker -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Jyotirmoy Dey

Investigative journalist -- via the Economic Times of India.

Charlotte Joko Beck

Zen teacher and writer -- via Tricycle. Her last words were the beautiful and haunting, "This too is wonder."

Mae Wheeler

"Lady Jazz" of St. Louis -- via stljazznotes.blogspot.com.

Asad Ali Khan

Rudra veena player, and the last living master of the Khandar dhrupad school -- via the Deccan Herald.

Gyorgy Szabados

Pianist and "father of Hungarian free jazz" -- via culture.hu.

Don Diamond

Character actor in film, radio and TV -- via the L.A. Times and Legacy.com. His best-known roles were El Toro in "The Adventures of Kit Carson," Corporal Reyes in "Zorro," and Crazy Cat in "F Troop."

Jameel Fakhri

Film, TV and stage actor -- via Pakistan National News.

Maksud Sadikov

Theology professor -- via the New York Times. An advocate of peace, he was gunned down by extremists.

Bill Johnson

Artist and art director -- via the Tennessean. Working primarily in the music business, his distinctive logo for Rolling Stone is still in use.

Lee Kemp

Actor, stripper and disability rights activist -- via the Guardian. He was the leader of the disabled men's strip group, the Crippendales.

Jim Rodnunsky

Inventor of the Cablecam -- via the New York Times.

Joanna Dickens

Actress -- via altfg.com.

Gennaro Meoli aka Jerry Mayo

Trumpeter for Freddy and the Bellboys, and later top-of-the-line shirtmaker -- via the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Bellboys' cover of Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" was heard by Elvis, who then recorded it. The group served as a key point of transition between the R & B scene of the 40's and 50's and rock.

Wiley Laverne "Max" Self

Rockabilly singer, songwriter and musician -- via the Helena, Arkansas Daily World.

Alan Haberman

The father of the bar code -- via the New York Times.

Elena Bonner

Human rights activist -- via the New York Times.

Paul Massie

Actor -- via CBC.ca.

Peter Schamoni

Producer, screenwriter and director -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Lightning Bear

Stuntman and stunt coordinator -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Don DiFiore

Skycap who fought for better conditions -- via boston.com.

Clarence Clemons Jr. aka The Big Man

Saxophonist best known for his contributions to the music of Bruce Springsteen -- via CNN.

Bob Banner

TV writer, producer and director -- via the New York Times. Best known for his extensive work with Carol Burnett.

John Litchfield

Ski instructor, soldier, stunt man and original owner of the Red Onion restaurant -- via the Aspen Times.

Swami Nigamanda

Holy man and activist -- via dailybhaskar.com.

James J. Rahal

Infectious-diseases specialist -- via the New York Times. He was very involved in fighting West Niles virus; he also gave early warning concerning the overuse of antibiotics and the rise of drug-resistant bacteria.

William "Robbie" Robinson

Gardener -- via the Oregonian.

Darryl Pandy

Singer and house music pioneer -- via San Francisco Weekly.

Ron Tibbetts

Science teacher and "bubble man" -- via the Wichita Eagle.

Ran Jianxin

Head of anti-corruption bureau -- via Bloomberg.

Gus Tyler aka Augustus Tilove

Socialist firebrand labor leader, activist, and writer -- via the Philadelphia Inquirer.