Gustavo Archilla

Gay pioneer -- via the New York Times.

Abdessalam Yassine

Religious leader -- via the New York Times.

David Livingstone Tigner

Bass-baritone -- via the Press-Democrat.

Nicholas Wieme

Comedian; fell down a smokestack -- via the Chicago Star-Tribune.

Otto Ketting

Composer -- via nrc.nl.

Natalya Nikolayevna Kustinskaya

Actress -- via inmsk.ru.

Antonie Hegerlikova

Actress -- via Radio Prague.

Sam Banda

Musician -- via NewsDay Zimbabwe.

Bob Munden

The fastest man with a gun who ever lived; sharpshooter and quick-draw artist -- via the Montana Standard.

Khalil Omrani

Poet -- via Mehr News.

Soichi Ozawa

Actor, singer, radio host, and folk art researcher -- via Kyodo News.

Dan Zur

Architect and park designer -- via Haaretz.

Rusty Mills

Animation artist, director, and producer -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Giovanni Sostero

Astronomer -- via Universe Today.

Jan Carew

Writer -- via the Daily Herald.

Tony Sweeney

Racing journalist -- via the Irish Times.

Chayo Mata

Photographer -- via PDN Pulse.

John Gowers

Badminton administrator, announcer, and umpire -- via Badminton England.

Ethel Manheimer

Activist -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Galina Vishnevskaya

Soprano -- via the Guardian.

Lisa Della Casa

Soprano -- via the New York Times.

Arthur Chaskalson

Acclaimed jurist and anti-apartheid activist -- via the Guardian.

Charles Rosen

Pianist and music writer -- via the Guardian.

Katherine Lemoine Fenimore Cooper Cary

Trustee of the Glimmerglass Opera -- via the Daily Star.

Anat Gov

Playwright -- via Haaretz.

Jagannathan

Actor -- via The Hindu.

Eta Cohen

Violin teacher -- via the Telegraph.

Sammy Arena

Sammy and Andy Arenas.

Singer -- via the Tampa Bay Times.

Chen Wencong

Actor, writer, director, and producer -- via the Straits Times.

Kazbek Gekkiyev

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Peter Kiesewetter

Composer -- via sueddeutsche.de.

Jeroen Willems

Actor and singer -- via nrc.nl.

Tom Hendry

Playwright -- via banffcentre.ca.

Decio Pignatari

Poet and translator -- via Folha de S.Paulo.

Jose Benazeraf

Erotic filmmaker -- via mondomacabrodvd.blogspot.com. WARNING: Not family-friendly or safe-for-work!

Jack Hanlon

Child actor -- via the San Jose Mercury News.

Jules Chaikin

Trumpeter; honored studio musician and musical contractor -- via Variety.

Dee Harvey

Vocalist and actor -- via soultracks.com.

Carolyn Conwell

Actress -- via legacy.com.

Onofre Lovero

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Ian Parrott

Composer and music writer -- via the Telegraph.

Juanita Casey aka Joy Barlow

Writer -- via the Independent.

Doug Adams

Melodeon player -- via the Guardian.

Jacques Morgan aka Jacques Rene Weatherly

Bookseller -- via the Washington Post.

Sister Helen James aka Janice Marie John

Philosophy professor and activist -- via the Washington Post.