Charlie Zill

Usher for the Orioles; originator of the "Zillbilly" dance during the 7th inning stretch at Camden Yards -- via the Baltimore Sun.

Lillian Leach Boyd

Singer; final surviving member of the proto-doo wop group The Mellows -- via the New York Daily News.

Donald Shirley

Pianist and composer -- via the New York Times.

Ben Pleasants

Poet and playwright; spearheaded the resurgence of interest in Colorado writer John Fante -- via the L.A. Times.

Jeff Hanneman

Guitarist for and co-founder of Slayer -- via Billboard.

Dwike Mitchell

Jazzman and jazz missionary; half of the Mitchell-Ruff duo -- via the New York Times.

Kenny Kerr

Female impersonator -- via KNTV.com.

Paulo Vanzolini

Composer and herpetologist -- via anoleannals.org.

Jack Shea

TV director -- via the L.A. Times.

Denise Epstein

Who saved her mother's lost novels -- via the Telegraph.

Janos Starker

Master of the cello -- via the New York Times.

Brad Lesley

Former MLB player, and actor -- via TMZ.

Trudi Gerster

Storyteller -- via the Tages Anzeiger.

John Wiles

Camera operator -- via the Telegraph.

Paul Strelzin

Educator -- via the El Paso Times.

Safia Rani

Actress -- via dawn.com.

Earl Pionke

Owner of Earl of Old Town folk club in Chicago -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Lola Cervantes aka María Dolores Cervantes Ruescas

Voice actress -- via westernsallitaliana.com.

Aida Bortnick

Oscar-nominated screenwriter and writer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Jimmy Damon aka Jimmy Demopoulos

Singer -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Chris Kelly

Rapper -- via CNN. Half of the duo Kriss Kross; their big hit was "Jump."

Johnny Lockwood

Actor -- the Sydney Telegraph.

Anna Proclemer aka Anna Vivaldi

Actress -- via La Repubblica.

Maxine Smith

Civil rights leader -- via the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Mary Thom

Writer and editor -- via the New York Times.

Bob Brozman

Guitarist, ethnomusicologist, songwriter, and teacher -- via the Guardian.

Pierre Sadek

Caricaturist -- via Yahoo News.

Amir-Hossein Fardi

Writer -- via the Tehran Times.

Norbert Blei

Writer -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Jacob Avshalomov

Composer and conductor -- via oregonlive.com.

Shamshad Begum

Playback singer -- via the New York Times. One of the first, and the greatest of the 1940s.

Cheng Naishan

Writer -- via china.org.cn.

Vivi Bach

Actress; the "Danish Bardot" -- via Die Welt.

Layton Kor

Climber -- via the Denver Post.

Jean-Michel Damase

Pianist and composer -- via Le Monde.

Artie “Blues Boy” White

Blues and soul singer -- via the Chicago Sun-Times.

Frederick "Nosher" Powell

Boxer, stuntman, actor, and bodyguard -- via the Guardian.

Shakuntala Devi

Mathematical prodigy and circus performer -- via the New York Times.

Patrick Garland

Director, producer, writer, and actor -- via the Guardian.

Dani Crivelli

Drummer -- via loudwire.com.

Huang Wenyong

Actor, singer, and teacher -- via AsiaOne.

William Wilson

Art critic -- via the L.A. Times.

Dennis Clark Brown

Recipient of an honest but affectionate obituary -- via legacy.com.

Ellie Halliday

Former manager of Peggy's Hi-Lo in Boulder, a legendary roadhouse -- via the Daily Camera.

Chris Haney

Gothic Theater staffer -- via Westword.

Luise Kimme

Sculptor -- via massanation.blogspot.com.

E.L. Konigsburg

Author -- via the New York Times.

Sadi Afshar

Performer -- via the Tehran Times.

Cordell 'Boogie' Mosson aka Cardell Mosson

Bassist for Parliament-Funkadelic -- via Rolling Stone.

Marcel van Cleemput

Toy designer -- via the Telegraph.

Deanna Durbin aka Edna Mae Durbin

Youthful singing sensation and actress -- via the New York Times. Her precocious vocal talents  and sweet, wholesome screen image made her popular -- so much so that she is said to have saved Universal Pictures after their string of 1930s horror films lost momentum. When she got older, she quit the biz and lived happily ever after!

Vytautas Šapranauskas

Actor and TV host -- 15min.lt.

Sita Chan

Singer and actress -- via http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art.