Michael Jackson: The King of Pop, accidential overdose of prescription painkillers.
Walter Cronkite: CBS anchorman for over 40 years, massive heart attack.
Patrick Swayze: Actor, famous for his role as Johnny Castle in the 1987 hit movie "Dirty Dancing," Pancreatic Cancer.
Farrah Fawcett: Actress, and model, famous for her pinup pictures in the mid 70's, and for her role in the hit television series "Charile's Angels," cancer.
Dom DeLuise: Comic actor, famous for his movies with Burt Reynolds, massive heart attack.
Paul Harvey: News commentator, famous for his tagline 'Now you know . . . the rest of the story." Stroke.
Bea Arthur: Comic actress, known for her roles in the television series' "Maude," and "The Golden Girls," Massive heart attack.
Ed McMahon: For many years, the announcer on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," and famous for his tagline "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!" Complications from pneumonia.
Ricardo Montalban: Spanish actor, known for his role as Mr. Roark in the television series "Fantasy Island," complications of advancing age.
Soupy Sales: Comic actor, known for being an early television childrens favorite, also known for having a pie thrown into his face in almost every take of his famous childrens show. Advancing age, and several illnesses.
Karl Malden: Actor, known for his American Express commercials, and famous for creating the tagline "Don't leave home without it." Massive heart attack.
David Carradine: Actor, known for his role in the television series "Kung Fu," and the movie "Kill Bill." Suicide.
Mary Travers: Folk singer, along with Peter Yarrow, and Paul Stookey, formed the trio Peter Paul and Mary. Leukemia.
Les Paul: Music Pioneer, famous for developing the first working solid body electric guitar, the resulting experiment would develop the guitar made by Gibson U.S.A. that now bears his name. Massive heart attack.
Roy Disney: Longtime CEO of the Walt Disney Company, and brother of Walt Disney. Stroke
"Captian" Lou Albano: Actor, and former professional wrestler, famous for managing several tag team champions in WWE (then WWF) during it's popular 1980's run, and would later play Mario in "The Super Mario Brothers Super Show," Brain Anuerism.
"England" Dan Seals: Musician, one half of the musical duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, also the younger brother of Jim Seals of the musical duo Seals and Crofts. Massive heart attack.
Brittany Murphy: Actress, played in movies such as "Clueless," "Girl, Inturrupted," "8 Mile," and "Don't Say a Word." Heart attack.
Oral Roberts: Televangelist, and founder of Oral Roberts University. Heart attack.
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James Whitmore Jr.: Actor. Known during the 1970's for playing a one man act where he would play certian historical figures, such as Adm. William F. "Bull" Halsey, and Will Rogers. Stroke.