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Akira Kurosawa Director, 1910 to 1998, aged 88
Alfred Eisenstaedt Photographer, 1898 to 1995, aged 96
Alfred Hitchcock Director, 1899 to 1980, aged 80
Anna May Wong Film, 1904 to 1961, aged 57
Ansel Adams Photographer, 1902 to 1984, aged 82
Aretha Franklin Music, 1942 to 2018, aged 76
Audrey Hepburn Film, 1929 to 1993, aged 63
Ava Gardner Film, 1922 to 1990, aged 67
Barbara Stanwyck Film, 1907 to 1990, aged 82
Bela Lugosi Film, 1882 to 1956, aged 73
Bessie Smith Music, 1894 to 1937, aged 43
Bette Davis Film, 1908 to 1989, aged 81
Bill Haley Music, 1925 to 1981, aged 55
Billie Holiday Music, 1915 to 1959, aged 44
Billy Wilder Director, 1906 to 2002, aged 95
Bing Crosby Film, 1903 to 1977, aged 74
Bix Beiderbecke Music, 1903 to 1931, aged 28
Bo Diddley Music, 1928 to 2008, aged 79
Bob Marley Music, 1945 to 1981, aged 36
Bon Scott Music, 1946 to 1980, aged 33
Boris Karloff Film, 1887 to 1969, aged 81
Brian Jones Music, 1942 to 1969, aged 27
Bruce Lee Film, 1940 to 1973, aged 32
Buddy Holly Music, 1936 to 1959, aged 22
Burt Lancaster Film, 1913 to 1994, aged 80
Busby Berkeley Director, 1895 to 1976, aged 80
Buster Keaton Film, 1895 to 1966, aged 70
Carole Lombard Film, 1908 to 1942, aged 33
Cary Grant Film, 1904 to 1986, aged 82
Cass Elliot Music, 1941 to 1974, aged 32
Cecil B. DeMille Director, 1881 to 1959, aged 77
Cecil Beaton Photographer, 1904 to 1980, aged 76
Charlie Chaplin Film, 1889 to 1977, aged 88
Charlie Parker Music, 1920 to 1955, aged 34
Chuck Berry Music, 1926 to 2017, aged 90
Clara Bow Film, 1905 to 1965, aged 60
Clark Gable Film, 1901 to 1960, aged 59
D. W. Griffith Director, 1875 to 1948, aged 73
Dean Martin Music, 1917 to 1995, aged 78
Del Shannon Music, 1934 to 1990, aged 55
Diane Arbus Photographer, 1923 to 1971, aged 48
Doris Day Film, 1922 to 2019, aged 97
Dorothea Lange Photographer, 1895 to 1965, aged 70
Dorothy Dandridge Film, 1922 to 1965, aged 42
Douglas Fairbanks Film, 1883 to 1939, aged 56
Duane Allman Music, 1946 to 1971, aged 24
Duke Ellington Music, 1899 to 1974, aged 75
Dusty Springfield Music, 1939 to 1999, aged 59
Eddie Cochran Music, 1938 to 1960, aged 21
Édith Piaf Music, 1915 to 1963, aged 47
Edward G. Robinson Film, 1893 to 1973, aged 79
Edward Steichen Photographer, 1879 to 1973, aged 93
Elizabeth Taylor Film, 1932 to 2011, aged 79
Ella Fitzgerald Music, 1917 to 1996, aged 79
Elvis Presley Music, 1935 to 1977, aged 42
Errol Flynn Film, 1909 to 1959, aged 50
Etta James Music, 1938 to 2012, aged 73
Fats Domino Music, 1928 to 2017, aged 89
Federico Fellini Director, 1920 to 1993, aged 73
Frank Capra Director, 1897 to 1991, aged 94
Frank Sinatra Music, 1915 to 1998, aged 82
Fred Astaire Film, 1899 to 1987, aged 88
Freddie Mercury Music, 1946 to 1991, aged 45
Fritz Lang Director, 1890 to 1976, aged 85
Gary Cooper Film, 1901 to 1961, aged 60
Gene Kelly Film, 1912 to 1996, aged 83
Gene Vincent Music, 1935 to 1971, aged 36
George Harrison Music, 1943 to 2001, aged 58
George Hurrell Photographer, 1904 to 1992, aged 87
Ginger Rogers Film, 1911 to 1995, aged 83
Glenn Miller Music, 1904 to 1944, aged 39
Gloria Swanson Film, 1899 to 1983, aged 84
Grace Kelly Film, 1929 to 1982, aged 52
Gram Parsons Music, 1946 to 1973, aged 27
Gregory Peck Film, 1916 to 2003, aged 87
Greta Garbo Film, 1905 to 1990, aged 84
Groucho Marx Film, 1890 to 1977, aged 86
Hank Williams Music, 1923 to 1953, aged 29
Henry Fonda Film, 1905 to 1982, aged 77
Horst P. Horst Photographer, 1906 to 1999, aged 93
Howard Hawks Director, 1896 to 1977, aged 81
Howlin' Wolf Music, 1910 to 1976, aged 66
Humphrey Bogart Film, 1899 to 1957, aged 57
Ian Curtis Music, 1956 to 1980, aged 23
Ingmar Bergman Director, 1918 to 2007, aged 89
Ingrid Bergman Film, 1915 to 1982, aged 67
Irving Penn Photographer, 1917 to 2009, aged 92
Jack Lemmon Film, 1925 to 2001, aged 76
Jackie Wilson Music, 1934 to 1984, aged 49
James Brown Music, 1933 to 2006, aged 73
James Cagney Film, 1899 to 1986, aged 86
James Dean Film, 1931 to 1955, aged 24
James Stewart Film, 1908 to 1997, aged 89
Janis Joplin Music, 1943 to 1970, aged 27
Jayne Mansfield Film, 1933 to 1967, aged 34
Jean Harlow Film, 1911 to 1937, aged 26
Jerry Garcia Music, 1942 to 1995, aged 53
Jim Croce Music, 1943 to 1973, aged 30
Jim Marshall Photographer, 1936 to 2010, aged 74
Jim Morrison Music, 1943 to 1971, aged 27
Jim Reeves Music, 1923 to 1964, aged 40
Jimi Hendrix Music, 1942 to 1970, aged 27
Joan Crawford Film, 1905 to 1977, aged 72
John Bonham Music, 1948 to 1980, aged 32
John Coltrane Music, 1926 to 1967, aged 40
John Ford Director, 1894 to 1973, aged 79
John Lennon Music, 1940 to 1980, aged 40
John Wayne Film, 1907 to 1979, aged 72
Johnny Cash Music, 1932 to 2003, aged 71
Judy Garland Film, 1922 to 1969, aged 47
Karen Carpenter Music, 1950 to 1983, aged 32
Katharine Hepburn Film, 1907 to 2003, aged 96
Keith Moon Music, 1946 to 1978, aged 32
Kirk Douglas Film, 1916 to 2020, aged 103
Lana Turner Film, 1921 to 1995, aged 74
Lauren Bacall Film, 1924 to 2014, aged 89
Lead Belly Music, 1885 to 1949, aged 64
Lillian Gish Film, 1893 to 1993, aged 99
Linda McCartney Photographer, 1941 to 1998, aged 56
Little Richard Music, 1932 to 2020, aged 87
Lon Chaney Film, 1883 to 1930, aged 47
Louis Armstrong Music, 1901 to 1971, aged 69
Louise Brooks Film, 1906 to 1985, aged 78
Mae West Film, 1893 to 1980, aged 87
Mahalia Jackson Music, 1911 to 1972, aged 60
Man Ray Photographer, 1890 to 1976, aged 86
Marc Bolan Music, 1947 to 1977, aged 29
Margaret Bourke-White Photographer, 1904 to 1971, aged 67
Marilyn Monroe Film, 1926 to 1962, aged 36
Marlene Dietrich Film, 1901 to 1992, aged 90
Marlon Brando Film, 1924 to 2004, aged 80
Marvin Gaye Music, 1939 to 1984, aged 44
Mary Pickford Film, 1893 to 1979, aged 86
Miles Davis Music, 1926 to 1991, aged 65
Montgomery Clift Film, 1920 to 1966, aged 45
Muddy Waters Music, 1915 to 1983, aged 68
Myrna Loy Film, 1905 to 1993, aged 88
Nat King Cole Music, 1919 to 1965, aged 45
Natalie Wood Film, 1938 to 1981, aged 43
Nick Drake Music, 1948 to 1974, aged 26
Nina Simone Music, 1933 to 2003, aged 70
Oliver Hardy Film, 1892 to 1957, aged 65
Orson Welles Film, 1915 to 1985, aged 70
Otis Redding Music, 1941 to 1967, aged 26
Patsy Cline Music, 1932 to 1963, aged 30
Paul Newman Film, 1925 to 2008, aged 83
Peter Lorre Film, 1904 to 1964, aged 59
Peter Sellers Film, 1925 to 1980, aged 54
Phil Lynott Music, 1949 to 1986, aged 36
Ray Charles Music, 1930 to 2004, aged 73
Richard Avedon Photographer, 1923 to 2004, aged 81
Rita Hayworth Film, 1918 to 1987, aged 68
Ritchie Valens Music, 1941 to 1959, aged 17
Robert Johnson Music, 1911 to 1938, aged 27
Robert Mitchum Film, 1917 to 1997, aged 79
Ronnie Van Zant Music, 1948 to 1977, aged 29
Roy Orbison Music, 1936 to 1988, aged 52
Rudolph Valentino Film, 1895 to 1926, aged 31
Sam Cooke Music, 1931 to 1964, aged 33
Sam Peckinpah Director, 1925 to 1984, aged 59
Sammy Davis Jr. Music, 1925 to 1990, aged 64
Sandy Denny Music, 1947 to 1978, aged 31
Sergio Leone Director, 1929 to 1989, aged 60
Sharon Tate Film, 1943 to 1969, aged 26
Sid Vicious Music, 1957 to 1979, aged 21
Sidney Poitier Film, 1927 to 2022, aged 94
Slim Aarons Photographer, 1916 to 2006, aged 89
Spencer Tracy Film, 1900 to 1967, aged 67
Stan Laurel Film, 1890 to 1965, aged 74
Stanley Kubrick Director, 1928 to 1999, aged 70
Steve McQueen Film, 1930 to 1980, aged 50
Syd Barrett Music, 1946 to 2006, aged 60
The Big Bopper Music, 1930 to 1959, aged 28
Toni Frissell Photographer, 1907 to 1988, aged 81
Tyrone Power Film, 1914 to 1958, aged 44
Vincent Price Film, 1911 to 1993, aged 82
Vivien Leigh Film, 1913 to 1967, aged 53
W. C. Fields Film, 1880 to 1946, aged 66
Walt Disney Director, 1901 to 1966, aged 65
Woody Guthrie Music, 1912 to 1967, aged 55