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Deaths 1 - 25 of 25

1st - Errol W Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
1st - Rashid Karami, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
2nd - Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
2nd - Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
3rd - Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
7th - John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
8th - Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
9th - Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
9th - Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies
10th - Elizabeth Hartman, actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45
13th - Geraldine Page, actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62
14th - Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies
15th - J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies
15th - Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71
17th - Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
18th - Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
19th - Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
21st - Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
22nd - Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
24th - Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies
24th - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71
25th - Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
26th - Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide
30th - Federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94
30th - King Donovan, actor/director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies