Minister of Justice (b. 1900) 1960 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938) 1961 – Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899) 1967 – Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908) 1975 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888) 1976 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895) 1977 – William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913) 1983 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939) 1984 – Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933) 1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (b. 1901) 1987 – Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923) 1988 – Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900) 1990 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (b. 1936) 1993 – Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927) 1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American psychologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) 1995 – Frank E. Resnik, American sergeant and businessman (b. 1928) 1996 – Piet Hein, Danish poet and mathematician (b. 1905) 1997 – Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918) 1998 – Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941) 2003 – Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (b. 1930) 2003 – H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (b. 1936) 2003 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist (b. 1932) 2003 – Earl King, American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1934) 2003 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (b. 1910) 2004 – Edmond Pidoux, Swiss author and poet (b. 1908) 2006 – Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (b. 1907) 2006 – Scott Brazil, American director and producer (b. 1955) 2006 – Henderson Forsythe, American actor (b. 1917) 2007 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite and game show panelist (b. 1910) 2008 – Aimé Césaire, Caribbean-French poet and politician (b. 1913) 2008 – Danny Federici, American organist and accordion player (b. 1950) 2011 – Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (b. 1926) 2011 – Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (b. 1940) 2011 – Robert Vickrey, American artist and author (b. 1926) 2012 – Leila Berg, English journalist and author (b. 1917) 2012 – J. Quinn Brisben, American educator and politician (b. 1934) 2012 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (b. 1948) 2012 – Nityananda Mohapatra, Indian journalist, poet, and politician