Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953) 1981 – Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904) 1983 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911) 1984 – Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932) 1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902) 1986 – Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962) 1991 – Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904) 1992 – Zhang Leping, Chinese comic artist (b. 1910) 1993 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896) 1993 – Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928) 1996 – Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, seventh President of Afghanistan (b. 1947) 1997 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915) 1998 – Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927) 2003 – Jean Lucas, French race car driver (b. 1927) 2003 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925) 2004 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929) 2005 – Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929) 2005 – Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918) 2006 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910) 2007 – Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) 2007 – Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957) 2008 – Henri Pachard, American director and producer (b. 1939) 2009 – Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947) 2009 – Charles Houston, American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913) 2009 – William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929) 2010 – George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927) 2010 – Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (b. 1955) 2010 – Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (b. 1936) 2011 – David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) 2011 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935) 2011 – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933) 2012 – Eddie Bert, American trombonist (b. 1922) 2012 – Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (b. 1917) 2012 – John Silber, American academic and politician (b. 1926) 2012 – Sanjay Surkar, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959) 2012 – Frank Wilson, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940) 2013 – Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940) 2013 – Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936) 2013 – Albert Naughton, English rugby player (b. 1929) 2014 – Gaby Aghion, French fashion