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1979 John diefenbaker: 13th prime minister of canada (b. 1895) 

1983 Earl averill: American baseball player (b. 1902) 

1984 Gyorgy kosa: Composer, 

1986 John hurley: Song writer (son of a preacher man), 

1988 Milton adolphus: Composer, 

1989 Amanda blake: Actress (gunsmoke), 

1990 Pat o'connor: New zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925) 

1991 Robert dimatte jr: Stage director/actor, 

1992 Mark heard: Christian musician, 

1993 Irene sharaff: Us costume designer (cleopatra, can-can), 

1994 Earnest pawel: Polish/us author (nightmare of reason), 

1995 John cameron swayze: News anchor (nbc), 

1996 Eric cullen: Actor (huntington tower), 

1997 Gerard mclarnon: Actor/writer, 

1999 Pee wee king: American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914) 

2002 Jeff corey: American actor (b. 1914) 

2003 Idi amin: Ugandan dictator (b. 1928) 

2004 Ivan hlinka: Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1950) 

2005 Joe ranft: American animator (b. 1960) 

2006 Alex buzo: Australian playwright and author (b. 1944) 

2007 Max roach: American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924) 

2008 Ronnie drew: Ex-singer of the dubliners & solo artist (b. 1934) 

2018 Aretha franklin: American singer and songwriter 

2018 Kim yong-chun: North korean military officer and politician 

2018 Yelena shushunova: Russian gymnast 

2018 Atal bihari vajpayee: 10th prime minister of india 

2019 Peter fonda: American actor 

2019 Felice gimondi: Italian racing cyclist 

2019 José nápoles: Cuban-born mexican boxer 

2019 Richard williams: Canadian-british animator, voice actor, and writer 

2019 Princess christina of the netherlands: Princess christina of the netherlands 

2021 Volodymyr holubnychy: Soviet and ukrainian race walker and olympic champion (b. 1936) 

2023 Pierre alféri : Aged 60, french novelist, poet, and essayist. 

2023 V. s. r. arunachalam : Aged 87, indian engineer, founder of cstep 

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