Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year

Known around the world for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees conservationist Jane Goodall was among a number of noteworthy people who died in October Her immersive chimpanzee field research documented the primates personalities and use of tools And she became a household name through appearances on television and in documentaries The month also saw the death of R B singer D Angelo Best known for his shirtless performance in the music video Untitled How Does It Feel fans recognized him by his raspy yet smooth voice Other notable deaths in October included actor Diane Keaton former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley author Jilly Cooper and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang Here is a roll call of specific influential figures who have died in the first ten months of this year cause of death cited if available JANUARY Wayne Osmond A singer guitarist and founding member of the million-album-selling family act The Osmonds who were known for such s teen hits as One Bad Apple Yo-Yo and Down By the Lazy River Jan David Lodge A witty and prolific British novelist and critic who gently satirized academia religion and even his own loss of hearing in such highly praised narratives as the Booker Prize finalists Small World and Nice Work Jan Rosita Missoni The matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made colorful zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion and helped launch Italian ready-to-wear Jan James Arthur Ray A self-help guru whose multimillion-dollar business toppled after he led a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona that left three people dead Jan Costas Simitis A former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country s joining the common European currency the euro Jan Jean-Marie Le Pen The founder of France s far-right National Front was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him staunch supporters and widespread condemnation Jan Peter Yarrow The singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter Paul and Mary the folk music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war Jan Nancy Leftenant-Colon The first Black woman to join the U S Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the s Jan Sam Moore The surviving half and higher voice of the s duo Sam Dave which was known for such definitive hits of the era as Soul Man and Hold On I m Comin Jan Jos Cha Cha Jim nez A prominent Civil Rights figure in Chicago who advocated for Puerto Rican rights founded the Young Lords and cofounded the Rainbow Coalition Jan David Lynch The filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark and dreamlike vision in such movies as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and the TV series Twin Peaks Jan Bob Uecker He parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line for movie and TV appearances as Mr Baseball and a Hall of Fame broadcasting tenure Jan Joan Plowright An award-winning British actor who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U K s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II Jan Cecile Richards A national leader for abortion access and women s rights who led Planned Parenthood for tumultuous years Jan Mauricio Funes A president of El Salvador who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences Jan Val rie Andr A French aviator and parachutist who was the first woman to become a general officer in France Jan Garth Hudson The Band s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as Up on Cripple Creek The Weight and Rag Mama Rag Jan Richard Williamson An ultratraditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a embarrassment in when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway society Jan Dick Button He was one of the the greater part accomplished men s figure skaters in history and one of his sport s great innovators and promoters Jan Marianne Faithfull The British pop star muse libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write particular of the Rolling Stones greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied Jan FEBRUARY Horst K hler A one-time head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country s military Feb Barbie Hsu A Taiwanese actress who starred in the popular TV drama Meteor Garden that once swept Asia Feb Pneumonia triggered by the flu The Aga Khan He became the spiritual leader of the world s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes hospitals and schools in advancing countries Feb Kultida Woods The Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods whom he credits with instilling in him a dominant spirit and encouraging him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power color Feb Irv Gotti A music mogul who founded Murder Inc Records and was behind major hip-hop and R B artists such as Ashanti and Ja Rule Feb Virginia McCaskey She inherited the Chicago Bears from her father George Halas but avoided the spotlight during more than four decades as the unit s principal owner Feb Tony Roberts A versatile Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies often as Allen s best friend Feb Sam Nujoma The fiery white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in and served as its first president for years coming to be known as the father of his nation Feb Tom Robbins The novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Jitterbug Perfume Feb Anne Marie Hochhalter She was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting but revealed the strength to forgive and to heal her soul after bonding with another family devastated by the tragedy Feb Gene Hackman The Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry s bulk respected and honored performers Feb Uncovered dead with his wife who had died a week earlier in their home Paquita la del Barrio A Mexican musical legend known for her powerful voice and fierce defense of women Feb James Harrison An Australian man credited with saving million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades Feb Souleymane Ciss The Malian filmmaker was a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning years Feb Mabel Staton The Black track and field standout who broke through racial barricades and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the Helsinki Olympics Feb Clint Hill The Secret Utility agent who leaped onto the back of President John F Kennedy s limousine after the president was shot then was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination Feb Joe Fusco A College Football Hall of Fame coach who won four NAIA Division II national championships in years at Westminster College Feb Roberta Flack The Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recording artists of the s and an influential performer long after that Feb Michelle Trachtenberg A former child star who appeared in the Harriet the Spy hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl Feb Boris Spassky A Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries Feb David Johansen The wiry gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy pompadoured alter ego Buster Poindexter Feb MARCH Angie Stone The Grammy-nominated R B singer was a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and was known for the hit song Wish I Didn t Miss You March Car crash Joey Molland A guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger which was known for such s hits as No Matter What and Day After Day March George Lowe The voice behind the irreverent animated superhero on Adult Swim s Space Ghost Coast to Coast March Lincoln Diaz-Balart A Cuban American who fought tirelessly for a free Cuba and who spent years in the U S House of Representatives as a member of a politically powerful South Florida family March Carl Dean Dolly Parton s devoted husband of nearly years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit Jolene March Oleg Gordievsky A Soviet KGB officer who helped change the curriculum of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain March Roy Ayers A legendary jazz vibraphonist keyboardist composer and vocalist known for his spacy funky hit Everybody Loves the Sunshine that has been sampled by such R B and rap heavyweights as Mary J Blige N W A Dr Dre Pac Mos Def and Ice Cube March Robert G Clark He was elected in as Mississippi s first Black lawmaker of the th century and rose to the second-highest leadership role in the state House of Representatives March D Wayne Wiggins A founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony Toni Tone behind the classic songs Anniversary It Never Rains In Southern California and Lay Your Head on My Pillow March Junior Bridgeman A basketball standout who led Louisville to a Final Four starred for the NBA s Milwaukee Bucks and then launched an even more productive career as a business owner with stakes in restaurants publishing and the Bucks franchise March Ron Nessen A veteran broadcast journalist who was press secretary for President Gerald Ford and sought to restore the integrity that the position had lost during the Nixon administration March Ra l M Grijalva The Democratic congressman was a champion of environmental protections and progressive ideals who took on principled but often futile causes during a two-decade career in Congress March Alan Simpson The former U S senator was a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before the present day s political acrimony March Nita Lowey The former congresswoman was a long-serving New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee March milie Dequenne The Belgian actor who won a top Cannes Film Festival prize for her breakout role in Rosetta March Cancer Eddie Jordan An ex-Formula squad owner and media personality whose humor strong opinions and often extravagant dress sense made him a popular pundit on TV after selling the group in March George Foreman The fearsome heavyweight boxer who lost the Rumble in the Jungle to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a -year-old world champion and a achieving business owner March Kitty Dukakis The wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis who spoke openly about her struggles with depression and addiction March Paul Greg House He spent two decades on Tennessee s death row before he was ultimately freed and later campaigned against the death penalty March Mia Love A daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress March Brain cancer David Childs The lead architect of the One World Exchange Center skyscraper that rose from the site where the twin towers collapsed in New York City during the attacks March Richard Chamberlain The handsome hero of the s television series Dr Kildare who located a second career as an award-winning king of the miniseries March APRIL Val Kilmer The brooding versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in Top Gun donned a voluminous cape as Batman in Batman Forever and portrayed Jim Morrison in The Doors April Pneumonia Theodore McCarrick A once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in after a Vatican inspection determined he had molested adults and children April Jay North He starred as the towheaded mischief-maker on TV s Dennis the Menace for four seasons starting in April Clem Burke His versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes April Cancer Rubby P rez Known for songs such as Volver El Africano and Tu Vas a Volar he devoted his long career to merengue the signature musical style of the Dominican Republic April Died after a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic Octavio Dotel He pitched for major league teams in a -year career and won a World Series with the St Louis Cardinals April Died after a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic Kim Shin-jo A prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then-South Korean President Park Chung-hee in failed April Mario Vargas Llosa The Peruvian author was a Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters April Abdullah Ahmad Badawi The former Malaysian prime minister was a moderate who extended the country s political freedoms but was criticized for lackluster leadership April Wink Martindale The genial host of such hit tournament shows as Gambit and Tic-Tac-Dough who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley April Nora Aunor She became one of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema during a career that spanned seven decades April Bob Filner A -term U S congressman whose long political career ended abruptly after he was elected mayor of San Diego and driven from office amid sexual misconduct charges April Pope Francis History s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for poor people but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and environment change April Stroke Steve McMichael A star defensive tackle on the Chicago Bears famed Super Bowl championship group whose larger-than-life personality made him a fixture in the Windy City for decades and a natural for professional wrestling April ALS Tom Brown The two-sport star whose interception sealed the NFL title meeting for Vince Lombardi s Green Bay Packers April Virginia Giuffre She accused Britain s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by financier Jeffrey Epstein April Dick Barnett A basketball Hall of Famer who played on both New York Knicks NBA championship teams after being part of a historic college powerhouse at Tennessee A I April MAY Ruth Buzzi She rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series Rowan Martin s Laugh-In and made more than television appearances during a -year career May Jill Sobule The award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song I Kissed a Girl May Died in a house fire George Ryan A former Illinois governor disgraced by a corruption disgrace that landed him in prison yet heralded by selected for clearing the state s death row May David H Souter The retired Supreme Court justice was the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a favorite of liberals during his nearly years on the bench May Johnny Rodriguez The country music star who was a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the s such as I Just Can t Get Her Out of My Mind Ridin My Thumb to Mexico and That s the Way Love Goes May Robert Benton The Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of Bonnie and Clyde and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of Kramer vs Kramer and Places in the Heart May Christopher Kit Bond A Republican who brought billions of dollars in federal funding to Missouri during his four terms in the U S Senate and was the state s youngest person to be governor May Jos Mujica The former Uruguayan president onetime Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy plainspoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world May Charles Strouse The three-time Tony Award-winner was Broadway s industrious master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as Annie Bye Bye Birdie and Applause May George Wendt An actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit s TV comedy Cheers and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in Art Hairspray and Elf May Gerald Gerry Connolly The congressman was an outspoken Democrat who sought key reforms in the federal governing body while bringing transformational advance to his populous Virginia district May Susan Brownmiller A prominent feminist and author of the s and s whose Against Our Will was a landmark and intensely debated bestseller about sexual assault May Phil Robertson The Duck Dynasty patriarch who turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman s paradise of northern Louisiana into a big business and conservative cultural phenomenon May Charles Rangel The former New York congressman was an outspoken gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus May Rick Derringer The guitarist and singer who shot to fame at when his band The McCoys recorded Hang On Sloopy had a hit with Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo and earned a Grammy Award for producing Weird Al Yankovic s debut album May Presley Chweneyagae The South African actor who gained international recognition for his leading role in the film Tsotsi which won South Africa s first-ever Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film May Ng g wa Thiong o The revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of dissent who in dozens of fiction and nonfiction books traced his country s history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny May Bernard Kerik He served as New York City s police commissioner on and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned May Loretta Swit She won two Emmy Awards playing Maj Margaret Houlihan the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series M A S H May Etienne-Emile Baulieu A French scientist best known as the inventor of the abortion pill May Ren e Victor She voiced the no-nonsense sandal-throwing Abuelita in Disney s animated hit Coco and played the wisecracking Lupita on Showtime s Weeds May JUNE Shigeo Nagashima He was known in Japan as Mr Pro Baseball and was one of the preponderance famous people in the country during his playing days June Jim Marshall The former Minnesota Vikings defensive end was one of the four members of the famed Purple People Eaters front that formed the backbone of four Super Bowl teams June Ni de Guidon The Brazilian archaeologist known for discovering hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil and for her research challenging theories of ancient human presence in the Americas June Edgar Lungu The former Zambian president served as the leader of the southern African nation from to June Nina Kuscsik She campaigned for women s inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year they were officially allowed to enter the race June Sly Stone The revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the s and s and beyond with such hits as Everyday People Stand and Family Affair June Frederick Forsyth The British author of The Day of the Jackal and other bestselling thrillers June Brian Wilson The Beach Boys visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired Good Vibrations California Girls and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world s the greater part influential recording artists June Ananda Lewis The former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the s with her warmth and authenticity June Breast cancer Anne Burrell A TV chef who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of Worst Cooks in America June Alfred Brendel A pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career June Mick Ralphs A guitarist singer songwriter and founding member of the classic British rock bands Bad Company and Mott the Hoople June Bobby Sherman His winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a teen idol in the s and s with bubblegum pop hits like Little Woman and Julie Do Ya Love Me June Joseph Giordano A surgeon who played a central role in saving President Ronald Reagan s life after an assassination attempt in June Carolyn McCarthy She successfully ran for Congress in as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son severely wounded June Bill Moyers The former White House press secretary who became one of television s bulk honored journalists masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas June Lalo Schifrin The composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for Mission Impossible and more than other arrangements for film and television June D Wayne Lukas The Hall of Famer who became one of the majority of accomplished trainers in the history of horse racing and a face of the sport for decades June JULY Jimmy Swaggart The televangelist who became a household name amassing an enormous following and multimillion-dollar ministry only to be undone by his penchant for prostitutes July Alex Delvecchio A member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who helped the Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup three times in the s July Michael Madsen The actor best known for his coolly menacing steely-eyed often sadistic characters in the films of Quentin Tarantino including Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill Vol July Ed Fiori For years he was the only performer to rally from a -hole deficit to beat Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour July Edward DiPrete A former Rhode Island governor who served as the state s chief executive for six years and was later jailed for corruption July Lee Elia A former major league competitor and coach who was managing the Chicago Cubs in when he famously criticized the company s fans in a memorable postgame rant July David Gergen A veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents in a career spanning decades in regime academia and media July Muhammadu Buhari A former Nigerian president who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president July The Rev John MacArthur An influential and exacting evangelical preacher July Andrea Gibson A celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity politics and their -year battle with terminal ovarian cancer July Fauja Singh An Indian-born runner nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo who was inferred to be the world s oldest marathon runner July Died after being hit by a car Bradley John Murdoch Known as the Outback Killer and convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio who vanished in arid central Australia in July Connie Francis The wholesome pop star of the s and s whose hits included Pretty Little Baby and Who s Sorry Now the latter would serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy July Felix Baumgartner The extreme athlete was the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a -mile -kilometer leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago July Car crash Alan Bergman The Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife Marilyn for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as How Do You Keep the Music Playing It Might Be You and the classic The Way We Were July Rex White He was NASCAR s oldest living champion and a inductee into the Hall of Fame July Malcolm-Jamal Warner As teenage son Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show he was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the s July Accidental drowning Thomas Anthony Durkin A nationally prominent criminal defense attorney who for five decades was a fixture in Chicago s courthouses and who was known for his relentless advocacy for a roster of notorious clients July Ozzy Osbourne The gloomy demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the godfather of heavy metal July Chuck Mangione A two-time Grammy Award-winning musician who achieved international success in with his jazz-flavored single Feels So Good and later became a voice actor on the animated TV comedy King of the Hill July Joey Jones The Welsh soccer hero who won two European Cups with Liverpool and was dubbed Mr Wrexham July Hulk Hogan The mustachioed headscarf-wearing bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his influence into TV pop practices and conservative politics during a long and scandal-plagued second act July Cleo Laine Her husky contralto was one of the the majority distinctive voices in jazz and she was regarded by a multitude of as Britain s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music July Dwight Muhammad Qawi The Hall of Fame fighter who took up boxing in prison and became a two-weight world champion July Ryne Sandberg A Hall of Fame second baseman who became one of baseball s best all-around players while starring for the Chicago Cubs July Flaco Jimenez The legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto Tejano and Tex-Mex music July AUGUST Jeannie Seely The soulful country music singer behind such standards as Don t Touch Me Aug Stella Rimington The first female chief of Britain s MI intelligence agency and later a fruitful thriller writer Aug Loni Anderson She played a struggling radio station s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy WKRP in Cincinnati Aug Ion Iliescu Romania s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revolution Aug Eddie Palmieri The avant-garde musician who was one of the the greater part innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz Aug James Lovell The commander of Apollo who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering Aug Myint Swe He became Myanmar s acting president under controversial circumstances after the military seized power from the elected governing body of Aung San Suu Kyi more than four years ago Aug William H Webster The former FBI and CIA director whose troubleshooting skills and integrity helped restore community confidence in those federal agencies Aug Danielle Spencer She played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the s sitcom What s Happening Aug Genshitsu Sen A former Kamikaze pilot trainee who later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ceremony Aug Mike Castle The former Delaware governor was a Republican moderate who championed creating the popular State Quarters Campaign of commemorative coins while he served in Congress Aug Tristan Rogers He played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC s General Hospital Aug Terence Stamp The British actor who often played the role of a complex villain including that of General Zod in the early Superman films Aug Brent Hinds The former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon Aug Motorcycle crash Humpy Wheeler A pioneering motorsports promoter and former president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway Aug Frank Caprio A retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who exposed online fame as a caring jurist and host of Caught in Providence Aug James Dobson A child psychologist who founded the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ rights Aug Ron Turcotte The Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in Aug Angela Mortimer Barrett She overcame partial deafness and an intestinal infection to win three Grand Slam singles titles including the Wimbledon Aug Randy Duke Cunningham His feats as a U S Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U S House of Representatives career that ended in disgrace when he was convicted of accepting million in bribes Aug SEPTEMBER Graham Greene A trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and effective career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in Dances with Wolves Sept Giorgio Armani The iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire Sept Joseph McNeil One of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth s lunch counter years ago helped spark nonviolent civil rights sit-in protests across the South Sept The Duchess of Kent Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley she famously broke royal protocol to hug a Wimbledon runner-up and stepped away from family duties to teach music in a inhabitants school Sept Mark Volman A founding member of the s pop group The Turtles whose hits include Happy Together and Elenore Sept Polly Holliday A Tony Award-nominated screen and stage actor who turned the catchphrase Kiss my grits into a national retort as the gum-chewing beehive-wearing server aboard the long-running CBS sitcom Alice Sept Charlie Kirk He rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump Sept Fatally shot during an appearance at a college in Utah Bobby Hart The songwriter was a key part of the Monkees multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as Last Train to Clarksville and I m Not Your Steppin Stone Sept Kim Seong-Min A prominent North Korean defector who used radio broadcasts USB sticks and a organization of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean society about the truth of their authoritarian leadership Sept Hermeto Pascoal An eccentric and prolific Brazilian multi-instrumentalist composer and arranger known affectionately as The Sorcerer of Sounds and The Mad Genius Sept Ricky Hatton The former boxing world champion who rose to become one of the bulk popular fighters in the sport Sept Robert Redford The Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters Sept Brett James The Grammy award-winning country songwriter whose string of top hits includes Jesus Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood and When the Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney Sept Plane crash George Smoot A Nobel laureate who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe during a long career at the University of California Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Sept Sonny Curtis A vintage rock n roller who wrote the raw classic I Fought the Law and posed the enduring question Who can turn the world on with her smile as the writer-crooner of the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show Sept Bernie Parent The Hall of Famer considered one of the great goalies of all time who anchored the net for the Philadelphia Flyers only two Stanley Cup championships in the s during their Broad Street Bullies heyday Sept Bobby Cain He helped integrate one of the first high schools in the South in as one of the so-called Clinton Sept Claudia Cardinale An acclaimed Italian actor who starred in chosen of the most of celebrated European films of the s and s Sept Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh in his s Saudi Arabia s grand mufti who served as the kingdom s top religious figure over a quarter century that saw the ultraconservative Muslim nation socially liberalize Sept Sara Jane Moore She was imprisoned for more than years after she made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in Sept Assata Shakur A Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her escape from a U S prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a law enforcement officer Sept Robert B Barnett A powerhouse Washington attorney who became a fixture in the political and publishing worlds as the literary representative for Barack and Michelle Obama Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton and dozens of other leaders Sept Russell M Nelson The oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sept OCTOBER Jane Goodall The conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy Oct Jilly Cooper The bestselling British author known for her chronicles of class and sex in risqu novels including Rivals and Riders Oct Joan B Kennedy The former wife of Sen Edward M Kennedy who endured a troubled marriage marked by family tragedies her husband s infidelities and her own decades-long struggles with alcoholism and mental healthcare Oct Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt The chaplain for the men s basketball club at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in Oct Diane Keaton The Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall The Godfather films and Father of the Bride whose quirky vibrant manner and depth made her one of the bulk singular actors of a generation Oct D Angelo The Grammy-winning R B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless Untitled How Does It Feel music video Oct Cancer Raila Odinga A former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule rattled personnel and gave him outsized influence on political life in the East African country Oct Ace Frehley The original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam-rock band Kiss who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar Oct Susan Stamberg A founding mother of National Population Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news effort Oct Kanchha Sherpa The last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition organization that first conquered Mount Everest Oct Tomiichi Murayama Japan s former prime minister who was known for his Murayama announcement apologizing to Asian casualties of his country s aggression Oct Chen Ning Yang A Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist who was one of the the greater part influential scientists in modern physics Oct Daniel Naroditsky A chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and fleetly became one of the the bulk influential American voices in the sport Oct June Lockhart She became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in Lassie or up in the stratosphere in Lost in Space Oct Queen Mother Sirikit She supervised royal projects in Thailand to help the rural poor preserve traditional craft-making and protect the atmosphere Oct Nick Mangold The former New York Jets center was one of the franchise s greatest players who helped lead the squad to the AFC championship contest twice Oct Complications of kidney complaint Prunella Scales An actor best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers Oct Source