Doreen Simmons

Sumo wrestling expert and commentator -- via Few.

Reg Gadney

Writer, screenwriter, and artist -- via the Guardian.

Katie Kelly

Journalist, writer, and broadcaster -- via the Omaha World-Herald.

Adam Parfrey

Journalist, editor, and publisher -- via Deadline.

Murai Shimako

Playwright -- via Sanspo.

Tom E. Lewis

Actor and musician -- via the Katherine Times. AKA Barlang Lewis.

Kato Khandwala

Music producer -- via Billboard. AKA Suketo Khandwala.

Tom Fletcher

Former MLB pitcher -- via the News-Gazette.

Per Kirkeby

Artist -- via the Art Newspaper.

Carl Perkins

Musician -- via Radio New Zealand.

Poldine Demoski Carlo

Honored tribal elder and writer -- via the Fairbanks News-Miner.

Irena Orlov

Renowned piano teacher -- via Slipped Disc.

Lolita Chatterjee

Actress -- via Scroll.

Miki Muster

Comics artist and animator -- via STA.

Daniel Cohen

Writer -- via the New York Times.

Takayuki Inoue

Lead guitarist for The Spiders, one of Japan's most popular and influential rock bands -- via Sponichi.

Jamal Naji

Writer -- via ArabLit.

PN Sathya

Director -- via Cinema Express.

Cathy Godbold

Actress -- via The Sun.

Harry Lavington

Actor -- via Stuff.

Raffe Simonian

Record-store owner -- via the Chicago Sun-Times.

David Goodall

Scientist who availed himself of assisted suicide at the age of 104 -- via CNN.

Brooks Kerr

Pianist and scholar -- via the New York Times.

Peter Lloyd

Flutist -- via The Independent.

Ben Graves

Drummer -- via Blabbermouth.

Lara Saint Paul

Singer --via ANSA. AKA Silvana Savorelli.

Paul Bloodgood

Artist and gallery owner -- via ArtNews.

Tore Torell

Magician -- via vg.no.

Soren Hyldgaard

Composer -- via Film Music Society.

Julio Lopez Fernandez

Sculptor -- via El Universal.

Noble Craig

Disabled in Vietnam, he became a specialist as a "creature performer" in horror movies -- via Bloody Disgusting.

Gayle Shepherd

Singer; one of the Shepherd Sisters -- via the New York Times.

Bob Bura

Prolific animator -- via the Guardian.

Stu Boy King

Former drummer for the Dictators -- via The DFFD Blog.

Maria Paris

Singer -- via Napoli Today.

Anne V. Coates

Oscar-winning, genius film editor (Lawrence of Arabia) -- via the Hollywood Reporter.Starting with Noel Langley's Pickwick Papers in 1952, Coates edited 55 films with brilliance and insight, including The Horse's Mouth, Tunes of Glory, Man Friday, The Elephant Man, What About Bob?, Chaplin, Out of Sight, and Erin Brockovich.

Christiane Collins

Historian and activist -- via the New York Times.

Ray Szmanda

TV pitchman known as"the Menards guy"-- via the Chicago Tribune.

Lai Meng

Actress--via ChannelNewsAsia.

Gurukrushna Goswami

Lyricist -- via the Times of India.

Roman Toi

Composer -- via the Post-Times.

Maurane

Singer and actress -- via rtbf.be. AKA Claudine Lupaerts.

Ahmad Shah

Murdered journalist -- via the BBC.

Shah Marai

Murdered photojournalist -- via The Atlantic.

Ewa Dyakowska-Berberka

Artist -- via tvn24.pl.

Zannah Hulten

Musician -- via unt.se.

Dick Williams

Singer; one of the four Williams Brothers (from which Andy became a successful solo artist) -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Formed in 1938, their most memorable hit was as backup to Bing Cosby on "Swinging on a Star." Their annual get-togethers on the mind-bendingly homey, wholesome, super-duper-Caucasian string of Andy Williams Christmas specials were permanently traumatizing.

Edith MacArthur

Actress -- via the Sunday Herald.

Cirilo Bautista

Poet, critic, and writer -- via CNN Philippines.

Ludwig Harig

Writer -- via rtl.de.