Jim Pike

Lead singer and co-founder of The Lettermen. Via the New York Times.

Philippe Zdar

Musician and music producer. Via the New York Times.

Maurice Benichou

Actor familiar from extensive work with directors such as Jeunet and Haneke. Via Le Figaro.

Sean Hewitt

Actor. Via legacy.com.

Thandi Brewer

Writer, director, showrunner, actress, and teacher noted primarily for her TV work. Via Channel 24.

Peter Whitehead

Filmmaker. Via the New York Times.

Julie Payne

Actress. Via legacy.com.

Lew Klein

TV producer who helped create "American Bandstand." Via Variety.

Kathleen O'Malley

Actress. Via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Sean McCann

Actor. Via the Hollywood Reporter.

Suzan Pitt

Animator, designer, and artist. Though little-known, she was a vastly talented and imaginative experimentalist who made bizarre, evocative, dreamy films by hand. Via the New York Times.

Susannah Hunnewell

Writer, editor, publisher, and interviewer. Via the Paris Review.

Dave Marshall

Former MLB player. Via the Mercury News.

Dale Greig

Pioneer female marathoner. Via the New York Times.

Aubrey Gatewood

Former MLB pitcher. Via Dignity Memorial.

Edith Gonzalez

Actress. Via Univision.

Franco Zeffirelli

Director and designer known for his films and opera productions ('Romeo and Juliet,' 'Tosca,' 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon,' 'Jesus of Nazareth'). Via the New York Times.

Paul Ruiz

Journalist, activist, and scholar. Via the L.A. Times.

Molly O'Neill

Food writer. Via the New York Times.

Alan Brinkley

Historian and writer. Via the New York Times. 

Charles Reich

Scholar and writer whose 'Greening of America' prophesied a national change of consciousness. Via the Antelope Valley Press.

Sylvia Miles

Actress ('Midnight Cowboy,' 'Farewell, My Lovely'). Via the New York Times.

Ib Norholm

Composer and organist. Via Politiken.

Velvel Pasternack

Key musicologist and preservationist of Jewish music; music publisher, researcher, historian, and curator. Via the New York Times. 

Enrico Nascimbeni

Journalist, activist, writer, singer, and songwriter. Via Milano Today.

Andrew Sinclair

Novelist, speechwriter, and filmmaker. Via The Times.