Bill Withers

Singer and songwriter. Via AP News.

Zoltan Pesko

Conductor and composer. Via Weiner Zeitung.

Kiyoshi Sasabe

Director. Via eiga.com.

Louise Ebrel

Singer. Via en24.news.

Abdul Qadir Junejo

Playwright. Via The News.

Jean-Louis Roy

Director. Via 24heures.ch.

Luigi Roni

Bass. Via Operawire.

Hamish Wilson

Actor. Via Daily Record.

Maurice Delbez

Director. Via Le film du jour.

Hertha Topper

Contralto. Via Gramophone.

Nicolas 'Colacho' Brizuela

Guitarist. Via Minuto NQN.

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

Pianist and educator. Via the New York Times.

Bucky Pizzzarelli

Guitarist. AKA John Pizzarelli. Via njarts.net.

Adam Schlesinger

Grammy-winning musician and songwriter. Via the New York Times.

Bruce Dawe

Poet. Via The Australian.

Christina

Singer. AKA Christina Monet-Zilkha. Via the Guardian.

Giles Walker

Filmmaker. Via the Hollywood Reporter.

Vincent Marzello

Actor. Via The Wrap.

Donald "Russ" Azzati

Drummer. Via legacy.com.

Christopher Stanton

Actor. Via The Stage.

Nashom Wooden

Drag performer. AKA Mona Foot. Via People.

Wallace Roney

Trumpeter. Via the New York Times.

Lorena Borjas

Activist. Via CNN.

Riachao

Singer. AKA Clementino Rodrigues. Via O Globo.

Lou 'L.A.' Kouvaris

Guitarist. Via Loudwire.

Sergei Rainchik

Keyboardist and sound engineer. Via news.tut.by.

William Helmreich

Sociologist and urban explorer. Via the New York Times.

Loring Mandel

Screenwriter and playwright. Via the Hollywood Reporter.

Mike Farley

Housing advocate. Via the Denver Post.

Andrew Jack

Dialogue coach and actor. Via the A.V. Club.

Leonid Zorin

Playwright. Via Law and Lawyer Journals.

Soledad 'Chole' Alatorre

Labor organizer and activist. Via the L.A. Times.

Jose Maria Galante

Pro-democracy activist. Via Democracy Now!

Tomie dePaola

Writer and illustrator. Via the New York Times.

Michael Sorkin

Architect and intellect. Via the New York Times.

Elvia Andreoli

Actress. Via Clarin.

Martinho Lutero Galati de Oliveira

Conductor. Via time24.news.

Constantin Draganescu

Actor. Via protv.ro.

Georges Rostan

Actor. Via La Provence.

V. Sethuraman

Actor. AKA Sethu. Via the Times of India.

Mirna Doris

Singer. Via Il Mattino.

Joe Diffie

Singer and songwriter. Via Country Music Television News.

David Schramm

Actor. Via the Courier-Journal.

Alan Merrill

Musician and songwriter ('I Love Rock and Roll'). Via the New York Times.

Ken Shimura

Comedian. Via CNN.

Paravai Muniyamma

Singer and actress. Via India Today.

Bob Andy

Singer. Via the Guardian.

Daniel Azulay

Comics artist. Via Cryptodictation.

Bill Martin

Songwriter. Via The Times.

Apple Gabriel

Singer. AKA Albert Craig. Via the Jamaica Observer.

George Sidhom

Comedian. Via Amwal al Ghad.