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American jazz singer and actress Sylvia Syms died on this day 30 years ago, aged 74.

American radio broadcaster Graham McNamee died on this day 80 years ago, aged 53.

American record executive Neil Bogart died on this day 40 years ago, aged 39.

German army officer, scientist and explorer Wilhelm Filchner died on this day 65 years ago, aged 79.

American restaurateur and entertainer Jilly Rizzo died on this day 30 years ago, aged 75.

American engineer and physicist Theodore Maiman died on this day 15 years ago, aged 79.

American actor Alvy Moore died on this day 25 years ago, aged 75.

American film actor Bruce Cabot died on this day 50 years ago, aged 68.

Austrian-American actor Helmut Dantine died on this day 40 years ago, aged 63.

American actor Grant Mitchell died on this day 65 years ago, aged 82.

English born Italian-American actress and model Gia Scala died on this day 50 years ago, aged 38.

American bass guitarist Keith Ferguson died on this day 25 years ago, aged 50.

American professional wrestler Lou Thesz died on this day 20 years ago, aged 86.

American science fiction author George Alec Effinger died on this day 20 years ago, aged 55.

American actor John Beal died on this day 25 years ago, aged 87.

American announcer and actor in radio and television Don Wilson died on this day 40 years ago, aged 81.

Canadian author Lucy Laud Montgomery died on this day 80 years ago, aged 67.

Russian politician Boris Yeltsin, who served as the first president of Russia from 1991 to 1999, died on this day 15 years ago, aged 76.

American film actress Vera Reynolds died on this day 60 years ago, aged 62.

English industrialist Frederick Handley Page died on this day 60 years ago, aged 76.

American singer Alan Dale died on this day 20 years ago, aged 76.

English actor Frankie Howerd died on this day 30 years ago, aged 75.

American sculptor, art patron and collector Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney died on this day 80 years ago, aged 67.

American country music singer Hank Penny died on this day 30 years ago, aged 73.

American film, television, stage actor and television producer Robert Urich died on this day 20 years ago, aged 55.