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English cartoonist, comedian and actor Willie Rushton died on this day 25 years ago, aged 59.

American newspaperman and short-story writer Damon Runyon died on this day 75 years ago, aged 66.

American singer Sonny Til died on this day 40 years ago, aged 53.

American jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton died on this day 30 years ago, aged 80.

American actor Harry Morgan died on this day 10 years ago, aged 96.

Indian jurist, economist and social reformer, B. R. Ambedkar, died on this day 65 years ago, aged 65.

French painter Claude Monet died on this day 95 years ago, aged 86.

American sculptor Reuben Nakian died on this day 35 years ago, aged 89.

American farmer Walter Knott died on this day 40 years ago, aged 91.

American architect Wallace Harrison died on this day 40 years ago, aged 86.

American pop and R&B singer, Lee Dorsey, died on this day 35 years ago, aged 61.

American actor Robert H. Harris died on this day 40 years ago, aged 70.

American writer Frank Yerby died on this day 30 years ago, aged 75.

American tennis player Don Mcneill died on this day 25 years ago, aged 78.

American author Bebe Moore Campbell died on this day 15 years ago, aged 56.

German writer Siegfried Kracauer died on this day 55 years ago, aged 77.

American actress Eleanor Audley died on this day 30 years ago, aged 86.

English production designer Anton Furst died on this day 30 years ago, aged 47.

American jazz singer Anita O'Day died on this day 15 years ago, aged 87.

American actor Mark Lenard died on this day 25 years ago, aged 72.

American actor, artist and author Gardner McKay died on this day 20 years ago, aged 69.

American football safety Andre Waters died on this day 15 years ago, aged 44.

American actor and sportscaster Bill Stern died on this day 50 years ago, aged 64.

American lawyer and politician, Chester A. Arthur, who served as the 21st president of the United States, died on this day 135 years ago, aged 57.

American singer-songwriter and actress, Ruth Brown, died on this day 15 years ago, aged 78.