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On this day 8 years ago, American real estate entrepreneur Robert E. Simon, who founded Reston, Virginia, passed away at the age of 101.

On this day 1 year ago, American engineer Nick Holonyak, who created the first visible light-emitting diode (LED), passed away at the age of 93.

On this day 2 years ago, American singer, dancer, and actress Jane Powell, who starred in the movies "Royal Wedding" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", passed away at the age of 92.

On this day 1 year ago, American actor Henry Silva, who starred in the 1960 film "Ocean's Eleven" and the 1962 film "The Manchurian Candidate", passed away at the age of 95.

On this day 1 years ago Greek actress Irene Papas, who starred in the movies "Z" and "The Trojan Women", passed away at the age of 93.

American actress Eileen Fulton, who starred in the TV soap opera "As the World Turns". is 90 today.

On this day 2 years ago, American jazz impresario George Wein, who was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, passed away at the age of 95. Photo Credit: digboston per Creative Commons license

On this day 1 year ago, French/Swiss motion picture director Jean-Luc Godard, who directed the films "Breathless" and "Hail Mary", passed away at the age of 91. Photo Credit: Gary Stevens per Creative Commons license

On this day 1 year ago, American actor Mark Miller, who starred in the movie "A Walk in the Clouds" and the TV sitcom "Please Don't Eat the Daisies", passed away at the age of 97.

On this day 1 year ago, American actress Marsha Hunt, who starred in the 1940 film "Pride and Prejudice", and was also a political and social activist, passed away at the age of 104.

On this day 1 year ago, Venezuelan-born American dancer and choreographer Tina Ramirez, who was the founder of Ballet Hispanico, passed away at the age of 92. Photo Credit: Vbh massistant per Creative Commons license

American photographer Bruce Davidson is 90 today. Photo Credit: BurnAway per Creative Commons license

American comedian and actor Bob Newhart, who played Robert Hartley in "The Bob Newhart Show", Dick Loudon in "Newhart", Professor Proton in "The Big Bang Theory", Papa Elf in "Elf", and voiced Bernard in "The Rescuers", is 94 today. Photo credit: Public.Resource.Org per Creative Commons license

American actress and singer Carol Lawrence, who played Maria in the 1957 Broadway musical "West Side Story", is 91 today.

American electrical engineer Robert H. Dennard, who was the inventor of the one-transistor dynamic memory cell, is 91 today. Photo Credit: Fred Holland per Creative Commons license