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On this day 1 year ago, American football player Charley Trippi passes away at the age of 100.

On this day 1 year ago, American government official Charles Duncan Jr, who was the Secretary of Energy from 1979 to 1981, passed away at the age of 96.

American astronaut William Anders is 90 today.

On this day 1 year ago, Dutch-born American chemical engineer and astronaut Lodewijk van den Berg passed away at the age of 90.

On this day 1 year ago, English actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter franchise, passed away at the age of 72. Photo Credit: clogdancer per Creative Commons license

On this day 1 year ago, American astronaut James McDivitt passed away at the age of 93.

American jazz vibraphonist Terry Gibbs is 99 today. Photo Credit: Laura Kolb per Creative Commons license

On this day 2 years ago, Spanish composer Luis de Pablo passed away at the age of 91. Photo Credit: SIGMA PROJECT per Creative Commons license

On this day 2 years ago, American animator Ruthie Tompson, who worked on many Disney films, passed away at the age of 111.

On this day 1 year ago, American disc jockey Art Laboe (second from left and standing in picture) passed away at the age of 97.

Glynis Johns, who played Winifred Banks in the 1964 Disney movie "Mary Poppins" is 100 today.

On this day 2 years ago, American baseball player, coach, and manager Eddie Robinson passed away at the age of 100.

On this day 2 years ago, American tennis player Budge Patty passed away at the age of 97. Photo Credit: Nationaal Archief and Spaarnestad Photo per Creative Commons license

On this day 1 year ago, Panamanian-born baseball player, coach, and manager Héctor López, who played for the Kansas City Athletics form 1955 thru 1959 and then the New York Yankees from 1959 thru 1966, passes away at the age of 93.

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