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On this day 131 years ago, English mathematician and astronomer George Biddell Airy, who was known for his work on planetary orbits which includes measuring the mean density of the Earth, passed away at the age of 90.

American politician Richard Riley, who was the South Carolina governor from 1979 to 1987 and the U.S. Secretary of Education from 1993 to 2001, is 90 today.

On this day 46 years ago, American jazz pianist and songwriter Erroll Garner, who was known for his instrumental ballad and best-known composition "Misty", passed away at the age of 55.

On this day 21 years ago, American actress Bibi Osterwald, who starred in the movie "As Good As It Gets" and the TV sitcom "Bridget Loves Bernie", passed away at the age of 81.

On this day 28 years ago, American actress Nancy Kelly, who starred in the 1956 movie "The Bad Seed", passed away from complications of diabetes at the age of 73.

On this day 33 years ago, American actor Alan Hale Jr., who was best known for playing Captain Jonas Grumby (aka The Skipper) in the TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island", passed away at the age of 68.

Syrian-born Lebanese poet and literary critic Adonis is 93 today. Photo Credit: Mariusz Kubik per Creative Commons license

On this day 3 years ago, American baseball player Don Larsen passed away at the age of 90 due to esophageal cancer. During a 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched from 1953 to 1967 for seven different teams: the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–54; 1965), New York Yankees (1955–1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961), Chicago White Sox (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962–1964), Houston Colt .45's / Astros (1964–65), and Chicago Cubs (1967). He pitched the sixth perfect game in MLB history, doing so in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. It is the only solo no-hitter and perfect game in World Series history and is one of only three no-hitters in MLB postseason history (the others being Roy Halladay's in 2010 and the combined Houston Astros no-hitter in 2022). He won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and Babe Ruth Award in recognition of his 1956 postseason.

On this day 22 years ago, American actor and comedian Ray Walston, who was most well-known for playing the title character Uncle Martin O'Hara in "My Favorite Martian" and also known for playing Candy in the 1992 film adaptation of the novel "Of Mice and Men", passed away at the age of 86.

American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director Frederick Wiseman, whose work is "devoted primarily to exploring American institutions" and has been called "one of the most important and original filmmakers working today" , is 93 today. I am thinking of watching one of his documentary films "In Jackson Heights" so I can learn about what a neighborhood in New York City is like as well as practice my listening comprehension when watching this documentary film. Photo Credit: Charles Haynes per Creative Commons license

My Shadowlist for 2023: 1. Valdas Adamkus 2. Hans Albert 3. Buzz Aldrin 4. Kenneth Anger 5. Tony Bennett 6. Alan Bergman 7. Ann Blyth 8. Bill Butler 9. Marita Camacho Quirós 10. Lou Carnesecca 11. Muazzez İlmiye Çığ 12. Leon Cooper 13. Paul Dooley 14. François Englert 15. Leo Esaki 16. Kenneth Frampton 17. Don Garlits 18. Lloyd Geering 19. Terry Gibbs 20. Bo Goldman 21. John Goodenough 22. Bert I. Gordon 23. Alan Greenspan 24. Joel Grey 25. Roger Guillemin 26. Bill Hayes 27. Gerald Holton 28. Will Hutchins 29. Byron Janis 30. Don January 31. Bernard Kalb 32. William Labov 33. Mary Wells Lawrence 34. William Leuchtenberg 35. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow 36. Fumihiko Maki 37. Jean Malaurie 38. Josip Manolić 39. Robert McGinnis 40. J. William Middendorf 41. Russell M. Nelson 42. Charles Peters 43. Alvin Plantinga 44. John Polanyi 45. Oleg Protopopov 46. Doc Severinsen 47. June Spencer 48. Olav Thon 49. Frederick Wiseman 50. Virginia Zeani And the subs are: 1. Bud Anderson 2. Laurent de Brunhoff 3. Howard S. Becker 4. Richard Bonynge 5. Peter Lupus

American television producer George Schlatter, who is known for producing the TV shows "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and "Real People", is 90 today. Photo credit: Angela George per Creative Commons license

On this day 42 years ago, American motion picture director Raoul Walsh, who directed the movies "What Price Glory?" and "White Heat", passed away at the age of 93.

On this day 9 years ago, American actor James Avery, who was best known for playing Philip Banks in the TV series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and also known for playing Presto Jones in the Disney Channel sitcom "That's So Raven", passed away at the age of 68 due to complications from open heart surgery. Photo credit: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com per Creative Commons license

On this day 2 years ago, French actor, motion picture director, and screenwriter Robert Hossein, who was known for the movie "Night Is Not for Sleep", passed away from complications related to COVID-19 just one day after he turned 93. Photo Credit: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) per Creative Commons license

On this day 18 years ago, American clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw passed away at the age of 94.

On this day 10 years ago, Italian/American Nobel Prize-winning neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini passed away at the age of 103. Photo Credit: Jollyroger per Creative Commons license

On this day 8 years ago, German-born Oscar-winning actress Luise Rainer, who starred in the movies "The Great Ziegfeld" and "The Good Earth", passed away at the age of 104.

On this day 2 years ago, American actress Dawn Wells, who was best known for playing Mary Ann Summers in the TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island", passed away from causes related to COVID-19 at the age of 82. She also won the 1960 Miss Nevada pageant.

On this day 6 years ago, LaVell Edwards, who was the American football head coach for Brigham Young University, passed away at the age of 86.

On this day 36 years ago, Harold Macmillan, who was the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963, passed away at the age of 92.

He is a well-known living legend, so I am hoping he will make it to 100 next year and be alive all year next year.

On this day 62 years ago, American physician Frederick F. Russell, who developed the first successful typhoid fever vaccine, passed away at the age of 90.

On this day 2 years ago, Italian-born French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who was best known for a fondess for geometric designs such as introducing the bubble dress in 1954 and the collarless suit worn by the Beatles in 1963, passed away at the age of 98. He would have been 100 in July of this year.

1. Tony Bennett 2. Bill Butler 3. Marita Camacho Quirós 4. Lou Carnesecca 5. Leon Cooper 6. Paul Dooley 7. Leo Esaki 8. David Ferry 9. Kenneth Frampton 10. Bo Goldman 11. Alan Greenspan 12. Joel Grey 13. Bill Hayes 14. Bernard Kalb 15. William Labov 16. Josip Manolić 17. Brenda Milner 18. Oleg Protopopov 19. Tony Vaccaro 20. William H. Webster And the subs are: Howard S. Becker Laurent de Brunhoff Doc Severinsen