Joey Bishop, 89: great comedian and member of The Rat Pack, he was an early competitor of The Tonight Show.
Art Buchwald, 81: famed political humor writer, his most famous book was the satire on Richard Nixon, I Am Not a Crook.
Robert Cade, 80: While most won't recognize his name, they'll remember his creation - Gatorade.
Yvonne
DeCarlo, 84: while most of us remember her as the mother on the hit TV
show The Munsters, her film career was actually quite lengthy,
including the role of Moses' wife in The Ten Commandments.
Denny Doherty, 66: One of the male members of folk group Mamas and the Papas who had several pop hits in the 1960s.
Dan Folgelberg, 56: singer, song-writer who gave us Longer and Run for the Roses, a Kentucky Derby tradition.
Robert
Goulet, 73: Camelot made him popular, and he was famous for Broadway
and music.
Leona Helmsley, 87: the billionaire hotel mogul served penitentiary time for tax evasion and jokingly had one of the most extensive shoe collections in history.
Evel Knievel, 69: the infamous daredevil, famous for motorcycle jumps and his attempted rocket launch over the Grand Canyon.
Marcel Marceau, 84: one of the few mimes who became recognized around the world.
Luciano Pavarotti, 71: considered by most opera experts to have had the best tenor voice in history.
Porter Wagoner, 80: he was one of country music's Grand Ole Opry stars and discovered Dolly Parton.
Dick Wilson, 91: he was Mr. Whipple in commercials for over 20 years, warning us "Please don't squeeze the Charmin".
Jane Wyman, 93: Academy Award winner and Falcon Crest star, she was the first wife of Ronald Reagan.
