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1982 - Henry Fonda, American actor (On Golden Pond), dies at age 77 from heart disease (born 1905).

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1988 - Death of Jean-Michel Basquiat, American musician/graffiti painter (born 1960).

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1989 - Death of William Shockley, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910).

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1990 - Death of Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (born 1903).

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1992 - Death of John Cage, American composer (born 1912).

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1997 - Death of Luther Allison, American musician (born 1939).

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2000 - Death of Loretta Young, American actress (born 1913).

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2000 - Death of Dave Edwards, American musician (born 1941).

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2007 - Death of Merv Griffin, American TV personality (born 1925).

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