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1989 - Jim Backus, American actor (Mr. Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at age 76 of pneumonia (born 1913).

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1993 - Death of Curly Joe DeRita, American comedian (born 1909).

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1998 - Death of Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (born 1949).

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2006 - Death of Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (born 1941).

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2007 - Death of Boots Randolph, American saxophone player (born 1927).

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