Maya Angelou - age 80 - American author-poet who was a vital figure during the American Civil Rights Movement
Clive Davis - age 76 - American record producer and executive; inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a nonperformer
Hugh Masekela - age 69 - South African singer, musician and bandleader whose music protested apartheid, slavery and the South African government
Kitty Kelley - age 66 - American investigative journalist and biographer of Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan
Craig T. Nelson - age 64 - American actor best known as Coach Hayden Fox on ABC's "Coach" and the voice of Mr. Incredible in Pixar's film "The Incredibles"
Christine Lahti - age 58 - Emmy-winning American actress and Oscar-winning film director who currently is a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post
David E. Kelley - age 52 - Emmy-winning writer, producer and TV show creator of "Picket Fences," "Chicago Hope," "The Practice," "Ally McBeal," "Boston Public" and "Boston Legal"
Phil Morris - age 49 - American actor who played the lead in the original "Mission: Impossible"
Hugo Weaving - age 48 - English-Australian actor perhaps best known as Agent Smith in "The Matrix," Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and V in "V for Vendetta"
David Cross - age 44 - Emmy-winning comedian, writer and actor known for playing Tobias Fünke in Fox's "Arrested Development"
Robert Downey Jr. - age 43 - American actor and musician probably currently known more for his drug addiction than his full body of work
Josh Todd - age 37 - American singer-songwriter who performs under both his given name and as Buckcherry
Jill Scott - age 36 - Grammy-winning American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
David Blaine - age 35 - American magician and endurance artist known for his dangerous, high-profile stunts
James Roday - age 32 - American actor currently starring as faux-psychic Shawn Spencer on USA Network's "Psych"
Natasha Lyonne - age 29 - American actress best known as Jessica in the first two "American Pie" films
Jamie Lynn Spears - age 17 - American actress and singer best known as the star of Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" and for the media attention surrounding her current pregnancy