Betty Ford - age 90 - former First Lady and wife of the deceased President Gerald R. Ford; founder of the Betty Ford Center which treats substance abuse and addiction
Shecky Greene - age 82 - Las Vegas comedian who guest starred on NBC's "Mad About You" and ABC's "Laverne & Shirley"
Seymour Hersh - age 71 - Pulitzer-prize winning investigative journalist
John Havlicek - age 68 - NBA basketball legend who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984
Darlene Gillespie - age 67 - singer and dancer on the original "Mickey Mouse Club"
Peggy Lennon - age 67 - American singer and part of the singing group The Lennon Sisters, who also starred in their own variety show
Leon Huff - age 66 - part of the songwriting and production team Gamble and Huff; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as non-performers in March 2008
Steve Howe - age 61 - British guitarist best known for his work with the rock band Yes
John Madden - age 59 - British director who directed Oscar-winning "Shakespeare in Love"
Gary Carter - age 54 - Major League Hall of Fame catcher nicknamed "Kid" and "Kid Carter"
John Schneider - age 48 - American actor and singer best known as Bo Duke on CBS's "The Dukes of Hazzard" and Johnathan Kent, Clark Kent's adoptive father on the CW's "Smallville"
Izzy Stradlin - age 46 - American guitarist and lead songwriter for the rock band Guns N' Roses
Julian Lennon - age 45 - British singer, songwriter and musician, as well as the son of John Lennon of The Beatles
Biz Markie - age 44 - American rapper, DJ and comedian best known for his song "Just A Friend"
Robin Wright Penn - American actress in numerous films, including "The Princess Bride" and "Forrest Gump"
Patricia Arquette - age 40 - Emmy-winning American actress best known for playing Allison DuBois on NBC's "Medium"
Darren Jessee - age 37 - American musician and drummer of the rock band Ben Folds Five
Emma Caulfield - age 35 - American actress best known as Anya on the WB's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Katee Sackhoff - age 28 - American actress who portrays Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica"
Taran Noah Smith - age 24 - American actor best known for playing Mark Taylor on ABC's "Home Improvement"
Kirsten Storms - age 24 - American actor who played Isabella "Belle" Black in the NBC soap opera "Days of our Lives" and is currently on ABC's "General Hospital"
