Burt Bacharach - age 80 - American pianist and composer who has written a total of 70 U.S. Top 40 hits, as of 2006
George Carlin - age 71 - Grammy-winning American actor, comedian and author known for his political and black humor
Billy Swan - age 66 - American country music singer-songwriter and musician
Linda Dano - age 65 - Daytime Emmy-winning American actress who has starred in numerous soap operas and recently played the mother of pharmacist George Williams on ABC's "Desperate Housewives"
Lindsay Crouse - age 60 - American actress whose films include "House of Games," "Places in the Heart" and "Slap Shot"
Steve Winwood - age 60 - British solo singer-songwriter and musician who was also part of the beat group The Spencer Davis Group, the rock band Traffic and the blues-rock band Blind Faith
Bruce Boxleitner - age 58 - American actor whose TV credits include "How the West Was Won," "Bring 'Em Back Alive," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and "Babylon 5"
Gabriel Byrne - age 58 - Irish actor and producer who has starred in "The Usual Suspects," "Stigmata" and "The Man in the Iron Mask," among others
Billy Squier - age 58 - American rock singer-songwriter and musician
Kix Brooks - age 53 - American country music singer-songwriter and one-half of the duo Brooks and Dunn
Ving Rhames - age 49 - American actor whose films include "Pulp Fiction," the "Mission: Impossible" films and "Striptease;" also starred in NBC's "ER" and USA Network's "Kojak"
Billy Duffy - age 47 - British guitarist for the post-punk rock band The Cult
Emilio Estevez - age 46 - American actor, director and writer whose film credits include "The Outsiders," "Young Guns" and the "Mighty Ducks" series
Eddie Kilgallon - age 43 - American songwriter and musician for the country music group Ricochet and the country duo Montgomery Gentry
Stephen Baldwin - age 42 - American actor best known for his role in "The Usual Suspects"
Kim Fields - age 39 - American actress who played Tootie Ramsey on NBC's "The Facts of Life"
Jamie Luner - age 37 - American actress best known as Lexi Sterling on Fox's "Melrose Place"
Mackenzie Astin - age 35 - American actor who played Andy on NBC's "The Facts of Life"
Jason Biggs - age 30 - American actor best known as Jim Levenstein in the "American Pie" films
Malcolm David Kelley - age 16 - American actor who played Walt Lloyd on ABC's "Lost"
Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten - age 13 - American actor who play Michael and Geoffrey Barone on CBS's "Everybody Loves Raymond"