Joyce Carol Oates - age 70 - Award-winning American author who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times
Billy "Crash" Craddock - age 69 - American country music singer
Lamont Dozier - age 67 - American member of the Motown songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland
Eddie Levert - age 66 - American lead vocalist for the soul group The O'Jays, which was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004
Joan Van Ark - age 65 - American actress best known as Valene Clements Ewing on CBS's "Dallas" and "Knot's Landing"
James Smith - age 58 - American singer for the soul group The Stylistics, which was inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004
Gino Vannelli - age 56 - Italian-Canadian pop singer-songwriter, musician and composer
Laurie Metcalf - age 53 - Emmy-winning American actress best known as Jackie Harris on ABC's "Roseanne" and Laurie Freeman on ABC's "The Norm Show"
Eddie Cibrian - age 35 - American actor who has starred in NBC's "Third Watch," "Sunset Beach" and "Baywatch Nights" and CBS's "The Young and the Restless"
China Shavers - age 31 - American actress best known as Brooke Harper on Fox's "Boston Public"
Joseph May - age 34 - British actor who played Paul in BBC One's "Casualty," Adam Mosby in BBC One's "Bugs" and Sgt. Markham in Sci Fi Channel's "Stargate: Atlantis"
Missy Peregrym - age 26 - Canadian actress and former model who is the star of "Stick It" and The CW's "Reaper"
Diana DeGarmo - age 21 - American pop and country singer and Broadway actress who was the runner-up on the third season of Fox's "American Idol"
