Ralph Waite - age 80 - American actor best known as John Walton, Sr. on CBS's "The Waltons"
Kris Kristofferson - age 72 - Grammy-winning American country music singer-songwriter and actor; inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986
Michael Lerner - age 67 - American actor whose films include "The Candidate," "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Barton Fink"
Brit Hume - age 65 - American journalist and D.C. managing editor of the Fox News Channel; anchors "Special Report with Brit Hume"
Peter Asher - age 64 - Grammy-winning British singer, guitarist and record producer who was part of the pop duo Peter and Gordon
Howard Kaylan - age 61 - American vocalist and founding member of the pop and folk-rock band The Turtles
David L. Lander - age 61 - American actor, comedian and musician best known for playing Squiggy on ABC's "Laverne and Shirley"
Todd Rundgren - age 60 - American pop-rock singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
Alan Osmond - age 59 - American singer and part of the family pop group The Osmonds
Meryl Streep - age 59 - Oscar- and Emmy-winning American actress who was in "The Deer Hunter," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Sophie's Choice," "Out of Africa," "The Hours," HBO's "Angels in America" and "The Devil Wears Prada"
Lindsay Wagner - age 59 - Emmy-winning American actress best known as Jaime Sommers in ABC/NBC's "The Bionic Woman"
Graham Greene - age 56 - Canadian actor who was in "Dances With Wolves," CBS's "Northern Exposure," "The Green Mile" and "Transamerica"
Cyndi Lauper - age 55 - Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony-winning American pop singer-songwriter and actress known for her LGBT advocacy
Chris Lemmon - age 54 - American actor best known as Martin "Bru" Brubaker on the syndicated "Thunder in Paradise"
Derek Forbes - age 52 - Scottish bassist for the rock band Simple Minds
Garry Beers - age 51 - Australian bassist for the rock and new wave group INXS
Alan Anton - age 49 - Canadian bassist for the country music and alternative rock band Cowboy Junkies
Tracy Pollan - age 48 - American actress best known as Ellen Reed on NBC's "Family Ties"
Amy Brenneman - age 44 - American actress who played Officer Janice Licalsi on ABC's "NYPD Blue," the title character on CBS's "Judging Amy" and Dr. Violet Turner on ABC's "Private Practice"
Mike Edwards - age 44 - British vocalist for the alternative rock band Jesus Jones
Steven Page - age 38 - Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist for the alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies
Mary Lynn Rajskub - age 37 - American actress best known as Chloe O'Brian on Fox's "24"
Carson Daly - age 35 - American television personality, former MTV VJ and host of NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly"
Chris Traynor - age 35 - American guitarist for the alternative metal band Helmet
Donald Faison - age 34 - American actor best known as Toots in MTV's "Clone High" and Chris Turk in NBC's "Scrubs"
Lecy Goranson - age 34 - American actress best known as Becky Conner in ABC's "Roseanne"
Jai Rodriguez - age 29 - American television personality best known as the culture guide on Bravo's "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"
Lindsay Ridgeway - age 23 - American actress who played Morgan Matthews on ABC's "Boy Meets World"