Actor Jeff Conaway, 60, after being taken off of life support. He battled substance abuse for many years.
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Baseball great Harmon Killebrew, 74, of cancer.
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Actress Barbara Stewart, 81, probably best known for her role as Sgt. Carter's girlfriend in the 60s sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., of undisclosed causes.
Something I didn't know was she was once married to actor Dick Gautier, who is remembered by yours truly for his roles in Get Smart and the short-lived When Things Were Rotten.
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Composer Joseph Brooks of "You Light Up My Life" fame and sexual assault infamy, a suicide. He was 73.
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Author Dick Wimmer, best known for his persistence in trying to get his work published, 74:
Saying that agents and publishers had spurned him 162 times, Mr. Wimmer laid claim to being the most-rejected published novelist in history. Finally, in 1989, “Irish Wine” was published by Mercury House.
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