Albert Hofmann was 102. He was a Swiss scientist best known for synthesizing Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

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Al Wilson was 68. He was the R&B singer best known for his 1973 hit single "Show and Tell."

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Danny Federici was 58. He was the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising."

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Tommy Holmes was 91. He hit in 37 consecutive games for the Boston Braves in 1945 to set a modern National League record that stood until it was broken by Pete Rose.

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Charlton Heston was 84. He won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s.

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Chris "Punch" Andrews was 43. He was a disc jockey heard locally on Newstalk 1010 CFRB, 97.3 EZRock, and 99.9 MIX FM where his show aired on Saturday nights.

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Dith Pran was 65. He was the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film "The Killing Fields."

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George Gross was 85. He was the founding sports editor of the Toronto Sun.

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Paul Scofield was 86. He was the towering British stage actor who won international fame and an Academy Award for the film "A Man for All Seasons."

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Ivan Dixon was 76. He brought the problems and promise of contemporary blacks to life in the film "Nothing But a Man" and portrayed the levelheaded POW Kinchloe in TV's "Hogan's Heroes."

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