Sergei Zholtok was 31.  He played 588 NHL games with Boston, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Minnesota and Nashville scoring 111 goals and adding 147 assists.

Peggy Ryan was 80.  She teamed with dance partner Donald O'Connor in movie musicals such as "This Is the Life" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".

Princess Alice was 102.  She was the widow of Prince Henry, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary and the longest-lived member of the British royal family.

Doug Bennett was 53.  He was the lead singer for Doug & the Slugs, a Canadian band best known for its hits "Too Bad", "Day By Day" and "Making It Work". Doug & the Slugs were fixtures on the AM radio I listened to growing up.  In the early 80s

The Big Boss Man was 42.  He was a star in the WWF who had high profile feuds with Hulk Hogan, Ted Dibiase, Nailz, The Heenan Family, Vader, Al Snow, and many others.

Ken Caminiti was 41.  He was a three-time All-Star third baseman who won the 1996 National League MVP.

Christopher Reeve was 52.  He was an actor best known for playing the role of "Superman".  He recently turned personal tragedy into a public crusade, becoming the nation's most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research. Superman was always a big deal when I was growing up.  Next to the Star

Jacques Derrida was 74.  He one of France's best-known philosophers and the founder of the deconstructionist school.

Rodney Dangerfield was 82.  He was the goggle-eyed comic famed for his self-deprecating one-liners and signature phrase "I can't get no respect". I always found Rodney funny.  "Back to School" still cracks me up.  In 1996 he guest starred on The Simpsons playing Mr. Burns' long lost son Larry Burns

Janet Leigh was 77.  She was an actress best known as the knife attack victim in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho".

John Cerutti was 44.  He was a former pitcher for my Toronto Blue Jays and a current Blue Jays television announcer. A left-hander from Albany, Cerutti joined the Blue Jays in 1985 and spent six seasons with the club.  He was to work today's season finale against the Yankees but

Billy Reay was 86.  He was a legendary NHL head coach who is sixth all-time with 542 wins in 1,102 games behind the bench.  He also won two Stanley Cups as a player.

Russ Meyer was 82.  He produced, directed, wrote, edited and shot over 20 films, including the 1965 cult hit "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!".

Johnny Ramone was 55.  He was the guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones" that influenced a generation of rockers.

Laura Branigan was 47.  She was a a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria".

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was 78.  She was a psychiatrist who revolutionized the way the world looks at terminally ill patients with her book "On Death and Dying" and later as a pioneer for hospice care.

Ivan Hlinka was 54.  He was an exceptional hockey player who later coached the Czech Republic hockey team to a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics.  He played for the Vancouver Canucks and coached the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Julia Child was 91.  She was the world's first celebrity chef as well as a famed cookbook author.

Fay Wray was 96.  She was a Canadian-born actress who won everlasting fame as the damsel held atop the Empire State Building by the giant ape in the 1933 film classic "King Kong".

Rick James was 56.  He was a funk legend best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak".

Henri Cartier-Bresson was 95.  He was a legendary French photographer who travelled the world for more than half a century capturing human drama with his camera.

Eugene Roche was 75.  He played the kitchen-cleaning "Ajax man" in TV commercials and had memorable roles in the TV shows "All in the Family," "Magnum P.I.," "Webster" and "Soap."

Arthur Kane was 55.  He was the bassist for the New York Dolls, the pioneering '70s glam rock group.

Isabel Sanford was 86.  She was best known as "Weezie", Louise Jefferson on the television sitcom "The Jeffersons".

Jeff Smith was 65.  He was public television's popular "Frugal Gourmet" before a sex scandal ruined his career.