Mark Felt was 95. He was the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president.

Bettie Page was 85. She was the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

Odetta Holmes was 77. She was the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a soundtrack to the American civil rights movement.  She was also a major influence on Bob Dylan.

Ted Rogers was 75. He was the founder and CEO of Rogers Communications, which owns the Toronto Blue Jays, five Citytv television stations across the country, as well as the Rogers cable TV, wireless, radio and magazine businesses, including Maclean's and Chatelaine.

Hubert "Pit" Martin was 64. He played in the NHL from 1961-79, posting 324 goals and 485 assists for 809 points in 1,101 games with the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks.

Kenny MacLean was in his early 50s. He rose to fame as bassist in the 1980s Toronto-based new wave band Platinum Blonde.

Mitch Mitchell was 61. He was the drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member.

Miriam Makeba was 76. She was the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid.

Michael Crichton was 66. He was the million-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science fantasies as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain."

Jacques Piccard was 86. He was the Swiss deep sea explorer and inventor who holds the record for travelling to the deepest point underwater.

Studs Terkel was 96. He was the ageless master of listening and speaking, a broadcaster, activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people he liked to call the "non-celebrated."

Conrad "S.D. Jones" Efraim was 63. He was a former professional wrestler best known as Special Delivery Jones from his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).  I had an S.D. Jones action figure.

Charles Dubin was 87. He was a former Ontario chief justice who dominated courtrooms for more than half a century. If you're like me, you remember Charles Dubin best as the man who chaired the Dubin Inquiry after sprinter Ben Johnson lost his gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Tony Hillerman was 83. He was author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels and creator of two of the unlikeliest of literary heroes - Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.

Merl Saunders was 74. He was a keyboardist who had a long-term collaboration with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.

Rudy Ray Moore was 81. He was the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Rap" who influenced generations of rappers and comedians with his rhyming style, braggadocio and profanity-laced routines.

Dee Dee Warwick was 63. She was a soul singer who won recognition for both her solo work and her performances with her older sister Dionne Warwick.

Mr. Blackwell was 86. He was the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears.

Levi Stubbs was 72. His distinctive, rough-hewn voice and pleading vocal style elevated the Four Tops' soul classics to masterpieces.

Frank "Frankie Venom" Kerr was 51. He was the lead singer of the Hamilton-based punk rock pioneers Teenage Head.

Alton Ellis was 70. He was known as the "Godfather of Rocksteady," having a string of hits in a career spanning more than 50 years, including "I'm Still In Love", "Dance Crasher" and "I'm Just A Guy."

Paul Newman was 83. He was the legendary film star whose brilliant blue eyes, good looks, cool style and talent made him one of Hollywood's top actors over six decades.  He appeared in more than 50 movies, including "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

Ron Lancaster was 69. He was a legendary CFL quarterback, coach and general manager known during his playing days as the Little General.