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1 – Tempestt Bledsoe, 50, actress (The Cosby Show), Chicago, IL, 1973.
2 – Edward Furlong, 46, actor (Terminator 2), Glendale, CA, 1977.
3 – Karlie Kloss, 31, model, Chicago, IL, 1992.
4 – Richard Belzer, 79, actor (Law & Order: SVU), Bridgeport, CT, 1944.
5 – Jonathan Silverman, 57, actor (The Single Guy), Los Angeles, CA, 1966.
6 – Michelle Yeoh, 61, actress (Crazy Rich Asians), birth name Yang Zi Chong, Malaysia, 1962.
7 – Michael Shannon, 49, actor (Boardwalk Empire), Lexington, KY, 1974.
8 – Roger Federer, 42, tennis player, Basel, Switzerland,
9 – Sam Elliott, 79, actor (Tombstone), Sacramento, CA, 1944.
10 – Kylie Jenner, 26, television personality, Los Angeles, CA, 1997.
11 – Chris Hemsworth, 40, actor (The Avengers), Melbourne, Australia, 1983.
12 – George Soros, 93, financier, Budapest, Hungary, 1930.
13 – Kathleen Battle, 75, opera singer, Portsmouth, OH, 1948.
14 – Marcia Gay Harden, 64, actress (Pollock), La Jolla, CA, 1959.
15 – Anthony Anderson, 53, actor (Law & Order), writer, producer, Los Angeles, CA, 1970.
16 – Taika Waititi, 48, actor (What We Do in the Shadows), comedian, Wellington, New Zealand, 1975.
17 – Julian Fellowes, 74, producer (Downton Abbey), Cairo, Egypt, 1949.
18 – Elayne Boosler, 71, comedian, Brooklyn, NY, 1952.
19 – Jill St. John, 83, actress (Diamonds Are Forever), birth name Jill Oppenheim, Los Angeles, CA, 1940.
20 – Demi Lovato, 31, singer, actress (Camp Rock), Dallas, TX, 1992.
21 – Hayden Panettiere, 34, actress (Heroes), Palisades, NY, 1989.
22 – Steve Kroft, 78, broadcaster, Kokomo, IN, 1945.
23 – Jay Mohr, 53, actor (Jerry Maguire), comedian, Verona, NJ, 1970.
24 – Rupert Grint, 35, actor (Harry Potter), Hertfordshire, England, 1988.
25 – Blake Lively, 36, actress (Gossip Girl), Tarzana, CA, 1987.
26 – Chris Pine, 43, actor (Star Trek films), Los Angeles, CA, 1980.
27 – Sarah Chalke, 47, actress (Roseanne), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 1976.
28 – LeAnn Rimes, 41, singer, Jackson, MS, 1982.
29 – Lea Michele, 37, actress (Glee), the Bronx, NY, 1986.
30 – Michael Chiklis, 60, actor (The Shield), Lowell, MA, 1963.
31 – Sara Ramirez, 48, actor (Grey’s Anatomy), Mazatlan, Mexico, 1975.
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