American opera singer Charity "Sunshine" Tillemann-Dick, who'd undergone two emergency lung transplants for pulmonary hypertension, dead from causes yet unknown at 35.

Actor Ken Kercheval, best known for his role as Cliff Barnes on Dallas, dead from undisclosed causes at 83.

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Canadian model and actress Stefanie Sherk, dead Saturday from undisclosed causes at 37.

Boston Celtics Hall Of Fame small forward John Havlicek, dead of Parkinson's at 79.

Actor-producer-director Larry "Flash" Jenkins, known for roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fletch and EdTV, as well as his prolific TV career, dead Thursday of a heart attack at 63 fifteen days shy of his birthday.

Still-youngest-ever and first black Oscar-nominated director John Singleton, dead of a stroke at 51.

Longtime Vancouver Canucks sportswriter Jason Botchford, dead over the weekend of apparent heart failure at 48.

Lauren Braxton, niece of singer Toni Braxton, dead Monday of a heart condition at 24.

Eight-time Stanley Cup winner Leonard "Red" Kelly, dead at 91.

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Peter Mayhew, best known as Chewbacca from Star Wars, dead at 74

It happened Tuesday of a heart attack, 19 days shy of his birthday.

New York Times best-selling Christian author Rachel Held Evans, dead from apparent complications at 37.

Canadian diplomat and L'Arche International founder Jean Vanier, who championed the cause of the intellectually and developmentally disabled, dead at 90 four months shy of his birthday.

Brazilian model Caroline Bittencourt, drowned on the 28th along with her pet dogs at 37.

Comedian, Midniters frontman and Beat The Crusher presenter Freddie Starr, dead at 76.

Actor Pua Magasiva, best known for his roles on Power Rangers and Shortland Street, dead from causes yet unknown at 38.

Former The Nature Of Things host Jim Fowler, dead Wednesday at 89.

Actress and Rashida Jones' mother Peggy Lipton, best known for her roles on The Mod Squad and Twin Peaks, dead of cancer at 72 over three months shy of her birthday.

Lucha libre veteran Silver King, born Cesar Cuauhtemoc Gonzales Barron, who racked up many championships over the course of his career, dead of an in-match heart attack at 51.

Legendary actress-singer Doris Day, dead of pneumonia at 97.

Jenna Welch, mother of former First Lady Laura Bush, dead Friday at 99.

Emmy-winning actor-comedian Tim Conway, dead from water on the brain at 85 seven months shy of his birthday.

The Real Housewives Of Miami alumnus Elsa Patton, dead over the weekend at 84.

Actor Isaac Kappy, known for his roles in Terminator Salvation, Thor and The Babysitter, dead Monday by bridge-jumping suicide at 42.

Former Toronto Raptors general manager Rob Babcock, dead of pancreatic cancer at 65 or 66 (birthday unknown).

World-renowned architect I. M. Pei, dead at 102.