Limerick guru Larry Eisenberg, dead on Christmas at 99.

British actress and comedic star June Whitfield and Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA, both dead at 93.

Veteran Bollywood actor-writer Kader Khan Ji, dead from progressive supranuclear palsy at 81.

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show frontman Ray Sawyer, dead Monday after a brief illness at 81.

Death Wish novelist Brian Garfield, dead December 29 at 79.

KTLA morning anchor Chris Burrous, dead December 27 from methamphetamine toxicity, as well as hypertensive and atherosclerotic disease, at 43.

Edda Goering, daughter of Hermann Goering and goddaughter of Adolf Hitler, dead December 21 from causes yet unknown at 80.