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Jack Nance

American actor (1943–1996).

Born December 21st, 1943 in Boston.

Died December 30th, 1996 at 53 years old in South Pasadena (hematoma).

Dick Dale

American surf rock guitarist (1937–2019).

Born May 4th, 1937 in Boston.

Died March 16th, 2019 at 81 years old in Loma Linda (heart failure). [ref]

Albert Pike

American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and confederate states army general associate justice of the arkansas supreme court, freemason (1809–1891).

Born December 29th, 1809 in Boston.

Died April 2nd, 1891 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart attack).

Mike O'Malley

American actor.

Born October 31st, 1966 (age 59 years) in Boston.

Guru

American rapper (1961–2010).

Born July 17th, 1961 in Boston.

Died April 19th, 2010 at 48 years old in New York City (multiple myeloma, cancer). [ref]

Jon Foster

American actor.

Born August 3rd, 1984 (age 41 years) in Boston.

Meshach Taylor

American actor (1947–2014).

Born April 11th, 1947 in Boston.

Died June 28th, 2014 at 67 years old in Altadena (colorectal cancer).

Jared Diamond

American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937).

Born September 10th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Boston.

Jane Alexander

American actress (born 1939).

Born October 28th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Boston.

Beth Howland

American musical theatre and television actress (1941–2015).

Born May 28th, 1941 in Boston.

Died December 31st, 2015 at 74 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).

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