Crossings

71, Eddies Adams, lensman
99, Mulk RajAnand, author
71, Vijay Anand, director
75, Yasser Arafat, PLO supremo
50, Laxmikant Berde, comedian
85, Sikander Bakht, BJP leader
96, Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer
73, Prof S. Chandrashekhar, liquid crystal pioneer
73, Ray Charles, singer
83, S.B. Chavan, politician
63, Amarsinh Choudhury, ex-Gujarat CM
95, Alistair Cooke, radio legend
88, Francis Crick, DNA co-founder
74, Jacques Derrida, apostle of Deconstruction
80, NissimEzekiel, poet
55, Sumantra Ghoshal, management guru
75, Jerry Goldsmith, composer
97, M.J.Gopalan, cricketer
61, David Gore-Booth, ex-UK envoy to India
79, Shobha Gurtu, thumri queen
84, Arthur Hailey, novelist
89, VijayHazare, cricketer
77, Ramakrishna Hegde, politician
49, David Hookes, cricketer
87, G.V. Iyer, filmmaker
89, V.G. Jog, violinist
75, Yash Johar, filmmaker
75, Komal Kothari, folklorist
97, Estee Lauder, cosmetics queen
75, Bernard Levin, commentator
72, Mehmood, comedian
84, KeithMiller, cricketer
66, DomMoraes, poet
97, Hiren Mukherjee, communist leader
95, M.M. Kaye, novelist
76, Ustad VilayatKhan, musician
72, ArunKolatkar, poet
80, Kelucharan Mahapatra, dance maestro
80, KamalaMarkandaya, writer
68, M.D. Nanjundaswamy, farmer leader
98, K.S. Narasimhaswamy, poet
88, E.K. Nayanar, ex-Kerala CM
73, Kisan Patnaik, Lohiaite
91, Malika Pukhraj,singer 
80, Gulshan Rai, filmmaker
67, Krishna Raj, economist
83, P.V.Narsimha Rao, former PM
79, Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist
93, RonaldReagan, ex-US president
52, Christopher Reeve, actor
84, Nilomani Routray, ex-Orissa CM
73, Nirupa Roy, actress
83, ChanduSarwate, cricketer
76, Somayajulu, actress
88, M.S.Subbulakshmi, singer
75, Suraiya JamaalSheikh, actress
95, V. M.Tarkunde, jurist
79, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, SGPC chief
82, Peter Ustinov, actor