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Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Dec. 29 Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who terrorized a nation for nearly a quarter-century until he was deposed and captured by U.S. troops, was hanged on Dec. 29 for ordering the murders of 148 of his countrymen 24 years ago. (AFP/Getty Images)

Contents: 1. Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Dec. 29 2. Former President Gerald R. Ford, Dec. 26 3. 'Godfather of Soul' James Brown, Dec. 25, 2006 4. Animator Joe Barbera, Dec. 18 5. Actor Mike Evans, Dec. 14 6. Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, Dec. 13 7. Defense attoirney Ellis Rubin, Dec. 12 8. Actor Peter Boyle, Dec. 12 9. Pop singer Georgia Gibbs, Dec. 9 10. Rosalie Bradford, world's heaviest woman, Nov. 29 11. Author Bebe Moore Campbell, Nov. 27 12. Opera singer Robert McFerrin Sr., Nov. 24 13. Hall-of-fame boxer Willie Pep, Nov. 23 14. Jazz vocalist Anita O'Day, Nov. 23 15. Director Robert Altman, Nov. 20 16. Actor Jeremy Slate, Nov. 19 17. R & B singer Ruth Brown, Nov. 17 18. Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, Nov. 17 19. R & B singer Gerald Levert, Nov. 10 20. Actor Jack Palance, Nov. 10 21. Marine-life painter Stanley Meltzoff, Nov. 9 22. TV journalist Ed Bradley, Nov. 9 23. Actress Marian Marsh Henderson, Nov. 9 24. Baseball pitcher Johnny Sain, Nov. 7 25. Black Panther William Lee Brent, Nov. 4 26. Novelist William Styron, Nov. 1 27. South Africa's last hard-line white president P.W. Botha, Oct. 31 28. Celtics basketball legend Red Auerbach, Oct. 28 29. Heavyweight boxing champ Trevor Berbick, Oct. 28 30. Enolia P. McMillan, first woman to head NAACP, Oct. 24 31. Actress Jane Wyatt, Oct. 20 32. Phyllis Kirk, star of 3-D classic House of Wax, Oct. 19 33. Hollywood Wax Museum founder Spoony Singh, Oct. 18 34. Michelle Urry, cartoons editor at Playboy, Oct. 15 35. Tex-Mex country singer Freddy Fender, Oct. 14 36. Gerry E. Studds, first openly gay congressman, Oct. 14 37. Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, Oct. 11 38. Negro Leagues star Buck O'Neil, Oct. 6 39. Actress Tamara Dobson, Oct. 2 40. Iva Toguri, convicted as Tokyo Rose, Sept. 26 41. Golf legend Byron Nelson, Sept. 26 42. Opera singer Thomas Stewart, Sept. 24 43. Actor Edward Albert, Sept. 22 44. Viet Cong spy Pham Xuan An, Sept. 20 45. Labor's troubador Joe Glazer, Sept. 19 46. French spy, Resistance fighter Helene Deschamps Adams, Sept. 16 47. Italian journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci, Sept. 15 48. Bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay, Sept. 14 49. Texas governor Ann Richards, Sept. 13 50. Blues guitarist Bennie Smith, Sept. 10 51. LPGA Tour founder Patty Berg, Sept. 10 52. Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, Sept. 4 53. Voguing dance artist Willi Ninja, Sept. 3 54. Nellie Connally, last remaining survivor in JFK's limousine, Sept. 2 55. Olympic decathlon champ Bob Mathias, Sept. 2 56. Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, Aug. 30 57. Actor Glenn Ford, Aug. 30 58. Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, Aug. 23 59. Polka king Walter E. Jagiello, Aug. 17 60. Paraguay strongman Alfredo Stroessner, Aug. 16 61. Photographer Joe Rosenthal, Aug. 20 62. Actor Bruno Kirby, Aug. 14 63. TV talk show host Mike Douglas, Aug. 11 64. Ballerina Melissa Hayden, Aug. 9 65. Physicist James A. Van Allen, Aug. 9 66. Comic strip artist Bob Thaves, Aug. 8 67. Iditarod champion Susan Butcher, Aug. 5 68. Submarine pitcher Elden Auker, Aug. 4 69. In-N-Out Burger co-founder Esther Snyder, Aug. 4 70. Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Aug. 3 71. Lawyer and FSU quarterback Gary Pajcic, Aug. 2 72. World War II ace Besby Frank Holmes, July 23 73. Actor and author Johnny Weissmulller Jr., July 27 74. Actor Mako, July 21 75. Nixon attorney Robert Mardian, July 17 76. Mike Hammer creator Mickey Spillane, July 17 77. Arkansas Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller, July 16 78. Academy Award winning actor Red Buttons, July 13 79. Tony, Emmy winning actor Barnard Hughes, July 11 80. Actress June Allyson, the 'perfect wife,' dead at 88 81. Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett, July 11 82. Model Dorothea Towles Church, July 7 83. Soap opera actor Benjamin Hendrickson, July 3 84. Ralph Ginzburg, convicted in major obscenity case, July 6 85. Jaap Penraat, who saved 406 Jews from the Nazis, June 25 86. Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, July 3 87. Enron's vilified Ken Lay , July 5 88. Comic Jan Murray, July 2 89. Cricket legend Fred Trueman, July 1 90. Northwestern football coach Randy Walker, June 29 91. Guitarist Johnny Jenkins, June 26 92. Music producer Arif Mardin, June 25 93. JonBenet's mother, Patsy Ramsey, June 24 94. Television producer Aaron Spelling, June 23 95. Actor Richard R. Stahl, June 18 96. Director Vincent Sherman, June 18 97. Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey, June 13 98. Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick, June 2 99. Actor Robert Sterling, May 30 100. Pool player Steve Mizerak, May 29 101. Former NFL fullback Craig Heyward, May 27 102. Ska great Desmond Dekker, May 25 103. Grand Ole Opry legend Billy Walker, May 22 104. Dancer Katherine Dunham, May 21 105. Lew Anderson, Clarabell the Clown, May 14 106. Latin Grammy winner Soraya, May 11 107. Heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson dead at 71 108. New York Times editor A.M. Rosenthal, May 10 109. Last Titanic survivor Lillian Gertrud Asplund, May 6 110. Earl Woods, father and role model of golfer Tiger Wood, May 3 111. Television host Louis Rukeyser, May 2 112. Pitcher Steve Howe, April 28 113. Capricorn Records founder Phil Walden, April 23 114. Right Stuff test pilot Scott Crossfield, April 20 115. Detroit rapper Proof, April 11 116. Army women's basketball coach Maggie Dixon, April 6 117. Singer Gene Pitney, April 5 118. Newspaper publisher Barry Bingham Jr., April 3 119. NFL coach "Red" Hickey, inventor of shotgun formation, March 30 120. Medal of Honor winner David Bleak, March 23 121. Top Reagan aide Caspar Weinberger, March 28 122. Science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, March 27 123. Country-western singer Buck Owens, March 27 124. Reagan aide Lyn Notziger, March 27 125. Director Richard Fleischer, March 25 126. Former TV news anchor Bill Beutel, March 18 127. DePaul basketball coach Ray Meyer, March 17 128. Fashion designer Oleg Cassini, March 17 129. Fed chief & Treasury secretary G. William Miller, March 17 130. Preservation Hall Jazz Band's Narvin Kimball, March 17 131. French chef Rene Lasserre, March 15 132. Roller Derby Queen Ann Calvello, March 14 133. Heavyweight contender Nick Barone, March 12 134. Actress Maureen Stapleton, March 13 135. Former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic, March 11 136. Hockey Hall of Famer Bernie Geoffrion, March 11 137. John Profumo, whose affair shook Britain, March 9 138. Photographer & director Gordon Parks, March 7 139. Dana Reeve, singer-actress widow of Superman star, March 6 140. Chicago blues guitarist Willie Kent, March 2 141. Actor Jack Wild, March 1 142. Anarchist Joelle Aubron, March 1 143. Science fiction writer Octavia Butler, Feb. 24 144. Actor Dennis Weaver, Feb. 24 145. Ventriloquist Rickie Layne, Feb. 11 146. Publisher Otis Chandler, Feb. 27 147. Actor Darren McGavin, Feb. 25 148. Actor Richard Bright, Feb. 18 149. Grammy-winning Latin jazz percussionist Ray Barretto, Feb. 17 150. Jaws author Peter Benchley, Feb. 11 151. Heart transplant pioneer Dr. Norman Shumway, Feb. 10 152. Low-cost flight pioneer Sir Freddie Laker, Feb. 9 153. Star Wars actor Phil Brown, Feb. 9 154. Actor Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Feb. 6 155. Last of the calendar pinups Jewel Flowers Evans, Feb. 6 156. Actor Franklin Cover, Feb. 5 157. Pioneer feminist Betty Friedan, Feb. 4 158. Ballet dancer and actress Moira Shearer, Jan. 31 159. First lady of civil rights Coretta Scott King, Jan. 31 160. Writer Wendy Wasserstein, Jan. 30 161. Legendary tap dancer Fayard Nicholas, Jan. 24 162. Actor Chris Penn, Jan. 24 163. Country singer Janette Carter, Jan. 22 164. Actor Anthony Franciosa, Jan. 19 165. Soul singer Wilson Pickett, Jan. 19 166. FSU football coach Tom Nugent, Jan. 19 167. Actress Shelley Winters, Jan. 14 168. Olympic swimmer Eric Namesnik, Jan. 11 169. Opera singer Birgit Nilsson, Jan. 11 170. Mountaineer and author Heinrich Harrer, Dec. 7 171. Mayan Indian rebel chief Ramona, Jan. 6 172. Chopper pilot Hugh Thompson, saved civilians at My Lai, Jan. 6 173. Singer Lou Rawls, Jan. 6 174. Hall of Fame baseball coach Rod Dedeaux, Jan. 5 175. Skipper Chuck dead at 80, Jan. 4

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