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1983 - Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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1999 - Mark Sandman, lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Morphine, collapses on stage during a concert in Rome and dies of a heart attack at age 47.

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2002 - Death of Ted Williams, American baseball player, of cardiac arrest at age 83 (born 1918).

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2004 - Death of Rodger Ward, American race car driver (born 1921).

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2006 - Death of Kenneth Lay, American businessman (born 1942).

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