BOWING OUT

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SAUL BASS b.1920 Graphic designer who revolutionized film title sequences (West Side Story, GoodFellas, Psycho, Vertigo) as well as movie posters

TED BESSELL b.1935 Actor (That Girl, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), television director, and Emmy-winning producer (The Tracey Ullman Show)

ALBERT "CUBBY" BROCCOLI b.1909 Producer of the long-running James Bond movie series

JOSEPH BRODSKY b.1940 Nobel prize-winning poet (Mramor) and essayist

JOHN CHANCELLOR b.1927 Reporter and longtime anchorman for NBC News

JOANNE DRU b.1923 Actress (Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)

VINCE EDWARDS b.1928 Actor who played Ben Casey on the long-running TV series of the same name

MERCER ELLINGTON b.1919 Bandleader, trumpeter, and composer; son of Duke Ellington

GREER GARSON b.1908 Actress (Mrs. Miniver, for which she won an Oscar; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Blossoms in the Dust)

KEVIN GILBERT b.1966 Singer-songwriter; collaborator on Sheryl Crow's Grammy-winning debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club

MORTON GOULD b.1913 Composer of classical music, jazz, pop, and musical theater (Billion Dollar Baby)

MARK GRUENWALD b.1953 Senior executive editor at Marvel Comics; writer (Captain America, Avengers)

ROSS HUNTER b.1921 Producer (Airport, Imitation of Life, Pillow Talk)

BEN JOHNSON b.1918 Actor (The Last Picture Show, for which he won an Oscar; Rio Grande, The Wild Bunch)

KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI b.1941 Director and screenwriter of the acclaimed trilogy Blue, White, and Red

HELEN KUSHNICK b.1945 Talent manager who helped Jay Leno rise to become host of The Tonight Show; served as the show's executive producer for four months in 1992

GUY MADISON b.1922 Actor who played the title role in TV's The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok; star of big-screen spaghetti Westerns

JONATHAN MELVOIN b.1961 Touring keyboardist for the Smashing Pumpkins

BILL MONROE b.1911 Father of bluegrass music; singer, mandolinist, leader of the Bluegrass Boys

GREG MORRIS b.1934 Actor who played espionage master Barney Collier on TV's Mission: Impossible

GERRY MULLIGAN b.1927 Jazz saxophonist and composer (Jeru, Idle Gossip)

HAING S. NGOR b.1950 Oscar-winning actor (The Killing Fields) and Cambodian human rights activist

MINNIE PEARL b.1912 Country comedian (The Grand Ole Opry, Hee Haw)

JULIET PROWSE b.1936 Dancer, actress (Can Can, G.I. Blues), and choreographer

NORMAN RENE b.1950 Theater and film director (Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, Longtime Companion)

TOMMY RETTIG b.1941 Child actor on TV's Lassie

HOWARD ROLLINS b.1950 Actor who costarred in TV's In the Heat of the Night

JIMMY ROWLES b.1918 Jazz pianist and composer (Paws That Refresh)

JERRY SIEGEL b.1914 Cartoonist and cocreator of comic-book hero Superman

TINY TIM b.1932 Singer ("Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips") and showbiz curiosity

JAMIE UYS b.1921 South African screenwriter and director (The Gods Must Be Crazy)

JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON b.1935 Blues guitarist and vocalist