Roger Clemens, 44, baseball pitcher, Cy Young Award, MVP.
Wesley Snipes, 44, actor, Passenger 57 and New Jack City.
Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, 48, Olympic track star, mile record 4:16.71.
Billy Bob Thornton, 51, actor, Sling Blade, former husband of Angelina Jolie.
Helen Thomas, 86, journalist, covering the White House as a correspondent since President-Elect John F. Kennedy in 1960.
Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, jazz trumpeter, One of the greatest American musicians.
[Post by NewMexiKen reader Becci. Armstrong always said he was born on July 4, 1900, but it was, in fact, August 4, 1901.]