Ooh, this oughta be a fun list! Why? Cuz I said so! We start with Justinian the Great of the Byzantine Empire. He was the last emperor to speak Latin natively, and also tried to restore (and by that, I mean reconquer) the entire Roman Empire of antiquity. He failed, but thanks to his best known general Belisarius, gave it a pretty good try.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel also punched out today. He was out-consumed by David Hume, but lest you feel badly for him, so too was Schopenhauer. So they could commiserate in their beers, while across the room, Hume did keg stands and jello shots off the bellies of nubile young German girls.
Here's a name you probably won't recognize- Tom Villard. He was an actor. He's best known for two roles- the first, as Jay in "We Got It Made" with the scrumptious Teri Copley, and he was also the limp-d*** who got killed in "Heartbreak Ridge". Apparently, he was gay. And sadly, (which would explain my question of "how did he die so young?") he died of AIDS, but not before taking it public and bringing a bit more publicity to the fight against this horrible disease.
And on that downer note, we have to end. Sorry- nobody else died of interest. Villard only made it in because I thought the name was vaguely familiar, and clicked through. Now I'm glad I did.
Finis.
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