2015 Event Actor, director, photographer and writer Leonard Nimoy, most popularly known as Dr. Spock on 'Star Trek,' dies at age 83 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Nimoy had been suffering from the illness for about a year 2012 Event Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism 2007 Death Robert Goulet, dies in Los Angeles, California, awaiting a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at 73 1995 Death Henning Kronstam, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years, dies at 60 of a pulmonary embolism 1992 Death Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema 1992 Death David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1990 Death Joel McCrea, actor (Ramrod), dies of pulmonary complications at 84 1990 Death Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension 1937 Death Gerry Studds, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 1997, died of a pulmonary embolism
