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 2014 Event Celine Dion announces that she will not be performing for the indefinite future; the singer will be focusing on taking care of her husband as he recovers from throat cancer surgery; she is also recovering from an illness affecting her vocal cords 2014 Event Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2014 Event Royal Caribbean's cruise liner, Explorer of the Seas, returns to port after 700 of its 3,050 passengers become ill with gastroenteritis; the illness is suspected to be the Novovirus, a variant strain of the species Norwalk virus 2013 Event After a long illness, British actor Peter O'Toole, known for playing Lawrence, in 'Lawrence of Arabia', dies at the age of 81 2013 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified cyclospora in salads made by Taylor Farms; the parasite caused illness in over 223 diners in Nebraska and Iowa 2013 Event Zillur Rahman, age 84, the President of Bangladesh, dies in office after a long illness at a hospital in Singapore; the government declared three days of mourning 2012 Event After not being seen for weeks, Ethiopia's long-term Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi dies of a mystery illness 2011 Event The U.S. has its deadliest foodborne illness outbreak in 25 years; the listeriosis outbreak totals 23 dead, with 116 affected 2010 Death Famous Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland dies in Switzerland at age 83, after a lengthy illness 2009 Death Andrew Wyeth, American artist, dies at 91, after a brief illness 2009 Death Patrick McGoohan, dies in Santa Monica, California, after a brief illness, at 80 2008 Death Norman Hogg, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997, dies after a long illness, at 70 2008 Death Richard Widmark, dies in Connecticut, after a long illness, at 93 2007 Death Ruth Graham, dies in North Carolina, of illness, at 87 1994 Death Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 1994 Death Christopher Collins, actor (True Identity), dies after illness at 44 1993 Death Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76 1993 Death Diana Ochoa, dies after long illness at 80 1992 Death Ruth Corbett Thom, dies after long illness at 78 1992 Death Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45 1992 Death Feodor Chaliapin, Jr., actor (King's Whore), dies after illness at 87 1992 Death Lucille Brown, actress (Farina-Our Gang), dies after illness at 74 1992 Death Marie Paxton, entertainer, dies after brief illness 1992 Death Rick Emery, dies after long illness at 39 1992 Death Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64 1992 Death Ollie O'Toole, dies after long illness at 79 1992 Death Kay Loring, dies after long illness 1992 Death Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66 1992 Death Fred Slyter, dialogue coach, dies after long illness at 56 1992 Death Gene Harris, entertainer, dies after long illness 1992 Death Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73 1991 Death John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49 1991 Death Stephen J Falat, dies after long illness at 34 1991 Death Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88 1991 Death Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37 1990 Death Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71 1990 Death Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59 1990 Death Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 1988 Death Bob Steele, Robert Bradbury, dies after short illness at 60 1988 Death Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71 1980 Event Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness 1973 Event American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness 1973 Death Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64 1973 Death Russell Hardie, dies after long illness at 69 1973 Death Lon Chaney, Jr., actor (Wolfman), dies after long illness at 66 1973 Death Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80 1971 Death Dorothy Comingore, actress (Citizen Kane), dies after illness at 58 1971 Death Martha Vickers, actress (Alimony), dies after long illness at 46 1971 Death Betty Bronson, actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64 1971 Death Ricci Riano, entertainer, dies after long illness at 71 1969 Death Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80 1969 Death Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72 1969 Death Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81 1969 Death Peter Van Eyck, dies after long illness at 56 1969 Death Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63 1969 Death Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74 1967 Death Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in New York City 1967 Death Cameron Prud'Homme, actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75 1967 Death Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84 1967 Death Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71 1966 Death Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88 1965 Death Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65 1965 Death Eddie Gribbon, actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness 1965 Death Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78 1961 Death Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 1960 Death Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71 1944 Event Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness 1933 Event Germany began mandatory sterilization of those with hereditary illness 1931 Death Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
