Richard Daley b. 1902 d. 1976 (heart attack)
Mayor of Chicago

Paul Dana b. 1976 d. March 26, 2006 (warmup session crash)
IRL race car driver - Rahal Letterman Racing team

Dorothy Jean Dandridge b. 1922 d. 1965 (possible bone fragment poisoning from fractured ankle)
Singer

Rodney Dangerfield b. 1921 d. October 5, 2004 (complications of heart surgery)
Comedian - I don't get no respect!

Royal Dano b. 1922 d. 1994 (heart attack)
Character Actor

Ray Danton b. 1931 d. 1992 (kidney disease)
Actor - Nifty Cronin on the Alaskans

Bobby Darin b. 1936 d. 1973 (heart disease)
Singer/Actor - Mack the Knife

Linda Darnell b. 1924 d. 1965 (died running back into a burning house to save others)
Actress - Star Dust

Sam Dash b. 1925 d. May 29, 2004
Lawyer/Politician - chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee

Bette Davis b. 1908 d. 1989 (breast cancer)
Actress - All About Eve

Brad Davis b. 1949 d. 1991 (AIDS)
Actor - Robert Kennedy in Robert Kennedy and His Times

Gail Davis b. 1925 d. 1997 (cancer)
Actress - Annie Oakley

Jim Davis b. 1915 d. 1981(complications from surgery for a perforated ulcer)
Actor - Jock Ewing on Dallas

Joan Davis b. 1912 d. 1961(heart attack)
Actress - I Married Joan

Miles Davis b. 1926 d. 1991(pneumonia and stroke)
Musician

Ossie Davis b. 1917 d. February 4, 2005
Actor, humanitarian - husband of Ruby Dee; Roots, The Stand, Do the Right Thing

Priscilla Davis b.1942 d. February 19, 2001 (breast cancer)
Dallas socialite shot in 1976. Ex-husband T. Cullen Davis was acquitted of the crime.

Sammy Davis, Jr. b. 1925 d. 1990 (throat cancer)
Entertainer and member of the Rat Pack

Skeeter Davis b. 1931 d. September 19, 2004 (breast cancer)
Singer - Grand Ole Opry; song - End of the World

Michael Deaver b. 1938 d. August 18, 2007 (pancreatic cancer)
Close advisor to President Ronald Reagan

Yvonne De Carlo b. 1922 d. January 8, 2007
Actress - Lily on the Munsters

James Dean b. 1931 d. 1955 (car crash)
Actor - Rebel Without a Cause

Jeanine Decker b. 1933 d. 1985 (drug and alcohol overdose)
The Singing Nun - Dominique

Fred de Cordova b. 1910 d. September 15, 2001
Producer/director - The Tonight Show, also Burns and Allen, Jack Benny Show, My Three Sons

Sandra Dee b. 1942 d. February 20, 2005 (kidney failure and pneumonia)
Actress - Gidget and Tammy;Married to Bobby Darin 1960-1967

Rosemary DeKamp b.1910 d. February 20, 2001(complications of pneumonia)
Actress - Peg Riley on the Life of Riley

Brad Delp b. 1951 d. March 9, 2007 (suicide)
Lead singer of Boston - More Than a Feeling and Long Time

John DeLorean b. 1925 d. March 19, 2005 (complications from a stroke)
Launched DeLorean Motor Corp., made time-traveling vehicle for "Back to the Future" films

William Demarest b. 1892 d. 1983 (heart attack)
Actor - Uncle Charlie in My Three Sons

Richard Denning b. 1914 d. 1998 (cardiac arrest)
Actor - the Governor in Hawaii Five-O

Sandy Dennis b. 1937 d. 1992 (ovarian cancer)
Actress - Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Bob Denver b. 1935 d. September 2, 2005 (cancer & heart problems)
Actor - Maynard G. Krebs on "Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" and Gilligan on "Gilligan's Island,"

John Denver b. 1943 d. 1997 (plane crash)
Musician and environmental activist

Albert DeSalvo b. 1931 d. 1973 (stabbed to death by inmates)
The Boston Strangler

Johnny Desmond b. 1919 d. 1985
Actor - Jim Kendall in Sally

Andy Devine b. 1905 d. 1977 (heart attack)
Actor - Andy's Gang

Colleen Dewhurst d. 1991 b. 1926
Actress - twice married to George C. Scott

Brandon DeWilde b. 1942 d. 1972 (car accident)
Actor - Joey Starrett in Shane

Selma Diamond b. 1920 d. 1985 (cancer)
Actress - Baliff Selma Hacker in Night Court

Nancy Dickerson b. 1927 d. 1997 (stroke/heart attack)
Journalist

James Dickey b. 1923 d. 1997 (lung disease)
Writer - Deliverance

Bo Diddley b.1928 d. 2008
(real name Ellas McDaniel) was a behind the scenes influence on most of early rock & roll

Marlene Dietrich b. 1901 d. 1992
Singer/actress - Destry Rides Again

Joe DiMaggio b. 1914. d. 1999 (lung cancer)
Baseball Player and husband of Marilyn Monroe

Emilie Dionne b. 1934 d.1954
One of famed Dionne quintuplets

Marie Dionne b. 1934 d.1970
One of famed Dionne quintuplets

Yvonne Dionne b. 1934 d. 2001
One of famed Dionne quintuplets

Walt Disney b. 1901 d. 1966
Entertainment Genius

Jeanne Dixon b. 1918 d. 1997 (heart attack)
Astrologer

Larry Doby b. 1924 d. June 18, 2003
Baseball Hall of Famer - Cleveland Indians,Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers

Jimmie W. Dodd b. 1910 d. 1964
Head Mousketeer

Troy Donahue b. 1936 d. September 2, 2001 (heart attack)
Actor - A Summer Place and Surfside Six

Denny Doherty b. 1940 d. January 19, 2007 (kidney problems after surgery)
Singer - Mamas and the Papas

James Doohan b. 1920 d. July 20, 2005 (Alzheimers and pneumonia)
Actor - Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek

James "Jimmy" Doolittle b. 1896 d. 1993
Aviator, Medal of Honor Winner

Marjory Stoneman Douglas b. 1890 d. 1998
Environmentalist, writer - "First Lady of the Everglades"

Mike Douglas b. August 11, 1925 d. August 11, 2006
Singer and talk show host - The Mike Douglas Show

Morton Downey Jr. b. 1933 d. March 12, 2001 (lung cancer, respiratory problems)
Talk show host - Mort the Mouth

Allen Drury b. 1918 d. 1998 (heart failure)
Lawyer/writer - Advise and Consent

Peter Duel b. 1940 d. 1971(suicide)
Actor - Hannibal Heyes - Alias Smith and Jones

Howard Duff b. 1913 d. 1990 (heart attack)
Actor - Married to Ida Lupino

Andrew Duggan b. 1923 d. 1988 (cancer)
Actor - Bourbon Street Beat and Lancer

David Dukes b. 1945 d. 2000 (heart attack)
Actor - Dr. Wade Halsey on Sisters

Michael Dunn b.1934 d. 1973 (suicide)
Actor - Dr. Miguelito Loveless on Wild Wild West

Irene Dunne b. 1898 d. 1990 (heart attack)
Actress

John Gregory Dunne b. 1932 d. December 30, 2003 (heart attack)
Writer - husband of Joan Didion, brother of Dominick Dunne

(Jimmy Durante b. 1893 d. 1980
Entertainer

Leo "The Lip" Durocher b. 1905 d. 1991
Baseball Manager

Dan Duryea b. 1907 d. 1968 (cancer)
Actor - China Smith