Departed Individuals of Note Who Would Have Turned 100

~ April & May 2026 ~

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		Virgil "Gus" Grissom American astronaut 04/03/1926 – 01/27/1967
		Roger Corman American motion picture producer and director, The Little Shop of Horrors 04/05/1926 – 05/09/2024
		Randy Weston American jazz pianist and composer 04/06/1926 – 09/01/2018
		Shecky Greene American comedian and actor, Splash 04/08/1926 – 12/31/2023
		Hugh Hefner American magazine publisher, creator of Playboy 04/09/1926 – 09/27/2017
		Jane Withers American actress, Bright Eyes, Giant 04/12/1926 – 08/07/2021
		Elizabeth II British monarch, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952–2022) 04/21/1926 – 09/08/2022
		Charlotte Rae American actress, TV's Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life 04/22/1926 – 08/05/2018
		Harper Lee American writer, To Kill a Mockingbird 04/28/1926 – 02/19/2016
		Cloris Leachman American Oscar-winning actress, The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein 04/30/1926 – 01/27/2021
		Peter Lax Hungarian-born American mathematician 05/01/1926 – 05/16/2025
		Ann B. Davis American actress, TV’s The Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch 05/03/1926 – 06/01/2014
		Don Rickles American comedian and actor, the Toy Story film series 05/08/1926 – 04/06/2017
		Yvonne Furneaux French actress, La Dolce Vita, Repulsion 05/11/1926 – 07/05/2024
		Eric Morecambe English comedian, half of the Morecambe and Wise duo 05/14/1926 – 05/28/1984
		Peter Shaffer English playwright and screenwriter, Equus, Amadeus 05/15/1926 – 06/06/2016
		Claude Akins American actor, TV's Movin’ On, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo 05/25/1926 – 01/27/1994
		Bill Sharman American basketball player, coach, and manager 05/25/1926 – 10/25/2013
		Miles Davis American jazz trumpeter, composer, and band leader 05/26/1926 – 09/28/1991
		Christine Jorgensen American entertainer and transgender activist 05/30/1926 – 05/03/1989