Deaths from cancer in New Jersey

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.

American character actor (1948-2014)

Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015)

American actress (1909–1981)

American actor (1925–2005)

American cosmologist (1935–2002)

American jazz singer (1927–2009)

American Pop Art painter and sculptor (1924–2000)

American philosopher (1943–2017)

Film, stage and television actress (1914–1969)

American singer-songwriter

American recording artist; trombonist (1912–1974)

American child actress (1949–2011)

American politician

actress (1891-1967)

American typographer (1927–2020)

American psychiatrist (1901-1985)

American blueberry botanist (1871-1954)

American musician (1927-2000)

American big band leader and musician (1910–1987)

American rapper (1957–2014)

American singer (1945–1984)

American actor (1949–2022)

American painter (1930-2010)

American rock journalist (1928-2005)

actress, playwright (1927-2009)

American aviator

Jazz musician, bassist (1937-2002)

American basketball coach (1954–2022)

American politician (1944-2010)