Deaths from melanoma in California

Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)

American actor (1907–1997)

Israeli psychologist (1937–1996)

American television producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor, and the founder of Cannell Entertainment (1941-2010)

American physicist (1934–2024)

American sculptor and performance artist (1946–2015)

American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)

American record producer (1942–2004)

American basketball player and coach (1931–2022)

Canadian animator (1960-2002)

American political activist (1941–2001)

American actor (1934-2001)

American actor (1937–2023)

Canadian actor (1918-1994)

Automotive Designer

American scholar of religion and tenured professor at Chapman University, in Orange, California

American politician (1924-1968)

American record producer, arranger and conductor (1923–2008)

American actress (1958-2002)

American casting director (1938-2007)