List of Famous people who died at 66
Neda Arnerić
Neda Arnerić was a Serbian film, stage and television actress, and politician. A graduate art historian, she was considered a sex symbol of Yugoslav cinematography.
Benny Napoleon
Benny Napoleon was an American attorney, law enforcement officer, and politician who served as the Sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan. He was also a 2013 candidate for the office of Mayor of Detroit.
Joaquín Prat
Joaquín Prat Carreras was one of the best-known Spanish radio and television presenters.
G. K. Venkatesh
Gurusala Krishnadas Venkatesh (GKV) was an Indian film score composer who primarily worked in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and until the late-1980s. He also composed music for Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He produced numerous master pieces of Kannada film music and also brought in Western background score into Kannada films and scored music for all Bond movies of Rajkumar in the 1960s to 1970s.
Don Loper
Don Loper was an American costume and necktie designer, as well as a screenwriter, choreographer, associate producer, actor, and assistant to MGM musicals producer Arthur Freed. He began his career as a dancer and was teamed with Ginger Rogers in the film Lady in the Dark (1944).
Zeng Guo Yuan
Zeng Guoyuan, also known as Zeng Guoyan, Thomas Chan Hock Seng and, erroneously, Zeng Guoyung, was a Singaporean businessman, philanthropist, politician, author, and acupuncturist.
Nelson Ned
Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a solid career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known internationally, especially in Portugal, France and Spain. In 1971 he released his first Spanish album, "Canción Popular" and performed in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Africa.
Paul Chapman
Paul William Chapman was a Welsh rock guitarist best known for his work in bands such as UFO and Lone Star. Chapman was well known by his nickname "Tonka", allegedly acquired because of his indestructible qualities.
Rie Yoshiyuki
Rie Yoshiyuki was a Japanese poet and novelist. She won the Noma Literary Children's Literature New Face Prize, the Women's Literature Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.
Villaño III
Arturo Díaz Mendoza was a Mexican professional wrestler who performed under the ring name Villano III. Díaz was a second-generation wrestler, son of luchador Ray Mendoza and the father of professional wrestlers Villano III Jr. and El Hijo del Villano III himself. All five of the Díaz brothers used the Villano name; José de Jesús, José Alfredo, Tomas and Raymundo. Of the five Villanos, Arturo was considered the most successful in terms of championship and Lucha de Apuesta wins as well as the most talented luchador in the family. He retired from wrestling in 2015 due to health issues stemming from wrestling. A few days after his death, he was inducted in the AAA Hall of Fame.