List of Famous people who died at 66

Roger Léon Charles Guérillot was a French colonist of Ubangi-Shari who was involved in the process of independence by which it became the Central African Republic. He subsequently became the first president of the new country and served the Central African Republic in several diplomatic roles.

Waldemar dos Santos Alonso de Almeida Bastos was an Angolan musician who combined Afropop, Portuguese (fado), and Brazilian influences.

Raphy Leavitt was a Puerto Rican composer and founder of the salsa orchestra "La Selecta".

José Luis Pérez de Arteaga was a Spanish announcer, critic, journalist, and musicologist.

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer.

Emílio Vitalino Santiago, known as Emílio Santiago, was a Brazilian singer.

Aleksei Vasilievich Loktev was a Russian and Soviet actor.

Reşit Karabacak was a Turkish wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Mary Blair was an American artist, animator, and designer. She was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella. Blair also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World, the fiesta scene in El Rio del Tiempo in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, and an enormous mosaic inside Disney's Contemporary Resort. Several of her illustrated children's books from the 1950s remain in print, such as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss. Blair was inducted into the group of Disney Legends in 1991.

Sharaf Rashidovich Rashidov was a Communist Party leader in the Uzbek SSR and a CPSU Central Committee Politburo candidate member between 1961 and 1983.