Boris Yeltsin b.1931 d. April 23, 2007 (sudden heart failure)
First democratically elected president of Russia

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi b. 1911 d. February 5, 2008
Taught transcendentalist meditation to the Beatles


Dick York b. 1928 d. 1992 (emphysema)
Actor - The first Darrin Stephens on Bewitched

Faron Young b. 1932 d. 1996 (suicide - shot himself in the head with a .38 caliber handgun)
Country Singer - Hello Walls

Gig Young b. 1913 d. 1978 (Suicide after shooting his fourth wife, Kim Schmidt to death)
Actor - Tony Fleming on the Rogues

Loretta Young b. 1913 d. 2000 (ovarian cancer)
Actress - Letters to Loretta (1953) and the New Loretta Young Show (1962)

Robert Young b. 1907 d. 1998 (respiratory failure)
Actor - Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, MD

Skip Young b. 1930 d. 1993 (boating accident)
Actor - Wally Plumstead on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Henny Youngman b. 1906 d. 1998 (pneumonia)
Comedian - King of the One Liners