Ralph David Abernathy, 64, minister, leader in the civil-rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, cofounder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 12 March 1992.

Bella Savitsky Abzug, 77, outspoken feminist and Democratic representative from New York (1971-1977); first Jewish woman in Congress; known also for her outstanding collection of sometimes-outlandish hats, 31 March 1998.

Spiro Theodore Agnew, 77, Republican governor of Maryland (1967-1969) and vice president of the United States (1969-1973); resigned because he was facing bribery and tax evasion charges and eventually pleaded "no contest" to tax evasion, 17 September 1996.

Leslie "Les" Aspin Jr., 56, Democratic representative from Wisconsin (1971-1993) and Secretary of Defense (1993-1994), 21 May 1995.

Harvey Leroy "Lee" Atwater,  40, chairman of the Republican National Committee (1988-1990); infamous for designing negative political campaigns, especially the 1988 "Willie Horton" campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Massachusetts governor Michael Stanley Dukakis, 29 March 1991.

Daisy Lee (Gatson) Bates, 85, African American civil rights activist, who in 1957, at...