Famous People Who Died in 1992

• Acuff, Roy

  "The King of Country Music"

• Allen, Peter

  Aussie cabaret performer and subject of the musical The Boy From Oz

• Asimov, Isaac

  Writer of popular science and author of I, Robot

• Begin, Menachem

  The prime minister who signed the Camp David accords

• Cage, John

  Composer of the silent piano piece 4' 33"

• Dietrich, Marlene

  The sexy German star of the 1930 film The Blue Angel

• Haley, Alex

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Roots

• Hill, Benny

  Cheeky British comedian

• Kinison, Sam

  Screaming, round comic who recorded Loud As Hell

• McClintock, Barbara

  The genetics scientist who learned from maize

• Parks, Bert

  Longtime host of the Miss America pageant

• Pixies, The

  The band who recorded "Monkey Gone to Heaven"

• Porcaro, Jeff

  Founder of the group Toto

• Walton, Sam

  Founder of discount retailer Wal-Mart

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