Happy Birthday RIP Luciano Pavarotti(1935–2007) Adam Rich(1968–2023) ; Christopher Wallace–77 Susan Anton–74 Christopher Botti–62 Hugh Jackman–56 Joshua Hutcherson–32 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was brutally beaten, suffered severe head trauma, and was robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie Wyoming. When he was found there was blood caked on his entire face except where tears had steamed down his cheeks. The two men that murdered him are serving double life sentences without parole in separate facilities.