Happy Birthday RIP Luciano Pavarotti(1935–2007) ; Christopher Wallace–70 Susan Anton–67 Christopher Botti–55 Glenn Soukesian(“Colton Ford”)–55 Hugh Jackman–49 Adam Rich–49 Joshua Hutcherson–25 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, died five days after he was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie Wyoming , originally discovered by a cylist that thought he was a scarecrow.