publication date: Monday, July 23, 2012 (part of Summer 2012)

category: Music

clue: This wonderful entertainer didn't need vision to record hit songs like "Superstition," "Sir Duke," and "I Just Called to Say I Love You."

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, Ryan Dunn, and Elaine Beckland

Senseless: We use vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to understand the world around us. But not everybody is fortunate enough to have all five senses. Each of these five celebrities is missing a single sense, some defined by the loss and others triumphant over it.

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