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page. Entries in bold print were on someones list.
| NAME |
Died
|
Age
|
Comments: |
| Sir Robin Day |
06/08/00
|
75
|
Heart trouble |
| Sir Alec Guinness |
07/08/00
|
86
|
So, you want to be a Jedi? |
| Jack Walker |
18/08/00
|
71
|
Owner of Blackburn Rovers. |
| Bunny Austin |
26/08/00
|
94
|
Last British tennis player to reach
the men's singles final at Wimbledon. (died on his birthday!) |
| Bill Waddington |
11/9/00
|
84
|
Coronation Street's Percy Sugden. Had Parkinsons
disease. |
| Desmond Wilcox |
06/09/00
|
69
|
Husband of Fester Rancid. Heart
trouble. |
| Gary Olsen |
13/09/00
|
42
|
Actor - 2.4 Children. Now 1.0
Parents |
| Paula Yates |
17/09/00
|
41
|
Suicide Blonde? Never
proven! |
| Fred Pontin |
30/09/00
|
93
|
Founder of the Pontins holiday
camp |
| Reggie Kray |
01/10/00
|
66
|
Famous Gangster |
| Richard Farnsworth |
06/10/00
|
80
|
Star of film "The Straight Story".
Shot himself. Was suffering from cancer. |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
12/10/00
|
84
|
First woman prime minister (Sri Lanka)
died of a heart attack |
| Donald Dewar |
11/10/00
|
63
|
Scotlands's first minister |
| Steve Allen |
31/10/00
|
78
|
American TV comedian. Who was Rula
Lenska? |
| Russ Conway |
16/11/00
|
75
|
Nine fingered piano player. |
| Malcolm Bradbury |
27/11/00
|
68
|
Novellist and screenwriter |
| Colin Cowdrey |
04/12/00
|
67
|
Cricketer. Died of heart attack |
| Kirsty MacColl |
19/12/00
|
41
|
Hit by a boat while swimming in
Mexico. Now eats at the same chip shop as Elvis. |
| Victor Borge |
23/12/00
|
91
|
Funny Danish pianist, or
something. |
| Jason Robards |
26/12/00
|
78
|
Actor - All the President's Men among
other things. |
| John Cooper |
24/12/00
|
77
|
Designer of the Mini Cooper |
| Michael Williams |
11/1/01
|
65
|
Actor - husband of Judi Dench. |
| O Winston Link |
30/1/01
|
86
|
Photographer - specialised in night time shots of steam
trains. |
| Stanley Kramer |
19/2/01
|
87
|
Film director (died of pneumonia) |
| Don Bradman |
25/02/01
|
92
|
Finally bowled out for 92 |
| Joseph Cyril Bamford |
01/03/01
|
84
|
Mr JCB himself |
| John Diamond |
02/03/01
|
47
|
Times Journalist and husband of
Nigella Lawson. Throat cancer |
| Robert Ludlum |
12/03/01
|
73
|
Thriller writer |
| John Phillips |
18/03/01
|
65
|
Mammas and the Papas |
| Harry Seacome |
11/04/01
|
79
|
Neddy Seagoon. Cancer |
| Joey Ramone |
15/04/01
|
49
|
Died of lymphatic cancer. |
| Ted Rogers |
02/05/01
|
65
|
Finally ready for Dusty Bin! Heart
Trouble |
| Douglas Adams |
11/05/01
|
49
|
So Long and thanks for all the fish.
(died of a heart attack) |
| Perry Como |
12/05/01
|
88
|
Singer. Was famous in the 1950s |
| Victor Kiam |
27/05/01
|
74
|
Owner of Remington. Liked it so much
he bought the farm |
| Entire Nepalese royal
family |
01/06/01
|
King:55
Queen:51
|
Crown Prince Dipendra shot them all,
before turning the gun on himself. 9 dead in total. |
| Anthony Quinn |
03/06/01
|
86
|
Actor - Zorba the Greek. |
| King Dipendra |
03/06/01
|
29
|
King of Nepal for 2 days. |
| John Lee Hooker |
21/06/01
|
83
|
Blues singer/musician (died in his
sleep) |
| Jack Lemmon |
27/06/01
|
76
|
Actor. died of cancer |
| Joan Sims |
28/06/01
|
71
|
Actress - appeared in several carry on films. |
| Chet Atkins |
01/07/01
|
77
|
County music guitarist. (died of
cancer) |
| Poul Anderson |
2/8/01
|
74
|
Science fiction writer (died of cancer) |
| Lord Longford |
3/8/01
|
95
|
(full name: Francis Aungier Pakenham) Celebrity prison visitor
and campaigner |
| Larry Adler |
7/8/01
|
87
|
Played the mouth organ |
| Jimmy Knapp |
13/08/01
|
60
|
Leader of the RMT transport union. (died of
cancer) |
| Sir Fred Hoyle |
20/8/01
|
86
|
Astronomer - coined the name 'Big Bang' |
| Aaliyah |
25/8/01
|
22
|
Full name: Aaliyah Haughton. Singer - died in a plane
crash. |
| Ken Tyrrell |
25/8/01
|
77
|
Owner of the Tyrrell Formula One team. |
| Brian Moore |
1/9/01
|
69
|
Football commentator. |
| Christian Barnard |
2/9/01
|
78
|
Surgeon who performed the first heart transplant. Ironically
died of a heart attack. |
| Lord Hamlyn |
3/9/01
|
75
|
Owner of book publishers. Died of cancer |
| David Angell |
11/9/01
|
54
|
Creator of Frasier TV show. A victim of the World Trade Centre
attack. |
| Lord Hailsham |
12/10/01
|
94
|
Quintin McGarel Hogg, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone,
politician and lawyer |
| Peggy Mount |
13/11/01
|
85
|
Old TV and film actress. |
| Charlotte Coleman |
14/11/01
|
33
|
Actress - Four Weddings and a Funeral. Died during asthma
attack. |
| Horrace Pinnock |
21/11/01
|
29
|
Radio 1 DJ whom no-one has heard of. Shot outside a London
hotel |
| Mary Whitehouse |
23/11/01
|
91
|
TV Watchdog and campaigner. Complained about everything
being too rude. |
| George Harrison |
29/11/01
|
58
|
Former Beatle, died of cancer. Hari Krishna, stabbity
stab. |
| Stewart Adamson |
16/12/01
|
43
|
Lead singer of "Big Country". |
| Sir Nigel Hawthorn |
26/12/01
|
72
|
Actor - Sir Humphrey in Yes, Minister. Died of heart
attack. |
