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Celebrity |
Died |
Age |
Comments |
| The Queen Mother
| 30 mar 2002 | 101 | Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Died peacefully in her sleep. |
| Billy Wilder
| 28 mar 2002 | 95 | Film director - mainly comedies including Some like it hot. Died of pneumonia. |
| Astrid Lindgren
| 28 jan 2002 | 94 | Author of the Pippi Longstocking books. |
| Joaquin Balaguer
| 14 jul 2002 | 94 | Presisent of the Dominican Republic |
| Milton Berle
| 27 mar 2002 | 93 | Comedian - famous in America. |
| Yousuf Karsh
| 13 jul 2002 | 93 | Photographer. Best known for photographing Winston Churchill. |
| Barbara Castle
| 3 may 2002 | 91 | Labour politician |
| Stanley Unwin
| 12 jan 2002 | 90 | Famous for talking nonsense. Also appeared in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Mary Wesley
| 30 dec 2002 | 90 | Author of The Camomile Lawn. |
| Chuck Jones
| 22 feb 2002 | 89 | Creator of Bugs Bunny. That's all folks! |
| Thor Heyerdal
| 18 apr 2002 | 87 | Adventurer - best known for the Kon Tiki boat trip Polynesian style |
| Jonathan Harris
| 3 nov 2002 | 87 | Actor - appeared in TV series Lost in Space |
| Spike Milligan
| 27 feb 2002 | 83 | Creator of the Goon Show. Died of kidney failure. |
| Ann Landers
| 22 jun 2002 | 83 | Real name Esther Pauline Friedman. American agony aunt. |
| Leo McKern
| 23 jul 2002 | 82 | Actor - famous for playing Rumpole Of The Bailey. |
| Barbara Lott
| 19 dec 2002 | 82 | Actress. |
| Peggy Lee
| 21 jan 2002 | 81 | Singer. Big in the 40s and 50s. |
| Kenneth Wolstenholme
| 26 mar 2002 | 81 | Football commentator - they think it's all over. It is now! |
| George Roy Hill
| 27 dec 2002 | 81 | American film director. |
| Rod Steiger
| 9 jul 2002 | 77 | Actor - appeared in On the Waterfront and In the heat of the night. Died of kidney failure. |
| Stratford Johns
| 29 jan 2002 | 76 | Actor - appeared in Z Cars and other police shows. |
| Pat Coombs
| 27 may 2002 | 75 | Comedy actress - Carry on films and On The Buses. |
| Rosemary Clooney
| 29 jun 2002 | 74 | Old singer - appeared in the film White Christmas. Also Auntie of George Clooney |
| Barry Took
| 31 mar 2002 | 73 | TV presenter and writer. Best remembered for Points of View and Round the Horne. |
| John Frankenheimer
| 6 jul 2002 | 72 | Film director - best known film was The Manchurian Candidate. Died of complications following a stroke. |
| Richard Harris
| 25 oct 2002 | 72 | Actor and one-time alcoholic. |
| Princess Margaret
| 9 feb 2002 | 71 | The Queen's sister and the first Royal points scored. Died in her sleep after a stroke. |
| Lonnie Donegan
| 4 nov 2002 | 71 | Singer - big in the 50s and 60s. |
| Johnny Unitas
| 11 sep 2002 | 69 | American Football player. |
| Bryan Pringle
| 15 may 2002 | 67 | British actor. |
| Dudley Moore
| 27 mar 2002 | 66 | Actor and comedian - double act with Peter Cook. Was suffering from a degenerative brain condition. |
| Waylon Jennings
| 13 feb 2002 | 64 | Country singer - Dukes of Hazzard theme tune. Died from complications caused by diabetes. |
| John Gotti
| 10 jun 2002 | 61 | American Mafia boss. Died in prison. |
| John Thaw
| 21 feb 2002 | 60 | Actor - appeared in The Sweeney and Inspector Morse. |
| Stephen Jay Gould
| 20 may 2002 | 60 | American science writer. |
| Myra Hindley
| 15 nov 2002 | 60 | Moors Murderer. |
| John Entwistle
| 27 jun 2002 | 57 | Bass guitarist with The Who. Died of a heart attack on the eve of their new tour. |
| Robert Urich
| 16 apr 2002 | 55 | Actor - mainly American TV. |
| Michael Elphick
| 09 sep 2002 | 55 | Actor - appeared in Boon. |
| Linda Boreman
| 23 apr 2002 | 53 | AKA Linda Lovelace. Star of Deep Throat - later campaigned against pornography. |
| Joe Strummer
| 22 dec 2002 | 50 | Lead singer with The Clash. |
| Dee Dee Ramone
| 6 jun 2002 | 49 | Main songwriter with The Ramones. |
| Jam Master Jay
| 31 oct 2002 | 37 | Member of rap group Run DMC. |
| Christopher Price
| 23 apr 2002 | 34 | Presenter of Liquid News. Drug overdose - suspected suicide. |
| Catya Sassoon
| 1 jan 2002 | 33 | Daughter of Vidal Sassoon. Rather too fond of drink and drugs. |
| John Lee
| 7 jan 2002 | 33 | Drummer with the band 'Feeder' |
| Hansie Cronje
| 1 jun 2002 | 32 | South African cricketer - disgraced after taking a 'bung'. Died in a plane crash. |
| Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
| 25 apr 2002 | 30 | Singer and rapper with the group TLC. |
| Ben Hollioak
| 23 mar 2002 | 24 | England Cricketer. Died in a car crash in Australia. |
| Jennifer Jane Brown
| 7 jan 2002 | 0 | Daughter of Gordon Brown. Born premature - died aged 10 days. |
