The Recently Dead List 2006

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Celebrity	Died	Age	Comments
Joseph Barbera	18 dec 2006	95	Cartoon maker
Gerald Ford	26 dec 2006	93	Took over as president when Richard Nixon resigned.
John Profumo	9 mar 2006	91	Government minister in the 1960s.
General Pinochet	10 dec 2006	91	Former dictator of Chile.
P W Botha	31 oct 2006	90	President of South Africa during the height of Apartheid in the 1980s
Richard Fleischer	25 mar 2006	89	Film director. Films included 'Tora Tora Tora'
Muriel Spark	15 apr 2006	88	Novelist.
Mickey Spillane	18 jul 2006	88	American crime novelist. Created the detective Mike Hammer.
Sir Kyffin Williams	31 aug 2006	88	Welsh artist.
Jack Palance	10 nov 2006	87	Actor best known for roles in Westerns
Shelley Winters	14 jan 2006	85	Oversized American Actress.
Stanislav Lem	27 mar 2006	84	Polish author. Wrote the novel 'Solaris'
Joseph Stefano	30 aug 2006	84	Screenwriter. Wrote the script for the film Psycho
Raymond Baxter	14 sep 2006	84	Early presenter of Tomorrow's World on TV.
Nigel Kneale	31 oct 2006	84	Creator of the Quatermass TV series
Ivor Cutler	6 mar 2006	83	Poet and Musician.
Gyorgy Ligeti	12 jun 2006	83	Hungarian-born composer.
Aaron Spelling	24 jun 2006	83	American TV Producer.
Derek Blaster Bates	1 sep 2006	83	Demolition expert and raconteur.
Al Lewis	3 feb 2006	82	Played Grandpa Munster in the TV Series
Robert Carrier	27 jun 2006	82	American TV chef from the 1970s.
Dennis Weaver	28 feb 2006	81	Actor. Appeared in the TV series Gunsmoke and Steven Spielberg's film Duel.
James Van Allen	9 aug 2006	81	Astronomer/Space scientist.
Robert Altman	20 nov 2006	81	Film director.
Charlie Drake	12 dec 2006	81	Comedy actor from the 50s and 60s.
Alan fluff Freeman	28 nov 2006	79	Old-school former Radio DJ.
John Junkin	7 mar 2006	76	TV Comedy writer. Worked with Tommy Cooper
Lynne Perrie	24 mar 2006	75	Actress - played Ivy Tilsley in Coronation Street.
Freddie Truman	30 jun 2006	75	Legendary cricketer from the 50s and 60s.
Tom Bell	3 oct 2006	73	Actor. Appeared in many films and tv shows including Prime Suspect
James Brown	25 dec 2006	73	Soul legend. Appeared in the film Blues Brothers
Lou Rawls	6 jan 2006	72	Singer
Freddie Garrity	20 may 2006	69	1960's singer with the band Freddie and the Dreamers.
Saddam Hussain	30 dec 2006	69	Former dictator of Iraq.
Peter Benchley	13 feb 2006	65	Author of the novel Jaws.
Gene Pitney	5 apr 2006	65	Singer. Had hits with '24 Hours from Tulsa'
Wilson Pickett	20 jan 2006	64	Soul singer - hits included In the Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally.
Slobodan Milosovic	11 mar 2006	64	Former President of Yujoslavia.
Desmond Dekker	26 may 2006	64	Reggae singer. Had a hit with 'The Israelites'
Tony Banks	7 jan 2006	62	Former Labour MP and Sports Minister.
Syd Barrett	10 jul 2006	60	Original singer/songwriter with Pink Floyd.
Paul Walters	20 oct 2006	59	AKA Dr Wally.
Dave Mount	2 dec 2006	59	Drummer with the band 'Mud'
David Gemmell	27 jul 2006	57	Fantasy novelist.
Bob Carlos Clarke	25 mar 2006	56	Fashion phogographer.
Vince Welnick	2 jun 2006	55	Keyboard player with the Grateful Dead.
Jack Wild	1 mar 2006	53	Played the Artful Dodger in the film Oliver.
Linda Smith	28 feb 2006	48	Regularly appeared on Radio 4 programmes
Dana Reeve	6 mar 2006	44	Widow of actor Christopher Reeve.
Steve Irwin	4 sep 2006	44	Australian crocodile wrestler.
Martin Gilks	3 apr 2006	41	Drummer with the Wonder Stuff.
Chris Penn	24 jan 2006	40	Actor and brother of Sean Penn.
Paul Hunter	09 oct 2006	27	Former Snooker world champion.

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