The Recently Dead List 2008
Entries in bold print were on someones list. Click on a name for more information
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| Albert Hofmann | Swiss chemist. Inventor of LSD. | ||
| Reg Varney | Actor. Appeared in 'On The Buses' in the 1970s | ||
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | Indian guru and one time friend of the Beatles. | ||
| Arthur C Clarke | Science fiction author and inventor of the geostationary satellite. | ||
| Edward Lorenz | Scientist. Pioneer of Chaos Theory. | ||
| Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Russian writer. | ||
| Sir Edmund Hillary | First person to climb Everest. | ||
| Paul Scofield | Actor. Won an oscar for the film 'A Man for all Seasons'. | ||
| Brian Wilde | Actor - played Foggy in 'Last of the Summer Wine' | ||
| Humphrey Lyttleton | Jazz musician and compere of Radio 4's | ||
| Cyd Charisse | Dancer and film Actress from the 50s | ||
| Norman Smith | Legendary record producer. | ||
| Charlton Heston | Actor and gun nut. Appeared in the original Planet of the Apes film | ||
| Estelle Getty | Actress and star of The Golden Girls | ||
| Sir John Harvey-Jones | Former chairman of ICI | ||
| Paul Newman | Film actor - starred in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | ||
| Oliver Postgate | Creator (or co-creator) of many favourite children's tv shows | ||
| George MacDonald Fraser | Novelist. | ||
| Harvey Korman | Comedy actor. | ||
| Eartha Kitt | Singer and actress. | ||
| Bill Cotton | Former controller of BBC1. | ||
| Kathy Staff | Actress. Real name Minnie Higginbottom. Best remembered for playing Norah Batty | ||
| Bo Diddley | Early Rock and Roll musician. Real name Ellas Otha Bates. | ||
| Harold Pinter | British Playwright. | ||
| V. P. Singh | Former Prime Minister of India. | ||
| Roy Scheider | American actor. | ||
| Sidney Pollack | Film director/producer and occasional actor. | ||
| Levi Stubbs | Lead singer of the Four Tops. | ||
| Yves Saint Laurent | Fashion Designer | ||
| George Carlin | American Comedian and actor | ||
| John Stewart | Singer/songwriter. | ||
| Don LaFontaine | Voiceover artist for films and adverts. | ||
| Ken Campbell | Actor. Best known for playing Alf Garnett's neighbour in | ||
| Michael Crichton | Novelist. Wrote the Jurassic Park books. | ||
| Isaac Hayes | Singer - best known for the Theme from Shaft | ||
| Rick Wright | Founder member of Pink Floyd. | ||
| Bobby Fischer | Former world chess champion. | ||
| Carol Barnes | ITV Newsreader. | ||
| Bob Spiers | Director of TV comedy programmes. | ||
| Stan Winston | Film special effects guy. | ||
| Steve Fossett | Adventurer. Flew around the world by balloon with Richard Branson. | ||
| Mitch Mitchell | Drummer in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. | ||
| Jeremy Beadle | TV presenter. Co-hosted Game for a Laugh | ||
| Geoffrey Perkins | Producer on various radio and TV comedy. | ||
| Anthony Minghella | Writer and director. Directed the film 'The English Patient' | ||
| Mark Speight | Childrens TV presenter. | ||
| Heath Ledger | Australian actor. | ||
| Brad Renfro | American actor. | ||
| Andre Young Jr. | Son of Dr Dre. |
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