The Recently Dead List 2006

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

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