The Recently Dead List 2005

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Celebrity
Died
Age
Comments
Debra Hill
8 mar 2005
54
Film producer and screenwriter.
Luther Vandross
01 jul 2005
54
Singer
Mo Mowlam
19 aug 2005
55
Former labour MP and Northern Ireland Secretary.
Robin Cook
6 aug 2005
59
Former Labour Foreign Secretary.
George Best
25 nov 2005
59
Footballing legend and alcoholic.
Jim Capaldi
28 jan 2005
60
Drummer with the band 'Traffic'.
Richard Whitely
26 jun 2005
61
Presenter of Countdown
Sandra Dee
20 feb 2005
62
American Actress.
Tommy Vance
6 mar 2005
63
Former Radio 1 DJ.
Long John Baldry
21 jul 2005
64
1960s Blues singer.
Michael Sheard
30 aug 2005
65
Played Mr Bronson in Grange Hill.
Richard Pryor
10 dec 2005
65
American comedian and actor.
Lord Lichfield
11 nov 2005
66
Photographer and cousin of the Queen.
Hunter S. Thompson
20 feb 2005
67
Wrote 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'.
Dave Allen
10 mar 2005
68
Irish comedian.
Ismail Merchant
24 may 2005
68
Half of the Merchant Ivory film production team.
Kerry Packer
27 dec 2005
68
Richest man in Australia.
Billy Smart
29 may 2005
70
Star of Billy Smart's Circus
Patsy Rowlands
22 jan 2005
71
Actress in the 'Carry On' films.
Robert Moog
22 aug 2005
71
Poineer of the Electronic Synthesizer
Anne Bancroft
7 jun 2005
73
Actress and wife of Mel Brooks.
Stan Richards
11 feb 2005
74
Played Seth in Emmerdale.
Ronnie Barker
3 oct 2005
76
One half of The Two Ronnies
Robert Sheckley
9 dec 2005
77
Science fiction author.
Johnny Carson
23 jan 2005
79
American TV presenter.
John DeLorean
26 jan 2005
80
Built the DeLorean DMC-12 as seen in Back to the Future.
Prince Rainier of Monaco
6 apr 2005
81
Married Grace Kelly in 1956.
Jack Slipper
24 aug 2005
81
The policeman who tracked Ronnie Biggs down in Brazil.
Don Adams
25 sep 2005
82
Actor. Played Maxwell Smart in the series Get Smart
Pope John Paul II
2 apr 2005
84
Became Pope in 1978. Survived an assassination attempt in 1981.
King Fahd
1 aug 2005
84
King of Saudi Arabia
James Doohan
19 jul 2005
85
Played Scotty in Star Trek.
Rosemary Kennedy
7 jan 2005
86
JFK's elder sister.
Arthur Miller
10 feb 2005
89
American playwrite
Sir Edward Heath
17 jul 2005
89
Former tory PM 1970-1974
Jim Callaghan
27 mar 2005
92
Lord Callaghan of Cardiff. Former Labour Prime Minister.
Rosa Parks
25 oct 2005
92
American Black civil rights campaigner.
Gretchen Franklin
12 jul 2005
94
Played Ethel in Eastenders.
Sir John Mills
23 apr 2005
97
British actor. Appeared in over 100 films
Max Schmeling
2 feb 2005
99
Former world heavyweight boxing champion

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