The Recently Dead List 2012
Entries in bold print were on someones list. Click on a name for more information
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| Bob Holness | Presenter of the successful student quiz show Blockbusters. | ||
| Reginald Hill | Author of the Dalziel and Pascoe novels. | ||
| Jam Master Jay | Singer | ||
| Whitney Houston | Singer who also had success with the film The Bodyguard. | ||
| Frank Carson | Comedian | ||
| Davy Jones | Singer with The Monkees. | ||
| Philip Madoc | Actor. | ||
| Robert Sherman | Songwriter. | ||
| Chaleo Yoovidhya | Creator of the Red Bull energy drink. | ||
| Jocky Wilson | Darts Player. Was world champion in 1982 and 1989. | ||
| Earl Scruggs | Bango player who recorded the Beverly Hillbillies theme | ||
| Jim Marshall | Creator of the Marshall range of amplifiers. | ||
| Jack Tramiel | Founder of Commodore | ||
| Dick Clarke | American TV presenter. | ||
| Bert Weedon | Guitarist whose Play In A Day book taught millions how to play guitar. | ||
| Adam Yauch | Member of the Beastie Boys. | ||
| Maurice Sendak | Author of Where the Wild Things are | ||
| Vidal Sassoon | Celebrity hairdresser. | ||
| Donna Summer | Singer | ||
| Robin Gibb | Member of the Bee Gees. | ||
| Ray Bradbury | Science fiction author. | ||
| Nora Ephron | Screenwriter responsible for When Harry Met Sally | ||
| Yitzhak Shamir | Former terrorist who became Prime Minister of Israel. | ||
| Andy Griffith | American TV actor | ||
| Sergio Pininfarina | Italian car designer. | ||
| Eric Sykes | Comedy writer and actor. | ||
| Ernest Borgnine | Veteran actor and star of many films and tv series. | ||
| Jon Lord | Founder member of the band Deep Purple. | ||
| Sir Alastair Burnet | ITN Newsreader | ||
| Sally Ride | First female American astonaut in space. | ||
| Geoffrey Hughes | Actor. Played Eddie Yeats in Coronation Street | ||
| Maeve Binchy | Novelist. | ||
| Gore Vidal | Writer/Novelist and social/political comentator. | ||
| Martin Fleischmann | Half of the 'Fleischmann and Pons' duo of cold fusion chemists | ||
| Sir Bernard Lovell | Astronomer. Founded the Jodrell Bank radio observatory. | ||
| Tony Scott | Film director and brother of Ridley Scott. | ||
| Max Bygraves | Singer | ||
| Hal David | Songwriter whose songs included Walk On By | ||
| Terry Nutkins | Naturalist and TV presenter. | ||
| Andy Williams | Singer. | ||
| Herbert Lom | Actor. Appeared in the Pink Panther films | ||
| Alex Karras | American Football player turned actor. | ||
| Clive Dunn | Actor famous for appearing in Dads Army | ||
| Bill Tarmey | Actor. Played Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street. | ||
| Larry Hagman | Actor best remembered for playing J R Ewing in Dallas. | ||
| Patrick Moore | TV astronomer and presenter of The Sky at Night | ||
| Ravi Shankar | Sitar player and friend of The Beatles. | ||
| Derek Jameson | Newspaper editor and radio presenter. | ||
| Jack Klugman | Actor. Appeared in the TV series Quincy | ||
| Gerry Anderson | Creator of the TV show Thunderbirds | ||
| Norman Schwarzkopf | General in charge of the Iraq war/liberation of Kuwait in 1991. | ||
| William Rees-Mogg | Former editor of The Times newspaper. |
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