The Recently Dead List 2012

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Celebrity
Died
Age
Comments
Bob Holness
6 jan 2012
83
Presenter of the successful student quiz show Blockbusters.
Reginald Hill
12 jan 2012
75
Author of the Dalziel and Pascoe novels.
Jam Master Jay
20 jan 2012
73
Singer
Whitney Houston
11 feb 2012
48
Singer who also had success with the film The Bodyguard.
Frank Carson
22 feb 2012
85
Comedian
Davy Jones
29 feb 2012
66
Singer with The Monkees.
Philip Madoc
5 mar 2012
77
Actor.
Robert Sherman
5 mar 2012
86
Songwriter.
Chaleo Yoovidhya
17 mar 2012
90
Creator of the Red Bull energy drink.
Jocky Wilson
24 mar 2012
62
Darts Player. Was world champion in 1982 and 1989.
Earl Scruggs
28 mar 2012
88
Bango player who recorded the Beverly Hillbillies theme
Jim Marshall
5 apr 2012
88
Creator of the Marshall range of amplifiers.
Jack Tramiel
8 apr 2012
83
Founder of Commodore
Dick Clarke
18 apr 2012
82
American TV presenter.
Bert Weedon
20 apr 2012
91
Guitarist whose Play In A Day book taught millions how to play guitar.
Adam Yauch
4 may 2012
47
Member of the Beastie Boys.
Maurice Sendak
8 may 2012
83
Author of Where the Wild Things are
Vidal Sassoon
9 may 2012
84
Celebrity hairdresser.
Donna Summer
17 may 2012
63
Singer
Robin Gibb
20 may 2012
62
Member of the Bee Gees.
Ray Bradbury
5 jun 2012
91
Science fiction author.
Nora Ephron
26 jun 2012
71
Screenwriter responsible for When Harry Met Sally
Yitzhak Shamir
30 jun 2012
96
Former terrorist who became Prime Minister of Israel.
Andy Griffith
3 jul 2012
86
American TV actor
Sergio Pininfarina
3 jul 2012
85
Italian car designer.
Eric Sykes
4 jul 2012
89
Comedy writer and actor.
Ernest Borgnine
8 jul 2012
95
Veteran actor and star of many films and tv series.
Jon Lord
16 jul 2012
71
Founder member of the band Deep Purple.
Sir Alastair Burnet
20 jul 2012
84
ITN Newsreader
Sally Ride
23 jul 2012
61
First female American astonaut in space.
Geoffrey Hughes
27 jul 2012
68
Actor. Played Eddie Yeats in Coronation Street
Maeve Binchy
29 jul 2012
72
Novelist.
Gore Vidal
31 jul 2012
86
Writer/Novelist and social/political comentator.
Martin Fleischmann
3 aug 2012
85
Half of the 'Fleischmann and Pons' duo of cold fusion chemists
Sir Bernard Lovell
6 aug 2012
98
Astronomer. Founded the Jodrell Bank radio observatory.
Tony Scott
19 aug 2012
68
Film director and brother of Ridley Scott.
Max Bygraves
31 aug 2012
89
Singer
Hal David
1 sep 2012
91
Songwriter whose songs included Walk On By
Terry Nutkins
6 sep 2012
66
Naturalist and TV presenter.
Andy Williams
25 sep 2012
84
Singer.
Herbert Lom
27 sep 2012
95
Actor. Appeared in the Pink Panther films
Alex Karras
10 oct 2012
77
American Football player turned actor.
Clive Dunn
7 nov 2012
92
Actor famous for appearing in Dads Army
Bill Tarmey
9 nov 2012
71
Actor. Played Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street.
Larry Hagman
21 nov 2012
81
Actor best remembered for playing J R Ewing in Dallas.
Patrick Moore
9 dec 2012
89
TV astronomer and presenter of The Sky at Night
Ravi Shankar
11 dec 2012
92
Sitar player and friend of The Beatles.
Derek Jameson
12 dec 2012
82
Newspaper editor and radio presenter.
Jack Klugman
24 dec 2012
90
Actor. Appeared in the TV series Quincy
Gerry Anderson
26 dec 2012
83
Creator of the TV show Thunderbirds
Norman Schwarzkopf
27 dec 2012
78
General in charge of the Iraq war/liberation of Kuwait in 1991.
William Rees-Mogg
29 dec 2012
84
Former editor of The Times newspaper.

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