The Recently Dead List 2005

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Celebrity	Died	Age	Comments
Max Schmeling	2 feb 2005	99	Former world heavyweight boxing champion
Sir John Mills	23 apr 2005	97	British actor. Appeared in over 100 films
Gretchen Franklin	12 jul 2005	94	Played Ethel in Eastenders.
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.
Arthur Miller	10 feb 2005	89	American playwrite
Sir Edward Heath	17 jul 2005	89	Former tory PM 1970-1974
Rosemary Kennedy	7 jan 2005	86	JFK's elder sister.
James Doohan	19 jul 2005	85	Played Scotty in Star Trek.
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
Don Adams	25 sep 2005	82	Actor. Played Maxwell Smart in the series Get Smart
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.
John DeLorean	26 jan 2005	80	Built the DeLorean DMC-12 as seen in Back to the Future.
Johnny Carson	23 jan 2005	79	American TV presenter.
Robert Sheckley	9 dec 2005	77	Science fiction author.
Ronnie Barker	3 oct 2005	76	One half of The Two Ronnies
Stan Richards	11 feb 2005	74	Played Seth in Emmerdale.
Anne Bancroft	7 jun 2005	73	Actress and wife of Mel Brooks.
Patsy Rowlands	22 jan 2005	71	Actress in the 'Carry On' films.
Robert Moog	22 aug 2005	71	Poineer of the Electronic Synthesizer
Billy Smart	29 may 2005	70	Star of Billy Smart's Circus
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.
Hunter S. Thompson	20 feb 2005	67	Wrote 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'.
Lord Lichfield	11 nov 2005	66	Photographer and cousin of the Queen.
Michael Sheard	30 aug 2005	65	Played Mr Bronson in Grange Hill.
Richard Pryor	10 dec 2005	65	American comedian and actor.
Long John Baldry	21 jul 2005	64	1960s Blues singer.
Tommy Vance	6 mar 2005	63	Former Radio 1 DJ.
Sandra Dee	20 feb 2005	62	American Actress.
Richard Whitely	26 jun 2005	61	Presenter of Countdown
Jim Capaldi	28 jan 2005	60	Drummer with the band 'Traffic'.
Robin Cook	6 aug 2005	59	Former Labour Foreign Secretary.
George Best	25 nov 2005	59	Footballing legend and alcoholic.
Mo Mowlam	19 aug 2005	55	Former labour MP and Northern Ireland Secretary.
Debra Hill	8 mar 2005	54	Film producer and screenwriter.
Luther Vandross	01 jul 2005	54	Singer

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