The Recently Dead List 2005

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

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