January 22, 2010: James Mitchell, 89, American stage and screen actor who was a long-time star of TV soap opera All My Children. Link: boston.com
January 14, 2009: Bobby Charles, 79, US "swamp pop" songwriter, born Robert Charles Guidry, who penned hits for Fats Domino and Bill Haley and His Comets. His chart-toppers included See You Later A...
January 1, 2010: Jean Carroll, 98, pioneering Paris-born American comedian. Born Celine Zeigman, she began her career in vaudeville and became known as "the female Bob Hope". Link: Chortle
December 24, 2009: George Michael, 70, popular US television sportscaster with Washington DC station WRC TV whose show The George Michael Sports Machine was syndicated across the US for 27 years. L...
November 10, 2009: David Lloyd, 75, US sitcom writer whose credits included Cheers, Frasier, Rhoda, Taxi, Lou Grant and the much-loved and lauded "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of The Mary Tyler...
September 11, 2009: Jim Carroll, 60, US punk rocker, poet and writer, of a heart attack. He was best known for his 1980 album Catholic Boy and his book The Basketball Diaries, which was made into a...
May 13, 2009: Anne Scott-James, 96, British journalist, author, editor (of Harper's Bazaar) and game-show panellist best known for her appearances on the BBC radio series My Word alongside Denis No...
March 13, 2009: Andrew Martin, 33, former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment. Known as The Punisher, he was found dead in his apartment in Tampa, Flordia. Police said there wa...
February 25, 2009: Wendy Richard, 65, British actress, of cancer. A model in the 1960s, she was best known as matriarch Pauline Fowler in TV soap opera EastEnders and the sexy Miss Brahms in the 19...
January 17, 2009: Tony Hart, 83, British artist and presenter of television shows including Vision On, Take Hart and Hartbeat. Links: BBC
January 18, 2009: Tony Hart, 83, British artist and presenter of television shows including Vision On, Take Hart, Smart Hart and Hartbeat. Links: BBC
October 18, 2008: Dee Dee Warwick, 63, 1960s soul singer and sister of Dionne Warwick, after a long illness. A cousin of singer Whitney Houston, she used to sing back-up vocals for Aretha Franklin ...
September 1, 2008: Jerry Reed, 71, US singer and actor who gained fame through films including Smokey and the Bandit alongside Burt Reynolds and The Waterboy with Adam Sandler. He also won a Grammy...
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