The Dead List 2016

One hundred famous faces that passed.

A. A. Gill62

Writer

Full English of cancer

Writer and Sunday Times critic

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Abe Vigoda94

Actor

Natural causes

The Godfather actor

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Afeni Shakur69

Activist

Heart attack

Tupac's mum, American political activist and music businesswoman

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Alan Rickman69

Actor

Pancreatic cancer

Hans Gruber in Die Hard

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Alan Young96

Actor

Natural causes

Voice of Scrooge McDuck in Duck Tales

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Alexis Arquette47

Actor & Activist

Heart attack / HIV

Wedding singer star and transgender icon

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Andrew Sachs86

Actor

Vascular dementia

Qué?

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Anton Yelchin27

Actor

Crushed by own car

Star Trek's Checkhov

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Arnold Palmer87

Golfer

Heart problems

Golf legend

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Barry Howard78

Actor

Blood cancer

Hi-De-Hi! actor

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Bernie Worrell72

Musician

Cancer

P-funk pioneer

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Bhumibol Adulyadej88

King

Liver infection

Longest-reigning monarch in Thai history

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali93

Politician

Broken pelvis

Former UN Secretary-General and Ali G interviewee

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Brad Fuller62

Composer

Pancreatic cancer

Tetris music composer

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Brian Bedford80

Actor

Cancer

Voice for foxy Robin Hood

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Burt Kwouk85

Actor

Cancer

Cato in the Pink Panther

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Carla Lane87

Writer

Natural causes

Writer of The Liver Birds

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Caroline Aherne52

Actor & Comedian

Lung Cancer

Mrs Merton and Royle Family actor

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Carrie Fisher60

Actor

Heart attack

Princess Leia

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Chyna46

Wrestler & Porn Star

Not disclosed

9th wonder of the world

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Clarence Reid76

Musician

Liver cancer

Blowfly musician

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Colonel Abrams67

Musician

Not disclosed

House music pioneer had a hit with Trapped

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Curtis Hanson71

Film director

Dementia

Oscar-winning L.A. Confidential and 8 Mile director

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Daniel Gerson49

Film writer

Brain cancer

Monsters Inc and Big Hero 6 writer

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Dave Mirra41

BMX rider

Suicide

BMX biker legend

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David Bowie69

Musician

Liver cancer

Wrote a few songs

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David Gest62

Music producer

Stroke

Reality TV star and music producer

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David Huddleston85

Actor

Heart and kidney disease

The Big Lebowski

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David Mancuso72

DJ

Not disclosed

DJ and New York nightlife pioneer

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David Margulies78

Actor

Not disclosed

Ghostbusters' mayor

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David Swift85

Actor

Not disclosed

Drop the Dead Donkey actor

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Denise Robertson83

TV personality

Pancreatic cancer

This Morning agony aunt

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Don Buchla79

Synth maker

Cancer

Groundbreaking synthesizer inventor

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Don Marshall80

Actor

Not disclosed

Star Trek and Land of the Giants actor

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Donald E. Thorin81

Cinamatographer

Not disclosed

Cinematographer for Purple Rain and Scent of a Woman

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Douglas Slocombe103

Cinamatographer

Fall

Indiana Jones cinematographer

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Elie Wiesel87

Survivor

Not disclosed

Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner

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Erik Bauersfeld93

Actor

Not disclosed

It's a trap!

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Fidel Castro90

Dictator

Not disclosed

Cuban revolutionary

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Frank Kelly77

Actor

Heart attack

Feck off!

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Frank Sinatra Jnr72

Musician

Heart attack

Apparently his dad could sing too

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Gene Wilder83

Actor

Alzheimer's

Meme star

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George Gaynes98

Actor

Not disclosed

Commandant Eric Lassard in Police Academy

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George Kennedy91

Actor

Heart disease

Police Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun

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George Michael53

Musician

Heart failure

Wrote Careless Whisper on the bus when he was 17

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Gill Hill84

Actor

Pneumonia

Detroit police inspector Todd in the Beverly Hills Cop

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Glenn Frey67

Musician

Rheumatoid arthritis

Eagles guitarist

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Gordon Murray95

Puppeteer

Not disclosed

Trumpton creator

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Guy Hamilton93

Director

Not disclosed

Bond director

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Harambe17

Gorilla

Gunshot

He died for our memes

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Harper Lee89

Author

Natural causes

Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

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Howard Marks70

Drug smuggler

Colon cancer

Author, drug smuggler and all-round nice guy

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Ian McCaskill78

Weatherman

Dementia

BBC weatherman

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Jean Alexander90

Actor

Not disclosed

Hilda Ogden in Corrie

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Jimmy Perry93

TV producer

Natural causes

Dad's Army creator

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Jo Cox41

Politician

Murder

It is possible to be a politician and a nice person

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João Havelange100

FIFA president

Unknown

7th FIFA president who loved a bribe or three

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Joe Alaskey63

Actor

Cancer

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck vocalist

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Johan Cruyff68

Footballer

Lung cancer

Kicked a ball and did some turns

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John Berry 52

Musician

Dementia

Founding Beastie Boys member

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John Glenn95

Astronaut

Not disclosed

First American to orbit the Earth

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Ken Barrie83

Voice actor

Liver cancer

Sang and narrated Postman Pat

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Kenny Baker83

Actor

Lung condition

R2-D2 actor

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Kimbo Slice42

Fighter

Heart failure

MMA fighter and UFC star

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Leonard Cohen82

Musician

Fall

Legendary musician

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Lisa Lynn Masters52

Actor

Suicide

Gossip girl and Ugly Betty actress

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Liz Smith 95

Actor

Unknown

Nana in The Royle Family

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Lou Pearlman62

Music exec

Heart attack

Creator of Backstreet Boys, NSync and several Ponzi schemes

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Maurice White74

Musician

Parkinson's

Earth, Wind & Fire founder

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Michael Leader78

Actor

Not disclosed

Albert Square's milkman

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Michu Meszaros76

Actor

Not disclosed

2'9" Hungarian actor who played ALF

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Muhammad Ali74

Boxer

Septic shock

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

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Nancy Reagan94

Actor

Heart failure

American First Lady

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Nick Lashaway28

Actor

Car accident

Actor in Girls, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The X-Files

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Paul Daniels77

Magician

Brain tumour

The UK's favourite Magician

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Pete Burns57

Musician

Heart attack

Dead or Alive singer

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Peter Vaughan93

Actor

Not disclosed

Game of Thrones and Porridge actor

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Phife Dawg45

Rapper

Diabetes

Tribe Called Quest rapper

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Prince57

Musician

Accidental overdose

Doves cried

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Richard Adams 96

Writer

Natural causes

Watership Down author

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Rick Parfitt68

Musician

Sepsis from shoulder injury from fall

Status Quo icon

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Robert Stigwood81

Music producer

Not disclosed

Bee Gees and Eric Clapton manager, Grease producer

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Robert Vaughn83

Actor

Leukemia

General Hunt Stockwell in The A-Team

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Rod Temperton66

Music producer

Cancer

Songwriter for MJ's Thriller

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Ronnie Corbett85

Comedian

Motor neurone

British comedian and actor

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Ryan Jimmo34

Fighter

Run over

Canadian mixed martial artist

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Shimon Peres93

Politician

Stroke

Israeli founding father

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Sian Blake43

Actor

Murder

EastEnders actress

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Sir George Martin90

Record producer

Not disclosed

Produced some small band from Liverpool

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Sir Terry Wogan77

Broadcaster

Cancer

BBC Radio DJ, Children In Need and Eurovision dude

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Sylvia Anderson88

TV producer

Not disclosed

Co-creator of Thunderbirds and voice of Lady Penelope

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Tony Burton78

Actor

Pneumonia

Apollo Creed's trainer Duke in Rocky

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Tony Dyson68

Prop designer

Not disclosed

Built the original Star Wars R2-D2 droid

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Tony Warren79

TV producer

Natural causes

Coronation Street creator

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Toots Thielemans94

Musician

Not disclosed

Jazz harmonica legend heard on the Sesame St theme

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Victoria Wood62

Comedian

Cancer

Legendary British comedian

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Vivean Gray92

Actor

Not disclosed

Mrs Mangel from Neighbours

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Walter Swinburn55

Jockey

Epilepsy

Shergar jockey

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Zaha Hadid65

Architect

Heart Attack

Architect of London Aquatic Centre

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Zsa Zsa Gabor99

Actor / Socialite

Heart attack

Just the nine husbands

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