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BBC News: Remembering the Stars Who Died in 2009

linnyloulinnylou Posts: 18,770
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I had forgotten just how many famous people had passed away in 2009:

Patrick Swayze
Danny La Rue
Keith Floyd
Stephen Gately
Simon Dee
Jade Goody
Natasha Richardson
Patrick McGoohan
David Vine
Bobby Robson
Molly Sugden
Wendy Richard
Clement Freud
John Mortimer
Tony Hart
Karl Malden
David Carradine
Farrah Fawcett
Ron Silver
Dom DeLuise
Ricardo Montalbalm
Edward Kennedy
Brian Barron (political reporter)
Ludovic Kennedy
Dave Dee
Al Martino
Mary Travers
Erik Purkiser (Lux Interior)
Les Paul
Michael Jackson
Geoffrey Smith
Rob Gauntlett (Everest climber)
Bill Frindall
Richard Todd
Bill Stone, Henry Allingham and Harry Patch - WWI war vets
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 853
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    They don't have Brittany Murphy on your list.
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    linnyloulinnylou Posts: 18,770
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    I knew they'd forget someone!
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    A321A321 Posts: 6,363
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    Or Ali Bongo. :mad:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,890
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    That's a lot of people :(
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 32,379
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    Not many of them are famous.

    Celebrities are hardly famous, well known names possibly.

    You could go back decades and print a list of well known people who have died.
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    SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    Also from the sports world

    Max Robertson
    Reg Gutteridge
    Jack Kramer



    The three WW1 survivers are the most poignant for me - that really is the end of an era
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    LeeahLeeah Posts: 20,239
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    Maggie Jones (Blance) too....

    Long list tbh :(
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    ustarionustarion Posts: 20,322
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    Orion is not on that list.
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    Simon CowSimon Cow Posts: 2,903
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    What about the person who has meant so much to so many for many decades:

    Oliver Postgate

    May your name never be forgotten.
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    rosalynnrosalynn Posts: 4,500
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    The ones who stick out in my memory are the three WW1 survivors (and I'm glad a lot of coverage was dedicated to them), Michael Jackson (he was always kinda 'there', even though I wasn't a fan), and Brittany Murphy (this was a huge shock to me, plus I did think she was a good actress)
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    fleetfleet Posts: 11,574
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    Gene Barry died earlier this month
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 14,920
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    I guess the piece was put together a while ago so anyone who has gone recently will not feature.

    The Richard Todd bit was interesting. Playing his own commanding officer in the d-day landings and having to talk to an actor who was playing him.
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    linnyloulinnylou Posts: 18,770
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    woodbush wrote: »
    Not many of them are famous.

    Celebrities are hardly famous, well known names possibly.

    You could go back decades and print a list of well known people who have died.

    How pedantic. Of course, we could list the numbers of famous people who have died over the decade, but the list is for this year - as per the title.

    Yes, there are a fair few people on that list who are famous. I didn't actually list them as 'celebrities' as I don't class them as celebrities, (and I don't particularly like the word) but people famous in their own right for a reason.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,587
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    Its a huge list of starrs who have gone this year but I remember them and all the others who have lost loved ones this year in my thoughts
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    myssmyss Posts: 16,527
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    I didn't know Danny La Rue died.
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    Sniffle774Sniffle774 Posts: 20,290
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    Ginger Nut wrote: »
    The Richard Todd bit was interesting. Playing his own commanding officer in the d-day landings and having to talk to an actor who was playing him.

    wow...I never knew that. How interesting. He was also up to play James Bond but was unable to free up the time and thus Sean Connery got the role.
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    SexbombSexbomb Posts: 20,005
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    Who will be the first celeb to die in 2010?
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    y0david6y0david6 Posts: 4,130
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    thats loads that have passed away this year

    Hope they all R.I.P
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    gilliedewgilliedew Posts: 7,605
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    Not forgetting the wonderful Bea Arthur, Dorothy from the Golden Girls
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,202
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    That is a long list. Some shocked me a lot especially Michael. :( RIP to them all. :cry:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,260
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    Vic Chesnutt died on Christmas Day :(
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    Tfan26Tfan26 Posts: 6,829
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    Sexbomb wrote: »
    Who will be the first celeb to die in 2010?

    Lindsay Lohan tbh the way shes going :(
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    Sexbomb wrote: »
    Who will be the first celeb to die in 2010?

    my picks are either Amy Winehouse or Pete Doherty
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    Miss_MooMiss_Moo Posts: 8,997
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    John Hughes.

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/
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    linnyloulinnylou Posts: 18,770
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    I must admit that I still find Michael Jackson's death strange to comprehend.

    Some of the names I'd known of but not known much of what they had done. Others, like Tony Hart, I had grown up with seeing on my TV screen for years, so it's always sad to hear of their death, but at the same time, brings back some great memories. :)
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