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Famous people who have died recently.

August

1, Poul Anderson -- fantasy / sci-fi author

July

29?, [Henryk Jablonski]? -- president of Poland (1972?-1985?)
27, [Leon Wilkeson]?, aged 49 -- Bassist for [Lynyrd Skynyrd]?
11, Herman Brood, aged 54 -- Dutch rock musician, painter and publicity freak (suicide)
5, [Hannelore Kohl]?, aged 68 -- wife of ex-chancellor of Germany [Helmut Kohl]? (suicide)

June

30, [Chet Atkins]?, aged 77 -- country musician
28, [Joan Sims]?, aged 71 -- actress
28, Jack Lemmon, aged 76 -- actor
21, Carroll O'Connor, aged 76 -- actor
21, John Lee Hooker, aged 83 -- Blues musician
11, [Timothy McVeigh]?, aged 33 -- terrorist (executed by U.S. government)
3, [Anthony Quinn]?, aged 86 -- actor
1, King Birendra and Queen Aiswarya of Nepal -- (shot, possibly murdererd)
1, [Hank Ketcham]?, aged 81 -- creator of Dennis the Menace

May

12, [Perry Como]?, aged 87 -- singer
12, Douglas Adams, aged 49 -- author (heart attack)
5, [Cliff Hillegass]?, aged 83 -- creator of Cliff Notes (stroke)

April

15, Joey Ramone -- lead singer for The Ramones
11?, [Harry Secombe]?, aged 79 -- actor, member of The Goon Show (prostate cancer)
10?, [Willie Stargell]? -- Baseball Hall of Famer

March

22?, [William Hanna]? -- cofounder (with [Joseph Barbera]?) of famous Hanna-Barbera? animation studio
21?, Norma Macmillan -- voice of [Casper the Friendly Ghost]? and Gumby cartoon characters
18?, [John Phillips]? -- cofounder of Popular Music group [The Mamas and the Papas]?
15, [Ann Sothern]? -- actress
12?, [Robert Ludlum]? -- author of spy novels
12?, Morton Downey, Jr. -- television personality

February

18?, Dale Earnhardt -- NASCAR race car driver

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