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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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