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Aarebrot, Frank Born 19 January 1947  (Bergen Norway) Norwegian political scientist. Who?

Aaron, Tommy Born 22 February 1937  (Gainesville, Georgia, USA) American former professional golfer. Winner of the 1973 Masters. In the Hole!

Abbas, Mahmoud Born 26 March 1935  (Safed, Palestine) President of the Palestinian Authority. The Politicorpses

Abbot, Russ Born 16 September 1947  (Chester, Cheshire, England) Comedian and actor. Born Russell Roberts, he was voted "funniest man on television" 5 times. If he was the funniest, then we'd hate to see who was the unfunniest. Also Pipe Smoker of the Year 2001, which might be more relevant to the DDP. Last of the Summer Winos

Abdel-Rahman, Omar Born 3 May 1938  (Dakahlia, Cairo, Egypt) Blind Muslim cleric and militant leader, currently serving life for plotting the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Abdeslam, Salah Born 15 September 1989  (Brussels, Belgium) Terrorism suspect responsible for taking part in the Paris attacks in November 2015. Dead Cats Won't Play Fetch  .....Norfolk & Good P@F Deathlist

Abdul Aziz, Salman bin Born 31 December 1935  (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Minister of Defence and member of the House of Saud. Crown Prince in 2012. Leading Into The Grave

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Born 16 April 1947  (New York City, New York, USA) US basketball player with the LA Lakers in the 1970s and 80s but he insists he's Roger Murdock, an airline co-pilot! Aye, they're off the fags alright Death Hooop Still The Same Jacques Oeuf Yolo

Abdullah II of Jordan, King Born 20 January 1962  (Amman, Jordan) King of Jordan since 1999. By Royal Ascent

Abed, Fazle Hasan Born 27 April 1936  (Habiganj, Bangladesh) Social worker and chairman of BRAC, the World's largest NGO. Dead Continent

Ablett Sr, Gary Born 1 October 1961  (Drouin, Victoria, Australia) Former Australian rules footballer, played for Hawthorn and Geelong in the AFL. Spongebob's Pet Snail

Abraham, Farrah Born 31 May 1991  (Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA) Reality TV personality, came to prominence after being cast in '16 and Pregnant' in 2009. Reality Bites, But Death Swallows

Abrahams, Peter Born 3 March 1919  (Johannesburg, South Africa) South Africa-born writer. Book Em Danno IMGONESOLONG

Abrikosov, Alexei Alexeyevich Born 25 June 1928  (Moscow, Soviet Union (Now Russia)) Russian theoretical physicist. Freaks And Geeks

Abrini, Mohamed Born 27 December 1984  (place of birth unknown) Terrorism suspect responsible for taking part in the Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015. Dead Cats Won't Play Fetch

Ackland, Joss Born 29 February 1928  (North Kensington, London, England) Distinguished and experienced actor, still working. His date of birth drastically reduces the chances of anyone collecting a "party pooper" bonus on him - bar 2016, of course! AlsAlasAlackAdieu Death On The Rocks IMGONESOLONG One Scythe Fits All Permanent Kip  Simply Dead

Ackles, Jensen Born 1 March 1978  (Dallas, Texas, USA) Television actor, known from 'Days of Our Lives', 'Dark Angel' and 'Smallville'. Who Goes Before The 5-0 Arrives?

Ackroyd, Peter Born 5 October 1949  (London, England) UK author, writer of London - The Biography. Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food LGBTD

Adam, Ken  Born 5 February 1921  (Berlin, Germany) Died 10 March 2016  (London, England) Age at death: 95  (read death notice) Former film set designer, most notably on the James Bond movies. Final Curtain Spectres-to-Be You Can't Die If You're Already Dead, Darling

Adamkus, Valdas Born 3 November 1926  (Kaunas, Lithuania) President of Lithuania from 1998-2003 and 2004-2009. The Baltics Are Laying Down

Adamowicz, Tony Born 2 May 1941  (Port Henry, New York, USA) Former racing driver who contested the Under 2-Liter class of the 1968 Trans-Am Championship in a Porsche 911. Died in October 2016 but no obit. Cancel My Appointments Crossing The Styx DDP Tofoa Hunting Halos

Adams, Colette Born in Northern Ireland  (exact date unknown) Cancer-stricken wife of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams. HackinNcackin'

Adams, Julie Born 17 October 1926  (Waterloo, Iowa, USA) American actress. All Quiet on the Westerns Front

Adams, Maud Born 12 February 1945  (Luleå, Sweden) Actress. Twice a Bond Girl: Andrea Anders in 'The Man With The Golden Gun' and Octopussy in...er...well...'Octopussy'! Ikea Nokia Lego

Adams, Richard  Born 9 May 1920  (Newbury, Berkshire, England) Died 24 December 2016  (location of death unknown) Age at death: 96  (read death notice) Author of 'Watership Down'. Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food  Bladerunner Book Em Danno C. A. Daver Coffinitup Death Nebula 3000 Deathlist.net Drop Dead Celebration Dr Shipman's Waiting Room  Feng Shui Pig Hippoposthumous The Show Can't Go On The Butthole Monkeys The Dead Certs They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway Welshman You Can't Die If You're Already Dead, Darling You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

Adie, Kate Born 19 September 1945  (Sunderland, England) Fearless BBC journalist. Bury My Stiffy

Adler, Steven Born 22 January 1965  (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Former Guns N' Roses drummer. I Told You I Was Ill Toasted Brown Bread

Agca, Mehmet Ali Born 9 January 1958  (Ismailli, Hekimhan, Malatya, Turkey) Turkish gunman who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981. Currently serving time for an assassination attempt on someone else that actually did succeed. Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Agnew, Paul Born in Glasgow, Scotland  (exact date unknown) Scottish tenor. Born 1964. Who?

Ahern, Lassie Lou Born 25 June 1920  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Child actress in 1920s cinema. No, it's not the dog... Obituarynotice

Aherne, Caroline  Born 24 December 1963  (Ealing, London, England) Died 2 July 2016  (Timperley, Greater Manchester, England) Age at death: 52  (read death notice) Comedienne and writer, known for her characters Mrs Merton, the "scorchio" weather forecaster on 'The Fast Show', and Denise in 'The Royle Family'. Also known for her battle with drink, drugs and depression. 2017? - No Thank You! I'll Leave Before A Good Innings Ain’t It Grand To Be Bloomin’ Well Dead My Killah Eyebrow AlsAlasAlackAdieu And My Name Is Larry! Bloody Dead Rep Brown Bananas Comedy Cremations Curse Of Fame Dance On Your Grave Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk  Dead Spotters Deceased Hose Diem Brown Memorial Deathsquad Drop Dead Celebration Eejit Ethnic Cleansing Freddie The Cat Dead Funny  I'm Sorry For Your Trouble I'll Sleep When You're Dead I Told You I Was Ill I Will Not Die, It's The World That Will End! Jacques Oeuf Well, it was a decent innings… Lard Bazaar Oldham Scalphunters On The Box/In The Box Paint the town DEAD….the Rocket Returns P@F Slain By Sin Pity da Foolz Plowing The Deep See You In Heaven Shovelful Of Dirt There Or Thereabouts This Mortal Coil Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic Tomb It May Concern Two Coins & A Punt  We're All Gonna Die!

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Born 28 October 1956  (Garmsar, Iran) Plainly bonkers, holocaust-denying former President of Iran. Who Nose When They Will Die?

'Ahome'e, Halaevalu Mata'aho Born 29 May 1926  (Tonga) Queen Mother of Tonga. A Pelican In The Wilderness

Aich, Manohar  Born 17 March 1912  (Tipperah, India) Died 5 June 2016  (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Age at death: 104  (read death notice) Indian bodybuilder and three time Asia Games gold medalist. Mr. Universe, 1952. 20 Names 20 Sports

Aichinger, Ilse  Born 1 November 1921  (Vienna, Austria) Died 11 November 2016  (Vienna, Austria) Age at death: 95  (read death notice) Writer known for her accounts of persecution at the hands of the Nazis. You Can't Die If You're Already Dead, Darling

Aikman, Gordon Born 2 April 1985  (place of birth unknown) Scottish political campaigner, diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2014. Died In The Wool Drunkasaskunk Finding Chemo With Rocket Man People I Think Might Die In 2016 United

Ailes, Roger Born 15 May 1940  (Warren, Ohio, USA) Ex-President of Fox News Channel and former presidential media consultant. Worked for Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr and Giuliani, now on the Trump bandwagon… Extra Wide Coffin

Airth, Rennie Born in South Africa  (exact date unknown) South African novelist. Who?

Akasaki, Isamu Born 30 January 1929  (Chiran, Kagoshima, Japan) Japanese scientist and co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics. Freaks And Geeks

Akihito of Japan, Emperor Born 23 December 1933  (Tokyo, Japan) First son of Emperor Hirohito, acceded to the Imperial throne on the death of his father in 1989. By Royal Ascent  By Royal Appointment Leading Into The Grave

Al-Abadi, Haider Born 25 April 1952  (Baghdad, Iraq) Prime Minister of Iraq since 2014. Asshole Politicians

Al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad  Born in Binnish, Syria  (exact date unknown) Died 30 August 2016  (Aleppo, Syria) Age at death: 38  (read death notice) One of the leaders of the West's new bogeyman Islamic State. Born 1977. Stiff & the Tears The Grim Actuary

Alagiah, George Born 22 November 1955  (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Popular BBC newscaster. Diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. Can I join the Derby Dead Pool? Dead Spotters I Will Not Die, It's The World That Will End! Return of the Absent Minded Mike Oxard Showbiz 20

Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh Born 16 June 1929  (Kuwait City, Kuwait) The current Emir of Kuwait. By Royal Appointment

al-Assad, Asma Born 11 August 1975  (London, England) First lady of Syria and thus married to Bashar Al-Assad. I know women love a bastard but come on... Leading Into The Grave

Al-Assad, Bashar Born 11 September 1965  (Damascus, Syria) President of Syria since his father's death in 2000. Engaged in an interminable civil war since 2011. Ambledown The Choir Invisibule 2016 Death 2 Syria  Deadly As Sin Till You Win The Forest Lawn Jockeys Researched To Death  Kennedy Driving School Leading Into The Grave Lead, Follow and Die This Year Mortem Omnibus Open The Pearly Gates Squid's Stiffs Tarkinator  The Buckley Mystic The Politicorpses Valar Morghulis Where's My Damn List? You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

al-Assad, Maher Born 8 December 1967  (Damascus, Syria) Military leader and younger brother of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Death 2 Syria

Al-Assad, Rifaat Born 22 August 1937  (Qardaha, Syria) Brother of former Syrian president Hafez Assad. Death 2 Syria

Al-Attar, Najah Born 10 January 1933  (Damascus, Syria) Vice-President of Syria since 2006. Death 2 Syria

Al-Azhari, Abdullah Quraishi Born 19 September 1935  (Hyderabad, India) Khateeb and Imam of the grand Mecca Masjid in India. Died in December 2015 so no points. Who?

Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr Born in Samarra, Iraq  (exact date unknown) An other Al-Qaeda terrorist. Also known (for those he really know him) as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarri or Abu Dua or Dr. Ibrahim, leader of the Iraqi section of the terroristic network. Born 1971. A Good Innings The Choir Invisibule 2016 Circling The Drain Dead and Deader 3: Lie Back and Think of Lynndie England Death Can Be Funny H5N1 I'll Sleep When You're Dead Clean Bill Of Health New Years And Drinks All Night!  Mr. Yuck  Old Farts P@F Deathlist Plowing The Deep See You In Hell Golden Slumbers Stairway To Heaven  Stiff & the Tears Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information The "B" Team  The Grim Actuary The Living End There's A Shiva In The Park Valar Morghulis  Windsor The Troll Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Niedermier Dead! Marmalard Dead! You Gotta Risk It For The Biscuit

Al-Bashir, Abdul-Ilah Date and place of birth unknown Former Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army. Death 2 Syria

Al-Bashir, Omar Born 1 January 1944  (Hosh Bannaga, Northern State, Sudan) Current (and controversial) President of Sudan. Asshole Politicians

Albee, Edward  Born 12 March 1928  (Washington D.C., USA) Died 16 September 2016  (Long Island, New York, USA) Age at death: 88  (read death notice) Author & playwright, best known for his work on 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' IBetYouWon'tPrintCunt Lullabye-bye of Broadway

Albert, Hans Born 8 February 1921  (Cologne, Germany) Philosopher and sociologist. You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

Albert II, King Born 6 June 1934  (Laeken, Belgium) King of Belgium from 1993-2013. AlsAlasAlackAdieu By Royal Appointment Hell To The Chief Minions Of Xuleneb

Al-Buwaydhani, Essam Date and place of birth unknown Leader of the Syrian rebel Jaysh al-Islam group since December 2015. Born 1971. Mr. Yuck

Alda, Alan Born 28 January 1936  (New York, New York, USA) US actor, best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in 'M*A*S*H'. AlsAlasAlackAdieu Cut! Take(n)! Deader Than A Dead Thing

Alder, Berni Born 9 September 1925  (Duisburg, Germany) Reknowned German-born scientist. Who?

Alderson, Sandy Born 22 November 1947  (Seattle, Washington, USA) General Manager of Major League Baseball team the New York Mets. Not Long To Liver

Aldiss, Brian Born 18 August 1925  (East Dereham, Norfolk, England) Reknowned British science fiction author. Ain’t It Grand To Be Bloomin’ Well Dead Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food The afterLife of Brian

Aldrin, Buzz Born 20 January 1930  (Montclair, New Jersey, USA) Second man on the Moon, who has always claimed he'd have been the first if it wasn't for the fact that the only door of the lunar lander was on Neil Armstrong's side. Cashier Number 86 Please!  Dr Shipman's Waiting Room Riding The Jesus Train They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway

Alemán, Fedora Born 11 October 1912  (Caracas, Venezuela) Opera singer. One Century Is Enough, Madam!

Alessandroni, Alessandro Born 18 March 1925  (Rome, Italy) Italian composer/musician who plays multiple instruments and has written songs for many films. Known for his whistling prowess. Gris Gris

Alexander, Jean  Born 24 February 1926  (Liverpool, England) Died 14 October 2016  (Southport, Lancashire, England) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) Best known as Hilda Ogden in 'Coronation Street'. Aaron & Helen's Drop Dead 20 Boddies... Manchester's Finest Deadly J Dead Spotters Get Knotted Jellydead Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill Last of the Summer Winos Points for old Soap Slippery Soap The Cobbles To A Coffin

Alexievich, Svetlana Born 31 May 1948  (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) Nobel Prize-winning author. Nobel Loserettes

Al-Fayed, Mohammed Born 27 January 1929  (Bakos, Alexandria, Egypt) Owner of Harrods and former owner of Fulham FC. Not overly popular in many quarters, but at least he lives in Switzerland now. C. A. Daver Zombie Dance Party Clean Bill Of Health

Alfredson, Hasse Born 28 June 1931  (Malmo, Sweden) Swedish actor, director and comedian. Predictor's Predictions

Al-Freij, Fahd Jassem Born 1 January 1950  (Hama, Syria) Syrian Minister of Defense. Death 2 Syria

Al-Halqi, Wael Nader Born in Jasim, Syria  (exact date unknown) Prime Minister of Syria since August 2012. Born 1964. Death 2 Syria

Al-Hassan, Suheil Born in Jableh, Syria  (exact date unknown) Commander of the Tiger Forces army in Syria. Born 1970. Death 2 Syria

Al-Hithlain, Fahda Date and place of birth unknown Third wife of Saudi King Salman. Leading Into The Grave

Ali, Muhammad  Born 17 January 1942  (Louisville, Kentucky, USA) Died 3 June 2016  (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) Age at death: 74  (read death notice) Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, ditched his "slave name" in 1964. Won an Olympic gold boxing medal at age 18 and went on to become world heavyweight champion on three occasions. Now suffering from Parkinson's Disease. 1 Dead In Ohio It's Grim Up North 2 Sick Not 2 Quit 5 Feet And 1 To Go Aaron Aardvark's Alliteration Association  Abracadaver A Good Innings Ambledown Baldy's Burial Service The Choir Invisibule 2016 Bladerunner Body Snatcher's Body Count Worm Fodder Breathless In Seattle Buzzards Cancerous Hatred Aye, they're off the fags alright Chelski Pensioners Circling The Drain Compost Corner Crazycarl DAI YAB'STARDS Dance On Your Grave DDP Tofoa DeathIsAllAround's Sports Superstars Dead and Deader 3: Lie Back and Think of Lynndie England Deader Than A Dead Thing Deadies 3  Drop Deadline Dead Loss Deadly As Sin Till You Win Warning: Dying Can Be Hazardous To Your Health Dead Spotters Death Grips Await Death By Hemeloids Death Can Be Funny Deathray's Kevorkian Clinic Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged DpSeggi Drop Dead Celebration Eastbourne Exits EGN's Celebrity Zombies In Waiting Falling Off The Perch Faster Than A Dead Horse The Forest Lawn Jockeys Fuck 'Em All Gag Slow And Die Gazza's A Gonna George Lass and the Gravelings Grendel's Graveyard Hardwood Surround Hunting Halos I Can’t Believe They’re Not Deader I'm Sorry For Your Trouble I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here I Told You I Was Ill Jellydead  Jimmy Hill's Dinner Party Aunt Jessica Fletcher's Weekend Visit They're Loving Angels Instead Lard Bazaar Madonna's Hand of Bod Weakend At Bernies Manuel's Stiffs Mercarte The Misers Morbid United F.C. Mortem Omnibus Mourning Glory Mr & Mrs Drummerboy  Naked Florida Gravediggers Noah Reason And The Youth In Asia Grief Hijackers Nosoup4U! Not At All Well Noz4news Obituaries 'R' Us Open The Pearly Gates Paint the town DEAD….the Rocket Returns Pickett's Popped Off Picks Pity da Foolz Plowing The Deep Pool Ghoul Puzlman's Passing Picks The Show Can't Go On Sad Last Days Say Hi To Uncle George Kicking Down Death's Door (Scarborough Style) Seasideessexxile See Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya! See You In Heaven Shaun of the Dead 69 Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Slaughter = S + laughter STAB in the DARK Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Stone Dead Cert The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order The End of the World As We Know It The Final Whistle  The Grateful Dead The Grim Grampian Reapers The Worm Your Honour The Wanky Yankee They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway TOETAG4U To Kill A Gabor Sister Tomb It May Concern Wall Street Massacre Wayne Manor Who Turned Out The Lights? Worm Farmer Wot The Deuce You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On! You Might Be A King Or A Little Street Sweeper You Must Be Croaking!

Alicia of Bourbon-Palma, Princess Born 13 November 1917  (Vienna, Austria) Spanish infanta and heir to the throne of Navarre. By Royal Appointment Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

Alison-Madueke, Diezani Born 6 December 1960  (Port Harcourt, Nigeria) First female president of OPEC, since 2014. And Now His Watch Is Ended Very Ill Turned Very Dead

Alizée, (singer) Born 21 August 1984  (Ajaccio, Corsica) Singer. 'Moi…Lolita'. Death Can Be Sexy

Al-Jabouri, Ni'ma Abd Nayef Born in Iraq  (exact date unknown) Senior member of "so-called" Islamic State. Stiff & the Tears

Al-Julani, Abu Mohammad Born in Deir ez-Zor, Syria  (exact date unknown) Emir of the al-Nusra Front in Syria since 2012. Mr. Yuck

Al-Kasm, Abdul Rauf Born in Damascus, Syria  (exact date unknown) Former Prime Minister of Syria. Death 2 Syria

Alkhanov, Alu Born 20 January 1957  (Taldy-Kurganskaya oblast', Kazakhstan) Current President of the highly-unstable Chechen Republic. The Policies Of Benjamin Netanyahu

Al-Khatib, Moaz Born in Damascus, Syria  (exact date unknown) Syrian oppositional leader. First president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. Born 1960. Mr. Yuck

Al-Laham, Mohammad Jihad Born 13 January 1954  (Damascus, Syria) Speaker of the People's Council of Syria since 2012. Death 2 Syria

Allcard, Edward Born 31 October 1914  (Chertsey, Surrey, England) Architect and yachtsman. Old As Dirt

Allchurch, Len  Born 12 September 1933  (Swansea, Wales) Died 16 November 2016  (location of death unknown) Age at death: 83  (read death notice) Former Wales international footballer and brother of the legendary Ivor Allchurch. I Told You I Was Ill

Allen, Marty Born 22 March 1922  (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) Stand-up comedian and actor, far better known across the Atlantic than here in the UK. Obituarynotice

Allen, Ray Born 20 July 1975  (Castle AFB, Merced, California, USA) NBA basketball player. Part of the USA's Olympic gold medal-winning team in 2000. Death Hooop Still The Same

Allen, Woody Born 1 December 1935  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Comedy film actor/writer/director, born Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Dead Is Dead No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!!  Perps & Perverts Who Nose When They Will Die?

Alley, Kirstie Born 12 January 1951  (Wichita, Kansas, USA) Actress, best known for her role as Rebecca Howe in 'Cheers'. She's A Goner

Allison, Mose  Born 11 November 1927  (Tippo, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA) Died 15 November 2016  (Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA) Age at death: 89  (read death notice) Jazz and blues pianist and singer. See You In Heaven

Alliss, Peter Born 28 February 1931  (Berlin, Germany) Golfer, golf course designer & long-time golf commentator for the BBC and others. 60s Sporting Stars Losing to Death Coffin Fit In the Hole! You Ain't Seen Me, Right?

Allitt, Beverley Born 4 October 1968  (place of birth unknown) So-called "Angel of Death", jailed for 30 years in 1993 for the murder of four children in her care. Perps & Perverts

Allman, Gregg Born 8 December 1947  (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) Founder of the Allman Brothers Band, who lived the hedonistic rock 'n' roll lifestyle for many years. Died In The Wool

Al-Muhajer, Abu Hassan Date and place of birth unknown Member of the Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham. Died in December 2015, according to Facebook, so make of that what you will... Mr. Yuck

al-Nahhas, Labib Date and place of birth unknown Head of foreign political relations for Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham. Mr. Yuck

Al-Naser, Abu Suleiman Date and place of birth unknown War Minister with Islamic State. Said to be dead since 2011, so… Stiff & the Tears

Alpert, Herb Born 31 March 1935  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Trumpeter and record company executive. The A in A&M Records and the man responsible for (or should that be "guilty of"?) signing The Carpenters. Dead Is Dead

al-Shaar, Mohammad Born in Al-Haffa, Syria  (exact date unknown) Syrian Minister of the Interior. Born 1950. Death 2 Syria

al-Sharaa, Farouk Born 10 December 1938  (Damascus, Syria) Vice-President of Syria. Death 2 Syria

Al-Shishani, Abu Omar Born in Birkiani, Georgia  (exact date unknown) Georgian-born commander for the Islamic State in Syria. Born c. 1986. Death 2 Syria Plowing The Deep Stiff & the Tears The Grim Actuary Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Niedermier Dead! Marmalard Dead!

Altwegg, Jeannette Born 8 September 1930  (Bombay, India) British figure skater. Won Winter Olympic Gold at Oslo in 1952. 20 Names 20 Sports

al-Zawahiri, Ayman Born 19 June 1951  (Maadi, Egypt) One of bin Laden's deputies in Al-Qaeda, about whom recent whereabouts are sketchy. The Choir Invisibule 2016 Hit Me With Your Best Shot Open The Pearly Gates

Ames, Ed Born 9 July 1927  (Malden, Massachusetts, USA) Singer & actor. 20 Crooners Croakin' All Quiet on the Westerns Front

Amge, Jyoti Born 18 December 1993  (Nagpur, India) The World's smallest woman as of December 2011. Freaks And Geeks

Amos, John Born 27 December 1939  (Newark, New Jersey, USA) Actor, known for 'Good Times' and 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'. They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway

Anastacia, (singer) Born 17 September 1973  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Pop singer ('I'm Outta Love', 'One Day In Your Life'). Has had Crohn's disease since the age of 13, and also battled breast cancer in 2003. Pop Goes The Pop Star

Anderson, Arthur  Born 29 August 1922  (Staten Island, New York, USA) Died 9 April 2016  (Manhatten, New York, USA) Age at death: 93  (read death notice) Actor best known as the voice of the Lucky Charms leprechaun. Begorra! Drive-Thru Shooting

Anderson, Jon Born 25 October 1944  (Accrington, Lancashire, England) High-pitched former singer with progressive rock giants Yes. Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today

Anderson, Michael Born 30 January 1920  (London, England) English film director of 'The Dam Busters' and 'Logan's Run' among others. Cut! Take(n)! Taking the Michael

Anderson, Tom Born 8 November 1970  (place of birth unknown) Founder of social networking site Myspace. What do you mean you've never heard of it? Stairway Tom Heaven

Andersson, Benny Born 16 December 1946  (Vällingby, Sweden) Bearded pianist and songwriter with pop legends ABBA. Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today

Andersson, Bibi Born 11 November 1935  (Stockholm, Sweden) Swedish actress, primarily in Ingmar Bergman films. Ikea Nokia Lego

Andersson, Harriet Born 14 February 1932  (Stockholm, Sweden) Ingmar Bergman-film actress. Ikea Nokia Lego

Anderton, James Born 24 May 1932  (Wigan, Lancashire, England) God-fearing former chief constable of the Greater Manchester Police. 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying

Andre, Carl Born 16 September 1935  (Quincy, Massachusetts, USA) Minimalist artist of firebricks fame. All Death Is Consolation

Andreas, Dwayne  Born 4 March 1918  (Worthington, Minnesota, USA) Died 15 November 2016  (location of death unknown) Age at death: 98  (read death notice) Businessman and campaign funder for both the Republican and Democratic parties. Talk about hedging your bets! Captain Hemlock's Twenty

Andress, Ursula Born 19 March 1936  (Ostermundigen, Switzerland) Actress & sex symbol, best known for her sultry performance in Dr. No. Death Can Be Sexy Let Us Embalm You Sad Last Days

Andretti, Mario Born 28 February 1940  (Motovun, Croatia) Italian-American racing driver, the last American to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix, in 1978. Eastbourne Exits

Andrews, Julie Born 1 October 1935  (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England) Actress - star of 'The Sound of Music'. Eastbourne Exits

Andriessen, Louis Born 6 June 1939  (Utrecht, Netherlands) Dutch classical composer. Minions Of Xuleneb

Angelica, Mother  Born 20 April 1923  (Canton, Ohio, USA) Died 27 March 2016  (Hanceville, Alabama, USA) Age at death: 92  (read death notice) Born Rita Antoinette Rizzo, she went on to found the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN), the largest Catholic cable network with an audience of about 66 million households in 43 countries. Deceased Hose David Quantick's Showbiz Pals JoeRam The "B" Team

Angélil, René  Born 16 January 1942  (Montréal, Canada) Died 14 January 2016  (Henderson, Nevada, USA) Age at death: 73  (read death notice) Singer, entertainment manager and husband of Céline Dion, regarded as being the driving force behind her success. The sod. 16 Is The Number  It's Grim Up North  2017? - No Thank You! I'll Leave Before Amanita Virosa Are You Still Dying, Darling? Bloody Dead Rep Body Snatcher's Body Count Cancerous Hatred Carkers Convention 2016 The Love Boat Crossing The Styx Poochie Died On The Way Back To His Home Planet Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? DDP Tofoa Dead As A Doornail DeathIsAllAround's Superstars Dead Ends Dead Wait Death Can Be Funny Deathray's Kevorkian Clinic Deceased Hose  Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged  DpSeggi Drop Dead Celebration Eejit Eternity Tours Ethnic Cleansing David Quantick's Showbiz Pals Going Underground Hunting Halos I'm Sorry For Your Trouble And Now His Watch Is Ended I Will Not Die, It's The World That Will End! Madonna's Hand of Bod Manuel's Stiffs New Years And Drinks All Night! The Misers Grief Hijackers Pan Breed P@F Deathlist Pedro’s Catacomb Ensemble People I Think Might Die In 2016 United Pity da Foolz Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts  Golden Slumbers Shaun of the Dead 69 Shovelful Of Dirt STAB in the DARK Stiff & the Tears Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Heading Nowhere The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order Still Life The Deadest of the Dead  The End of the World As We Know It The Living End The Wanky Yankee This Mortal Coil Thomas Jefferson Survives Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic To Kill A Gabor Sister Tonight Matthew, I'm Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy Wall Street Massacre Only The Good Die Young Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Niedermier Dead! Marmalard Dead! You Might Be A King Or A Little Street Sweeper Zsa-Zsa-ah-ah-ah! Zsa-Zsa-Ooh-la-la! ZZ Topped and the Wooden Spoon of Immortality

Anger, Kenneth Born 3 February 1927  (Santa Monica, California, USA) Underground filmmaker and author. Wrote the bestselling 'Hollywood Babylon' in 1959. Death Nebula 3000

Anh, Le Duc Born 1 December 1920  (Thua Thiên-Hue Province, Vietnam) President of Vietnam from 1992-97. Asshole Politicians Hell To The Chief

Anstis, Toby Born 14 December 1970  (Northampton, England) Perky childrens TV presenter. Northampton Town I'm proud to be

Anthony, Trey Date and place of birth unknown London-born Canadian comedian. Coffinio De Lesbos

Apfel, Iris Born 29 August 1921  (New York City, New York, USA) Interior designer and fashionista. Maysles Brothers Memorial Death Squad

Apostol, Eugenia Born 29 September 1925  (Sorsogon, Philippines) Publisher, whose political publications helped cause the downfall of two Filipino presidents. Dead Continent

Apostol, Tom M. Born 20 August 1923  (Helper, Utah, USA) Mathematician specialising in analytic number theory. Died in May 2016 but no obit. Inquilinekea/Simfish

Apple, Fiona Born 13 September 1977  (New York City, New York, USA) Art-pop musician. You Gotta Risk It For The Biscuit

Applegate, Christina Born 25 November 1971  (Hollywood, California, USA) American actress & comedienne who has suffered from & beaten breast cancer. GMC Ghost Town

Aragonés, Sergio Born 6 September 1937  (Sant Mateu, Castellón, Spain) Spanish-born Mexican cartoonist for Mad magazine. Wayne Manor

arap Moi, Daniel Born 2 September 1924  (Sacho, Baringo, Kenya) President of Kenya from 1978-2002. Still dogged by controversies stemming from his time in office. Lead, Follow and Die This Year

Archer, Joey Born 11 February 1938  (New York City, New York, USA) Retired boxer. Beat the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson in the latter's final fight in 1965. 60s Sporting Stars Losing to Death

Argerich, Martha Born 5 June 1941  (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Acclaimed pianist. Dead and Dusted 3

Arkin, Alan Born 26 March 1934  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actor, in films from the mid-60s onwards. Captain Hemlock's Twenty The Conqueror Worm

Armenteros, Alfredo "Chocolate"  Born 4 April 1928  (Santa Clara, Cuba) Died 6 January 2016  (New York City, New York, USA) Age at death: 87  (read death notice) Cuban trumpeter. A Pelican In The Wilderness Thomas Jefferson Survives

Armfield, Jimmy Born 21 September 1935  (Denton, Manchester, England) Former Blackpool & England footballer, now a very popular radio commentator & broadcaster. Sudden Death

Armstrong, Lance Born 18 September 1971  (Plano, Texas, USA) Former cyclist, 7 times winner of the Tour de France, who overcame brain, lung and testicular cancer. It was revealed in 2012 that he was a systematic drugs cheat all along and now enters into sporting infamy. 5 Feet And 1 To Go

Armstrong-Jones, Antony Born 7 March 1930  (London, England) Lord Snowdon, celebrity photographer and former husband of Princess Margaret. Cashier Number 86 Please! Windsor The Troll

Arnett, Peter Born 13 November 1934  (Riverton, New Zealand) Journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for his reports from Vietnam. Worked for CNN from 1981-1999. Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party

Arrabal, Fernando Born 11 August 1932  (Melilla, Spain) Spanish-French modernist novelist, poet and film director. Sir Candy's All Stars

Arrow, Kenneth Born 23 August 1921  (New York City, New York, USA) Influential Nobel Prize-winning economist. Nobel Laureates

Arum, Bob Born 8 December 1931  (New York City, New York, USA) American boxing impressario and businessman. 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying

Ashenfelter, Horace Born 23 January 1923  (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA) Retired US tracka and field athlete. Oscar The Beast

Asher, Tony Born 2 May 1939  (London, England) British-born songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Til I Die

Ashley, Brooke Born 5 May 1973  (Daegu, South Korea) HIV-positive pornographic film actress who was filmed having sex with her boyfriend, who is also HIV-positive. Wah! P@F Slain By Sin

Ashley, Mike Born 9 September 1964  (Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England) Ruthless owner of Sports Direct. Hapless owner of Newcastle United. H5N1 Hippoposthumous

Ashmore, Edward  Born 11 December 1919  (Queenstown, County Cork, Rep of Ireland) Died 28 April 2016  (location of death unknown) Age at death: 96  (read death notice) A former Admiral of the Fleet, the most senior Royal Navy position there is. Circling The Drain Grobler's Stiff Ones Lard Bazaar They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway

Ashurst, Len Born 10 March 1939  (Liverpool, England) Former Sunderland defender and later manager. Black Penguins Of Doom

Asif, Hassan  Date and place of birth unknown Died 6 January 2016  (Melbourne, Australia) Age at death: 25  (read death notice) Ailing Pakistani student whose mother was was denied an Australian visa. Cancel My Appointments  David Quantick's Showbiz Pals

Asner, Ed Born 15 November 1929  (Kansas City, Kansas, USA) US actor, who has mostly appeared in TV programmes such as 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'. Recently provided the voice of old curmudgeon Carl in Pixar animated tearfest 'Up'. Dead Men Walking Club From Here To Eternity Zombie Dance Party You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! You're Gonna Need a Bigger Coffin Not At All Well

Aspel, Michael Born 12 January 1933  (London, England) Host of 'This Is Your Life' and 'Antiques Roadshow'. All That Glitters Is Not Mould Final Curtain The Good, The Bad And Cliff Richard

Assange, Julian Born 3 July 1971  (Townsville, Queensland, Australia) Controversial Australian journalist and internet activist, whose WikiLeaks website regularly release confidential documents and communications from the U.S. and other governments. Mourning Glory II

Assauer, Rudi Born 30 April 1944  (Sulzbach-Altenwald, Germany) Retired German footballer. Deutschland Verabschiedet Sich!

Assia, Lys Born 3 March 1926  (Lenzburg, Aargau, Switzerland) Swiss singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Real name: Rosa Mina Schärer. Deutschland Verabschiedet Sich! Don't Stop the Music

Astin, John Born 30 March 1930  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Actor - starred as Gomez Addams in 'The Addams Family', and has mainly appeared in TV comedies since. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed!

Astley, Rick Born 6 February 1966  (Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England) Shy and retiring singer who had phenomenal success with the hit single 'Never Gonna Give You Up', the biggest selling UK single of 1987. Later became a phenomenon of a different kind as that single became part of an internet meme known as 'Rickrolling'. Sid And Marty Coffin

Astrid of Norway, Princess Born 12 February 1932  (Villa Solbakken, Oslo, Norway) Older sister of Norway's King Harald. Also in the line of succession to the British throne. By Royal Ascent Death Can Be Sexy

Athaiya, Bhanu Born 28 April 1929  (Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) Indian costume designer who won an Oscar for her work on 'Gandhi' in 1983. Dead Continent

Atherton, William Born 30 July 1947  (Orange, Connecticut, USA) Film actor best known as slimy reporter Dick Thornburg in the first two 'Die Hard' films. Insert Name Here

Athill, Diana Born 21 December 1917  (Norfolk, England) Literary editor who for the time had a eyebrow raising number of affairs with various authors. Lard Bazaar Simply Dead

Atkins, Ronald Born 13 June 1916  (England) Former MP for Preston North on two occasions, 1966-70 and 1974-79. ...and Its Goodnight From Him  No More Expenses The Honourable Member for DDP North  The Funky Faz's Morgue of Merriment

Atkinson, Big Ron Born 18 March 1939  (Liverpool, England) Former Manchester United manager turned TV pundit who was slung out in 2004 for racist comments heard off air. DeathIsAllAround's Sports Superstars Clean Bill Of Health Unpersons

Atkinson, Clare Date and place of birth unknown Former TV journalist with terminal cancer. Born 1985. Died in June 2016 but no obit. And Now His Watch Is Ended

Atkinson, Ti-Grace Born 9 November 1937  (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) Feminist author. Dykes

Attenborough, David Born 8 May 1926  (London, England) Broadcaster, author, naturalist and also ex-Controller of BBC2. Brother of Sir Richard. 6-Foot-Under Angela of Death The Choir Invisibule 2016 Don't Eat The Figs They're Loving Angels Instead Maysles Brothers Memorial Death Squad Next slide, please Oldham Scalphunters The Class of 1926 The Worm Your Honour Only The Good Die Young

Atwood, Margaret Born 18 November 1939  (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Author and poet. Wrote the 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts

Auber, Brigitte Born 27 April 1928  (Paris, France) French actress. Pedro’s Catacomb Ensemble

Aubert, K. D. Born 6 December 1978  (Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) American actress and model. Drive-Thru Shooting

Audran, Stéphane Born 8 November 1932  (Versailles, France) French film actress. Sir Candy's All Stars

Auerbach, Frank Born 19 April 1931  (Berlin, Germany) German-born British artist. A bit like Lucien Freud, really. All Death Is Consolation

Averbakh, Yuri Born 8 February 1922  (Kaluga, Russia) Current oldest living chess grandmaster. Grobler's Stiff Ones

Avildsen, John G. Born 21 December 1935  (Oak Park, Illinois, USA) Successful film director of 'Rocky' and the 'Karate Kid' films. Cut! Take(n)!

Axelsson, Maj Born 13 May 1928  (Eskilstuna, Sweden) Swedish-born widow of 'Dallas' star Larry Hagman. Died in May 2016 but no obit. Breathless In Seattle

Aylwin, Patricio  Born 26 November 1918  (Vina del Mar, Chile) Died 19 April 2016  (Santiago, Chile) Age at death: 97  (read death notice) Former President of Chile. Captain Hemlock's Twenty Lead, Follow and Die This Year

Ayyoub, Ali Abdullah Date and place of birth unknown Chief of Staff in Syria since 2012. Death 2 Syria

Azad, Afshan Born 12 August 1988  (Manchester, England) Actress, best known for the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films. Death Can Be Sexy I Hope They Don't Have Horcruxes

Aznavour, Charles Born 22 May 1924  (Paris, France) Watery-eyed French crooner. #1 Hits Clog Poppers I Couldn't Eat Another Bite  The Show Can't Go On Burt Lungcancers Nervous 90s See You In Heaven Sing Your Last Song For Me

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