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Who that died in …

1 1950 created Tarzan?
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
2 1951 wrote the song Keep the Home Fires Burning?
IVOR NOVELLO
3 1952 became the third monarch of the House of Windsor?
GEORGE VI
4 1953 was a world leader known as The Man of Steel?
JOSEPH STALIN
5 1954 played Casper Gutman in Casablanca?
SYDNEY GREENSTREET
6 1955 was a jazz legend nicknamed Bird?
CHARLIE PARKER
7 1956 created Winnie the Pooh?
AA MILNE
8 1957 was buried with a gold whistle bearing the inscription, “If you want anything just whistle”?
HUMPHREY BOGART
9 1958 the year after marrying Elizabeth Taylor?
MIKE TODD
10 1959 was born Jules Perry Richardson and perished alongside Buddy Holly?
THE BIG BOPPER
11 1960 penned the novel A Town Like Alice?
NEVIL SHUTE
12 1961 was a baseball legend nicknamed The Georgia Peach?
TY COBB
13 1962 was a founder member of The Beatles?
STUART SUTCLIFFE
14 1963 created the mythical land of Narnia?
CS LEWIS
15 1964 was a singer known as Gentleman Jim?
JIM REEVE
16 1965 was a DJ that coined the term “Rock and Roll”?
ALAN FREEDMAN
17 1966 was a silent movie star nicknamed The Great Stone Face?
BUSTER KEATON
18 1967 was the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald?
JACK RUBY
19 1968 was assassinated by Sirhan B Sirhan?
ROBERT KENNEDY
20 1969 was a boxer whose knockout punch was known as Suzie Q?
ROCKY MARCIANO
21 1970 penned the novel A Room with a View?
EM FORSTER
22 1971 was America’s most decorated soldier in World War II?
AUDEY MURPHY
23 1972 sang Thank Heaven for Little Girls in Gigi?
MAURICE CHEVALIER
24 1973 was born with the birth name of Walden Robert Cassotto?
BOBBY DARIN
25 1974 was the successor of Charles de Gaulle?
GEORGE POMPIDOV
26 1975 was played on film by Alan Rickman in Michael Collins?
EAMON DE VALERA
27 1976 was the subject of the movie The Aviator?
HOWARD HUGHES
28 1977 was executed by firing squad and was subject of the film The Executioner’s Song?
GARY GILMORE
29 1978 was a Bulgarian defector who was assassinated by a poisoned umbrella tip?
GEORGI MARKOV
30 1979 played Lennie Godber in Porridge?
RICHARD BECKINSALE
31 1980 was the lead vocalist with AC/DC?
BON SCOTT
32 1981 created Dr Finlay?
AJ CRONIN
33 1982 played Leonard Swindley in Coronation Street?
ARTHUR LOWE
34 1983 penned A Streetcar Named Desire?
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
35 1984 was the only Olympic gold medallist to feature on the cover of Sergeant Peppers?
JOHNNY WEISSMULLER
36 1985 acquired the nickname of the Baron of Beefcake in his acting career?
ROCK HUDSON
37 1986 founded Scientology?
L RON HUBBARD
38 1987 was an entertainer famed for his piano shaped swimming pool?
LIBERACE
39 1988 was the younger brother of Maurice, Robin and Barry?
ANDY GIBB
40 1989 played the title role in The Life of Brian?
GRAHAM CHAPMAN
41 1990 penned the autobiography Yes I Can?
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
42 1991 links the TV roles of Little Joe and Charles Ingalls?
MICHAEL LANDON
43 1992 penned the novel Roots?
ALEX HALEY
44 1993 narrated Michael Jackson’s thriller video?
VINCENT PRICE
45 1994 said, “There’ll be no whitewash in the White House”?
RICHARD NIXON
46 1995 played the Forger in The Great Escape?
DONALD PLEASENCE
47 1996 danced with Jerry the mouse in Anchors Aweigh?
GENE KELLY
48 1997 produced the Oscar winning movie Chariots of Fire?
DODI AL-FAYED
49 1998 played the title role in Father Ted?
DERMOT MORGAN
50 1999 held the title of Third Earl of Harrow?
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH

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