20th Century Chaps 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?
JOSEF STALIN
5 1954 played Casper Gutman in Casablanca?
SYDNEY GREENSTREET
6 1955 was a jazz legend nicknamed Bird?
CHARLES 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?
C.S. LEWIS
15 1964 was a singer known as Gentleman Jim?
JIM REEVES
16 1965 was a DJ that coined the term “Rock and Roll”?
ALAN FREED
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?
AUDIE 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 POMPIDOU