Dead Celebs - 2004

Wombat · Oct 27, 2004

I'll have to haul out my Peel Sessions of Siouxsie & the Banshees now

(I mean, great music, just a sad loss -- someone who was willing to listen to all sorts of new music and find something great in it.)

Dismas · Oct 27, 2004

Listen to the Led Zep Peel session (it is on the Led Zepplin BBC Sessions album) it features the first ever performance of Stairway to Heaven, before Led Zepplin 4 had been released.

Truth Seeker · Oct 29, 2004

Archers actor Graham Roberts dies

Actor Graham Roberts, who played gamekeeper George Barford in The Archers, has died at the age of 75.

From BBC News

Truth Seeker · Nov 4, 2004

Gil Melle: 1931 - 2004

Composer Gil Melle, an innovator in mixing electronic and orchestral music(TV and Movies also), died last Thursday of a heart attack at his home in Malibu, California View

Truth Seeker · Nov 8, 2004

Howard Keel, Star of Musicals, Dies at 85

Howard Keel, the broad-shouldered baritone who romanced his way through a series of glittery MGM musicals such as "Kiss Me Kate" and "Annie Get Your Gun" and later revived his career with television's "Dallas," died Sunday. He was 85.

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driver8 · Nov 12, 2004

Historian author Iris Chang author of The Rape of Nanking.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Books/Author-Iris-Chang-found-dead/2004/11/11/1100131124415.html

Wombat · Nov 12, 2004

driver8 said:
Historian author Iris Chang author of The Rape of Nanking.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Books/Author-Iris-Chang-found-dead/2004/11/11/1100131124415.html

How terribly sad. Such an important historial writer to die so young.

Fast Learner · Nov 12, 2004

Indeed. Terrible loss.

Truth Seeker · Nov 14, 2004

Creator of Superhero 'The Flash' Dies

Source:Verizon News
Harry Lampert, the illustrator who created the DC Comics superhero 'The Flash' and later became known for his instructional books on bridge, died Saturday. He was 88.

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Brakkart · Nov 14, 2004

Mark said:
Richard Biggs 22 May

Tim Choate 24 September

Well theres two that I'll certainly miss. Dr. Stephen Franklin and Zathras from Babylon 5, my favourite show of all time. I didn't even know until I read this that Tim Choate had died. Motorbike accident according to IMDB.