Founder member of Fleetwood Mac (7th June)
Author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series (12th January)
Jazz legend famous for 'Something's Got a Hold On Me' (20th January)
Boxing trainer who guided Muhammad Ali's career (1st February)
Member of The Monkees (29th February)
Darts player - two times winner of World Championships (24th March)
Drummer with The Band (19th April)
Guitarist who wrote guitar bible 'Play in a Day' (20th April)
Founder member of the Beastie Boys (4th May)
Hairdresser who created the wedge bob (9th May)
Singer - hits include 'I Feel Love' and 'Love to Love You Baby' (17th May)
Singer-songwriter - sold millions of records with his brothers (20th May)
Actress - star of Desperate Housewives and The West Wing (2nd June )
His beating in 1991 sparked the Los Angeles riots (17th June)
Film director - films include 'Top Gun' and 'Enemy of the State' (19th August)
First man to walk on the moon (25th August)
Actor - played J.R. Ewing in Dallas (23rd November)
SInger and actress - starred in 'The Bodyguard' (11th February)
British actor and comedian who wrote for 'The Goon Show' (4th July)
Actor who won an Oscar in 1956 for 'Marty' (8th July)
Singer - hits include 'Moon River' and 'Butterfly' (25th September')
British astronomer who presented TV's 'The Sky at Night' (9th December)
Actor who played Inspector Clouseau's boss in the Pink Panther films (27th September)
Sitar player who tutored George Harrison (11th December)
Actor who played Quincy M.E. (24th December)
Creator of 'Thunderbirds' and 'Stingray' (26th December)
General who led the coalition force to victory in the first Gulf War (27th December)
Screenwriter behind 'When Harry Met Sally... ' and 'Sleepless in Seattle' (26th June)
American jazz pianist and composer best known for 'Take Five' (5th December)
Former captain of England cricket team who was born in South Africa (29th December)
American writer, famous for his witty and ascerbic essays (31st July)
Physicist and astronaut who was the first American woman to enter into low Earth orbit (23rd July)
Children's writer and illustrator, author of 'Where The Wild Things Are' (8th May)
R&B singer best known for 'Rescue Me' (26 December
English actor who played Lance-Corporal Jones in sitcom 'Dad's Army' (6th November)
Author of science-fiction classic 'Fahrenheit 451' (5th June)
Actor, comedian and game-show host who was the original host of 'Family Feud' (2nd June)
American composer and conductor, one of only eleven EGOT's (awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) (6th August)
Puppeteer best known for his work with the Muppets (23rd August)
Korean religious leader who founded the Unification Church (3rd September)
Singer/songwriter best known for San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) (18th August)
Northern Irish comedian whose catchphrase was 'It's the way I tell 'em!' (22nd February)
English keyboard player and composer who was a co-founder of rock band Deep Purple (16th July)
Irish author of novels about families, love and romance in Ireland (30th July)
English actor best known for playing Jack Duckworth in soap opera 'Coronation Street' (4 April)
Zany American actress and comedian renowned for her self-deprecating humour (20 August)
English entertainer whose catchphrase was 'I wanna tell you a story ...' (31st August)
Dutch actress famous for playing the title character in the first Emmanuelle films (18th October)
American lyricist best known for his work with Burt Bacharach (1st September)
Leading British historian and academic who was a lifelong Marxist (1st October)
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