| Lou Rawls |
72 |
Chicago-born soul singer with a four-octave range
|
6th Jan |
| Moira Redmond |
77 |
Elegant English actress, most often seen in screen
costume dramas |
16th Mar |
| Dana Reeve |
45 |
Christopher Reeve’s widow; singer, actress, disablement
activist |
6th Mar |
| Pieter Rogers |
78 |
TV producer, casting agent and Olivier’s confidant
at Chichester |
25th Jun |
| Anna Russell |
94 |
Opera singer, comedienne and parodist, especially
G&S and Wagner |
18th Oct |
| Elisabeth Schwarzkopf |
90 |
Radiantly beautiful German-born soprano, EMI’s
recording star |
3rd Aug |
| Moira Shearer |
80 |
Ballerina who became a film and stage star, director
and author |
31st Jan |
| Eric Shilling |
85 |
Droll operatic bass, G&S star at Sadler’s
Wells and ENO |
15th Feb |
| Julian Slade |
76 |
English lyricist and composer, notably of Salad
Days (1954) |
17th Jun |
| Linda Smith |
48 |
Stand-up comedienne, witty star of BBC Radio 4’s
The News Quiz |
27th Feb |
| Mickey Spillane |
88 |
Tough-guy novelist who wrote and played Mike Hammer
on screen |
17th Jul |
| Maureen Stapleton |
80 |
American actress: triple winner of the Oscar, Tony
and Emmy |
13th Mar |
| Ronnie Stevens |
81 |
London comedy actor with Prospect, TV and the Actors
Company |
11th Nov |
| Bill Stewart |
63 |
Actor at the Royal Court, Wrestling School, Berkoff
and the Globe |
29th Aug |
| Zita Sutton |
94 |
Elegant Hungarian actress, mother of dancer director
Maina Gielgud |
9th Feb |
| Ken Sykora |
82 |
London-born jazzman, guitarist and radio broadcaster
|
7th Mar |
| Allida Valli |
84 |
Austro-Italian film actress, chiefly remembered for
The Third Man |
22nd Apr |
| Paul Walters |
59 |
BBC producer, notably Radio 2’s Sony-winning
Wake Up To Wogan |
21st Oct |
| Jack Warden |
85 |
Oscar nominee for Shampoo, featured player
in Twelve Angry Men |
19th Jul |
| Wendy Wasserstein |
55 |
Tony-nominated Brooklyn playwright, notably The Heidi
Chronicles |
30th Jun |
| Dennis Weaver |
81 |
Lanky deputy in Gunsmoke [UK Gun Law],
everyman hero of Duel |
24th Feb |
| Jack Wild |
53 |
former child star who gained fame as the Artful Dodger
in Oliver! |
1st Mar |
| Charlie Williams MBE |
77 |
Footballer and Britain’s first and best-loved
black comedian |
2nd Sep |
| Shelley Winters |
85 |
Unconventional Hollywood star, sex symbol and dual
Oscar winner |
14th Jan |
| Jane Wyatt |
96 |
Veteran stage and screen actress; Spock’s mother in Star
Trek
|
20th Oct |
