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Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

United States

1924 – 2011 (86 years old)

Master American film director of gritty urban morality tales, who directed cinematic milestones including 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and The Verdict.

New York City, United States

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Farley Granger

Farley Earle Granger II

United States

1925 – 2011 (85 years old)

Handsome American Hollywood leading man best remembered for his starring roles in two of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thrillers: Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951).

New York City, United States

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Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

Great Britain

1932 – 2011 (79 years old)

Legendary Hollywood screen icon who won two Academy Awards (Butterfield 8, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) and co-founded amfAR, raising hundreds of millions of dollars to battle HIV/AIDS.

Glendale, United States

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Nate Dogg

Nathaniel Dwayne Hale

United States

1969 – 2011 (41 years old)

American singer and rapper whose smooth, resonant baritone hooks defined West Coast G-funk hip-hop alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Warren G on classics like Regulate.

Long Beach, United States

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Joe Morello

Joseph Albert Morello

United States

1928 – 2011 (82 years old)

Virtuoso American jazz drummer of the Dave Brubeck Quartet celebrated for his unmatched mastery of odd time signatures, immortalized by his 5/4 drum solo on Take Five.

Irvington, United States

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Jane Russell

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell

United States

1921 – 2011 (89 years old)

Legendary Hollywood leading lady and glamour icon who starred opposite Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and founded the World Adoption International Fund (WAIF).

Santa Barbara, United States

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Annie Girardot

Annie Suzanne Girardot

France

1931 – 2011 (79 years old)

One of the most beloved and acclaimed French actresses of the 20th century, star of Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers and Haneke's The Piano Teacher, winning three César Awards.

Paris, France

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George Shearing

Sir George Albert Shearing

Great Britain

1919 – 2011 (91 years old)

Blind British-American jazz pianist and composer who created the famous 'Shearing sound' with his quintet and composed the enduring jazz standard Lullaby of Birdland.

New York City, United States

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Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore

Great Britain

1952 – 2011 (58 years old)

Virtuoso Northern Irish guitarist and singer celebrated for his blisteringly fast technique, lyrical vibrato, work with Thin Lizzy, and blues standards like Parisienne Walkways and Still Got the Blues.

Rottingdean, United Kingdom

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Ahmed Bouanani

أحمد البوعناني

Morocco

1938 – 2011 (72 years old)

Visionary Moroccan cinematic poet, graphic artist, and novelist whose 1980 masterpiece 'The Mirage' (Al-Sarab) is recognized as one of the most artistically profound films in African cinema.

Demnate (Azilal), Morocco

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Maria Schneider

Marie Christine Gélin

France

1952 – 2011 (58 years old)

French actress who rose to controversial worldwide fame at age nineteen opposite Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris and starred in Antonioni's The Passenger.

Paris, France

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John Barry

John Barry Prendergast

Great Britain

1933 – 2011 (77 years old)

Legendary English film composer who won five Academy Awards, created the signature James Bond orchestral sound across eleven 007 films, and scored Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves.

Oyster Bay, United States

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Bhimsen Joshi

भीमसेन जोशी

India

1922 – 2011 (88 years old)

Legendary Indian classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana, renowned for his thunderous voice, astounding breath control, and devotional Santvani abhangs, awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2008.

Pune (Maharashtra), India

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Susannah York

Susannah Yolande Fletcher

Great Britain

1939 – 2011 (72 years old)

Leading British actress of the 1960s and 1970s who won the BAFTA Award and received an Oscar nomination for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and played Superman's mother Lara.

London, United Kingdom

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Gerry Rafferty

Gerald Rafferty

Great Britain

1947 – 2011 (63 years old)

Scottish singer-songwriter whose unmistakable melodies and introspective lyrics created timeless rock classics including Baker Street, Right Down the Line, and Stuck in the Middle with You.

Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

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Pete Postlethwaite

Peter William Postlethwaite

Great Britain

1946 – 2011 (64 years old)

Acclaimed English character actor described by Steven Spielberg as 'the best actor in the world', nominated for an Academy Award for In the Name of the Father.

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

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Fatima Hassan El Farrouj

فاطمة حسن الفروج

Morocco

1945 – 2011 (66 years old)

Celebrated Moroccan self-taught naive painter whose vibrant, highly detailed canvases depicted traditional female rituals, henna ceremonies, and Berber weddings, exhibited worldwide.

Rabat, Morocco

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Bobby Farrell

Roberto Alfonso Farrell

Russia

1946 – 2010 (64 years old)

Aruban-Dutch dancer and charismatic frontman of disco legends Boney M., whose acrobatic stage presence brought hits like Rasputin, Daddy Cool, and Rivers of Babylon to life.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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