Death Becomes Her

IDENTIFY THE FAMOUS WOMEN FROM THE YEAR THAT THEY DIED AND THE SHORT CLUES

2005 Died aged 82, famed for playing Miss Ellie in Dallas                                         Barbara Bel Geddes

2004 Country and western star who sang “End of the World”                                 Skeeter Davis

2003 Singer born Eunice Wayman                                                                             Nina Simone

2002 The Countess of Snowdon                                                                                 Princess Margaret

2001 Carry On actress who died on June 28                                                             Joan Sims

2000 Writer whose first novel was entitled Jigsaw                                                    Barbara Cartland

1999 Writer who died in this year 21 years after winning the Booker Prize             Iris Murdoch

1998 Athlete nicknamed Flo Jo                                                                                     Florence Griffith-Joyner

1997 She was born Agnes Bojaxhui                                                                             Mother Teresa

1996 Actress who an Oscar for her role in Mrs Miniver                                                Greer Garson

1995 This Hollywood legend was born Virginia McMath                                                Ginger Rogers

1994 The oldest winner of the Best Actress Oscar                                                       Jessica Tandy

1993 Star of the film My Fair Lady who died on January 20                                         Audrey Hepburn

1992 She sang, “Falling In Love Again” in Blue Angel                                                     Marlene Dietrich

1991 Dancer born Margaret Hookham                                                                            Margot Fonteyn

1990 Famous Swede who once said, “I want to be alone”                                             Greta Garbo

1989 Actress nicknamed Queen of the B Movies                                                            Lucille Ball

1988 Child actress famed for her role in Poltergeist                                                      Heather O’Rourke

1987 The Sound of Music was based on her book                                                         Maria Von Trapp

1986 Actress who briefly played Miss Ellie in Dallas                                                        Donna Reed

1985 Woman who inspired the film Gorillas in the Mist                                                    Diane Fossey

1984 Hollywood icon whose memoirs were entitled, Who Could Ask For Anything More     Ethel Merman

1983 Singer who died as a result of anorexia nervosa                                                     Karen Carpenter

1982 First actress in the world to be depicted on a postage stamp                                 Grace Kelly

1981 Actress who drowned at sea in this year on November 29                                     Natalie Wood