AN OBITUARY QUIZ

Identify the famous people below from their initials and the short clues given. All 20 died in 2006

1 SW – Starred in The Poseidon Adventure

2 PH – Cancer caused the tragic death of this star of the green baize

3 DC – She starred in Bless This House

4 SI – Environmentalist and TV presenter

5 CP – Brother of Madonna’s first husband

6 FT – The first cricket star to take 300 Test wickets

7 BP – Keyboardist on Get Back

8 AS – American TV producer of shows such as Charlie’s Angels

9 WP – Did he die in the midnight hour?

10 DD – He was backed by The Aces

11 CW – Former US Secretary of Defence

12 FG – Front man of The Dreamers

13 DW – Famed for his role of McCloud

14 GP – Did something get hold of his heart?

15 JW – Star of the musical Oliver

16 SB – Founder member of Pink Floyd

17 CW – Former presenter of The Golden Shot

18 AF – Affectionately known as Fluff

19 FP – Sports star nicknamed The Galloping Major

20 JP – Oscar winner for City Slickers

 

Answers

1 Shelley Winters

2 Paul Hunter

3 Diana Coupland

4 Steve Irwin

5 Chris Penn

6 Freddie Trueman

7 Billy Preston

8 Aaron Spelling

9 Wilson Pickett

10 Desmond Dekker

11 Caspar Weinberger

12 Freddie Garritty

13 Denis Weaver

14 Gene Pitney

15 Jack Wild

16 Syd Barrett

17 Charlie Williams

18 Alan Freeman

19 Ferenc Puskas

20 Jack Palance