No Longer Alive in 2005

Identify the famous people from their initials, short clues and dates of their death in 2005

January 23     JC, American TV host

February 10     AM, playwright and former husband of Norma Jean

March 10     DA, Irish born comedian

March 26     JC, former Prime Minister

March 29     JC, US attorney

April 2     PJP, born Karol Wojtyla

April 23     JM, actor who starred in Ryan’s Daughter

June 26     RW, the first face seen on Chanel 4

July 1     LV, soul singer

July 11     GF, former star of Eastenders

July 17     EH, former Prime Minister

July 19     JT, former leader of the National Front

July 21     LJB, he let the heartaches begin

August 6     RC, former leader of the House of Commons

August 19     MM, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

August 22     RM, pioneer of the synthesizer

August 24     JS, spent years attempting to bring Ronnie Biggs to justice

September 2     BD, played Gilligan in Gilligan’s Island

September 15     SL, the third husband of Judy Garland

September 20     SW, holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

October 4     RB, often wrote under the pen name of Gerald Wiley

October 10     MO, former Ugandan President

November 25     GB, was he the greatest ever footballer?

December 10     RP, co-star of Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy

December 16     JS, played the role of Leo McGarry in The West Wing

ANSWERS

Jan 23 Johnny Carson
Feb 10 Arthur Miller
Mar 10 Dave Allen
Mar 26 James Callaghan
Mar 29 Johnnie Cochran
Apr 2 Pope John Paul
Apr 23 John Mills
Jun 26 Richard Whiteley
Jul 1 Luther Vandross
Jul 11 Gretchen Franklin
Jul 17 Edward Heath
Jul 19 John Tyndall
Jul 21 Long John Baldry
Aug 6 Robin Cook
Aug 19 Mo Mowlam
Aug 22 Robert Moog
Aug 24 Jack Slipper
Sept 2 Bob Denver
Sept 15 Sid Luft
Sept 20 Simon Wiesenthal
Oct 4 Ronnie Barker
Oct 10 Milton Obote
Nov 25 George Best
Dec 10 Richard Pryor
Dec 16 John Spencer