R.I.P. 2000

Derek Purple (DJ/promoter)
Sir Stanley Matthews (former footballer)
Ian Dury (musician)
Charles M Schulz (cartoonist)
Zeljko Arkan Raznatovic (mafioso, Yugoslavia)
Francis Stuart (writer)
Bettino Craxi (politician, Italy)
Hedy Lamarr (actress)
Bobby Phills (basketball player)
Nigel Tranter (novelist)
Harry Cavan (former FIFA executive)
Tony Doyle (actor)
Willie Hamilton (Labour MP)
Martin Aldridge (footballer)
Tom Cox (former independent
politician)
Big Pun (rapper)
Gil Kane (cartoonist)
Roger Vadim (filmmaker)
Screaming Jay Hawkins (musician)
Father FX Martin (historian)
Ofra Haza (singer)
Michael Colvin (Conservative MP)
Tom McEllistrim (former Fianna Fail politician)
Lonesome Dave Peverett (singer, Foghat)
Jonathan Philbin Bowman (journalist)
Raymond Smith (sports journalist)
Seamus Murphy (former Gaelic
footballer)
Bernie Grant (Labour MP)
Larry Linville (actor)
Wilf Mannion (former footballer)
Michael O Toole (journalist)
Dame Barbara Cartland (romance
novelist)
Cardinal John O Connor (religious leader)
Victor Serebriakoff (founder of MENSA)
Jim Varney (actor)
Dr Alex Comfort (writer)
Keizo Obuchi (former Japanese prime minister)
Douglas Fairbanks Jnr (actor)
Hafez al Assad (president, Syria)
Sir Larry Lamb (former newspaper editor)
Matt Merrigan (trade unionist)
Sir John Gielgud (actor)
Tito Puente (musician)
Shay Brennan (former footballer)
Frank Patterson (singer)
Nancy Marchand (actress)
David Tomlinson (actor)
Piter Dubovsko (footballer)
Joey Dunlop (motorcyclist)
Walter Matthau (actor)
Bill Delaney (former Gaelic footballer)
Robert Runcie (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
John Morgan (style journalist)
Paul Young (singer, Mike & The Mechanics)
Joan Trimble (composer)
Sir Alec Guinness (actor)
Sir Robin Day (broadcaster)
Loretta Young (actress)
Jack Walker (steel magnate and owner of Blackburn Rovers FC)
Robbie Doolin (actor)
Willie Maddren (former footballer)
Desmond Wilcox (broadcaster)
Jack Nitzsche (composer/songwriter)
Bill Waddington (actor)
Aidan Pender (former newspaper
editor)
Catalin Haldan (footballer)
Gary Olsen (actor)
Stanley Turrentine (jazz musician)
Paula Yates (TV presenter)
Reggie Kray (criminal)
Pierre Trudeau (former Canadian prime minister)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike (former Sri Lankan leader)
Uaneen Fitzsimons (broadcaster)
Benjamin Orr (musician, The Cars)
Bruce Gyngell (media mogul)
Howard Winstone (boxer)
Richard Farnsworth (actor)
R S Thomas (poet)
Donald Dewar (politician)
Julie London (actress/singer)
George Geordie Armstrong (former footballer)
Ring Lardner Jnr (screenwriter and playwright)
Emil Zatopek (former athlete)
Paddy Donegan (former Fine Gael politician)
Steve Allen (comedian)
Jimmie Davis (musician)
Madeline Kahn (actress/comedienne)
Terence McKenna (author)
Richard Mulligan (actor)
Gwen Verdon (actress)
Malcolm Bradbury (author)
Colin Cowdrey (cricketer)
Liam Hamilton (Former Chief Justice)
Bob Collins (Television Producer)