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Ken%20Russell%28credit%3A%20Chris%20Jackson%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EKen%20Russell%2C%20the%20British%20director%20whose%20daring%20and%20sometimes%20outrageous%20films%20often%20tested%20the%20patience%20of%20audiences%20and%20critics%2C%20died%20Nov.%2027%20at%20age%2084.%20He%20was%20nominated%20for%20an%20Oscar%20for%20directing%201970%26%238242%3Bs%20%26%238220%3BWomen%20in%20Love.%26%238221%3B%20His%20other%20most%20famous%20films%20include%20%26%238220%3BThe%20Devils%2C%26%238221%3B%20%26%238220%3BTommy%26%238221%3B%20and%20%26%238220%3BAltered%20States.%26%238221%3B
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Heavy%20D%28credit%3A%20Chris%20McKay%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EHeavy%20D%20died%20on%20Nov.%208%2C%202011%20at%20the%20age%20of%2044.
Joe%20Frazier%28credit%3A%20Al%20Bello%2FGetty%20Images%29%20%3Cbr%20%2F%3EJoe%20Frazier%2C%20the%20former%20Heavyweight%20Champion%20of%20the%20World%20died%20on%20Nov.%207%2C%202011%20at%20age%2067.
Andy%20Rooney%28credit%3A%20Corrigan%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EWriter%2C%20humorist%20and%20television%20personality%20Andy%20Rooney%20died%20on%20Nov.%204%2C%202011.%20He%20was%2092.%20
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Steve%20Jobs%28credit%3A%20EMMANUEL%20DUNAND%2FAFP%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EApple%20founder%20and%20visionary%20Steve%20Jobs%20died%20from%20cancer%20on%20Wednesday%2C%20October%205%2C%202011%2C%20at%20age%2056%2C%20a%20premature%20end%20for%20a%20man%20who%20revolutionized%20modern%20culture%20and%20changed%20forever%20the%20world%26%238217%3Bs%20relationship%20to%20technology%20through%20inventions%20such%20as%20the%20iPad%20and%20iPhone.%20
Charles%20Napier%28credit%3A%20Frazer%20Harrison%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EActor%20Charles%20Napier%2C%20known%20for%20his%20hard-boiled%20roles%20in%20The%20Blues%20Brothers%2C%20Rambo%2C%20and%20Silence%20of%20the%20Lambs%2C%20passed%20away%20Oct.%205.%20He%20was%2075.%20
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Reverend%20Fred%20Shuttlesworth%20%28credit%3A%20GLENN%20HARTONG%2FAFP%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EThe%20Rev.%20Fred%20Shuttlesworth%2C%20civil%20rights%20leader%2C%20died%20on%20Oct.%205%20in%20Birmingham%20at%20the%20age%20of%2089.%20%20
Arthur%20C.%20Nielsen%28credit%3A%20Jupiter%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EArthur%20C.%20Nielsen%20Jr.%2C%20who%20led%20the%20company%20that%20grew%20into%20an%20international%20market%20research%20firm%20known%20for%20producing%20the%20TV%20ratings%20known%20as%20%26%238220%3Bthe%20Nielsens%2C%26%238221%3B%20died%20Oct.%203%20at%20the%20age%20of%2092.
Roger%20Kennedy%28credit%3A%20CHUCK%20KENNEDY%2FAFP%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EFormer%20National%20Parks%20Director%20Roger%20Kennedy%20died%20Sept.%2030%20of%20melanoma%20at%20his%20home%20in%20Rockville%2C%20Md.%20He%20was%2085.
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Kara%20Kennedy%28credit%3A%20Chip%20Somodevilla%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EKara%20Kennedy%2C%20the%20oldest%20child%20of%20the%20late%20Sen.%20Edward%20Kennedy%2C%20died%20of%20a%20heart%20attack%20Sept.%2016%20at%20a%20Washington-area%20health%20club.%20She%20was%2051.%20Her%20brother%20Patrick%20Kennedy%20said%20that%20his%20sister%20loved%20to%20exercise%2C%20but%20that%20he%20thought%20her%20cancer%20treatment%20%26%238220%3Btook%20quite%20a%20toll%20on%20her%20and%20weakened%20her%20physically.%26%238221%3B
DJ%20Mehdi%28credit%3A%20Charley%20Gallay%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EElectro%20producer%20DJ%20Mehdi%2C%20the%20nom%20de%20plume%20of%20Mehdi%20Fav%C3%A9ris-Essadi%2C%20died%20Sept.%2013%20after%20falling%20off%20of%20a%20roof.%20He%20was%20reportedly%20celebrating%20a%20friend%26%238217%3Bs%20birthday.%20He%20was%2034%20years%20old.
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Andy%20Whitfield%28credit%3A%20Frederick%20M.%20Brown%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EActor%20and%20model%20Andy%20Whitfield%2C%20who%20most%20recently%20starred%20in%20the%20show%20%26%238220%3BSpartacus%3A%20Blood%20and%20Sand%2C%26%238221%3B%20died%20after%20a%20battle%20with%20non-Hodgkin%20lymphoma.%20He%20was%2039%20years%20old.
Cliff%20Robertson%28credit%3A%20Peter%20Kramer%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EActor%20Cliff%20Robertson%2C%20who%20won%20an%20Oscar%20for%20playing%20the%20lead%20role%20in%20%26%238220%3BCharly%2C%26%238221%3B%20an%20adaptation%20of%20Daniel%20Keyes%26%238217%3B%20novel%20%26%238220%3BFlowers%20for%20Algernon%2C%26%238221%3B%20died%20Sept.%2010%2C%20one%20day%20after%20his%2088th%20birthday.
Pavol%20Demitra%28credit%3A%20Jeff%20Vinnick%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EFormer%20Minnesota%20Wild%20player%20Pavol%20Demitra%20was%20among%20the%20people%20killed%20in%20a%20plane%20crash%20on%20Sept.%207.%20A%20Russian%20jet%20carrying%20Kontinental%20Hockey%20League%20team%20Lokomotiv%20crashed%20while%20taking%20off%2C%20killing%20at%20least%2043%20people%20and%20leaving%20two%20others%20critically%20injured.%20Demitra%20was%2036.
George%20Kuchar%28credit%3A%20Ethan%20Miller%2FGetty%20Images%20for%20CineVegas%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EGeorge%20Kuchar%20%26%238212%3B%20who%2C%20along%20with%20his%20brother%20Mike%2C%20was%20one%20of%20the%20leading%20experimental%20American%20filmmakers%20throughout%20the%201960s%20and%201970s%20%26%238212%3B%20died%20Sept.%206%20at%20age%2069.%20His%20deliciously-titled%20films%20like%20%26%238220%3BI%20Was%20a%20Teenage%20Rumpot%26%238221%3B%20and%20%26%238220%3BHold%20Me%20While%20I%26%238217%3Bm%20Naked%26%238221%3B%20influenced%20the%20likes%20of%20Andy%20Warhol%20and%20John%20Waters.%20He%20was%20battling%20prostate%20cancer.
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Raul%20Ruiz%28credit%3A%20Gareth%20Cattermole%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3ERaul%20Ruiz%2C%20a%20French-Chilean%20filmmaker%20who%20directed%20John%20Malkovich%20in%20a%20role%20as%20Austrian%20artist%20Gustav%20Klimt%20and%20worked%20to%20put%20cinema%20on%20an%20artistic%20par%20with%20literature%2C%20died%20August%2019%20from%20a%20pulmonary%20infection.%20He%20was%2070%20years%20old.
Rick%20Rypien%28credit%3A%20Jeff%20Vinnick%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EWinnipeg%20Jets%20center%20Rick%20Rypien%20was%20found%20dead%20in%20his%20home%20Monday%2C%20August%2015%2C%20nine%20months%20after%20he%20took%20a%20leave%20of%20absence%20to%20deal%20with%20an%20undisclosed%20personal%20matter.%20He%20was%2027.%20Rypien%20received%20a%20six-game%20suspension%20from%20the%20NHL%20in%20October%202010%20after%20grabbing%20a%20fan%20on%20his%20way%20to%20the%20dressing%20room%20in%20Minnesota.
Jani%20Lane%28credit%3A%20Ethan%20Miller%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EJani%20Lane%2C%20front%20man%20for%20the%20heavy%20metal%20band%20Warrant%20and%20author%20of%20the%20band%26%238217%3Bs%201990%20hit%20%E2%80%9CCherry%20Pie%2C%26%238221%3B%20was%20found%20dead%20in%20a%20hotel%20room%20near%20his%20home%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20on%20August%2011.%20He%20was%2047.
John%20Shalikashvili%28credit%3A%20PAUL%20RICHARDS%2FAFP%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EFormer%20Chairman%20of%20the%20Joint%20Chiefs%20of%20Staff%20General%20%28Ret.%29%20John%20Shalikashvili%20died%20on%20July%2023%2C%202011%2C%20at%20the%20age%20of%2075.
Amy%20Winehouse%28credit%3A%20Dan%20Kitwood%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EBritish%20singer%20Amy%20Winehouse%20died%20on%20July%2023%2C%202011%2C%20at%20the%20age%20of%2027.%20She%20won%20five%20Grammys%2C%20and%20lived%20a%20rock%20n%26%238217%3B%20roll%20lifestyle%2C%20which%20eventually%20got%20the%20best%20of%20her.%20
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Betty%20Ford%28credit%3A%20STEPHEN%20JAFFE%2FAFP%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EFormer%20First%20Lady%20Betty%20Ford%20died%20of%20natural%20causes%20on%20July%208%20at%20age%2093.%20Ford%26%238217%3Bs%20husband%20Gerald%20Ford%20took%20over%20as%20U.S.%20President%20after%20Richard%20Nixon%20resigned%20in%201974.%20Betty%20Ford%26%238217%3Bs%20battle%20with%20alcoholism%20led%20to%20the%20creation%20of%20the%20Betty%20Ford%20Center%2C%20which%20has%20helped%20many%20deal%20with%20addiction%20since%20its%20inception%20in%20the%20early%20%26%238217%3B80s.
Peter%20Falk%28credit%3A%20Thos%20Robinson%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EPeter%20Falk%2C%20the%20stage%20and%20movie%20actor%20who%20became%20identified%20as%20the%20squinty%2C%20rumpled%20detective%20in%20%26%238220%3BColumbo%2C%26%238221%3B%20died%20on%20June%2023.%20He%20was%2083.%20Falk%20also%20worked%20closely%20with%20renegade%20director%20John%20Cassavetes%20on%20films%20like%20%26%238220%3BA%20Woman%20Under%20the%20Influence%26%238221%3B%20and%20%26%238220%3BHusbands.%26%238221%3B
Ryan%20Dunn%28credit%3A%20Michael%20Buckner%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%26%238220%3BJackass%26%238221%3B%20star%20Ryan%20Dunn%20died%20in%20a%20single-car%20crash%20in%20West%20Goshen%20Township%2C%20Penn.%20early%20Monday%20morning.%20He%20was%20one%20of%20two%20people%20killed%20in%20the%20crash.%20He%20was%2034.
Elena%20Bonner%28credit%3A%20DOMINIQUE%20FAGET%2FAFP%2FGetty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EElena%20Bonner%20of%20Russia%2C%20the%20widow%20of%20dissident%20physicist%20Andrei%20Sakharov%2C%20died%20on%20June%2018%2C%202011.%20She%20was%2088.%20
Clarence%20Clemons%28credit%3A%20Jesse%20D.%20Garrabrant%2FNBAE%20via%20Getty%20Images%29%3Cbr%20%2F%3EClarence%20Clemons%20died%20on%20June%2018%2C%202011.%20He%20was%2069.%20
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Nick Ashford
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Nick Ashford, who with wife Valerie Simpson became a legendary Motown songwriting duo who penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and Chaka Khan, died August 22 at age 70. Among their hit songs: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Found a Cure” and “I’m Every Woman.”
Nick Ashford, who with wife Valerie Simpson became a legendary Motown songwriting duo who penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and Chaka Khan, died August 22 at age 70. Among their hit songs: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Found a Cure” and “I’m Every Woman.”
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