2011 RIP

December 18 Vaclav Havel (Czech playwright, politician)
December 17 Kim Jong-Il (North Korean head of state)
December 15 Christopher Hitchens (Anglo-American intellectual)
December 4 Hubert Sumlin (American blues guitarist)
November 28 Patrice O’Neal (American comedian and actor)
November 22 Paul Motian (American jazz drummer)
November 18 Walt Hazzard (American basketball player)
November 13 Ilya Zhitomirskiy (Founder – Diaspora)
November 8 Heavy D (American rapper)
November 7 Joe Frazier (American boxer)
October 20 Muammar Gadhafi (Libyan Despot)
October 12 Dennis Ritchie (American computer scientist and inventor)
October 8 Al Davis (Owner – Oakland Raiders)
October 5 Steve Jobs (American computer entrepreneur and inventor)
September 21 Troy Davis
August 29 David “Honeyboy” Edwards (American blues musician)
August 22 Jerry Leiber (American songwriter)
August 4 Mark Duggan
July 23 Amy Winehouse (English singer-songwriter)
July 20 Lucian Freud (British painter)
July 9 Facundo Cabral (Argentine folk singer)
July 8 Betty Ford (former US First Lady 1974-1977)
July 5 Alphonso “Fonce” Mizell (American record producer)
July 5 Cy Twombly (American artist)
June 18 Clarence Clemons (American saxophonist – E Street Band)
June 11 Seth Putnam (American frontman – Anal Cunt)
June 4 Martin Rushent (American record producer – The Human League, The Stranglers, The Buzzcocks)
June 3 Jack Kevorkian (American pathologist, right-to-die activist)
May 27 Gil Scott-Heron (American poet/musician)
May 20 Randy Savage (American professional wrestler)
May 17 Harmon Killebrew (American baseball player – Minnesota Twins)
May 12 Lloyd Knibb (Jamaican drummer – The Skatalites)
May 11 Robert “Tractor” Traylor (American basketball player)
May 7 John Walker (American vocalist/guitarist – The Walker Brothers)
May 2 Osama bin Laden (Leader of Al-Qaeda)
April 25 Poly Styrene (British vocalist – X-Ray Spex)
April 20 Gerard Smith (American bassist – TV on the Radio)
April 9 Sidney Lumet (American film director)
March 26 Geraldine Ferraro (former Vice Presidential candidate)
March 23 Elizabeth Taylor (British actress)
March 15 Nate Dogg (American hip hop singer)
March 13 Owsley “Bear” Stanley
March 12 Joe Morello (American drummer – The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
March 8 Mike Starr (American bassist – Alice in Chains)
February 27 Duke Snider (American baseball player – Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers)
February 20 Troy “Escalade” Jackson (American basketball player – AND1)
February 6  Gary Moore (British guitarist – Thin Lizzy)