Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January | Cyril Fletcher | 91 | British comedian (That's Life!) |
| 9 February | Kate Peyton | 39 | BBC journalist and producer |
| 11 February | Stan Richards | 74 | actor (Seth Armstrong in Emmerdale) |
| 10 March | Dave Allen | 68 | Irish comedian, host of solo shows on BBC1 and ITV. |
| 26 June | Richard Whiteley | 61 | presenter, host of Countdown. |
| 11 July | Gretchen Franklin | 94 | actress (Ethel Skinner in EastEnders) |
| 31 August | Michael Sheard | 67 | actor (Mr Bronson in Grange Hill) |
| 3 October | Ronnie Barker | 76 | comedian, half of The Two Ronnies |
| 16 October | Ross Davidson | 47 | actor (Andy O'Brien in EastEnders) |
| 31 October | Mary Wimbush | 81 | actress (Poldark, Jeeves and Wooster, Century Falls) |
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“As deaths have accumulated I have begun to think of life and death as a set of balance scales. When one is young, the scale is heavily tipped toward the living. With the first death, the first consciousness of death, the counter scale begins to fall. Death by death, the scales shift weight until what was unthinkable becomes merely a matter of gravity and the fall into death becomes an easy step.”
—Alison Hawthorne Deming (b. 1946)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)