2009 in British Television - Deaths

Deaths

Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
1 January Edmund Purdom 84 Actor
11 January David Vine 73 Sports presenter
13 January Patrick McGoohan 80 Actor (The Prisoner, Danger Man, Columbo)
16 January Sir John Mortimer 85 Barrister, writer, novelist and dramatist (Rumpole of the Bailey)
18 January Tony Hart 83 Children's TV presenter
24 January Diane Holland 78 Actress (Hi-De-Hi!)
26 February Wendy Richard 65 Actress (EastEnders, Are You Being Served?)
14 March Terence Edmond 69 Actor (Z-Cars)
18 March Natasha Richardson 45 Actress
22 March Jade Goody 27 Reality TV star (Big Brother)
24 March Timothy Brinton 79 British broadcaster and Conservative Party politician
8 April Lennie Bennett 70 Comedian and game show host (Punchlines)
18 April Stephanie Parker 22 Actress (Belonging)
20 May Lucy Gordon 28 Actress
28 May Terence Alexander 86 Actor
31 May Danny La Rue 81 Entertainer
20 June Colin Bean 82 Actor (Dad's Army)
1 July Mollie Sugden 86 Comedy actress (Are You Being Served?, Grace & Favour, The Liver Birds, Coronation Street)
12 July Donald MacCormick 70 Broadcast journalist and presenter (Newsnight)
13 July Vince Powell 80 Sitcom writer (Love Thy Neighbour)
24 July Harry Towb 83 Actor
16 August Laurie Rowley 68 Comedy writer (The Two Ronnies, Not the Nine O'Clock News)
29 August Simon Dee 74 Television interviewer and radio disc jockey
13 September Felix Bowness 87 Actor (Hi-de-Hi!)
14 September Keith Floyd 65 Chef (Saturday Kitchen)
15 September Troy Kennedy Martin 77 Screenwriter (Z-Cars, Edge of Darkness)
16 September Brian Barron 69 BBC journalist and war correspondent
22 September Peter Denyer 62 Actor (Please Sir!)
30 September Robert S. Baker 87 Producer (The Saint)
16 November Edward Woodward 79 Actor (Callan, The Equaliser)
2 December Maggie Jones 75 Actress (Coronation Street)
24 December George Cowling 89 Britain television's first weather presenter

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