SINGER-PIANIST DARYL DRAGON (Aug 27, 1942 - Jan 2, 2019)

Daryl Dragon, best known as "The Captain" of 1970s soft rock duo Captain and Tennille, dies aged 76.

ACTOR ALBERT FINNEY (May 9, 1936 - Feb 7, 2019)

Albert Finney, one of the most respected and versatile actors of his generation and the star of films as diverse as Tom Jones, Skyfall and Annie, dies aged 82.

FASHION DESIGNER KARL LAGERFELD (Sept 10, 1933 - Feb 19, 2019)

Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director at Chanel and an icon of the global fashion industry for over half a century, dies aged 85.

MUSICIAN, ACTOR PETER TORK (Feb 13, 1942 - Feb 21, 2019)

Peter Tork, a singer-songwriter and actor best known as the goofy bass guitarist in the made-for-TV rock band The Monkees, dies aged 77.

CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER, PIANIST ANDRE PREVIN (April 6, 1929 - Feb 28, 2019)

Acclaimed conductor, composer and pianist Andre Previn, who won four Academy Awards for film scores, dies aged 89.

ACTOR LUKE PERRY (Oct 11, 1966 - March 4, 2019)

Luke Perry, who gained heart-throb status as wealthy rebel Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210, dies aged 52 after a stroke.

SINGER KEITH FLINT (Sept 17, 1969 - March 4, 2019)

The Prodigy frontman Keith Flint is found dead in his home in England, aged 49. Bandmate Liam Howlett says Flint ended his own life.

RAPPER NIPSEY HUSSLE (Aug 15, 1985 - March 31, 2019)

Nipsey Hussle, American rapper, entrepreneur and community activist, is fatally shot outside his clothing store in LA over a personal dispute. He was 33.

ACTOR PETER MAYHEW (May 19, 1944 - April 30, 2019)

The British-American actor best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series dies of a heart attack, aged 74.

ACTOR, SINGER DORIS DAY (April 3, 1922 - May 13, 2019)

Doris Day, whose wholesome screen presence stood for a time of innocence in films in the 1960s, dies aged 97.

RACE CAR DRIVER NIKI LAUDA (February 22, 1949 - May 20, 2019)

Austrian three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda, who won two of his titles after a crash that left him with severe burns, dies aged 70.

SINGER, PIANIST DR JOHN (Nov 20, 1941 - June 6, 2019)

Dr John, the flamboyant New Orleans singer-pianist whose hoodoo-drenched music made him the summarising figure of the grand Crescent City R&B/rock 'n' roll tradition, dies aged 77.

ACTOR RIP TORN (Feb 6, 1931 - July 9, 2019)

Award-winning actor Rip Torn, known for his roles in Men in Black, Dodgeball and 30 Rock, dies aged 88.

US BILLIONAIRE ROSS PEROT (June 27, 1930 - July 9, 2019)

H Ross Perot, the feisty Texas technology billionaire who rattled US politics with two independent presidential campaigns in the 1990s, dies aged 89.

ACTOR RUTGER HAUER (Jan 23, 1944 - July 19, 2019)

Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, known for menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in Blade Runner, dies aged 75.

FORMER CHINESE PREMIER LI PENG (Oct 20, 1928 - July 22, 2019)

Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, reviled by many as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, dies aged 90.

VOICE OF MINNIE MOUSE RUSSI TAYLOR (May 4, 1944 - July 26, 2019)

Russi Taylor, the voice actor behind Minnie Mouse and characters on The Simpons, dies aged 75.

KHMER ROUGE IDEOLOGUE NUON CHEA (July 7, 1926 - Aug 4, 2019)

Nuon Chea, the chief ideologue of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime, dies aged 93 in jail where he was serving time for crimes against humanity.

AUTHOR TONI MORRISON (Feb 18, 1931- Aug 5, 2019)

Toni Morrison, author of Beloved and the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, dies aged 88.

FINANCIER AND SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN (Jan 20, 1953 - August 10, 2019)

US financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, takes his own life in his jail cell, aged 66.

ACTOR PETER FONDA (Feb 23, 1940 - Aug 16, 2019)

Two-time Oscar nominee Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in the 1969 movie Easy Rider, dies aged 79.

ZIMBABWE STRONGMAN ROBERT MUGABE (Feb 21, 1924 - Sept 6, 2019)

Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe to independence and crushed his foes during decades of dictatorial rule, dies aged 95.

FORMER INDONESIAN PRESIDENT B J HABIBIE (June 25, 1936 - Sept 11, 2019)

Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor, dies aged 83.

MUSICIAN RIC OCASEK (March 23, 1944 - Sept 15, 2019)

Ric Ocasek, frontman of the popular late 1970s and 1980s band The Cars, is found dead in his New York home. He was 75.

FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC (Nov 29, 1932 - Sept 26, 2019)

Jacques Chirac, the first French president to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and who defiantly opposed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, dies aged 86.

ACTOR AND SINGER DIAHANN CARROLL (July 17, 1935 - Oct 4, 2019)

Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actor and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series, dies aged 84.

ISLAMIC STATE LEADER ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI (July 28, 1971 - Oct 26, 2019)

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dies aged 48 in a US military raid in Syria.

FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YASUHIRO NAKASONE (May 27, 1918 - Nov 29, 2019)

Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan's prime minister from 1982 to 1987, dies aged 101.

BIG BIRD PUPPETEER CAROLL SPINNEY (Dec 26, 1933 - Dec 8, 2019)

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch during nearly five decades on Sesame Street, dies at 85.

SWEDISH SINGER MARIE FREDRIKSSON (May 30, 1958 - Dec 9, 2019)

Swedish singer Marie Fredriksson, the female half of the top-selling duo Roxette, dies aged 61.

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