Necrolog 2011
31 December 2011 tbs.pm/1287
A list of some of those we have loved and lost in 2011 – mainly British and Irish actors, writers, producers and theme composers who died in the past year, with apologies for the anglocentrism. Errors and omissions in the comments, please.
JANUARY → | Pete Postlethwaite Actor | Anne Francis Actor, Honey West | Jill Haworth Actor |
Dick King-Smith Presenter, Rub-a-dub-tub → | ![]() | Noel Andrews RTE boxing commentator ↓ | David Nelson Actor, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
Susannah York Actor | Tony Geiss Composer, Sesame Street | ![]() | John Barry Composer ↓ |
Helene Palmer Actor, Coronation Street | FEBRUARY → | Margaret John Actor, Gavin & Stacey | |
Edward Hardwicke Actor, Sherlock Holmes → | ![]() | Flick Colby Choreographer, Pan’s People | Janet Brown Impersonator |
JUNE → | Peter Murphy RTE presenter | Miriam Karlin Actor | Roy Skelton Actor |
Christopher Neame Producer | Robin Nash Producer | David Dunseith BBC Radio Ulster presenter | JULY ↙ |
Anna Massey Actor | Keith Wilson Production designer, Space: 1999 | Ahmed Omed Khpulwak BBC journalist | AUGUST ↙ |
Richard Pearson Actor, The Wind in the Willows | Michael Bukht (Barry) Founder, Classic FM | Huw Ceredig Actor Pobol y Cym | Gun Hägglund First female TV newsreader in the world |
Robert Robinson Presenter, Stop the Week | John Howard Davies Producer | SEPTEMBER → | Jonathan Cecil Actor |
David Croft Writer | OCTOBER → | George Baker Actor, I, Claudius | Peter Hammond Actor, The Adventures of William Tell |
Sue Lloyd Actor, Crossroads ↓ | NOVEMBER → | Richard Morant Actor, Poldark | Dulcie Gray Actor |
![]() | Hugh Burnett Producer | DECEMBER → | Bev Smith ATV newsreader |
Phillip Cottrell BBC journalist | Ronald Wolfe Writer |
This article has been revised since publication to add Robert Robinson, who died in August, and again to correct “Start the Week” to “Stop the Week”.
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Nigel wrote 31 December 2011 at 7:48 pm
Robert Robinson (August). Come on guys, you published my obit of him! (Tee hee!).