Below are the people we've had to say goodbye to this year.
Bob Holness, 83, British quiz show host and actor (Blockbusters)
Colin Tarrant, 59, British actor (The Bill)
February
David Kelly, 82, Irish actor
Whitney Houston, 48, American singer and actress
Frank Carson, 85, Northern Irish comedian
Davy Jones, 66, British actor and musician (The Monkees)
March
Jocky Wilson, 62, Scottish darts player
April
Dick Clark, 82, American television host and producer
May
Vidal Sassoon, 84, British hairstylist
Donna Summer, 63, American disco singer
Robin Gibb, 62, British singer and songwriter (Bee Gees)
June
Ray Bradbury, 91, American science fiction and fantasy author
Victor Spinetti, 82, Welsh comic actor
July
Eric Sykes, 89, British comedy writer
Ernest Borgnine, 95, American actor
Sir Alastair Burnet, 84, British journalist and broadcaster
Simon Ward, 70, English actor
Mary Tamm, 62, English actress
Geoffrey Hughes, 68, English actor
Gore Vidal, 86, American playwright
Angharad Rees, 68, Welsh actress (Poldark)
August
Marvin Hamlisch, 68, American composer
Tony Scott, 68, British film director
Phyllis Diller, 95, American comedienne and actress
Neil Armstrong, 82, American astronaut
Sir Rhodes Boyson, 87, British educator, author and politician
Max Bygraves, 89, British singer, variety performer
September
Lance LeGault, 77, American actor (The A-Team)
Terry Nutkins, 66, British TV presenter and naturalist
Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, American actor (The Green Mile, Armageddon)
Jacques Antoine, 88, French game show writer, creator of The Crystal Maze
Andy Williams, 84, American singer ("Moon River") and entertainer
Derek Jameson, 82, British journalist and broadcaster
November
Bill Tarmey, 71, British actor (Coronation Street)
Larry Hagman, 81, American actor (Dallas)
Dinah Sheridan, 92, English actress
Clive Dunn, 92, British actor (Dad's Army)
December
Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist ("Take Five")
Jacintha Saldanha, 46, British nurse, subject of royal hoax call
Sir Patrick Moore, 89, British astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night)
Kenneth Kendall, 88, British television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt)
Jack Klugman, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E.)
Charles Durning, 89, American actor (Evening Shade, Rescue Me, The Sting)
Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds)
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., 78, American general
Businesses that have gone this year
Barratts
CarpetRight
Clinton Cards
Comet
Focus DIY
Game
Habitat
Hawkin's Bazaar
Jane Norman
JJB Sports
La Senza
Past Times
Peacocks
Thorntons
TJ Hughes
Colin Tarrant, 59, British actor (The Bill)
February
David Kelly, 82, Irish actor
Whitney Houston, 48, American singer and actress
Frank Carson, 85, Northern Irish comedian
Davy Jones, 66, British actor and musician (The Monkees)
March
Jocky Wilson, 62, Scottish darts player
April
Dick Clark, 82, American television host and producer
May
Vidal Sassoon, 84, British hairstylist
Donna Summer, 63, American disco singer
Robin Gibb, 62, British singer and songwriter (Bee Gees)
June
Ray Bradbury, 91, American science fiction and fantasy author
Victor Spinetti, 82, Welsh comic actor
July
Eric Sykes, 89, British comedy writer
Ernest Borgnine, 95, American actor
Sir Alastair Burnet, 84, British journalist and broadcaster
Simon Ward, 70, English actor
Mary Tamm, 62, English actress
Geoffrey Hughes, 68, English actor
Gore Vidal, 86, American playwright
Angharad Rees, 68, Welsh actress (Poldark)
August
Marvin Hamlisch, 68, American composer
Tony Scott, 68, British film director
Phyllis Diller, 95, American comedienne and actress
Neil Armstrong, 82, American astronaut
Sir Rhodes Boyson, 87, British educator, author and politician
Max Bygraves, 89, British singer, variety performer
September
Lance LeGault, 77, American actor (The A-Team)
Terry Nutkins, 66, British TV presenter and naturalist
Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, American actor (The Green Mile, Armageddon)
Jacques Antoine, 88, French game show writer, creator of The Crystal Maze
Andy Williams, 84, American singer ("Moon River") and entertainer
Derek Jameson, 82, British journalist and broadcaster
November
Bill Tarmey, 71, British actor (Coronation Street)
Larry Hagman, 81, American actor (Dallas)
Dinah Sheridan, 92, English actress
Clive Dunn, 92, British actor (Dad's Army)
December
Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist ("Take Five")
Jacintha Saldanha, 46, British nurse, subject of royal hoax call
Sir Patrick Moore, 89, British astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night)
Kenneth Kendall, 88, British television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt)
Jack Klugman, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E.)
Charles Durning, 89, American actor (Evening Shade, Rescue Me, The Sting)
Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds)
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., 78, American general
Businesses that have gone this year
Barratts
CarpetRight
Clinton Cards
Comet
Focus DIY
Game
Habitat
Hawkin's Bazaar
Jane Norman
JJB Sports
La Senza
Past Times
Peacocks
Thorntons
TJ Hughes
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