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August 8, 2010: Patricia Neal, 84, US stage and screen actress who won an Academy Award for the 1963 film Hud. She was also in The Day the Earth Stood Still and Breakfast at Tiffany's
Link: CBS

July 31, 2010: Tom Mankiewicz, 68, US screenwriter and director whose writing credits include the first two Superman films and the James Bond movies, Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die.
Link: SMH

July 14, 2010: Sir (Alan) Charles Mackerras, 84, New York-born, London-based Australian conductor who specialised in the operas of Janacek and Mozart, and the comic works of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Link: Wikipedia

July 10, 2010: Sugar Minott, 54, Jamaican reggae singer and poet whose career began in the late 1960s with The African Brothers.
Link: Wikipedia

July 9, 2010: Lawrence Vonetta McGee, 65, African-American star of 1970s blaxploitation films Melinda and Hammer, and the 1975 film The Eiger Sanction, alongside Clint Eastwood. She also appeared in the TV series Bustin' Loose, LA Law and Cagney & Lacey
Link: Wikipedia

June 18, 2010: Ronald Neame, 99, London-born British and Hollywood film director whose successes included Blithe Spirit, The Poseidon Adventure and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. He also wrote screenplays, including Brief Encounter and Great Expectations.
Link: BBC

June 3, 2010: Rue McClanahan, 76, US stage and screen actress best known for her role as Blanche in TV sitcom The Golden Girls.
Links: LA Times

April 9, 2010: Kenneth McKellar, 82, Scottish tenor who earned international acclaim for his recordings of Robert Burns' songs. He also wrote comedy scripts, including a skit which members of the Monty Python team performed at The Secret Policeman's Ball.
Link: Herald

April 8, 2010: Malcolm McLaren, 64, British punk music guru who created and managed The Sex Pistols. He starred in the film The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle and had a solo hit with Buffalo Girls.
Link: Daily Mail

April 2, 2010: Lady (Sonia) McMahon, 77, widow of former Australian prime minister Sir William McMahon, and prominent socialite, of cancer.
Link: ABC

March 24, 2010: Johnny Maestro, 70, US singer born John Mastrangelo. He sang with the Del-Satins and the Crests, and his hits included Sixteen Candles, You'll Never Walk Alone and Step By Step.
Links: MSNBC

March 23, 2010: Jim Marshall, 74, rock photographer who produced iconic images of the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and hundreds of others.
Link: AP

February 11, 2010: Alexander McQueen, 40, British fashion designer, found dead in his London flat.
Links: The Sun

February 9, 2010: Walter Frederick Morrison, 90, American inventor whose Pluto Platter flying-disc toy went on to become a global phenomenon under the name Frisbee.
Link: Guardian

February 3, 2010: John McCallum, 91, Australian stage and screen actor and producer who created the iconic TV series Skippy, about a bush kangaroo. McCallum often worked with his wife, actress Googie Withers.
Links: ABC, Courier-Mail, Telegraph

February 1, 2010: Justin Mentell, 27, US actor who starred in Boston Legal and the film G-Force, in a car accident.
Link: People

January 22, 2010: James Mitchell, 89, American stage and screen actor who was a long-time star of TV soap opera All My Children.
Link: boston.com

January 8, 2010: Monica Maughan, Australian stage and screen actress best known for her roles in a 1980s touring production of The Importance of Being Earnest and in the TV shows Prisoner and The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh.
Link: ABC

December 31, 2009: William "Billy" May, US-born Australian dancer and theatrical producer whose credits included the Walking With Dinosaurs arena show.
Link: Undercover

December 24, 2009: George Michael, 70, popular US television sportscaster with Washington DC station WRC TV whose show The George Michael Sports Machine was syndicated across the US for 27 years.
Link: CNN

December 20, 2009: Brittany Murphy, 32, US actress who starred in Clueless and Sin City, and voiced characters on King of the Hill and Happy Feet.
Link: TMZ

November 7, 2009: Joe Maross, 86, US stage, TV and film actor. He featured in many series including The Rockford Files, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone and Murder She Wrote.
Links: Variety

October 21, 2009: Yoko Minamida , 76, Japanese film and television star.
Links: Variety

October 19, 2009: Vic Mizzy, 93, US songwriter who composed the theme tunes to the television shows Green Acres and The Addams Family. He joked that he bought his Bel Air mansion with a couple of snaps of his fingers.
Links: NPR

October 13, 2009: Al Martino, 82, US singer and actor, born Alfred Cini, whose most famous screen role was in The Godfather. In the UK, his song Here in My Heart was the NME's first number one hit, in 1952.
Links: Guardian

October 13, 2009: Daniel Melnick, Hollywood producer behind hits including Straw Dogs, Network< Kramer vs Kramer and Midnight Express and the TV series Get Smart.
Links: Telegraph

September 29, 2009: Father James Murray, 82, Catholic priest and writer who was the long-erving relgious affairs editor of The Australian.
Links: The Australian

September 24, 2009: Sir Howard Morrison, 74, New Zealand singer. He formed the Howard Morrison Quartet in the 1950s and remained a leading concert and television performer for decades.
Links: NZ Herald

September 4, 2009: Rick Nattrass, 59, Australian environmentalist and broadcaster, of a heart attack.
Links: ABC

July 29, 2009: Leela Naidu, 69, Bengali actress who starred in Hindu and English films, including The Householder, was once Miss India, apeared in Vogue and was named one of the 10 most beautiful women in the world.
Links: WikiPedia