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Joe Paterno

January 22, 2012: Joe Paterno, 85, American football coach who held the major-colleges all-time wins record, but whose career ended in scandal when it was revealed that he failed to act when one of his staff, Jerry Sandusky, was accused of sexual assaulting boys.
Link: WSJ

Johnny Otis

January 17, 2012: Johnny Otis, 90, US singer, songwriter, musician and DJ. Born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, he was known as "the godfather of rhythm and blues". He is credited with discovering Etta James.
Link: Wikipedia

Patrice O'Neal

November 29, 2011: Patrice O'Neal, 41, US comedian, of complications from a stroke.
Link: Guardian

Lana Peters

November 22, 2011: Lana Peters, 85, Russian-American daughter of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Born Svetlana Stalina, she defected to the West in 1970.
Link: NY Times

Frank Potenza

August 23, 2011: Frank Potenza, 77, real-life uncle of US entertainer Jimmy Kimmel who became a regular on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Link: Zap2It

Margaret Olley

July 25, 2011: Margaret Olley, 88, Australian artist whose career spanned seven decades.
Link: SMH

Dan Peek

July 24, 2011: Dan peek, 60, US singer-songwriter with the band America, who also had a successful solo career in contemporary Christian music.
Link: Wikipedia

Roland Petit

July 10, 2011: Roland Petit, 97, French dancer and choreographer.
Link: Wikipedia

"Pinetop" Perkins

March 21, 2011: Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, 97, US Mississippi Delta bluesman who became the oldest ever Grammy award winner (for best traditional blues album) in February, 2011.
Links: Austin 360

Margaret Price

January 28, 2011: Margaret Price, 69, Welsh operatic soprano.
Link: Daily Mail

Steve Prestwich

January 16, 2011: Steve Prestwich, 56, drummer with Australian rock band Cold Chisel, of cancer.
Link: Age

Pete Postlethwaite

January 2, 2011: Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British stage and screen actor who appeared in The Name of the Father, Brassed Off, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and The Age of Stupid.
Link: BBC

Per Oscarsson

December 30, 2010: Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, in a huse fire. He was best known for his award-winning role in 1966's Hunger (Sult). His most recent role was in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.
Link: Wikipedia

Neva Patterson

December 14, 2010: Neva Patterson, 90, US stage and screen actress who starred in 1957's An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. She also starred in the Broadway version of The Seven Year Itch.
Link: NY Times

Ruth Park

December 14, 2010: Ruth Park, 93, New Zealand-born Australian author of The Harp in the South, The Muddle-Headed Wombat and Playing Beatie Bow.
Link: Wikipedia

Ingrid Pitt

November 23, 2010: Ingrid Pitt, 73, Polish-born European/US actress best known for horror films including he House That Dripped Blood, The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, plus classics The Wicker Man and Where Eagles Dare.
Link: Moviefone

Baby Marie Osborne

November 11, 2010: Baby Marie Osborne, 99, also known simply as Baby Marie and later as Marie Osborne Yeats. She was Hollywood's first major child star, who made and lost (thanks to her adoptive parents) a fortune by the time she was a teenager. She later had a career as a stand-in and costumer.
Link: Wikipedia

Charlie O'Donnell

October 31, 2010: Charlie O'Donnell, 78, US television announcer best known for his long-running stint on Wheel of Fortune and, before that, American Bandstand.
Link: The Wrap

Arthur Penn

September 28, 2010: Arthur Penn, 88, US film and television director, whose movies included The Miracle Worker and the influential Bonnie and Clyde.
Link: NY Times

Harvey Pekar

July 12, 2010: Harvey Pekar, 70, US cult cartoonist best known for his autobiographical series, American Splendor. He was portrayed in the 2003 film of the same name by Paul Giamatti.
Link: BBC

Alan Plater

June 25, 2010 Alan Plater, 75, British dramatist, novelist and screenwriter whose work ranged from TV series Z Cars to The Fortunes of War and The Blonde Bombshell.
Link BBC

Nehama Patkin

March 30, 2010: Nehama Patkin, 70, Australian TV host and intyernationally known piano teacher best remembered as an original cast member of long-running ABC children's show Play School.
Link: SMH

Fess Parker

March 18, 2010: Fess Parker, 85, US actor best known for playing Western heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV. He made a fortune in real etstae and development, made his own wine and was offered, but declined, the job of US ambassador to Australia.
Link: Globe and Mail

Merlin Olsen

March 11, 2010: Merlin Olsen, 69, former Aemrican football star who became an actor, starring in Little House on the Prairie and in the title role of Father Murphy.
Links: CNN

Teddy Pendergrass

January 13, 2010: Teddy Pendergrass , 59, American soul singer.
Link: ABC

Dan O'Bannon

December 17, 2009: Dan O'Bannon, 61, US screenwriter of Alien and Total Recall fame.
Link: ABC

Ken Ober

November 15, 2009: Ken Ober, 52, US comedian and host of MTV game show Remote Control. He was also a producer of the sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Links: CNN

Norman Painting

October 28, 2009: Norman Painting, 85, British actor who played the role of Phil in BBC radio serial The Archers for a record 59 years.
Links: Guardian

Les Paul

August 13, 2009: Les Paul, 94, US musician and guitarmaker, born Lester William Polfuss, who created studio technology and the legendary Gibson electric guitar that bears his name.
Links: CNN

Renato Pagliari

July 29, 2009: Renato Pagliari, 69, Italian-born, UK-based tenor who had a hit in 1982 with Save Your Love as half of the duo Renee and Renato. He died after surgery for a brain tumour.
Links: Daily Mail

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