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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