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March 30, 2013: Phil Ramone, 79, US musician and producer who worked with acts ranging from Frank Sinatra and Bette Middler to Bette Middler, Billy Joel, John Legend and Moby. He often collaborated with Quincy Jones.
Link: USA Today

March 19, 2013: Harry Reems, 65, actor, born Herbert Streicher, best known for his role as a doctor in the first mainstream porn film, Deep Throat. He quit the adult film industry after only a few pictures and became a real estate agent.
Link: Miami Herald

December 29, 2012: William Rees-Mogg, 84, British journalist and would-be Tory politician who edited The Times, and remained a columnist for the newspaper until his death.
link: Guardian

September 28, 2012: Ahmed Ramzy, 82, popular Egyptian actor of the 1950s, 60s and 70s who specialised in playboy roles.
Link: Ahram Online

July 23, 2012: Sally Ride, 61, US scientist who became the first American woman in space when she flew on the shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She completed a second mission the following year. She died of pancreatic cancer.
Link: NY Times

July 20, 2012: Angharad Rees, 63, Welsh actress best known for her role in the miniseries Poldark. She also had an extensive stage and radio-drama career.
Link: Daily Mail

July 10, 2012: Rodolfo Vera Quiezon, aka Dolphy Quizon, 83, popular Philippines comedian.
Link: PhilStar

June 11, 2012: Ann Rutherford, 94, US actress who played the youngest sister Careen in Gone with the Wind and was Andy's (Mickey Rooney) girlfriend Polly in the long-running Andy Hardy series.
Link: BBC

May 9, 2012: Joyce Redman, 93, Irish stage and screen actress who appeared with Lawrence Olivier in Othello and with Albert Finney in the bawdy Tom Jones.
Link: Guardian

April 15, 2012: Murray Rose, 73, Scotland-born champion Australian swimmer.
Link: Wikipedia

December 7, 2011: Jerry Robinson, 89, US comic-book artist whose creations included Batman's sidekick, Robin. He is also credited with creating arch villain The Joker, although Batman creator Bob Kane disputed that.
Link: BBC

November 27, 2011: Ken Russell, 84, British film director known for Tommy, Gothic, Altered States and Women In Love.
Link: Wikipedia

November 12, 2011: Peter Roebuck, 55, English cricketer with Somerset county who became a respected newspaper writer and commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was found dead at a hotel in Newlands, South Africa.
Link: ABC

November 4, 2011: Andy Rooney, 92, US broadcaster who was a fixture on the CBS current affairs program 60 Minutes for 33 years.
Link: NY Times

September 10, 2011: Cliff Robertson, 88, US actor who won the best actor Oscar for Charly, but was black-listed by Hollywood after exposing corrupt studio accounting practices. His films included PT-109, J.W. Coop and Spider-Man.
Link: Telegraph

August 5, 2011: Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born US actor, the son of Anthony Quinn, and star of the film Platoon. He most recently voiced a character in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Link: Wikipedia

June 7, 2011: Martin Rushent, 63, British music producer who worked with bands including Human League, XTC, The Stranglers, The Go-Go's, Fleetwood Mac and T Rex.
Link: Guardian

May 8, 2011: Lionel Rose, 62, Australian boxer who became world bantamweight champion in 1968. He was also the first indigenous Australian of the Year.
Link: news.com.au

April 11, 2011: Peter Ruehl, US-born Australian newspaper columnist whose work appeared for many years in the Australian Financial Review.
Link: The Australian

February 28, 2011: Jane Russell, 89, US actress best known for her role alongside Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She also famously had a bra designed for her by reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. In later life, she became an evangelical Christian.
Link: SMH

February 4, 2011: Peggy Rea, 89, US stage and screen character actress best known for TV series including The Red Skelton Show, The Waltons, Grace Under Fire and The Dukes of Hazzard.
Link: Variety

January 27, 2011: Julie Ryles, 53, Australian former child star, singer and dancer who appeared on TV's Young Talent Time, of progressive subcortical gliosis.
Link: TV Tonight

January 6?, 2011: Geoff Raymond, 89, Australian newsreader who worked for commercial television and then the ABC until the mid-1980s.
Link: ABC

January 4, 2011: Gerry Rafferty, 64, Scottish singer-songwriter best known for Stuck in the Middle With You, with Stealers Wheel, and his haunting solo hit Baker Street.
Link: Telegraph

December 24, 2010: Roy Rothschild Neuberger, 107, US money manager and modern art collector.
Link: Wikipedia

December 17, 2010: Lina Romay, 91, US singer and actor who sang in the 1940s with the Xavier Cugat orchestra before a brief career as a film and TV actress. She later became a horse-race announcer.
Link: NPR

October 11, 2010: Claire Rayner, 79, British newspaper "agony aunt", broadcaster, former nurse, humanist and patients' rights campaigner.
Link: Guardian

June 24, 2010 Pete Quaife, 66, British musician who played bass with 60s band The Kinks. He later moved to Canada and worked as a graphic artist.
Link Variety

June 12, 2010: Egon Ronay, Hungarian-born restaurateur and pioneering food critic who helped modernise British cuisine.
Link: Independent

May 16, 2010: Ronnie James Dio, 67, US heavy rock singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne at the helm of Black Sabbath. Born Ronald James Padavona, he died of stomach cancer. Before joining Sabbath in 1980, he performed with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Link: BBC