2024, Notable Deaths | ۔2024 اہم شخصیات جو ہم سے بچھڑ گئیں

2024, Notable Deaths | ۔2024 اہم شخصیات جو ہم سے بچھڑ گئیں
Personalities died in 2024
Notable deaths 2024

Among those we remember are acting legend Dame Maggie Smith, former teen star Shannen Doherty, and "the most beautiful man in cinema", Alain Delon.
David Soul
As Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, one half of the cop duo Starsky & Hutch, David Soul became one of the biggest TV stars of the 1970s
Shannen Doherty
Shannen Doherty's first big film role was in the 1988 black comedy Heathers. This was followed by four seasons of the TV show Beverly Hills 90210.
Dame Maggie Smith
Dame Maggie Smith’s acting career spanned stage, cinema and television for more than 70 years. Her best-known film roles include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (for which she won a best actress Oscar) and A Room with a View.
James Earl Jones
US actor who starred in dozens of films, but whose most famous role was probably the one in which he did not actually appear - the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Shelley Duvall
Shelley Duvall's most famous film role was probably Wendy, the terror-stricken wife of Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor who started his long career in British TV and theatre, before achieving film stardom in the war films Kelly's Heroes and The Dirty Dozen. Among his many notable films were M*A*S*H, Don't Look Now, Casanova, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Ordinary People. More recently, he starred in The Hunger Games trilogy as the evil President Snow.
Alain Delon

Reportedly once described as the most beautiful man in cinema, Parisian Alain Delon was one of Europe's leading film stars in the 1960s and 70s, appearing in Plein Soleil, Le Samourai and The Leopard.
Anouk Aimée
French actress whose performance in the 1966 film A Man and a Woman earned her a Golden Globe and a Bafta award for best actress, as well as an Oscar nomination - the first time an actor or actress had been nominated for a French language performance.
Bernard Hill

Manchester-born, Bernard Hill became a Liverpool icon for the ages as Yosser "Gizza Job" Hughes in Alan Bleasdale’s 1982 TV series, Boys from the Blackstuff.
Gena Rowlands
US actress who was nominated for an Oscar for 1974's A Woman Under the Influence and 1980's Gloria.
Timothy West

Timothy West was known for roles on stage and screen including the TV sitcom Brass, dramas such as Bleak House and Gentleman Jack, and soaps Coronation Street and EastEnders.
Janey Godley
Scottish comedian who used details from her extremely tough upbringing for material. She endured poverty, abuse and the murder of a parent before taking to comedy in her 30s. Janey Godley achieved international fame for her stand-up and for her many internet videos.
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Dr Ruth Westheimer

Renowned sex therapist and talk show host, "Dr Ruth" was famous for speaking frankly about sex in her unmistakable German accent. than 40 books.
Steve Wright

Described as a "radio genius" by one former colleague, Steve Wright was a DJ on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 for more than four decades.
Annie Nightingale

The first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 and the station's longest-serving DJ, Annie Nightingale joined the station in 1970 and broadcast her last show in December 2023.

Françoise Hardy
French singer-songwriter, known for her melancholy ballads, Françoise Hardy's most famous songs included All the Girls and Boys (Tous les garçons et les filles), It Hurts to Say Goodbye (Comment te dire adieu) and My Friend the Rose (Mon amie la rose).
Kris Kristofferson
An actor and musician, Kris Kristofferson had success as a performer but more impact as a songwriter, penning hits including Help Me Through The Night and Me And Bobby McGee.

Jimmy Carter
US president who came into power in 1977, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. He helped broker a historic peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, but his single term in office was marred by his difficulties dealing with the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Alex Salmond
A leading figure in Scotland's nationalist movement, Alex Salmond was Scottish first minister from 2007-14, and led the unsuccessful pro-independence referendum campaign in 2014.
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Lowitja O'Donoghue
One of Australia's most revered Aboriginal leaders, Lowitja O'Donoghue was instrumental in negotiating Australia's historic Native Title legislation
Former Labour minister and crossbench peer, Lord Field spent 40 years as MP for Birkenhead and was a leading voice on welfare
Paul Auster
US author of The New York Trilogy - a collection of detective stories with a philosophical twist, centred on a shady quartet of private investigators named Blue, Brown, Black and White.
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Edna O'Brien
Irish novelist whose first book, The Country Girls, remains her most famous. Published in 1960, it tells the story of two convent girls, and its frank
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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