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1.

What famous sports team owner died in July 2010?

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Answer: George Steinbrenner
2.

How old was actor Gary Coleman when he died?

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Answer: 42
3.

Who is the late singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath?

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Answer: Ronnie James Dio
4.

Who was the star of the TV show "Mission Impossible" that died in March 2010?

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Answer: Peter Graves
5.

What did Ted Kennedy die from?

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Answer: Brain Tumour
6.

Which rock star was the youngest when they died?

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Answer: Buddy Holly
7.

In what city was John Lennon murdered?

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Answer: New York City
8.

Who was the 36 year old Reggae superstar who died of cancer?

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Answer: Bob Marley
9.

Who was found dead in her Brentwood home by psychoanalyst RS Greenson on August 5, 1962?

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Answer: Marilyn Monroe
10.

Who died in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris in 1997?

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Answer: Princess Diana
11.

In 2007, whose dead body was found in room 607 at Hollywood's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel?

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Answer: Anna Nicole Smith
12.

Who was killed by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980?

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Answer: John Lennon
13.

Which celebrity was discovered dead by his physician, Conrad Murray, on June 25, 2009?

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Answer: Michael Jackson
14.

Who is buried next to his son Brandon in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle?

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Answer: Bruce Lee
15.

Who posthumously won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2008, the same year he died?

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Answer: Heath Ledger
16.

Who is the "crocodile hunter" who died after a stingray barb pierced his chest in 2006?

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Answer: Steve Irwin
17.

Who is the Polish President who died in a plane crash in Russia in 2010?

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Answer: Lech Kaczynski
18.

How old was Paul Newman when he died?

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Answer: 83
19.

Which member of the Rat Pack lived the longest?

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Answer: Joey Bishop
20.

What year did actor James Dean die?

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Answer: 1955
21.

Who was the only survivor of the Mercedes-Benz W140 crash that killed Lady Diana?

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Answer: Trevor Rees-Jones
22.

Whose widower died at the same Hollywood Hills residence after five months of her death?

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Answer: Brittany Murphy
23.

Who was killed in a 1955 accident while driving his new Porsche 550 Spyder in California?

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Answer: James Dean
24.

Who died when his Piper Saratoga II HP plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999?

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Answer: John F Kennedy Jr
25.

Whose public memorial service was held on July 7, 2009, at Los Angeles' Staples Centre?

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Answer: Michael Jackson
26.

Who died choking on his own vomit after combining sleeping pills with wine in 1970?

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Answer: Jimi Hendrix
27.

Whose suicide note was addressed to his childhood imaginary friend "Boddah"?

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Answer: Kurt Cobain
28.

Which famous fashion personality was killed by Andrew Cunanan on July 15, 1997?

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Answer: Gianni Versace
29.

Who is the famous author of "The Catcher in the Rye" who died on January 27, 2010?

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Answer: J. D. Salinger
30.

After whom was the Monaco Hospital renamed after she breathed her last there in 1982?

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Answer: Grace Kelly
31.

Who died of probable heroin overdose on October 4, 1970?

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Answer: Janis Joplin
32.

Whose autopsy report is sealed until 2027 (50 years after his death) by his father Vernon?

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Answer: Elvis Presley
33.

Whose burial site, the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, is one of Paris's most famous tourist spot?

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Answer: Jim Morrison
34.

Who was found dead in an apartment bathtub on July 3, 1971, by his lover Pamela Courson?

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Answer: Jim Morrison

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