Famous Celebrities Who Died in 2011

• Bin Laden, Osama

  The mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks

• Ferraro, Geraldine

  The first woman to be a major-party candidate for U.S. vice president

• Ford, Betty

  The former First Lady who founded the Betty Ford Center

• Frazier, Joe

  The boxing champ who lost 1971's Fight of the Century

• Gaddafi, Muammar

  Dictator of Libya, 1969-2011

• Havel, Václav

  The dissident who became the first president of the Czech Republic

• Hitchens, Christopher

  The author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

• Jobs, Steve

  The co-founder of Apple computers

• Keane, Bil

   The creator of the comic strip 'The Family Circus'

• Kevorkian, Jack

  The euthanasia advocate known as "Dr. Death"

• Kim Jong-il

  The dictatorial leader of North Korea, 1994-2011

• LaLanne, Jack

  The host of the 1950s fitness show The Jack LaLanne Show

• Morgan, Harry

  Col. Sherman Potter on the long-running TV series MASH

• Rooney, Andy

  The star of the 60 Minutes segment "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney"

• Schwartz, Sherwood

  The creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch

• Scott-Heron, Gil

  The writer and performer of 1970's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

• Taylor, Elizabeth

  The much-married star of Cleopatra

• Winehouse, Amy

  The talented, boozy and short-lived singer of the song "Rehab"

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