Allen, Steve
The original host of The Tonight Show
Famous People Who Died in 2000
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Borge, Victor
The witty pianist who created Comedy in Music -
Brooks, Gwendolyn
The first African American to win a Pulitzer for poetry -
Cartland, Barbara
The very British "Queen of the Romance Novel" -
Chimpsky, Nim
The language-learning chimp named for Noam Chomsky -
Comfort, Alex
The uninhibited author of The Joy of Sex -
Davis, Jimmie
Louisiana's "Singing Governor" -
Gorey, Edward
The macabre illustrator who did the opening for the PBS show Mystery! -
Guinness, Alec
Obi-Wan Kenobe in the original Star Wars -
Henning, Doug
The pixie-ish, big-toothed magician of the 1970s -
Matthau, Walter
Curmudgeonly star of the film The Odd Couple -
Punisher, Big
Super-sized Latin rapper -
Schulz, Charles
The creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts -
Trudeau, Pierre
Prime minister of Canada, 1968-84 -
Vadim, Roger
Director of And God Created Woman -
Verdon, Gwen
The original Lola in Broadway's Damn Yankees -
Yates, Paula
The host of TV's Big Breakfast who died suddenly in 2000 -
Young, Loretta
The star of TV's The Loretta Young Show