Bakker, Tammy Faye
The TV evangelist who wore thick facial makeup
Famous People Who Died in 2007
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Barbaro
The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner who broke his leg in the Preakness -
Bergman, Ingmar
Artsy Swedish director of The Seventh Seal -
Bhutto, Benazir
The first female prime minister of Pakistan -
Bishop, Joey
Comedian member of the Rat Pack -
Cho, Seung-Hui
The student who killed 32 others at Virginia Tech in 2007 -
Falwell, Jerry
Founder of the Moral Majority -
Fossett, Steve
The record-breaking aviator who disappeared in Nevada -
Griffin, Merv
TV host who created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! -
Hart, Johnny
Creator of the strip B.C. -
Helmsley, Leona
The hotelier called the "Queen of Mean" -
Hutton, Betty
The original "Blond Bombshell" -
Ivins, Molly
Feisty columnist and liberal Texan -
Johnson, Lady Bird
Wife of President Lyndon Johnson -
Knievel, Evel
The motorcyclist who tried to jump the Snake River Canyon -
L'Engle, Madeleine
The author of A Wrinkle in Time -
Mailer, Norman
Pugnacious author of The Naked and the Dead -
Pavarotti, Luciano
The great Italian tenor with the white dinner napkin -
Reilly, Charles Nelson
The wackiest panelist on TV's Match Game -
Roach, Max
Bebop drummer and bandleader with Clifford Brown -
Sheldon, Sidney
The author of The Other Side of Midnight -
Smith, Anna Nicole
The blonde bombshell celebrity who died suddenly in 2007 -
Somers, Brett
Witty panelist on TV's The Match Game -
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.
The author of Slaughterhouse-Five -
Washoe the Chimp
Chimp who learned sign language -
Wilson, Robert Anton
Co-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy -
Yeltsin, Boris
The first post-Gorbachev president of Russia