RIP: The people who died in 2011

From Garret FitzGerald to Steve Jobs, we take a look at some of the people from politics, entertainment and sport who died this year.

THE WORLDS OF entertainment, academia, politics and sport lost some of their biggest stars this year.

From Garret FitzGerald to Steve Jobs, from Muammar Gaddafi to Amy Winehouse, we take a look back at some of the people who died in 2011:

RIP: The people who died in 2011

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Garret FitzGerald 1926-2011
Source: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011
Source: AP Photo/File
Muammar Gaddafi 1942-2011
Source: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Gary Moore 1952-2011
Source: AP Photo/MTI, Peter Kollanyi
Gil Scott-Heron 1949-2011
Source: E.M/UK Press/Press Association Images
Lucian Freud 1922-2011
Source: John Stillwell/PA Wire
Kim Jong-Il 1941-2011
Source: AP Photo/Korea News Service
Vaclav Havel 1936 -2011
Source: CTK Photo/Josef Horazny, Martin Sterba
Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011
Source: AP Photo/Chad Rachman
Gary Speed 1969-2011
Source: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Source: Chen Gang/Color China Photo/AP Images
Amy Winehouse 1983-2011
Source: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Osama bin Laden 1957-2011
Source: AP Photo/Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN,
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RIP: The people who died in 2011

Garret FitzGerald 1926-2011

Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011

Muammar Gaddafi 1942-2011

Gary Moore 1952-2011

Gil Scott-Heron 1949-2011

Lucian Freud 1922-2011

Kim Jong-Il 1941-2011

Vaclav Havel 1936 -2011

Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011

Gary Speed 1969-2011

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Amy Winehouse 1983-2011

Osama bin Laden 1957-2011

Brian Lenihan

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