Review 2011

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.
6.00pm, 31 Dec 2011
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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,

  • Brian Lenihan

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