The Last Word remembers some of the famous people who passed away in the last year.

Actor Alan Arkin

Singer Tony Bennett

Actor Michael Gambon

Steve McKay – guitarist with the UK band Pulp

Comedian, broadcaster and animal rights advocate Paul O’Grady

Singer Astrud Gilberto

Broadcaster Michael Parkinson with Barry Humphries (as Dame Edna Everage)

Andy Rourke – bassist with The Smiths

US politician Henry Kissinger

Singer and actor Harry Belafonte

Former political aid & broadcaster Jerry Springer

Singer Tina Turner

James Reid Sex Pistols guitarist

Poet and Actor Benjamin Zephania

Singer Jane Birkin

Actor Julian Sands

Robbie Robertson from The Band

Football legend Sir Bobby Charlton

Singer Lisa Marie Presley

Actor Mathew Perry

Singer Christy Dignam

Guitarist with the Script Mark Sheehan

Singer Shane MacGowan

and Singer Sinead O’Connor