28 December 2011 Last updated at 21:27 ET

2011: Notable deaths from the past year

The past 12 months have seen the passing of the last WWI combat veteran, one of golf's greatest players, a former US first lady and the man who introduced the iPhone to the world. Take a look back at some of the well known figures who died in 2011.

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Music by Amy Winehouse and courtesy KPM Music. Images courtesy Getty Images, PA, AP, Reuters and Bhasker Solanki.

All audio and images subject to copyright. Slideshow production Paul Kerley and Natasha Grüneberg. Publication date 29 December 2011.

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