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Inspired by a conversation I had in the PMs with another poster I was thinking about who those deaths were that were important to me from a cultural perspective. Those people whose work has shaped me into the person I am today. I wanted to keep this separate from the National Treasures posts because that is more about a cultural collective consciousness whereas these will be individual. I have kept it to 20 as my first list contained almost double the number and I have kept it to the living but there are many people who have gone already who could have gone on the list in particular Terry Pratchett and Terrance Dicks Please post your own lists I have added mini explanations as to why they are there. 1. Rowen Atkinson (First comedy gig) 2. Tom Baker (You know why) 3. Johnny Ball (Stimulated my interest in science and maths) 4. Floella Benjamin (Televisual Joy) 5. Kate Bush (My favourite music artist) 6. Phil Collins (Genesis was the first concert I attended) 7. John Craven (Important part of growing up) 8. Harrison Ford (Brilliant actor whose popular status is deserved) 9. Stephen Fry (Comedian and actor who is brilliant) 10. Derek Griffiths (Children’s TV later saw at the RSC) 11. Bernard Hill (Macbeth on my first Theatre date with my now wife) 12. Michael Keating (B7 is almost as important to me as DW) 13. Stephen Lawhead (The living author I have read most book by) 14. Hazel O’Connor (First single I bought) 15. B A Robertson (First album I owned) 16. Michael Rodd (Made me pay attention to TV) 17. Patricia Routledge (Was in the first RSC production I saw) 18. J Michael Strazynski (B5 sits with DW & B7) 19. David Thacker (Theatre director who stunned with several RSC productions) 20. Julie Walters (Lady Macbeth on my first theatre date)