Gone (you can keep this suit of lights)

At about this time of the year for the past 4 years, Mario Axiaq and I have been putting together a list obituaries for people known for their public life in Malta. It is an exercise that works hand in glove with Mario's aboutmalta.com project to chronicle Malta day by day and MaltaMedia's round-up of the year gone by.

Here's the list for this year, so far:

Tony Mallia, Media Executive
(24/09/1942 - 15/01/2004)

Fr. Carmelo Zammit SDB
(28/04/1931 - 16/01/2004)

Mro. Carmelo Zammit
(16/04/1907 - 09/02/2004)

Robbie Buttigieg, Footballer
(27/11/1936 - 16/02/2004)

Mro. Paul Arnaud
(27/01/1911 - 22/02/2004)

Anthony Montanaro, News Editor
(23/05/1921 - 10/03/2004)

Frank Portelli, Artist
(b.1922 - 13/03/2004)

Victor Galdes, Broadcaster
(06/05/1923 - 17/03/2004)

Ġużi Mallia, Writer/Broadcaster
(21/06/1917 - 10/04/2004)

Arthur Podesta, Olympic Aquatic Sportsman
(27/12/1928 - 06/06/2004)

Willie Apap, Sports Entrepreneur
(16/04/1919 - 12/06/2004)

Kan. Dr. Amante Buontempo
(15/10/1920 - 20/06/2004)

Joe Aquilina, Footballer
(21/07/1943 - 07/07/2004)

Mario Ellul, Singer/TV Producer
(08/09/1963 - 31/07/2004)

Maggie Borg, Activist
(Died 03/08/2004)

Louis Naudi, Percussionist
(Died 09/09/2004)

Joe Zammit Cordina, Actor
(29/09/1929 - 12/11/2004)

Publius Micallef, Recording Engineer
(02/10/1943 - 12/11/2004)

Darren Dimech, Motocross Racer
(26/12/1982 - 29/11/2004)

Ġużeppi Schembri, MFA Kit Manager
(09/05/1921 - 02/12/2004)

If you think there's anyone else we should include in this list, please contact me. We'd also appreciate any corrections to dates of birth/death as listed here, because we don't always get things 100% right.