As we prepare to ring in a new year, RadarOnline.com takes a look back at the celebrities we lost in 2011 who made their memorable mark on the world.

Apple founder Steve Jobs died at 56 on October 5 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The tech guru leaves a vast legacy in his industry over the better part of four decades, listed as the inventor of household items such as iPod, iPhone and iPad, among others. He was also the driving force behind companies like Pixar and Atari.

Legendary newsman Andy Rooney died November 4, just weeks after his 1097th and final weekly segment on the CBS stalwart 60 Minutes, capping off a 33-year run.

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Here's another sign that the Oscars are right around the corner.

On Tuesday, nominations for the British Academy Film Awards -- the British equivalent of the Academy Awards -- were announced in London with The King's Speech leading the pack with 14 nomimations, followed by Black Swan with 12 nods.

Fresh off his Golden Globe win, Colin Firth, 50, scored a best actor BAFTA nomination for his critically praised role in The King's Speech.

Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite died at 64 in a hospital in his native England Sunday, following a long battle with cancer, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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Postlethwaite was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in In The Name Of The Father. Most recently, he played the menacing owner of a flower shop in the bank heist thriller, The Town, directed by Ben Affleck, who also starred in the film. Other films he appeared in included Inception, The Usual Suspects, and Romeo + Juliet.