In 2000, there were 79 shark attacks reported worldwide, 11 of them fatal. In 2005 and 2006 this number decreased to 61 and 62 respectively, while the number of fatalities dropped to only four per year. Of these attacks, the majority occurred in the United States (53 in 2000, 40 in 2005, and 39 in 2006).
J.K. Rowling tweeted an apology to Harry Potter fans about Fred's death. Fred Weasley was hardly the boy who lived. The character in the Harry Potter books and movies was killed off in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and author J.K. Rowling is now apologizing for the loss.
Harold and Fred (They Make Ladies Dead) was a 2001 strip cartoon in Viz, also featuring serial killer Fred West. Some relatives of Shipman's victims voiced anger at the cartoon. Harold Shipman: Doctor Death, a television dramatisation of the case, was made in 2002 and starred James Bolam in the title role. The case was referenced in an episode of the 2003 CBS television medical drama series Diagnosis: Unknown called Deadly Medicine (Season 2, Episode 17).