Deaths Date 2003 | History by KabAstro

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Jan 11 Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (The Naked Childhood), dies at 77
Jan 11 Mickey Finn, British rock percussionist and bongocero (T. Rex), dies at 55
Jan 11 Richard Simmons, American actor (Sergeant Preston of the Yukon), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
Jan 11 William Joseph Russo, American composer, dies at 74
Jan 12 Allan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
Jan 12 Dean Amadon, American ornithologist, dies at 90
Jan 12 Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930)

Leopoldo Galtieri (1926-2003)

Jan 12 Argentine general, dictator and President of Argentina (1981-82) who invaded the Falkland Islands, dies of a heart attack at 76 [1]

Maurice Gibb (1949-2003)

Jan 12 English rock-pop-disco singer-songwriter and bassist (Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever), dies of cardiac arrest at 53

Jan 12 Paul Pender, American boxer (World Middleweight Champion 1960–61; The Ring Middleweight Champion 1962–63 Retired; Lineal Middleweight Champion 1962–63 Retired), dies at 72
Jan 13 Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant who helped Macmillan, Heath and Thatcher into office, dies at 77
Jan 13 Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
Jan 14 Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter, dies at 100
Jan 15 Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter ("Tutti Frutti"; You Always Hurt the One You Love": "Tampico"), dies at 87
Jan 16 Henryk Czyz, Polish composer and musician, dies at 79
Jan 16 Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), dies at 84
Jan 17 Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
Jan 17 Richard Crenna, American actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles), dies at 76
Jan 18 Edward "The Sheik" Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
Jan 18 Gavin Lyall, British author (Conduct of Major Maxim, The Secret Servant), dies of cancer at 70
Jan 19 Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (French Minister of Culture), dies at 86
Jan 20 Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (NINA, NY Times), dies at 99
Jan 20 Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
Jan 20 Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
Jan 21 Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933)
Jan 22 Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers (Pulitzer-1945, 59), dies of Alzheimer's disease and a bathtub scalding at 81
Jan 23 Nell Carter, American actress (Gimme A Break; Lobo), dies at 54
Jan 24 (Giovanni) "Gianni" Agnelli, Italian industrialist, executive (President of Fiat Automobiles, 1966-96), and Italian Senator-for-life (1991-2003), dies of prostate cancer at 81
Jan 24 Lucien Blackwell, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), dies at 71
Jan 25 Samuel Weems, Armerican lawyer (disbarred), Armenian genocide denier, and writer, dies of a heart attack at 66
Jan 26 George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
Jan 26 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (The Last Days of Hitler), dies at 89
Jan 26 John Browning, American pianist (Leventritt Award-1956), dies at 69
Jan 26 Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
Jan 27 Henryk Jabłoński, President of Poland (b. 1909)
Jan 27 Louis Archambault, Quebec sculptor (b. 1915)
Jan 29 Frank Moss, American politician (Senator (D) Utah 1959-77), dies at 91
Jan 30 Joan Franks Williams, American contemporary classical composer, and promoter (founder of New Dimensions in Music (NDM)), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 72
Jan 31 Michael Ogden, British barrister and judge (Ogden Tables), dies at 76
Jan 31 Werenfried van Straaten, Dutch anti-communist priest (founder of Oostpriesterhulp), dies at 90
Feb 1 David Brown, American US Navy Captain and NASA astronaut & member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 46
Feb 1 Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut aboard mission STS-107, dies in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster at 48
Feb 1 Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut (STS 87) and the first woman of Indian descent to go to space, dies in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster at 40
Feb 1 Laurel Clark, American astronaut and member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 41
Feb 1 Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut & member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 43
Feb 1 Mongo Santamaria, Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader, dies at 85
Feb 1 Nancy Whiskey [Anne Wilson], Scottish folk singer and guitarist ("Freight Train"), dies at 67
Feb 1 Rick Husband, American astronaut & member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 45
Feb 1 William C. McCool, American astronaut & member of the STS-107 Mission, dies in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster at 41
Feb 2 Lou Harrison, American composer (La Koro Sutro), dies of a heart attack at 85
Feb 3 Lana Clarkson, American actress, shot and killed by Phil Spector at 40
Feb 4 André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (Olympic gold, 1952), dies at 71
Feb 4 Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Algerian politician (b. 1920)
Feb 4 Jerome Hines [Heinz], American operatic bass (I am The Way), dies at 81
Feb 5 Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian jazz double bassist, and music promoter, dies at 76
Feb 5 Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer
Feb 6 Peter Saunders, English theater producer (created The Mousetrap - world's longest play), dies at 91
Feb 7 Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
Feb 7 John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
Feb 9 (Reuben) "Ruby" Braff, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, dies of heart failure while suffering from emphysema at 73
Feb 9 Vera Ralston [Věra Helena Hrubá], Czech figure skater and actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder), dies of cancer at 83
Feb 10 Al Ruffo, Mayor of San Jose, California (b. 1908)
Feb 10 Bengt Edlén, Swedish Astrophysicist who specialized in spectroscopy and discovered the source of unidentified emission lines in solar spectrum, dies at 86
Feb 10 Clark MacGregor, American Republican politician (involved in Watergate), dies at 80
Feb 10 Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler, dies at 44
Feb 10 Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer, dies at 92
Feb 10 Ron Ziegler, American White House press secretary to Richard Nixon, dies at 63
Feb 12 Vali Myers, Australian painter, dies at 72
Feb 13 Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (b. 1932)
Feb 13 Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (b. 1926)
Feb 13 Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (Pretty Woman; The Parallax View), dies at 88
Feb 13 Walt Rostow, American economist and political theorist (The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto), dies at 86

Dolly the Sheep (1996-2003)

Feb 14 first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, dies young from a progressive lung disease at 6

Feb 14 Canadian US Racing HOF jockey (1943 Triple Crown on Count Fleet; US Champion Jockey: by earnings 1943, 45; by wins 1938, 47, 48) and trainer (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes 1969), dies of a stroke at 96

Feb 16 Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, dies of a stroke at 95
Feb 17 Frank Thistlethwaite, English academic and Vice Chancellor (University of East Anglia), dies at 87
Feb 18 Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912)
Feb 19 Johnny Paycheck [Donald Lytle], American country singer ("ake This Job and Shove It"), dies after contracting emphysema and asthma at 64
Feb 20 Harry Jacunski, American football player
Feb 20 Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
Feb 20 Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (b. 1947)
Feb 20 Orville Freeman, American politician (Governor of Minnesota 1955-61, US Secretary of Agriculture 1961-69), dies at 84
Feb 20 Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White), dies in The Station nightclub fire at 31
Feb 21 Eddie Thomson, Australian soccer coach (Socceroos 1990-96), dies of cancer at 55
Feb 22 Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (b. 1913)
Feb 22 Louis LaRusso II, American playwright (Knockout; Lampost Reunion), dies of bladder cancer at 67
Feb 23 Howard "Howie" Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 1982-2002), dies from an overdose at 47
Feb 23 Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (functionalism, self-fulfilling prophecy) and criminologist, dies at 92
Feb 24 Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
Feb 24 John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (b. 1912)
Feb 24 Walter Scharf, American film composer (Jerry Lewis movies; The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau), dies of heart failure at 92
Feb 25 Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and film maker (Miser, Taxi Driver in NY, Me and Caterina), dies of lung cancer at 82
Feb 25 Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
Feb 26 Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver, dies at 74
Feb 26 Ivan Marinov, Bulgarian orchestral and opera conductor, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 74

Fred Rogers (1928-2003)

Feb 27 American children's TV host (Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood), Presbyterian minister, dies of stomach cancer at age 74

Feb 27 John Lanchbery, British-Australian composer and conductor (Royal Ballet, 1959-72; Australian Ballet, 1972-77; American Ballet Theatre, 1978-80), dies at 79
Feb 28 Chris Brasher, English athlete (b. 1928)
Feb 28 Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (1967-72), dies at 85
Feb 28 Roger Michael Needham, British cryptographer (b. 1935)
Feb 28 Rudolf Kingslake, Lens designer, and Engineer (b. 1903)
Mar 2 Hank Ballard [John Henry Kendricks], American rocker (The Midnighters - "The Twist" - pre-Chubber Checker), dies at 75
Mar 2 Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer, dies at 71
Mar 3 Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (Beatitudines), dies at 98
Mar 3 Horst Buchholz, German actor (Magnificent 7; Raid on Entebbe), dies at 69
Mar 3 Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
Mar 3 Peter Smithson, English architect, dies at 79
Mar 4 Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian bank robber (b. 1926)
Mar 4 Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
Mar 5 Gerhard Rosenfeld, German opera and film score composer, dies at 72
Mar 5 Hardy Amies, English royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II), dies at 93
Mar 6 John Sanford, American author (b. 1904)
Mar 7 Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea), dies at 86
Mar 8 Adam Faith [Terence Wright], English pop and rock singer ("What Do You Want?"; "Poor Me"), actor (Budgie; Love Hurts), and financial journalist, dies of a heart attack at 62
Mar 8 Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
Mar 9 Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
Mar 9 Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (b. 1933)
Mar 10 Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer, dies at 52
Mar 11 Brian Cleeve, Irish author (b. 1921)
Mar 11 Ivar Hansen, speaker of the Danish Folketing (b. 1938)
Mar 12 Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (b. 1973)
Mar 12 Howard Fast, American novelist and TV screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus), dies at 88
Mar 12 Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
Mar 12 Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03), assassinated at 50
Mar 13 Enriko Josif, Serbian composer and pedagogue (Lyric Symphony), dies at 78
Mar 13 Gus Yatron, American boxer and politician (Rep-D-PA, 1969-93), dies at 75
Mar 13 Ian Samwell, British songwriter and record producer (Cliff Richard; Small Faces; America), dies at 66
Mar 14 Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
Mar 14 Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
Mar 15 Dame Thora Hird, British actress, comedian, presenter and writer (Last of the Summer Wine, The Love Match), dies at 91
Mar 15 Joseph Coors, American CEO of Coors Brewing Company, dies at 83
Mar 15 Paul Stojanovich, Reality TV pioneer (b. 1956)
Mar 16 Rachel Corrie, American political activist, killed while trying to block an Israeli armored bulldozer at 23
Mar 16 Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York, dies of cancer at 71
Mar 17 Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)
Mar 18 Adam Osborne, British computer pioneer (b. 1939)
Mar 18 Karl Kling, German auto racer (11 F1 GP starts, 2 podiums, 17 C'ship points; Mercedes), dies at 92
Mar 19 Émile Genest, French Canadian actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Les Plouffe), dies at 81
Mar 19 Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator, dies at 76
Mar 20 Sailor Art Thomas, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
Mar 21 Umar Wirahadikusumah, Fourth Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924)
Mar 22 Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
Mar 23 Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-British classical flautist, broadcaster, composer, and wit, dies at 77
Mar 24 Dave Dallwitz, South Australian jazz and classical pianist, bandleader, composer, and visual artist, dies at 88
Mar 24 Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian Catholic archbishop (b. 1919)
Mar 26 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician (US Senator from New York (D), 1977-2001), and diplomat (US ambassador to UN, 1975-79; US Ambassador to India, 1973-75), dies of complications from a ruptured appendix at 76
Mar 27 Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board), dies at 75
Mar 27 Edwin Carr, New Zealand classical composer, dies at 76
Mar 27 Paul Zindel, American writer (b. 1936)
Mar 27 Ricardo Munguia, Salvadoran aid worker
Mar 28 (Farrell) "Rusty" Draper, American country and pop singer ("The Shifting, Whispering Sands"; "Are You Satisfied?"), dies of pneumonia at 80
Mar 29 Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (SARS) (b. 1956)
Mar 30 Michael Jeter, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor (The Fisher King; Evening Shade; Assassins), dies epileptic seizure complications at 50
Mar 30 Valentin Pavlov, Russian politician and Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (1991), dies at 65
Mar 31 Anne Gwynne [Marguerite Gwynne Trice], American model and actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein), dies following a stroke at 84
Mar 31 Emmanuel Ghent, Canadian-American electronic music composer (Phosphones), dies at 77
Mar 31 George Conner, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle / linebacker (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53, 55; Chicago Bears), dies at 78
Mar 31 H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907)
Mar 31 Tommy Seebach, Danish rock keyboardist, singer (Sir Henry and His Butlers), and songwriter (Eurovision), dies at 53
Apr 1 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer and composer (Farewell My Concubine), commits suicide at 46
Apr 2 (Charles) Edwin Starr [Hatcher], American soul and R&B singer ("War"), dies of a heart attack at 61
Apr 2 Michael Wayne, American film producer (Green Berets, McLintock), son of John Wayne, dies at 68
Apr 3 Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter ("Be What You Are"), dies at 61
Apr 3 Michael Kelly, American journalist (b. 1957)
Apr 4 Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
Apr 4 Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916)
Apr 5 Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds), dies at 86
Apr 6 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian percussionist (Drums of Passion), educator, and social activist, dies at 75
Apr 6 David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963)
Apr 6 Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian Catholic clergyman (Archbishop of Toronto, 1978-90; Cardinal 1979-2003), dies at 91
Apr 7 Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903)
Apr 7 David Greene, British television director (b. 1921)
Apr 7 Jutta Hipp, German-American jazz pianist and composer, dies at 78

Little Eva (1943-2003)

Apr 10 American pop singer ("The Loco-motion"; "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"), dies of cervical cancer at 59

Apr 11 Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)
Apr 12 Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
Apr 15 Erin Fleming, Canadian actress, dies at 61
Apr 15 Leonard Tose, American trucking magnate and owner of NFL Philadelphia Eagles (1969-85), dies at 88
Apr 15 Reg Bundy, British performer, dies at 56
Apr 16 Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Charlie"; Misery; 7th Heaven), dies of multiple myeloma at 72
Apr 16 Graham Stuart Thomas, English author and garden designer (b. 1909)
Apr 17 Earl King, American R&B and blues guitarists, singer, and songwriter ("Come On"; "Big Chief"), dies from diabetes-related complications at 69
Apr 17 John Paul Getty Jr., American-born British oil magnate and billionaire (Getty Oil), dies of a chest infection at 70
Apr 17 Robert Atkins, American dietician (b. 1930)