Deaths Date 2003 P 3 | History by KabAstro

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Charles Bronson (1921-2003)

Aug 30 American actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen), dies at 81 [1]

Aug 30 Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
Aug 31 Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, dies at 79
Sep 1 (Arlington) Rand Brooks, American actor (Gone With The Wind; Rin Tin Tin), dies of cancer at 84
Sep 1 John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (Christian Science Monitor, 1942-2003), dies at 84
Sep 1 Terry Frost, British artist, dies at 87
Sep 2 Bruce Waibel, American touring and session rock bassist (Gregg Allman; Firehouse), takes his own life at 45
Sep 2 Peter West, British sports broadcaster (BBC; editor Playfair Cricket Annual), dies at 83
Sep 3 (Rebert) R. H. Harris, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), dies at 84
Sep 3 Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
Sep 3 Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, dies at 88
Sep 4 Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
Sep 4 Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader (Ripley's Game), dies at 82
Sep 5 C. H. Sisson, British author (Christopher Homm), dies at 89
Sep 5 Gisele MacKenzie [LaFlèche], Canadian singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 76
Sep 5 Ian Hunter, British impresario of classical music, dies at 84
Sep 5 Moe Biller, American labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers), dies at 87
Sep 6 Harry Goz, American musical theatre actor and voice actor, dies at 71
Sep 6 Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber, dies after being caught in an avalanche climbing Gasherbrum I (b. 1969)
Sep 7 Great Antonio [Antonio Barichievich], Croatian-Canadian strongman and eccentric, dies at 77
Sep 7 Warren Zevon, American rock singer-songwriter and musician ("Werewolves of London"; "Lawyers, Guns and Money"; "Excitable Boy"), dies of pleural mesothelioma at 56
Sep 8 Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricket all-rounder (33 Tests, 2 x 100, 41 wickets, BB 6/49; Sind, Bombay, Rajasthan), dies at 76
Sep 8 Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (Caillou; 15/Love), dies in a car crash at 17

Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)

Sep 8 German film director (Triumph of the Will) and actress (Tiefland), dies in her sleep at 101

Edward Teller (1908-2003)

Sep 9 Hungarian-American physicist, father of the Hydrogen bomb (Manhattan Project), dies at 95

Sep 9 Larry Hovis, American actor (Hogan's Heroes), dies at 67
Sep 9 Thomas Allibone, English physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration), dies at 99
Sep 11 Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, assassinated shopping in Stockholm at 46
Sep 11 John Ritter, American actor and comedian (Three's Company, It, 8 Simple Rules), dies of an aortic dissection at 54

Johnny Cash (1932-2003)

Sep 12 American country singer ("I Walk the Line"; "Ring of Fire"; "A Boy Named Sue"), dies at 71

Sep 13 Frank O'Bannon, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003), dies of a stroke at 73(
Sep 13 Kenneth Walter, South African cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets), dies at 63
Sep 14 John Serry, Sr., American classical, jazz, and bolero accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator, dies at 88
Sep 14 Yetunde Price, half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972)
Sep 15 Jack Brymer, British classical clarinetist (Royal Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; London Symphony), and teacher, dies at 88
Sep 15 Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920)
Sep 16 Sheb Wooley, American vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), dies at 82
Sep 17 Erich Hallhuber, German actor known for "Café Meineid", dies of a seizure at 52
Sep 17 Ljubica Marić, Serbian composer (Songs Of Space; Octoïcha), pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 94
Sep 18 Bob Mitchell, British politician (b. 1927)
Sep 18 Emil Fackenheim, German Holocaust survivor and philosopher (b. 1916)
Sep 19 Anatoly Bogatyrev, Belarusian composer, dies at 90
Sep 19 Johnny Best, American big band jazz and session trumpeter (Artie Shaw; Glenn Miller), dies at 89
Sep 19 Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 76
Sep 20 Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad), dies a 80
Sep 20 Lord Williams of Mostyn, Welsh barrister, politician, and Lord President of the Council, dies at 62
Sep 20 Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe), dies at 80
Sep 21 Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (Because All Men Are Brothers; A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore), dies at 88
Sep 22 Gordon Jump, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Arthur Carlson"; Growing Pains - "Ed"; Maytag Repairman), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 71
Sep 22 Hugo Young, British journalist (The Guardian), dies at 64
Sep 23 Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937)
Sep 24 Lyle Bettger, American actor (The Greatest Show on Earth, Lone Ranger), dies at 88
Sep 24 Rosalie Allen, American country singer, yodeler, and disc jockey, dies of congestive heart failure at 79
Sep 25 Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler, dies at 36
Sep 25 Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician (b. 1953)
Sep 25 Edward Said, Palestinian-American literary critic, dies at 67
Sep 25 Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist (1985 Nobel Prize for Economics), dies at 85
Sep 25 George Plimpton, American sports writer (Paper Lion), and participatory journalist, dies of a heart attack at 76
Sep 25 Herb Gardner, American playwright (b. 1934)
Sep 26 Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 67
Sep 26 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter ("Addicted To Love"; The Power Station), dies of a heart attack at 54
Sep 26 Shawn Lane, American session rock, jazz, and world fusion guitarist, dies of lung issues at 40
Sep 27 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), dies at 78
Sep 27 Paul Burlison, American rockabilly musician (The Rock N Roll Trio), dies at 74

Althea Gibson (1927-2003)

Sep 28 American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), dies of respiratory and bladder infections at 76

Elia Kazan (1909-2003)

Sep 28 Greek-American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen director (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront; East of Eden), dies at 94

Sep 28 George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
Sep 30 Robert Kardashian, Armenian-American lawyer, dies of cancer at 59
Sep 30 Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly guitarist (Rockabilly Hall of Fame, 1998), dies of cancer at 64 [1]
Sep 30 Yusuf Bey, American Black Muslim leader (Nation of Islam), dies of cancer at 67
Oct 1 (Greig) "Chubby" Jackson, American big band jazz double-bassist, bandleader, and TV host, dies at 84
Oct 2 John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
Oct 3 Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
Oct 3 William Steig, American cartoonist (The New Yorker, 1930-2003) and children's author (Shrek!; Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; Doctor De Soto), dies at 95 [1]
Oct 4 Sid McMath, American politician (b. 1912)
Oct 5 Denis Quilley, British actor (Anything Goes, The Lady's Not For Burning, Masada), dies from liver cancer at 75
Oct 6 Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (Grizzly Man), dies mauled and eaten by bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska at 46
Oct 7 Arthur Berger, American composer (Ideas of Order), music critic, and educator (Brandeis, 1953-80; New England Conservatory of Music, 1980-99), dies at 91
Oct 7 Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke, English peer and director (Emily), dies at 64
Oct 7 Izzy Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (b. 1932)
Oct 7 Wally George, American conservative TV commentator, dies at 71
Oct 9 Carolyn Heilbrun, American mystery writer (as Amanda Cross), editor (Lady Ottoline's Album), and academic (Columbia University, 1960-62), tales her own life at 77
Oct 10 Eugene Istomin, American pianist (Leventritt Award-1943), dies at 77
Oct 11 Franklyn Perring, English botanist (co-author of Atlas of the British Flora, 1962), dies of cancer at 76
Oct 11 Ivan Getting, American physicist and engineer (developed Global Positioning System), dies at 91 [1]

Bill Shoemaker (1931-2003)

Oct 12 American Racing Hall of Fame jockey (8,833 career victories, Kentucky Derby 1955, 59, 65, 86), dies of natural causes at 72

Oct 12 Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b. 1914)
Oct 12 Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American philanthropist and 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald's and the San Diego Padres, dies of a brain tumor at 75
Oct 12 Ram Gopal, Indian-English dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), dies at 90
Oct 13 Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
Oct 14 Mokta Ould Daddah, Mauritanian politician, President Mauritania (1961-78), dies at 78
Oct 14 Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and inspiration for James Bond (b. 1913)
Oct 15 Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (helped found Greenpeace), dies at 83
Oct 15 Bertram N. Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, (1994 Nobel Prize for Physics for neutron spectroscopy), dies at 85
Oct 16 Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919)
Oct 16 László Papp, Hungarian boxer (Olympic gold-1948, 1952, 1956), dies at 77 [1]
Oct 16 Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer, dies at 88
Oct 17 Janice Rule, American actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife), dies at 72
Oct 18 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1939)
Oct 18 Preston Smith, 40th Governor of Texas, dies at 91
Oct 19 Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian politician and 1st President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990-2000), dies of heart disease complicated by injuries from a fall at 78
Oct 19 Hawk [Michael Hegstrand], American professional wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom), dies at 46
Oct 19 Margaret Murie, American conservationist (b. 1902)
Oct 20 Čkalja [Miodrag Petrović], Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia, dies at 79
Oct 20 Jack Elam, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo), dies at 82
Oct 21 (Steven) Elliott Smith, American Academy Award nominated singer-songwriter (Good Will Hunting - "Miss Misery"), dies of suspected self-inflicted stab wounds at 34 [1]
Oct 21 Fred Berry, African-American actor (Rerun-What's Happening), dies at 52
Oct 21 Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b. 1916)
Oct 21 Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican industrialist and politician (Governor of Puerto Rico, 1969-73), dies at 99

Soong Mei-ling (1897-2003)

Oct 23 Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China (1948-75), dies at 106

Oct 23 Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician. dies of an aneurysm at 59
Oct 24 Rosie Nix Adams, Stepdaughter of Johnny Cash (b. 1958)
Oct 24 Ross Taylor [Robert Murray Taylor], Scottish transplant surgeon who pioneered kidney transplantations in the U.K., dies from cancer of the stomach at 70
Oct 24 Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross country skier (Olympic gold 1952, 56, 60), dies in car accident at 78
Oct 25 Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricket batsman (21 Tests; HS 114 1st Test v WI 1948), dies at 84
Oct 25 Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher, spiritual leader and social revolutionary who founded the Swadhyaya Parivar, dies of cardiac arrest at 83
Oct 25 Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor and educator (Leaves of Grass: A Choral Symphony), dies at 88
Oct 26 Roberto Garcia Morillo, Argentine composer and music critic, dies at 92
Oct 27 Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
Oct 29 Franco Corelli, Italian tenor, dies after suffering a stroke at 82
Oct 29 Hal Clement [Harry Clement Stubbs], American sci-fi writer (Mission of Gravity; Needle), dies at 81
Oct 30 Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer, dies at 88
Oct 31 Gordon Weir, New Zealand cricket batsman (11 Tests, 3 x 50; Auckland CA), dies at 93
Oct 31 Richard Neustadt, American political historian (b. 1919)
Oct 31 Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian Carnatic vocalist, dies at 95
Nov 1 Joji "George" Kawaguchi Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 76
Nov 1 Kent Kennan, American composer, dies at 90
Nov 2 Frank McCloskey, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana (1983-95), dies at 64
Nov 2 Jimmy Quillen, American politician (Rep-R-TN, 1963-97), dies at 87
Nov 3 Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (Zhuravli), dies at 80
Nov 4 Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
Nov 4 Ken Gampu, South African actor (b. 1929)
Nov 4 Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (deeply engaged with issues that were central to the visual arts), dies at 89
Nov 5 Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"), dies of acute cocaine toxicity at 63
Nov 6 Crash Holly [Michael Lockwood], American professional wrestler, dies at 32
Nov 6 Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor, dies of a heart attack at 41
Nov 6 Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay, 400m freestyle 1936; silver 100m backstroke 1936), dies at 84
Nov 8 Bob Grant [Robert St Clair Grant], British actor, comedian and writer (on the Buses), dies at 71
Nov 8 C. Z. Guest, American socialite (b. 1920)
Nov 8 Guy Speranza, American heavy metal singer (Riot, 1975-81), dies of pancreatic cancer at 47

Art Carney (1918-2003)

Nov 9 American Emmy and Oscar winner actor (The Honeymooners - "Ed Norton"; Harry and Tonto -"Harry"), dies of natural causes at 85

Nov 9 Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b.1937)
Nov 9 Gordon Onslow Ford, English surrealist painter, dies at 90
Nov 10 Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (1980-87), dies of cancer at 67
Nov 10 Irv Kupcinet "Kup", American columnist and television personality (Kup's Column), dies at 91
Nov 10 June Beebe, American golfer (Western Open 1931, 33), dies at 90

Jonathan Brandis (1976-2003)

Nov 12 American actor (seaQuest DSV - "Lucas Wolenczak"), commits suicide at 27

Nov 12 Kay E. Kuter, American actor (Green Acres), dies at 78
Nov 12 Penny Singleton, American actress (Blondie) and voice actress (Jane-Jetsons), dies at 95
Nov 12 Tony Thompson, American session and touring drummer (Chic; LaBelle; The Power Station), dies of renal cancer at 48
Nov 13 Kellie Waymire, American actress (Six Feet Under), dies at 36
Nov 14 Gene Anthony Ray, American dancer and actor (Fame - "Leroy"), dies from complications of a stroke at 41
Nov 15 (Wesley) "Speedy" West, American, Country Music Hall of Fame steel guitar player, and record producer, dies at 79
Nov 15 Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (Annie), dies of cancer at 78
Nov 15 Laurence Tisch, American businessman (CEO of CBS Television, 1985-96; co-founder of Loews Corp), dies of gastroesophageal cancer, at 80
Nov 15 Ray Lewis, Canadian 4X400 relayer (Olympic bronze 1932), dies at 93
Nov 16 Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
Nov 17 Arthur Conley, American singer ("Sweet Soul Music"), dies of intestinal cancer at 57
Nov 17 Don Gibson, American country musician ("Sweet Dreams"), dies at 75
Nov 17 Surjit Bindrakhia [Bains], Punjabi Bhangra singer ("Lakk Tunoo Tunoo"; "Dupatta Tera Satrang Da"), dies of cardiac arrest at 41

Ken Brett (1948-2003)

Nov 18 American baseball player, dies at 55

Nov 18 Michael Kamen, American composer and arranger (film scores to Brazil and Mr. Holland's Opus; Pink Floyd), dies from a heart attack at 55
Nov 19 Greg Ridley, British rock bassist (Spooky Tooth; Humble Pie), dies of pneumonia at 56
Nov 19 Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)
Nov 20 David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
Nov 20 Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
Nov 20 James "Jim" Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies from emphysema at 83
Nov 20 Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
Nov 20 Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
Nov 20 Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960)
Nov 20 Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944)
Nov 21 Teddy Randazzo, American pop singer-songwriter (I'm on the Outside Looking In), dies at 68
Nov 22 Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), dies at 88
Nov 23 Patricia Burke, English actress (Forbidden), dies at 86
Nov 24 Anthony Hollis, British High Court Judge, dies at 76
Nov 24 Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)

Warren Spahn (1921-2003)

Nov 24 American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (17 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957; Cy Young Award 1957; 8 × NL wins leader; Boston/Milwaukee Braves), dies at 82

Nov 26 Meyer Kupferman, American composer (Infinites), clarinetist, and educator (Sarah Lawrence College, 1951-94), dies of heart failure at 76 [1]
Nov 26 Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper (Slow Motion), shot to death by an assailant at 26
Nov 26 Stefan Wul, French sci-fi author (The Temple of the Past), dies at 81
Nov 27 Riccardo Malipiero, Italian pianist, composer, critic, and educator, dies at 89
Nov 28 Antonia Forest [Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein], British children's author (The Marlows), dies at 88
Nov 28 Ted Bates, English soccer manager (Southampton 1955-73) and forward (Southampton 202 games), dies at 85
Nov 29 Larry Booker (Moondog Spot), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies of a heart attack at 51
Nov 29 Tony Canadeo, American Pro Football HOF halfback (NFL C'ship 1944; First-team All-Pro 1943, 49; Green Bay Packers), dies at 84
Nov 30 Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (1st female English Channel 1926), dies at 98
Dec 1 Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
Dec 1 Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (2 x Olympic gold 2-man, 4-man 1968; World C'ships 9 x gold), dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 75
Dec 2 Alan Davidson, British author (Annabel stories) (b. 1924)
Dec 2 Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actress (Othello), dies at 80
Dec 3 David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
Dec 3 Ellen Drew [Esther Loretta Ray], American actress (Isle of Dead, Christmas in July), dies at 88