Recent deaths
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The following is a list of notable figures who have died recently.
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March 2004
- 2 Marge Schott, 75, former primary owner of the Cincinnati Reds
- 1 Massimo der Bernart, 54, italian conductor
February 2004
- 29 Jerome Lawrence, 88, playwright
- 29 Tony Onley, 75, painter
- 29 Danny Ortiz, 27, football keeper of Guatemala
- 28 Daniel J. Boorstin, 89, historian
- 27 Paul Sweezy, 93, economist and founding editor of the Monthly Review
- 26 Shankarrao Chavan, 83, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- 26 Adolf Ehrnrooth, 99, General; Finnish war veteran.
- 26 Bart Howard, 88, composer, "Fly Me To The Moon".
- 26 Boris Trajkovski, 47, President of the Republic of Macedonia
- 24 John Randolph, 88, American actor
- 23 Carl Anderson, 58, American actor; best known for role of Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar
- 23 William Coates,
114?92, Formerly believed to be "oldest living American" - 23 Sikander Bakht, 85, Governor of Kerala
- 23 Vijay Anand, 71, Bollywood filmmaker and brother of Dev Anand
- 23 Carl Liscombe, 89, Detroit Red Wings hockey player in the 1940s
- 21 Guido Molinari, Canadian abstract artist
- 21 Spot Fetcher, 14, President George W. Bush's dog
- 21 John Charles, 72, Welsh football player
- 20 Stanislaw Ryniak, 88, first person imprisoned at Auschwitz (Feb 20 is burial date)
- 19 Clark Byers, American sign maker
- 19 Hermann Krings, German philosopher
- 18 Jean Rouch, 86, French filmmaker and ethnologist
- 17 José López Portillo, 83, president of Mexico
- 16 Shirley Strickland, 78, Australian athlete, three-time Olympic champion
- 16 Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
- 16 Bill Oakley, 39, comic book letterer
- 15 Jan Miner, 86, American actress
- 15 Jens Evensen, 86, Norwegian minister, judge at the World Court, The Hague
- 14 Marco Pantani, 34, racing cyclist, winner of Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in 1998
- 13 Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 51, Chechen leader
- 11 Ryszard Kuklinski, 74, Polish-born colonel and spy
- 10 Nils Aas, 70, Norwegian sculptor and illustrator
- 9 Michael Rowland, 41, Horse racing jockey, after fall suffered at Cincinnati, Ohio race.
- 9 Samuel Rubin, 85, popcorn promoter
- 9 Claude Ryan, 79, Canadian politician [1]
- 8 Julius Schwartz, 89, comic book and pulp magazine editor
- 8 Cem Karaca, Turkish singer and composer
- 7 Rebeca Martínez, 2 months, craniopagus parasiticus baby
- 7 Norman Thelwell, 80, cartoonist
- 6 Humphry Osmond, 86, psychiatrist, pioneer LSD experimenter, coined the term "psychedelic"
- 6 Jerome F. Lederer, 101, aviation safety pioneer
- 5 Frances Partridge, 103, writer, last surviving member of the Bloomsbury group
- 4 Hilda Hilst, 73, Brazilian novelist
- 4 Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician, The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan
- 4 Ernest Burke, 79, baseball player
- 2 Alan Bullock, 89, historian
- 1 Rocco Clein, 35, journalist, musician ([2])
- 1 Carlie Brucia, 11, abduction victim
- 1 Ally McLeod, 72, Scottish footballer and football manager
January 2004
- 31 Eleanor Holm, 90, US swimmer
- 31 Scott Walker, 34, US boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Arguello.
- 30 Robert Harth, 47, executive director of Carnegie Hall
- 29 Joe Viterelli, 66, actor
- 29 O. W. Fischer, Austrian actor
- 29 Helge Seip, 84, Norwegian politician (Social Liberal Party)
- 29 M. M. Kaye, 95, British author, The Far Pavilions
- 29 Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World
- 29 Lloyd "Pete" Bucher, 76, Captain of the USS Pueblo [3]
- 29 Janet Frame, 79, New Zealand writer
- 29 Ed Sciaky, 55, disk jocky, long time Philadelphia broadcasting legend
- 28 Elroy Hirsch, 80, hall of fame NFL football player
- 28 José Miguel Agrelot, known as Don Cholito, 76, comedian, held the world's record for the longest-run non-stop radio show in history.
- 27 Rikki Fulton, 79, Scottish comedian
- 27 Jack Paar, 85, Tonight Show host
- 26 Fred Haas, 88, golfer
- 26 Wilhemina Barns-Graham, 91, Scottish artist
- 25 Miklós Fehér, 24, Hungarian football player
- 25 Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch athlete
- 24 Leonidas da Silva, Football player [4].
- 23 Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo"
- 23 Helmut Newton, 83, photographer
- 22 George Woodbridge, 73, illustrator
- 22 Carl D. Atwood, 73, Hoosier lottery television show contestant in Indiana, died hours after winning the show.
- 22 Billy May, 87, US big band and pop music arranger
- 22 Ann Miller, 81, US dancer
- 21 Bernard Punsley, 80 physician, actor
- 19 Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief.
- 19 David Hookes, 48, Australian cricketer and Victorian coach
- 19 Antonious Seram, 20, Indonesian professional boxer
- 18 Noble Willingham, 72, actor, former candidate for the United States Congress
- 17 Czeslaw Niemen, 64, Polish musician
- 17 Tom Rowe, 53, Musician, member of Schooner Fare.
- 17 Rafael Cordero, 61, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 17 Ray Stark, 88, publicist, actor's agent; produced Funny Girl (1968)
- 17 Harry Breechen, 89, former baseball player, won three games in the 1946 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals
- 16 Kalevi Sorsa, 73, former Finnish prime minister
- 15 Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 95, member of the Académie française
- 15 Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author
- 15 Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer
- 15 Gus Suhr, 98, former baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
- 14 Uta Hagen, 84, actress, acting teacher, wife of José Ferrer and Herbert Berghof
- 14 Ron O'Neal, 66, actor, starred in Superfly (1972)
- 14 Jack Cady, science fiction writer
- 13 Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of legendary crooner Bing Crosby
- 13 Arne Næss Jr., 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross
- 13 Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer
- 13 Zeno Vendler, 82, philosopher and linguist
- 12 Randy VanWarmer, 48, American Singer and Songwriter
- 11 Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, New Orleans jazz musician
- 10 Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former NBA basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
- 10 Jerry Boyd, 59, Mesa, Arizona councilman, pushed for a Martin Luther King Jr. day in Mesa
- 10 Alexandra Ripley, author, Scarlett
- 9 Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator and jurist
- 8 John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, second in WOR Radio's "Rambling with Gambling" dynasty, from 1959 to 1991
- 7 Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, "Cries and Whispers"
- 6 Pierre Charles, 49, Prime Minister of Dominica
- 6 Francesco Scavullo, fashion photographer
- 5 Tug McGraw, 59, baseball pitcher
- 5 David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, Smart Money and Red Herring)
- 4 Brian Gibson, 59, film director, "What's Love Got to Do With It"
- 4 Jake Hess, 76, Southern Gospel singing legend
- 4 Jeff Nuttall - poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author of Bomb Culture.
- 4 Joan Aiken, 79, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- 4 John Toland, American author and historian
- 2 Jessica Pacheco Calvente, 10, Puerto Rican stray bullet victim
- 2 Lynn Cartwright, 76, American actress
- 2 Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress
- 1 Frederick Redlich, 93, former dean of the Yale University School of Medicine
External links and references
- Recent AP Obituaries
- The New York Times: Obituaries
- FamousDeaths.com Week in Review
- blogofdeath.com
- Operation Iraqi Freedom - US Combat Deaths
For earlier deaths see Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, ...
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Recent_deaths" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_deaths, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
