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December 2003 20 John Halfpenny Australian unionist (68 years) 19 Hope Lange, actress in Peyton Place 19 Peter Carter-Ruck UK libel lawyer (89 years) 17 Ed Devereaux, Australian actor 17 Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns football quarterback during the 1950s (82 years) 16 Gary Stewart, Country music singer (suicide, age 58) 16 Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician 15 Keith Magnuson, former National Hockey League player (car accident, 56 years) 15 George Fisher, political cartoonist 14 Jeanne Crain, Oscar-nominated actress (78 years) 14 Blas Ople, foreign minister of the Philippines (75 years) 13 William V. Roth, Jr, former U.S. Senator, co-author of Kemp-Roth Tax Cut 12 Keiko, orca of Reino Aventura and Free Willy fame (27 years) 12 Heydar Aliyev, former President of Azerbaijan (80 years) 12 Fadwa Toukan, Palestinian poet (86 years) 12 Earl Gillespie, sportscaster, voice of the Milwaukee Braves (81 years) 11 Ahmadou Kourouma, author from Côte d'Ivoire 11 John W. Sidgmore, former head of Worldcom and UUNet 11 Paulos Tzadua, Roman Catholic cardinal from Ethiopia 9 Paul Simon, former U.S. Senator from Illinois (75 years) 8 Rubén González, Cuban pianist, member of the Buena Vista Social Club (84 years) 8 Johnny Bulla, golfer (89 years) 7 Raúl Vale, Venezuelan-Mexican entertainer (59 years) 7 Carl F. H. Henry, American Evangelical theologian, founder of Christianity Today magazine (90 years) 7 Azie Taylor Morton, former Treasurer of the United States (67 years) 6 Jose-Maria Jimenez, professional bicycle rider (32 years) 6 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala 1970-74 (85 years) 6 Jerry Tuite, professional wrestler (36 years) 5 Bert Templeton, ice hockey coach (63 years) 3 David Hemmings, actor 2 Ignaz Kiechle, German politician, minister for agriculture 1983-93 1 Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, 1952-58, and President of the University of California, 1958-67 (92 years) November 2003 30 Barber B. Conable, New York Congressman, president of the World Bank from 1986-1991 (81 years) 30 Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel (97 years) 28 Harold von Braunhut, American, creator of Amazing Sea Monkeys and Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations member 27 Talal al-Rasheed, Saudi poet (41 years?) 27 Will Quadflieg, German actor 26 Stefan Wul, French sf writer (81 years) 26 Soulja Slim, rapper 26 Anton Burg, USC chemistry professor (99 years) 26 William H. Waldren, archaeologist (79 years) 24 Hugh Kenner, literary critic (80 years) 24 Warren Spahn, baseball pitcher (82 years) 24 Floquet de Neu or Copito de Nieve ("Snowflake"), rare albino gorilla, star of the Barcelona zoo [1] 24 Uma Devi, popularly known as Tuntun, Indian actress (80 years) 21 Bohumil Simon, one of the leaders of the Prague Spring (83 years) 20 David Dacko, first president of the Central African Republic (73 years) 20 Robert Addie, British actor (43 years) 20 Eugene Kleiner, entrepreneur and co-founder of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; venture capital firm (80 years) 20 Roger Short, British diplomat, consul-general in Istanbul (58 years) 20 Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (58 years) 19 Ken Brett, former Major League Baseball player, brother of George Brett. (55 years) 18 Michael Kamen, composer 17 Arthur Conley, soul singer 17 Don Gibson, singer-songwriter 16 Bettina Goislard, UNHCR relief worker (29 years) 16 Fukuda, Arihiro, Japanese associate professor and author of Sovereignty and the Sword (39 years) 15 Ray Lewis, first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist 15 Mohamed Choukri, writer 15 Laurence Tisch, billionaire, head of Loews Corporation and CBS television network 15 Dorothy Loudon, actress 14 Gene Anthony Ray, actor and dancer 13 Kellie Waymire, actress (35 years) 13 Mitoyo Kawate, oldest person in the world (114 years) 12 Tony Thompson, drummer for The Power Station 12 Penny Singleton, actress (95 years) 12 David Silvetti, Mexican bullfighter, committed suicide 12 Jonathan Brandis, actor, reportedly suicide (27 years) 10 Canaan Banana, first president of independent Zimbabwe (67 years) 10 Irv "Kup" Kupcinet, columnist, television personality (91 years) 9 Gordon Onslow Ford, surrealist painter (90 years) 9 Mario Merz, Italian artist 9 Art Carney, The Honeymooners actor (85 years) 9 Buddy Arnold, jazz saxophonist 8 Hava Rexha, oldest woman in Albania, maybe in the world (123 years?) 8 C. Z. Guest, socialite (83 years) 6 Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (41 years) 6 Crash Holly, professional wrestler (32 years) 6 Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer, triple Olympic champion (84 years) 5 Bobby Hatfield, half of the singing duet, the Righteous Brothers (63 years) 5 Dernell Stenson, Cincinnati Reds baseball player 4 Angel Chingre, Ecuadorian campesino leader, human rights activist 4 Mitch Rosario, Puerto Rican hair stylist who worked with Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio among others. 4 Ken Gampu, South African actor 4 Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (80 years) 3 Rasul Gamzatov, Avarian/Soviet/Russian poet, called the "People's poet of Dagestan" (80 years) 2 Frederic Vester, German cybernetician (77 years) October 2003 31 Mohamed Yazid, Algerian politician, 80 years old 31 Richard Neustadt, political scholar and historian 31 Kamato Hongo, oldest person in world at 116 30 Daphne Hardy Henrion, British sculptor, 86 years old 30 Franco Corelli, operatic tenor, 82 years old 29 Hal Clement, author, 81 years 28 Behram Kursunoglu, Turkish physicist, 81 years old 27 Rod Roddy, booth announcer on The Price is Right 26 Elem Klimov, Russian director 24 Rosie Nix Adams, daughter of June Carter Cash 23 Tony Capstick, British actor, comedian, musician and broadcaster 23 Soong May-ling, widow of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek, 106 years 21 Louise Day Hicks, US politician 21 Fred Berry, American actor, "Rerun" on the show What's Happening 21 Elliott Smith, US musician, 34 years 21 Luis A. Ferré, former governor of Puerto Rico, 99 years 20 Jack Elam, American actor, 84 years 19 Margaret Murie, "Mother of the Modern Conservationist Movement" 101 years 19 Faith Fancher, television journalist and breast cancer awareness activist, 53 years 19 Michael Hegstrand, "Road Warrior Hawk", 46 years 19 Alija Izetbegovic, former President of Bosnia Herzegovina 18 Preston Smith, former governor of Texas 18 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer 16 Stu Hart, patriarch of wrestling family, 88 years 16 László Papp, Hungarian boxer 16 Avni Arbas, Turkish artist 14 Ben Metcalfe, Greenpeace activist and co-founder 13 Bertram Brockhouse, Nobel Prize-winning Canadian physicist [1] 13 Joan B. Kroc, philanthropist, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc 12 Willie Shoemaker, Hall of Fame jockey 12 Jim Cairns, Australian politician 11 Fredy Knie, Sr, Swiss circus director 10 Eugene Istomin, American pianist 9 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American academic and author 7 Frank Roe, former President of the Irish Circuit Court 7 Eleanor Lambert, U.S fashion pioneer 7 Izzy Asper, Canadian press baron [1] 7 Felicitas Corrigan, Benedictine nun 6 Mildred O'Neill, widow of former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Tip O'Neill 5 Neil Postman, media critic 5 Elena Slough, oldest American, aged 114 5 Denis Quilley, British actor 5 Dan Snyder, Atlanta Thrashers hockey player 4 Sid McMath, former governor of Arkansas 4 James Forlong, former British reporter for Sky News, who was accused of faking a news report during the invasion of Iraq, in an apparent suicide 4 Bill Cayton, American boxing manager, owner of (reportedly) largest fight video collection in the world, former manager of Edwin Rosario and Mike Tyson 3 William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek 2 John T. Dunlop, briefly Secretary of Labor under Gerald R. Ford 2 Gunther Philipp, Austrian actor September 2003 30 Gilbert Ortega, jewelry tycoon, country singer 30 Robert Kardashian, criminal defense lawyer 28 Yukichi Chuganji, 114 years. 28 Elia Kazan, director 28 Althea Gibson, tennis player 27 Donald O'Connor, entertainer, actor 26 Robert Palmer, singer. 25 George Plimpton, author, editor. 25 Franco Modigliani, Nobel Prize-winning economist 25 Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician, member of the Governing Council 24 Derek Prince, author, biblical scholar and spiritual patriarch, 88 years 24 Tomás MacGabhann Irish Trade Unionist and Irish language activist 24 Edward Said, Palestinian scholar 22 Hugo Young, British political commentator 22 Gordon Jump, American actor. 22 Johan Stekelenburg, Dutch union leader and politician. 21 Robert H. Lochner, John F. Kennedy's interpreter 20 Lord Williams of Mostyn, British Cabinet minister, Leader of the House of Lords. 20 Liam Tobin, longtime Árd Rúnaí Roinn na Gaeltachta (Secretary to the Irish Department of the Gaeltacht) and Irish language campaigner 19 Slim Dusty, Australian country music singer 16 Erich Hallhuber, Bavarian actor. 16 Sheb Wooley, actor, singer of 1958 pop hit Purple People Eater 15 Jack Brymer, British clarinettist. 15 Yetunde Price, sister of American tennis-players Venus and Serena Williams 13 Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana 12 Johnny Cash, American country singer 11 Ben Bril, Dutch boxer 11 John Ritter, American actor, played Jack Tripper on Three's Company 11 Anna Lindh, Swedish foreign minister 10 Harry Goz, cartoon voice actor. 9 Larry Hovis, actor, played Carter on "Hogan's Heroes" 9 Edward Teller, American physicist, "Father of the H-Bomb" 8 Leni Riefenstahl, German filmmaker 8 Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actor, provided voice of cartoon character Caillou 7 Warren Zevon, singer and songwriter 7 The Great Antonio, strongman and eccentric 6 Wilbur Snapp, stadium organist kicked out of game by umpire for playing Three Blind Mice 5 Gisele MacKenzie, singer 4 Tibor Varga, violinist, conductor and pedagogue 3 Paul Hill, executed for two anti-abortion murders 1 Sir Terry Frost, British artist August 2003 30 Steve Eisner, boxing promoter 30 Charles Bronson, actor 30 Donald Davidson (philosopher) 29 Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim 28 Patrick William Feeney, United States college basketball player 28 Barry Voorhies, Arena football player 27 Pierre Poujade, French politician 26 Jim Wacker, American football college coach 24 Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer 24 Mal Colston, Australian politician 23 John Geoghan, defrocked pedophile priest 23 Bobby Bonds, former baseball pro and father of San Francisco Giants ballplayer Barry Bonds 23 Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan Vice-President 23 Imperio Argentina, Spanish singer and actress 23 Jack Dyer, Australian Football legend. 22 Arnold Gerschwiler, figure skating trainer in Britain. 21 Wesley Willis, American schizophrenic musician and artist 20 António Pedro Ferreira, Portugal President of Portuguese Custom Broker Association 19 Hermann Withalm, Austrian politician 19 Carlos Roberto Reina, former president of Honduras 19 Sérgio Vieira de Mello, United Nations Special Representative to Iraq 16 Idi Amin, former dictator of Uganda. 16 Connie Douglas Reeves, centenarian member of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. 15 Bishop Donal Lamont, Irish born Rhodesian Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize nominee expelled by Ian Smith's apartheid regime in the 1970s. 13 Helmut Rahn, German soccer player, World Champion 1954. 13 Ed Townsend, songwriter and producer. 11 Kieran Kelly, Irish jump jockey after a racing accident. 11 Diana Mitford, widow of British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley. 11 Herb Brooks, coach of 1980 Miracle on Ice US Hockey team. 10 Carmita Jimenez, Puerto Rican singer. 9 Gregory Hines, actor, dancer. 9 Ray Harford, football manager. 5 Tite Curet Alonso, well known Puerto Rican music composer, critic, newspaper writer. 5 Lee Muñoz, former first son of Puerto Rico (son of Luis Muñoz Marín), foundation leader. 4 Metropolitan Antony, Metropolitan of SUROZH. 4 Chung Mong-hun, Korean businessman. 2 Don Estelle, actor who played 'Lofty' in the BBC's It Ain't Half Hot Mum. 2 Mike Levey, famous infomercial host. 1 Guy Thys, former Belgian national football coach. 1 Marie Trintignant, French actress and daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. July 2003 30 Sam Phillips, record producer 29 Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader 28 Erik Braunn, Iron Butterfly Guitarist 28 Lady Valerie Goulding, former Irish Senator and campaigner for the disabled 27 Bob Hope, comedian 27 Vance Hartke, former U.S. Senator from Indiana 26 Ludwig Bölkow, airplane engineer 25 John Schlesinger, director 24 Colin R. McMillan, nominee for United States Secretary of the Navy 23 Othniel Askew, killer of James E. Davis 23 James E. Davis, New York City councilman 22 Uday Hussein son of Saddam Hussein 22 Qusay Hussein son of Saddam Hussein 21 Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, art director for the original Star Trek series and designer of the Starship Enterprise. 21 John Davies, president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee 20 Nicolas Freeling, crime writer 20 Lauri Aus, Estonian pro cyclist 19 Pierre Graber, former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970-1978) 19 Bill Bright, Evangelist. 18 Brad Rone, boxer, became famous after death. 18 Jane Barbe, phone company voiceover 17 Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist and champion of the music of Bach. 17 Dr. David Kelly, former UN weapons inspector who was accused of leaking information to the BBC about the UK's dossier on Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction 17 Eamonn Leahy, 46 year old top Irish barrister and husband of government Chief Whip Mary Hanafin 16 Captain James Kelly, former Irish Army officer cleared of attempting to import arms for the IRA in the Arms Trial in 1970 16 Carol Shields, Canadian author 16 Celia Cruz, Cuban legendary salsa singer 14 Tex Schramm, former Dallas Cowboys president and general manager 14 André Claveau, French singer. 13 Compay Segundo, Cuban musician and star of the Buena Vista Social Club 12 Benny Carter, American jazz pioneer. 11 Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-born Canadian journalist 11 Ken Whyld, British chess author 10 Lord Shawcross, Britain's chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. 9 Winston Graham, author of Poldark and Marnie 8 Dr. William Boyd, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. 8 Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins 7 Izhak Graziani, conductor 6 Buddy Ebsen, American actor 5 Roman Lyashenko, New York Rangers hockey player 5 Bebu Silvetti, popular hispanic musician, songwriter 5 Isabelle, Countess of Paris, widow of Henri, Count of Paris, pretender to the French throne 4 Larry Burkett, founder of Christian Financial Concepts 4 Barry White, smooth soul singer 3 Gaetano Alibrandi, papal diplomat and Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Ireland 3 Naheeb Halabi, chairman of Pan Am from 1969 to 1972, father of Queen Noor 1 Wesley Mouzon, former professional boxer, 76 years old, beat Bob Montgomery 1 Herbie Mann, crossover jazz and bossa nova flutist 1 N!xau, Namibian actor June 2003 30 Robert McCloskey, children's book writer and illustrator 30 Buddy Hackett, comic 29 Katharine Hepburn, actress 28 Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete 27 Dáithí P. Hanly, former Dublin city architect and conservationist 26 Strom Thurmond, United States Senator 26 Marc-Vivien Foe, footballer 26 Sir Denis Thatcher Bt, husband to Baroness Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister 25 Lester Maddox, segregationist Governor of the State of Georgia 24 Maynard Jackson,former Mayor of Atlanta, GA first black mayor of a major southern U.S. city 24 Leon Uris, author 24 Renato Cayetano, Philippine senator 23 Vasil Bykau, Belarusian writer 22 Alexander Vetoux, Ukranian boxing prospect. Was 22-1 with 18 knockouts as a professional; body found in river on June 27th. 21 Roger Neilson, legendary Canadian hockey coach 20 Bob Stump, Arizona Congressman 19 Laura Sadler, British television actress, after falling 40 feet from a building 18 Larry Doby, baseball Hall of Famer, second Black man to play in the MLB 15 Hume Cronyn, actor 15 William Wentworth, Australian politician, first Minister of Aboriginal Affairs 12 Gregory Peck, actor 11 David Brinkley, broadcast journalist 10 Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and Treasury Secretary during the Reagan administration 10 Phil Williams, highly-respected Welsh politician, in a Cardiff massage parlour 7 Tony McAuley BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster & film-maker associated with traditional Irish music and arts 7 Trevor Goddard, actor 5 Meir Vilner, last surviving signatory to Israel's declaration of independence and former chairman of the Communist Party of Israel 5 Jürgen Möllemann, former German minister 3 Fabrice Salanson, a french pro-cyclist 2 Fred Blassie, 85, former professional wrestler 2 Richard Cusack, 77, ad executive turned actor/screenwriter, father of actors John Cusack and Joan Cusack, dies of pancreatic cancer in Evanston, Illinois 2 Jack Frazier, former Saddam Hussein hostage May 2003 30 Mickie Most, music producer, produced acts such as Lulu, Donovan, The Animals, Hot Chocolate, Suzi Quatro and Kim Wilde 28 Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry 28 Martha Scott, actress 28 Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut 27 Luciano Berio, composer 26 Kathleen Winsor, author of Forever Amber 21 Elfren Bernier, Puerto Rican Olympic athlete and lawyer 21 Frank D. White, Former governor of Arkansas 18 Anna Santisteban, legendary figure in the Miss Universe contests 18 Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking activist 16 Mal Florence, longtime sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times 16 William E. Day, broadcaster and preservationist, early proponent of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act 16 Mark McCormack, sports business pioneer, founder of IMG 15 Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist 15 George Francis, British suspected mobster 15 June Carter Cash, musician, singer, wife of Johnny Cash 15 David O. Ives, public broadcasting pioneer, longtime executive at WGBH, Boston, which introduced such television programs as "Nova," "Frontline," "Masterpiece Theatre," and "This Old House" 14 Robert Stack, Hollywood actor, host of Unsolved Mysteries, 84 years old 14 Dame Wendy Hiller, British actress (August 15, 1912 - May 14, 2003) 14 Dave DeBusschere, NBA basketball player 13 John Savage, former Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada 12 Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1965 - 1977 11 Noel Redding, former bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience 10 Milan Vukcevich, chemist and chess problem composer 9 Russell B. Long, former U.S. Senator 6 Evelio Lopez Falcon, alleged Mexican drug trafficker 6 David Woodley, former quarterback of the Miami Dolphins, who started in Super Bowl XVII 5 Walter Sisulu, ANC activist 3 Suzy Parker, actress; top model of the 1950s 1 Miss Elizabeth, WWE wrestling figure April 2003 30 Peter 'Possum' Bourne, 3 Times Asia-Pacific Rally Champion 30 Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist 29 Etti Plesch, who married three counts, an American heir, and a Hungarian Lawyer 27 Elaine Steinbeck, former actress; widow of author John Steinbeck 26 The Honourable Rosemary Brown, Canadian politician (NDP), first black woman elected to a provincial legislature and first black woman to run for the leadership of a major federal political party 26 Caroline Newhouse, arts patron; widow of Theodore Newhouse 26 Max Nicholson, environmentalist 26 Peter Stone, Oscar-and-(3-time)Tony-winning writer 25 Hidefumi Minorikawa, a Diet of Japan member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party 23 Bernard Katz biophysicist, Nobel Prize winner 23 James H. Critchfield, CIA Cold Warrior 22 Martha Griffiths, Congresswoman, women's rights proponent 21 Rocco Theunissen, Rally Driver 21 Nina Simone, jazz singer, "High Priestess of Soul" 19 Conrad Leonard (aged 104), British musican and composer 19 Norberto Longo, Telemundo sportscaster 18 Daijiro Kato, Japanese 500cc MotoGP Star, former 250cc Champion 18 Edgar F. Codd, computer pioneer 17 Earl King, R&B; musician/songwriter 17 Paul Getty, philanthropist 17 Robert Atkins, diet doctor 16 Sarah Marple-Cantrell, a student 10 Noel Fox, former singer of gospel band The Oak Ridge Boys 12 Sydney Lassick, actor, best known playing asylum resident Cheswick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 12 Cecil H. Green (aged 102), Texas Instruments founder 10 Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd), who sang the 1962 hit The Loco-Motion 8 Anita Borg, computer scientist 7 Cecile de Brunhoff (aged 99), who inspired the Babar the Elephant children's books when she told it to her children as a bedtime story in 1931 (it was then illustrated by her husband) 6 Babatunde Olatunji, African drummer, recorded Drums of Passion 6 Lance Corporal Ian Keith Malone Dublin-born soldier in the Irish Guards regiment of the British Army, who featured in a Radio Telifís Éireann documentary on Irish-born British soldiers, killed in Iraq 6 David Bloom, an NBC reporter, died from a pulmonary embolism while embedded with the 3rd Infantry Division covering the war in Iraq 5 Seymour Lubetzky (aged 104), cataloging theorist and librarian 4 Resortes, legendary Mexican comedian, real name Adalberto Martinez Chavez 2 Michael Wayne, film producer; eldest son of John Wayne 2 Edwin Starr, soul singer 2 Pat Leavy, Irish actress who played Hannah Finnegan in the Radio Telifís Éireann soap opera Fair City, died after being taken ill on set 2 Edward Keating, founder of Ramparts magazine 1 Leslie Cheung, actor and singer, one of the superstars in Hong Kong during late 1980s, committed suicide March 2003 31 H.S.M. Coxeter, noted geometer and author of many books, passed away at age 96 31 Michael Jeter, actor, friend, as "The Other Mr. Noodle" to Sesame Street's Elmo 30 Valentin Pavlov, former prime minister of the Soviet Union 30 Gaby Rado, UK journalist 29 Dr. Carlo Urbani, WHO doctor, discoverer of SARS, of which he died 26 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former Senator from New York 24 Hans Hermann Groër;, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (1986 - 1995) who resigned in 1995 after allegations of sexually abusing boys 24 Philip Yordan, screenwriter; won Oscar for "Broken Lance" 22 Terry Lloyd, reporter 20 Sailor Art Thomas, professional wrestler 18 Adam Osborne, computer pioneer 16 Major Ronald Ferguson, father of UK royal divorcee Sarah, Duchess of York, aged 71 [1] 16 Rachel Corrie, International Solidarity Movement activist, crushed to death by an Israeli armoured bulldozer 15 Dame Thora Hird, veteran British actress 12 Howard Fast, novelist 12 Lynne Thigpen, actor, co-star of CBS television show "The District", and star of PBS show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego 12 Harry The Kid Matthews boxer, world title challenger in three divisions 12 Zoran Djindjic, Prime Minister of Serbia (assassinated) 10 Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru 10 Barry Sheene, 2 Times 500cc MotoGP Champion 9 Stan Brakhage, filmmaker 9 F. William Sunderman (aged 104), physician and scientist 8 Adam Faith, British singer and actor 8 Karen Morley, blonde star of 1930s movies; ex-wife of Charles Vidor 6 John Sanford, author 3 Horst Buchholz, German actor 2 Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer, Master of the Queen's Music 2 Hank Ballard, singer, composer, famous for his hit "The Twist" February 2003 28 Roger Needham, computer pioneer 28 Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, former President of El Salvador 28 Chris Brasher, athlete 27 Fred Rogers, host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 25 Alberto Sordi, Italian comedy film legend 25 Tom O'Higgins, former Irish Chief Justice & twice defeated Irish presidential candidate 22 Jesica Santillan, heart and lung patient whose wrong transplant made headlines 22 Daniel Taradash, former president of AMPAS; Oscar-winning screenwriter of "From Here to Eternity" 20 Ty Longley, Guitarist for the heavy metal band Great White 20 Harry Jacunski, former NFL player, Green Bay Packers 20 Orville Lothrop Freeman, former Governor of Minnesota and Secretary of Agriculture for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson 19 Johnny PayCheck, country music singer 18 Jack Brodsky, movie producer and publicist 17 Steve Bechler, baseball pitcher, Baltimore Orioles 14 Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal 14 Johnny Longden, jockey 13 Kid Gavilan, world boxing champion and hall of famer 13 Stacy Keach Sr, character actor; father of actors Stacy and James Keach 13 Walt Rostow, political advisor 10 Curt Hennig, professional wrestler 10 Clark MacGregor, former United States Congressman 10 Al Ruffo, former mayor of San Jose, California who helped form the San Francisco 49ers football team in 1946 10 Ron Ziegler former press secetary for Richard Nixon during the Watergate Scandal 9 Vera Hruba Ralston, star of Ice Capades and Republic Pictures B-movies of the 1940s 9 Kerri Yascheshyn Canadian cancer patient whose friendship with Madonna made headlines 7 John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California from 1966 to 1977 who supported the building of the Oakland Coliseum 6 Robert St. John (aged 100) globetrotting reporter and author 2 Dr. Harold S. Ginsberg, microbiologist 2 Lou Harrison, Americann composer, noted for his microtonal works 1 Astronauts Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia 1 Mongo Santamaria, percussionist, band leader, Latin jazz musician January 2003 29 Frank Moss Former Utah Senator 29 Peter Shaw, producer; husband of actress Angela Lansbury 26 Lord Younger, (George Younger) British politician, Secretary of State for Scotland between 1979 and 1986 26 Lord Dacre (Hugh Trevor-Roper), British historian, authenticator of the hoaxed Hitler Diaries 26 Valeriy Brumel, track and field athlete 25 Robert Rockwell, actor; Philip Boynton on TV's "Our Miss Brooks" 24 Gianni Agnelli, Italian entrepreneur and president of Fiat 23 Nell Carter, singer, actress 23 Aodhagán Brioscú, last surviving founder of Irish cultural organisation Gael Linn 22 Bill Mauldin, World War II cartoonist 21 Tony O'Malley, Irish artist and painter 21 Seán Malone, retired university professor and pioneer of biological psychiatry in the Republic of Ireland 20 Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player 20 Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist 19 The Iran Sheik, professional wrestler 19 Françoise Giroud;, French writer and politician 18 Richard Crenna, actor 15 Gladys Kamakakuokalani Ainoa Brandt, a pioneering Hawaiian educator, fought for native Hawaiian rights 15 Doris Fisher, singer & songwriter 13 Norman Panama, screenwriter and director 12 Maurice Gibb, of the Bee Gees 12 Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, former dictator of Argentina 12 Estelle Blanc, widow of cartoon voice Mel Blanc 12 Koloman Sokol (aged 100), Slovak artist 11 Richard Simmons, actor; TV's "Sgt Preston of the Yukon" 11 Anthony Havelock-Allan, British screenwriter 11 Mickey Finn, of T. Rex 11 Maurice Pialat, French movie director 8 Ron Goodwin, British film music composer and conductor 6 Lila Mayoral, former first lady of Puerto Rico, wife of Rafael Hernandez Colon 5 Roy Jenkins, British Labour MP and co-founder, first leader of, then Peer for, the Social Democratic Party 4 Conrad Hall, Hollywood cinematographer, a two-time Academy Award-winner 3 Sid Gillman, American football coach 2 Sydney Omarr, astrologer, newspaper columnist 2 Bob Chalker, former United States diplomat 1 Joe Foss, politician, fighter pilot, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor External links and references Recent AP Obituaries The New York Times: Obituaries FamousDeaths.com Week in Review For earlier deaths see 20th century, 2004 in memoriam, 2002 in memoriam, 2001 in memoriam, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, ...