Recent deaths

The following is a list of notable figures who have died recently.

Table of contents

1 January 2004
2 December 2003
3 External links and references

January 2004

17 Ray Stark, 88, publicist, actor�s agent; produced �Funny Girl� (1968)
16 Kalevi Sorsa, 73, Finnish prime minister
15 Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author
14 Uta Hagen, 84, actress, acting teacher, wife of Jose Ferrer and Herbert Berghof
14 Ron O'Neal, 66, actor, actor, starred in "Superfly" (1972)
13 Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of legendary crooner Bing Crosby
13 Arne N�ss Jr, 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross
13 Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer
12 Randy VanWarmer, 48, American Singer and Songwriter
10 Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former NBA basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
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

December 2003

31 Arthur R. von Hippel, 105, German-born scientist and MIT professor who made critical contributions to the development of radar.
31 Br�d Durrane, 109, the oldest person to receive a university degree and write an autobiography (both at 103), last surviving person who knew the leaders of Ireland's 1916 Uprising personally [1]
31 Yoshio Shirai, 80, first Japanese world boxing champion
30 David Bale, 62, activist
30 John Gregory Dunne, 71, American novelist and screenwriter
30 Anita Mui, 40, Hong Kong pop queen
30 Archbishop Michael Courtney, the Irish-born Papal Nuncio to Burundi who was central to peace negotiations, 58 assassinated
29 Earl Hindman, 61, U.S. actor, played "Wilson" on Home Improvement TV series
29 Bob Monkhouse, 75, British comedian and game show host
28 Dinsdale Landen, 71, British actor
28 Isabelle Stevenson, chairman of the board of the American Theatre Wing, presenters of the Tony Awards. [1]
27 Vestal Goodman, 74, Queen of Southern Gospel music
27 Ivan Calderon, (41 years) Puerto Rican former major league baseball star
27 Sir Alan Bates, British actor
26 Phil Goldman, 39, WebTV founder
22 Dave Dudley, 75, Country music singer
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, U.S. 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, known for Kemp-Roth Tax Cut and Roth IRA.
13 Elizabeth Bates, Professor of Psychology at University of California, San Diego (56 years).
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 C�te 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 Rub�n Gonz�lez, Cuban pianist, member of the Buena Vista Social Club (84 years)
8 Johnny Bulla, golfer (89 years)
7 Ra�l 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 cyclist (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)

External links and references

For earlier deaths see Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, ...