Wikipedia: Recent deaths

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

February 2004

19 Jean Rouch, 86, French filmmaker and ethnologist
17 José López Portillo, 83, president of Mexico
17 Shirley Strickland, 78, Australian athlete, three-time Olympic champion
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 ([1])
1 Carlie Brucia, 11, abduction victim

January 2004

31 Eleanor Holm, 90, American swimmer
31 Scott Walker, 34, American boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Arguello.
30 Robert Harth, 47, executive director of Carnegie Hall
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 [1]
29 Janet Frame, 79, 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
25 Miklós Fehér, 24, Hungarian football player
25 Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch athlete
24 Leonidas da Silva, Football player [1].
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 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

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