Deaths This Decade

Display: in order of death in order of birth oldest to youngest youngest to oldest

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Patrick O'Brian, English writer (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Makhmud Esambayev, Chechen dancer (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

Marguerite Churchill, American actress (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916, d. 2000 at age 84)

Zeljko Raznatovic, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. 1952, d. 2000 at age 48)

Frances Drake, American actress (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934, d. 2000 at age 66)

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

Don Budge, American tennis champion (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Don Ralke, American music arranger (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. 1901, d. 2000 at age 99)

Ward Cornell, Canadian radio/TV broadcaster & educator (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

Todd Karns, American actor (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947, d. 2000 at age 53)

Big Pun, American rapper (b. 1971, d. 2000 at age 29)

Beau Jack, American boxer (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Jim Varney, American actor noted for his character, Ernest P. Worrell. (b. 1949, d. 2000 at age 51)

Roger Vadim, French film director (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Oliver, American singer (b. 1945, d. 2000 at age 55)

Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929, d. 2000 at age 71)

Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

Charles M. Schulz, American comic strip artist (Peanuts) (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Anders Aalborg, Canadian politician (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Lila Kedrova, Russian-born French actress (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957, d. 2000 at age 43)

Dennis Danell, American musician (Social Distortion) (b. 1961, d. 2000 at age 39)

Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904, d. 2000 at age 96)

Lolo Ferrari, French porn star, billed as 'the woman with the largest breasts in the world' (b. 1963, d. 2000 at age 37)

Charles Gray, English actor (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Ivo Robic, Croatian singer (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

Alfred Schwarzmann, German Olympic gymnast (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Ian Dury, English singer, songwriter (b. 1942, d. 2000 at age 58)

Anthony Powell, British author (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, Austrian politician (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Terence McKenna, Writer, Philosopher, Ethnobotanist and Shaman (b. 1946, d. 2000 at age 54)

Derek Allhusen, British equestrian (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (b. 1903, d. 2000 at age 97)

Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939, d. 2000 at age 61)

Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945, d. 2000 at age 55)

Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962, d. 2000 at age 38)

Edward Gorey, American writer and illustrator (b. 1925, d. 2000 at age 75)

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, King of Malaysia (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

David Merrick, American stage producer (b. 1911, d. 2000 at age 89)

Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer and actress (b. 1954, d. 2000 at age 46)

Phạm Văn Ðồng, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Steve Reeves, American actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Craig Stevens, American actor (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Rene Munoz, Cuban actor, screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico (b. 1938, d. 2000 at age 62)

Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

Tomomi Tsuruta, Former Japanese professional wrestler, better known as Jumbo Tsuruta (b. 1951, d. 2000 at age 49)

Keizō Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937, d. 2000 at age 63)

Karl Shapiro, American poet (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933, d. 2000 at age 67)

Edward Bernds, American director (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (b. 1901, d. 2000 at age 99)

Sir John Gielgud, English actor (b. 1904, d. 2000 at age 96)

Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur and founder of Herbalife (b. 1956, d. 2000 at age 44)

Francis Lederer, American actor (b. 1899, d. 2000 at age 101)

Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, and Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Doris Hare, English actress, well known for her role in the 1970s comedy, On the Buses (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

John Coolidge, son of American President Calvin Coolidge (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Tito Puente, American jazz musician (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Frank Patterson, Irish tenor (b. 1938, d. 2000 at age 62)

Robert Trent Jones, English-born golf course designer (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903, d. 2000 at age 97)

Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (b. 1931, d. 2000 at age 69)

Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928, d. 2000 at age 72)

Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911, d. 2000 at age 89)

Peter Dubovsky, Slovak footballer (b. 1972, d. 2000 at age 28)

David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917, d. 2000 at age 83)

John Aspinall, British zoo owner (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952, d. 2000 at age 48)

Harold Nicholas, American dancer (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

James C. Quayle, American newspaper publisher (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Kenny Irwin, NASCAR driver (b. 1969, d. 2000 at age 31)

FM-2030, Transhumanist philosopher (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept of Ireland (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Conrad McRae, professional basketball player (b. 1971, d. 2000 at age 29)

Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II (b. 1908, d. 2000 at age 92)

Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944, d. 2000 at age 56)

Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929, d. 2000 at age 71)

Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Rene Favaloro, Argentinian cardiologist who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

Sir Alec Guinness, English actor and writer (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Otto Buchsbaum, writer and ecological activist (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Sir Robin Day, British political broadcaster (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Bob Lido, American musician (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

Dave Edwards, American musician (b. 1941, d. 2000 at age 59)

Nazia Hassan First South Asian Pop Singer. (b. 1965, d. 2000 at age 35)

Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo activist and leader (b. 1946, d. 2000 at age 54)

Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician (b. 1930, d. 2000 at age 70)

Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901, d. 2000 at age 99)

Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

Curt Siodmak, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1902, d. 2000 at age 98)

Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, notable American stillborn baby girl (b. 2000, d. 2000 at age 0)

Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969, d. 2000 at age 31)

Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911, d. 2000 at age 89)

Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917, d. 2000 at age 83)

Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935, d. 2000 at age 65)

Aurelio Rodriguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947, d. 2000 at age 53)

R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2000 at age 68)

Carl Sigman, American songwriter (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Sammy Luftspring, Canadian boxer (b. 1916, d. 2000 at age 84)

Peter Gennaro, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Benjamin Orr, the Cars bassist and singer (b. 1947, d. 2000 at age 53)

Michael Smith, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932, d. 2000 at age 68)

Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Sheila Holland (Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf, Laura Hardy), English writer (b. 1937, d. 2000 at age 63)

David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945, d. 2000 at age 55)

Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Donald Dewar, Scottish politician (b. 1937, d. 2000 at age 63)

Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Tony Roper, NASCAR driver (b. 1964, d. 2000 at age 36)

Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Gwen Verdon, American actress (b. 1925, d. 2000 at age 75)

Reginald Kray, leading figure in organised crime in London, UK (b. 1933, d. 2000 at age 67)

Rodney Anoa'i, American wrestler known as Yokozuna (b. 1966, d. 2000 at age 34)

Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929, d. 2000 at age 71)

Andujar Cedeno, Dominican Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros (b. 1969, d. 2000 at age 31)

Steve Allen, American comedian, composer, talk show host, and author (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter, one of the Hollywood Ten (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

David Brower, American environmental activist (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Roger Peyrefitte, French writer and diplomat (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

C Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

Ingrid of Sweden, Queen consort of Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Sir Cyril Astley Clarke, British physician, geneticist and entomologist, former President of the Royal College of Physicians (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

Christian Marquand, French actor and director (b. 1927, d. 2000 at age 73)

Emil Zatopek, Czech Olympic athlete (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895, d. 2000 at age 105)

Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935, d. 2000 at age 65)

Gwendolyn Brooks, African American writer (b. 1917, d. 2000 at age 83)

Werner Klemperer, German actor (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Paul Avery, American journalist (b. 1934, d. 2000 at age 66)

Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Gangodawila Soma Thero, Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk (b. 1948, d. 2000 at age 52)

George Montgomery, American actor (b. 1916, d. 2000 at age 84)

Kirsty MacColl, British singer-songwriter (b. 1959, d. 2000 at age 41)

Roebuck "Pops" Staples, patriarch of The Staple Singers (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

Victor Borge, Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Noor Jehan, Pakistani actress and singer (b. 1926, d. 2000 at age 74)

Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli settler leader (b. 1966, d. 2000 at age 34)

William Reddington Hewlett, American businessman (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian athlete (b. 1927, d. 2001 at age 74)

Laurent-Desire Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939, d. 2001 at age 62)

Marie-Jose of Belgium, last Queen of Italy (b. 1906, d. 2001 at age 95)

Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. 1923, d. 2001 at age 78)

Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (b. 1922, d. 2001 at age 79)

Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2001 at age 85)

Balthus, French painter (b. 1908, d. 2001 at age 93)

Dale Earnhardt, American auto racing driver (b. 1951, d. 2001 at age 50)

Stanley Kramer, American film director (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Claude Elwood Shannon, American mathematician (b. 1916, d. 2001 at age 85)

Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908, d. 2001 at age 93)

Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927, d. 2001 at age 74)

John Phillips, American singer (b. 1935, d. 2001 at age 66)

William Hanna, American animation studio executive (b. 1910, d. 2001 at age 91)

Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915, d. 2001 at age 86)

David Graf, American actor (b. 1950, d. 2001 at age 51)

Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (b. 1951, d. 2001 at age 50)

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946, d. 2001 at age 55)

Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 until 1973 (b. 1920, d. 2001 at age 81)

Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952, d. 2001 at age 49)

Perry Como, American singer (b. 1912, d. 2001 at age 89)

R. K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b. 1906, d. 2001 at age 95)

Javier Urruticoechea, Spanish footballer (b. 1952, d. 2001 at age 49)

King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945, d. 2001 at age 56)

Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (b. 1915, d. 2001 at age 86)

King Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971, d. 2001 at age 30)

Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (b. 1907, d. 2001 at age 94)

Timothy McVeigh, American convicted murderer (b. 1968, d. 2001 at age 33)

Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919, d. 2001 at age 82)

John Lee Hooker, American musician (b. 1917, d. 2001 at age 84)

Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914, d. 2001 at age 87)

Jack Lemmon, American actor and director (b. 1925, d. 2001 at age 76)

Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930, d. 2001 at age 71)

Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902, d. 2001 at age 99)

Chet Atkins, American guitarist and record producer (b. 1924, d. 2001 at age 77)

Nikolay Basov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922, d. 2001 at age 79)

Gaspare di Mercurio, Italian doctor and author (b. 1926, d. 2001 at age 75)

Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926, d. 2001 at age 75)

Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (b. 1912, d. 2001 at age 89)

Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and writer (b. 1915, d. 2001 at age 86)

Ken Tyrrell, British auto racing driver (b. 1924, d. 2001 at age 77)

Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979, d. 2001 at age 22)

Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon (b. 1922, d. 2001 at age 79)

Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghan military commander (b. 1953, d. 2001 at age 48)

Mohamed Atta, Egyptian-born airline hijacker (b. 1968, d. 2001 at age 33)

Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese-born airline hijacker (b. 1975, d. 2001 at age 26)

Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920, d. 2001 at age 81)

Herblock, American editorial cartoonist (b. 1909, d. 2001 at age 92)

Zhang Xueliang, Chinese military figure (b. 1901, d. 2001 at age 100)

Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935, d. 2001 at age 66)

Melanie Thornton, American-born singer (b. 1967, d. 2001 at age 34)

Rachel Gurney, British actress (b. 1920, d. 2001 at age 81)

Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader (b. 1941, d. 2001 at age 60)

George Harrison, English musician (b. 1943, d. 2001 at age 58)

Josef Bican, Austrian footballer (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist (b. 1967, d. 2001 at age 34)

Leopold Sedar Senghor, First president of Senegal (b. 1906, d. 2001 at age 95)

Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (b. 1957, d. 2001 at age 44)

Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1966 until 1967 (b. 1918, d. 2001 at age 83)

Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (b. 1929, d. 2001 at age 72)

Benjamin W.S. Lum, American actor (b. 1953, d. 2002 at age 49)

Freddy Heineken, Dutch-born beer magnate (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Alexander Prokhorov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (Wendy's) (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

Cyrus Vance, American politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1917, d. 2002 at age 85)

Frank Shuster, Canadian comic (Wayne and Shuster) (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Ted Demme, American film and television director (b. 1963, d. 2002 at age 39)

Michael Anthony Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952, d. 2002 at age 50)

Queenie Leonard, British singer and actress (b. 1905, d. 2002 at age 97)

Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Carrie Hamilton, American actress (b. 1963, d. 2002 at age 39)

Peggy Lee, American singer and actress (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938, d. 2002 at age 64)

Dick Lane, American football player (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's book author (b. 1907, d. 2002 at age 95)

Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Irish McCalla, American actress (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Danielle Van Dam, American murder victim (b. 1994, d. 2002 at age 8)

Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Traudl Junge, German private secretary of Adolf Hitler (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Waylon Jennings, American country music singer (b. 1937, d. 2002 at age 65)

Nandor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

Howard K. Smith, American television journalist (ABC News) (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963, d. 2002 at age 39)

Walter Winterbottom, English football manager (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Virginia Hamilton, American writer (b. 1936, d. 2002 at age 66)

Willie Thrower, American football player (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

John Thaw, British actor (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Barbara Valentin, Austrian actress (b. 1940, d. 2002 at age 62)

Chuck Jones, American animator (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel and political leader (b. 1934, d. 2002 at age 68)

Leo Ornstein, American composer and pianist (b. 1892, d. 2002 at age 110)

Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2002 at age 83)

Spike Milligan, British comedian, writer, and poet (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Mary Stuart, American actress (b. 1926, d. 2002 at age 76)

Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Elyne Mitchell, Australian children's author (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Claire Davenport, British actress (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (b. 1939, d. 2002 at age 63)

James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Ibn Al-Khattab, Saudi guerilla (b. 1969, d. 2002 at age 33)

Amanda Dowler, British murder victim (b. 1988, d. 2002 at age 14)

Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977, d. 2002 at age 25)

Cesar Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Ronald Verlin Cassill, American novelist, short story writer, editor, painter, and lithographer (b. 1919, d. 2002 at age 83)

Kenneth Wolstenholme, British football commentator (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (b. 1908, d. 2002 at age 94)

Dudley Moore, British pianist, comedian, and actor (b. 1935, d. 2002 at age 67)

Billy Wilder, Polish-American film screenwriter and director (b. 1906, d. 2002 at age 96)

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1900, d. 2002 at age 102)

Moturu Udayam, Indian women's activist (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Layne Staley, American singer (b. 1967, d. 2002 at age 35)

Maria Felix, Mexican actress (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891, d. 2002 at age 111)

Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917, d. 2002 at age 85)

Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater (b. 1929, d. 2002 at age 73)

Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946, d. 2002 at age 56)

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938, d. 2002 at age 64)

Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (b. 1949, d. 2002 at age 53)

Indra Devi, Livonian-Indian yoga teacher (b. 1899, d. 2002 at age 103)

Lisa Lopes, American rapper; one-third of the multi-platinum girl group TLC (b. 1971, d. 2002 at age 31)

George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947, d. 2002 at age 55)

Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921, d. 2002 at age 81)

Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Hugo Banzer, Bolivian politician, 62nd and 75th President of Bolivia (b. 1926, d. 2002 at age 76)

Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948, d. 2002 at age 54)

Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974, d. 2002 at age 28)

Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. 1905, d. 2002 at age 97)

Ruth Cracknell, Australian theatre and television actor (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian football manager (b. 1939, d. 2002 at age 63)

Davey Boy Smith, British professional wrestler (b. 1962, d. 2002 at age 40)

John Gorton, Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist and author (b. 1941, d. 2002 at age 61)

Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926, d. 2002 at age 76)

Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909, d. 2002 at age 93)

Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969, d. 2002 at age 33)

Fernando Belaunde Terry, Peruvian politician, 85th and 88th President of Peru (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (b. 1951, d. 2002 at age 51)

Hans Janmaat, Dutch politician (b. 1934, d. 2002 at age 68)

Lilian, Princess of Rethy, Belgian princess (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940, d. 2002 at age 62)

Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (b. 1959, d. 2002 at age 43)

Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943, d. 2002 at age 59)

Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968, d. 2002 at age 34)

Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamian boxer (b. 1975, d. 2002 at age 27)

Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian politician, 19th and 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Arnold Brown, English General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

John Entwistle, English bassist (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908, d. 2002 at age 94)

Joaquin Balaguer, Dominican politician, 41st, 45th and 49th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906, d. 2002 at age 96)

John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

Alan Lomax, American folklorist and musicologist (b. 1915, d. 2002 at age 87)

Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

William Luther Pierce, American physicist and Neo-Nazi leader (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Chaim Potok, American author and rabbi (b. 1929, d. 2002 at age 73)

Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (b. 1917, d. 2002 at age 85)

Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910, d. 2002 at age 92)

Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982, d. 2002 at age 20)

Darrell Porter, American baseball player (b. 1952, d. 2002 at age 50)

Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Galen Rowell, American photographer, writer, and climber (b. 1940, d. 2002 at age 62)

Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Dave Williams, American singer (b. 1972, d. 2002 at age 30)

Kyle Rote, American football player and coach (b. 1928, d. 2002 at age 74)

Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant (b. 1937, d. 2002 at age 65)

Dean Riesner, American screenwriter (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Lionel Hampton, American musician (b. 1908, d. 2002 at age 94)

George Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor (b. 1971, d. 2002 at age 31)

Robert Guei, Ivorian military ruler (b. 1941, d. 2002 at age 61)

Duncan Hallas, prominent member of the Trotskyist movement in Great Britain (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

Robert Lull Forward, American author and physicist (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Vernon Corea, British broadcaster (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Claus van Amsberg, German born Prince Consort of the Netherland (b. 1926, d. 2002 at age 76)

Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Sopubek Begaliev, Soviet-era economist and politician (b. 1931, d. 2002 at age 71)

Aileen Wournos, American serial killer (b. 1956, d. 2002 at age 46)

Teresa Graves, American actress (b. 1948, d. 2002 at age 54)

Ray Conniff, American musician and bandleader (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Stephen Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936, d. 2002 at age 66)

Derek Bell, Northern Ireland musician (b. 1935, d. 2002 at age 67)

Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1932, d. 2002 at age 70)

Harry Hay, American activist (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Charmian May, British actress (b. 1937, d. 2002 at age 65)

Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930, d. 2002 at age 72)

Paul Wellstone, American politician (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Jam-Master Jay, American Hip-Hop DJ (b. 1965, d. 2002 at age 37)

Charles Sheffield, English author and physicist (b. 1935, d. 2002 at age 67)

Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931, d. 2002 at age 71)

Peg Phillips, American actress (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Karoly Doncsecz, Slovenian potter (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Myra Hindley, English murderer (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Abba Eban, Israeli politician and diplomat, 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915, d. 2002 at age 87)

George Guest, Welsh choral conductor (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

John Rawls, American political theorist (b. 1921, d. 2002 at age 81)

Verne Winchell, American entrepreneur (b. 1915, d. 2002 at age 87)

Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

George "Two Ton" Harris American professional wrestler (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970, d. 2002 at age 32)

Ne Win, Burmese military commander (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

Philip Berrigan, American priest and political activist (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Charles Rosen, American pianist and pioneer in artificial intelligence (b. 1927, d. 2002 at age 75)

Ian Hornak, American painter, draughtsman and sculptor (b. 1944, d. 2002 at age 58)

Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942, d. 2002 at age 60)

Nikolai Amosov, Ukrainian heart surgeon, inventor, and author (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor General of Canada (b. 1934, d. 2002 at age 68)

Arthur Rowley, English footballer (b. 1926, d. 2002 at age 76)

Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Guyana and 4th President of Guyana (b. 1929, d. 2002 at age 73)

Joe Strummer, British musician (b. 1952, d. 2002 at age 50)

Jake Thackray, Englisg singer-songwriter (b. 1938, d. 2002 at age 64)

Don Clarke, Rugby football player of New Zealand (b. 1933, d. 2002 at age 69)

Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913, d. 2003 at age 90)

Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (b. 1926, d. 2003 at age 77)

Maurice Gibb, British rock musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949, d. 2003 at age 54)

Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Richard Crenna, American actor (Marooned) (b. 1926, d. 2003 at age 77)

Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947, d. 2003 at age 56)

Nell Carter, African-American singer and actress (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Valeriy Brumel, Russian athlete (b. 1942, d. 2003 at age 61)

Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911, d. 2003 at age 92)

Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (b. 1959, d. 2003 at age 44)

David M. Brown, American astronaut (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut (b. 1961, d. 2003 at age 42)

Laurel Clark, American astronaut (b. 1961, d. 2003 at age 42)

Rick Husband, American astronaut (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

William McCool, American astronaut (b. 1961, d. 2003 at age 42)

Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

Lana Clarkson, American actress (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Edgar de Evia, American photographer (b. 1910, d. 2003 at age 93)

Ron Ziegler, American White House Press Secretary (b. 1939, d. 2003 at age 64)

Curt Hennig, American wrestler (b. 1959, d. 2003 at age 44)

Dolly the Sheep (b. 1996, d. 2003 at age 7)

Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938, d. 2003 at age 65)

Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Fred Rogers, American children's television host (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, President of El Salvador (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

Rudolf Kingslake, British lens designer and engineer (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Evgeniy Matveyev, Russian actor and film director (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927, d. 2003 at age 76)

Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Zoran Djindjic, Serbian prime minister (b. 1952, d. 2003 at age 51)

Milton G. Henschel, American Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Terry Lloyd, British journalist (b. 1952, d. 2003 at age 51)

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician (b. 1926, d. 2003 at age 77)

Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952, d. 2003 at age 51)

Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Jorge Oteiza, Spanish painter (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Cecil Howard Green, British-born geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900, d. 2003 at age 103)

Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Earl King, American musician (b. 1934, d. 2003 at age 69)

Mirza Tahir Ahmad, British-born Muslim leader (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911, d. 2003 at age 92)

Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

Nina Simone, American singer (b. 1933, d. 2003 at age 70)

Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910, d. 2003 at age 93)

Peter Stone, American writer (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Elizabeth Hulette, American wrestling manager and valet (b. 1960, d. 2003 at age 43)

Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Russell B. Long, American politician (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Noel Redding, English musician (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1933, d. 2003 at age 70)

Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

June Carter Cash, American singer (b. 1929, d. 2003 at age 74)

Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Burke Marshall, American lawyer and politician (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Freddie Blassie, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

Donald Regan, American Treasury Secretary (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929, d. 2003 at age 74)

David Brinkley, American television reporter (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916, d. 2003 at age 87)

Jimmy Knepper, American musician (b. 1927, d. 2003 at age 76)

Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (b. 1911, d. 2003 at age 92)

Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Laura Sadler, British TV actress (b. 1980, d. 2003 at age 23)

Leon Uris, American writer (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Maynard Jackson, American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. 1938, d. 2003 at age 65)

Lester Maddox, American politician (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Denis Thatcher, British husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Strom Thurmond, American politician (b. 1902, d. 2003 at age 101)

Marc-Vivien Foe, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975, d. 2003 at age 28)

Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Buddy Hackett, American comedian and actor (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Herbie Mann, American jazz flautist (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

N!xau, Namibian actor (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

George Roper, British comedian (b. 1934, d. 2003 at age 69)

Barry White, American singer (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

Roman Lyashenko, Russian hockey player (b. 1979, d. 2003 at age 24)

Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (b. 1902, d. 2003 at age 101)

Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer. (b. 1949, d. 2003 at age 54)

Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Eva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926, d. 2003 at age 77)

Roberto Bolano, Chilean writer (b. 1953, d. 2003 at age 50)

Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Celia Cruz, Cuban singer (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Carol Shields, American-born writer (b. 1935, d. 2003 at age 68)

Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914, d. 2003 at age 89)

Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964, d. 2003 at age 39)

Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966, d. 2003 at age 37)

Ludwig Bolkow, German aeronautical engineer (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Erik Brann, American musician (b. 1950, d. 2003 at age 53)

John Schlesinger, English film director (b. 1926, d. 2003 at age 77)

Bob Hope, English-born American comedian (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2003 at age 87)

Brian Trueman, English musician (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Roberto Marinho, Chairman of organizations Globo (Brazil) (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945, d. 2003 at age 58)

Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929, d. 2003 at age 74)

Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Sergio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926, d. 2003 at age 77)

Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906, d. 2003 at age 97)

Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (b. 1946, d. 2003 at age 57)

Jack Dyer, Australian football player, coach, and commentator (b. 1913, d. 2003 at age 90)

Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (b. 1956, d. 2003 at age 47)

Vladimir Vasicek, Czech painter (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Terry Frost, English artist (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Warren Zevon, American singer (b. 1947, d. 2003 at age 56)

Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902, d. 2003 at age 101)

Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936, d. 2003 at age 67)

Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Johnny Cash, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Frank O'Bannon, American politician (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

John Serry, Sr., American musician (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951, d. 2003 at age 52)

Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937, d. 2003 at age 66)

Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (b. 1935, d. 2003 at age 68)

Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

George Plimpton, American writer and actor (b. 1927, d. 2003 at age 76)

Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949, d. 2003 at age 54)

Shawn Lane, American musician (b. 1963, d. 2003 at age 40)

Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927, d. 2003 at age 76)

Elia Kazan, Hungarian-born director (b. 1909, d. 2003 at age 94)

William Steig, American cartoonist (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

Denis Quilley, British actor (b. 1927, d. 2003 at age 76)

Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (b. 1978, d. 2003 at age 25)

Neil Postman, American educator, media theorist, and cultural critic (b. 1931, d. 2003 at age 72)

Timothy Treadwell, bear enthusiast, conservationist, and naturalist (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b. 1914, d. 2003 at age 89)

Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931, d. 2003 at age 72)

Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Laszlo Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926, d. 2003 at age 77)

Stu Hart, Canadian wrestling promoter (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Alija Izetbegovic, Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Michael Hegstrand American wrestler (b. 1957, d. 2003 at age 46)

Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Fred Berry, American actor (b. 1951, d. 2003 at age 52)

Elliott Smith, American musician (b. 1969, d. 2003 at age 34)

Tony Renna, American race car driver (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (b. 1944, d. 2003 at age 59)

Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1898, d. 2003 at age 105)

Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and social reformer (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Robert Strassburg, American composer (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Hal Clement, American writer (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Franco Corelli, Italian opera tenor (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Richard Neustadt, American political historian (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Spider Jorgensen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Bobby Hatfield, American singer (b. 1940, d. 2003 at age 63)

Dorothy Fay, American actress (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Mike Lockwood American wrestler (b. 1971, d. 2003 at age 32)

Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936, d. 2003 at age 67)

Irv Kupcinet, American columnist and television personality (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (b. 1910, d. 2003 at age 93)

T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1933, d. 2003 at age 70)

Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948, d. 2003 at age 55)

Robert Addie, British actor (b. 1960, d. 2003 at age 43)

David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930, d. 2003 at age 73)

Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1977, d. 2003 at age 26)

Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian statesman (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906, d. 2003 at age 97)

David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941, d. 2003 at age 62)

Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916, d. 2003 at age 87)

Hans Hotter, German opera and Lieder bass-baritone singer (b. 1909, d. 2003 at age 94)

Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (b. 1913, d. 2003 at age 90)

Azie Taylor Morton, U.S. Treasurer (b. 1936, d. 2003 at age 67)

Ruben Gonzalez, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927, d. 2003 at age 76)

Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan from June 1993 to October 2003 (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Keiko, Orca whale from Free Willy movies (b. 1976, d. 2003 at age 27)

William Roth, American politician (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Blas Ople, Filipino politician (b. 1927, d. 2003 at age 76)

George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Keith Magnuson, Canadian hockey player (b. 1947, d. 2003 at age 56)

Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914, d. 2003 at age 89)

Gary Stewart, American singer (b. 1945, d. 2003 at age 58)

Ed Devereaux, Australian actor (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Otto Graham, American football player (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1941, d. 2003 at age 62)

Roger Conant, American herpetologist (b. 1909, d. 2003 at age 94)

Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934, d. 2003 at age 69)

Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962, d. 2003 at age 41)

Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942, d. 2003 at age 61)

Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (b. 1928, d. 2003 at age 75)

David Bale, South African–born activist (b. 1941, d. 2003 at age 62)

John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932, d. 2003 at age 71)

Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1963, d. 2003 at age 40)

Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (b. 1898, d. 2003 at age 105)

Paul Hopkins, American baseball player (b. 1904, d. 2004 at age 100)

Etta Moten Barnett, American actress (b. 1901, d. 2004 at age 103)

Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927, d. 2004 at age 77)

Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944, d. 2004 at age 60)

Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954, d. 2004 at age 50)

Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926, d. 2004 at age 78)

Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

Yinka Dare, Nigerian Professional Basketball Player (b. 1972, d. 2004 at age 32)

Mairtin Crawford, Irish poet (b. 1967, d. 2004 at age 37)

Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1955, d. 2004 at age 49)

Zeno Vendler, American philosopher of language (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Terje "Valfar" Bakken, Norwegian musician (b. 1978, d. 2004 at age 26)

Uta Hagen, German actress (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Ann Miller, American dancer and actress (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Jack Tunney, Canadian wrestling promoter (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Miklos Feher, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979, d. 2004 at age 25)

Jack Paar, American television show host (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

M. M. Kaye, British writer (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913, d. 2004 at age 91)

Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970, d. 2004 at age 34)

Jose Lopez Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Archibald Paton Thornton, British historian (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Nestor de Villa, Filipino actor (b. 1928, d. 2004 at age 76)

Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (b. 1945, d. 2004 at age 59)

John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956, d. 2004 at age 48)

Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905, d. 2004 at age 99)

Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (b. 1910, d. 2004 at age 94)

Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (b. 1928, d. 2004 at age 76)

Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914, d. 2004 at age 90)

Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (b. 1980, d. 2004 at age 24)

Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928, d. 2004 at age 76)

Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer, artist, and photographer (b. 1953, d. 2004 at age 51)

Ray Fernandez, American pro wrestler (b. 1956, d. 2004 at age 48)

Priscilla Paris, American singer (b. 1953, d. 2004 at age 51)

Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948, d. 2004 at age 56)

Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954, d. 2004 at age 50)

Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, American film personality and publisher (b. 1926, d. 2004 at age 78)

John Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Juliana, Queen of The Netherlands (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. 1937, d. 2004 at age 67)

Jan Berry, American singer (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Peter Ustinov, English actor and director (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942, d. 2004 at age 62)

Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950, d. 2004 at age 54)

Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (b. 1976, d. 2004 at age 28)

Estee Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906, d. 2004 at age 98)

Thom Gunn, British poet (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Hubert Selby, Jr., American writer (b. 1928, d. 2004 at age 76)

Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and author (b. 1959, d. 2004 at age 45)

Nicholas Berg, American businessman (b. 1978, d. 2004 at age 26)

Tommy Farrell, American supporting actor and comedian (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Alan King, American actor (b. 1927, d. 2004 at age 77)

Olive Osmond, Osmond family matriarch (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Anna Lee, British actress (b. 1913, d. 2004 at age 91)

Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Ezzedine Salim, President of the Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943, d. 2004 at age 61)

Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960, d. 2004 at age 44)

Ronald Smith, British pianist and musicologist (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945, d. 2004 at age 59)

Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917, d. 2004 at age 87)

Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (b. 1934, d. 2004 at age 70)

Archibald Cox, American Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Jack Rosenthal, English playwright (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcastor (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

Ronald Reagan, American politician and actor, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Quorthon, Swedish musician (b. 1966, d. 2004 at age 38)

Ray Charles, American singer and musician (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, interim 177th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904, d. 2004 at age 100)

Dick Durrance, American skier (b. 1914, d. 2004 at age 90)

Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai military dictator, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1950, d. 2004 at age 54)

Ron Ashman, former footballer and football manager (b. 1926, d. 2004 at age 78)

Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990, d. 2004 at age 14)

Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968, d. 2004 at age 36)

George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Percy Wickman, Canadian politician (b. 1941, d. 2004 at age 63)

Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932, d. 2004 at age 72)

Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917, d. 2004 at age 87)

Syreeta Wright,American singer,songwriter (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Pat Roach, British wrestler and actor (b. 1937, d. 2004 at age 67)

Zenko Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Philip Abelson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913, d. 2004 at age 91)

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Rick James, American musician (b. 1948, d. 2004 at age 56)

Fay Wray, Canadian actress (b. 1907, d. 2004 at age 97)

Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Julia Child, American chef (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Sune Bergstrom, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Thea Astley, Australian writer (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Gerard Souzay, French baritone (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Charlie Waller, American singer and guitarist (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926, d. 2004 at age 78)

Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1957, d. 2004 at age 47)

Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906, d. 2004 at age 98)

Ahmed Kuftaro, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927, d. 2004 at age 77)

Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949, d. 2004 at age 55)

Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Ove Sprogoe, Danish actor (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948, d. 2004 at age 56)

Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Russ Meyer, American director and photographer (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Arpad Bogsch, Hungarian-born civil servant (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist (b. 1908?, d. 2004 at age 96)

Brian Clough, British football manager of Nottingham Forest and Derby County (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (b. 1962, d. 2004 at age 42)

Francoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Marianna Komlos American professional wrestler and fitness model (b. 1969, d. 2004 at age 35)

Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946, d. 2004 at age 58)

Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1960, d. 2004 at age 44)

Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927, d. 2004 at age 77)

Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927, d. 2004 at age 77)

Rio Diaz, Filipino actress and TV host (b. 1959, d. 2004 at age 45)

Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Jacques Derida, Algerian-born French literary critic (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

James Chace, American historian (b. 1931, d. 2004 at age 73)

Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963, d. 2004 at age 41)

Christopher Reeve, American actor and activist (b. 1952, d. 2004 at age 52)

Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Pierre Salinger, U.S. President John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Bill Nicholson, British footballer (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and owner (b. 1980, d. 2004 at age 24)

John Peel, British radio disc jockey (b. 1939, d. 2004 at age 65)

Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-born boxer (b. 1907, d. 2004 at age 97)

Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Peter Twinn, English mathematician and World War II code-breaker (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Peggy Ryan, American actress (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970, d. 2004 at age 34)

Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (b. 1957, d. 2004 at age 47)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972, d. 2004 at age 32)

Howard Keel, American singer and actor (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (b. 1907, d. 2004 at age 97)

Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (b. 1968, d. 2004 at age 36)

Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945, d. 2004 at age 59)

John Morgan, British-born comedian (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

John Robert Vane, British pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927, d. 2004 at age 77)

Rafael Eitan, Israeli politician (b. 1929, d. 2004 at age 75)

John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932, d. 2004 at age 72)

Bernard Robinson, English footballer (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, German born Prince Consort of the Netherlands (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Alicia Markova, English ballerina (b. 1910, d. 2004 at age 94)

Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Seymour Ginsburg, American computer scientist (b. 1928, d. 2004 at age 76)

Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914, d. 2004 at age 90)

Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (murdered) (b. 1966, d. 2004 at age 38)

Gary Webb, American journalist known for his investigation into the Iran-Contra affair (b. 1955, d. 2004 at age 49)

Kathryn Eames, American actress (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and 2004 presidential candidate (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (b. 1943, d. 2004 at age 61)

Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. 1926, d. 2004 at age 78)

Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Son Seals, American guitarist (b. 1942, d. 2004 at age 62)

P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (b. 1926, d. 2004 at age 78)

Mieszko Talarczyk, Swedish guitarist/musician (Nasum) (b. 1974, d. 2004 at age 30)

Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961, d. 2004 at age 43)

Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930, d. 2004 at age 74)

Jerry Orbach, American actor (b. 1935, d. 2004 at age 69)

Susan Sontag, American writer and activist (b. 1933, d. 2004 at age 71)

Artie Shaw, American musician (b. 1910, d. 2004 at age 94)

Gerard Debreu, French-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Shirley Chisholm, African-American politician (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Eugene J. Martin, American artist (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Bob Matsui, American politician (b. 1941, d. 2005 at age 64)

John Ziman, English-New Zealand physicist (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Alton Tobey, American artist (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (b. 1927, d. 2005 at age 78)

Robert Heilbroner, American writer (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Pierre Daninos, French writer and humorist (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Josephine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927, d. 2005 at age 78)

Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (b. 2003, d. 2005 at age 2)

Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Catalan soprano (b. 1923, d. 2005 at age 82)

Deem Bristow, American voice actor (b. 1947, d. 2005 at age 58)

Zhao Ziyang, Chinese premier (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Anita Kulcsar, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976, d. 2005 at age 29)

Bill Andersen, New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Don Poier, American sports announcer (b. 1951, d. 2005 at age 54)

Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907, d. 2005 at age 98)

Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906, d. 2005 at age 99)

John Vernon, Canadian Actor (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905, d. 2005 at age 100)

Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963, d. 2005 at age 42)

Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Merle Kilgore, American singer and songwriter (b. 1934, d. 2005 at age 71)

Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915, d. 2005 at age 90)

Lucia dos Santos, Visionary to the Marian apparitions at Fatima (b. 1907, d. 2005 at age 98)

Rafik Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944, d. 2005 at age 61)

Nariman Sadeq, Queen of Egypt (b. 1934, d. 2005 at age 71)

Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944, d. 2005 at age 61)

Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Lee Eun Joo, Korean actress (b. 1980, d. 2005 at age 25)

Peter Benenson, lawyer and founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921, d. 2005 at age 84)

Rinus Michels, Dutch soccer player and coach (b. 1928, d. 2005 at age 77)

Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918, d. 2005 at age 87)

Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1941, d. 2005 at age 64)

Jeanette Schmid, German-born professional whistler (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Chris LeDoux, American rodeo performer and singer (b. 1949, d. 2005 at age 56)

Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936, d. 2005 at age 69)

John Z. DeLorean, American car maker (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Bobby Short, American entertainer (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Clemente Dominguez y Gomez, Spanish spiritual leader (b. 1946, d. 2005 at age 59)

George F. Kennan, American diplomat and political advisor (b. 1904, d. 2005 at age 101)

James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912, d. 2005 at age 93)

Paul Hester, Australian musician (b. 1959, d. 2005 at age 46)

Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968, d. 2005 at age 37)

Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Terri Schiavo, American right-to-die cause celebre (b. 1963, d. 2005 at age 42)

Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician (b. 1905, d. 2005 at age 100)

Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Pope John Paul II, Polish Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1920, d. 2005 at age 85)

John Sichel, British film and television director (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)

Saul Bellow, American writer (b. 1915, d. 2005 at age 90)

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923, d. 2005 at age 82)

Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (b. 1943, d. 2005 at age 62)

Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911, d. 2005 at age 94)

Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (b. 1943, d. 2005 at age 62)

Norman Bird, British actor (b. 1920, d. 2005 at age 85)

John Mills, English actor (b. 1908, d. 2005 at age 97)

Ezer Weizman, former President of Israel (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Wee Kim Wee, President of Singapore (b. 1915, d. 2005 at age 90)

Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (b. 1974, d. 2005 at age 31)

Peter Wallace Rodino, American politician (b. 1909, d. 2005 at age 96)

Lloyd Cutler, American attorney and Presidential advisor (b. 1917, d. 2005 at age 88)

George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Jimmy Martin, American musician (b. 1927, d. 2005 at age 78)

Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1933, d. 2005 at age 72)

Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938, d. 2005 at age 67)

Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906, d. 2005 at age 99)

Natalee Holloway, American teen, disappeared in Aruba (b. 1986, d. 2005 at age 19)

Maurice Rabb, Jr., American ophthalmologist (b. 1932, d. 2005 at age 73)

Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931, d. 2005 at age 74)

Jonathan Adams, British actor (b. 1931, d. 2005 at age 74)

Alvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936, d. 2005 at age 69)

Domino Harvey, British born bounty hunter who moved to Los Angeles (b. 1969, d. 2005 at age 36)

Richard Whiteley, British journalist and television presenter (b. 1943, d. 2005 at age 62)

Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946, d. 2005 at age 59)

Luther Vandross, American R&B singer (b. 1951, d. 2005 at age 54)

Obie Benson, Singer Of The Four Tops (b. 1937, d. 2005 at age 68)