Recent celebrity deaths
The following is a list of notable figures who have died recently.
- 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 ([2])
- 1 Carlie Brucia, 11, abduction victim
- 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 [3]
- 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 [4].
- 23 Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo"
- 23 Helmut Newton, 83, photographer
- 22 George Woodbridge, 73, illustrator
- 22 Carl D. Atwood, 73, Hoosier lottery television show contestant in Indiana, died hours after winning the show.
- 22 Billy May, 87, US big band and pop music arranger
- 22 Ann Miller, 81, US dancer
- 21 Bernard Punsley, 80 physician, actor
- 19 Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief.
- 19 David Hookes, 48, Australian cricketer and Victorian coach
- 19 Antonious Seram, 20, Indonesian professional boxer
- 18 Noble Willingham, 72, actor, former candidate for the United States Congress
- 17 Tom Rowe, 53, Musician, member of Schooner Fare.
- 17 Rafael Cordero, 61, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 17 Ray Stark, 88, publicist, actor's agent; produced Funny Girl (1968)
- 17 Harry Breechen, 89, former baseball player, won three games in the 1946 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals
- 16 Kalevi Sorsa, 73, former Finnish prime minister
- 15 Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 95, member of the Académie française
- 15 Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author
- 15 Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer
- 15 Gus Suhr, 98, former baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
- 14 Uta Hagen, 84, actress, acting teacher, wife of José Ferrer and Herbert Berghof
- 14 Ron O'Neal, 66, actor, starred in Superfly (1972)
- 14 Jack Cady, science fiction writer
- 13 Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of legendary crooner Bing Crosby
- 13 Arne Næss Jr., 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross
- 13 Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer
- 13 Zeno Vendler, 82, philosopher and linguist
- 12 Randy VanWarmer, 48, American Singer and Songwriter
- 11 Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, New Orleans jazz musician
- 10 Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former NBA basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
- 10 Jerry Boyd, 59, Mesa, Arizona councilman, pushed for a Martin Luther King Jr. day in Mesa
- 10 Alexandra Ripley, author, Scarlett
- 9 Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator and jurist
- 8 John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, second in WOR Radio's "Rambling with Gambling" dynasty, from 1959 to 1991
- 7 Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, "Cries and Whispers"
- 6 Pierre Charles, 49, Prime Minister of Dominica
- 6 Francesco Scavullo, fashion photographer
- 5 Tug McGraw, 59, baseball pitcher
- 5 David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, Smart Money and Red Herring)
- 4 Brian Gibson, 59, film director, "What's Love Got to Do With It"
- 4 Jake Hess, 76, Southern Gospel singing legend
- 4 Jeff Nuttall - poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author of Bomb Culture.
- 4 Joan Aiken, 79, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- 4 John Toland, American author and historian
- 2 Jessica Pacheco Calvente, 10, Puerto Rican stray bullet victim
- 2 Lynn Cartwright, 76, American actress
- 2 Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress
- 1 Frederick Redlich, 93, former dean of the Yale University School of Medicine
External links and references
For earlier deaths see Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, ...
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