The Recently Dead List 2003

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Celebrity	Died	Age	Comments
Marc-Vivien Foe	26 jun 2003	28	Footballer. Played for Manchester City
Qusay Hussein	23 jul 2003	36	Saddam Hussein's son.
Uday Hussein	23 jul 2003	39	Saddam Hussein's son.
Steve Hislop	30 jul 2003	41	British Superbike Champion.
Gene Anthony Ray	20 nov 2003	41	Actor and dancer - appeared in the film Fame
Crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia	1 feb 2003	45	Died when the Space Shuttle broke up as it approached to land.
Barry Sheene	10 mar 2003	52	Former World Motorcycling champion.
Maurice Gibb	12 jan 2003	53	Singer with the Bee Gees.
Robert Palmer	26 sep 2003	54	Singer. Best known for the song 'Addicted to Love'.
Micky Finn	11 jan 2003	55	Drummer with T-Rex.
Michael Kamen	18 nov 2003	55	Composer.
Bill Werbeniuk	20 jan 2003	56	Canadian snooker player.
Noel Redding	11 may 2003	57	Jimi Hendrix's bass guitarist.
Barry White	4 jul 2003	58	Soul singer - known as the Walrus of Love.
Little Eva	9 apr 2003	59	Singer. Had a hit with The Locomotion.
Edwin Starr	3 apr 2003	61	Soul singer.
Adam Faith	8 mar 2003	62	Singer turned actor.
David Hemmings	3 dec 2003	62	Actor - appeared in the film Barbarella
Bobby Hatfield	5 nov 2003	63	Singer.
Adam Osbourne	18 mar 2003	64	Computing pioneer.
Mickey Most	30 may 2003	64	Record producer.
Peter Tinniswood	9 jan 2003	66	Novelist and Playwright.
Hank Ballard	1 mar 2003	66	Songwriter.
Horst Buchholz	3 mar 2003	69	Actor - appeared in The Magnificent Seven.
Sir Alan Bates	27 dec 2003	69	Actor.
Sir Paul Getty	17 apr 2003	70	Heir to the oil fortune.
Nina Simone	21 apr 2003	70	Jazz and Blues singer.
Don Estelle	1 aug 2003	70	Actor - appeared in It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
Lord Younger	26 jan 2003	71	Tory Politician - full name George Younger.
Major Ronald Ferguson	16 mar 2003	71	Father of the Duchess of York.
Johnny Cash	12 sep 2003	71	Country Singer - known as The Man in Black.
June Carter Cash	16 may 2003	73	Wife of singer Johnny Cash.
Alexander Walker	15 jun 2003	73	Film critic
Richard Crenna	17 jan 2003	75	American Actor.
Bob Monkhouse	29 dec 2003	75	Comedian and game-show host.
Leopoldo Galtieri	12 jan 2003	76	General Galtieri - former President of Argentina.
Daphne Oram	5 jan 2003	77	Pioneer of electronic music.
John Schlesinger	25 jul 2003	77	Film director.
Idi Amin	16 aug 2003	79	Former dictator of Uganda
Sam Philips	30 jul 2003	80	Founder of 'Sun Records'.
Charles Bronson	30 aug 2003	81	American actor.
Roy Jenkins	5 jan 2003	82	Politician.
Robert Stack	14 may 2003	84	Actor. Appeared in TV series The Untouchables
Gregory Peck	12 jun 2003	87	Actor - won an oscar for his performance in 'To kill a mockingbird'.
Denis Thatcher	26 jun 2003	88	Husband of Margaret Thatcher
Thora Hird	15 mar 2003	91	Actress - appeared in Last of the Summer Wine.
Winston Graham	9 jul 2003	93	Author of the Poldark novels
Elia Kazan	28 sep 2003	94	Film Director.
Buddy Ebsen	5 jul 2003	95	Actor - appeared in The Beverly Hillbillies.
Katharine Hepburn	29 jun 2003	96	American Actress. Won 4 Best Actress Oscars.
Strom Thurmond	26 jun 2003	100	Longest serving senator in American history.
Bob Hope	27 jul 2003	100	Comedian and actor.

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