The Recently Dead List 2003

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

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