Celebrities Lost Thus Far 2003
Tuesday, September 16th, 2003 at 7:09 am · 19 views
A thread on kthxbi got me thinking about this. The celebrities that we have lost this year, rest in peace to all lives lost and the ones we grew up to love and appreciate (or perhaps not for some). Just a little disclaimer, some were not celebrities in the sense as we know it, but famous in some way to the world…
Gene Anthony Ray, actor who played Leroy in the film Fame and television series, died November 20 at the age of 41.
Michael Kamen, Grammy-winning composer, died November 19 at his London home at the age of 55.
Bob Grant, On The Buses star, died November 19 in the garage of his home in Gloucestershire at the age of 71.
Don Gibson, who wrote country songs including I Can’t Stop Loving You and Sweet Dreams, died November 18 at the age of 75.
Arthur Conley, best known for his 1967 hit Sweet Soul Music, died November 17 at home in Holland at the age of 57.
Art Carney, comedian and actor, died November 9 at the age of 85.
Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers, died November 6.
Tony Capstick, veteran comic and musician, died October 24 at the age of 59.
Bill Shoemaker, famed jockey, died October 12 at the age of 72.
Izzy Asper, media tycoon, died October 7 at the age of 71.
Elia Kazan, director-writer, died September 29 at the age of 94.
Althea Gibson, tennis pioneer, died September 28 at the age of 76. Gibson was the first African American woman to win the Wimbledon.
Donald O’Connor, actor, died September 28 of heart failure, starred in Singin in the Rain.
Robert Palmer, singer, died September 26 in Paris of a heart attack.
George Plimpton, author, died September 25 at the age of 76.
Edward Said, Columbia University professor and spokesman for the Palestinian cause, died September 24 at the age of 67.
Gordon Jump, actor best known as the Maytag Repairman, died September 22 at the age of 71.
Sheb Wooley, veteran actor in westerns like High Noon, died September 17 at the age of 82.
Johnny Cash, musician, died September 12 at the age of 71.
John Ritter, actor best known for tv sitcom Three’s Company, died September 11 at the age of 54.
Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, died September 9 at the age of 95.
Leni Riefenstahl, director best known for Triumph of the Will, died September 8 at the age of 101.
Charles Bronson, actor best known for the Death Wish series, died August 31 at the age of 81.
Bobby Bonds, baseball star now best known as Barry Bonds father, died August 23 at the age of 57.
Idi Amin, former dictator, died August 16 at the age of 80.
Gregory Hines, tap-dancing legend and actor, died at the age of 57.
Bob Hope, comedian, died July 27 at the age of 100.
John Schlesinger, director best known for Midnight Cowboy, died July 25 at the age of 77.
Buddy Ebsen, actor best known as Jed on The Beverly Hillbillies, died July 6 at the age of 95.
Barry White, singer known for his sexy songs, died July 4 at the age of 58.
Buddy Hackett, comedian, died June 30 at the age of 79.
Katharine Hepburn, actress, died June 29 at the age of 96.
Strom Thurmond, ultra conservative US politician, died June 26 at the age of 100.
Leon Uris, author best known for novels such as Exodus and Trinity, died June 21 at the age of 78.
Hume Cronyn, actor most recently known for Cocoon, died June 15 at the age of 91.
Gregory Peck, movie star best known as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, died June 12 at the age of 87.
David Brinkley, news anchorman, died June 11 at the age of 82.
June Carter Cash, country music star, died May 15 at the age of 73.
Robert Stack, actor best known for starring in TV’s The Untouchables, died May 14 at the age of 84.
Robert C. Atkins, diet doctor, died April 17 at the age of 72.
Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter, archbishop emeritus of Toronto, died April 6 at the age of 91.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, one time US senator for New York, died March 26 at the age of 76.
Joseph Coors, brewing giant, died March 16 at the age of 85.
Fred Rogers, of Mr. Rogers fame, died February 27 at the age of 74.
Nell Carter, known for her role in Gimme a Break, died January 23 at the age of 54.
Richard Crenna, actor known for such films as The Sand Pebbles and Wait Until Dark, died January 17 at the age of 76.
Maurice Gibb, star of the Bee Gees, died January 11 at the age of 53.
Sydney Omarr, astrologer to the stars, died January 2 at the age of 76.
Sources:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jenoff/obit.htm
http://www.ananova.com/news/?keywords=Celebrity+deaths&nav_src=more_on
