Deaths in 2003

December 2003

• 31
• Arthur R. von Hippel, 105, German-born scientist and MIT professor who made critical contributions to the development of radar
• Bríd Durrane, 109, the oldest person to receive a university degree and write an autobiography (both at 103), last surviving person who knew the leaders of Ireland's 1916 Uprising personally http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0102/dirraneb.html
• Rein Helme, 49, Estonian war historian
• Terje Soots, 38, Estonian radio host
• 30
• David Bale, 62, activist
• John Gregory Dunne, 71, American novelist and screenwriter
• Anita Mui, 40, Hong Kong pop queen
• 29
• Archbishop Michael Courtney, 58, Irish-born Papal Nuncio to Burundi who was central to peace negotiations, assassinated
• Earl Hindman, 61, U.S. actor, played "Wilson" on Home Improvement TV series
• Bob Monkhouse, 75, British comedian and game show host
• 28
• Benjamin Hacker, 68, First U.S. Naval Flight Officer (NFO) to achieve Flag rank.
• Isabelle Stevenson, chairman of the board of the American Theatre Wing, presenters of the Tony Awards http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83525.html
• Dinsdale Landen, 71, British actor
• 27
• Vestal Goodman, 74, Queen of Southern Gospel music
• Ivan Calderon, 41, Puerto Rican former major league baseball star
• Sir Alan Bates, British actor
• 26
• Phil Goldman, 39, WebTV founder
• Yoshio Shirai, 80, first Japanese world boxing champion
• 24 Linda Viiding, 97, Estonian translator
• 22 Dave Dudley, 75, Country music singer
• 20 John Halfpenny, 68, Australian unionist
• 19
• Hope Lange, actress in Peyton Place
• Peter Carter-Ruck, 89, UK libel lawyer
• 17
• Ed Devereaux, Australian actor
• Otto Graham, 82, Cleveland Browns football quarterback during the 1950s
• 16
• Gary Stewart, 58, Country music singer (suicide)
• Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician
• 15
• Keith Magnuson, 56, former National Hockey League player (car accident)
• George Fisher, U.S. political cartoonist
• 14
• Jeanne Crain, 78, Oscar-nominated actress
• Blas Ople, 75, foreign minister of the Philippines
• 13
• Elizabeth Bates, 56, Professor of Psychology at University of California, San Diego
• William V. Roth, Jr., former U.S. Senator, known for Kemp-Roth Tax Cut and Roth IRA
• 12
• Keiko, 27, orca of Reino Aventura and Free Willy fame
• Heydar Aliyev, 80, former President of Azerbaijan
• Fadwa Toukan, 86, Palestinian poet
• Earl Gillespie, 81, sportscaster, voice of the Milwaukee Braves
• 11
• Ahmadou Kourouma, author from Côte d'Ivoire
• John W. Sidgmore, former head of Worldcom and UUNet
• Paulos Tzadua, Roman Catholic cardinal from Ethiopia
• 9 Paul Simon, 75, former U.S. Senator from Illinois
• 8
• Rubén González, 84, Cuban pianist, member of the Buena Vista Social Club
• Johnny Bulla, 89, golfer
• 7
• Raúl Vale, 59, Venezuelan-Mexican entertainer
• Carl F. H. Henry, 90, American Evangelical theologian, founder of Christianity Today magazine
• Azie Taylor Morton, 67, former Treasurer of the United States
• 6
• Jose-Maria Jimenez, 32, professional cyclist
• Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, 85, President of Guatemala 1970-74
• Jerry Tuite, 36, professional wrestler
• 5 Bert Templeton, 63, ice hockey coach
• 3 David Hemmings, actor
• 2 Ignaz Kiechle, German politician, minister for agriculture 1983-93
• 1 Clark Kerr, 92, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, 1952-58, and President of the University of California, 1958-67