Celebrity Deaths in 2003

Sympatico Personal Web Space ^ | December 24, 2003 | None listed

[Richard Kimball]

Famous or not, we all end up dead. Here are some of the better known people to have passed on recently.

Hope Lange, actress best known for the tv series The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, died December 19 at the age of 70.
Robert Stanfield, one time leader of the Progressive Conservatives, died December 16 at the age of 89.
David Hemmings, actor best known for Blow Up, died December 3 at the age of 62.
Warren Spahn, Hall of Fame pitcher, died December 1 at the age of 82.
Art Carney, comic actor, died November 9 at the age of 85.
Bobby Hatfield, musician best known as part of the Righteous Brothers, died November 5 at the age of 63.
Rod Roddy, announcer best known as the voice of The Price Is Right, died October 27 at the age of 66.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the famous Chinese leader, died October 23 at the age of 105.
Bill Shoemaker, famed jockey, died October 12 at the age of 72.
Izzy Asper, media tycoon who founded CanWest Global Communications died October 7 at the age of 71.
Elia Kazan, director known for films such as On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire, died September 28 at the age of 94.
Donald O'Connor , actor best known for Singing' in the Rain, died September 27 at the age of 78.
Robert Palmer, musician best known for Addicted to Love, died September 26 at the age of 54.
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, musician best known for Purple People Eater, died September 16 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.
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.

[Richard Kimball]

Just thought it might be about time to post the famous people who have moved on to a better (or worse) world this year. It doesn't seem like there are that many of them, until you look at them all together.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: Barry White, singer known for his sexy songs, died July 4 at the age of 58.

Somehow, I missed this one and I was in a Disco just about every night in the 1970s...

[Focault's Pendulum]

My Pet Rock died.....I threw it back into the lake.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Actor Harry Goz died September 5, 2003 of Cancer. Known as the voice of Captain Hazel "Hank" Murphy on the cult cartoon "Sealab 2021". Was also The Big Apple in the commercials for Fruit-Of-The-Loom in the 1970s and 1980s.

[Steve_Seattle]

Edward Teller? I missed that one - thought he died 20 years ago.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Robert Stack, actor best known for starring in TV's The Untouchables, died May 14 at the age of 84."

84? Could have fooled me. Maybe that's why the camera usually didn't zoom in on him (in "Unsolved Mysteries").

[sharris]

I believe that actor/dancer Gregory Hines died a couple of months ago.......unless I'm mistaken.

[al baby]

civility

[Thebaddog]

Didn't George Harrison pass on as well?

[sharris]

Yes he did. Thank you

[Renegade]

Time flies !!! He passed on (made his transition) in 2001.

[philo]

Here are some more

Link to celebrity deaths

[ValerieUSA]

It lists June Carter Cash -- but I thought Johnny Cash died, too.

[ConservativeConvert]

GIANNI AGNELLI [died 1/24/03] - International playboy-billionaire patriarch of Fiat Auto.

[ValerieUSA]

oops, now I see it

[RLK]

Too many of these people are younger than I am.

[patton]

You know, Valarie, posting to yourself on X-Mass eve is a sure sign of FRaddiction...

[breakem]

I saw Edward Teller at the Denver airport once about 6-7 years ago. When they started boarding everyone stopped and let him go through first. I've never seen anything like it before or since.

[breakem]

he's there just above John Ritter

[csvset]

Here's a website that you might find interesting.

Life In Legacy

[EagleMamaMT]

This list left off Jeanne Crain, who died Dec. 14th. She was one of my favorite actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age.

[Tall_Texan]

Passengers didn't want to tick him off just in case he was carrying a suitcase nuke. :)

[InvisibleChurch]

don't forget the death of the barenaked ladies' career ... their new cd sounds like the last one which sounds like the last one which sounds li....

[csvset]

Jeanne is featured at Life In Legacy

[sharris]

Don't forget Martha Scott "Mariam" in BEN HUR,and Fred "re-run"Berry of 70's sitcom WHAT'S HAPPENIG.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Warren Zevon, musical madman....

Gordon Jump, aka "big guy" Arthur Carlson on WKRP in Cincinatti and the Matag repairman (replaced the great Jessie White)

[sharris]

....also JEAN KERR who wrote PLEASE DONT EAT THE DAISIES,snd STANLEY FARARA "whitey", Beaver's friend on LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.

[marshmallow]

"Famous" people. The objects of our secular worship and adulation. Yet mere mortals like the rest of us, they returned to dust as we all will. Let's pray that the source of their worldly fame will not be the cause of their eternal condemnation.

Spare a thought for the multitude of poor and afflicted who lived righteously and in anonymity, then left this world without the trumpet blasts of the secular press to herald their passing.

[Dont Mention the War]

Dead people got
no reason,
Dead people got
no reason,
Dead people got
no reason to live.......

[fish hawk]

We don't have "X-mas" on F.R. General, but we do celebrate Christmas.

[patton]

Thank you for your unsolicited opinion.

[Clintons Are White Trash]

Harry Goz also played Tevya on Brodway in Fiddler On The Roof for over a year.

[BradyLS]

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the famous Chinese leader, died October 23 at the age of 105.

That's amazing!

I know that Douglas MacArthur's wife, Jeanne was visited by the Clinton in the hospital a few years back. Apparently, all American presidents in office, after her husband died, made a point of visiting her at some point during their administration. Does anyone know if she's still alive? She'd certainly be in her 90's by now.

[RLK]

I saw Edward Teller at the Denver airport once about 6-7 years ago. When they started boarding everyone stopped and let him go through first. I've never seen anything like it before or since.

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Listening to Teller was like listening to the voice of God.

[sharris]

singer GISELE MACKENZIE of YOUR HIT PARADE,singer JOHNNY PAYCHECK and actress FLORENCE STANLEY[fish's wife]of 70's BARNEY MILLER.

[TalBlack]

Average age: 88.54 yrs. I think that is better than the average for blur-collar.

Being a celeberity must be easier than all these people say when they are doing those interviews that they do when they have something to sell.

[Syncro]

Edward Teller? I missed that one - thought he died 20 years ago.

Nope.

A Friend of mine is a Chauffeur in the SF Bay area and used to drive Teller back and forth to the Laurence Livermore Laboratory quite often. He was active to the end, and still had a lucid and sharp mind.

[Syncro]

Truly one of this century's great minds

[FlyVet]

July 19, 1982: In the first annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic at Washington's Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, 75-year-old "Old Aches and Pains" Luke Appling hits a 250-foot homer off Warren Spahn to help the AL to a 7–2 win over the NL in a 5-inning battle of retired baseball stars.

One of the coolest sports moments I ever saw on TV. Short fence, but on TV, it looked like a big shot, especially from such an old guy.

[Bluntpoint]

Didn't George Clooney's career die last year?

[breakem]

lol

[Skywalk]

Hey, don't be so glum about getting older---at least Edward Said is dead.

[Tall_Texan]

You won't make the average if you are a black celebrity or a rock musician. Look again at the ages of the ones on this list that died.

FYI - occupations of people who seem to live longer than the rest of us:

Movie directors.
Golfers.
Music conductors.

What do they genrally have in common? They swing their arms a lot (good cardiovascular exercise) and they don't have bosses directly over them (i.e. less stress).

[flair2000]

She died in 2000 and is entombed next to her husband in the MacArthur Museum in Norfolk, VA.

[ValerieUSA]

I am addict -- you have found me out. Long live Rush Limbaugh. :)

[patton]

I diagnosed your condition tears ago, if you recall. I suffer from the same affliction.

[Hildy]

Yes, he did and for some reason I keep seeing him everytime I put on the tv this week. He was such a great dancer.

[F16Fighter]

Gee, how'd we miss this one??

Cold-blooded mass murderer and famed Ugandan cannibal Idi Amin died August 16.

[technomage]

Wow!! When you see a list like this, the loss is almost overwhelming.

May God bless them all!!!

[Straight Vermonter]

Maybe we should have a Freeper deadpool next year. Who's in?