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

Posted on 12/24/2003 2:15:09 PM PST by 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.


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To: Tall_Texan
lol
41 posted on 12/24/2003 3:59:22 PM PST by breakem
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To: RLK
Hey, don't be so glum about getting older---at least Edward Said is dead.
42 posted on 12/24/2003 4:03:35 PM PST by Skywalk
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To: TalBlack
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).
43 posted on 12/24/2003 4:48:35 PM PST by Tall_Texan ("Is Rush a Hypocrite?" http://righteverytime2.blogspot.com)
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To: BradyLS
She died in 2000 and is entombed next to her husband in the MacArthur Museum in Norfolk, VA.
44 posted on 12/24/2003 5:01:59 PM PST by flair2000
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To: patton
I am addict -- you have found me out. Long live Rush Limbaugh. :)
45 posted on 12/24/2003 5:29:40 PM PST by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA
I diagnosed your condition tears ago, if you recall. I suffer from the same affliction.
46 posted on 12/24/2003 5:32:43 PM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: sharris
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.
47 posted on 12/24/2003 5:40:43 PM PST by Hildy
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To: philo
Gee, how'd we miss this one??

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

48 posted on 12/24/2003 5:50:00 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Richard Kimball
Wow!! When you see a list like this, the loss is almost overwhelming.

May God bless them all!!!

49 posted on 12/24/2003 5:51:28 PM PST by technomage
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To: Richard Kimball
Maybe we should have a Freeper deadpool next year. Who's in?
50 posted on 12/24/2003 5:51:54 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (We secretly switched ABC news with Al-Jazeera, lets see if these people can tell the difference.)
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To: philo
Gertrude Ederle - lady who first swimmed the channel. She got headlines for that. I did not hear about Art Carney
51 posted on 12/24/2003 7:54:10 PM PST by virgil
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I just rememberd HANK BALLARD[original"the twist"],LITTLE EVA,EDWIN STARR[70'S hit"WAR"]and cuban singer/dancer CELIA CRUZ.
52 posted on 12/24/2003 8:06:22 PM PST by sharris
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To: Richard Kimball
Sheb Wooly of Wagon Train fame died this year as well, I didn't see him on the list.
53 posted on 12/24/2003 8:07:38 PM PST by Rightly Biased (<><)
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To: virgil
Art Carney is already on the list.
54 posted on 12/24/2003 8:09:18 PM PST by sharris
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To: Richard Kimball
It seemed like a lot of them during the summer, starting with June Cash and ending with Warren Zevon it seemed one or two greats were going every week. Nasty year.
55 posted on 12/24/2003 8:15:26 PM PST by discostu (that's a waste of a perfectly good white boy)
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To: Richard Kimball
Edward Said, Columbia University professor and spokesman for the Palestinian cause, died September 24 at the age of 67

This was one to celebrate, not mourn. May this scumbag burn in eternal hell.

56 posted on 12/24/2003 8:17:39 PM PST by montag813
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To: discostu
You're right,I had the same thought also.
57 posted on 12/24/2003 8:19:32 PM PST by sharris
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To: discostu
You're right,I had the same thought also.
58 posted on 12/24/2003 8:19:33 PM PST by sharris
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
He was an awesome Captian Murphy....I'm waiting to see how they replace him.
59 posted on 12/24/2003 8:20:44 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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To: sharris
You're correct. Here's a photo of his marker from FindaGrave.

Seems kind of sad that his marker is wood with those stick on letters. He must have fallen on hard times.

60 posted on 12/24/2003 8:33:04 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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