February 2004 25 William Coates, Oldest living American, 114 23 Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala, 85 23 Vijay Anand, Bollywood filmmaker and brother of Dev Anand, 71 21 Guido Molinari, Canadian abstract artist 21 Spot Fetcher, 14, President George W. Bush's dog 21 John Charles, Welsh football player 19 Clark Byers, American sign maker 19 Hermann Krings, German philosopher 18 Jean Rouch, 86, French filmmaker and ethnologist 17 José López Portillo, 83, president of Mexico 16 Shirley Strickland, 78, Australian athlete, three-time Olympic champion 16 Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer 16 Bill Oakley, 39, comic book letterer 15 Jan Miner, 86, American actress 15 Jens Evensen, 86, Norwegian minister, judge at the World Court, The Hague 14 Marco Pantani, 34, racing cyclist, winner of Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in 1998 13 Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 51, Chechen leader 11 Ryszard Kuklinski, 74, Polish-born colonel and spy 10 Nils Aas, 70, Norwegian sculptor and illustrator 9 Michael Rowland, 41, Horse racing jockey, after fall suffered at Cincinnati, Ohio race. 9 Samuel Rubin, 85, popcorn promoter 9 Claude Ryan, 79, Canadian politician [1] 8 Julius Schwartz, 89, comic book and pulp magazine editor 8 Cem Karaca, Turkish singer and composer 7 Rebeca Martínez, 2 months, craniopagus parasiticus baby 7 Norman Thelwell, 80, cartoonist 6 Humphry Osmond, 86, psychiatrist, pioneer LSD experimenter, coined the term "psychedelic" 6 Jerome F. Lederer, 101, aviation safety pioneer 5 Frances Partridge, 103, writer, last surviving member of the Bloomsbury group 4 Hilda Hilst, 73, Brazilian novelist 4 Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician, The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan 4 Ernest Burke, 79, baseball player 2 Alan Bullock, 89, historian 1 Rocco Clein, 35, journalist, musician ([1]) 1 Carlie Brucia, 11, abduction victim 1 Ally McLeod, 72, Scottish footballer and football manager January 2004 31 Eleanor Holm, 90, US swimmer 31 Scott Walker, 34, US boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Arguello. 30 Robert Harth, 47, executive director of Carnegie Hall 29 Joe Viterelli, 66, actor 29 O. W. Fischer, Austrian actor 29 Helge Seip, 84, Norwegian politician (Social Liberal Party) 29 M. M. Kaye, 95, British author, The Far Pavilions 29 Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World 29 Lloyd "Pete" Bucher, 76, Captain of the USS Pueblo [1] 29 Janet Frame, 79, New Zealand writer 29 Ed Sciaky, 55, disk jocky, long time Philadelphia broadcasting legend 28 Elroy Hirsch, 80, hall of fame NFL football player 28 José Miguel Agrelot, known as Don Cholito, 76, comedian, held the world's record for the longest-run non-stop radio show in history. 27 Rikki Fulton, 79, Scottish comedian 27 Jack Paar, 85, Tonight Show host 26 Fred Haas, 88, golfer 26 Wilhemina Barns-Graham, 91, Scottish artist 25 Miklós Fehér, 24, Hungarian football player 25 Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch athlete 24 Leonidas da Silva, Football player [1]. 23 Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo" 23 Helmut Newton, 83, photographer 22 George Woodbridge, 73, illustrator 22 Carl D. Atwood, 73, Hoosier lottery television show contestant in Indiana, died hours after winning the show. 22 Billy May, 87, US big band and pop music arranger 22 Ann Miller, 81, US dancer 21 Bernard Punsley, 80 physician, actor 19 Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief. 19 David Hookes, 48, Australian cricketer and Victorian coach 19 Antonious Seram, 20, Indonesian professional boxer 18 Noble Willingham, 72, actor, former candidate for the United States Congress 17 Tom Rowe, 53, Musician, member of Schooner Fare. 17 Rafael Cordero, 61, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico 17 Ray Stark, 88, publicist, actor's agent; produced Funny Girl (1968) 17 Harry Breechen, 89, former baseball player, won three games in the 1946 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals 16 Kalevi Sorsa, 73, former Finnish prime minister 15 Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 95, member of the Académie française 15 Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author 15 Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer 15 Gus Suhr, 98, former baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates 14 Uta Hagen, 84, actress, acting teacher, wife of José Ferrer and Herbert Berghof 14 Ron O'Neal, 66, actor, starred in Superfly (1972) 14 Jack Cady, science fiction writer 13 Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian political philosopher 13 Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of legendary crooner Bing Crosby 13 Arne Nćss Jr, 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross 13 Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer 13 Zeno Vendler, 82, philosopher and linguist 12 Randy VanWarmer, 48, American Singer and Songwriter 11 Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, New Orleans jazz musician 10 Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former NBA basketball player for the New Jersey Nets 10 Jerry Boyd, 59, Mesa, Arizona councilman, pushed for a Martin Luther King Jr day in Mesa 10 Alexandra Ripley, author, Scarlett 9 Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator and jurist 8 John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, second in WOR Radio's "Rambling with Gambling" dynasty, from 1959 to 1991 7 Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, "Cries and Whispers" 6 Pierre Charles, 49, Prime Minister of Dominica 6 Francesco Scavullo, fashion photographer 5 Tug McGraw, 59, baseball pitcher 5 David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, Smart Money and Red Herring) 4 Brian Gibson, 59, film director, "What's Love Got to Do With It" 4 Jake Hess, 76, Southern Gospel singing legend 4 Jeff Nuttall - poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author of Bomb Culture. 4 Joan Aiken, 79, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase 4 John Toland, American author and historian 2 Jessica Pacheco Calvente, 10, Puerto Rican stray bullet victim 2 Lynn Cartwright, 76, American actress 2 Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress 1 Frederick Redlich, 93, former dean of the Yale University School of Medicine External links and references Recent AP Obituaries The New York Times: Obituaries FamousDeaths.com Week in Review blogofdeath.com For earlier deaths see Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, ...
