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The following is a list of notable figures who have died recently.

March 2004

20 Brian Maxwell, 51, long-distance runner and founder of PowerBar
20 Juliana of the Netherlands, 94, former Queen of the Netherlands
19 Mitchell Sharp, 92, former Canadian Liberal cabinet minister
18 Gene Bearden, 83, baseball player with the Cleveland Indians
18 Guillermo Rivas, 72, Mexican comedy actor
18 Vytas Brenner, 57, musician, keyboardist and composer
18 Harrison McCain, 76, Canadian businessman, founder of McCain Foods
17 J.J. Jackson, 62, former MTV VJ
17 George Boiardi, 22, Lacrosse player for Cornell University
16 Vilém Tauský, 94, Czech conductor and composer
15 Amparo Arrebato, 59, Colombian dancer
15 William Pickering, 93, New Zealand space scientist
15 Aimo Kairamo, Finnish political columnist
15 John Pople, 78, British theoretical chemist and Nobel prize winner
14 Blessing Makunike, 28, Zimbabwean footballer
13 Franz König, 98, Austrian cardinal
13 Dullah Omar, 69, South African cabinet minister
12 Finn Carling, 78, Norwegian author and playwright with cerebral palsy
12 Yvonne Cernota, 24, German bobsled driver, in training accident
12 Cid Corman, 79, American poet and translator living in Japan
11 Seymour Geisser, 74, statistician, DNA-evidence expert
11 Sidney James, 97, first managing editor of Sports Illustrated
10 Robert D. Orr, 86, former governor of Indiana
10 James Parrish, 35, former National Football League player
9 Robert Pastorelli, 49, actor
9 Albert Mol, 87, dancer, cabaret performer, actor, tv personality, author
8 Nicolae Cajal, 84, doctor, chairman of Romania's Jewish community
8 Muhammad Zaidan (Abu Abbas), 55, founder of Palestine Liberation Front
7 Paul Winfield, 62, actor
6 Frances Dee, 94, actress
6 John Henry Williams, 35, controversial son of baseball great Ted Williams
5 Julito Collazo, 78, Cuban Master Percussionist
5 Joan Riudavets, 114, world's oldest documented man and oldest person in Europe
4 Claude Nougaro, 74, French chanteur
4 Stephen Sprouse, 50, American artist and fashion designer
3 Luis Villalta, 35, professional boxer
3 Cecily Adams, 39, actress
2 Mercedes McCambridge, 85, Academy Award winning actress
2 Marge Schott, 75, former primary owner of the Cincinnati Reds
1 Massimo der Bernart, 54, Italian conductor

February 2004

29 Jerome Lawrence, 88, playwright
29 Tony Onley, 75, painter
29 Danny Ortiz, 27, football keeper of Guatemala
28 Daniel J. Boorstin, 89, historian
27 Paul Sweezy, 93, economist and founding editor of the Monthly Review
26 Shankarrao Chavan, 83, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
26 Adolf Ehrnrooth, 99, General; Finnish war veteran.
26 Bart Howard, 88, composer, "Fly Me To The Moon".
26 Boris Trajkovski, 47, President of the Republic of Macedonia
24 John Randolph, 88, American actor
23 Carl Anderson, 58, American actor; best known for role of Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar
23 William Coates, ~~114?~~ 92, Formerly believed to be "oldest living American"
23 Sikander Bakht, 85, Governor of Kerala
23 Vijay Anand, 71, Bollywood filmmaker and brother of Dev Anand
23 Carl Liscombe, 89, Detroit Red Wings hockey player in the 1940s
23 Don Cornell, 79, popular singer of the 1940s and 1950s
22 Roque Máspoli, 86, legendary Uruguayan goalkeeper
21 Guido Molinari, Canadian abstract artist
21 Spot Fetcher, 14, President George W. Bush's dog
21 John Charles, 72, Welsh football player
20 Stanislaw Ryniak, 88, first person imprisoned at Auschwitz (Feb 20 is burial date)
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
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 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
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 .
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 Czeslaw Niemen, 64, Polish musician
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 Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of legendary crooner Bing Crosby
13 Arne Næss 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
perhaps 10/11 Spalding Gray, 62, US perfomer and writer, body identified March 8 in East River near New York City
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

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