Celebrity Deaths in 2003

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

• Earl Hindman, actor best known as Wilson on Home Improvement, died December 29 at the age of 61.
• Alan Bates, actor, died December 27 at the age of 69.
• 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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