copy 'n paste OBITS 2003

Subject: OBITS 2003
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 12:58 AM

OBITS FOR FAMOUS PEOPLE IN 2003

January

Sydney Omarr (astrologer) -- Dead. Pneumonia/Multiple Sclerosis. Died January 2, 2003. Born August 5, 1926. Wrote columns, books and cast horoscopes for various celebrities

Roy Jenkins (politician/writer) -- Dead. Died January 5, 2003. Born 1920. Liberal home secretary in the '60s, a founder of the Social Democrats in 1981, author of a well-received biography of Winston Churchill

Jean Kerr (writer) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died January 5, 2003. Born July 10, 1923. Wrote Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Maurice Gibb (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Heart attack/intestinal blockage. Died January 12, 2003. Born December 22, 1949. Part of the Bee Gees (the one with the hat), briefly married to Lulu in the early '70s

Richard Crenna (actor) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died January 17, 2003. Born November 30, 1927. Actor on many TV shows (The Real McCoys), Rambo's colonel

Nedra Volz (actress) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died January 20, 2003. Born June 18, 1908. Adelaide Brubaker on Diff'rent Strokes,

Al Hirschfeld (cartoonist) -- Dead. Died January 20, 2003. Born June 21, 1903.

Bill Mauldin (cartoonist) -- Dead. Alzheimer's/pneumonia. Died January 22, 2003. Born October 29, 1921. Drew cartoons about WWII Army grunts, Willie and Joe

Nell Carter (actress) -- Dead. Probable effects of diabetes. Died January 23, 2003. Born September 13, 1948. Broadway's Ain't Misbehavin' and later on Gimme a Break, and like Wilford Brimley, sold diabetic supplies

February

Michael Anderson (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born December 25, 1959. Payload specialist on the Columbia

David Brown (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born April 16, 1956. Mission specialist on the Columbia

Kalpana Chawla (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born July 1, 1961. First Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia

Laurel Clark (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born October 3, 1961. Physician for the Columbia mission

Rick Husband (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born July 12, 1957. Commander of the Columbia

William McCool (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born September 23, 1961. Columbia pilot

Ilan Ramon (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born June 20, 1954. Pilot who participated in the bombing of an Iraqi nuclear plant in the '80s, was the first Israeli in space

Johnny Paycheck (singer) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died February 18, 2003. Born May 31, 1937. Singer of the hit song "Take This Job and Shove It"

Fred Rogers (writer/actor/minister/musician) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died February 27, 2003. Born March 20, 1928. Mister Rogers has left the neighborhood...

March

Horst Buchholz (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died March 3, 2003. Born December 4, 1933. The Magnificent Seven

Howard Fast (novelist) -- Dead. Died March 12, 2003. Born November 11, 1914. Wrote Spartacus, was blacklisted for his radical activities

Lynne Thigpen (actress) -- Dead. Died March 12, 2003. Born December 22, 1948. Maybe best known for playing the Chief on Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, she was starring on The District at the time of her sudden death

Paul Zindel (playwright/YA author) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 27, 2003. Born May 16, 1936. Wrote the play The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and best-selling YA My Darling, My Hamburger

Carlo Urbani (WHO doctor) -- Dead. SARS. Died March 29, 2003. Born 1956. Italian doctor who worked to identify SARS and treated the businessman who spread it outside of China in February 2003; served as president of the Italian branch of "Doctors without Borders"

Michael Jeter (actor) -- Dead. Probably AIDS-related. Died March 30, 2003. Born August 26, 1952. Versatile actor who won a Tony for Grand Hotel and an Emmy for Evening Shade; was shooting The Polar Express at the time of his sudden death

April

Michael Kelly (journalist) -- Dead. Humvee accident. Died April 3, 2003. Born 1956. Atlantic Monthly editor-at-large, formerly of The New Republic, killed in an accident in Iraq

David Bloom (TV journalist) -- Dead. Pulmonary embolism. Died April 6, 2003. Born 1963. Today newscaster who died in Iraq of non-war-related causes

Robert Atkins (diet doctor) -- Dead. Complications of a fall. Died April 17, 2003. Born October 17, 1930. Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution

Nina Simone (singer) -- Dead. Died April 21, 2003. Born February 21, 1933. "I Put a Spell on You"

Felice Bryant (Songwriter) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 22, 2003. Born August 7, 1925. Co-wrote many songs with Boudleaux, including "Wake Up, Little Susie"


May

Suzy Parker (model) -- Dead. Died May 3, 2003. Born October 28, 1932. Elegant model of the '50s and '60s, married Bradford Dillman in 1963

Robert Stack (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 14, 2003. Born January 13, 1919. TV's Eliot Ness, longtime host of Unsolved Mysteries

June Carter Cash (singer/actress) -- Dead. Complications of heart surgery. Died May 15, 2003. Born June 23, 1929. Married to Johnny Cash, appeared in The Apostle

Rachel Kempson (actress) -- Dead. Died May 24, 2003. Born May 28, 1910. Married to Michael Redgrave for fifty years, mother of Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave, mostly a theater actress, she played Lady Manners in Jewel in the Crown and Kat Ashley in Elizabeth R

Martha Scott (actress) -- Dead. Died May 28, 2003. Born September 22, 1914. Emily in the first filmed Our Town, Miriam in Ben Hur

DeVon "Robot Man" Smith (world champion hitchhiker) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 30, 2003. Born April 8, 1926. A character who created robot and flying saucer art and hitchhiked over 200,000 miles

June

Trevor Goddard (actor/boxer) -- Dead. Drug overdose, probable suicide. Died June 7, 2003. Born October 14, 1965. JAG, many bit parts including Pirates of the Caribbean

David Brinkley (TV journalist) -- Dead. Complications of a fall. Died June 11, 2003. Born July 10, 1920. Longtime news anchor for NBC "Good night, Chet," later a journalist and commentator for ABC

William Marshall (actor) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died June 11, 2003. Born August 19, 1924. From Blacula to Pee Wee's Playhouse, with a short stop in a Star Trek as the memorable Dr. Richard Daystrom in "The Ultimate Computer"

Gregory Peck (actor) -- Dead. Died June 12, 2003. Born April 5, 1916. Won the Best Actor Oscar for one of the best movies ever, To Kill a Mockingbird; named the AFI's Top Movie Hero the week before he died

Hume Cronyn (actor) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died June 15, 2003. Born July 18, 1911. Cocoon, Lifeboat, married to the talented Jessica Tandy until her death, later married the playwright Susan Cooper

Leon Uris (writer) -- Dead. Died June 21, 2003. Born August 3, 1924. Exodus and Trinity

Maynard Jackson (lawyer/mayor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 23, 2003. Born 1938. First black mayor of Atlanta

Strom Thurmond (politician) -- Dead. Extreme old age. Died June 26, 2003. Born December 5, 1902. Long-serving senator, moderated slighted from segregationist views, but ample evidence that voters in the Carolinas operated on auto-pilot (like the ones in Florida...)

Buddy Hackett (comedian/actor) -- Dead. Died June 29, 2003. Born August 31, 1924. The Music Man and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Katharine Hepburn (actress) -- Dead. Died June 29, 2003. Born May 12, 1907. Lion in Winter, Desk Set and many classic flicks, won four Academy Awards

Robert McCloskey (writer/illustrator) -- Dead. Died June 30, 2003. Born September 14, 1914. Make Way for Ducklings

July

Herbie Mann (flutist) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died July 1, 2003. Born April 16, 1930. Performer/composer who put the "fusion" in jazz by combining Carribean and African rhythms

N!xau (bushman/actor) -- Dead. Died July 1, 2003. Born 1944. The unlikely star of The Gods Must Be Crazy

Barry White (man with velvet voice) -- Dead. High blood pressure/kidney failure. Died July 4, 2003. Born September 12, 1944. Barry White's Greatest Hits, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"

Buddy Ebsen (actor/dancer) -- Dead. Died July 6, 2003. Born April 2, 1908. Well-known as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies, but was first-cast as the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz before a make-up allergy forced him out

Celia Cruz (singer/actress) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died July 16, 2003. Born October 21, 1925. Cuban salsa singer

John Schlesinger (director) -- Dead. After-effects of a stroke. Died July 25, 2003. Born February 16, 1926. Directed a range of offbeat films from Midnight Cowboy to Cold Comfort Farm

Bob Hope (comedian) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died July 27, 2003. Born May 29, 1903. Retired comic, world traveler, golfer, made it past 100!

August

Gregory Hines (dancer/actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 9, 2003. Born February 14, 1946. Won a Tony for Jelly's Last Jam, starred as a dancer in many movies, like White Nights

Idi Amin (dictator) -- Dead. Died August 16, 2003. Born 1925. Ran Uganda into the ground before being ousted

Roy Neal (TV journalist) -- Dead. After heart surgery. Died August 15, 2003. Born 1921. NASA correspondent

Charles Bronson (tough actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia, Alzheimer's. Died August 30, 2003. Born November 3, 1921. Made four Death Wish movies, married to Jill Ireland until her death in 1990

September

Rand Brooks (actor/businessman) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 1, 2003. Born September 21, 1918. Played Charles Hamilton, Scarlett's first husband in Gone With the Wind, later started a major ambulance service in California

Gisele MacKenzie (singer, actress) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died September 5, 2003. Born January 10, 1927. Your Hit Parade

Warren Zevon (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died September 7, 2003. Born January 24, 1946. "Werewolves of London" , diagnosed with inoperable cancer in late 2002, but outlived his doctor's prediction by about six months and produced one last album The Wind

Leni Riefenstahl (director) -- Dead. Extreme old age. Died September 8, 2003. Born August 22, 1902. Hitler's documentary director, may be portrayed by Jodie Foster in an upcoming movie

Larry Hovis (actor/teacher) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 9, 2003. Born February 20, 1936. Carter on Hogan's Heroes, acting professor later in life

Edward Teller (scientist) -- Dead. Stroke. Died September 9, 2003. Born January 15, 1908. "The father of the H-bomb"

Anna Lindh (Swedish politician) -- Dead. Murdered (stabbed by assassin). Died September 11, 2003. Born June 19, 1957. Swedish foreign minister who was a likely candidate for Prime Minister at the time of her murder

John Ritter (actor/comic) -- Dead. Torn aorta. Died September 11, 2003. Born September 17, 1948. Collapsed on the set of his last series 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, mostly known for many TV movies and the '70s classic Three's Company

Johnny Cash (man-in-black) -- Dead. Complications of diabetes and lung ailments. Died September 12, 2003. Born February 26, 1932. Country singer and songwriter, married to singer June Carter Cash for over 30 years. Had many health problems, but outlived his wife by several months.

Sheb Wooley (singer/actor) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died September 16, 2003. Born April 10, 1921. While most-known as a one-hit wonder for "One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater," he was a country western singer and character actor in Western

Stanley Fafara (kid actor) -- Dead. After-effects of surgery and drug abuse. Died September 20, 2003. Born September 20, 1950. Starred as Whitey on Leave It to Beaver, but then spent many years as an addict before recovering a few years ago.

Gordon Jump (actor) -- Dead. Pulmonary fibrosis. Died September 22, 2003. Born April 1, 1932. WKRP and the '90s Maytag repairman

Herb Gardner (writer) -- Dead. Lung disease. Died September 24, 2003. Born December 28, 1934. A Thousand Clowns

George Plimpton (writer/adventurer/actor) -- Dead. Died September 25, 2003. Born March 18, 1927. Wrote many books, founded The Paris Review and led a very interesting life.

Robert Palmer (resistable performer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 25, 2003. Born January 19, 1949. Responsible for '80s dance tune "Addicted to Love."

Donald O'Connor (actor/dancer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died September 27, 2003. Born August 28, 1925. Cosmo in Singing in the Rain and later the friend of Francis the talking mule, he was in show business for 77 years. His family reports one of his deathbed quotes was "I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get."

Althea Gibson (tennis/golf great) -- Dead. Died September 28, 2003. Born August 25, 1927. First black woman to win Wimbledon

Elia Kazan (director) -- Dead. Died September 28, 2003. Born September 7, 1909. On the Waterfront and many other great pictures, controversial for his naming of names during the McCarthy era

John Hawkesworth (producer/writer) -- Dead. Died September 30, 2003. Born December 7, 1920. Producer of Upstairs, Downstairs and Dutchess of Duke Street



October

William Steig (cartoonist/writer) -- Dead.. Died October 3, 2003. Born November 14, 1907. New Yorker cartoonist who later turned to writing children's books, including Shrek!

Florence Stanley (actress) -- Dead. Stroke. Died October 3, 2003. Born July 1, 1924. Mrs. Fish on Barney Miller

Joan Kroc (philanthropist/former baseball team owner) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died October 12, 2003. Born August 27, 1928. Started Peace Institutes at several universities, large donor to the Ronald McDonald House Charity, bequeathed $200,000,000 to NPR

Willie Shoemaker (jockey) -- Dead. Died October 12, 2003. Born August 19, 1931. Winning jockey from the '50s-'80s, paralyzed in a car crash after his retirement

Elizabeth "Ma Pampo" Israel (for a time, may have been older person than the "offcial" oldest person) -- Dead. Died October 14, 2003. Born January 27, 1875. One of several centenarians in the Dominican Republic; not validated by Guinness Book of World Records

Jack Elam (actor) -- Dead. Died October 20, 2003. Born November 13, 1918. Mostly played villanous cowboys in movies like Rawhide

Fred Berry (comic) -- Dead. Died October 21, 2003. Born March 13, 1951. Rerun on Whats Happening

Elliott Smith (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Suicide. Died October 21, 2003. Born August 6, 1969. Nominated for an Oscar for "Miss Misery" for Good Will Hunting

Madame Chiang Kai-shek (more-than-just-a-political-widow) -- Dead. Died October 23, 2003. Born March 5, 1898.

Rod Roddy (announcer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died October 27, 2003. Born September 18, 1937. Called out "Come on Down!" for The Price Is Right and recapped the events of each episode for Soap

Hal Clement (science fiction writer/chemistry teacher/educator) -- Dead. Died October 29, 2003. Born May 30, 1922. Wrote classic hard SF books like Mission of Gravity, taught high school chemistry for many years (under his birth name of Harry Stubbs), panelist par excellence at many science fiction conventions Donations in Harry's memory may be made to Joslin Diabetes Development Office or St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 112 Randolph Ave, Milton MA 02186.

Franco Corelli (opera singer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died October 29, 2003. Born April 8, 1921. Italian opera star who made his Met debut the same night as Leontyne Price

Kamato Hongo (old man) -- Dead. Died October 31, 2003. Born 1887. World's oldest well-documented person for almost four years

November

Bobby Hatfield (singer) -- Dead. Died November 5, 2003. Born August 10, 1940. One of the Righteous Brothers, famous for "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Art Carney (actor) -- Dead. Died November 9, 2003. Born November 4, 1918. Starred in Harry and Tonto, Going in Style and played Ed in The Honeymooners

Irv Kupcinet (columnist) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died November 10, 2003. Born July 31, 1912. Longtime columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times

Jonathan Brandis (actor) -- Dead. Apparent suicide (hanging). Died November 12, 2003. Born April 13, 1976. The kid on Seaquest, appeared with Tobey Maguire in Ride with the Devil

Penny Singleton (actress/labor activist) -- Dead. Died November 12, 2003. Born September 15, 1908. Blondie, later a union organizer who led the Rockettes on their first strike in 1966, sister of Barney McNulty

Kellie Waymire (actress) -- Dead. Found dead in apartment. Died November 13, 2003. Born 1968. Melissa on Six Feet Under, Elizabeth Cutler on Enterprise

Gene Anthony Ray (dancer/actor) -- Dead. Stroke/AIDS. Died November 14, 2003. Born May 24, 1962. Fame

Dorothy Loudon (actress) -- Dead. Died November 15, 2003. Born September 17, 1933. The first Miss Hannigan in the Broadway production of Annie

Laurence Tisch (entrepreneur/philanthropist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 15, 2003. Born 1923. At varying times, president of CBS and Loews Theatres, gave lots of money to NYU

Don Gibson (songwriter/singer) -- Dead. Died November 17, 2003. Born April 3, 1928. Wrote songs like "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome Me"

Michael Kamen (composer) -- Dead. Heart attack/Complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Died November 18, 2003. Born April 15, 1948. Wrote scores for movies like Brazil and X-Men

Gertrude Ederle (swimming celebrity/teacher) -- Dead. Died November 30, 2003. Born October 23, 1906. First woman (and fifth person) to swim the English Channel (on August 6, 1926), her record-breaking time stood for 24 years.



December

David Hemmings (actor/durectir) -- Dead. Died December 4, 2003. Born November 18, 1941. Most famous as the photographer in Blow Up, he also directed lots of American TV and was a famous boy soprano as a child

Jeanne Crain (actress) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 14, 2003. Born May 25, 1925. Many movies in the 40s and 50s including An Apartment for Peggy, had seven children

Jenifer Estess (activist/producer) -- Dead. A.L.S.. Died December 16, 2003. Born February 17, 1963. Theater producer who founded Project A.L.S with her sisters after she was diagnosed with the illness

Madlyn Rhue (actress) -- Dead. Pneumonia/multiple sclerosis. Died December 16, 2003. Born October 3, 1934. Many bit parts on TV, may be best-known as Lt. McGivers on the "Space Seed" episode of Star Trek Make memorial contributions to: Motion Picture and Television Fund

Hope Lange (actress) -- Dead. Ischemic colitis. Died December 19, 2003. Born November 28, 1933. In the movie version of Peyton Place and the TV version of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, met her first husband Don Murray while filming Bus Stop

Alan Bates (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 27, 2003. Born February 17, 1934. British actor (easy to confuse with his contemporary Oliver Reed) who starred in The Entertainer, Women in Love and the Gibson Hamlet, completed the mini-series Spartacus, which will not be broadcast until 2004

Gary Stewart
        
Page Title: Dead People Server - Celebrities and Famous People Who Died in the Year 2003

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Alio
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 05:40 AM

.....and sadly a number of talented local (Manchester) singers and musicians have gone this year.

Ali

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Amos
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 10:45 AM

On the other hand, an awful lot of talent was born last year. It pays to keep these things in perspective.


A

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Peg
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 11:11 AM

there is one error here: Buddy Ebsen was   originally to be cast as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz,   but lost it at the last minute to Ray Bolger;   the actor forced out of playing the Tin Man due to   makeup   allergy was someone else entirely...

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Peg
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 11:25 AM

I find the little editorial comments by whoever compiled this to be amusing. I mean, just because he confuses Alan Bates with Oliver Reed, does that mean everyone does?

And just because he does not like the '80s hits of Robert Palmer, well, the man won two Grammy awards and actually wrote and performed some great songs in his 30-year-plus career. His albums Secrets and Arc of a Diver are really very good.

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 11:33 AM

Groan.

Is there some way to stop these proliferating cut-and-paste obituary threads that serve no useful purpose for this forum--especially in the music section?

God, I pray you give us a rest from the people whose obsessions with death and dying won't let the living or the dead rest in peace.

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Amos
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 11:35 AM

What are you whining about? You're the one who did it!!

(An observation worthy of JoHn from Hull!)


A

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Peg
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 11:52 AM

hey Amos, that's jOhnfromHull and   don't you forget it!!!
;)
personally I enjoy observing the passing of great souls; it does not do to ignore or forget the fact that we are all going to pass, one day...

memento mori

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: GUEST,Not Gary Stewart
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 11:56 AM

Wrong Amos.

This is what I'm whining about, a blatant cut-and-paste of an entire article/web page with no musical relevance to this forum.

Last time I checked, that was supposed to against Joe Offer's Secret Mudcat Laws. Of course, what is likely, is that we will see that particular law ignored in this case, because the person requesting the thread be killed/relocated into Mudcat hell below the line, is as popular as Shambles with the jackboot clones.

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 11:58 AM

to SQUARE PEG in MUDCAT HOLE...

Buddy Ebsen was to be cast as the original Tin Man in the 1939 classic film, but almost died from inhaling the silver dust. He was hospitalized and during this time the role went to Jack Haley.

Buddy Ebsen had yearly recurrent bronchitis due to inhaling this silver paint dust. If you listen closely to the song where the group of characters goes down the Yellow Brick Road singing, you can hear Buddy Ebsen"s voice....

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 12:33 PM

seems i recall something about a little bit of musical talent
by these nobody's below...

Maurice Gibb (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Heart attack/intestinal blockage. Died January 12, 2003. Born December 22, 1949. Part of the Bee Gees (the one with the hat), briefly married to Lulu in the early '70s

Johnny Paycheck (singer) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died February 18, 2003. Born May 31, 1937. Singer of the hit song "Take This Job and Shove It"

Fred Rogers (writer/actor/minister/musician) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died February 27, 2003. Born March 20, 1928. Mister Rogers has left the neighborhood...

Nina Simone (singer) -- Dead. Died April 21, 2003. Born February 21, 1933. "I Put a Spell on You"

Felice Bryant (Songwriter) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 22, 2003. Born August 7, 1925. Co-wrote many songs with Boudleaux, including "Wake Up, Little Susie"

June Carter Cash (singer/actress) -- Dead. Complications of heart surgery. Died May 15, 2003. Born June 23, 1929. Married to Johnny Cash, appeared in The Apostle

Herbie Mann (flutist) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died July 1, 2003. Born April 16, 1930. Performer/composer who put the "fusion" in jazz by combining Carribean and African rhythms

N!xau (bushman/actor) -- Dead. Died July 1, 2003. Born 1944. The unlikely star of The Gods Must Be Crazy

Barry White (man with velvet voice) -- Dead. High blood pressure/kidney failure. Died July 4, 2003. Born September 12, 1944. Barry White's Greatest Hits, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"

Buddy Ebsen (actor/dancer) -- Dead. Died July 6, 2003. Born April 2, 1908. Well-known as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies, but was first-cast as the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz before a make-up allergy forced him out

Celia Cruz (singer/actress) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died July 16, 2003. Born October 21, 1925. Cuban salsa singer

Gisele MacKenzie (singer, actress) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died September 5, 2003. Born January 10, 1927. Your Hit Parade

Warren Zevon (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died September 7, 2003. Born January 24, 1946. "Werewolves of London" , diagnosed with inoperable cancer in late 2002, but outlived his doctor's prediction by about six months and produced one last album The Wind

Johnny Cash (man-in-black) -- Dead. Complications of diabetes and lung ailments. Died September 12, 2003. Born February 26, 1932. Country singer and songwriter, married to singer June Carter Cash for over 30 years. Had many health problems, but outlived his wife by several months.

Sheb Wooley (singer/actor) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died September 16, 2003. Born April 10, 1921. While most-known as a one-hit wonder for "One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater," he was a country western singer and character actor in Western

Elliott Smith (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Suicide. Died October 21, 2003. Born August 6, 1969. Nominated for an Oscar for "Miss Misery" for Good Will Hunting

Franco Corelli (opera singer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died October 29, 2003. Born April 8, 1921. Italian opera star who made his Met debut the same night as Leontyne Price

Bobby Hatfield (singer) -- Dead. Died November 5, 2003. Born August 10, 1940. One of the Righteous Brothers, famous for "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Don Gibson (songwriter/singer) -- Dead. Died November 17, 2003. Born April 3, 1928. Wrote songs like "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome Me"

Michael Kamen (composer) -- Dead. Heart attack/Complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Died November 18, 2003. Born April 15, 1948. Wrote scores for movies like Brazil and X-Men

Gary Stewart, singer, musician - She's Acting Single, I'm Drinking Doubles
        

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Peg
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 02:19 PM

to ASSHOLE with NOTHING BETTER TO DO:

turns out we are both right...


http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozebsen.htm

Ebsen WAS originally cast as the Scarecrow...and Bolger as the Tin Woodsman.

Subject: RE: OBITS 2003
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 02:26 PM

Who dies?

Everyone dies...

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What happened to Mudcat not allowing personal attacks?

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 03:14 PM

Good question there Clinton. Goes along with my good question about why was a Joe No-No violation (cut-and-pasting of off-topic articles to the forum, ESPECIALLY by guests) allowed to remain in the music forum.

The personal attack thing has always been selective. It's perfectly fine to engage in personal attacks against guests. The only attacks the jackboot clones censor are ones against members.

No double standard there, though. Actually, I think the jackboot clones are up to about a quadruple standard at this point. Being drunk on power apparently does that to some people.

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 05:42 PM

It's impossible to make a personal attack against a nameless GUEST, any more than it's possible to make a personal attack agianst someone who writes an anonymous letter.

For example: "GUEST is a really interesting person who says interesting things, and I wish whoever it is would stick around and adopt some kind of handle to make communication easier; on the other hand GUEST is an objectionable little swine, and I wish whoever it is would just get lost."

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 05:58 PM

"It's impossible to make a personal attack against a nameless GUEST"

That's just so much BS and you know it...

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 07:00 PM

I don't have any problem with this type of copy and paste list. It's traditional to reflect on those we've lost during the year as it comes to an end. There are always a few people on any such list whose passings I had missed. And trying to edit such a list to fit the scope of this forum would have to be a fruitless endeavor since no two members agree on what that scope is anyway.

Personally, I would have rather seen a list pulled from someplace besides the Dead People Server. I find their attitude to be a little too flipant and casual considering the nature of their chosen subject, but that's a matter of taste, isn't it?

Bruce

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 08:01 PM

Links work just fine, for those of us who don't find point and click too techie for us.

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: Peg
Date: 31 Dec 03 - 08:52 PM

if a nameless guest is going to insult me, I don't have a problem insulting the nameless guest.

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: Peace
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 06:38 PM

The freakin' thread is less than a day old and someone's already asking why it hasn't been re-posted as a BS thread. Jaysus, take a valium. Give the boy some time. Happy New Year, Joe. BM

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 08:08 PM

Ahh... sinking to the lowest common denominator...

A fine goal...

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: GUEST,perplexed
Date: 02 Jan 04 - 09:40 AM

After reading this thread, I'm not sure which is more depressing, the list of those who have passed this past year, or the difficulties that the rest of the living here are having getting along with one another.

Subject: RE: copy 'n paste OBITS 2003
From: Jeri
Date: 02 Jan 04 - 10:21 AM

If you like this sort of thing, here is The Dead People Server from whence the article came. It might have been better to link to their 2003 page, but I ain't gonna worry about it.

Couple folks gone I missed hearing about through the year.