Deaths for the week ending 10 January 2004:
Sunday, 4 January 2004
Joan Aiken, author (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase), cause not reported, 79.
Brian Gibson, film director (The Josephine Baker Story), of bone cancer, 59.
Jake Hess, southern gospel singer (The Statesmen Quartet), of a heart attack, 76.
John Toland, historian (The Rising Sun), of pneumonia, 91.
Monday, 5 January 2004
Charles Dumas, track athlete (1956 Olympics), of cancer, 66.
Tug McGraw, major leaguer (New York Mets), of brain cancer, 59.
Tuesday, 6 January 2004
Francesco Scavullo, fashion photographer (Vogue), 82.
Wednesday, 7 January 2004
Ingrid Thulin, actress (Swedish), after a long illness, 77.
Thursday, 8 January 2004
John A. Gambling, radio host (New York City), cause not reported, 73.
Thomas Kindness, U.S. Congressman (R-OH, 1975-87), of cancer, 74.
Friday, 9 January 2004
Yinka Dare, NBA basketball player (New Jersey Nets), of a heart attack, 32.
Philip Geyelin, editorialist (The Washington Post), apparently of a heart attack, 80.
Saturday, 10 January 2004
Max Duane Barnes, country songwriter ("Chiseled in Stone"), of pneumonia, 67.
Spalding Gray, actor (The Killing Fields), apparently of suicide by drowning, 62. He was last seen on 10 January. His body was discovered in the East River in New York on 7 March.
David Lees, photographer (Life), of pneumonia, 86.
Ewald Pyle, major leaguer (New York Giants), 93.