Deaths for the week ending 24 January 2004:
Sunday, 18 January 2004
John Hechinger, retailer (The Hechinger Co.), of respiratory failure, 84.
Monday, 19 January 2004
Harry Claiborne, U.S. judge (Las Vegas), of suicide by gunshot, 86.
Tuesday, 20 January 2004
Jerry Nachman, journalist (MSNBC), of gall bladder cancer, 57.
Bernard Punsly, actor (Dead End Kids), 80.
Don Shinnick, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts), of brain disease, 68.
George Woodbridge, cartoonist (MAD), of emphysema, 73.
Wednesday, 21 January 2004
Ray Rayner, TV clown (Oliver O. Oliver), of pneumonia, 84.
Thursday, 22 January 2004
Milt Bernhart, jazz trombonist, cause not reported, 77.
Billy May, trumpeter ("Take the A Train"), of heart failure, 87.
Ann Miller, dancer (On the Town), of lung cancer, 81.
Royce Smith, NFL football player (Atlanta Falcons), cause not reported, 54.
Friday, 23 January 2004
Bob Keeshan, children's TV host ("Captain Kangaroo"), after a long illness, 76.
Helmut Newton, fashion photographer (Vogue), in an automobile accident, 83.
Saturday, 24 January 2004
Leonidas da Silva, soccer player (Brazilian), of Alzheimer's disease, 90.