Deaths for the week ending 28 December 2002:
Sunday, 22 December 2002
Susan Fleming Marx, actress (Million Dollar Legs), of a heart attack, 93.
Ellen "Maximum" Morphonios, Florida judge, of stomach cancer, 73.
Joe Strummer, punk guitarist (The Clash), of a congenital heart defect, 50.
Ken Tobey, actor (The Thing from Another World), 85.
Monday, 23 December 2002
John Kyl, U.S. Congressman (R-IA, 1959-65, 1967-73), of heart disease and diabetes, 83. He was the father of John Kyl, incumbent senator from Iowa.
Stanley Rosenfeld, photographer (America's Cup), 89.
Tuesday, 24 December 2002
Ward Cuff, NFL football player (New York Giants), 89.
Richie Regan, college basketball player (Seton Hall), 72.
Wednesday, 25 December 2002
Russell Berrie, toy producer (Russ Berrie & Co.), cause not reported, 69.
Thursday, 26 December 2002
Lou Laurie, boxer (1936 Olympics), 85.
Herb Ritts, photographer (Vanity Fair), of complications from pneumonia, 50.
Armand Zildjian, cymbal producer (Avedis Zildjan), of cancer, 81.
Friday, 27 December 2002
George Roy Hill, film director (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), of complications from Parkinson's disease, 81.
Saturday, 28 December 2002
Edward K. Boyd, writer (Letters From a Skeptic), 84.
Richard Horner, stage producer (Moon for the Misbegotten), 82.
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