Deaths for the week ending 8 February 2003:
Sunday, 2 February 2003
Vincent "Randy" Chin, reggae music producer (Randy's Records), of natural causes, 65.
Lou Harrison, composer, 85.
Monday, 3 February 2003
Lana Clarkson, actress (Amazon Women on the Moon), shot (homicide), 40. Record producer Phil Spector was immediately suspected of her murder and was found guilty of it in 2009.
Rosemary Bewick Lucas Ginn, U.S. Republican Party activist, 90.
William Kelley, film screenwriter (Witness), of cancer, 73.
Natalya Medvedeva, model (The Cars album cover), of a heart attack, 44.
Ron Morgan, radio broadcaster (St. Louis, Missouri), of a heart problem, 60.
David R. Waters, murderer (Madilyn Murray O'Hair), of lung cancer, 55. His DOD was not reported and may have been earlier.
Tuesday, 4 February 2003
Charlie Biddle, jazz bassist, of cancer, 76.
Jerome Hines, bass vocalist (New York Metropolitan Opera), 81.
Charles McLaren, aka Lord Aberconway, shipbuilder (British), 89.
Jim North, NFL football player (Washington Redskins), of a heart problem, 83.
Wednesday, 5 February 2003
Larry LeSueur, boxing publicist, after a long illness, 93.
Friday, 7 February 2003
John Reading, mayor of Oakland, California (1966-77), 85.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup