Deaths for the week ending 1 March 2003:
Sunday, 23 February 2003
Jeffrey Anderson, snowboarder (of head injuries from a fall), 23.
Howie Epstein, rock bassist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), of complications from from drug use, 47.
Titos Vandis, actor (The Exorcist), 85.
Monday, 24 February 2003
E. V. Hill, Baptist pastor (Mt. Zion Church in Los Angeles), 69.
Walter Scharf, film composer (Ben), 92.
Alberto Sordi, actor (Italian), 82.
Wednesday, 26 February 2003
Ernie Mills, TV news reporter (Santa Fe, New Mexico), cause not reported, 76.
Thursday, 27 February 2003
Johnny Carpenter, actor (Son of the Renegade), of cancer, 88.
Fred Rogers, TV host ("Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"), of cancer, 74.
Jean Sullivan, actress (Uncertain Glory), of cardiac arrest, 79.
Friday, 28 February 2003
Chris Brasher, runner/sportswriter/footwear maker, cause not reported, 74.
Jacob E. Davis, U.S. Congressman (D-OH, 1941-43), 97.
Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, president of El Salvador (1967-72), of heart failure, 85.
Kevin O'Shea, NBA basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers), of a heart attack, 77.
Mario Perillo, aka "Mr. Italy", tour pitchman, of cancer, 76.
Saturday, 1 March 2003
Nadine Conner, operatic soprano, 96.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup