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Paul Monash 2003 Deaths

Paul MonashAge: 85 film producer whose credits include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Slaughterhouse-Five. He also wrote, directed, and produced television's Peyton Pla…

Richard Simmons 2003 Deaths

Richard SimmonsAge: 89 film and television actor who played the title character in the 1950s show Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. His other credits in his 40-year acting career …

Riley Housewright 2003 Deaths

Riley HousewrightAge: 89 microbiologist who, as scientific director of the U.S. Army Biological Laboratories from 1956 to 1970, helped to develop anthrax spores, botulinum toxi…

Bill Mauldin 2003 Deaths

Bill MauldinAge: 81 army sergeant and cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his works featuring Willie and Joe, two bedraggled World War II infantrymen who battled not only t…

Al Hirschfeld 2003 Deaths

Al HirschfeldAge: 99 singular graphic artist whose caricatures of theater personalities graced dozens of publications for more than 75 years. His work most often appeared in th…

Nell Carter 2003 Deaths

Nell CarterAge: 54 flamboyant singer and actress who won a Tony and an Emmy Award for her performance in Ain't Misbehavin'. She starred in the television series Gimme a Break! …

Burns Bud Roper 2003 Deaths

Burns “Bud” RoperAge: 77 influential pollster who wrote the polling question that has become the standard inquiry to gauge the mood of the country: Are things “generally going …

Giovanni Agnelli 2003 Deaths

Giovanni AgnelliAge: 81 Italian businessman who presided over Fiat, his family's empire that included not only the car company, but also holdings in publishing, telecommunicati…

Craig Kelly 2003 Deaths

Craig KellyAge: 36 world champion snowboarder who helped to popularize the sport. He died in an avalanche in Canada. Died: near Revelstoke, British Columbia, Jan. 20, 2003Elia …