Archive for March, 2003

Sen. Daniel Moynihan, 76

Posted: Wednesday, March 26th, 2003 3:57 pm

Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a New York City shoe shine boy who became an iconoclastic scholar-politician and served four terms in the Senate, died Wednesday. He was 76. … Read full obituary


“COPS” producer missing, assumed dead after 300-foot fall

Posted: Sunday, March 16th, 2003 8:19 am

The creator of the long-running reality television series “COPS” fell 300 feet from an Oregon cliff into the Pacific Ocean and was missing, police and the Coast Guard said. Paul Stojanovich, 47, and his fiancee Kim Srowel were hiking Saturday at Treasures Cove, a bluff overlooking the ocean, when he slipped while stopping to pose for a picture… Read full obituary


Former Dodger Al Gionfriddo, 81

Posted: Sunday, March 16th, 2003 4:47 am

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Dame Thora Hird, 91

Posted: Sunday, March 16th, 2003 12:18 am

In a career lasting almost a century, Dame Thora Hird’s solid screen presence and distinctive northern tones made her an enduring favourite with British audiences. … Read full obituary


“District” Actress Lynne Thigpen, 54

Posted: Friday, March 14th, 2003 3:43 am

Production on CBS’ The District shut down Thursday as producers, cast and crew mourned the unexpected death of costar Lynne Thigpen. … Read full obituary


Actress-dancer Jean Sullivan, 79

Posted: Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 4:59 pm

Jean Sullivan, a Hollywood actress who became a ballet and flamenco dancer and a museum executive in New York, died on Feb. 27 in Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. She was 79. … Read full obituary


BREAKING: Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic confirmed assassinated

Posted: Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 5:58 am

The Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, has been assassinated in the capital, Belgrade. … Read full story


BREAKING: Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic only wounded?

Posted: Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 5:42 am

Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who spearheaded the popular revolt that toppled Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000, was seriously wounded Wednesday in an assassination attempt. … Read full story


BREAKING: Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic assassinated

Posted: Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 5:38 am

Story to come.


Singer-actor Adam Faith, 62

Posted: Sunday, March 9th, 2003 11:37 pm

Actor and pop star Adam Faith has died from a heart attack at the age of 62. The 60s entertainer died early on Saturday after falling ill the previous evening. … Read full obituary


British motorcycle champ Barry Sheene, 52

Posted: Sunday, March 9th, 2003 11:00 pm

Barry Sheene, Britain’s 500cc motorcycle world champion in 1976 and 1977, died today of cancer. An Australian resident for many years, Sheene, aged 52, died in hospital on Queensland’s Gold Coast about 2pm (AEDT). … Read full obituary


Writer-producer Fred Freiberger, 88

Posted: Saturday, March 8th, 2003 3:47 am

The Beast From 20,000 FathomsFred Freiberger, who wrote for such Golden Age of Television shows as “Zane Grey” and “Fireside Theatre” but was perhaps best remembered for producing the cult film classic “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” has died at age 88. … Read full obituary


Newsweek editor Kenneth Auchincloss, 65

Posted: Thursday, March 6th, 2003 2:54 pm

Kenneth Auchincloss, an editor at Newsweek who oversaw the magazine’s coverage of the past five US presidential elections, has died at the age of 65. … Read full obituary


Early out gay shrink John Fryer, 65

Posted: Wednesday, March 5th, 2003 1:51 am

John E. Fryer, a psychiatrist who electrified his colleagues by telling the 1972 convention of the American Psychiatric Association in a mask that he was a homosexual at a time homosexuality was classified as a mental illness, died on Feb. 21 in Philadelphia. He was 65. … Read full obituary