Archive for March, 2004

Surf-rock pioneer Jan Berry, 62

Posted: Monday, March 29th, 2004 8:57 am

Jan and Dean at the Whiskey A-Go-GoJan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits Deadman’s Curve and Little Old Lady from Pasadena, has died. He was 62. … Read full obituary


Oscar winner Peter Ustinov, 82

Posted: Monday, March 29th, 2004 8:21 am

Oscar-winning British actor and playwright Peter Ustinov, one of the world’s most entertaining raconteurs and mimics, has died at the age of 82. … Read full obituary


Spalding Gray’s body found in East River

Posted: Monday, March 8th, 2004 1:20 pm

NEW YORK — The body of actor-writer Spalding Gray was pulled from the East River over the weekend, two months after he walked out of his Manhattan apartment and disappeared. He was 62. … Read full obituary


Controversial ex-Red owner Marge Schott, 75

Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004 7:41 pm

CINCINNATI — Marge Schott, the tough-talking, chain-smoking former owner of the Cincinnati Reds who won a World Series and was repeatedly suspended for offensive remarks, died on March 2. She was 75. …

She reportedly used racial slurs to describe her players and repeatedly praised Hitler despite admonitions to keep quiet. … [S]he continued to publicly praise Hitler — saying he was “good at the beginning” but then “went too far”… Read full obituary