Sports
Sam Bowens - Major league outfielder for the Orioles and Senators from 1963 to 1969, whose best season was 1964 when he batted .263 and hit 22 home runs with 71 RBI's for Baltimore, died March 28 in Wilmington, NC at age 64.
Daijiro Kato - Hugely popular Japanese motorcycle racer who won the World title in the 250cc in 2001, and who was considered Japan's top rider, died on April 19 from head and neck injuries sustained in a crash at the Grand Prix of Japan on April 6. He was 26 years old.
Mike Larrabee - American runner who surprised many when he won a gold medal in the 400-meter dash at the 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo at the age of 31, considered too old to stand a chance of winning, died April 22 of pancreatic cancer in Santa Maria, CA at age 69.
Joe Lee - Prolific and respected golf course designer who was involved in the design and renovation of more than 250 golf courses, who partnered for many years with noted architect Dick Wilson, and who worked on courses for Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus, died April 22 of heart failure in Boynton Beach, FL at age 81.
Bernie Little - Leading figure in unlimited hydroplane racing and owner of the famous Miss Budweiser boat, who was a fixture in the sport for decades and one of the most successful boat owners, including 22 championships, died April 25 of pneumonia in Lakeland, FL at age 77.
Norberto Longo - Well-known sports figure in the Spanish-speaking community as a sports commentator, who gained worldwide notoriety for his soccer coverage, but was equally well-known for covering many classic boxing matches for Telemundo, died April 19 of a heart attack in Miami at age 62.
John Paluck - Defensive lineman for the Washington Redskins who played in the NFL from 1956 to 1965, who was twice voted the team's most valuable player and was selected among its 100 all-time greatest players, died April 22 of colon cancer in Fairfax, VA at age 68.
Vernon Pugh - Chairman of the International Rugby Board, who helped revolutionize the sport, who set up the European club rugby competitions and pushed for rugby to become an Olympic sport, died April 24 in Cardiff, Wales of kidney cancer at age 57.
Mandy Jo Westermier - Oklahoma girl who had been a competitor on the junior rodeo circuit for about three years, died April 25 from injuries sustained in a freak rodeo accident (she had finished her run, had dismounted and was injured when another rider crashed into her at a high rate of speed). She was 14 years old.
Chris Zachary - Major league pitcher from 1963 through 1973 who played for the Colt 45's/Astros, Royals, Cardinals, Tigers and Pirates, who had a career 10-29 record mostly as a relief pitcher, died April 19 of bone marrow cancer in Knoxville, TN at age 59.

Art and Literature
Robert Blackburn - Artist who founded the influential Printmaking Workshop in New York, who developed innovative lithographic techniques developing a reputation as a foremost American art lithographer, and who printed for artists like Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler and Jasper Johns, died April 21 in New York at age 82.
Frank E. Manuel - Scholar and author who wrote historical treatises like "Utopian Thought in the Western World"e;, "A Portrait of Isaac Newton"e; and "Requiem for Karl Marx"e;, died April 23 in Boston at age 92.
Helen Honig Meyer - President of Dell Publishing from the early 50's until 1976, who was one of the first women to become a major figure not only at Dell but in American publishing as a whole, who made Dell the leading publisher of paperbacks and comics, and later hardbacks, issuing works by authors like Kurt Vonnegut, James Clavell, Irwin Shaw, Danielle Steel and Robert B. Parker, died April 21 in Livingston, NJ at age 95.
Joan Phipson - Australian children's book writer who won international fame for her novels, who was a key figure in establishing Australia as a leading country for children's literature, and who wrote books like "The Bounty Raiders"e;, "No Escape"e; and "Hide till Daytime"e;, died April 2, 2003 at age 90.
Mauro Rasi - One of Brazil's most successful and prolific playwrights, who was one of the creators of the theatre genres known as "besteirol"e; (theatre of foolishness), and who as a TV comedy show writer was considered the master of Brazilian comedy, died April 22 in Rio De Janeiro of lung cancer at age 52.
Cole Weston - Noted photographer and son of legendary photographer Edward Weston, who devoted much of his career to his father's work, as his assistant and later as his printer and executor of his estate, who was known as a "master colorist"e;, and whose prints sell for as much as $5,000 (his father's prints commonly sell for $300,000), died April 20 in Monterey, CA at age 84.

Politics and Military
James Critchfield - Powerful CIA operative who as a spymaster, soldier and diplomat was at the heart of a half century of historic moments, who did everything from recruiting former Third Reich members to spy on the Soviets, to supporting the political party that put Saddam Hussein in power, and whose memoir will be published in 2003, died April 22 of pancreatic cancer in Williamsburg, VA at age 86.
Martha Griffiths - U.S. Congresswoman from Michigan who served 10 terms from 1954 to 1982, best known for her fight to pass the Equal Rights Amendment and adding language banning sex discrimination to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, who was awarded the National Women's Hall of Fame Award and the Freedom Award among many other awards, died April 22 in Armada, MI at age 91.
Jared Jossem - Chairman of the state Republican Party in heavily-Democratic Hawaii, whose work helped pave the way for Gov. Linda Lingle's election as the state's first GOP governor in 40 years, died April 21 of kidney cancer in Honolulu at age 60.
Liz Karnes - Omaha, Nebraska civic leader and wife of former Nebraska Senator David Karnes, died April 24 of ovarian cancer in Omaha at age 53.
Richard Banks Redmayne - One of the few survivors of the Japanese attack of the USS Indianapolis during WW2, who clung to a life raft in shark-infested waters for five days before rescue, died April 21 in Seattle of pneumonia at age 84.
Norbert Schlei - Lawyer in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations who found the legal underpinning for the 1962 blockade of Cuba and wrote landmark civil rights legislation and who was only yards away from Robert Kennedy when Kennedy was fatally shot on the night of the California primary in 1968, died April 17 in Los Angeles after nearly a year in a coma after a heart attack. He was 73 years old.
Ed Warren - North Carolina state senator and representative who served as a Democrat from 1981 until 2002, who was known as a supporter of East Carolina University and for securing funds for the school, died April 24 in Greenville, NC of pneumonia at age 76.

Social and Religion
Mirza Tahir Ahmad - Known as Khalifatul Masih IV, spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya movement, an Islamic sect devoted to peace, that has more than 10 million members in 160 countries, who wrote such books as "Murder in the Name of Allah" and "Revelation, Rationality and Truth", died April 19 of a heart attack in London at age 74.
Luella Bennack - Philanthropist and wife of Hearst Corporation CEO Frank Bennack, who raised money on behalf of a variety of charitable causes, most notably United Cerebral Palsy, died April 17 in San Antonio, TX of a heart attack at age 67.
John Boker - One of the foremost philatelists (stamp collectors) of the 20th century who specialized in the fields of German States, U.S. Locals and U.S. Pre-cancels, who received numerous awards including the Smithsonian Institution's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, who was a well-known figure in WW2 military intelligence for which he received a Bronze Star and who was involved with the CIA in the early years of the cold war, died April 12 in Scarsdale, NY at age 90.
Gary Leon Brown - Alabama man convicted in the 1986 robbery and stabbing death of 60-year-old Jack McGraw, whom McGraw had on previous occasions paid for sex, was executed by lethal injection on April 24 in Atmore, AL at age 44.
Rev. Eric Butterworth - Theologian, lecturer and author with the Unity church, who was known for his lectures on how to change your lives by changing your thoughts, whose message drew public praise from celebrities, including Norman Vincent Peale, Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey, and who wrote 16 books including "Discover the Power Within You: A Guide to the Unexplored Depths Within"e;, died April 17 in Greenwich, CT at age 86.
Juan Chavez - Texas man who in 1995 went on a robbery and carjacking spree, during which he murdered at least 12 persons, and who was described by authorities as a "thrill killer"e; and "killing machine"e;, was executed by lethal injection on April 22 in Huntsville, TX at age 34.
Mary Christian - The oldest person in the United States and fourth oldest in the world, who witnessed the San Francisco earthquake as a teenager in 1906 and who got married in 1907(!) died April 20th of pneumonia in San Pablo, CA at age 113.
Ray Hicks - North Carolina storyteller who was the subject of numerous films, audio tapes and books preserving stories that captured the native oral traditions of the Appalachian Mountains, who appeared in the PBS series "The History of English"e;, died March 19 in Ashville, NC of prostate cancer at age 80.
Art Hupy - Photographer for UPI and Time magazine who founded the Museum of Northwest Art in LaConner, Washington, died April 17 after a long illness at age 78.
Robert Kleasen - Travis County Texas man who in 1974 was suspected of killing two young Mormon missionaries and cutting up their bodies with a chainsaw (said to be the inspiration for the movie "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), who was convicted of the murders and sentenced to death row but later had his sentence overturned on a technicality, and who moved to England and had been successfully fighting extradition back to the U.S., died April 21 of heart failure at Belmarsh Prison in London at the age of 70.
Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani - Former vicar general of Vatican City under John Paul II, who was responsible for handling day-to-day administration of the city-state, died April 19 in Vatican City at age 90.
Eugene Segro - Principal of Red Lion Area Junior High School in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, was inexplicably shot to death by student James Sheet on April 24 in the crowded school cafeteria before Sheets shot himself to death. He was 51 years old.
James Sheets - Middle school student from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, who on April 24 for unknown reasons pulled out a 44-caliber handgun in the crowded school cafeteria and shot school principal Eugene Segro to death, before pulling out a different gun and shooting himself to death. He was 14 years old.
Raymond Weill - Well-known philatelist, who with his brother Roger, built one of the world's most valuable stamp collections, which was sold to a London bank in 1989 for an undisclosed amount, but one stamp in the collection later sold for $3 million and another set of four stamps for $1.1 million, died April 21 of congestive heart failure in New Orleans at age 89.

Business and Science
Abram Bergson - Economist who is regarded as the dean of Soviet economic studies, who pursued the theory of social welfare throughout his career, but the bulk of his attention was often firmly directed at the Soviet Union, died April 23 in Cambridge, MA at age 89.
Russell Campbell - Expert in the teaching of foreign languages, who designed both programs to teach English in countries like China, and programs to teach foreign language to Americans, and who was the architect behind the language learning approach "immersion education"e;, died March 30 in Los Angeles of colon cancer at age 75.
Edgar F. Codd - Computer pioneer at IBM who in 1970 created the relational database model that underlies the $7 billion industry of storing the world's online business data, including bank accounts, credit cards, stock trading, travel reservations and online auctions, all based on Codd's model, died April 18 of heart failure in Williams Island, FL at age 79.
Saul Gellerman - Psychologist, management consultant and motivation expert who produced training films on employee relations and motivation and published 10 books including "How People Work: Psychological Approaches to Management Problems"e; and "How to Manage the Motivational Machine"e;, died March 26 in Cleveland after heart surgery at age 74.
Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson - British economist who was responsible for promoting what has become known as the "Mediterranean tradition"e; in economic thought, who wrote about economic thought in southern Europe and Spain at a time when these ideas were overlooked by historians, died April 12 in Malaga, Spain at age 93.
Sir Bernard Katz - Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist, known for his discoveries on the chemistry of the nervous system and the pineal gland in the brain, who shared the Nobel Prize with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler in 1970 for their findings on signal processing in the nervous system, died April 23 in London at age 92.
Marie-Claude Lilique - Granddaughter of Rene Lalique, the founder of the famed French art glass company, who ran the firm for the last 17 years introducing more luxury items like jewelry and perfume and designing her own glass pieces for sale, died April 14 in Fort Myers, FL at age 67.
John E. Riley - Longtime NASA spokesman who provided commentary during the first moon walk in 1969, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom as part of the Apollo 13 team, died April 17 of cancer in Houston at age 78.
Michael Stillman - Founder of Monitor Records in the early 1950's, that specialized in music from behind the Iron Curtain, which opened the doors to the western world of such Russian musicians as violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Emil Gilels, died April 15 in Somers, NY from pancreatic cancer at age 83.
Peter Wason - British psychologist and researcher, who laid the foundations for the modern study of thinking and reasoning, which has become a major international research field, whose 1972 book "Psychology of Reasoning: structure and content"e; remains one of the field's most influential, died April 17 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England at age 78.