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The following people, appearing in volumes 1-23 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography, have died since the publication of the second edition and its supplements. Each entry lists the volume where the full biography can be found.
AMIN DADA, IDI (born circa 1926), president of Uganda, died from kidney failure in Saudi Arabia, on August 16, 2003 (Vol. 1).
BLANKERS-KOEN, FANNY (born 1918), Dutch track and field athlete, died in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 25, 2004 (Vol. 20).
BOORSTIN, DANIEL (born 1914), American historian, died of pneumonia in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2004 (Vol. 2).
BRANDO, MARLON (born 1924), American actor, died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 2004 (Vol. 2).
CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI (born 1908), French photographer and painter, died in l'Ile-sur-Sorgue, France, on August 2, 2004 (Vol. 19).
CASH, JOHNNY (born 1932), American singer and songwriter, died of complications from diabetes that lead to respiratory failure in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 12, 2003 (Vol. 3).
CHARLES, RAY (born 1932), American jazz musician-singer, pianist, and composer, died of acute liver disease in Beverly Hills, California, on June 10, 2004 (Vol. 3).
CONABLE, BARBER B., JR. (born 1922), head of the World bank, died of complications from a staph infection in Sarasota, Florida, on November 30, 2003 (Vol. 4).
COX, ARCHIBALD (born 1912), American lawyer, educator, author, labor arbitrator, and public servant, died of natural causes in Brooksville, Maine, on May 29, 2004 (Vol. 4).
DELLINGER, DAVID (born 1915), American pacifist, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Montpelier, Vermont, on May 25, 2004 (Vol. 4).
DUGAN, ALAN (born 1923), American poet, died of pneumonia in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on September 3, 2003 (Vol. 5).
EDERLE, GERTRUDE (born 1906), American swimmer, died of natural causes in Wycoff, New Jersey, on November 30, 2003 (Vol. 19).
FACKENHEIM, EMIL LUDWIG (bon 1916), liberal post World War II Jewish theologian, died in Jerusalem, Israel, on September 19, 2003 (Vol. 5).
GIBSON, ALTHEA (born 1927), African American tennis player, died in East Orange, New Jersey, on September 28, 2003 (Vol. 6).
GOLD, THOMAS (born 1920), American astronomer and physicist, died of heart disease in Ithaca, New York, on June 22, 2004 (Vol. 18).
GRAHAM, OTTO (born 1921), American football player and coach, died of an aneurysm to the heart in Sarasota, Florida, on December 17, 2003 (Vol. 21).
GUNN, THOM (born 1929), English poet, died in San Francisco, California, on April 25, 2004 (Vol. 18).
HAGEN, UTA THYRA (born 1919), American actress, died in Manhattan, New York, on January 14, 2004 (Vol. 18).
HEPBURN, KATHARINE (born 1907), American actress, died in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, on June 29, 2003 (Vol. 7).
HOPE, BOB (born 1903), entertainer in vaudeville, radio, television, and movies, died of pneumonia in Toluca Lake, California, on July 27, 2003 (Vol. 7).
IZETBEGOVIC, ALIJA (born 1926), president of the eight-member presidency of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, died due to complications following a fall in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on October 19, 2003 (Vol. 8).
JACKSON, MAYNARD HOLBROOK, JR. (born 1938), first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, died of a heart attack in Arlington, Virgina, on June 23, 2003 (Vol. 8).
JULIANA (born 1909), queen of the Netherlands, died of pneumonia in Baarn, Netherlands, on March 20, 2004 (Vol. 8).
KAZAN, ELIA (born 1909), American film and stage director, died in New York, New York, on September 28, 2003 (Vol. 8).
KERR, CLARK (born 1911), American economist, labor/management expert, and university president, died in El Cerrito, California, on December 1, 2003 (Vol. 8).
LAUDER, ESTEE (born circa 1908), founder of an international cosmetics empire, died of cardiopulmonary arrest in Manhattan, New York, on April 24, 2004 (Vol. 9).
LOPEZ, PROTILLO JOSE (born 1920), president of Mexico (1976-1982), died of pneumonia in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 17, 2004 (Vol. 9).
NIN-CULMELL, JOAQUIN MARIA (born 1908), American composer, pianist, and conductor, died from complications of a heart attack, in Berkeley, California, on January 14, 2004 (Vol. 11).
REAGAN, RONALD W. (born 1911), governor of California and U.S. president, died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 2004 (Vol. 13).
REGAN, DONALD (born 1918), American Secretary of the Treasury and White House chief of staff under President Ronald Reagan, died of cancer in Virginia, on June 10, 2003 (Vol. 13).
RIEFENSTAHL, LENI (born 1902), German film director, died in Poecking, Germany, on September 8, 2003 (Vol. 13).
SHOEMAKER, WILLIE (born 1931), American jockey and horse trainer, died of natural causes in San Marino, California, on October 12, 2003 (Vol. 21).
SIMON, PAUL (born 1928), newspaper publisher, Illinois state legislator, lieutenant governor, and U.S. representative and senator, died after undergoing heart surgery in Springfield, Illinois, on December 9, 2003 (Vol. 14).
TELLER, EDWARD (born 1908), Hungarian American physicist, died in Palo Alto, California, on September 9, 2003 (Vol. 15).
THURMOND, JAMES STROM (born 1902), American lawyer and statesman, died in Edgefield, South Carolina, on June 26, 2003 (Vol. 15).
WERNER, HELMUT (born 1936), German business executive, died in Berlin, Germany, on February 6, 2004 (Vol. 19).
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