The following people, appearing in volumes 1-19 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography, have died since the publication of the second edition and its supplements. Each entry lists the volumes where the full biography can be found.
BOURGUIBA, HABIB (born 1903), Tunisian statesman, died in Monastir, Tunisia, April 6, 2000 (Vol. 2).
BOWLES, PAUL (born 1910), American author and composer, died of heart failure in Morocco, November 18, 1999 (Vol. 19).
CRAXI, BETTINO (born 1934), Italian prime minister, died of heart failure in Tunisia, January 19, 2000 (Vol. 4).
ELION, GERTRUDE B. (born 1918), American biochemist and Nobel laureate who helped create drugs to treat leukemia and herpes, died at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 21, 1999 (Vol. 5).
FANFANI, AMINTORE (born 1908), Italian prime minister, died in Rome, Italy, November 20, 1999 (Vol. 5).
FARMER, JAMES (born 1920), American civil rights activist who led the 1961 "freedom rides" to desegregate interstate buses and terminals, died of congestive heart failure at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia, July 9, 1999 (Vol. 5).
FERGUSON, HOWARD (born 1908), Irish musician and composer, died in Cambridge, England, November 1, 1999 (Vol. 18).
FUCHS, SIR VIVIAN (born 1908), English explorer and geologist who led the first expedition to cross Antarctica by land, died in Cambridge, England, November 11, 1999 (Vol. 6).
GORBACHEV, RAISA MAXIMOVNA (born 1932), first lady of the Soviet Union and wife of President Mikhail Gorbachev, died of leukemia in Muenster, Germany, September 20, 1999 (Vol. 6).
HASSAN II (born 1929), Moroccan king who was a voice of moderation in Middle Eastern politics during his 38-year reign, died of pneumonia at Avicennes Hospital in Rabat, Morocco, July 23, 1999 (Vol. 7).
HELLER, JOSEPH (born 1923), American author whose novel, Catch-22, defined the paradox of the no-win situation, died of heart failure in East Hampton, New York, December 12, 1999 (Vol. 7).
HUNDERTWASSER, FRIEDENSREICH (born 1928), Austrian-born painter and spiritualist, died of heart failure while on board the cruise ship, Queen Elizabeth II, February 19, 2000 (Vol. 8).
KIRKLAND, JOSEPH LANE (born 1922), American labor leader who served as president of the AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995, died of lung cancer in Washington, DC, August 14, 1999 (Vol. 9).
KNIPLING, EDWARD (born 1909), American entomologist, died in Arlington, Virginia, March 17, 2000 (Vol. 9).
NKOMO, JOSHUA MQABUKO (born 1917), vice president of Zimbabwe and a leader of his country's struggle for independence from colonial rule, died of prostate cancer in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 1, 1999 (Vol. 11).
OGILVY, DAVID MACKENZIE (born 1911), American advertising executive who founded the international advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather, died in Touffou, France, July 21, 1999 (Vol. 11).
POWELL, ANTHONY (born 1905), English novelist, died in Frome, England, March 28, 2000 (Vol. 12).
SARRAUTE, NATHALIE TCHERNIAK (born 1900), French novelist who gained fame as a member of the "Nouveau Roman" movement in the late 1950s, died in Paris, France, October 19, 1999 (Vol. 13).
SCHULZ, CHARLES (born 1922), American cartoonist who created the "Peanuts" comic strip, died of colon cancer in Santa Rosa, California, February 12, 2000 (Vol. 14).
SEABORG, GLENN THEODORE (born 1912), American chemist who discovered ten atomic elements and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1951, died in Lafayette, California, February 25, 1999 (Vol. 14).
SOBCHAK, ANATOLY (born 1937), Russian politician who was elected mayor of St. Petersburg in 1990, died of heart failure in Kaliningrad, Russia, February 20, 2000 (Vol. 14).
TIMERMAN, JACOBO (born 1923), Argentine author who chronicled his experiences as a political prisoner, died of heart failure in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 11, 1999 (Vol. 15).
TUDJMAN, FRANJO (born 1922), Croatian president who led his country to independence from Yugoslavia and became its first popularly elected leader, died in Zagreb, Croatia, December 10, 1999 (Vol. 15).
ZUMWALT, ELMO (born 1920), American naval officer who commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam, died in Durham, North Carolina, January 2, 2000 (Vol. 16).
The following people, appearing in volumes 1-22 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.
AGNELLI, GIOVANNI (born 1920), Italian industrialist, died in Turin, Italy, on January 24, 2003 (Vol. 1).
BALAGUER Y RICARDO, JOAQUIN (born 1907), Dominican president, died of heart failure in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on July 14, 2002 (Vol. 1).
BANZER SUAREZ, HUGO (born 1926), Bolivian president, died of a heart attack in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on May 5, 2002 (Vol. 1).
BELAUNDE TERRY, FERNANDO (born 1912), Peruvian president, died of complications following a stroke in Lima, Peru, on June 4, 2002 (Vol. 2).
BERIO, LUCIANO (born 1925), Italian composer, died in Rome, Italy, on May 27, 2003 (Vol. 2).
BRINKLEY, DAVID (born 1920), American journalist, died due to complications following a fall in Houston, Texas, on June 11, 2003 (Vol. 8; group entry entitled "Huntley and Brinkley").
CELA Y TRULOCK, CAMILO JOSE (born 1916), Spanish author, died of heart disease in Madrid, Spain, on January 17, 2002 (Vol. 3).
CHADWICK, LYNN RUSSELL (born 1914), English sculptor, died in Stroud, England, on April 25, 2003 (Vol. 18).
CHARGAFF, ERWIN (born 1905), Austrian biochemist, died of natural causes in New York, New York, on June 20, 2002 (Vol. 3).
EBAN, ABBA (born 1915), Israeli statesman, diplomat, and scholar, died near Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 17, 2002 (Vol. 5).
FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN (born 1930), American filmmaker, died of complications following a stroke in Los Angeles, California, on July 6, 2002 (Vol. 22).
GADAMER, HANS-GEORG (born 1900), German philosopher, classicist, and interpretation theorist, died in Heidelberg, Germany, on March 14, 2002 (Vol. 6).
GALTIERI, LEOPOLDO FORTUNATO (born 1926), Argentine president, died of heart and respiratory ailments in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 12, 2003 (Vol. 6).
GARDNER, JOHN W. (born 1912), American educator, public official, and political reformer, died in Palo Alto, California, on February 16, 2002 (Vol. 6).
GOULD, STEPHEN JAY (born 1941), American paleontologist, died of cancer in New York, New York, on May 20, 2002 (Vol. 6).
HAMPTON, LIONEL (born 1908), American jazz musician, died of natural causes in New York, New York, on August 31, 2002 (Vol. 22).
HEYERDAHL, THOR (born 1914), Norwegian explorer, anthropologist, and author, died of cancer in Colla Micheri, Italy, on April 18, 2002 (Vol. 18).
ILLICH, IVAN (born 1926), American theologian, educator, and social critic, died in Bremen, Germany, on December 2, 2002 (Vol. 8).
JENKINS, ROY HARRIS (born 1920), British politician and author, died in Oxfordshire, England, on January 5, 2003 (Vol. 8).
JORDAN, JUNE (born 1936), Jamaican-American poet and activist, died if breast cancer in Berkeley, California, on June 14, 2002 (Vol. 8).
LEBED, ALEXANDER IVANOVICH (born 1950), Russian general and politician, died in a helicopter accident in Siberia, Russia, on April 28, 2002 (Vol. 18).
LIPPOLD, RICHARD (born 1915), American sculptor, died in Roslyn, New York, on August 22, 2002 (Vol. 9).
LUNS, JOSEPH (born 1911), Dutch political leader, died after a long illness in Brussels, Belgium, on July 17, 2002 (Vol. 10).
MARCUS, STANLEY (born 1905), American businessman, died in Dallas, Texas, on January 22, 2002 (Vol. 19).
MAULDIN, BILL (born 1921), American cartoonist, died of pneumonia in Newport Beach, California, on January 22, 2003 (Vol. 10).
MERTON, ROBERT K. (born 1910), American sociologist, died in New York, New York, on February 23, 2003 (Vol. 10).
MINK, PATSY TAKEMOTO (born 1927), American politician, died of pneumonia in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 28, 2002 (Vol. 18).
MOYNIHAN, DANIEL PATRICK (born 1927), American politician, died of complications following abdominal surgery in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2003 (Vol. 11).
NE WIN (born 1911), Burmese political leader, died in Yangon, Myanmar, on December 5, 2002 (Vol. 11).
NOZICK, ROBERT (born 1938), American philosopher, died of stomach cancer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 23, 2002 (Vol. 11).
PERUTZ, MAX (born 1914), English crystallographer and biochemist, died of cancer in Cambridge, England, on February 6, 2002 (Vol. 12).
RAWLS, JOHN (born 1921), American political philosopher, died of heart failure in Lexington, Massachusetts, on November 24, 2002 (Vol. 13).
REBER, GROTE (born 1911), American radio astronomer, died in Tasmania, Australia, on December 20, 2002 (Vol. 21).
RIESMAN, DAVID (born 1909), American sociologist, writer, and social critic, died in Binghamton, New York, on May 10, 2002 (Vol. 13).
RIVERS, LARRY (born 1923), American artist, died of liver cancer in Southampton, New York, on August 14, 2002 (Vol. 13).
ROGERS, FRED (born 1928), American television host, died of stomach cancer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 13, 2003 (Vol. 18).
ROSTOW, WALT WHITMAN (born 1916), American educator, economist, and government official, died in Austin, Texas, on February 13, 2003 (Vol. 13).
SHAPEY, RALPH (born 1921), American composer, conductor, and teacher, died of heart and kidney failure in Chicago, Illinois, on June 13, 2002 (Vol. 14).
SISULU, WALTER MAX ULYATE (born 1912), South African activist, died in South Africa on May 5, 2003 (Vol. 14).
SNEAD, SAM (born 1912), American golfer, died from complications following a stroke in Hot Springs, Virginia, on May 23, 2002 (Vol. 21).
SOELLE, DOROTHEE (born 1929), German theologian, political activist, and feminist, died in Goeppingen, Germany, on April 27, 2003 (Vol. 14).
TODD, REGINALD STEPHEN GARFIELD (born 1908), Zimbabwean politician, died from complications following a stroke in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on October 13, 2002 (Vol. 18).
UNITAS, JOHNNY (born 1933), American football player, died of a heart attack in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 11, 2002 (Vol. 20).
VANCE, CYRUS R. (born 1917), American secretary of the Army and secretary of state, died of pneumonia in New York, New York, on January 12, 2002 (Vol. 15).
WEAVER, PAT (born 1908), American television executive, died of pneumonia in Santa Barbara, California, on March 15, 2002 (Vol. 19).
WHITE, BYRON R. (born 1917), American U.S. deputy attorney general and U.S. Supreme Court justice, died of pneumonia in Denver, Colorado, on April 15, 2002 (Vol. 16).
WILDER, BILLY (born 1906), American film director, screenwriter, and producer, died of pneumonia in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27, 2002 (Vol. 21).
WILLIAMS, TED (born 1918), American baseball player, died of cardiac arrest in Inverness, Florida, on July 5, 2002 (Vol. 19).
ZINDEL, PAUL (born 1936), American author and playwright, died of cancer in New York, New York, on March 27, 2003 (Vol. 18).
The following people, appearing in volumes 1-18 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography, have died since the publication of the second edition and its volume 18 supplement. Each entry lists the volume where the full biography can be found.
ABZUG, BELLA (born 1920), liberal lawyer and unconventional politician, who worked energetically for civil and women's rights and served three terms as a member of the U.S. Congress, died of complications following heart surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, New York, March 31, 1998 (Vol. 1).
BLACKMUN, HARRY (born 1908), U.S. Supreme Court justice who became a passionate defender of the right to abortion, died of complications following hip replacement surgery in Arlington, Virginia, March 4, 1999 (Vol. 2).
BRADLEY, TOM (born 1917), first African American mayor of Los Angeles, who won election five times and served a record 20 years in office, died of a heart attack at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, September 29, 1998 (Vol. 2).
CARMICHAEL, STOKELY (born 1941), American civil rights activist who stood at the forefront of the Black Power movement of the 1960s, died of cancer in Conakry, Guinea, November 15, 1998 (Vol. 3).
DIMAGGIO, JOE (born 1914), American baseball star whose 56-game hitting streak with the New York Yankees in 1941 made him an indelible American folk hero, died of lung cancer at his home in Hollywood, Florida, March 8, 1999 (Vol. 5).
HUGHES, TED (born 1930), eminent British poet who led a resurgence of English poetic innovation and was named poet laureate in 1985, died of cancer at his home in North Tawton, England, October 28, 1998 (Vol. 8).
HUSSEIN IBN TALAL (born 1935), third ruler of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, was the longest-ruling monarch of his time and one of the most skillful politicians of the second half of the 20th century, died of cancer in Amman, Jordan, February 7, 1999 (Vol 8).
KUBRICK, STANLEY (born 1928), American film director who won acclaim for films he directed during the 1950s, but was best known for his later work including Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange, died at his home in Hertfordshire, England, March 7, 1999 (Vol 18).
KUROSAWA, AKIRA (born 1910), Japanese film director who was noted for his visually arresting and intellectually adventurous evocations of Japan's mythic past and agonized present, died of a stroke at his home in Tokyo, Japan, September 5, 1998 (Vol. 9).
MARTIN, WILLIAM McCHESNEY, JR. (born 1906), American business executive and federal government official, directed major financial institutions and played a prominent role in shaping national economic policy in the 1950s and 1960s, died of respiratory failure at his home in Washington, DC, July 27, 1998 (Vol. 10).
MURDOCH, IRIS (born 1919), British novelist and philosopher, whose works portrayed characters with warped and dreamlike perceptions of reality, died at a nursing home in Oxford, England, February 8, 1999 (Vol. 11).
POWELL, LEWIS F., JR. (born 1907), U.S. Supreme Court justice who led the moderate center faction during his 15-year tenure, died of pneumonia at his home in Richmond, Virginia, August 25, 1998 (Vol. 12).
ROBBINS, JEROME (born 1918), a major creative force on both the Broadway and ballet stages, who extended the possibilities of musical theater and brought a contemporary American perspective to classical dance, died of a stroke at his home in New York, New York, July 29, 1998 (Vol. 13).
SHEPARD, ALAN (born 1923), the first American in space, whose historic 1961 flight was immortalized in the book and movie, The Right Stuff, died of leukemia at a hospital in Monterey, California, July 21, 1998 (Vol. 14).
WALLACE, GEORGE CORLEY (born 1919), governor of Alabama and presidential candidate who built his political career on segregation, died of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama, September 13, 1998 (Vol. 16).
ZHIVKOV, TODOR (born 1911), the Communist ruler of Bulgaria from 1954 until his ouster in 1989, died of complications following a respiratory infection at a hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria, August 5, 1998 (Vol. 16).
The following people, appearing in volumes 1-21 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.
BARNARD, CHRISTIAAN N. (born 1922), South African surgeon, died in Paphos, Cyprus, on September 2, 2001 (Vol. 2).
BERLE, MILTON (born 1908), American entertainer and actor, died in Los Angeles, California, on March 27, 2002 (Vol. 18).
BIRENDRA (born 1945), Nepalese king, died on June 1, 2001 (Vol. 2).
BLOCK, HERBERT (born 1909), American newspaper cartoonist, died of pneumonia in Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2001 (Vol. 2).
CAMPOS, ROBERTO OLIVEIRA (born 1917), Brazilian economist and diplomat, died of heart failure in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 9, 2001 (Vol. 18).
ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON (born 1900), queen and queen mother of Great Britain, died in Windsor, England, on March 30, 2002 (Vol. 5).
GRAHAM, KATHARINE MEYER (born 1917), American publisher, died in Boise, Idaho, on July 17, 2001 (Vol. 6).
HUSSEINI, FAISAL (born 1940), Palestinian political leader, died of heart failure in Kuwait on May 31, 2001 (Vol. 19).
KYPRIANOU, SPYROS (born 1932), Republic of Cyprus president, died of cancer in Nicosia, Cyprus, on March 12, 2002 (Vol. 9).
ONG TENG CHEONG (born 1936), Singaporean president, died of lymphoma on February 8, 2002 (Vol. 11).
PAZ ESTENSSORO, VICTOR (born 1907), Bolivian statesman, died of complications of a severe blood clot in Tarija, Bolivia, on June 7, 2001 (Vol. 12).
PEREZ JIMENEZ, MARCOS (born 1914), Venezuelan dictator, died in Madrid, Spain, on September 20, 2001 (Vol. 12).
SAVIMBI, JONAS MALHEIROS (born 1934), Angolan leader, died in eastern Angola on February 22, 2002 (Vol. 13).
SULLIVAN, LEON HOWARD (born 1922), African American civil rights leader and minister, died of leukemia in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 24, 2001 (Vol. 15).
THIEU, NGUYEN VAN (born 1923), South Vietnamese president, died in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 29, 2001 (Vol. 15).
THOMAS, DAVE (born 1932), American businessman, died of liver cancer in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on January 8, 2002 (Vol. 18).
WARMERDAM, DUTCH (born 1915), American pole vaulter, died in Fresno, California, on November 13, 2001 (Vol. 21).
The following people, appearing in volumes 1-20 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.
ASSAD, HAFIZ (born 1930), Syrian president, died of heart failure in Damascus, Syria, June 10, 2000 (Vol. 1).
BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI) (born 1908), European painter and stage designer, died in Rossiniere, Switzerland, February 18, 2001 (Vol. 1).
BANDARANAIKE, SIRIMAVO (born 1916), Sri Lankan prime minister, died of heart failure in Sri Lanka, October 10, 2000 (Vol. 1).
BLOCH, KONRAD (born 1912), American biochemist, died of heart failure in Burlington, Massachusetts, October 15, 2000 (Vol. 2).
DONG, PHAM VAN (born 1906), Vietnamese premier, died in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 29, 2000 (Vol. 5).
FIGUEIREDO, JOAO BATISTA DE OLIVEIRA (born 1918), Brazilian president, died of heart failure in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 24, 1999 (Vol. 5).
GUINNESS, ALEC (born 1914), British actor, died of liver cancer in Midhurst, England, August 5, 2000 (Vol. 7).
HARTSHORNE, CHARLES (born 1897), American theologian, died in Austin, Texas, October 9, 2000 (Vol. 7).
LAWRENCE, JACOB (born 1917), American painter, died in Seattle, Washington, June 9, 2000 (Vol. 9).
LINDBERGH, ANNE MORROW (born 1906), American author and aviator, died in Passumpsic, Vermont, February 7, 2001 (Vol. 9).
PUENTE, TITO (born 1923), American musician, died in New York, May 31, 2000 (Vol. 12).
QUINE, WILLARD VAN ORMAN (born 1908), American philosopher, died in Boston, Massachusetts, December 25, 2000 (Vol. 12).
RICHARD, MAURICE "ROCKET" (born 1921), Canadian hockey player, died in Montreal, Canada, May 27, 2000 (Vol. 19).
ROWAN, CARL T. (born 1925), American journalist, author, and ambassador, died in Washington, DC, September 23, 2000 (Vol. 13).
SEGAL, GEORGE (born 1924), American sculptor, died of cancer in New Jersey, June 9, 2000 (Vol. 14).
SIMON, HERBERT ALEXANDER (born 1916), American economist, died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 9, 2001 (Vol. 14).
SITHOLE, NDABANINGI (born 1920), African political activist, died in Darby, Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000 (Vol. 14).
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT (born 1919), Canadian prime minister, died of prostate cancer on September 28, 2000 (Vol. 15).
XENAKIS, IANNIS (born 1922), Greek-French composer and architect, died in Paris, France, February 4, 2001 (Vol. 16).
ZATOPEK, EMIL (born 1922), Czechoslovakian runner, died in Prague, Czech Republic, November 22, 2000 (Vol. 20).
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