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December 26, 2003/Tevet 1 5764, Vol. 56, No. 14
Notable Jewish deaths in 2003
STAFF REPORT
The Atlanta Jewish Times
ATLANTA - Here are some of the prominent and newsworthy Jews in America and around the world who died in 2003. Information has been gathered from several sources, including newspapers and Web sites, and uses both maternal and patrilineal descent as criteria.
Daniel Aaron, 77, refugee from Nazi Germany who went on to found the Comcast cable company.
George Axelrod, 81, play-wright ("The Seven Year Itch") and screenwriter ("The Manchurian Candidate").
Alfred Bernstein, 92, New Deal lawyer who led the movement to unionize federal workers.
Nell Carter, 54, black singer and actress who starred on Broadway and TV and was a convert to Judaism.
Simcha Dinitz, 74, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and chairman of the Jewish Agency.
Amram Ducovny, 73, novelist, playwright and father of actor David Duchovny.
Rabbi Steven Dworken, 58, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America.
Jules Engel, 94, animator who choreographed the dance sequences in Disney's "Fantasia" and created Mr. Magoo.
Sid Gillman, 91, Hall of Fame football coach and one of the inventors of the so-called West Coast offense.
Shirley P Glass, 67, psychologist and an expert on infidelity; mother of NPR radio host Ira Glass.
Buddy Hackett (born Leo-nard Hacker), 78, comedian who starred in nightclubs, television and movies.
Isser Harel, 91, Israeli master spy who directed the capture of Adolf Eichmann.
Ira Herskowitz, 56, geneticist who led efforts to learn how genetic differences affect drugs' effectiveness.
Eddie Jaffe, 89, legendary Broadway press agent who once got his client Joe Namath $10,000 for shaving his Fu Manchu mustache with a Schick electric razor.
Michael Kamen, 55, com-poser who won Grammys for melding rock and classical styles for groups such as Pink Floyd and Metallica.
Sir Bernard Katz, 92, who shared the 1970 Nobel Prize in Medicine for work ex-plaining how messages are transmitted between nerves and muscles.
Fred Kort, 80, businessman philanthropist who was one of only nine people known to have survived the Treblinka death camp.
Leon Levy, 77, philan-thropist who gave more than $140 million to the Metro-politan Museum of Art and other institutions.
Milton Lipson, 89, former Secret Service agent who guarded Presidents Roosevelt and Truman.
Bernard Manischewitz, 89, the last in his family to run the kosher food giant B. Manischewitz Co.
Herbie Mann, 73, jazz flutist who worked in a variety of styles.
Ilan Ramon, 48, Israel's first astronaut, who died in the Columbia space shuttle disaster. As a fighter pilot, he participated in the bombing of an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.
Dr. Peter Safar, 79, emergency medicine pioneer who developed CPR and the modern intensive care unit.
David Stern III, 94, creator of Francis the Talking Mule.
Sandy Tarlow, 59, advertising executive who created the image of Polo Ralph Lauren.
Edward Teller, 95, scientist who helped start the nuclear era with his work on the atomic bomb and played a leading role in inventing the hydrogen bomb.
Eugene Troobnick, 75, one of the founders of Chicago's famed "Second City" comedy troupe.
Leon Uris, 78, author of "Exodus" and several other popular novels.
Warren Zevon, 56, singer-songwriter known for his twisted sense of humor ("Werewolves of London," "Life'll Kill Ya").
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