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An alphabetical listing of names beginning with the letter C which have been in RECENT DEATHS since we started that feature. Names remain in RECENT DEATHS for two months, based on date of death.
After two months, they are moved here in the DEATHS ARCHIVES. For a listing of people who have died less than two months ago, visit RECENT DEATHS.

Melvin "Sunshine" Calvert - August 13, 2003 (93) Horse trainer
Connie Bennett Cameron - July 28, 2003 (51) [Heart attack] Editor and publisher of The Seattle Medium newspaper
John Cannady - September 28, 2002 (79) Former football player for the New York Giants
Rosa Maria Cardini - September 3, 2003 (75) [Kidney failure] Former president of Caesar Cardini Foods, Inc.
Pete Carlesimo - June 22, 2003 (87) Former executive director of college basketball's National Invitation Tournament
Michael C. Carlos - December 14, 2002 (75) [Lung cancer] Philanthropist
Jimmy Carnahan - July 1, 2003 (73) [Fell off a ladder] Former city editor for The Tennessean
Billie Carr - September 9, 2002 (74) Democratic activist
C. James Carrico - July 25, 2002 (67) Surgeon
Charles O. "Chuck" Carroll - June 23, 2003 (96) Former football player at the University of Washington and former prosecutor for King County in the state of Washington
Lucille Ryman Carroll - October 23, 2002 (96) Former head of the MGM talent department
Vinnette Carroll - November 5, 2002 (80) Actress, playwright and director
Benny Carter - July 12, 2003 (95) Jazz musician, composer and orchestra leader
Dave Carter - July 19, 2002 (49) Singer and songwriter
Nell Carter - January 23, 2003 (54) Singer and actress
Peter Carter - August 1, 2002 (37) Swiss tennis coach and captain of Switzerland's Davis Cup team
Katrin Cartlidge - September 7, 2002 (41) Actress
Dan Case - June 24, 2002 (44) Banker
Len Casanova - September 30, 2002 (97) Former University of Oregon head football coach
Anthony Celebrezze Jr. - July 4, 2003 (61) [Heart attack] Former Ohio secretary of state and former Ohio attorney general
Henry Chaucey - December 3, 2002 (97) Founder of Educational Testing Service
Nancy Chaffee - August 11, 2002 (73) Former professional tennis player
Joseph Chaikin - June 22, 2003 (67) [Congenital heart failure] Actor
James B. Chapin - September 30, 2002 (60) Political analyst and chairman of World Hunger Year
Clive Charles - August 26, 2003 (51) [Prostate cancer] Coach of the men's and women's soccer teams at the University of Portland in Oregon and former coach of The U.S. men's Olympic soccer team
David Charnay - October 2, 2002 (90) Founder of Allied Public Relations, writer and former chairman of Four Star Television Productions
Rick Chase (real name George Fryer) - Found dead in his apartment December 16, 2002 (45) Morning radio personality at KWIN-FM radio in Stockton, California
Kalpana Chawla - February 1, 2003 (41) [Breakup of the space shuttle Columbia] Astronaut
George Chemeres - November 15, 2002 (87) Former boxing trainer, manager and promoter
Georges-Andre Chevallaz - September 8, 2002 (87) Former president of Switzerland
Susan Chilcott - September 4, 2003 (40) [Breast cancer] Opera singer
George Christian - November 27, 2002 (75) Former White House press secretary
Kam Fong Chun - October 18, 2002 (84) Actor
James A. Church - December 31, 2002 (70) Travel and diving magazines writer, and underwater photographer
Laurel Clark - February 1, 2003 (41) [Breakup of the space shuttle Columbia] Astronaut
W. W. "Foots" Clements - October 3, 2002 (88) Former president, chief operating officer and chairman of Dr Pepper
Richard Cleveland - July 27, 2002 (72) Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
Rosemary Clooney - June 29, 2002 (74) Singer and actress
Elizabeth Coblentz - September 17, 2002 (66) Writer of The Amish Cook syndicated column
James Coburn - November 18, 2002 (74) Actor
John Cocke - July 16, 2002 (77) Computer scientist
Herman Cohen - June 2, 2002 (76) Movie producer and writer
Edward Louis Cole - August 27, 2002 (79) Founder of Christian Men's Network
John Cole - January 8, 2003 (79) [Cancer] Newspaper, magazine and book writer about politics and nature
Ken Coleman - August 21, 2003 (78) [Complications from bacterial meningitis] Former broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Reds
Priscilla "Patsy" Bullitt Collins - June 25, 2003 (82) [Lung cancer] Philanthropist and conservationist
Ernie Comalli - August 30, 2003 (83) Former Sonoma County (California) assessor
Charles E. Compton - July 12, 2003 (88) Inventor and founder of Grafton Coal Company
Keven "Dino" Conner - January 28, 2003 (28) [Car crash] Singer and songwriter
Ray Conniff - October 12, 2002 (85) Orchestra leader and composer
C. E. "Pep" Cooney - September 3, 2003 (70) [Aortic embolism] Former senior vice president of Gannett Broadcasting, and former president and general manager of KPNX Broadcasting in Phoenix, Arizona
Art Cooper - June 9, 2003 (65) [Stroke] Former editor in chief of GQ magazine
John Coplans - August 21, 2003 (83) Photographer, painter and former editor of Artforum magazine
Jeff Corey - August 16, 2002 (88) Actor and drama teacher
Louis T. Corsaletti - October 7, 2002 (69) Reporter for The Seattle Times
Albert Costello - September 3, 2002 (66) Former chairman of W. R. Grace & Company and of American Cyanamid Company
Les Costello - December 10, 2002 (74) [Head injury from falling on ice] Former hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Cavin Councilor - June 19, 2002 (38) Race car driver
Nandrea Courts - May 27, 2002 (39) Television actress
Damien Covington - November 29, 2002 (29) Former football player for the Buffalo Bills
John Wesley Cox - June 6, 2003 (73) [Surgery complications] Civil rights leader
Edward Crane - December 5, 2002 (74) [Stroke] Former president and chief executive of Ozark Airlines and former vice chairman of Trans World Airlines
Gerald Crawford - December 28, 2002 (72) Former editor and director of new media for the Albuquerque Journal
Jim Crawford - August 6, 2002 (54) Former race car driver
William R. Crawford - August 4, 2002 (74) Former United States ambassador to Cyprus and Yemen
Jack Dalton Creel - August 13, 2002 (86) Former professional baseball player
Richard Crenna - January 17, 2003 (76) [Pancreatic cancer] Actor
John Crittenden - July 30, 2003 (69) Sports writer for The Palm Beach Post
Hume Cronyn - June 15, 2003 (91) [Prostate cancer] Actor
John Crosby - December 15, 2002 (76) Founder and former general director of the Santa Fe Opera
Robin Crosby - June 6, 2002 (42) Musician
B. Roberto Cruz - September 4, 2002 (61) Founder of National Hispanic University
Celia Cruz - July 16, 2003 (77) [Brain tumor] Singer
Ward Cuff - December 24, 2002 (89) Former football player for the New York Giants, Chicago Cardinals and Green Bay Packers
Briggs Swift Cunningham Jr. - July 2, 2003 (96) [Complications of Alzheimer's disease] Former captain of an America's Cup yacht, involved in the founding of the Automobile Racing Club of America and the Sports Car Club of America
Keene Curtis - October 13, 2002 (79) Actor
Richard Cusack - June 3, 2003 (77)[Pancreatic cancer] Actor, producer and writer