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An alphabetical listing of names beginning with the letter G 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.

George Gaffney - December 4, 2002 (62) [Stroke] Pianist
Billy Gaines - June 18, 2003 (19) [Fell through a church ceiling] Football player at the University of Pittsburgh
Uziel Gal - September 7, 2002 (79) Inventor of the Uzi submachinegun
John S. Galbraith - June 10, 2003 (86) [Pneumonia] Historian
Leopoldo F. Galtieri - January 12, 2003 (76) Former dictator of Argentina
Jerry Gannon - June 2, 2002 (50) Drag racer
Joseph Garba - June 1, 2002 (59) Former United Nations General Assembly president
James H. Gardner - August 21, 2003 (79) [Heart failure] Former dean of the University of Utah School of Business and former deputy assistant secretary of defense
Kenny Gardner - July 26, 2002 (89) Singer
Jackie Gayle - November 23, 2002 (76) Comedian
John Geoghan - August 23, 2003 (68) [Killed in prison by another prisoner] Defrocked Boston, Massachusetts priest
Thomas Gephardt - November 18, 2002 (75) Former editorial page editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer
John D. Gerhart - July 15, 2003 (59) [Cancer] Former president of the American University in Cairo, Egypt
Samuel J. Gerson - July 12, 2003 (61) [Brain cancer] Former president of The Gap and former chairman and CEO of Filene's Basement
Harry Gerstad - July 17, 2002 (93) Movie and television film editor
Richard C. Gerstenberg - July 11, 2002 (92) Former chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors
Tom Gettys - June 8, 2003 (90) Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
H. Warren Ghormley - July 19, 2003 (84) [Alzheimer's disease] Co-founder of Dick's Drive-In restaurant chain
Joseph Giannelli - December 9, 2002 (76) [Leukemia] Former golf coach at the University of Connecticut
Maurice Gibb - January 12, 2003 (53) [Heart attack] Member of the music group the Bee Gees
Tom Gibb - July 4, 2003 (49) [Organ failure following a heart attack] Reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Clifford Allen Gillies - May 24, 2004 Former executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, in the state of Washington
Sid Gillman - January 3, 2003 (91) Former NFL football coach for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers and Houston Oilers
Claude Gilstrap - August 9, 2002 (88) Former head football coach at University of Texas-Arlington
Eli Ginzberg - December 12, 2002 (91) Economist
Helen Giuliani - September 8, 2002 (92) Mother of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
William Glover - December 20, 2002 (91) Former Associated Press editor and drama critic
Trevor Goddard - June 8, 2003 (37) [Drug overdose] Actor. Played Mic Brumby on JAG
Glenn Godfrey - August 3, 2002 (53) Former Alaska State Commissioner of Public Safety and former director of the Alaska State Troopers
Larry "Fats" Goldberg - January 27, 2003 (69) [Complications from Alzheimer's disease] Former food column writer for the New York Daily News, and book author
Bernard A. Goldhirsh - June 29, 2003 (63) [Complications from a brain tumor] Former publisher of Inc. Magazine, Technology Illustrated Magazine, and Self
Luis Andres Vargas Gomez - January 13, 2003 (87) [Kidney failure] Former Cuban ambassador to the United Nations, economist and anti-Castro activist
Robert A. Good - June 13, 2003 (81) Surgeon. Performed the first successful human bone marrow transplant.
R. N. Gooden - May 28, 2002 (74) Civil rights activist
Howard "Happy" Goodman - November 30, 2002 (81) Gospel singer with the Happy Goodman Family
Ron Goodwin - January 8, 2003 (77) Orchestra conductor and film composer
Alex Gordon - June 24, 2003 (80) [Cancer] Producer
Rosco Gordon - July 11, 2002 (74) Blues singer
Thomas Gordon - August 26, 2002 (84) Clinical psychologist and writer
Cliff Gorman - September 5, 2002 (65) Actor
John Gotti - June 10, 2002 (61) Mob boss
Jack Gould - November 11, 2002 Senior vice president of the Chicago White Sox
Marv Goux - July 27, 2002 (69) Former USC football player and assistant coach
Harry Goz - September 6, 2003 (71) [Cancer] Actor
Teresa Graves - October 10, 2002 (54) Actress
Delores Gray - June 26, 2002 (78) Actress and singer
Pete Gray - June 30, 2002 (87) Former major league baseball player
Adolph Green - October 23, 2002 (87) Songwriter
Bill Green - October 14, 2002 (73) Former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
Leonard Green - October 25, 2002 (68) Chairman of the Los Angeles Opera and founder of Leonard Green & Partners
Stanley Greenberg - August 25, 2002 (74) Screenwriter
Bill Greene - December 2, 2002 (72) [Complications from strokes, heart attacks and pneumonia] Former California state senator
Jesse L. Greenstein - October 21, 2002 (93) Astrophysicist
Bob Gregg - October 14, 2002 (82) Race car driver
Eugene T. "Bob" Gregorie - December 1, 2002 (94) Former design chief for the Ford Motor Company
James Gregory - September 16, 2002 (90) Actor
Henry M. Grether Jr. - September 8, 2003 (83) [Leukemia] Former dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law
Will Grimsley - October 31, 2002 (88) Former Associated Press sports writer
Ken Grimwood - June 6, 2003 (59) Writer
Tommy Groom - July 19, 2002 (57) Former Virginia Tech football player and assistant football coach at several colleges
Bill Grunkemeyer - June 16, 2003 (60) [Lou Gehrig's disease] Wildlife photographer
Eduard Gufeld - September 23, 2002 (66) Chess grandmaster
Charles Guggenheim - October 9, 2002 (78) Producer and director of documentary movies
David Gunstone - May 31, 2003 (41) [Fell off cliff] Rock climber and writer
Gerald Gunther - July 30, 2002 (75) Writer and former law professor
Billy Guy - November 12, 2002 (66) Singer with the Coasters
Carol Penney Guyer - July 7, 2002 (77) Philanthropist