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An alphabetical listing of names beginning with the letters H and I 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.

Buddy Hackett - June 30, 2003 (78) Comedian
Jeffrey K. Hadden - January 26, 2003 (66) University of Virginia professor, and writer
Jay D. Hair - November 15, 2002 (56) Former president of the National Wildlife Federation
Najeeb Halaby - July 2, 2003 (87) [Congestive heart failure] Former administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and former chief executive of Pan American World Airways
James H. Hale - January 12, 2003 (75) Former publisher of the Kansas City Star, and former president and chief executive of the San Francisco Newspaper Agency
Traynor Ora Halftown - July 5, 2003 (86) [Diabetes] Former host of Chief Halftown, a children's show on WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cliff Hall - September 30, 2002 (54) Publisher of the Topeka Metro News
Conrad L. Hall - January 4, 2003 (76) [Bladder cancer] Cinematographer
Phil Halpin - July 25, 2003 (65) [Cancer] Former Los Angeles deputy district attorney
Mason Hammong - October 13, 2002 (99) Former Harvard professor and writer
Lionel Hampton - August 31, 2002 (94) Jazz musician
Terome "T-Bone" Hannon - September 4, 2003 (39) [Stroke] Bass player for singer Jewel
Mary Hansen - December 9, 2002 (36) [Hit by a car while riding a bicycle] Member of the band Stereolab
Mel Harder - October 20, 2002 (93) Former pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
George Hardesty - July 17, 2003 (89) Founder of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Warren Harding - September 6, 2003 (83) [Complications of a stroke] Former mayor of Pleasanton, California and former president of the First National Bank of Pleasanton
Marion Hargrove - August 30, 2003 (83) Writer for movies and television
Bob Harmon - May 30, 2002 (69) Racing promoter
Bobby Harper - July 22, 2003 (64) [Lung cancer] Atlanta, Georgia radio personality
Harold Harris - September 7, 2003 (86) Former reporter for Journal-American, Brooklyn Eagle, and World Journal Tribune
Jonathan Harris - November 3, 2002 (87) Actor. Played Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost In Space
Richard Harris - October 25, 2002 (72) Actor
Sheldon H. Harris - August 31, 2002 (74) World War II historian
Leon Hart - September 24, 2002 (73) Heisman Trophy winner and former football player at Notre Dame and for the Detroit Lions
Vincent Hartgen - November 27, 2002 (88) Artist. Established the University of Maine art department.
Vance Hartke - July 27, 2003 (84) [Heart failure] Former United States senator from Indiana
Signe Hasso - June 7, 2002 (86) Actress
Quail Hawkins - August 16, 2002 (97) Writer
Bob Hayes - September 18, 2002 (59) Former Olympic track athlete and former football player with the Dallas Cowboys
Charles Albert "Chuck" Hayes - July 21, 2002 (68) Chairman and former chief executive offier of Guilford Mills
Ray Hayworth - September 25, 2002 (98) Former baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns and New York Giants
Ed Headrick - August 12, 2002 (78) Father of the modern Frisbee
Chick Hearn - August 5, 2002 (85) [Head injuries from falling] Sports broadcaster
Jo Jo Heath - Found stabbed to death December 30, 2002 (45) Former football player for the University of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles
H. Eric Heinemann - September 4, 2003 (71) [Car wreck] Financial reporter and economist
Andrew Heiskell - July 6, 2003 (87) Former chairman of Time Inc. and philanthropist
Gladys Medalie Heldman - June 22, 2003 (81) Former tennis player and founder of World Tennis magazine
Richard Helms - October 22, 2002 (89) Former CIA director
Arthur Helton - August 19, 2003 (54) [Terrorist attack in Baghdad, Iraq] Human rights activist, lawyer, writer and teacher
Luther Henderson - September 28, 2002 (82) Former chairman and president of Pier 1 Imports
Rick Henderson - May 21, 2004 (76) [Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease] Musician
Gregory Hennigar - May 31, 2003 (18) [Car crash] Penn State University football quarterback
Curt Henning - February 10, 2003 (44) [Acute cocaine intoxication] Professional wrestler known as "Mr. Perfect
William Erwin Henson - December 2, 2002 (78) [Head injuries from being struck by a pickup truck] Cartoonist
Katharine Hepburn - June 29, 2003 (96) Actress
Jim Hester - November 14, 2002 (57) Former football player for the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears
Bobby Joe Hill - December 8, 2002 (59) Former basketball player at Texas Western University
George Roy Hill - December 27, 2002 (81) [Parkinson's disease] Movie director
Hamlin Hill - July 16, 2002 (70) Writer
S. Richardson Hill - July 4, 2003 (80) [Prostate cancer] Physician and former president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Wendy Hilton - September 21, 2002 (71) Dancer and choreographer
Gregory Hines - August 9, 2003 (57) [Cancer] Dancer and actor
Al Hirschfeld - January 20, 2003 (99) Caricature artist
Omer Lee Hirst - July 29, 2003 (89) [Heart attack] Former Virginia state senator
Richard F. "Dick" Hixon - July 20, 2003 (71) [Brain hemorrhage] Former chairman of the journalism department at Rutgers University
Billy Ray Hobley - July 31, 2002 (48) Former member of the Harlem Globetrotters
Joy Hodges - January 19, 2003 (88) [Stroke] Singer and dancer
James Hoffman - February 8, 2003 (70) [Cancer] Catholic Bishop. Head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo, Ohio.
Neal Holmes - August 26, 2003 (72) [Cancer] Board chairman of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Franklyn D. Holzman - September 1, 2002 (83) Economist
Richard Homer - December 28, 2002 (82) Broadway and Off-Broadway producer
Morag Hood - October 5, 2002 (61) Actress
Bob Hope - July 27, 2003 (100) [Pneumonia] Comedian and actor
John Hope - June 13, 2002 (83) The Weather Channel hurricane forecaster
Johnny Hopp - June 1, 2003 (86) Former baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers
David Horowitz - October 27, 2002 (99) Newspaper reporter
Mildred Horton - August 22, 2003 (75) [Cancer] Erie, Pennsylvania civil rights leader
Michael "Mikey" Houser - August 10, 2002 (40) Singer and guitar player for the rock band Widespread Panic
Larry Hovis - September 9, 2003 (67) [Cancer] Actor, played Sgt. Carter on the television show Hogan's Heroes. Lecturer in the Theater Department at Texas State University.
Frances Humphrey Howard - September 23, 2002 (88) Sister of former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. and public service activist
Glenn Howard - August 28, 2003 (77) Former assistant athletic director for Amarillo Independent School District, in Amarillo, Texas
Harold Howe II - November 30, 2002 (84) Former United States commissioner of education
Gloria Howes - December 3, 2002 (72) [Injuries from falling] Former member of the New Mexico state senate
Peanuts Hucko (real name Michael Andres Hucko) - June 19, 2003 (85) Musician
Willis Hudlin - August 5, 2002 (96) Former pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and New York Giants
Vivi-Anne Hulten - January 15, 2003 (91) [Pneumonia] Former Olympic figure skater and former show director of the Ice Capades
J. R. Humphreys - August 25, 2003 (85) Former director of the School of General Studies creative writing program at Columbia University
Bill Humphries - September 6, 2003 (85) Former farming columnist for The News & Observer, in Raleigh, North Carolina
Herb Humphries - August 24, 2003 (71) Former reporter for KMOV-TV IN St. Louis, Missouri
Forrest "Woody" Hunt IV - December 21, 2002 (36) [Suicide] Former professional tennis player
Peter R. Hunt - August 14, 2002 (77) Film editor and director
Bill Hunter - December 16, 2002 (82) Founder of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team
Kim Hunter - September 11, 2002 (79) Actress
Rick Husband - February 1, 2003 (45) [Breakup of the space shuttle Columbia] Astronaut
Damon Huskey - May 19, 2004 (80) Former sheriff of Tutherford County in North Carolina
John "Whack" Hyder - February 9, 2003 (90) Former Georgia Tech basketball player
Ivan Illich - December 2, 2002 (76) Sociologist
William A. Ingram - May 26, 2002 (77) Federal judge
Frank Inn (real name Frank Freeman) - July 27, 2002 (86) Movie and television animal trainer
Charles Isaacs - December 13, 2002 (88) [Cancer] Television comedy writer