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An alphabetical listing of names beginning with the letter J 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.

Maynard Jackson - June 23, 2003 (65) Former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Tony Jackson - August 18, 2003 (63) [Cirrhosis of the liver] Former bass player and singer with the band The Searchers
Josephine Jacobsen - July 9, 2003 (94) Poet and short story writer
Thomas Jacobsen - July 20, 2002 (62) Former chairman of Firstar Bank
Jam Master Jay (real name Jason Mizell) - October 30, 2002 (37) Member of the rap music group Run DMC
Pat James - August 20, 2003 (76) [Stroke] Former assistant football coach at the University of Alabama and founder of Pat James' Full Moon Barbecue on Birmingham's Southside, in Birmingham, Alabama
George Marshall Jamison - September 2, 2003 (85) [Congestive heart failure] Actor and former producer for Nebraska Educational Television Network
Gertrude Janeway - January 17, 2003 (93) Last widow of a Union Civil War veteran
Gunnar Jarring - May 29, 2002 (94) Former ambassador for Sweden to the United Nations and former United Nations Middle East mediator
Matt Jeffries - July 21, 2003 (82) [Heart attack] Television and movie art director
Bill Jennings - June 8, 2002 (84) Former college football coach
Adele Jergens - November 22, 2002 (84) Actress
Scott Jernigan - June 10, 2003 (27) [Boat wreck] Drummer of the band Karp
Phyllis Joffe - August 17, 2002 (58) Journalist and producer for National Public Radio and journalism teacher
Walter Johns - August 24, 2002 (91) Former syndicated sports columnist
Ssmuel Johnson - May 22, 2004 (76) [Cancer] Billionaire and former chairman of SC Johnson
Chester "Swede" Johnston - September 19, 2002 (92) Former Green Bay Packers football player
Laurence Jolidon - August 20, 2002 (64) NATO peacekeeping force media spokesman and former war correspondent
David Jolley - November 4, 2002 (60) Former publisher of The Toronto Star
Robert F. Jones - December 18, 2002 (68) Outdoor writer
June Jordan - June 14, 2002 (65) Poet
Katy Jurado - July 5, 2002 (78) Actress
Nathan Juran - October 23, 2002 (95) Movie director and movie art director