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An alphabetical listing of names beginning with the letter K 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.

Martin Kamen - September 1, 2002 (89) Chemist
Herb Kamm - September 25, 2002 (85) Journalist
Gene Kan - June 29, 2002 (25) [Suicide] Gnutella program developer
Krishan Kant - July 26, 2002 (75) Vice President of India
Harvey E. Kapnick - August 16, 2002 (77) Former chairman and CEO of Arthur Anderson
Yousuf Karsh - July 13, 2002 (93) Photographer
Lehman "Lee" Katz - May 29, 2003 (89) Movie associate producer
Karlis Kaufmanis - June 21, 2003 (93) [Stroke] Former professor at the University of Minnesota
Genichi Kawakami - May 25, 2002 (90) Former Yamaha Corporation president
Bob Kay (real name Robert H. Kornfeld) December 9, 2002 (82) [Prostate cancer] Former news anchor for WAVE radio and WAVE television in Louisville, Kentucky
Buddy Kaye - November 21, 2002 (84) Songwriter
Irv Kaze - June 29, 2002 (75) Sports publicist and broadcaster
John B. Keane - May 30, 2002 (73) Writer
Jack Kelk - September 5, 2002 (81) Actor
Estel Wood "Ed" Kelley - July 4, 2003 (86) [Prostate cancer] Co-chairman of The Steak 'n Shake Company
Tom Kelley - June 25, 2003 (88) [Stroke] Former photographer for the Washington Post
Craig Kelly - January 20, 2003 (36) [Snow avalanche] Three-time U.S. Open snowboarding champion and four-time world champion snowboarder
Emily Bavar Kelly - July 28, 2003 (88) Former reporter and editor of the Orlando Sentinel
James S. Kemper Jr. - July 2, 2002 (88) Former chairman and chief executive of Kemper Insurance
Audrey Skirball-Kenis - June 19, 2002 (87) Philanthropist
Bill Kennedy - August 25, 2003 (69) [Heart attack] Former chief public defender of Hennepin County, Minnesota
Jean Kerr - January 5, 2003 (80) [Pneumonia] Playwright and author. Works include Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Art Kevin - August 15, 2002 (67) Radio news reporter
Edward M. Keyes - December 2, 2002 (75)[Cancer] Writer
Jaime Kibben - January 11, 2003 (55) [Car crash] Documentary filmmaker
Darryl Kile - June 22, 2002 (33) St. Louis Cardinals pitcher
Kirk Kilgour - July 10, 2002 (54) Former Olympic volleyball player
Lincoln Kilpatrick - May 18, 2004 (73) [Complications of lung cancer] Actor
Ward Kimball - July 8, 2002 (88) Cartoonist
Rich King - June 21, 2003 (68) [Pancreatic cancer] Radio talk show host on WNOG in Naples, Florida
Andy Kirby - July 18, 2002 (41) Race car driver
Beecher Ray Kirby - October 17, 2002 (90) Musician and comedian
Edward Kirkman - September 1, 2002 (75) Former reporter for the New York Daily News
David R. Klipp - August 27, 2003 (61) [Pancreatic cancer] Trinity County Supervisor, in California
Gary L. Klott - August 10, 2002 (52) Writer, founder of TaxPlanet.com and former New York Times reporter
Jimmy Knepper - June 14, 2003 (75) [Parkinson's disease] Musician
J. Raymond Knighton Jr. - August 30, 2003 (81) [Congestive heart failure] Founder and former president of MAP International
Frederick Knott - December 17, 2002 (86) Playwright. Works include Dial M for Murder.
Austin Knowlton - June 25, 2003 (93) Co-founder of the Cincinnati Bengals and former chairman of the Cincinnati Bengals
Karl Eric Knutsson - October 31, 2002 (70) Former deputy director of the United Nations Childrens's Fund (UNICEF)
Kenneth Koch - July 4, 2002 (77) Poet
Peter Kok - June 22, 2003 (83) Former member of the Michigan state House of Representatives
Michael A. "Mickey" Kolpack - September 10, 2003 (63) [Heart attack] Defense lawyer in Corpus Christi, Texas
Leonard Koppett - June 22, 2003 (79) [Heart attack]
Sports writer
Edward M. Korry - January 29, 2003 (81) [Cancer] Former United States ambassador to Chile and Ethiopia
Roy Kral - August 2, 2002 (80) Jazz singer and musician
Mark Kram - June 14, 2002 (69) Sportswriter
Ferdinand Kramer - July 16, 2002 (100) Real estate developer
Jerry Kratz - January 28, 2003 (69) [Heart attack] Michigan state representative
Warren Kremer - July 24, 2003 (82) Cartoonist
Fred Kroll - August 2, 2003 (82) Toy inventor
Marvin Kuschner - October 18, 2002 (83) Former dean of the medical school at the State University of New York at Stony Brook