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An alphabetical listing of names beginning with the letter S 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.

Anthony Sacco Sr. - September 11, 2002 (84) Former National Football League official
Peter Safer - August 3, 2003 (79) [Cancer] Invented CPR. Physician and professor at the University of Pittsburgh medical school.
Gertrude Samuels - July 2, 2003 (93) Writer
David Sandberg - January 29, 2003 (23) [Meningococcemia] Assistant wrestling coach at the University of Pittsburgh
Merlin Santana - November 9, 2002 (26) [Murdered] Actor
Jean Sauvagnargues - August 6, 2002 (87) Former French Foreign Minister
Arnold Frederic Schade - August 13, 2003 (91) Former vice admiral and former commissioner in Charlotte County, Florida
Louis Wellington Schalk Jr. - August 16, 2002 (76) Former U.S. Air Force test pilot
Edgar Scherick - December 2, 2002 (78) [Leukemia] Television and movie producer, and former vice president of programming for ABC television
John Schlesinger - July 25, 2003 (77) [Complications from a stroke] Director
Edward T. Scholl - August 29, 2003 (66) [Heart attack] Former member of the Chicago City Council and former member of the Illinois State Senate
Harold C. Schonberg - July 26, 2003 (87) Former chief music critic for The New York Times
Tex Schramm - July 15, 2003 (83) Former president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys
Jack Schroeder - November 6, 2002 (79) Former managing editor of the Salt Lake Tribune
Sam Schulman - June 12, 2003 (93) [Complications from a blood disease] Former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics and former president of SLM Corporation
Portland Mason Schuyler - May 10, 2004 (55) Actress and writer
Howard Schwartz - August 20, 2003 (69) Former Alameda County judge
William Schwartz - September 9, 2002 (63) Former president and chief operating officer of Cox Enterprises
Richard Schwarzlose - June 14, 2003 (66) [Heart attack] Professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism
Peter Schwed - July 31, 2003 (92) Writer and former vice president of Simon & Shuster
Fred Scolari - October 17, 2002 (80) Former NBA basketball player
Brenda Scott - September 2, 2002 (47) Detroit City Council member
Joe Scott - June 23, 2002 (93) Co-founder of the Philadelphia Flyers
Vernon Scott - November 18, 2002 (79) United Press International Hollywood columnist
Robert van Scoyk - August 23, 2002 (74) Television writer and producer
Sherman Seeker - August 26, 2003 (76) [Cancer] Former chef for the Minnesota Twins
Edward Seferian - June 7, 2003 (72) [Cancer] Violinist and former conductor of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra
Compay Segundo - July 13, 2003 (95) Musician
Tom Seibel - November 23, 2002 (59) Former reporter and columnist for the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times
Peter W. Seibert - July 15, 2002 (77) Founder of Vail mountain resort
John Lewis Selover - August 1, 2003 (72) Publisher of the Christian Science Monitor
Jim Seymour - October 8, 2002 (60) Former editor of PC Week, PC Computing and PC Magazine
Theodore Shackley - December 9, 2002 (75) Former CIA associate deputy director for clandestine operations
Zeid bin Shaker - August 30, 2002 (67) Former prime minister of Jordan
Peter Shannon Jr. - August 16, 2003 (64) Thoroughbread racing horse owner
Frank "Spec" Shea - July 19, 2002 (81) Former pitcher for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators
John Shearman - August 11, 2003 (72) [Heart attack] Art historian
Milton Shedd - May 24, 2002 (79) Co-founder of SeaWorld
James P. Shenton - July 25, 2003 (78) [Heart surgery complications] Historian
Jacques Sherman Jr. - June 9, 2003 (86) (Emphysema] Physician
Carols Shields - July 16 2003 (68) [Breast cancer] Writer. Won Pulitzer Prize in 1995
Paul Shinoff - September 21, 2002 (58) Former reporter for the San Francisco Examiner
George E. Shipley - June 28, 2003 (76) [Lung cancer] Former U.S. Congressman from Illinois
Scott Shuger June 15, 2002 (50) Journalist
Alan Shulman - July 10, 2002 (87) Musician and composer
Sidney Silberman - August 29, 2003 (81) Corporate lawyer and philanthropist
Richard W. "Dick" Simmons - January 11, 2003 (89) Actor
Wayne Simmons - August 23, 2002 (32) Former football player for the Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills
Hal Simms - July 2, 2002 (83) Former CBS announcer
C. H. Sisson - September 5, 2003 (89) Poet
Enos "Country" Slaughter - August 12, 2002 (86) Former baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees
Clarence Slayton - August 13, 2003 (51) [Heart attack] Battalion fire chief in Oxnard, California
Esphyr Slobodkina - July 21, 2002 (93) Artist and writer
Fred Small - June 24, 2003 (39) [Motorcycle-car wreck] Inglewood, California police motorcycle officer. Former football player at the University of Washington and former football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Charles Smiley - December 15, 2002 (59) [Heart attack] Former vice president of ABC Sports and personal manager for entertainers
Chesterfield Smith - July 16, 2003 (85) [Cardiopulmonary complications] Former president of the American Bar Association
Doris Buchanan Smith - August 8, 2002 (68) Writer
Harsen Smith - December 7, 2002 (94) Former chairman of the board for Chris-Craft
Harwood T. Smith - August 14, 2003 (89) Former city council member in Durham, North Carolina and former football player for Duke University
Jay R. Smith - October 5, 2002 (87) Actor
Phil Smith - July 29, 2002 (50) Former NBA basketball player
William R. Smith - June 28, 2003 (90) [Heart attack] Founder of Snapper lawn mowers
Sam Sneed - May 23, 2002 (89) Professional golfer
Bill Soberanes - June 2, 2003 (81) [Congestive heart failure] Newspaper columnist for the Petaluma Argus Courier
Jerry Sohl - November 4, 2002 (88) Television writer and science fiction writer
Sanford Solender - August 30, 2003 (89) Former executive vice president of the National Jewish Welfare Board
Ezra Solomon - December 9, 2002 (82) [Stroke] Former member of the Council of Economic Advisers and former Stanford business school professor
Seymour Solomon - July 18, 2002 (80) Co-founder of Vanguard Records
Jeanne Sorel - January 27, 2003 (89) Actress
Barbara J. Sorlien - August 27, 2003 (70) [Heart disease] Former violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Joseph Soshnik - November 22, 2002 (82) Former president of the University of Nebraska
Aileen Riggin Soule - October 17, 2002 (96) Swimmer and diver. Olympic gold medal winner.
Theodore Souris - June 22, 2002 (76) Former Michigan Supreme Court justice
Jack Spalding - January 2, 2003 (89) [Pneumonia] Former editor of the Atlanta Journal
Frank "Buddy" Spenger Jr. - August 17, 2003 (87) Former owner of Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto restaurant, in Berkeley, California
Ira Spring - June 5, 2003 (80) [Prostate cancer] Photographer and writer of outdoor and hiking books
Danny Staples - July 22, 2003 (68) [Heart attack] Former Missouri state senator
Michalis Stasinopoulos - October 31, 2002 (99) Former president of Greece
Rod Steiger - July 9, 2002 (77) Actor
Charles Sternberg - January 16, 2003 (91) Former executive director of the International Rescue Committee
Charles Stetson Sr. - August 6, 2002 (82) Co-founder of Stetson Securities Corporation
Scott Stevens - (real name Clinton H. Smith) - September 8, 2003 (44) Radio personality for WRVA-AM and WTVR-FM in Richmond, Virginia
Moses Stewart - June 7, 2003 (48) [Heart attack] Director of the crisis division of Al Sharpton's National Action Network
W. Clement Stone - September 3, 2002 (100) Founder of Combined International Corporation, writer and philanthropist
John Stormont - August 24, 2003 (65) Former commissioner of Monroe County, Florida
Bob Straub - November 27, 2002 (82) Former governor of Oregon
Peter Stroh - September 17, 2002 (74) Former president, chief executive officer and chairman of The Stroh Brewing Company
Delwyn D. Stromer - September 7, 2003 (73) Former Iowa House speaker
Joe Strummer - (real name John Mellor) - December 22, 2002 (50) [Heart attack] Singer, guitarist and songwriter with the bands The Clash and The Mescaleros
John Strzykalski - June 19, 2002 (80) Former San Francisco 49ers football player
Dick Stuart - December 15, 2002 (70) Former major league baseball player for Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, New York Mets and California
Edgar Stueve - August 1, 2002 (86) Co-founder of Alta Dena Dairy
Bob Stump - June 13, 2003 (76) [Myelodysplasia] Former U.S. representative from Arizona
Don Sturgill - October 2, 2002 (74) Former Kentucky public safety commissioner
Haywood Sullivan - February 12, 2003 (72) [Stroke] Former co-owner and general manager of the Boston Red Sox
Tom Sullivan - October 10, 2002 (52) Former football player for the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns
William Swan - August 20, 2003 (55) [Suicide] President, CEO and chairman of First Niagara Bank and board chairman of St. Bonaventure University
Tom Swayze - January 31, 2003 (93) Former baseball coach at the University of Mississippi