Joe Foss, 87 — World War II ace; later South Dakota governor, National Rifle Association president and American Football League commissioner. Jan. 1.

Mamie Till Mobley, 81 — Mother of Emmett Till, the black teen whose lynching in 1955 was a defining moment in the civil rights movement. Jan. 6.

Sarah McClendon, 92 — Colorful White House reporter who covered every president since Franklin Roosevelt. Jan. 7.

C. Douglas Dillon, 93 — Investment banker; secretary of the treasury in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Jan. 10.

Clarence Du Burns, 84 — Baltimore’s first black mayor. Jan. 12.

Leopoldo F. Galtieri, 76 — Dictator who led Argentina into 1982 Falklands war against Britain. Jan. 12.

Gertrude Janeway, 93 — The last widow of a Union Civil War veteran. Jan. 17.

Burns Roper, 77 — Polling pioneer who tracked the twists and turns of American public opinion. Jan. 20.

Giovanni Agnelli, 81 — Italian auto baron whose rule over Fiat made him the symbol of his country’s postwar prosperity. Jan. 24.

Hugh Trevor-Roper, 89 — Historian who sullied reputation by authenticating fake Hitler diaries. Jan. 26.

John Philp Thompson, 77 — He expanded family business into the nationwide 7-Eleven chain. Jan. 28.

Frank “Ted” Moss, 91 — Three-term Utah senator; championed conservation, social issues. Jan. 29.
 

 
February

Shuttle commander Rick Husband, 45; pilot William McCool, 41; mission specialists Michael Anderson, 43, David Brown, 46, Kalpana Chawla, 41, Laurel Clark, 41; payload specialist Ilan Ramon, 48, Israel’s first astronaut. Feb. 1. Columbia disaster.

Richard Lyng, 84 — Reagan’s agriculture secretary. Feb. 1.

Richard Nelson, 77 — Radio operator aboard the Enola Gay, which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Feb. 1.

Shigeo Sasaki, 87 — Japanese peace activist whose daughter became famous for paper cranes she folded as she lay dying of radiation-caused leukemia. Feb. 4.

Tom Christerson, 71 — Longest-living recipient of a fully self-contained artificial heart. Feb. 7, after 512 days on the AbioCor.

Ron Ziegler, 63 — Pugnacious White House press secretary; called Watergate break-in a “third-rate burglary.” Feb. 10.

Clark MacGregor, 80 — Republican congressman from Minnesota; led Nixon’s re-election campaign in 1972. Feb. 10.

Kemmons Wilson, 90 — Founder of Holiday Inn chain. Feb. 12.

Walt W. Rostow, 86 — As a member of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, he helped lead United States into the Vietnam War. Feb. 13.

Dr. Landrum B. Shettles, 93 — Infertility researcher; conducted early experiments in egg fertilization outside woman’s body. Feb. 6.

Eleanor “Sis” Daley, 95 — Matriarch of Chicago’s Daley political clan. Feb. 16.

Isser Harel, 91 — Israeli spy-master who directed the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. Feb. 18.

Dr. James D. Hardy, 84 — Surgeon who implanted first animal heart into a human in 1964. Feb. 19.

Orville L. Freeman, 84 — Former Minnesota governor; agriculture secretary under Kennedy, Johnson. Feb. 20.
 

 
March

Malcolm Kilduff, 75 — White House spokesman who gave first official word that President Kennedy was dead. March 3.

Joseph Coors, 85 — He used his brewing fortune to support conservative causes; helped create the Heritage Foundation. March 15.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 76 — Scholarly New Yorker who served four terms in the Senate; ambassador to the United Nations. March 26.
 

 
April

Robert Hoyt, 81 — Founder of the National Catholic Reporter newspaper. April 10.

Cecil Howard Green, 102 — Last of the four founders of Texas Instruments. April 12.

John Latsis, 93 — Last of Greece’s shipping billionaires from the postwar years. April 17.

Sir J. Paul Getty Jr., 70 — Oil heir, philanthropist in his adopted homeland, Britain. April 17.

Martha Griffiths, 91 — Ten-term Michigan congresswoman; shepherded landmark equal rights legislation. April 22.

James H. Critchfield, 86 — As CIA spymaster, soldier and diplomat he was at the heart of a half century of historic moments. April 22.

Albert Hakim, 66 — Businessman who played a key role in the Iran-Contra scandal, setting up secret bank accounts. April 25.
 

 
May

Walter Sisulu, 90 — The quiet giant of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle for five decades. May 5.

Dr. Vincent Freda, 75 — He helped develop Rhogam, given to pregnant women whose blood is Rh negative to prevent illness in their babies. May 7.

Ruby Grant Martin, 70 — Civil rights director in Johnson administration. May 8.

Russell B. Long, 84 — Louisiana Democrat; greatly influenced tax laws during nearly four decades in Senate. May 9.

Lloyd Welch Pogue, 103 — Civil aviation leader; helped develop standards for international commercial flights. May 10.

Pete Tijerina, 80 — Founder of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. May 14.

Willard G. Rouse III, 60 — Developer who transformed Philadelphia’s skyline in the 1980s. May 27.
 

 
June

Burke Marshall, 80 — Justice Department lawyer in the Kennedy administration; key figure on desegregation. June 2.

Felix de Weldon, 96 — Sculptor of the statue of Marines raising U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, based on Associated Press photograph. June 3.

Donald T. Regan, 84 — President Reagan’s Treasury secretary and chief of staff; forced from office in Iran-Contra scandal. June 10.

David Brinkley, 82 — Revered broadcaster, first gained fame as half of NBC’s Huntley-Brinkley anchor team. June 11.

Dr. Robert A. Good, 81 — Immunology pioneer, performed first successful human bone marrow transplant in 1968. June 13.

Dr. Belding H. Scribner, 83 — Inventor of a device making long-term kidney dialysis possible. June 19.

Bob Stump, 76 — Thirteen-term Arizona congressman; chaired armed services, veterans affairs committees. June 20.

Maynard Jackson Jr., 65 — He took on Atlanta’s establishment as the city’s first black mayor. June 23.

Lester Maddox, 87 — Atlanta restaurateur whose segregationist defiance propelled him into the Georgia governorship in 1966. June 25.

Sir Denis Thatcher, 88 — Husband, confidant of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. June 26.

John G. Adams, 91 — Army official whose criticism of Sen. Joseph McCarthy helped lead to his downfall. June 26.

Strom Thurmond, 100 — Longest-serving senator in history (1954-2003), one-time segregationist who helped fuel the rise of the Republican Party in the South. June 26.
 

 
July

Ivan Allen Jr., 92 — Atlanta mayor credited with helping city desegregate peacefully during the 1960s. July 2.

Najeeb Halaby, 87 — CEO of Pan American World Airways; father of Jordan’s Queen Noor. July 2.

Lord Shawcross, 101 — Britain’s chief prosecutor at the Nazi war crimes trials. July 10.

William R. Bright, 81 — Founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. July 19.

Odai Hussein, 39, and Qusai Hussein, 37 — Brutal, murderous sons of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. July 22. U.S. raid.

Phil Halpin, 65 — Los Angeles prosecutor in the trial of “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez. July 25.

Jiri Horak, 79 — First leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party after the fall of communism. July 25.

Harold C. Bennett, 78 — He led the Southern Baptist Convention during an era (1979-1992) when conservatives seized control. July 27.

Vance Hartke, 84 — Three-term Indiana senator; briefly an anti-war candidate for president in 1972. July 27.

Foday Sankoh, 65 — Sierra Leone war criminal whose rebels routinely hacked off the limbs of men, women and infants. July 29.

John E. Steiner, 85 — Called “father of the 727” for his role in designing Boeing’s commercial jet. July 29.
 

 
August

Dr. Peter Safar, 79 — Pioneer in emergency medicine; developed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the modern intensive care unit. Aug. 3.

Dr. Frederick C. Robbins, 86 — He won a 1954 Nobel Prize for research that paved the way for the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines. Aug. 4.

Idi Amin, around 80 — His bizarre eight years as president of Uganda in the 1970s typified the continent’s worst dictatorships. Aug. 16.

Sergio Vieira de Mello, 55 — Brazilian-born diplomat, U.N. envoy to Iraq. Aug. 19. Bombing in Baghdad.

John J. Geoghan, 68 — Defrocked Roman Catholic priest whose abuse case triggered the sex scandal. Aug. 23. Attacked in prison.

John J. Rhodes Jr., 86 — Fifteen-term Arizona congressman; paid a pivotal visit to President Nixon to urge him to resign. Aug. 24.

Monsignor Robert Hupp, 88 — He instituted reforms at Boys Town, including opening it to girls. Aug. 29.

Robert Abplanalp, 81 — Confidant of Richard Nixon; an inventor who changed aerosol technology. Aug. 30.
 

 
September

Raymond G. Davis, 88 — Retired Marine general, one of the most highly decorated officers. Sept. 3.

Charles E. Bennett, 92 — Florida’s longest serving congressman (1949-93); sponsored legislation putting “In God We Trust” on coins. Sept. 6.

Edward Teller, 95 — Scientist dubbed the “father of the H-bomb,” whose controversial views played key role in defense policy. Sept. 9.

Anna Lindh, 46 — Swedish foreign minister, touted as future prime minister. Sept. 11. Stabbed by attacker.

Frank O’Bannon, 73 — Indiana’s governor since 1997. Sept. 13.

Garner Ted Armstrong, 73 — Broadcast evangelist who was excommunicated from his father’s Worldwide Church of God. Sept. 15.

Arthur Kinoy, 82 — Civil rights lawyer in celebrated cases, including Rosenberg espionage trial. Sept. 19.

Edward W. Said, 67 — Columbia University scholar; the nation’s foremost Arab intellectual. Sept. 25.

Franco Modigliani, 85 — Won the Nobel Prize in economics for his work on how people save money for their old age. Sept. 25.

Donald O’Connor, 78 — Performed the show-stopping “Make ’Em Laugh” number in “Singin’ in the Rain.” Sept. 27.

Yukichi Chuganji, 114 — The world’s oldest man. Sept. 28.

Robert Kardashian, 59 — Friend of O.J. Simpson; was in his legal “dream team.” Sept. 30. Cancer.
 

 
October

John Dunlop, 89 — Secretary of labor during Ford administration, resigning in dispute over a veto. Oct. 2.

Sid McMath, 91 — Former Arkansas governor, a progressive on race. Oct. 4.

Eleanor Lambert, 100 — Publicist who put American designers on the fashion map. Oct. 7.

Ivan A. Getting, 91 — Cold War scientist who conceived the Global Positioning Satellite system. Oct. 11.

Joan B. Kroc, 75 — Widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc; philanthropist. Oct. 12.

Edward T. “Ned” Breathitt, 79 — Former Kentucky governor who in 1966 won passage of South’s first state civil rights law. Oct. 14.

Ben Metcalfe, 83 — Founding member of environmental activist group Greenpeace. Oct. 14.

William C. Cramer, 81 — First Republican in Congress from Florida since Reconstruction; served eight terms. Oct. 18.

Margaret Murie, 101 — Conservationist; pushed for the 1964 Wilderness Act, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oct. 19.

Louise Day Hicks, 87 — Anti-busing activist who became a symbol of Boston’s racial divide during the 1970s. Oct. 21.

Luis A. Ferre, 99 — Former Puerto Rico governor; patriarch of the territory’s statehood movement. Oct. 21.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, 105 — With her husband, she ruled China and later Taiwan during decades of upheaval and Cold War tension. Oct. 23.

Pandurang Shastri Athavale, 84 — Founded religious movement in India that has grown to 5 million members. Oct. 25.

Walter Edward Washington, 88 — Mayor of Washington in the 1960s, first black to head a major U.S. city. Oct. 27.

Edward E. Lanctot, 84 — He co-founded a hardware company that became the True Value chain. Oct. 30.

Richard E. Neustadt, 84 — Noted presidential adviser and historian. Oct. 31.
 

 
November

Jimmy Quillen, 87 — Tennessee’s longest-serving congressman, 1963 to 1997.

Joseph Williams, 88 — As a bank executive, he developed the forerunner of the Visa card and helped revolutionize how people spend. Nov. 8.

Irv Kupcinet, 91 — Chicago columnist; covered stars and local insiders for six decades. Nov. 10.

Charles L. Brown, 82 — He presided over AT&T during its historic breakup. Nov. 12.

Laurence Tisch, 80 — Self-made billionaire; controlled CBS for a time. Nov. 15.

Barber B. Conable Jr., 81 — Ten-term New York congressman; was GOP standard-bearer on taxes, Social Security. Nov. 30.
 

 
December

Clark Kerr, 92 — University of California president; influenced higher education policy nationwide. Dec. 1.

Joe Skeen, 76 — Eleven-term New Mexico congressman. Dec. 7.

Carl F.H. Henry, 90 — First editor of Christianity Today; leading voice in the evangelical movement. Dec. 7.

Paul Simon, 75 — Two-term senator from Illinois; sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1988. Dec. 9.

Robert Bartley, 66 — Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial voice of The Wall Street Journal. Dec. 10.

Abbott M. Washburn, 88 — Former Federal Communications Commission member; helped build Radio Free Europe. Dec. 11.

Frank Schubert, 88 — Last of the country’s civilian Coast Guard lighthouse keepers, tending 113-year-old Brooklyn lighthouse. Dec. 11.

William V. Roth Jr., 82 — Five-term senator from Delaware; creator of Roth IRA accounts. Dec. 13.

Dr. Judd Marmor, 93 — Psychiatrist who challenged view that homosexuality is mental disorder. Dec. 16.