In the year 2003
725 Notable deaths
Louise Platt
American actress (1915-2003).
Born August 3rd, 1915 in Stamford.
Died September 6th, 2003 at 88 years old in Greenport.
Cedric Price
British architect (1934–2003).
Born September 11th, 1934 in Stone.
Died August 10th, 2003 at 68 years old in London.
Skip Battin
American musician (1934-2003).
Born February 18th, 1934 in Gallipolis.
Died July 6th, 2003 at 69 years old in Salem (Alzheimer's disease).
Suzanne Cloutier
Canadian actress (1923-2003).
Born July 10th, 1923 in Ottawa.
Died December 2nd, 2003 at 80 years old in Montréal-Est (cancer, liver cancer). [ref]
Kató Lomb
Hungarian interpreter, translator, and author of several books on language learning.
Born February 8th, 1909 in Pécs.
Died June 9th, 2003 at 94 years old in Budapest.
Johnny Paul Koroma
Sierra leonean warlord (1960-2003).
Born May 9th, 1960 in Tombodu.
Died June 1st, 2003 at 43 years old in Liberia.
Ramón Serrano Suñer
Spanish politician (1901-2003).
Born December 12th, 1901 in Cartagena. [ref]
Died September 1st, 2003 at 101 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Peter Safar
Austrian physician (1924-2003).
Born April 12th, 1924 in Vienna.
Died August 3rd, 2003 at 79 years old in Mt. Lebanon (cancer). [ref]
Rasul Gamzatov
Probably the most famous poet writing in the avar language (1923-2003).
Born September 8th, 1923 in Tsada.
Died November 3rd, 2003 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Maurice Pialat
French filmmaker (1925-2003).
Born August 31st, 1925 in Cunlhat. [ref]
Died January 11th, 2003 at 77 years old in Paris (kidney failure). [ref]
Leopoldo Trieste
Italian actor.
Born May 3rd, 1917 in Reggio Calabria. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2003 at 85 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alejandro de Tomaso
Racecar driver.
Born July 10th, 1928 in Buenos Aires.
Died May 21st, 2003 at 74 years old in Modena.
Anita Borg
American computer scientist (1949-2003).
Born January 17th, 1949 in Chicago.
Died April 6th, 2003 at 54 years old in Sonoma (brain cancer).
Vera Zorina
Norwegian ballerina (1917-2003).
Born January 2nd, 1917 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2003 at 86 years old in Santa Fe (stroke).
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
Canadian mathematician (1907–2003).
Born February 9th, 1907 in Kensington.
Died March 31st, 2003 at 96 years old in Toronto.
Walt Whitman Rostow
American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003).
Born October 7th, 1916 in New York City.
Died February 13th, 2003 at 86 years old in Austin.
László Papp
Hungarian boxer (1926–2003).
Born March 25th, 1926 in Budapest.
Died October 16th, 2003 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Shlomo Argov
Israeli diplomat (1929–2003).
Born December 14th, 1929 in Jerusalem.
Died February 23rd, 2003 at 73 years old in Jerusalem.
Kathleen Raine
British poet, critic and scholar (1908–2003).
Born June 14th, 1908 in Ilford.
Died July 6th, 2003 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Luis A. Ferré
Puerto rican politician (1904-2003).
Born February 17th, 1904 in Ponce.
Died October 21st, 2003 at 99 years old in San Juan (respiratory failure).
Arthur Guyton
American physiologist.
Born September 8th, 1919 in Oxford.
Died April 3rd, 2003 at 83 years old in Mississippi (traffic collision).
Charles Berlitz
American linguist (1914–2003).
Born November 22nd, 1914 in New York City.
Died December 18th, 2003 at 89 years old in Tamarac.
Kid Gavilán
Cuban boxer (1926-2003).
Born January 6th, 1926 in Camagüey.
Died February 13th, 2003 at 77 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction).
Elisabeth Welch
Singer, actress (1904-2003).
Born February 27th, 1904 in Englewood.
Died July 15th, 2003 at 99 years old in London.
Chris Brasher
London marathon co-founder, athlete, journalist.
Born August 21st, 1928 in Georgetown.
Died February 28th, 2003 at 74 years old in Chaddleworth.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte