In the year 2003
792 Notable deaths
Dorothy Loudon
American actress, singer, performer (1925-2003).
Born September 17th, 1925 in Boston.
Died November 15th, 2003 at 78 years old in New York City (cancer).
Anil Biswas
Indian composer (1914–2003).
Born July 7th, 1914 in Barishal.
Died May 31st, 2003 at 88 years old in New Delhi.
Lou Harrison
American composer (1917-2003).
Born May 14th, 1917 in Portland.
Died February 2nd, 2003 at 85 years old in Lafayette (myocardial infarction).
Malik Meraj Khalid
Pakistani politician (1916-2003).
Born September 20th, 1916 in Lahore.
Died June 13th, 2003 at 86 years old in Lahore.
Adam Osborne
American writer and software publisher (1939-2003).
Born March 6th, 1939 in Bangkok.
Died March 18th, 2003 at 64 years old in Kodaikanal.
Sadegh Khalkhali
Iranian cleric and executor (1926–2003).
Born July 27th, 1926 in Ardabil.
Died November 26th, 2003 at 77 years old in Tehran.
Rubén González
Cuban pianist (1919-2003).
Born May 26th, 1919 in Santa Clara.
Died December 8th, 2003 at 84 years old in Havana.
Arthur Conley
American soul singer (1946–2003).
Born January 4th, 1946 in Atlanta.
Died November 17th, 2003 at 57 years old (intestinal cancer).
Pierre Poujade
French politician (1920–2003).
Born December 1st, 1920 in Saint-Céré.
Died August 27th, 2003 at 82 years old in La Bastide-l'Évêque.
Walter Washington
American politician and former mayor of the district of columbia (1915–2003).
Born April 15th, 1915 in Dawson.
Died October 27th, 2003 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C. (kidney failure).
Daphne Oram
British composer and electronic musician (1925–2003).
Born December 31st, 1925 in Devizes.
Died January 5th, 2003 at 77 years old in Maidstone Hospital.
Susan Travers
Member of french foreign legion (1909–2003).
Born September 23rd, 1909 in London.
Died December 18th, 2003 at 94 years old in Ballainvilliers.
Margaret Singer
American psychologist and researcher (1921–2003).
Born July 29th, 1921 in Denver.
Died November 23rd, 2003 at 82 years old in Berkeley (pneumonia).
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
Indian vocalist (1908-2003).
Born July 25th, 1908 in Thanjavur.
Died October 31st, 2003 at 95 years old in Chennai.
Louise Platt
American actress (1915-2003).
Born August 3rd, 1915 in Stamford.
Died September 6th, 2003 at 88 years old in Greenport.
Joseph Saidu Momoh
Sierra leonean politician (1937-2003).
Born January 26th, 1937 in Binkolo.
Died August 3rd, 2003 at 66 years old in Conakry.
Cedric Price
British architect (1934–2003).
Born September 11th, 1934 in Stone.
Died August 10th, 2003 at 68 years old in London.
Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda
Turkish mathematician (1926–2003).
Born February 25th, 1926 in Tokyo City.
Died February 9th, 2003 at 76 years old in Ankara.
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).
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.
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]
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).
Rasul Gamzatov
Avar poet (1923-2003).
Born September 8th, 1923 in Tsada.
Died November 3rd, 2003 at 80 years old in Moscow.
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.
Maurice Pialat
French filmmaker (1925-2003).
Born August 31st, 1925 in Cunlhat.
Died January 11th, 2003 at 77 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (kidney failure).
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin