In the year 2003
792 Notable deaths
Alejandro de Tomaso
Racecar driver.
Born July 10th, 1928 in Buenos Aires.
Died May 21st, 2003 at 74 years old in Modena.
Leopoldo Trieste
Italian actor, director (1917-2003).
Born May 3rd, 1917 in Reggio Calabria.
Died January 26th, 2003 at 85 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
Sloan Wilson
American writer (1920-2003).
Born May 8th, 1920 in Norwalk.
Died May 25th, 2003 at 83 years old in Colonial Beach (Alzheimer's disease).
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).
Shlomo Argov
Israeli diplomat (1929–2003).
Born December 14th, 1929 in Jerusalem.
Died February 23rd, 2003 at 73 years old in Jerusalem.
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).
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
Canadian mathematician (1907–2003).
Born February 9th, 1907 in Kensington.
Died March 31st, 2003 at 96 years old in Toronto.
László Papp
Hungarian boxer (1926–2003).
Born March 25th, 1926 in Budapest.
Died October 16th, 2003 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Abdul Kadir
Indonesian footballer (1948-2003).
Born December 27th, 1948 in Denpasar.
Died April 4th, 2003 at 54 years old in Jakarta.
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).
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.
Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
Descendant of the brazilian imperial family.
Born August 13th, 1911 in Château d'Eu.
Died July 5th, 2003 at 91 years old in Paris.
Arthur Guyton
American physiologist (1919–2003).
Born September 8th, 1919 in Oxford.
Died April 3rd, 2003 at 83 years old in Mississippi (traffic collision).
Elisabeth Welch
Singer, actress (1904-2003).
Born February 27th, 1904 in Englewood.
Died July 15th, 2003 at 99 years old in London.
Charles Berlitz
American linguist (1914–2003).
Born November 22nd, 1914 in New York City.
Died December 18th, 2003 at 89 years old in Tamarac.
Preston Smith
Governor of texas (1912-2003).
Born March 8th, 1912 in Williamson County.
Died October 18th, 2003 at 91 years old in Lubbock.
Kid Gavilán
Cuban boxer (1926-2003).
Born January 6th, 1926 in Camagüey.
Died February 13th, 2003 at 77 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction).
Chris Brasher
London marathon co-founder, athlete, journalist.
Born August 21st, 1928 in Georgetown.
Died February 28th, 2003 at 74 years old in Chaddleworth.
Hartley Shawcross
British politician (1902-2003).
Born February 4th, 1902 in Giessen.
Died July 10th, 2003 at 101 years old in Cowbeech Farmhouse.
Bruno Sutkus
Lithuanian-german ss soldier, sniper and recipient of the iron cross (1924–2003).
Born May 14th, 1924 in Chkalovsk Microdistrict.
Died August 29th, 2003 at 79 years old in Germany.
Kir Bulychev
Soviet russian science fiction writer and historian (1934–2003).
Born October 18th, 1934 in Moscow.
Died September 5th, 2003 at 68 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Lewis A. Coser
American sociologist.
Born November 27th, 1913 in Berlin.
Died July 8th, 2003 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Giorgio Gaber
Italian singer-songwriter and actor (1939-2003).
Born January 25th, 1939 in Milan.
Died January 1st, 2003 at 63 years old in Camaiore.
Martha Chase
American geneticist.
Born November 30th, 1927 in Cleveland Heights.
Died August 8th, 2003 at 75 years old in Lorain (pneumonia).
Orville Freeman
American politician (1918-2003).
Born May 9th, 1918 in Minneapolis.
Died February 20th, 2003 at 84 years old in Minneapolis (Alzheimer's disease).
Deaths 276 to 300 of 792
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel