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In the year 2003
725 Notable deaths
Kathleen Winsor
American author (1919-2003).
Born October 16th, 1919 in Olivia. [ref]
Died May 26th, 2003 at 83 years old in New York City. [ref]
Massimo Girotti
Italian actor (1918-2003).
Born May 18th, 1918 in Mogliano. [ref]
Died January 5th, 2003 at 84 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Miloš Milutinović
Serbian footballer (1933–2003).
Born February 5th, 1933 in Bajina Bašta.
Died January 28th, 2003 at 69 years old in Belgrade.
Richard Wollheim
British philosopher.
Born May 5th, 1923 in London. [ref]
Died November 4th, 2003 at 80 years old [ref]
Tommy Seebach
Danish musician (1949–2003).
Born September 14th, 1949 in Copenhagen.
Died March 31st, 2003 at 53 years old in Copenhagen (myocardial infarction).
Yuri Shchekochikhin
Russian journalist (1950-2003).
Died July 3rd, 2003 at 53 years old in Moscow (poison).
Hal Clement
American author.
Born May 30th, 1922 in Somerville. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2003 at 81 years old in Milton (diabetes). [ref]
Valeriy Brumel
Soviet high jumper.
Born April 14th, 1942 in Tolbuzino.
Died January 26th, 2003 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Roberto Marinho
Brazilian media entrepreneur (1904–2003).
Born December 3rd, 1904 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 6th, 2003 at 98 years old in Rio de Janeiro (lung cancer).
Bertram Brockhouse
Canadian physicist.
Born July 15th, 1918 in Lethbridge.
Died October 13th, 2003 at 85 years old in Hamilton.
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
Iraqi politician (1939-2003).
Died August 29th, 2003 at 64 years old in Najaf (Imam Ali Mosque bombing).
Gordon Mitchell
Film actor, bodybuilder (1923-2003).
Born July 29th, 1923 in Denver.
Died September 20th, 2003 at 80 years old in Marina del Rey (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Georg Henrik von Wright
Finland swedish philosopher, professor and member of the academy of finland.
Born June 14th, 1916 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died June 16th, 2003 at 87 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
David Greene
British director, actor (1921–2003).
Born February 22nd, 1921 in Manchester.
Died April 7th, 2003 at 82 years old in Ojai (pancreatic cancer).
Emmanuel Pelaez
Vice president of the philippines from 1961 to 1965.
Born November 30th, 1915 in Medina.
Died July 27th, 2003 at 87 years old in Muntinlupa (myocardial infarction).
Jaba Ioseliani
Georgian politician (1926-2003).
Born July 10th, 1926 in Khashuri.
Died March 4th, 2003 at 76 years old in Tbilisi (myocardial infarction).
Clifton McNeely
American basketball player-coach (1919-2003).
Born June 22nd, 1919 in Greenwood, Wise County, Texas.
Died December 26th, 2003 at 84 years old in Irving.
Mohamed Choukri
Moroccan author.
Born July 15th, 1935 in Bni Chiker.
Died November 15th, 2003 at 68 years old in Rabat (cancer). [ref]
Hans Hermann Groër
Catholic cardinal in austria (1919-2003).
Born October 13th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died March 24th, 2003 at 83 years old in St. Pölten.
Walter Scharf
American composer and arranger.
Born August 1st, 1910 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 24th, 2003 at 92 years old in Brentwood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Manfred von Brauchitsch
Racecar driver.
Born August 15th, 1905 in Hamburg.
Died February 6th, 2003 at 97 years old in Gräfenwarth.
Earl Bellamy
Film director (1917–2003).
Born March 11th, 1917 in Minneapolis.
Died November 30th, 2003 at 86 years old in Albuquerque (myocardial infarction).
Ivan Rassimov
Italian actor (1938-2003).
Born May 7th, 1938 in Trieste. [ref]
Died March 14th, 2003 at 64 years old in Rome (traffic collision). [ref]
Joseph P. Overton
American political theorist (1960-2003).
Born January 4th, 1960 in South Haven. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2003 at 43 years old in Tuscola County (aircraft crash). [ref]
Harold C. Schonberg
American writer (1915–2003).
Born November 29th, 1915 in New York City.
Died July 26th, 2003 at 87 years old in New York City.
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