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In the year 2003
791 Notable deaths
Armand Borel
Swiss mathematician (1923-2003).
Born May 21st, 1923 in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Died August 11th, 2003 at 80 years old in Princeton.
Benyoucef Benkhedda
Algerian politician (1920-2003).
Born February 23rd, 1920 in Berrouaghia.
Died February 4th, 2003 at 82 years old in Algiers.
Kerim Kerimov
Soviet rocket scientist (1917–2003).
Born November 14th, 1917 in Baku.
Died March 29th, 2003 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Kriangsak Chamanan
Thai politician (1917-2003).
Born December 17th, 1917 in Samut Sakhon.
Died December 23rd, 2003 at 86 years old in Bangkok.
Sheila Bromley
Actress (1907-2003).
Born October 31st, 1907 in San Francisco.
Died July 23rd, 2003 at 95 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Hanadi Jaradat
Palestinian suicide bomber (1975-2003).
Born September 22nd, 1975 in Jenin.
Died October 4th, 2003 at 28 years old in Haifa.
Fay Helm
Actress (1909-2003).
Born April 9th, 1909 in Bakersfield.
Died September 27th, 2003 at 94 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Jean-Luc Lagardère
French businessman (1928-2003).
Born February 10th, 1928 in Aubiet.
Died March 14th, 2003 at 75 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris (acute disseminated encephalomyelitis).
I. Bernard Cohen
American historian of science (1914–2003).
Born March 1st, 1914 in New York City.
Died June 20th, 2003 at 89 years old in Waltham.
Jude Milhon
American hacker and author (1939–2003).
Born March 12th, 1939 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died July 19th, 2003 at 64 years old (cancer). [ref]
Ken Grimwood
American writer (1944–2003).
Born February 27th, 1944 in Dothan.
Died June 6th, 2003 at 59 years old in Santa Barbara (myocardial infarction).
Gauri Deshpande
Marathi-language writer (1942-2003).
Born February 11th, 1942 in Pune.
Died March 1st, 2003 at 61 years old in Pune.
Sébastien Japrisot
French author (1931–2003).
Born July 4th, 1931 in Marseille.
Died March 4th, 2003 at 71 years old in Vichy.
André Claveau
French recording artist; singer (1911–2003).
Born December 29th, 1911 in Paris.
Died July 4th, 2003 at 91 years old in Agen.
Mary Ellis
American opera singer (1897–2003).
Born June 15th, 1897 in New York City.
Died January 30th, 2003 at 105 years old in London.
Andrey Kivilev
Kazakh cyclist (1973–2003).
Born September 20th, 1973 in Taldyqorğan.
Died March 12th, 2003 at 29 years old in Saint-Étienne (road cycling crashes).
Addie McPhail
American actress (1905-2003).
Born July 15th, 1905 in White Plains.
Died April 14th, 2003 at 97 years old in Canoga Park.
Hans Hotter
German opera singer (1909–2003).
Born January 19th, 1909 in Offenbach am Main.
Died December 6th, 2003 at 94 years old in Munich.
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
President of guatemala (1918-2003).
Born July 17th, 1918 in Barberena.
Died December 6th, 2003 at 85 years old in Guatemala City. [ref]
Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic
American neuroscientist (1937–2003).
Born April 22nd, 1937 in Salem.
Died July 31st, 2003 at 66 years old in Hamden.
Vasil Bykaŭ
Belarusian writer (1924–2003).
Born August 19th, 1924 in Byčki.
Died June 23rd, 2003 at 78 years old in Baraŭliany.
Jutta Hipp
Jazz pianist (1925-2003).
Born February 4th, 1925 in Leipzig.
Died April 7th, 2003 at 78 years old in Sunnyside.
Haddis Alemayehu
Ethiopian writer and politician (1910-2003).
Born October 15th, 1910 in Debre Marqos.
Died December 6th, 2003 at 93 years old in Addis Ababa.
Michel Constantin
French actor (1924–2003).
Born July 13th, 1924 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 29th, 2003 at 79 years old in Draguignan (myocardial infarction).
Leonid Filatov
Soviet and russian actor, director, poet, publicist (1946–2003).
Born December 24th, 1946 in Kazan.
Died October 26th, 2003 at 56 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)