In the year 2003
792 Notable deaths
Kevin Magee
American basketball player (1959–2003).
Born January 24th, 1959 in Gary.
Died October 23rd, 2003 at 44 years old in Amite City (traffic collision).
Minoru Mochizuki
Japanese aikidoka (1907-2003).
Born April 11th, 1907 in Shizuoka.
Died May 30th, 2003 at 96 years old in Aix-en-Provence.
Armin Mohler
Swiss far-right political philosopher (1920–2003).
Born April 12th, 1920 in Basel.
Died July 4th, 2003 at 83 years old in Munich.
João César Monteiro
Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic (1939-2003).
Born February 2nd, 1939 in Figueira da Foz.
Died February 3rd, 2003 at 64 years old in Lisbon (lung cancer).
Norman Lewis
British travel writer (1908–2003).
Born June 28th, 1908 in London Borough of Enfield.
Died July 22nd, 2003 at 95 years old in Saffron Walden.
Života Panić
Yugoslav general (1933-2003).
Born November 3rd, 1933 in Gornja Crnišava.
Died November 19th, 2003 at 70 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Stefan Wul
French writer (1922–2003).
Born March 27th, 1922 in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 26th, 2003 at 81 years old in Évreux.
Ruby Braff
American musician (1927–2003).
Born March 16th, 1927 in Boston.
Died February 9th, 2003 at 75 years old
Donald Griffin
American zoologist (1915–2003).
Born August 3rd, 1915 in Southampton.
Died November 7th, 2003 at 88 years old in Lexington.
Rik Van Steenbergen
Cyclist (1924-2003).
Born September 9th, 1924 in Arendonk.
Died May 15th, 2003 at 78 years old in Antwerp.
Imperio Argentina
Argentine-spanish actress, singer.
Born December 26th, 1910 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 22nd, 2003 at 92 years old in Benalmádena.
Maurice Michael Otunga
Catholic cardinal. (1923–2003).
Born January 31st, 1923 in Bungoma County.
Died September 6th, 2003 at 80 years old in Nairobi.
Nora Heysen
Australian painter (1911-2003).
Born January 11th, 1911 in Hahndorf. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2003 at 92 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Aleksandar Tišma
Serbian writer (1924-2003).
Born January 16th, 1924 in Horgoš.
Died February 16th, 2003 at 79 years old in Novi Sad.
José Lewgoy
American-brazilian actor (1920-2003).
Born November 16th, 1920 in Veranópolis.
Died February 10th, 2003 at 82 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Enrico Baj
Italian painter, sculptor and writer (1924-2003).
Born October 30th, 1924 in Milan. [ref]
Died June 17th, 2003 at 78 years old in Vergiate. [ref]
Natalia Dudinskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1912–2003).
Born August 21st, 1912 in Kharkiv.
Died January 29th, 2003 at 90 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Ruth Hall
American actress (1910–2003).
Born December 29th, 1910 in Jacksonville.
Died October 9th, 2003 at 92 years old in Glendale (disease).
Eugene Istomin
American pianist (1925–2003).
Born November 26th, 1925 in New York City.
Died October 10th, 2003 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C. (liver cancer).
Jean-Claude Pressac
French chemist and pharmacist (1944-2003).
Born March 3rd, 1944 in Villepinte.
Died July 23rd, 2003 at 59 years old in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
Tahia Halim
Egyptian painter (1919–2003).
Born September 9th, 1919 in Sudan.
Died May 24th, 2003 at 83 years old in Egypt.
Emil Loteanu
Moldovan filmmaker (1936–2003).
Born November 6th, 1936 in Clocușna.
Died April 18th, 2003 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician (1918-2003).
Born April 7th, 1918 in Syracuse.
Died June 19th, 2003 at 85 years old in Fort Worth.
Franz Rosenthal
German arabist (1914–2003).
Born August 31st, 1914 in Berlin.
Died April 8th, 2003 at 88 years old in New Haven, Branford. [ref]
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