In the year 2003
791 Notable deaths
Imperio Argentina
Argentine-spanish actress, singer.
Born December 26th, 1910 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 22nd, 2003 at 92 years old in Benalmádena.
Moshe Carmel
Israeli politician (1911-2003).
Born January 17th, 1911 in Mińsk Mazowiecki. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2003 at 92 years old in Tel Aviv.
Donald Griffin
American zoologist (1915–2003).
Born August 3rd, 1915 in Southampton.
Died November 7th, 2003 at 88 years old in Lexington.
Života Panić
Yugoslav general (1933-2003).
Born November 3rd, 1933 in Gornja Crnišava.
Died November 19th, 2003 at 70 years old in Belgrade (disease).
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.
Rik Van Steenbergen
Cyclist (1924-2003).
Born September 9th, 1924 in Arendonk.
Died May 15th, 2003 at 78 years old in Antwerp.
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]
Nora Heysen
Australian painter (1911-2003).
Born January 11th, 1911 in Hahndorf. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2003 at 92 years old in Sydney. [ref]
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.
Natalia Dudinskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1912–2003).
Born August 21st, 1912 in Kharkiv.
Died January 29th, 2003 at 90 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Aleksandar Tišma
Serbian writer (1924-2003).
Born January 16th, 1924 in Horgoš.
Died February 16th, 2003 at 79 years old in Novi Sad.
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).
Ruth Hall
American actress (1910–2003).
Born December 29th, 1910 in Jacksonville.
Died October 9th, 2003 at 92 years old in Glendale (disease).
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician (1918-2003).
Born April 7th, 1918 in Syracuse.
Died June 19th, 2003 at 85 years old in Fort Worth.
Maurice Michael Otunga
Catholic cardinal. (1923–2003).
Born January 31st, 1923 in Bungoma County.
Died September 6th, 2003 at 80 years old in Nairobi.
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.
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.
Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian writer and journalist (1910-2003).
Born November 17th, 1910 in Fortaleza.
Died November 4th, 2003 at 92 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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).
Yun Hyon-seok
South korean poet, writer and lgbt activist.
Born August 7th, 1984 in Incheon.
Died April 26th, 2003 at 18 years old in Dongdaemun District (hanging to death).
Emil Loteanu
Moldovan filmmaker (1936–2003).
Born November 6th, 1936 in Clocușna.
Died April 18th, 2003 at 66 years old in Moscow.
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]
Carlos Roberto Reina
President of honduras (1994-1998).
Born March 13th, 1926 in Tegucigalpa.
Died August 19th, 2003 at 77 years old in Tegucigalpa (gunshot wound).
Annalena Tonelli
Italian lawyer and activist (1943–2003).
Born April 2nd, 1943 in Forlì.
Died October 5th, 2003 at 60 years old in Borama.
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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel