In the year 2003
791 Notable deaths
Marc Camoletti
French playwright (1923–2003).
Born November 16th, 1923 in Geneva.
Died July 18th, 2003 at 79 years old in Benerville-sur-Mer.
Luděk Pachman
Czechoslovak-german chess grandmaster (1924-2003).
Born May 11th, 1924 in Bělá pod Bezdězem, Prague. [ref]
Died March 6th, 2003 at 78 years old in Passau. [ref]
Mike Larrabee
American sprinter (1933–2003).
Born December 2nd, 1933 in Los Angeles.
Died April 22nd, 2003 at 69 years old in Santa Maria (pancreatic cancer).
Nello Pagani
Italian motorcycle racer.
Born October 11th, 1911 in Milan.
Died October 19th, 2003 at 92 years old in Bresso.
Rajko Žižić
Montenegrin basketball player (1955–2003).
Born January 22nd, 1955 in Nikšić.
Died August 7th, 2003 at 48 years old in Belgrade.
Nikolai Todorov
Bulgarian academic and politician.
Born June 21st, 1921 in Varna.
Died August 27th, 2003 at 82 years old in Sofia.
Ludwig Bölkow
German aerospace engineer (1912–2003).
Born June 30th, 1912 in Schwerin.
Died July 25th, 2003 at 91 years old in Grünwald.
Donald Nicol
British byzantinist (1923–2003).
Born February 4th, 1923 in Portsmouth.
Died September 25th, 2003 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Eddie Thomson
Scottish association football player and manager (1947–2003).
Born February 25th, 1947 in Rosewell.
Died February 21st, 2003 at 55 years old in Sydney (lymphoma).
Fedora Barbieri
Italian mezzo-soprano singer.
Born June 4th, 1920 in Trieste.
Died March 4th, 2003 at 82 years old in Florence.
Robert John Braidwood
American anthropologist and archaeologist (1907–2003).
Born July 29th, 1907 in Detroit.
Died January 15th, 2003 at 95 years old in Chicago.
Johnny Boyd
American racing driver.
Born August 19th, 1926 in Fresno.
Died October 26th, 2003 at 77 years old in Fresno.
Ernie Calverley
American basketball player and coach (1924–2003).
Born January 30th, 1924 in Pawtucket.
Died October 20th, 2003 at 79 years old in Providence. [ref]
Daniel Ceccaldi
French actor (1927-2003).
Born July 25th, 1927 in Meaux.
Died March 27th, 2003 at 75 years old in Villejuif (liver cancer).
Ihsan Abbas
Palestinian literary scholar and arabist.
Born December 2nd, 1920 in Ayn Ghazal.
Died January 29th, 2003 at 82 years old in Amman.
Yuriy Voynov
Soviet footballer (1931-2003).
Born November 29th, 1931 in Korolyov.
Died April 22nd, 2003 at 71 years old in Kyiv.
Rie Mastenbroek
Dutch swimmer (1919–2003).
Born February 26th, 1919 in Rotterdam.
Died November 6th, 2003 at 84 years old in Rotterdam.
John Aston, Sr.
English footballer (1921-2003).
Born September 3rd, 1921 in Prestwich.
Died July 31st, 2003 at 81 years old in Manchester.
Wim van Est
Dutch racing cyclist (1923–2003).
Born March 25th, 1923 in Moerdijk.
Died May 1st, 2003 at 80 years old in Roosendaal.
Júlio Botelho
Brazilian footballer (1929-2003).
Born July 29th, 1929 in São Paulo.
Died January 10th, 2003 at 73 years old in Penha District (heart failure).
Vladimir Bogomolov
Russian-soviet writer.
Born July 3rd, 1926 in Kyrylivka. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2003 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Raphael I Bidawid
Patriarch of the chaldean catholic church (1922-2003).
Born April 17th, 1922 in Mosul.
Died July 7th, 2003 at 81 years old in Beirut.
Skunder Boghossian
Ethiopian artist (1937-2003).
Born July 22nd, 1937 in Addis Ababa.
Died May 4th, 2003 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..
Slava Stetsko
Ukrainian politician (1920-2003).
Born May 14th, 1920 in Romanivka.
Died March 12th, 2003 at 82 years old in Munich.
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black