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In the year 2003
792 Notable deaths
Gerrie Deijkers
Dutch football player (1946-2003).
Born November 13th, 1946 in Breda.
Died October 29th, 2003 at 56 years old in Breda.
Flóra Kádár
Hungarian actress.
Born August 4th, 1928 in Budapest.
Died January 3rd, 2003 at 74 years old in Budapest. [ref]
German Apukhtin
Russian footballer (1936-2003).
Born June 12th, 1936 in Moscow.
Died December 31st, 2003 at 67 years old [ref]
Emília Rotter
Hungarian pair skater (1906–2003).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Budapest.
Died January 27th, 2003 at 96 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Herma Bauma
Austrian athlete and handballer.
Born January 23rd, 1915 in Vienna.
Died February 9th, 2003 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Antonio Medina
Chess player (1919-2003).
Born October 2nd, 1919 in Barcelona.
Died October 31st, 2003 at 84 years old in Barcelona.
Zagir Ismagilov
Bashkir composer (1916–2003).
Born January 8th, 1917 in Sermenevo.
Died May 30th, 2003 at 86 years old in Ufa.
Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni
Designer.
Born April 7th, 1916 in Milan.
Died August 7th, 2003 at 87 years old
Ray Lewis
Canadian sprinter (1910–2003).
Born October 8th, 1910 in Hamilton.
Died November 14th, 2003 at 93 years old in Hamilton.
Berta Ambrož
Slovenian singer (1944-2003).
Born October 29th, 1944 in Kranj.
Died July 1st, 2003 at 58 years old in Ljubljana.
Paulos Tzadua
Cardinal; ethiopian catholic archbishop of addis abeba (1921-2003).
Born August 25th, 1921 in Ethiopia.
Died December 11th, 2003 at 82 years old in Rome.
José Manuel Pesudo
Football player/manager (1936-2003).
Born June 1st, 1936 in Almassora.
Died December 5th, 2003 at 67 years old in Valencia.
Olle Anderberg
Swedish wrestler (1919-2003).
Born September 13th, 1919 in Asmundtorp parish.
Died September 26th, 2003 at 84 years old in Linköping.
Richard Edmund Lyng
American government official (1918–2003).
Born June 29th, 1918 in San Francisco.
Died February 1st, 2003 at 84 years old in Modesto (Parkinson's disease).
Shulamith Hareven
Israeli writer (1930–2003).
Born February 14th, 1930 in Warsaw.
Died December 2nd, 2003 at 73 years old in Jerusalem.
Vasilije Šijaković
Montenegrin footballer (1929-2003).
Born August 2nd, 1929 in Nikšić. [ref]
Died November 10th, 2003 at 74 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Johnny Mauro
Racecar driver (1910–2003).
Born October 25th, 1910 in Denver.
Died January 23rd, 2003 at 92 years old in Golden.
Washington Beltrán
Uruguayan politician (1914-2003).
Born April 6th, 1914 in Montevideo.
Died February 19th, 2003 at 88 years old in Montevideo.
Paul Kuusberg
Estonian writer (1916-2003).
Born April 30th, 1916 in Tallinn.
Died January 21st, 2003 at 86 years old in Tallinn.
Rudolf Krause
German footballer and manager (1927-2003).
Born January 21st, 1927 in Leipzig.
Died December 12th, 2003 at 76 years old in Leipzig.
Prodan Gardzhev
Olympic wrestler (1936–2003).
Born April 8th, 1936 in Rosenovo.
Died July 5th, 2003 at 67 years old in Burgas (myocardial infarction).
Knud Leif Thomsen
Danish film director (1924-2003).
Born September 2nd, 1924 in Ballerup.
Died October 14th, 2003 at 79 years old in Alençon.
Halima Nosirova
Soviet opera singer, music educator and actor (1913-2003).
Born December 21st, 1913 in Kokand uyezd.
Died January 3rd, 2003 at 89 years old in Tashkent.
Milan Janić
Canoe racer.
Born June 14th, 1957 in Bačka Palanka.
Died January 1st, 2003 at 45 years old in Belgrade.
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