In the year 2003
667 Notable deaths
Ilya Prigogine
Russian-belgian physical chemist.
Born January 25th, 1917 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2003 at 86 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Paul Simon
American politician.
Born November 29th, 1928 in Eugene.
Died December 9th, 2003 at 75 years old in Springfield (surgical complications).
Zoran Đinđić
Serbian politician (1952−2003).
Born August 1st, 1952 in Šamac. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2003 at 50 years old in Belgrade (ballistic trauma).
Russell B. Long
American politician (1918–2003).
Born November 3rd, 1918 in Shreveport.
Died May 9th, 2003 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
David M. Brown
American astronaut.
Born April 16th, 1956 in Arlington County.
Died February 1st, 2003 at 46 years old in Texas.
Gertrude Ederle
American swimmer (1905–2003).
Born October 23rd, 1905 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2003 at 98 years old in Wyckoff.
Don Gibson
American songwriter and country musician (1928-2003).
Born April 3rd, 1928 in Shelby. [ref]
Died November 17th, 2003 at 75 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Shawn Lane
American musician.
Born March 21st, 1963 in Memphis.
Died September 26th, 2003 at 40 years old in Memphis (lung disease).
Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Fourth caliph of the messiah.
Born December 18th, 1928 in Qadian.
Died April 19th, 2003 at 74 years old in London.
Garrett Hardin
American ecologist (1915-2003).
Born April 21st, 1915 in Dallas.
Died September 14th, 2003 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (intoxication).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 667
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius