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In the year 2003
644 Notable deaths
Gertrude Ederle
American swimmer (1906–2003).
Born October 23rd, 1906 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2003 at 97 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).
Eduardo Palomo
Mexican actor and singer (1962-2003).
Born May 13th, 1962 in Mexico City.
Died November 6th, 2003 at 41 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Bhisham Sahni
Indian writer, playwright, and actor (1915-2003).
Born August 8th, 1915 in Rawalpindi. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2003 at 87 years old in Delhi. [ref]
Anna Lindh
Swedish politician (1957-2003).
Born June 19th, 1957 in Enskede-Årsta parish.
Died September 11th, 2003 at 46 years old in Karolinska University Hospital (murder).
Sydney Lassick
Actor (1922-2003).
Born July 23rd, 1922 in Chicago. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2003 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (diabetes). [ref]
Kinji Fukasaku
Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Born July 3rd, 1930 in Mito. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2003 at 72 years old in Tokyo (cancer, prostate cancer). [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 644
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir