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In the year 2003
698 Notable deaths
Anita Borg
American computer scientist (1949-2003).
Born January 17th, 1949 in Chicago.
Died April 6th, 2003 at 54 years old in Sonoma (brain cancer).
Vera Zorina
Norwegian ballerina (1917-2003).
Born January 2nd, 1917 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2003 at 86 years old in Santa Fe (stroke).
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
Canadian mathematician (1907–2003).
Born February 9th, 1907 in Kensington.
Died March 31st, 2003 at 96 years old in Toronto.
Walt Whitman Rostow
American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003).
Born October 7th, 1916 in New York City.
Died February 13th, 2003 at 86 years old in Austin.
László Papp
Hungarian boxer (1926-2003).
Born March 25th, 1926 in Budapest.
Died October 16th, 2003 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Shlomo Argov
Israeli diplomat (1929–2003).
Born December 14th, 1929 in Jerusalem.
Died February 23rd, 2003 at 73 years old in Jerusalem.
Kathleen Raine
British poet, critic and scholar (1908–2003).
Born June 14th, 1908 in Ilford.
Died July 6th, 2003 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Luis A. Ferré
Puerto rican politician (1904-2003).
Born February 17th, 1904 in Ponce.
Died October 21st, 2003 at 99 years old in San Juan (respiratory failure).
Arthur Guyton
American physiologist.
Born September 8th, 1919 in Oxford.
Died April 3rd, 2003 at 83 years old in Mississippi (traffic collision).
Charles Berlitz
American linguist (1914–2003).
Born November 22nd, 1914 in New York City.
Died December 18th, 2003 at 89 years old in Tamarac.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 698
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