In the year 2003
698 Notable deaths
Kid Gavilán
Cuban boxer (1926-2003).
Born January 6th, 1926 in Camagüey.
Died February 13th, 2003 at 77 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction).
Elisabeth Welch
Singer, actress (1904-2003).
Born February 27th, 1904 in Englewood.
Died July 15th, 2003 at 99 years old in London.
Chris Brasher
London marathon co-founder, athlete, journalist.
Born August 21st, 1928 in Georgetown.
Died February 28th, 2003 at 74 years old in Chaddleworth.
Preston Smith
Governor of texas (1912-2003).
Born March 8th, 1912 in Williamson County.
Died October 18th, 2003 at 91 years old in Lubbock.
Lewis A. Coser
American sociologist.
Born November 27th, 1913 in Berlin.
Died July 8th, 2003 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Kir Bulychev
Soviet russian science fiction writer and historian (1934–2003).
Born October 18th, 1934 in Moscow.
Died September 5th, 2003 at 68 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Mohammed Dib
Algerian writer.
Born July 21st, 1920 in Tlemcen. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 2003 at 82 years old in Paris. [ref]
Martha Chase
American geneticist.
Born November 30th, 1927 in Cleveland Heights.
Died August 8th, 2003 at 75 years old in Lorain (pneumonia).
Giorgio Gaber
Italian singer-songwriter and actor (1939-2003).
Born January 25th, 1939 in Milan.
Died January 1st, 2003 at 63 years old in Camaiore.
Hartley Shawcross
British politician (1902-2003).
Born February 4th, 1902 in Giessen.
Died July 10th, 2003 at 101 years old in Cowbeech Farmhouse.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 698
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker