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In the year 2003
644 Notable deaths
Saifuddin Azizi
First chairman of xinjiang uyghur autonomous region (1915-2003).
Born March 12th, 1915 in Tacheng.
Died November 24th, 2003 at 88 years old in Beijing.
Trevor Ford
Welsh association football player (1923-2003).
Born October 1st, 1923 in Swansea.
Died May 29th, 2003 at 79 years old in Swansea (pneumonia).
Lothar Emmerich
German footballer (1941-2003).
Born November 29th, 1941 in Dortmund.
Died August 13th, 2003 at 61 years old in Hemer (lung cancer).
Kerim Kerimov
Soviet rocket scientist.
Born November 14th, 1917 in Baku.
Died March 29th, 2003 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Barber Conable
American politician (1922-2003).
Born November 2nd, 1922 in Warsaw.
Died November 30th, 2003 at 81 years old in Sarasota (infectious disease).
Anthony of Sourozh
Russian orthodox bishop and theological author (1914-2003).
Born June 6th, 1914 in Lausanne.
Died August 4th, 2003 at 89 years old in London.
Marshall Rosenbluth
American nuclear physicist.
Born February 5th, 1927 in Albany.
Died September 28th, 2003 at 76 years old in San Diego.
Andrey Kivilev
Kazakh cyclist.
Born September 20th, 1973 in Taldykorgan.
Died March 12th, 2003 at 29 years old in Saint-Étienne (fall).
Mordechai Hod
Israeli general.
Born September 28th, 1926 in Mandatory Palestine.
Died June 29th, 2003 at 76 years old in Israel.
Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
President of somaliland (1931-2003).
Born April 4th, 1931 in Burao.
Died November 8th, 2003 at 72 years old in London.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 644
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