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In the year 2003
699 Notable deaths
Bhupen Khakhar
Indian artist (1934-2003).
Born March 10th, 1934 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died August 8th, 2003 at 69 years old in Vadodara (cancer). [ref]
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).
Umar Wirahadikusumah
4th vice president of indonesia (1983–1988).
Born October 10th, 1924 in West Java.
Died March 21st, 2003 at 78 years old in Jakarta.
Mario Merz
Italian artist, painter and sculptor (1925–2003).
Born January 1st, 1925 in Milan. [ref]
Died November 9th, 2003 at 78 years old in Turin. [ref]
Meir Vilner
Israeli communist politician (1918-2003).
Born October 23rd, 1918 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died June 5th, 2003 at 84 years old in Tel Aviv.
Jürgen Möllemann
German politician (1945-2003).
Born July 15th, 1945 in Augsburg.
Died June 5th, 2003 at 57 years old in Marl-Loemühle Airport (falling).
Mickey Finn
British percussionist (1947–2003).
Born June 3rd, 1947 in Thornton Heath. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2003 at 55 years old in Croydon. [ref]
Philip Yordan
American screenwriter.
Born April 1st, 1914 in Chicago. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2003 at 88 years old in La Jolla (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Barber Conable
American politician (1922–2003).
Born November 2nd, 1922 in Warsaw.
Died November 30th, 2003 at 81 years old in Sarasota (infectious disease).
Virginia Biddle
American performer (1910–2003).
Born December 17th, 1910 in Topeka. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2003 at 92 years old in Old Saybrook. [ref]
Deaths 341 to 350 of 699
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson