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In the year 2003
698 Notable deaths
Curt Hennig
American professional wrestler.
Born March 28th, 1958 in Robbinsdale.
Died February 10th, 2003 at 44 years old in Tampa (drug overdose).
John Paul Getty Jr.
Wealthy american-born british philanthropist and book collector.
Born September 7th, 1932 in Los Angeles.
Died April 17th, 2003 at 70 years old in London (disease).
Richard Crenna
American actor, director and producer (1926–2003).
Born November 30th, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Died October 17th, 2003 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer).
Mutsuhiro Watanabe
Japanese soldier and camp guard.
Born January 1st, 1918.
Died April 1st, 2003 at 85 years old
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Indian hindi poet, father of amitabh bachchan (1907-2003).
Born November 27th, 1907 in Prayagraj.
Died January 18th, 2003 at 95 years old in Mumbai.
Bing Russell
American actor and baseball club owner (1926-2003).
Born May 5th, 1926 in Brattleboro.
Died April 8th, 2003 at 76 years old in Thousand Oaks (cancer).
Buddy Hackett
American actor and comedian.
Born August 31st, 1924 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2003 at 78 years old in Malibu (diabetes). [ref]
Leslie Cheung
Hong kong singer-songwriter and actor (1956-2003).
Born September 12th, 1956 in British Hong Kong.
Died April 1st, 2003 at 46 years old in Hong Kong.
Edward Said
Palestinian-american professor (1935–2003).
Born November 1st, 1935 in Jerusalem.
Died September 25th, 2003 at 67 years old in New York City (leukemia). [ref]
Jack Elam
American actor (1920–2003).
Born November 13th, 1920 in Miami.
Died October 20th, 2003 at 82 years old in Ashland (myocardial infarction).
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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