In the year 2003
721 Notable deaths
Barbara Weeks
American film actress (1913-2003).
Born July 4th, 1913 in Somerville.
Died June 24th, 2003 at 89 years old in Las Vegas.
Bernard Dowiyogo
Nauruan politician (1946-2003).
Born February 14th, 1946 in Nauru, Ubenide Constituency.
Died March 9th, 2003 at 57 years old in Washington, D.C. (diabetes).
Georges Pichard
French comic book artist (1920–2003).
Born January 7th, 1920 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 6th, 2003 at 83 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Vítor Damas
Portuguese footballer (1947-2003).
Born October 8th, 1947 in Lisbon.
Died September 13th, 2003 at 55 years old in Lisbon (cancer).
Sat-Okh
Children's author and soldier in the polish resistance during world war ii.
Born April 15th, 1925 in Alexeyevsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Canada.
Died July 3rd, 2003 at 78 years old in Gdańsk.
Hilde Levi
German physicist.
Born May 9th, 1909 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died July 26th, 2003 at 94 years old in Copenhagen.
Manuel Rosenthal
French composer and conductor (1904-2003).
Born June 18th, 1904 in Paris. [ref]
Died June 5th, 2003 at 98 years old in Paris. [ref]
Frank Moss
American politician (1911-2003).
Born September 23rd, 1911 in Salt Lake City.
Died January 29th, 2003 at 91 years old in Salt Lake City.
Hideyo Amamoto
Japanese actor (1926–2003).
Born January 2nd, 1926 in Wakamatsu-ku.
Died March 23rd, 2003 at 77 years old (pneumonia).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel