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In the year 2003
721 Notable deaths
Yuriy Voynov
Soviet footballer (1931-2003).
Born November 29th, 1931 in Korolyov.
Died April 22nd, 2003 at 71 years old in Kyiv.
Rie Mastenbroek
Dutch swimmer (1919–2003).
Born February 26th, 1919 in Rotterdam.
Died November 6th, 2003 at 84 years old in Rotterdam.
John Aston, Sr.
English footballer (1921-2003).
Born September 3rd, 1921 in Prestwich.
Died July 31st, 2003 at 81 years old in Manchester.
Wim van Est
Dutch racing cyclist (1923–2003).
Born March 25th, 1923 in Moerdijk.
Died May 1st, 2003 at 80 years old in Roosendaal.
Júlio Botelho
Brazilian footballer (1929-2003).
Born July 29th, 1929 in São Paulo.
Died January 10th, 2003 at 73 years old in Penha District (heart failure).
Vladimir Bogomolov
Russian-soviet writer.
Born July 3rd, 1924 in Moscow Governorate. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2003 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Raphael I Bidawid
Patriarch of the chaldean catholic church (1922-2003).
Born April 17th, 1922 in Mosul.
Died July 7th, 2003 at 81 years old in Beirut.
Gerald Emmett Carter
Canadian catholic cardinal (1912–2003).
Born March 1st, 1912 in Montreal.
Died April 6th, 2003 at 91 years old in Toronto.
Lev Kerbel
Russian sculptor (1917-2003).
Born November 7th, 1917 in Semenivka. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2003 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner