In the year 2003
644 Notable deaths
Jaime Silva Gómez
Colombian footballer (1935-2003).
Born October 10th, 1935 in Bogotá.
Died April 25th, 2003 at 67 years old in Tarragona.
István Kelen
Hungarian table tennis player.
Born March 21st, 1912 in Budapest.
Died May 1st, 2003 at 91 years old in Sydney.
Armand Putzeys
Belgian cyclist.
Born November 30th, 1916 in Engis.
Died November 21st, 2003 at 86 years old in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.
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]
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born January 6th, 1933 in Udomlya.
Died May 28th, 2003 at 70 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Jaime Ramírez
Chilean footballer (1931-2003).
Born August 14th, 1931 in Santiago.
Died February 26th, 2003 at 71 years old in Santiago.
Elena Lacková
Slovak poet and writer.
Born March 22nd, 1921 in Veľký Šariš. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2003 at 81 years old in Košice. [ref]
Jean Lucas
Racecar driver (1917-2003).
Born April 25th, 1917 in Le Mans. [ref]
Died September 27th, 2003 at 86 years old in Saint-Martin-de-Ré. [ref]
Valentin Bibik
Ukrainian composer (1940-2003).
Born July 19th, 1940 in Kharkiv.
Died July 7th, 2003 at 62 years old in Tel Aviv.
Oles Berdnyk
Ukrainian & soviet science fiction writer, essayist, founding member of the ukrainian helsinki group, dissident and actor (1926-2003).
Born November 27th, 1926 in Vavylove.
Died March 18th, 2003 at 76 years old in Kaharlyk Raion.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.