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In the year 2003
699 Notable deaths
Erkki Mallenius
Boxer (1928–2003).
Born January 12th, 1928 in Lappeenranta.
Died July 22nd, 2003 at 75 years old in Pori. [ref]
Aleksandr Sidelnikov
Russian ice hockey player.
Born August 12th, 1950 in Solnechnogorsk.
Died June 23rd, 2003 at 52 years old in Kholmogory (heart failure).
Tadao Horie
Japanese association football player (1913–2003).
Born September 13th, 1913 in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Died March 29th, 2003 at 89 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).
Johan Andersen
Danish canoe racer (1920–2003).
Born January 24th, 1920 in Aarhus.
Died May 7th, 2003 at 83 years old in Struer.
Vlasta Depetrisová
Czechoslovak table tennis player.
Born December 22nd, 1920 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2003 at 82 years old in Plzeň. [ref]
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 Grebeni. [ref]
Franco Valle
Boxer (1940-2003).
Born February 15th, 1940 in Genoa.
Died April 10th, 2003 at 63 years old in Genoa.
Richard Wahlstrom
American rower (1931–2003).
Born November 8th, 1931 in Seattle.
Died December 18th, 2003 at 72 years old in Edmonds.
Olle Bexell
Olympic athlete.
Born June 14th, 1909 in Luleå.
Died January 6th, 2003 at 93 years old in Uppsala.
Tranquilo Cappozzo
Argentine rower (1918–2003).
Born January 25th, 1918 in United States.
Died May 14th, 2003 at 85 years old in Valle Hermoso.
Deaths 661 to 670 of 699
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