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Deaths in 2003
The following is a list of figures who died in 2003.
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- Arthur R. von Hippel , 105, German-born scientist and MIT professor who made critical contributions to the development of radar
- Bríd Durrane , 109, the oldest person to receive a university degree and write an autobiography (both at 103), last surviving person who knew the leaders of Ireland's 1916 Uprising personally [1]
- Rein Helme , 49, Estonian war historian
- Terje Soots , 38, Estonian radio host
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- Vestal Goodman , 74, Queen of Southern Gospel music
- Ivan Calderon, 41, Puerto Rican former major league baseball star
- Sir Alan Bates, British actor
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- Phil Goldman , 39, WebTV founder
- Yoshio Shirai , 80, first Japanese world boxing champion
- 24, Linda Viiding , 97, Estonian translator
- 22 Dave Dudley, 75, Country music singer
- 20 John Halfpenny , 68, Australian unionist
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- 9 Paul Simon, 75, former U.S. Senator from Illinois
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- 5 Bert Templeton , 63, ice hockey coach
- 3 David Hemmings, actor
- 2 Ignaz Kiechle , German politician, minister for agriculture 1983-93
- 1 Clark Kerr, 92, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, 1952-58, and President of the University of California, 1958-67
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- 28 Harold von Braunhut, American, creator of Amazing Sea-Monkeys and other comic book kitsch, member of the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations
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- Talal al-Rasheed , Saudi poet (41 years?)
- Will Quadflieg , German actor
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- 21 Bohumil Simon , one of the leaders of the Prague Spring (83 years)
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- 19 Ken Brett, former Major League Baseball player, brother of George Brett (55 years)
- 18 Michael Kamen, composer
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- Bettina Goislard, UNHCR relief worker (29 years)
- Fukuda, Arihiro , Japanese associate professor and author of Sovereignty and the Sword (39 years)
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- 14 Gene Anthony Ray, actor and dancer
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- 3 Rasul Gamzatov, Avarian/Soviet/Russian poet, called the "People's poet of Dagestan" (80 years)
- 2 Frederic Vester, German cybernetician (77 years)
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- Daphne Hardy Henrion , British sculptor, 86 years old
- Franco Corelli, operatic tenor, 82 years old
- 29 Hal Clement, author, 81 years
- 28 Behram Kursunoglu, Turkish physicist, 81 years old
- 27 Rod Roddy, booth announcer on The Price is Right
- 26 Elem Klimov , Russian director
- 24 Rosie Nix Adams, daughter of June Carter Cash
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- 20 Jack Elam, American actor, 84 years
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- 14 Ben Metcalfe, Greenpeace activist and co-founder
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- 11 Fredy Knie, Sr. , Swiss circus director
- 10 Eugene Istomin, American pianist
- 9 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American academic and author
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- 6 Mildred O'Neill, widow of former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Tip O'Neill
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- 3 William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek
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- Gilbert Ortega , jewelry tycoon, country singer
- Robert Kardashian, criminal defense lawyer
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- 27 Donald O'Connor, entertainer, actor
- 26 Robert Palmer, singer
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- 21 Robert H. Lochner, John F. Kennedy's interpreter
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- 19 Slim Dusty, Australian country music singer
- 18 Valve Janov , Estonian painter
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- 13 Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana
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- 10 Harry Goz, cartoon voice actor
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- 6 Wilbur Snapp , stadium organist kicked out of game by umpire for playing Three Blind Mice
- 5 Gisele MacKenzie, singer
- 4 Tibor Varga , violinist, conductor and pedagogue
- 3 Paul Hill, executed for two anti-abortion murders
- 1 Sir Terry Frost, British artist
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- 29 Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim
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- 27 Pierre Poujade, French politician
- 26 Jim Wacker, American football college coach
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- 22 Arnold Gerschwiler, figure skating trainer in Britain
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- 20 António Pedro Ferreira , Portugal President of Portuguese Custom Broker Association
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- 15 Bishop Donal Lamont , Irish born Rhodesian Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize nominee expelled by Ian Smith's apartheid regime in the 1970s
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- 10 Carmita Jimenez, Puerto Rican singer
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- Tite Curet Alonso , well known Puerto Rican music composer, critic, newspaper writer
- Lee Muñoz , former first son of Puerto Rico (son of Luis Muñoz Marín), foundation leader
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- 30 Sam Phillips, record producer
- 29 Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader
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- 24 Colin R. McMillan, nominee for United States Secretary of the Navy
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- 13 Compay Segundo, Cuban musician and star of the Buena Vista Social Club
- 12 Benny Carter, American jazz pioneer
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- 10 Lord Shawcross, Britain's chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
- 9 Winston Graham, author of Poldark and Marnie
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- 7 Izhak Graziani, conductor
- 6 Buddy Ebsen, American actor
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- Roman Lyashenko, New York Rangers hockey player
- Bebu Silvetti , popular hispanic musician, songwriter
- Isabelle, Countess of Paris , widow of Henri, Count of Paris , pretender to the French throne
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- Larry Burkett , founder of Christian Financial Concepts
- Barry White, smooth soul singer
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- 29 Katharine Hepburn, actress
- 28 Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete
- 27 Dáithí P. Hanly , former Dublin city architect and conservationist
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- 25 Lester Maddox, segregationist Governor of the State of Georgia
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- 23 Vasil Bykau, Belarusian writer
- 22 Alexander Vetoux , Ukrainian boxing prospect. Was 22-1 with 18 knockouts as a professional; body found in river on June 27th
- 21 Roger Neilson, legendary Canadian hockey coach
- 20 Bob Stump, Arizona Congressman
- 19 Laura Sadler, British television actress, after falling 40 feet from a building
- 18 Larry Doby, baseball Hall of Famer, second Black man to play in the MLB
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- 12 Gregory Peck, actor
- 11 David Brinkley, broadcast journalist
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- 3 Fabrice Salanson , a French pro-cyclist
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- 30 Mickie Most, music producer, produced acts such as Lulu, Donovan, The Animals, Hot Chocolate, Suzi Quatro and Kim Wilde
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- 27 Luciano Berio, composer
- 26 Kathleen Winsor, author of Forever Amber
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- Elfren Bernier , Puerto Rican Olympic athlete and lawyer
- Frank D. White, Former governor of Arkansas
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- Mal Florence , longtime sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times
- William E. Day , broadcaster and preservationist, early proponent of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act
- Mark McCormack, sports business pioneer, founder of IMG
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- Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist
- George Francis, British suspected mobster
- June Carter Cash, musician, singer, wife of Johnny Cash
- David O. Ives , public broadcasting pioneer, longtime executive at WGBH, Boston, which introduced such television programs as "Nova ," "Frontline," "Masterpiece Theatre," and "This Old House"
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- 13 John Savage, former Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada
- 12 Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1965 - 1977
- 11 Noel Redding, former bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 10 Milan Vukcevich, chemist and chess problem composer
- 9 Russell B. Long, former U.S. Senator
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- 5 Walter Sisulu, ANC activist
- 3 Suzy Parker, actress; top model of the 1950s
- 1 Miss Elizabeth, WWE wrestling figure
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- 29 Etti Plesch, who married three counts, an American heir, and a Hungarian Lawyer
- 27 Elaine Steinbeck , former actress; widow of author John Steinbeck
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- The Honourable Rosemary Brown, Canadian politician (NDP), first black woman elected to a provincial legislature and first black woman to run for the leadership of a major federal political party
- Caroline Newhouse , arts patron; widow of Theodore Newhouse
- Max Nicholson, environmentalist
- Peter Stone, Oscar-and-(3-time)Tony-winning writer
- 25 Hidefumi Minorikawa , a Diet of Japan member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party
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- 22 Martha Griffiths, Congresswoman, women's rights proponent
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- Rocco Theunissen , Rally Driver
- Nina Simone, jazz singer, "High Priestess of Soul"
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- Conrad Leonard (aged 104), British musican and composer
- Norberto Longo , Telemundo sportscaster
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- 16 Graham Stuart Thomas, horticultural artist, author and garden designer
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- 8 Anita Borg, computer scientist
- 7 Cecile de Brunhoff (aged 99), who inspired the Babar the Elephant children's books when she told it to her children as a bedtime story in 1931 (it was then illustrated by her husband)
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- 5 Seymour Lubetzky (aged 104), cataloging theorist and librarian
- 4 Resortes, legendary Mexican comedian, real name Adalberto Martinez Chavez
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- 1 Leslie Cheung, actor and singer, one of the superstars in Hong Kong during late 1980s, committed suicide
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- 30 Valentin Pavlov, former prime minister of the Soviet Union
- 30 Gaby Rado, UK journalist
- 29 Dr. Carlo Urbani, WHO doctor, discoverer of SARS, of which he died
- 26 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former Senator from New York
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- 22 Terry Lloyd, reporter
- 20 Sailor Art Thomas, professional wrestler
- 19 Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator
- 18 Adam Osborne, computer pioneer
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- 15 Dame Thora Hird, veteran British actress
- 14 Jack Goldstein, artist
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- Stan Brakhage, filmmaker
- F. William Sunderman (aged 104), physician and scientist
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- 6 John Sanford, author
- 3 Horst Buchholz, German actor
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- 27 Fred Rogers, host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
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- 23 Howie Epstein, former Bass player for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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- Jesica Santillan, heart and lung patient whose wrong transplant made headlines
- Daniel Taradash , former president of AMPAS; Oscar-winning screenwriter of "From Here to Eternity"
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- 19 Johnny PayCheck, country music singer
- 18 Jack Brodsky , movie producer and publicist
- 17 Steve Bechler , baseball pitcher, Baltimore Orioles
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- Kid Gavilan, world boxing champion and hall of famer
- Stacy Keach Sr , character actor; father of actors Stacy and James Keach
- Walt Rostow, political advisor
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- 7 John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California from 1966 to 1977 who supported the building of the Oakland Coliseum
- 6 Robert St. John (aged 100), globetrotting reporter and author
- 5 Helge Boes, CIA operations officer
- 3 Aino Järvesoo , Estonian philanthropist
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- 29 Frank Moss Former Utah Senator
- 29 Peter Shaw, producer; husband of actress Angela Lansbury
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- 25 Robert Rockwell , actor; Philip Boynton on TV's Our Miss Brooks
- 24 Gianni Agnelli, Italian entrepreneur and president of Fiat
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- Nell Carter, singer, actress
- Aodhagán Brioscú , last surviving founder of Irish cultural organisation Gael Linn
- 22 Bill Mauldin, World War II cartoonist
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- The Iron Sheik, professional wrestler
- Françoise Giroud , French writer and politician
- 18 Richard Crenna, actor
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- Gladys Kamakakuokalani Ainoa Brandt , a pioneering Hawaiian educator, fought for native Hawaiian rights
- Doris Fisher, singer & songwriter
- 13 Norman Panama, screenwriter and director
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- 8 Ron Goodwin, British film music composer and conductor
- 6 Lila Mayoral , former first lady of Puerto Rico, wife of Rafael Hernández Colón
- 5 Roy Jenkins, British Labour MP and co-founder, first leader of, then Peer for, the Social Democratic Party
- 4 Conrad Hall, Hollywood cinematographer, a two-time Academy Award-winner
- 3 Sid Gillman, American football coach
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- 1 Joe Foss, politician, fighter pilot, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
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