Deaths in 2003 - May 2003

May 2003

  • 1 - Miss Elizabeth, 42, WWE wrestling figure.
  • 2 - Mohammed Dib, 82, Algerian writer.
  • 2 - Laurence O'Keeffe, 71, British diplomat.
  • 3 - Suzy Parker, 70, actress; top model of the 1950s.
  • 5 - David Lewin, 69, American music theorist.
  • 5 - Walter Sisulu, 90, ANC activist.
  • 6 - David Woodley, 44, former quarterback of the Miami Dolphins, who started in Super Bowl XVII.
  • 7 - John A. Collins, 71, United States Air Force chaplain.
  • 9 - Russell B. Long, 84, former United States Senator.
  • 10 - Milan Vukcevich, 66, chemist and chess problem composer.
  • 11 - Noel Redding, 57, former bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
  • 12 - Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan, 70, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1965–1977.
  • 12 - Jeremy Sandford, 72, British screenwriter.
  • 13 - John Savage, 70, Canadian politician; former Premier of Nova Scotia.
  • 14 - Robert Stack, 84, American film and television actor.
  • 14 - Dame Wendy Hiller, 91, Oscar-winning British actress of stage and screen (I Know Where I'm Going!).
  • 14 - Dave DeBusschere, 62, NBA basketball player.
  • 15 - Rik Van Steenbergen, 78, Belgian cyclist.
  • 15 - George Francis, British suspected mobster.
  • 15 - June Carter Cash, 73, musician, singer, wife of Johnny Cash.
  • 16 - William Charles Anderson, 83, American writer.
  • 16 - Mark McCormack, 72, sports business pioneer, founder of IMG.
  • 16 - Boris Stavrev, 68, Bulgarian Olympic fencer.
  • 18 - Anna Santisteban, 88, advisor of Miss Puerto Rico titleholders for the Miss Universe contest.
  • 18 - Barb Tarbox, 42, Canadian anti-smoking activist.
  • 20 - Howard Sims, 86, American tap dancer.
  • 21 - Alejandro de Tomaso, 74, a racing driver and industrialist from Argentina.
  • 21 - Frank D. White, 69, Former governor of Arkansas.
  • 24 - Rachel Kempson, 92, British actress.
  • 25 - Joseph A. Smith, 91, American politician.
  • 26 - Kathleen Winsor, 83, American author (Forever Amber).
  • 27 - Luciano Berio, 77, Italian composer.
  • 28 - Ilya Prigogine, 86, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.
  • 28 - Martha Scott, 90, American stage, film and television actress.
  • 28 - Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, 70, cosmonaut.
  • 29 - David Jefferies, 30, British motorcycle racer.
  • 30 - Mickie Most, 64, British music producer.
  • 30 - John Roberts, 75, British historian and broadcaster.
  • 31 - Anthony Stodart, Baron Stodart of Leaston, 86, Scottish politician and life peer.
  • 31 - Billy Wade, 88, South African cricketer.

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