Deaths in May 2003
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2003.
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Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
May 2003
1
- Wim van Est, 80, Dutch racing cyclist.
- Miss Elizabeth, 42, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager, drug and alcohol overdose.
- Paul Moore Jr., 83, bishop of the Episcopal Church and former US Marine Corps officer.
2
- Konstantin Buteyko, 80, Russian physician.
- Mohammed Dib, 82, Algerian writer.
- James Miller, 34, Welsh filmmaker and cameraman.
- Laurence O'Keeffe, 71, British diplomat.
- Maureen Rooney, 56, Scottish trade unionist.
- Henry Wise Jr., 82, American physician and World War II Tuskegee Airman fighter pilot.[1]
- George Wyle, 87, American musical director and composer (theme to Gilligan's Island, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year").[2]
3
- José Alanís, 92, Mexican sports shooter (men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol at the 1948 Summer Olympics).[3]
- Lucy Barfield, 67, British godchild of C.S. Lewis and eponym for Lucy Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia.[4]
- Anna Buckley, 79, American politician, complications of cancer and pneumonia.
- Glen Culler, 75, American professor of electrical engineering.
- Oskar D'Amico, 80, Italian artist.
- Jozef Feranec, 93, Slovak Roman Catholic bishop, Diocese of Banská Bystrica (1973–1990).
- Suzy Parker, 70, American actress and model, wife of Bradford Dillman.
- Marcel Roche, 82, French physician and scientist.
- G. Venkateswaran, 55, Indian film producer.[5]
4
- Barbara Bailey, 92, English nun, artist and teacher, created the artwork for Royal Doulton Bunnykins tableware.[6]
- Skunder Boghossian, 65, Ethiopian-American artist and teacher.[7]
- Sesto Bruscantini, 83, Italian baritone.[8]
- Susan B. Nelson, 76, American environmental activist, "mother of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area".[9]
- Arthur Oldham, 76, British composer and choirmaster.
- Sir Richard Trowbridge, 83, British admiral and Governor of Western Australia (1980–1983).
- Gloster Udy, 84, Australian religious minister and author.
- David Woodley, 44, American professional football player (Miami Dolphins), starting quarterback in Super Bowl XVII.[10]
5
- David Lewin, 69, American music theorist.
- Sir Philip Powell, 82, British architect.
- Walter Sisulu, 90, ANC activist.
6
- Ateng, 60, Indonesian actor and comedian.
- Steve Atkinson, 54, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Washington Capitals, Toronto Toros), heart attack.[11]
- Geoffrey Bardon, 63, Australian artist, teacher and Aboriginal art advocate.[12]
- Oleksandr Bilash, 72, Ukrainian composer and author.[13]
- Colin Gunton, 62, British theologian and Professor of Christian Doctrine.[14]
- Art Houtteman, 75, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles).[15]
7
- P. B. Abercrombie, 85, British writer.
- Denise Albe-Fessard, 87, French neuroscientist, president of the International Association for the Study of Pain.[16]
- Duane Allen, 65, American professional football player (Santa Ana College, Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears).[17]
- Johan Andersen, 83, Danish sprint canoer (silver medal in men's K-1 1000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics).[18]
- John A. Collins, 71, United States Air Force chaplain.
- Gerónimo Lluberas, 47, Puerto Rican physician, writer and composer, cancer.
- Joshua Madaki, 55, Nigerian Governor of Bauchi State, car crash.
8
- Slick Coffman, 92, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns).[19]
- Dorothy Ferguson, 80, Canadian-American baseball infielder and outfielder, cancer.[20]
- Jack Null, 78, American college basketball coach (Virginia Military Institute), complications from an aneurysm.[21]
9
- Yves Brouzet, 54, French shot putter (four-time French champion; men's Olympic shot put: 1972, 1976).[22]
- Sir George Grenfell-Baines, 95, British architect and town planner.
- Antonio Ibáñez Freire, 89, Spanish politician and army officer.
- Russell B. Long, 84, American politician (U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1948 to 1987).[23]
- Elizabeth Neuffer, 46, American journalist, specialized in war crimes, human rights abuses and post-conflict societies.[24]
10
- Norman Berlis, 83, Canadian diplomat.
- Bob Gaudio, 77, American football player (Ohio State University, Cleveland Browns).[25]
- Leonard Michaels, 70, American writer of short stories, novels, and essays.
- Milan Vukcevich, 66, Yugoslav-born American chemist and Grandmaster of Chess Composition.[26]
- Joseph D. Ward, 89, American politician.
11
- Cecil Allan, 88, Northern Irish footballer.
- Karl Boyes, 67, American politician (Pennsylvania House of Representatives).[27]
- Loren McIntyre, 86, American photojournalist.
- Noel Redding, 57, English former bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, liver cirrhosis.
- Ernie Toshack, 88, Australian cricketer.
- Bill Vickroy, 81, American football coach and athletic director (University of Wisconsin–La Crosse), and president of NAIA.[28]
12
- Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan, 70, French international civil servant (U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees 1965–1977).[29]
- Stan Lay, 96, New Zealand javelin thrower (men's javelin throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics).[30]
- Edward McCombie McGirr, 86, Scottish medical academic.
- Sir Michael Richardson, 78, British investment banker.
- Don Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings, 86, British businessman and politician.
- Jeremy Sandford, 72, British screenwriter.
13
- Vladimir Abazarov, 73, Soviet geologist.
- Theo Aronson, 73, South African-British royal biographer (Princess Alice, Queen Mother, Princess Margaret).[31]
- Robert Kost, 66, Canadian artist.
- John Savage, 70, Canadian politician; former Premier of Nova Scotia, cancer.
- Byron Wolford, 72, American rodeo cowboy and professional poker player.[32]
14
- Dave DeBusschere, 62, American professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks), coach (Detroit Pistons) and baseball player (Chicago White Sox).[33]
- Dame Wendy Hiller, 91, Oscar-winning British actress of stage and screen (I Know Where I'm Going!).
- Robert Stack, 84, American film and television actor.
15
- D. Bernard Amos, 80, American immunologist, contributed to immunogenetics, tumor immunity and transplantation immunology.[34]
- June Carter Cash, 73, American musician, singer, wife of Johnny Cash, complications following heart-valve replacement surgery.
- Sir Desmond Dreyer, 93, British admiral.
- Stanley B. Kimball, 76, American historian.
- Gaby Robert, 83, French football player.
- Rik Van Steenbergen, 78, Belgian cyclist.
16
- William Charles Anderson, 83, American writer (novel and film adaptation: Bat*21).[35]
- Mark McCormack, 72, sports business pioneer, founder of IMG.
- Boris Stavrev, 68, Bulgarian Olympic fencer.
17
- Edith Carlmar, 91, Norwegian actress and Norway's first female film director.
- Sidney Holgate, 84, British mathematician and academic administrator.
- Edwin L. Nelson, 63, American judge (U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama).[36]
- Luigi Pintor, 77, Italian politician and journalist.
- Gerhard Schöpfel, 90, German pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
- Gerard Maxwell Weisberg, 77, American judge (New York State Supreme Court).[37]
18
- Peter Lasko, 79, German-born British art historian.
- Anna Santisteban, 88, advisor of Miss Puerto Rico titleholders for the Miss Universe contest.
- Barb Tarbox, 42, Canadian anti-smoking activist.
- George H. Williams, 85, American President of American University.[38]
19
- Jim Bradley, 91, British army officer and World War II prisoner of war escapee.[39]
- Johanna Budwig, 94, German biochemist and author.
- Camoflauge, 21, American rapper, shot.
- Pip Freedman, 77, South African radio comedian and actor, blood clot in his leg.
- Ludwig Lachner, German footballer and manager.
- Jinny Osborn, 76, American popular music singer, cancer.
- Kunhiraman Palat Candeth, 86, Indian army general.
- Nicolay Paskevich, 95, Russian painter.
- Ivo Žídek, 76, Czech operatic tenor, known for his roles in the operas of Smetana, Dvořák and Janáček.[40]
20
- Joe "Guitar" Hughes, 65, American blues musician, heart attack.
- Tha. Kiruttinan, 66, Indian politician, murdered.
- Eddie Little, 48, American author, heart attack.
- Howard Sims, 86, African-American vaudeville tap dancer, alzheimer's disease.
21
- Alejandro de Tomaso, 74, Argentinian racing driver and industrialist.
- Hermann A. Haus, 77, Slovene-born American scientist.
- Roy Keenan, 72, Canadian Olympic boxer
- George C. Martin, 93, American Boeing project engineer (Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Boeing B-47 Stratojet).[41]
- Philip W. Nuber, 63, American U.S. Air Force major general, director of the Defense Mapping Agency.[42]
- Frank D. White, 69, American politician (41st Governor of Arkansas), banker and banking regulator.[43]
22
- Elias Constantine, 91, Trinidadian cricketer.
- Big DS, 31, American hardcore rapper and record producer, lymphatic cancer.
- Grover E. Murray, 86, American geologist and educator.
- Noel Robins, 67, Australian partially quadriplegic sailor, traffic accident.
23
- Savita Ambedkar, 94, Indian social activist and doctor.
- Dame Diana Collins, 95, British human rights activist, widow of Canon John Collins.
- David Eagleson, 78, American lawyer.
- Weenie Miller, American basketball coach, director, and sportcaster.
- Roy Tackett, 78, rifleman with the United States Marine Corps during World War II, heart failure.
- Jean Yanne, 69, French actor and director (Weekend, This Man Must Die).[44]
24
- Rachel Kempson, 92, English actress, stroke.
- Allan McMahon, 48, Australian rugby footballer and coach.
- Arne Skouen, 89, Norwegian journalist, author and film director.[45]
- Ruth G. Waddy, 94, American artist, printmaker and activist.[46]
- Sir Robert Williams, 86, Welsh microbiologist and epidemiologist, leading research on hospital-acquired infections.[47]
25
- Almir Chediak, 52, Brazilian musician and entrepreneur, shot by robbers.
- Richard A. Gardner, 72, American child psychiatrist.
- George Edward Lynch, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh.
- Bill Paschal, 81, American football player (Georgia Tech, New York Giants, Boston Yanks).[48]
- Joseph A. Smith, 91, American politician.
- Jeremy Ward, 27, American keyboardist and sound technician, member of The Mars Volta and De Facto.[49]
- Sloan Wilson, 83, American novelist (The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, A Summer Place).[50]
26
- Charles Brahm, 85, Belgian canoeist (men's kayak doubles 10000 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics).[51]
- Alfredo Bravo, 78, Argentine politician and trade unionist.[52]
- Melitta Brunner, 96, Austrian figure skater (ladies singles skating, bronze medal in pairs skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics).[53]
- Jim Root, 71, American football player (Miami University, Chicago Cardinals) and coach (New Hampshire, William & Mary).[54]
- Kathleen Winsor, 83, American author (Forever Amber).[55]
27
- Geoffrey Bawa, 83, Sri Lankan architect, one of the most influential Asian architects of his generation.[56]
- Luciano Berio, 77, Italian composer (Sinfonia).[57]
- Verdi Boyer, 91, American professional football player (UCLA, Brooklyn Dodgers).[58]
- Mac Colville, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[59]
- Al Hartley, 81, American comic book writer-artist.
- Ensio Koivunen, 72, Finnish serial killer.
28
- Janet Collins, 86, American ballerina.
- Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, 70, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a, Soyuz 27, Soyuz 26, Soyuz T-3) and rocket scientist.[60]
- Dorothy Nelkin, 69, American sociologist of science and author, chronicled the relationship between science and society.[61]
- Ilya Prigogine, 86, Russian-Belgian physical chemist, 1977 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.[62]
- Martha Scott, 90, American stage, film and television actress.
29
- W. R. (Red) Alford, 65, American mathematician, worked in the field of number theory.[63]
- Tas Bull, 71, Australian trade union leader (Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia).[64]
- Trevor Ford, 79, Welsh international footballer.
- Jack Freeman, 84, American football coach.
- David Jefferies, 30, British motorcycle racer.
- Wallace Terry, 65, American journalist and oral historian.
30
- Minoru Mochizuki, 96, Japanese martial artist.
- Mickie Most, 64, English record producer, peritoneal mesothelioma.
- John Roberts, 75, British historian and broadcaster.
- Silvester Sabolčki, 23, Croatian footballer, car crash.
- Jason Sweeney, 16, American construction worker, murdered.
- Jay Waldman, 58, American judge (U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania).[65]
31
- Anil Biswas, 88, Indian film music director, scored music for more than 100 films.[66]
- Li Lin, 79, Chinese physicist.
- Anthony Stodart, Baron Stodart of Leaston, 86, Scottish politician and life peer.
- Billy Wade, 88, South African cricketer.
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