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Deaths in June 2003

{{Short description|Notable deaths in June 2003}}

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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2003.

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.

June 2003

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  • Freddie Blassie, 85, American professional wrestler and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, kidney failure.{{cite news|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030604005764/en/Freddie-Blassie-Obituary-World-Wrestling-Entertainment|last=Davis|first=Gary|title=Freddie Blassie Obituary from World Wrestling Entertainment|work=Business Wire|date=2003-06-04|access-date=2019-05-23}}
  • Bojčo Brănzov, 57, Bulgarian basketball player (men's basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Boycho Branzov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5783 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Dick Cusack, 77, American actor (The Fugitive, High Fidelity, Chain Reaction), pancreatic cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/arts/dick-cusack-playwright-77-and-an-actor.html|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Dick Cusack, Playwright, 77, And an Actor|work=The New York Times|date=2003-06-04|access-date=2019-01-10}}
  • Donald Jack, 78, Canadian playwright and novelist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Donald Jack - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x92gmx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Makoto Kozuru, 80, Japanese baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Makoto Kozuru Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Makoto+Kozuru |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=5 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Burke Marshall, 80, American lawyer and head of the Civil Rights Division.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Burke Marshall, a Key Strategist Of Civil Rights Policy, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/03/us/burke-marshall-a-key-strategist-of-civil-rights-policy-dies-at-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=3 June 2003 |page=A 1}}

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  • Peter Bromley, 74, British sports broadcaster, BBC Radio's voice of horse racing for 40 years (1961–2001), pancreatic cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jun/05/bbc.sport|last=Wilson|first=Julian|title=Peter Bromley|work=The Guardian|date=2003-06-05|access-date=2019-06-10}}
  • Felix de Weldon, 96, Austrian-American sculptor (Marine Corps War Memorial).{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Felix de Weldon Is Dead at 96; Sculptured Memorial to Marines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/us/felix-de-weldon-is-dead-at-96-sculptured-memorial-to-marines.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 2003 |page=1 31}}
  • John Jympson, 72, British film editor (A Fish Called Wanda, A Hard Day's Night, Little Shop of Horrors), diabetes.
  • Petre Mshveniyeradze, 74, Soviet and Georgian water polo player and Olympic silver medalist.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - P'et'reMshvenieradze |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54846 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 January 2024}}
  • Fabrice Salanson, 23, French road cyclist, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Fabrice Salanson |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/KhKZ1KfuGbQU |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=5 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}

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  • Muhammad Abdul Bari, 72-73, Bangladeshi academic, linguist and Islamic scholar.{{cite news|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bari,_Muhammad_Abdul|title=Bari, Muhammad Abdul|work=Banglapedia|access-date=2019-05-16}}
  • Joan Leigh Fermor, 91, English photographer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joan Leigh Fermor |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb167076685 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Serafín Rojo, 77, Spanish cartoonist and painter.{{Cite web |date=2003-06-05 |title=Muere el dibujante Serafín Rojo, el látigo de las marquesas |url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/abci-muere-dibujante-serafin-rojo-latigo-marquesas-200306050300-185674_noticia.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}}
  • Nurul Amin Talukdar, 57, Bangladeshi politician.

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  • Thomas Speakman Barnett, 93, Canadian politician (member of Parliament of Canada for Comox—Alberni, British Columbia).{{cite news|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=9686|title=Thomas Speakman Barnett, M.P.|work=Parliament of Canada|access-date=2019-05-14}}
  • John Fairclough, 72, British computer designer, Government Chief Scientific Adviser.{{cite news |author1=Pearce Wright |author-link1= |title=Sir John Fairclough |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/11/guardianobituaries.obituaries1 |url-access= |access-date=5 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |language= |date=11 June 2003}}
  • Patricia Blomfield Holt, 92, Canadian composer, pianist and music educator.
  • Jürgen Möllemann, 57, German minister, suicide by jumping.
  • Manuel Rosenthal, 98, French composer and conductor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Manuel Rosenthal - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6fn1731 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Meir Vilner, 84, Israeli politician and chairman of the Communist Party of Israel.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/21/guardianobituaries.israel|last=Joffe|first=Lawrence|title=Meir Vilner|work=The Guardian|date=2003-06-20|access-date=2019-05-13}}

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  • Adalbert Boros, 94, Romanian Roman Catholic prelate.
  • Ken Grimwood, 59, American author, heart attack.
  • Michael John, 60, Australian politician.{{cite web|last = Parliament of Victoria|title = John, Michael| work = Re-Member|publisher = Parliament of Victoria| url = http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=32| accessdate = 31 August 2013}}
  • Georges Pichard, 83, French comics artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Georges Pichard |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/1qBNpjLHGcso |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=1 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Dave Rowberry, 62, English pianist and organist.
  • Shivnath Singh, 56, Indian long-distance runner (1976 Olympics men's marathon, 1980 Olympics men's marathon).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Shivnath Singh |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71428 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Hilda Sour, 87, Chilean actress and singer.

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  • Thomas S. Gettys, 90, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Thomas S. Gettys - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6kh42n4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Herschel Burke Gilbert, 85, American orchestrator and composer of film and television scores, complications of a stroke.{{cite web |last1=Burlingame |first1=Jon |title=:: News & Events >Print this article FMS FEATURE ARTICLE... June 13, 2003 "Rifleman" Composer Herschel Burke Gilbert Dead at 85 |url=http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2003/061303_2.html |website=filmmusicsociety.org |access-date=17 August 2021}}
  • Colin Legum, 84, South African journalist and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Colin Legum - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6rp8bhf |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Leighton Rees, 63, Welsh darts player, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Leighton Rees, 63, of Wales, Who Threw Darts, Deftly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/world/leighton-rees-63-of-wales-who-threw-darts-deftly.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 June 2003 |page=A 17}}

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  • David Brinkley, 82, American broadcast journalist (The Huntley–Brinkley Report, NBC Nightly News, This Week with David Brinkley).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-13-me-brinkley13-story.html|last=Cooper|first=Richard T.|title=TV News Anchor Known for Dry Wit, Singular Style|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-06-13|access-date=2019-02-21}}
  • Pankaj Charan Das, 78, Indian classical dancer.
  • Ilona Madary, 86, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ilona Madary |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28639 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • William Marshall, 78, American actor, director and opera singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.{{cite news |author1= |title=William Marshall, 78, Actor In Movies and on Broadway |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/21/arts/william-marshall-78-actor-in-movies-and-on-broadway.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 June 2003 |page=C 18}}
  • Virgil Mărdărescu, 81, Romanian football manager.
  • Rudolf Tomsits, 57, Hungarian jazz musician.
  • Hanna Veres, 74, Ukrainian folk artist, embroiderer and weaver.
  • Guy Willatt, 85, English cricketer.{{cite web |title=Guy Willatt profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/guy-willatt-25395 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 January 2024}}

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  • Itamar Assumpção, 53, Brazilian songwriter and composer, colorectal cancer.{{cite news|url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2003/06/13/brazilian-samba-fusion-pioneer-itamar-assumpcao-died-june-11/|last=Romero|first=Angel|title=Brazilian Samba Fusion Pioneer Itamar Assumpção Died June 11|work=World Music Central.org|date=2003-06-13|access-date=2019-05-08}}
  • Joseph L. Fleiss, 65, American epidemiologist and professor of biostatistics.
  • Gregory Peck, 87, American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, Roman Holiday, The Boys from Brazil), bronchopneumonia.{{cite news |author1=William Grimes |author-link1=William Grimes (journalist) |title=Gregory Peck Is Dead at 87; Film Roles Had Moral Fiber |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/13/movies/gregory-peck-is-dead-at-87-film-roles-had-moral-fiber.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 February 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=13 June 2003 |page=A 1}}
  • Sam Schulman, 93, American sports businessman (Seattle SuperSonics, San Diego Chargers), blood disease.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-14-me-schulman14-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Sam Schulman, 93; Original Owner of Seattle SuperSonics Who Changed NBA's Draft Policy|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-06-14|access-date=2019-02-21}}

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  • Harold Ashby, 78, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra).{{cite news |author1=Peter Keepnews |title=Harold Ashby, 78, Saxophonist With Ellington Band |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/17/arts/harold-ashby-78-saxophonist-with-ellington-band.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=17 June 2003 |page=A 25}}
  • Robert A. Good, 81, American physician regarded as a founder of modern immunology, esophageal cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert A. Good - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vq7mqb |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Malik Meraj Khalid, 86, Pakistani advocate, left wing politician and Marxist philosopher.
  • Guy Lux, 83, French TV host and producer, heart attack.
  • Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, 63, British peer, stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/16/guardianobituaries|last=Barker|first=Dennis|title=The Duke of Bedford|work=The Guardian|date=2003-06-15|access-date=2019-05-18}}
  • Tor Stokke, 74, Norwegian film actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tor Stokke |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14230240g |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Hassan ibn Yahya, 95, Yemeni royal and statesman.

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  • Nikolai Figurovsky, 79, Soviet film director, screenwriter, writer and professor at VGIK.
  • Jimmy Knepper, 75, American jazz trombonist, complications of Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |author1=Peter Keepnews |title=Jimmy Knepper, Versatile Jazz Trombonist, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/arts/jimmy-knepper-versatile-jazz-trombonist-dies-at-75.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 June 2003 |page=A 17}}
  • Volker Kriegel, 59, German jazz guitarist and composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Volker Kriegel |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140235336 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Edward F. Moore, 77, American professor of mathematics and computer science, artificial life pioneer.
  • Joyce Powell, 81, New Zealand cricketer.{{cite web |title=Joyce Powell profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/joyce-powell-54431 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 January 2024}}
  • Günther Schack, 85, German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.
  • John Weld, 98, American newspaper reporter and writer (Don't You Cry for Me, Young Man in Paris, September Song).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-22-me-passings22.3-story.html|title=John Weld, 98; Newspaperman, Author, Screenwriter|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-07-22|access-date=2019-04-25}}
  • Dale Whittington, 43, American race car driver.{{cite news|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Dale_Whittington|title=Dale Whittington|work=Racing-Reference.info|access-date=2019-04-26}}

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  • Ralph Kilner Brown, 93, British jurist and athlete.
  • Hume Cronyn, 91, Canadian-American actor (The Seventh Cross, Cocoon, The Pelican Brief), Emmy winner (1990, 1992, 1994), prostate cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-17-me-cronyn17-story.html|title=Hume Cronyn, 91; Durable Actor in One of the Famed Partnerships of Stage, Film|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-06-17|access-date=2019-02-21}}
  • Albert Demuyser, 82, Belgian artist and racehorse owner, cancer.
  • Kaiser Matanzima, 88, Transkei politician, President (1979-1986).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kaiser Matanzima - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62849qv |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Johnny Miles, 97, Canadian marathon runner.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Johnny Miles, Upset Winner of Boston Marathon, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/sports/johnny-miles-upset-winner-of-boston-marathon-dies-at-97.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 June 2003 |page=1 32}}
  • Alberto Pigaiani, 74, Italian heavyweight weightlifter and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Alberto Pigaiani |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/56145 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Philip Stone, 79, British actor (The Shining, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, A Clockwork Orange).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1433499/Philip-Stone.html|title=Philip Stone|work=The Daily Telegraph, London|date=2003-06-20|access-date=2019-02-21}}
  • René Touzet, 86, Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader.
  • Bill Wentworth, 95, Australian politician (member of Australian Parliament for Mackellar).{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/firebrand-style-hid-true-substance-20030617-gdgxye.html|title=Firebrand style hid true substance|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2003-06-17|access-date=2019-04-25}}
  • James Willis, 79, Australian admiral and Chief of Naval Staff.{{cite news|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/biography/vice-admiral-guido-james-willis|title=Vice Admiral Guido James Willis|work=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=2019-04-27}}

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  • Asa Baber, 66, American writer and magazine columnist for Playboy, ALS.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-20-me-baber20-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Asa Baber, 66; Brought Male Perspective to Playboy Column|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-06-20|access-date=2019-05-14}}
  • Enrico Baj, 78, Italian artist and writer on art.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Enrico Baj - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6s76fp0 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Les Benjamin, 78, Canadian politician (MP for Regina—Lake Centre, Regina West, Regina—Lumsden, Saskatchewan).{{cite news|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=79|title=Leslie Gordon Benjamin, M.P.|work=Parliament of Canada|access-date=2019-05-19}}
  • Pierre Bourgault, 69, Canadian politician, essayist, actor and journalist, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pierre Bourgault |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb118934351 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Peter Redgrove, 71, British poet.{{cite news |author1= |title=Peter Redgrove, 71, a Prolific British Poet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/19/books/peter-redgrove-71-a-prolific-british-poet.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 2003 |page=B 11}}
  • Carlos Rivas, 78, American actor, prostate cancer.{{cite news |title=Carlos Rivas, Actor |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/carlos-rivas-1117888139/ |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=Variety |date=18 June 2003}}
  • Georg Henrik von Wright, 87, Finnish philosopher, professor and writer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jul/04/guardianobituaries.highereducation|last=Hacker|first=PMS|title=Georg Henrik von Wright|work=The Guardian|date=2003-07-04|access-date=2019-04-28}}
  • René Walschot, 87, Belgian racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=René Walschot |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/rené-walschot |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}

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  • Guy Bara, 79, Belgian comic strip writer and artist (Max l'explorateur).{{cite news|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bara.htm|title=Guy Bara. Guy Willems: (11 July 1923 - 18 June 2003, Belgium)|work=Lambiek|access-date=2019-05-15}}
  • Kenneth Cross, 91, British Royal Air Force commander.
  • Paul Daisley, 45, British politician, colorectal cancer.{{cite news |author1=Andrew Roth |author-link1= |title=Paul Daisley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/19/guardianobituaries.obituaries |url-access= |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |language= |date=19 June 2003}}
  • Larry Doby, 79, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame, bone cancer.{{cite news |author1=Claire Smith |title=Larry Doby, Who Broke a Color Barrier, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/20/sports/larry-doby-who-broke-a-color-barrier-dies-at-79.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 June 2003 |page=C 15}}
  • Jankidas, 93, Indian actor of Hindi cinema, cyclist, production designer, and writer.
  • Ernest Martin, 42, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.

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  • Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth, 85, British lawyer, academic and life peer (House of Lords 1985–2003).{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/24/guardianobituaries.highereducation|last=Shattock|first=Michael|title=Lord Butterworth of Warwick|work=The Guardian|date=2003-06-23|access-date=2019-06-14}}
  • Mel Ferber, 80, American television director and producer, heart attack.
  • Peanuts Hucko, 85, American big band musician.{{cite news |author1=Peter Keepnews |title=Peanuts Hucko, 85, Clarinetist And Saxophonist With Big Bands |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/24/arts/peanuts-hucko-85-clarinetist-and-saxophonist-with-big-bands.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 June 2003 |page=A 29}}
  • Rafael Ileto, 82, Filipino army general and politician, heart attack.
  • Ethan James, 57, American musician, record producer, and recording engineer, liver cancer.
  • Mahfoud Nahnah, 61, Algerian politician, leukemia.
  • Laura Sadler, 22, British television actress, accidental fall.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3023706.stm |title=UK {{pipe}} England {{pipe}} No charges over Sadler death |work=BBC News |date=26 June 2003 | accessdate=6 January 2023}}
  • Belding Hibbard Scribner, 82, American physician and pioneering kidney dialysis researcher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Belding Hibbard Scribner - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v820j8 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}

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  • George Axelrod, 81, American screenwriter (Bus Stop, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Manchurian Candidate).{{cite news |author1=Rick Lyman |title=George Axelrod, 81, Quirky Writer for Stage and Film, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/23/movies/george-axelrod-81-quirky-writer-for-stage-and-film-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=23 June 2003 |page=B 9}}
  • Piet Dankert, 69, Dutch politician, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and President of the European Parliament.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Piet Dankert |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/91551978 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=nl |date=}}
  • Charles Dédéyan, 93, French literary historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Charles Dédéyan |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb118990628 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Anita Felguth, 94, German champion table tennis player.
  • Jules Marchal, 78, Belgian diplomat and historian.
  • Hiroko Matsumoto, 66, Japanese fashion model.{{cite news |last1=Kyodo |title=Obituary: Hiroko Matsumoto |url=https://beta.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/06/23/national/obituary-hiroko-matsumoto/ |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=The Japan Times |date=June 23, 2003}}
  • Jason Moran, 35, Australian criminal, murdered.{{cite news |title=Football routine killed a gangster |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/football-routine-killed-a-gangster-20030623-gdvx96.html |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=The Age |date=23 June 2003}}
  • Roger Neilson, 69, Canadian ice hockey coach, skin cancer.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Roger Neilson, 69, Innovator As Longtime Hockey Coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/sports/roger-neilson-69-innovator-as-longtime-hockey-coach.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 June 2003 |page=1 34}}
  • Leon Uris, 78, American author, kidney failure.{{cite news |author1=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt |author-link1=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt |title=Leon Uris, 78, Dies; Wrote Sweeping Novels Like 'Exodus' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/arts/leon-uris-78-dies-wrote-sweeping-novels-like-exodus.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 June 2003 |page=B 8}}
  • Magnus von Braun, 84, German chemical engineer, rocket scientist and business executive.
  • Sergei Vronsky, 67, Soviet cinematographer .{{cite news|url=http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/operator/sov/20893/bio/|title=Sergei Vronsky}}(Russian)
  • Alvise Zichichi, 64, Italian chess master.

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  • Sergio Bruni, 81, Popular Italian singer, guitarist, and songwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sergio Bruni |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13820112n |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Vasil Bykaŭ, 79, Belarusian writer.{{cite news |author1=Sabrina Tavernise |author-link1=Sabrina Tavernise |title=Vasil V. Bykov, 79, Belarussian Novelist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/world/vasil-v-bykov-79-belarussian-novelist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=13 July 2003 |page=1 31}}
  • Joseph Chaikin, 67, American theatre director, actor, and playwright.{{cite news |author1=Ralph Blumenthal |title=Joseph Chaikin 67; Actor and Innovative Director |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/24/nyregion/joseph-chaikin-67-actor-and-innovative-director.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 June 2003 |page=A 28}}
  • Gladys Heldman, 81, American tennis player, manager and magazine publisher, suicide by gunshot.{{cite news |author1=Lena Williams |title=Gladys Heldman, 81, a Leader In Promoting Womens Tennis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/sports/gladys-heldman-81-a-leader-in-promoting-womens-tennis.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=25 June 2003 |page=B 8}}
  • Harry Kinzy, 92, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinzyha01.shtml|title=Harry Kinzy|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-21}}
  • Leonard Koppett, 79, Soviet-American sportswriter and author, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Leonard Koppett, 79, Writer With Novel Approach to Sports |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/24/sports/leonard-koppett-79-writer-with-novel-approach-to-sports.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 June 2003 |page=A 28}}
  • John Mandic, 83, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Mandic Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mandijo01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Shelby Starner, 19, American singer-songwriter and musician, complications from bulimia nervosa.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/kathy-benn-petition-google-thinspo_n_3503773.html|title=Kathy Benn, Mother Who Lost Daughter To Bulimia, Petitions Google To Combat Thinspo|last=Johnson|first=Margaret Wheeler|date=June 27, 2013|work=Huffington Post|access-date=May 4, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320012856/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/kathy-benn-petition-google-thinspo_n_3503773.html|archive-date=March 20, 2017|url-status=live}}

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  • Sven Fahlman, 88, Swedish fencer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Sven Fahlman |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23406 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Maynard Jackson, 65, American politician and the first Afro American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, heart attack.{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/24/local/me-jackson24/2|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Maynard Jackson Jr., 65; First Black Mayor of Atlanta Guided City's Explosive Growth|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-06-24|access-date=2019-02-21}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • Doug Ring, 84, Australian cricketer.{{cite web |title=Doug Ring profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/doug-ring-7357 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 January 2024}}
  • Fred Sandback, American minimalist sculptor, suicide.{{cite news |author1=Ken Johnson |title=Fred Sandback, 59, Sculptor Of Minimalist Installations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/26/arts/fred-sandback-59-sculptor-of-minimalist-installations.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 June 2003 |page=B 11}}
  • Aleksandr Sidelnikov, 52, Soviet ice hockey player, heart failure.

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  • Jack Bruner, 78, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruneja01.shtml|title=Jack Bruner|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-21}}
  • Alex Gordon, 80, British film producer and screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Alex Gordon |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141022676 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Wataru Kubo, 74, Japanese politician.
  • José Trías Monge, 83, Puerto Rican lawyer and judge.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=José Trías Monge |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16579599r |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Akira Nagoya, 72, Japanese actor and seiyū.
  • Barbara Weeks, 89, American actress (Ziegfeld Follies, Now I'll Tell).{{cite news|url=http://www.westernclippings.com/interview/barbaraweeks_interview.shtml|last=Fitzgerald|first=Mike|title=Barbara Weeks|work=Western Clippings|access-date=2019-04-25}}

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  • Rene Cayetano, 68, Filipino television presenter, journalist and politician, abdominal cancer.
  • Johnny Dauwe, 37, Belgian Olympic cyclist, suicide.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Johnny Dauwe |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14064 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Archibald D. Johnston, 63, Canadian politician.
  • Lester Maddox, 87, American politician and segregationist , Governor of Georgia (1967-1971), complications from pneumonia and prostate cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Lester Maddox, Whites-Only Restaurateur and Georgia Governor, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/us/lester-maddox-whites-only-restaurateur-and-georgia-governor-dies-at-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=25 June 2003 |page=B 11}}
  • Theodore Cressy Skeat, 96, British academic and librarian at the British Museum.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Theodore Cressy Skeat - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6kd39qh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • André Théard, 97, Haitian Olympic sprinter.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - AndréThéard |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70993 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024}}
  • Shun Yashiro, 70, Japanese actor and voice actor, stroke.

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  • John G. Adams, 91, American lawyer, counsel in the Army–McCarthy hearings.{{cite news |author1=Christopher Marquis |title=John Adams, McCarthy Nemesis, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/27/us/john-adams-mccarthy-nemesis-dies-at-91.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=27 June 2003 |page=C 10}}
  • Marc-Vivien Foé, 28, Cameroonian footballer, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Marc-Vivien Foé |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/8VDwYAP7mK0Y |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Daniel G. Hill, 79, American-Canadian sociologist, civil servant, and human rights specialist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Daniel G. Hill - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xj2krc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Isaac Schapera, 98, British social anthropologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Isaac Schapera |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Schapera |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Denis Thatcher, 88, British businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1979–1990), pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1=Lizette Alvarez |author-link1=Lizette Alvarez |title=Sir Denis Thatcher, 88, Dies; a 'Most Shadowy Husband' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/27/world/sir-denis-thatcher-88-dies-a-most-shadowy-husband.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=27 June 2003 |page=C 11}}
  • Strom Thurmond, 100, American politician, Governor of South Carolina, and the only centenarian to serve in the U.S. Congress, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Adam Clymer |author-link1=Adam Clymer |title=Strom Thurmond, Senate Institution Who Fought Integration, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/28/us/strom-thurmond-senate-institution-who-fought-integration-dies-at-100.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=28 June 2003 |page=A 13}}

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  • Gerald Balfour, 4th Earl of Balfour, 77, British hereditary peer (House of Lords 1968–1999), businessman and politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jul/17/guardianobituaries1|title=Lord Balfour|work=The Guardian|date=2003-07-16|access-date=2019-05-15}}
  • Prince Carl Bernadotte, 92, Swedish prince.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1436258/Prince-Carl-Bernadotte.html|title=Prince Carl Bernadotte|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2003-07-17|access-date=2019-05-21}}
  • Floyd Fithian, 74, American educator and politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Floyd Fithian - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6642kwh |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Walter Hugo Khouri, 73, Brazilian film director, screenwriter, and producer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Walter Hugo Khouri |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb17731031g |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Gary Lane, 60, American gridiron football player, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gary Lane Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Gary+Lane |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • David Newman, 66, American screenwriter (Bonnie and Clyde, There Was a Crooked Man..., What's Up, Doc?), stroke.{{cite news |author1=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt |author-link1=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt |title=David Newman, 66; First Screenplay Was 'Bonnie and Clyde' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/28/arts/david-newman-66-first-screenplay-was-bonnie-and-clyde.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=28 June 2003 |page=A 12}}
  • Giuseppe Pontiggia, 68, Italian writer and literary critic, stroke.
  • Anthony Poshepny, 78, American CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer and model for Colonel Kurtz in the movie Apocalypse Now.
  • Ken Smith, 64, British poet.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ken Smith - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6dn6742 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • John Heydon Stokes, 85, British politician (Member of Parliament for Oldbury and Halesowen, Halesowen and Stourbridge).{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jul/02/guardianobituaries.conservatives|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=Sir John Stokes: Reactionary Tory MP with a self-parodying style|work=The Guardian|date=2003-07-01|access-date=2019-05-15}}

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  • George Baxt, 80, American screenwriter and author (Circus of Horrors, The City of the Dead), complication from heart surgery.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/george-baxt-1117889694/|last=Gil|first=Billy|title=George Baxt: Scribe of cult horror films|work=Variety|date=2003-07-22|access-date=2019-05-18}}
  • Clem Christesen, 91, Australian literary critic and editor.
  • Russell Endean, 79, South African cricket player.{{cite web |title=Russell Endean profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/russell-endean-44964 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 January 2024}}
  • Pauline Flanagan, 77, Irish-American actress, heart attack, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pauline Flanagan - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/40662 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Robert Muir Graves, 72, American golf course architect, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert Muir Graves |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16743824z |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Rio Kishida, 57, Japanese playwright and director.
  • Joan Lowery Nixon, 76, American journalist and author, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/nyregion/joan-lowery-nixon-a-mystery-writer-dies-at-76.html|last=Pace|first=Eric|title=Joan Lowery Nixon, a Mystery Writer, Dies at 76|work=The New York Times|date=2003-07-06|access-date=2019-05-10}}
  • George E. Shipley, 76, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George E. Shipley - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6475564 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Willem Slijkhuis, 80, Dutch athlete (two-time bronze medal winner at 1948 Summer Olympics: 1500 metres, 5000 metres).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Willem Slijkhuis |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73874 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}

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  • Rod Amateau, 79, American screenwriter and director (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Rod Amateau, 79, a Creative Mainstay of 50's Prime-Time Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/arts/rod-amateau-79-a-creative-mainstay-of-50-s-prime-time-series.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=3 July 2003 |page=A 20}}
  • Semion Braude, 92, Soviet and Ukrainian physicist and radio astronomer.
  • Katharine Hepburn, 96, American actress (The African Queen, The Lion in Winter, On Golden Pond), four-time Oscar winner, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/movies/katharine-hepburn-spirited-actress-dies-at-96.html|last=James|first=Caryn|title=Katharine Hepburn, Spirited Actress, Dies at 96|work=The New York Times|date=2003-06-30|access-date=2019-01-10}}
  • Mordechai Hod, 76, Israeli Air Force general.{{cite news |title=Major-General Mordechai Hod |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1434579/Major-General-Mordechai-Hod.html |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=The Times |date=2 July 2003}}
  • James Kelly, 89, American abstract expressionist artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=James Kelly - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6jq291z |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Norman O'Connor, 81, American priest and jazz musician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Norman O'Connor |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14211974j |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}

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  • Noor Alam, 73, Pakistani field hockey player (Olympic field hockey: 1956 silver medal, 1960 gold medal).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Noor Alam |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/20045 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 January 2024 |language= |date=}}
  • Buddy Hackett, 78, American comedian and actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Little Mermaid, The Love Bug), diabetes.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Buddy Hackett, Irrepressible, Streetwise Clown, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/arts/buddy-hackett-irrepressible-streetwise-clown-dies-at-78.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 2003 |page=A 23}}
  • Robert McCloskey, 88, American children's book writer and illustrator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert McCloskey |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12321631j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
  • Joseph Overton, 43, American political scientist, namesake of the Overton window, plane crash.{{Cite web |date=10 July 2003 |title=Executive with think tank killed in ultralight crash |url=https://www.mackinac.org/5535 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Mackinac Center}}
  • Constance Smith, 74, Irish actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Constance Smith |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb155670599 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=fr |date=}}

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External links

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