Deaths in September 2003

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.

September 2003

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Rand Brooks, 84, American film actor (Gone with the Wind, Babes in Arms, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-04-me-brooks4-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Rand Brooks, 84; Actor Had Roles in Westerns, 'Gone With the Wind'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-09-04|access-date=2019-06-10}}
Pasquale Buonocore, 87, Italian water polo player and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Pasquale Buonocore |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54284 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Albert Frey, 90, German SS commander during World War II and author, suicide by gunshot.
Terry Frost, 87, British artist.{{cite news |author1=Ken Johnson |title=Terry Frost, 87, British Painter Known for Energetic Abstraction |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/08/arts/terry-frost-87-british-painter-known-for-energetic-abstraction.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 September 2003 |page=B 8}}
Eulalio González, 81, Mexican actor, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer.
John Gould, 94, American columnist, humorist and essayist.{{cite news|url=https://www.sunjournal.com/2003/09/02/maine-author-columnist-john-gould-dead-94/|title=Maine author, columnist John Gould dead at 94|work=Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine|date=2003-09-02|access-date=2019-05-10}}
John Gray, 66, British diplomat.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Gray - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6b0086x |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Jayant Pathak, 82, Indian poet and literary critic.
Héctor Rodríguez, 83, Cuban baseball player (Chicago White Sox).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrihe01.shtml|title=Héctor Rodríguez|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-22}}
Jack Smight, 78, American theatre and film director, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jack Smight - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/16195 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Ramón Serrano Suñer, 101, Spanish politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ramón Serrano Suñer - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/8171/ramon-serrano-suner |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=es |date=}}
Mildred Thompson, 67, American artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mildred Thompson - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008074878 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}

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George Charles Hayter Chubb, 3rd Baron Hayter, 92, British politician and industrialist.{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Andrew |title=Lord Hayter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/06/guardianobituaries.localgovernment |access-date=3 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=6 September 2003}}
Nehemiah Levanon, 88, Israeli intelligence agent and diplomat.
Maria Manton, 92, French painter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Maria Manton |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/3ov39hfwEU4T |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Ptolemy Reid, 91, Guyanese veterinarian and politician, prime minister (1980-1984).
Bruce Waibel, 45, American musician and bass guitar player (FireHouse, Gregg Allman Band, Santana), suicide.{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20030906/News/605223777/SH/|title=Former FireHouse bassist Bruce Waibel dies at age 45|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=2003-09-06|access-date=2019-04-23|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423085010/https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20030906/News/605223777/SH/|url-status=dead}}
Peter West, 83, British BBC presenter and sports commentator, best known for his cricket, tennis and rugby coverage.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/03/broadcasting.guardianobituaries|last=Foot|first=David|title=Peter West: Sports commentator and Come Dancing compere|work=The Guardian|date=2003-09-03|access-date=2019-04-25}}

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Ray Davis, 88, United States Marine Corps four-star-general, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Gen. Raymond Davis, War Hero, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/05/us/gen-raymond-davis-war-hero-dies-at-88.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=5 September 2003 |page=C 11}}
Alan Dugan, 80, American poet.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Alan Dugan, 80, Barbed Poet Of Daily Life's Profundities |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/05/arts/alan-dugan-80-barbed-poet-of-daily-life-s-profundities.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 September 2003 |page=C 11}}
Paul Jennings Hill, 49, American anti-abortion activist, execution by lethal injection.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul Jennings Hill - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6n59btr |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Rudolf Leiding, 88, German chairman of the Volkswagen automobile company.
Charles Liebman, 68, American political scientist and author on Jewish life and Israel.
Andrzej Nartowski, 71, Polish basketball player (basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Andrzej Nartowski |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6731 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Ilias Petropoulos, 75, Greek author, folklorist and urban historian, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Elias Petropoulos |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11919448b |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Mohsin Zaidi, 68, Indian Urdu poet.

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Ben Aris, 66, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Stepping Out).{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/22/guardianobituaries1|last=Shorter|first=Eric|title=Ben Aris|work=The Guardian|date=2003-10-21|access-date=2019-05-07}}
Lola Bobesco, 82, Romanian-Belgian violinist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lola Bobesco |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138916101 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Béla H. Bánáthy, 83, Hungarian-American educator, systems and design scientist and author.{{cite news|url=http://ifsr.org/2003/11/01/in-memorandum-bela-h-banathy-1919-2003/|last=Chroust|first=Gerhard|title=In Memoriam: Bela H. Banathy 1919-2003|work=International Federation for Systems Research|date=2003-11-01|access-date=2019-05-15}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Susan Chilcott, 40, English opera singer, breast cancer.{{cite news |author1=Anthony Tommasini |author-link1=Anthony Tommasini |title=Susan Chilcott, 40, Leading English Soprano |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/06/arts/susan-chilcott-40-leading-english-soprano.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 September 2003 |page=B 16}}
Charles A. Gabriel, 75, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |author1=Stuart Lavietes |title=Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, 75, Former Member of Joint Chiefs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/22/us/gen-charles-a-gabriel-75-former-member-of-joint-chiefs.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 September 2003 |page=A 15}}
David P. Robbins, 61, American mathematician, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1=Anahad O'Connor |author-link1=Anahad O'Connor |title=David Robbins, 61, Unraveler Of Complex Math Equations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/nyregion/david-robbins-61-unraveler-of-complex-math-equations.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=18 September 2003 |page=A 29}}
Tibor Varga, 82, Hungarian violinist, conductor and pedagogue.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/28/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|last=Blomm|first=Philip|title=Tibor Varga|work=The Guardian|date=2003-10-27|access-date=2019-05-12}}

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Yūji Aoki, 58, Japanese manga artist, lung cancer.
Kir Bulychev, 68, Soviet and Russian science fiction writer, critic and historian, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kir Bulychev - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61z4958 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Harley Grossman, 73, American baseball player (Washington Senators).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grossha01.shtml|title=Harley Grossman|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-22}}
Richard Harrison, 82, New Zealand politician.
Sir Ian Hunter, 84, British classical music impresario and festival organizer.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Ian Hunter, 84, Festival Organizer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/29/arts/ian-hunter-84-festival-organizer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=29 September 2003 |page=B 8}}
Gisele MacKenzie, 76, Canadian-American singer and entertainer, colorectal cancer.{{cite news |author1=Campbell Robertson |title=Gisele MacKenzie, 76, Singer And Star Of 'Your Hit Parade' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/09/arts/gisele-mackenzie-76-singer-and-star-of-your-hit-parade.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=9 September 2003 |page=B 7}}
Miloš Minić, 89, Yugoslav and Serbian communist politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Miloš Minić |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14451381b |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
James Rachels, 62, American philosopher, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Anahad O'Connor |author-link1=Anahad O'Connor |title=James Rachels, Ethicist, 62; Ignited Euthanasia Debate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/09/us/james-rachels-ethicist-62-ignited-euthanasia-debate.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=9 September 2003 |page=B 7}}
C. H. Sisson, 89, British writer and poet.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=C. H. Sisson, 89, British Poet; A Loyal Civil Servant by Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/arts/c-h-sisson-89-british-poet-a-loyal-civil-servant-by-day.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 September 2003 |page=A 23}}

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Charles Edward Bennett, 92, American politician (U.S. Representative for Florida's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts).{{cite news|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000371|title=BENNETT, Charles Edward, (1910 - 2003)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=2019-05-20}}
Marshall Joseph Caifano, 92, Italian-American mobster (Chicago Outfit).{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-09-12-0309120427-story.html|last=Kass|first=John|title=Unlike his many victims, hit man dies quiet death|work=Chicago Tribune|date=2003-09-12|access-date=2019-06-14}}
Jules Engel, 94, American filmmaker, visual artist, and film director.{{cite news |author1=Eric Nash |title=Jules Engel, 94, Animator Known for 'Fantasia' Scenes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/15/arts/jules-engel-94-animator-known-for-fantasia-scenes.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=15 September 2003 |page=A 17}}
Marie Foster, 85, American civil rights movement leader.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Marie Foster, Early Fighter For Voting Rights, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/us/marie-foster-early-fighter-for-voting-rights-dies-at-85.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=12 September 2003 |page=B 11}}
Harry Goz, 71, American musical theater actor (Fiddler on the Roof) and voice actor (Sealab 2021), multiple myeloma.{{cite news |author1= |title=Harry Goz, 71; Played Lead in 'Fiddler' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/01/arts/harry-goz-71-played-lead-in-fiddler.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=1 October 2003 |page=A 21}}
Ari Guðmundsson, 75, Icelandic Olympic swimmer and ski jumper.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ari Guðmundsson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86282 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Mamohato of Lesotho, 62, Lesotho Queen Mother and politician.
Maurice Michael Otunga, 80, Kenyan Catholic prelate and cardinal.
Louise Platt, 88, American theater, film, and TV actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Louise Platt - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/56277 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}

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Great Antonio, 77, Croatian-Canadian strongman, wrestler, actor and eccentric, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/great-antonio-dies-in-poverty-in-montreal/article22500990/|last=Tu|first=Thanh Ha|title=Great Antonio dies in poverty in Montreal|work=The Globe and Mail|date=2003-09-09|access-date=2019-05-07}}
Joe McDonald, 74, Scottish footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joe McDonald |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/joe-mcdonald/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountaineer, avalanche.
Robert Weinman, 88, American sculptor and "one of the nation's most accomplished medallic artists".{{cite news|url=http://numismatics.org/magazine/weinmanwinter03/|last=Hoge|first=Robert Wilson|title=Obituary: Robert A. Weinman, 1915-2003|work=American Numismatic Society|date=2003-12-06|access-date=2019-04-25|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425123639/http://numismatics.org/magazine/weinmanwinter03/|url-status=dead}}
Merv Wellington, 62, New Zealand politician (Member of Parliament for Manurewa, Papakura).{{Cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0309/S00168.htm|title=English pays tribute to Merv Wellington|date=2003-09-09|work=Scoop|access-date=2019-04-25}}
Warren Zevon, 56, American singer and songwriter ("Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"), cancer.{{cite news |author1=Jon Pareles |author-link1=Jon Pareles |title=Warren Zevon, Wry Singer And Songwriter, Dies at 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/09/arts/warren-zevon-wry-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-56.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=9 September 2003 |page=B 7}}

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Herbert Gentry, 84, American expressionist painter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Herbert Gentry - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62z2vjc |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Marc Honegger, 77, French musicologist and choirmaster.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Marc Honegger |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119076993 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Jaclyn Linetsky, 17, Canadian voice actress (Caillou, 15/Love, What's with Andy?), road accident.
Doris Ogilvie, 91, Canadian diver and Olympian.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Doris Ogilvie |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45851 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=29 January 2022}}
Gulabrai Ramchand, 76, Indian cricketer.{{cite web |title=Gulabrai Ramchand profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/gulabrai-ramchand-33062 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 March 2024}}
Leni Riefenstahl, 101, German film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer.{{cite news |author1=Alan Riding |author-link1=Alan Riding |title=Leni Riefenstahl, 101, Dies; Film Innovator Tied to Hitler |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/movies/leni-riefenstahl-101-dies-film-innovator-tied-to-hitler.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 September 2003 |page=C 14}}

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Thomas Allibone, 99, English physicist, focused on nuclear fusion and particle physics.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/15/guardianobituaries.nuclear|last=Wright|first=Pearce|title=TE Allibone|work=The Guardian|date=2003-09-15|access-date=2019-05-06}}
David Applebaum, 51, American-Israeli physician, suicide bomb victim.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E6DE133BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B63 A Healer of Terror Victims Becomes One]
Reginald Smith Brindle, 86, British composer and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Reginald Smith Brindle - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mw2ncx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Andrei Folbert, 72, Romanian basketball player.{{cite web |title=Andrei Folbert International Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/andrei-folbert-1.html |website=Basketball Reference |access-date=5 September 2022}}
Joaquim Homs, 97, Spanish composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joaquim Homs - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/12080/joaquim-homs-i-oller |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=es |date=}}
Larry Hovis, 67, American actor (Hogan's Heroes), esophageal cancer.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-12-me-passings12.1-story.html Larry Hovis, 67]
Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, 50, Pakistani musician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13927959c |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Aleksandr Moiseyev, 76, Russian basketball player and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Aleksandr Moiseyev |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5098 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Edward Teller, 95, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, "Father of the H-Bomb".{{cite news |author1=William J. Broad and Walter Sullivan |title=Edward Teller, a Fierce Architect of the Hydrogen Bomb, Is Dead at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/us/edward-teller-a-fierce-architect-of-the-hydrogen-bomb-is-dead-at-95.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 September 2003 |page=A 22}}
Marthe Vogt, 100, German neuroscientist.{{cite news|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(03)14848-9/fulltext|last=Wright|first=Pearce|title=Marthe Louise Vogt|work=The Lancet|date=2003-11-22|access-date=2019-05-13}}
Don Willesee, 87, Australian politician, member of the Australian Senate representing Western Australia.{{cite news|url=https://biography.senate.gov.au/willesee-donald-robert/|last=Oliver|first=Bobbie|title=WILLESEE, Donald Robert (1916–2003)|work=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate|access-date=2019-04-26}}

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Larry Allen Hayes, 54, American spree killer, execution by lethal injection.
Lee Kyung-hae, South Korean farmer and activist, suicide by stabbing.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lee Kyung-hae |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16266186v |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Boris Meissner, 88, German lawyer and social scientist.
Martin Page, 65, British writer and journalist, heart problems.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/25/pressandpublishing.guardianobituaries|title=Obituary: Martin Page|last=Steven|first=Stewart|date=2003-09-25|website=the Guardian|access-date=2020-08-18}}

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Shafilea Ahmed, 17, British-Pakistani girl, suffocation.
Ben Bril, 91, Dutch boxer (men's flyweight boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics) and referee.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ben Bril |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/25522021 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=nl |date=}}
Nicholas DiOrio, 82, Italian-American association football player, colorectal cancer.
Anna Lindh, 46, Swedish foreign minister, stabbed.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Anna Lindh, 46, European Unity Backer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/world/anna-lindh-46-european-unity-backer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=12 September 2003 |page=A 6}}
Antti Nurmesniemi, 76, Finnish designer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Antti Nurmesniemi - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6500dnv |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
John Ritter, 54, American actor (Three's Company, Clifford The Big Red Dog, 8 Simple Rules), Emmy winner (1984), aortic dissection.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/09/13/john-ritter-dies/48a3534c-add0-45ba-bfc4-99599cb4943b/|last=Pearson|first=Ryan|title=John Ritter Dies|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2003-09-13|access-date=2019-05-10}}

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Jack Burkitt, 77, English football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jack Burkitt |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jack-burkitt/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Johnny Cash, 71, American Hall of Fame country singer ("Folsom Prison Blues", "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire"), diabetes.{{cite news |author1=Stephen Holden |author-link1=Stephen Holden |title=Johnny Cash, Country Music Bedrock, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/13/arts/johnny-cash-country-music-bedrock-dies-at-71.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=13 September 2003 |page=A 1}}
Chappie Fox, 90, American circus historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Chappie Fox - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67371rz |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Freddy Turner, 89, South African rugby player.

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George Boothman, 86, Canadian professional ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).{{cite news|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/boothge01.html|title=George Boothman|work=Sports Reference / Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=2019-05-25}}
Ron Burton, 67, American professional football player (Northwestern, Boston Patriots), bone cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BurtRo00.htm|title=Ron Burton|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-06-14}}
Vítor Damas, 55, Portuguese football player, cancer.
Howard D. Graves, 64, United States Army officer, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Gen. Howard D. Graves, 64; Led West Point and Texas A&M |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/16/nyregion/gen-howard-d-graves-64-led-west-point-and-texas-a-m.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 September 2003 |page=C 15}}
Reza Beyk Imanverdi, 67, Iranian actor and director, lung cancer.
Kaino Lempinen, 82, Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Kaino Lempinen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29800 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Frank O'Bannon, 73, American politician, Governor of Indiana (since 1997), stroke.
Arthur Rowe, 67, English Olympic track and field athlete.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Arthur Rowe |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69450 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Johnny Welaj, 89, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics).{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/1dbd4bb1|last=Skelton|first=David E.|title=Johnny Welaj|work=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2019-02-22}}

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Donald O. Clifton, 79, American psychologist, author, researcher, and entrepreneur.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Donald O. Clifton - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6808nc4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Garrett Hardin, 88, American ecologist and philosopher, suicide.{{cite news |author1=Stuart Lavietes |title=Garrett Hardin, 88, Ecologist Who Warned About Excesses |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/28/us/garrett-hardin-88-ecologist-who-warned-about-excesses.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=28 October 2003 |page=C 15}}
John Serry Sr., 88, Italian American musician composer and arranger.
Yetunde Price, 31, American half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams, murdered in a shooting.{{cite news |date=26 October 2004 |title=Williams sister shot by gangster defending crack house, court told| url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-10-26/williams-sister-shot-by-gangster-defending-crack/573876|work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=3 March 2024}}
Kurt Heinrich Wolff, 91, German-American sociologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kurt Heinrich Wolff - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6tb3q10 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}

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Garner Ted Armstrong, 73, American television evangelist, pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Garner Ted Armstrong, Evangelist, 73, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/17/us/garner-ted-armstrong-evangelist-73-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 September 2003 |page=C 16}}
Paul Granlund, 77, American sculptor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul Granlund - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6hx25cj |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Errol Hill, 82, Trinidad and Tobago writer, playwright, actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Errol Hill - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089614 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Josef Hiršal, 83, Czech author, poet and novelist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Josef Hiršal |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12226523p |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}

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Jack Brymer, 88, British clarinetist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra).{{cite news |last1=Emerson |first1=June |title=Jack Brymer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/18/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=3 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2003}}
Donald Deacon, 83, Canadian politician, leukemia.
John Orrell, 68, British author, theatre historian and academic, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=John Orrell, 68, Historian On New Globe Theater, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/nyregion/john-orrell-68-historian-on-new-globe-theater-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=28 September 2003 |page=1 39}}
Sergio Ortega, 65, Chilean composer, pianist, poet, and politician, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Sergio Ortega |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/35LnaWVcLoey |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Sheb Wooley, 82, American actor (High Noon, Rawhide) and singer ("The Purple People Eater"), leukemia.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-18-me-wooley18-story.html|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|title=Sheb Wooley, 82; Appeared in Film, TV Westerns, Wrote 'Purple People Eater'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-09-18|access-date=2019-04-28}}

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Yitzhak Artzi, 82, Israeli politician.
Leendert Ginjaar, 75, Dutch politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Leendert Ginjaar |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/43088359 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=nl |date=}}
Erich Hallhuber, 52, German actor, epileptic seizure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Erich Hallhuber - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/5ed389ae287e479c8318b112bdad95c0 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=de |date=}}
Ljubica Marić, 94, Yugoslav/Serbian classical composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ljubica Marić - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w60w19pv |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Raymond Milton, 91, Canadian ice hockey player and Olympic silver medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Raymond Milton |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95470 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
George Sawaya, 80, American actor and stuntman.
Neal Wood, 81, American-British political theorist and author.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/09/guardianobituaries.highereducation1|last1=Bridgeland|first1=Gina|last2=Jones|first2=Bob|title=Neal Wood: Scrupulous political theorist of deep commitment|work=The Guardian|date=2003-10-09|access-date=2019-04-28}}

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Robert G. Bartle, 75, American mathematician, specialized in real analysis, lymphoma.{{cite news |author1=Anahad O'Connor |author-link1=Anahad O'Connor |title=Robert G. Bartle, 75, Mathematician and Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/us/robert-g-bartle-75-mathematician-and-author.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=3 November 2003 |page=A 17}}
Erich Bäumler, 73, German football player and manager.
Jean Dieuzaide, 82, French photographer.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jean-dieuzaide-37169.html Jean Dieuzaide], The Independent, Retrieved 18 August 2021
Richard Alden Howard, 86, American botanist and plant taxonomist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Richard A. Howard - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6np2mkf |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Bob Mitchell, 76, British politician.
Don Reese, 52, American gridiron football player (Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints), liver cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/ReesDo20.htm|title=Don Reese|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2019-01-30}}
Sergey Smirnov, 43, Russian Olympic track and field athlete.

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Johnny Best, 89, American jazz trumpeter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Johnny Best - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004062481 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Anatoly Bogatyrev, 90, Soviet and Belarusian composer and music teacher.
Slim Dusty, 76, Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Slim Dusty |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Slim-Dusty |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Emil Fackenheim, 87, German Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |author-link1= |title=Emil Fackenheim, 87, Scholar Of Judaism and the Holocaust |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/world/emil-fackenheim-87-scholar-of-judaism-and-the-holocaust.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=13 October 2003 |page=B 8}}
Alfred Grislawski, 83, German fighter pilot during World War II.
Kenneth Erwin Hagin, 86, American preacher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Kenneth Erwin Hagin - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6nx4z3g |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Ellen Idelson, 42, American television producer, television writer and actress, complications from cancer and Crohn's disease.
Arthur Kinoy, 82, American attorney and civil rights leader.{{cite news |author1=Paul Lewis |title=Arthur Kinoy Is Dead at 82; Lawyer for Chicago Seven |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/20/nyregion/arthur-kinoy-is-dead-at-82-lawyer-for-chicago-seven.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 September 2003 |page=A 11}}
Frank Lowe, 60, American jazz saxophonist, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Frank Lowe, 60, Saxophonist in Free-Jazz and R&B Styles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/23/arts/frank-lowe-60-saxophonist-in-free-jazz-and-r-b-styles.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=23 September 2003 |page=B 10}}
Jim Thompson, 67, British Anglican bishop.

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Robert Blake, Baron Blake, 86, English historian and life peer, known for his biography of Benjamin Disraeli.{{cite news|url=https://rsliterature.org/fellow/lord-blake/|last=Roberts|first=Andrew|title=Lord Blake b. 1916 – d. 2003|work=The Royal Society of Literature|access-date=2019-05-22}}
Tom Busby, 66, Canadian actor (The War Lover, The Dirty Dozen, Heavenly Pursuits), heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12530141.tom-busby-actor-one-of-the-famous-group-in-the-dirty-dozen/|title=Tom Busby Actor, one of the famous group in The Dirty Dozen|work=The Herald, Glasgow, Scotland|date=2003-10-19|access-date=2019-06-14}}
Lorenzo Calonga, 74, Paraguayan football player.
Stanley Fafara, 54, American child actor, complications from hernia surgery.
Ken Khouri, 86, Jamaican record producer.
Gordon Mitchell, 80, American actor and bodybuilder, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-25-me-mitchell25-story.html |title=Gordon Mitchell, 80; Bodybuilder Made 'Sword and Sandal' B Movies |first=Myrna |last=Oliver |date=September 25, 2003 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807004525/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/25/local/me-mitchell25 |archive-date=7 August 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, 62, British Cabinet minister, Leader of the House of Lords.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/22/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=Lord Williams of Mostyn|work=The Guardian|date=2003-09-22|access-date=2019-04-26}}
Simon Muzenda, 80, Zimbabwean politician and vice-President of Zimbabwe, diabetes.{{cite news |author1=Michael Wines |author-link1=Michael Wines |title=Simon Muzenda, 80, Dies; Vice President of Zimbabwe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/22/world/simon-muzenda-80-dies-vice-president-of-zimbabwe.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 September 2003 |page=A 15}}
Maurizio Romano, 37, Italian voice actor, traffic collision.[https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocimrom.htm La pagina di MAURIZIO ROMANO] (in Italian)
Vernon Singer, 84, Canadian politician.
Sonora Webster Carver, 99, American entertainer.

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Amédée Domenech, 70, French rugby player, hepatitis.
Pamela Gordon, 66, American actress (Weird Science, Stealing Harvard, Subspecies).{{cite web|title=Pamela Gordon Wedner|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/pamela-gordon-wedner-1117892873/|publisher=Variety|access-date=20 November 2019|date=22 September 2003}}
Robert Lochner, 84, American journalist, pulmonary embolism.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert Lochner - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6029nkd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Lu Ann Simms, 71, American singer.{{cite web |last1=Memmott |first1=Jim |title=Recalling Lu Ann Simms, '50s singing sensation |url=https://eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/columnists/memmott/2016/03/01/memmott-remembering-lu-ann-simms-1950s-singing-sensation/81166678/ |website=democratandchronicle.com |access-date=9 March 2024 |date=1 March 2016}}
Otis A. Singletary, 81, American historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Otis A. Singletary - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66d5v93 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}

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Arturo Ardao, 90, Uruguayan philosopher and historian.
Howard Austen, 74, American confidant and companion of writer Gore Vidal, brain cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-30-et-wasserman30-story.html|last=Wasserman|first=Steve|title=A life written between words|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-09-30|access-date=2019-05-09}}
Maxime Brunfaut, 94, Belgian architect.
Gordon Jump, 71, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, Soap, Growing Pains), respiratory failure.{{cite news |last1=Associated Press |title=Gordon Jump, 71, 'WKRP' Actor Who Played Maytag's Repairman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/24/arts/gordon-jump-71-wkrp-actor-who-played-maytag-s-repairman.html |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 September 2003|author1-link=Associated Press }}
Richard Lankford, 89, American politician.
Wolfgang Peters, 74, German football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Wolfgang Peters |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/wolfgang-peters/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Lee Robinson, 80, Australian producer, director and screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Lee Robinson |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14047776d |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Hugo Young, 64, British journalist and political commentator (The Guardian, The Observer), colorectal cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/24/world/hugo-young-leading-british-columnist-is-dead-at-64.html|last=Hoge|first=Warren|title=Hugo Young, Leading British Columnist, Is Dead at 64|work=The New York Times|date=2003-09-24|access-date=2019-04-22}}

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Rosalie Allen, 79, American country musician and television and radio host, known as Queen of the Yodelers.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Rosalie Allen, 79, a Yodeling Radio Cowgirl of the 40's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/nyregion/rosalie-allen-79-a-yodeling-radio-cowgirl-of-the-40-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=26 October 2003 |page=1 27}}
Earl Brown, 87, American football and basketball player and coach (Auburn).{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?id=1624663|title=Former Auburn coach Earl Brown dead at 87|work=ESPN|date=2003-09-27|access-date=2019-06-10}}
Henri Cogan, 89, French actor and stuntman.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Henri Cogan - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/1118fd8faf0e447b8fb6446ca9faa2e9 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=de |date=}}
Simcha Dinitz, 74, Israeli statesman and politician.
John E. Flynn, 91, American politician.
Theodore R. Kupferman, 83, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Theodore R. Kupferman - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6834gtd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Rex Robbins, 68, American actor (1776, Shaft, The Royal Tenenbaums), stroke.{{cite news |author1= |title=Rex Robbins, 68, Actor on Broadway |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/arts/rex-robbins-68-actor-on-broadway.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2 October 2003 |page=A 29}}
Bernie Williams, 57, American basketball player, colorectal cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernie Williams Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willibe01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}

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Yoshinobu Ashihara, 85, Japanese architect.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Yoshinobu Ashihara - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xd8hw7 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Lyle Bettger, 88, American actor (The Greatest Show on Earth, Nevada Smith, Hawaii Five-O).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-oct-04-me-passings4-story.html|title=Lyle Bettger, 88; Supporting Actor Often Was Cast as a Heavy|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2003-10-04|access-date=2019-05-21}}
Herb Gardner, 68, American commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Herb Gardner, 68, a Playwright Who Created Quirky Souls |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/26/theater/herb-gardner-68-a-playwright-who-created-quirky-souls.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=26 September 2003 |page=A 22}}
Hugh Gregg, 85, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (1953-1955).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hugh Gregg - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6nz98tv |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Benson Masya, 33, Kenyan long-distance runner, illness.
Derek Prince, 88, English biblical scholar and author.
Jean Pélégri, 83, French writer and professor of literature.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Jean Pélégri |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/y-gpRV3i1x5b |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Robert D. Richtmyer, 92, American physicist, author, and musician.
Edward Said, 67, Palestinian-American academic, literary critic and political activist, leukemia.{{cite news |author1=Richard Bernstein |author-link1=Richard Bernstein (journalist)|title=Edward W. Said, Literary Critic and Advocate for Palestinian Independence, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/26/arts/edward-w-said-literary-critic-advocate-for-palestinian-independence-dies-67.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 September 2003 |page=A 23}}

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Thomas Casey, 82, Australian politician.
John Clayton, 63, Australian actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Clayton |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14480035q |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Anthony Durante, 36, American professional wrestler, drug overdose.
Birgit Jürgenssen, 54, Austrian photographer, painter, curator and teacher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Birgit Jürgenssen |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb166265008 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Franco Modigliani, 85, Italian Nobel Prize-winning economist.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Richard |title=Franco Modigliani |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=1 October 2003}}
Donald Nicol, 80, English Byzantine scholar.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/03/guardianobituaries.highereducation1|last=Beaton|first=Roderick|title=Donald Nicol: Revealing the human face of the Byzantine empire|work=The Guardian|date=2003-10-03|access-date=2019-05-10}}
Chuba Okadigbo, 61, Nigerian politician, philosopher, academic, writer and political scientist.
George Plimpton, 76, American author, actor, and socialite, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=George Plimpton, Author And Editor, Is Dead at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/27/arts/george-plimpton-author-and-editor-is-dead-at-76.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 2003 |page=A 13}}
Yuri Senkevich, 66, Soviet doctor and scientist, heart failure.
Josef Wagner, 87, Swiss cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Josef Wagner |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/josef-wagner |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}

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Olle Anderberg, 84, Swedish wrestler (1948 Olympic silver medal, 1952 Olympic gold medal).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Olle Anderberg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59998 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Inday Badiday, 59, Filipino TV host and journalist, multiple organ failure.
Władysław Kozaczuk, 79, Polish Army colonel and intelligence historian.
Shawn Lane, 40, American guitarist and composer, lung disease.{{cite journal|url=http://www.shawnlane.com/images/shawngw20042.jpg|first=Alan|last=Paul|journal=Guitar World|title=Shawn Lane 1963 2003|date=January 2004|access-date=May 20, 2012|format=jpg|id=Scanned image at [http://www.shawnlane.com/index2.html shawnlane.com]|archive-date=February 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216110035/http://www.shawnlane.com/images/shawngw20042.jpg|url-status=dead}}
Robert Palmer, 54, British singer ("Addicted to Love"), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Jon Pareles |author-link1=Jon Pareles |title=Robert Palmer, 54, Singer With Image of a Pop Romeo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/27/arts/robert-palmer-54-singer-with-image-of-a-pop-romeo.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 2003 |page=A 13}}
Robert Raymond, 81, Australian television pioneer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert Raymond - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ww92dg |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
David Williams, 77, Welsh advertising executive and crime writer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/02/guardianobituaries.advertising|last=Bret|first=Simon|title=David Williams|work=The Guardian|date=2003-10-01|access-date=2019-04-26}}

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Tom Bateman, 80, Australian politician.
Tom Brennan, 81, American ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).{{cite news|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/brennto01.html|title=Tom Brennan|work=Sports Reference / Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=2019-05-15}}
Paul Burlison, 74, American rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-burlison-37202.html|last=Leigh|first=Spencer|title=Paul Burlison: Guitarist with the Johnny Burnette Trio|work=The Independent|date=2003-10-02|access-date=2019-06-13}}
Olive Cotton, 92, Australian modernist photographer.
Fay Helm, 94, American film actress.
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, 86, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
Jean Lucas, 86, French racing driver.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Jean Lucas |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/5xZMH_sH3KQp |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Donald J. Mitchell, 80, American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives for New York.{{cite news |author1=Anahad O'Connor |author-link1=Anahad O'Connor |title=Donald Mitchell, 80, Lawmaker Who Brought Defense Jobs North |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/01/nyregion/donald-mitchell-80-lawmaker-who-brought-defense-jobs-north.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=1 October 2003 |page=A 21}}
Donald O'Connor, 78, American actor (Singin' in the Rain, Yes Sir, That's My Baby), singer and dancer, Emmy winner (1954), heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/nyregion/donald-o-connor-who-danced-through-many-hollywood-musicals-dies-at-78.html|last=Severo|first=Richard|title=Donald O'Connor, Who Danced Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Dies at 78|work=The New York Times|date=2003-09-28|access-date=2019-04-28}}
Wendy Wyland, 38, American Olympic diver (bronze medal in women's 10 metre platform at the 1984 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Wendy Wyland |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51247 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Masahiro Yoshimura, 66, Japanese Olympic swimmer (silver medal in 200 metre breaststroke at the 1956 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Masahiro Yoshimura |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48898 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}

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Proinsias Mac Aonghusa, 70, Irish journalist, writer, and TV presenter.
Dany Bébel-Gisler, 68, Guadeloupean sociolinguist, ethnologist and author, preservationist of Creole languages, heart attack.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/bebel-gisler-dany-1935-2003|title=Bébel-Gisler, Dany (1935–2003)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-05-18}}
Christopher Foxley-Norris, 86, British Air Chief Marshal.
Althea Gibson, 76, African-American tennis player, respiratory failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Althea Gibson - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sx97h9 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Cork Hubbert, 51, American film and television actor, diabetes.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Cork Hubbert |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14188263x |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Elia Kazan, 94, American film director (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, East of Eden), Oscar winner (1948, 1955).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Elia Kazan - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/15277 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
George Odlum, 69, Saint Lucian politician, pancreatic cancer.
Ephraim Oshry, 94-95, Lithuanian-American Orthodox rabbi, author and Holocaust-survivor.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Ephraim Oshry, 89, a Scholar In Secret During the Holocaust |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/nyregion/ephraim-oshry-89-a-scholar-in-secret-during-the-holocaust.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 October 2003 |page=1 40}}
Marshall Rosenbluth, 76, American academic and plasma physicist.{{cite news |author1=William J. Broad |author-link1=William Broad |title=M. N. Rosenbluth, 76, an H-Bomb Developer Who Sought Peaceful Uses for Fusion, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/us/m-n-rosenbluth-76-h-bomb-developer-who-sought-peaceful-uses-for-fusion-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=30 September 2003 |page=B 10}}

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Lubor Tokoš, 80, Czech actor.
Wesley Tuttle, 85, American country music singer.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wesley-tuttle-548912.html |title=Wesley Tuttle |date=October 1, 2003|work=The Independent |accessdate=18 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730152054/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wesley-tuttle-548912.html |archivedate=July 30, 2011 }}
Raoul Gregory Vitale, 75, Syrian musicologist .
Beatrice Blyth Whiting, 89, American anthropologist, a pioneer in the comparative study of child development.{{cite news |author1=Stuart Lavietes |title=Beatrice Whiting, 89, an Expert On Culture's Role in Personality |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/19/us/beatrice-whiting-89-an-expert-on-culture-s-role-in-personality.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=19 October 2003 |page=1 44}}

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Yusuf Bey, 67, American Black Muslim activist and leader, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Black-Muslim-leader-Bey-dies-battled-cancer-2584698.php|last=DelVecchio|first=Rick|title=Black Muslim leader Bey dies; battled cancer / Remembered for opening doors to down-and-out|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2003-10-02|access-date=2019-05-21}}
Ronnie Dawson, 64, American rockabilly singer, guitarist and drummer, esophageal cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ronnie Dawson - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002058411 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=9 March 2024 |language= |date=}}
Oreste Del Buono, 80, Italian author, journalist, translator, literary critic and screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Oreste Del Buono |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12028240k |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Eddie Gladden, 65, American jazz drummer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eddie Gladden |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13922026q |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
John Hawkesworth, 82, English television/film producer and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Hawkesworth |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11907046v |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=9 March 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Robert Kardashian, 59, American criminal defense lawyer, father of Kim, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian, esophageal cancer.{{cite news |title=Former O.J. Simpson lawyer, Kardashian, dies |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/01/OJattorney.dead/ |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=CNN |date=October 2, 2003}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2003-09-01,2003-09-30&adult=include List of September 2003 deaths] at IMDb

*2003-09