The following is a list of notable deaths in August 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.
August 2003
1 Tom Lewis, 78, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1983-1995). Bob McMaster, 81, Australian wrestler and rugby player. Guy Thys, 80, Belgian national football coach. Marie Trintignant, 41, French actress and daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, beaten. Gordon Arnaud Winter, 90, Canadian Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland.
2 Ken Coote, 75, English footballer. Don Estelle, 70, British actor. Vladimir Golovanov, 64, Russian weightlifter and Olympian (1964). Charles Kerruish, 86, Manx politician. Mike Levey, 55, American infomercial host, cancer. Paulinho Nogueira, 75, Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer. Mohamad Adnan Robert, 85, Malaysian politician, Governor of Sabah. Willem Wilmink, 66, Dutch poet and writer. Lesley Woods, 92, American radio, stage and television actress.
3 Les Bell, 77, Australian rugby league footballer. Norah Isaac, 88, Welsh author, drama producer and campaigner for Welsh-language education. Joseph Saidu Momoh, 66, President of Sierra Leone. Peter Safar, 79, Austrian-born American physician, cancer. Roger Voudouris, 48, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, liver disease.
4 Pål Arne Fagernes, 29, Norwegian javelin thrower and Olympian (1996, 2000), traffic collision. Chung Mong-hun, 54, Korean businessman, suicide by jumping. Frederick Chapman Robbins, 86, American pediatrician and virologist. Alice Saunier-Seité, 78, French geographer, historian, academic and politician of the Parti Républicain. Sarup Singh, 86, Indian academic and politician. Anthony of Sourozh, 89, Russian monk, broadcaster, longest-ordained hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Redd Stewart, 80, American country music songwriter and recording artist. František Vlk, 78, Czech footballer. James Welch, 62, American Blackfeet and Gros Ventre writer and poet (Winter in the Blood, Fools Crow), lung cancer.
5 Tite Curet Alonso, 77, Puerto Rican music composer, critic and journalist, heart attack. Dick Fouts, 69, Canadian football player. Maurice Mollin, 79, Belgian racing cyclist. Manuel Mur Oti, 94, Spanish screenwriter and film director. Samuel J. Tedesco, 88, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Don Turnbull, 66, English journalist and games magazine editor. Benjamin Vaughan, 85, Welsh Anglican priest, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Robert Joseph Ward, 77, American district judge (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York).
6 Julius Baker, 87, American flute player, principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic for 18 years. Robin Banerjee, 94, Indian environmentalist and wildlife photographer. Louis Lasagna, 80, American physician and professor of medicine, lymphoma. Roberto Marinho, 98, Brazilian businessman, lung cancer. Grover Mitchell, 73, American jazz trombonist, cancer. Christine Noonan, 58, British actress (If....), cancer. Wilhelm Schneemelcher, 88, German Protestant theologian Larry Taylor, 85, English actor and stuntman. David Webster 72, British BBC television producer and executive
7 Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni, 87, Italian automobile designer. Grigory Bondarevsky, 83, Russian professor, writer, and historian, murdered. Antoni Janik, 83, Polish footballer. Charles Jones, 85, Australian politician. Roxie Collie Laybourne, 92, American ornithologist. Mickey McDermott, 74, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics), colorectal cancer. F. T. Prince, 90, British poet and academic. Pierre Vilar, 97, French historian, authoritative historian of Spain. Rajko Žižić, 48, Yugoslavian basketball player and Olympian (1976, 1980, 1984), heart attack.
8 Martha Chase, 75, American geneticist, pneumonia. Robert J. Donovan, 90, American correspondent, author and presidential historian. Giant Ochiai, 30, Japanese professional wrestler.Giant Ochiai Lilli Gyldenkilde, 67, Danish politician, cancer. Bhupen Khakhar, 69, Indian contemporary artist, cancer. Frank Large, 63, English football player. Allan McCready, 86, New Zealand politician. Jack Noreiga, 67, West Indian cricket player. Lenton Parr, 78, Australian sculptor and teacher. Antonis Samarakis, 83, Greek writer of the post-war generation, heart attack. Edna Skinner, 82, American film and television actress. Falaba Issa Traoré, 73, Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and theatre and film director.
9 Enrico Bisio, 68, Italian Olympic field hockey player (1960). Jimmy Davis, 21, English football player, traffic collision. Jacques Deray, 74, French film director and screenwriter, cancer. Hans Frischknecht, 80, Swiss Olympic long-distance runner (1948). Ray Harford, 58, English football manager, lung cancer. Gregory Hines, 57, American dancer, actor, liver cancer. Onni Kasslin, 76, Finnish Olympic cyclist (1948, 1952). Chester Ludgin, 77, American baritone, cancer. Lesley Manyathela, 21, South African soccer player, traffic collision. Stewart McColl, 23, Australian racing driver. Bill Perkins, 79, American cool jazz saxophonist and flutist. William "Billy" George Rogell, 98, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs). Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal, 101, Indian painter, sculptor and art teacher. Trevor Smith, 67, English football player, lung cancer. Herbie Steward, 77, American jazz saxophonist. Esmond Wright, 87, British historian, media personality and politician (Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok).
10 Kimal Akishev, 79, Kazakhstani scientist, archeologist, and historian. Constance Chapman, 91, English actor. Carmita Jiménez, 64, Puerto Rican singer. Bob McDougal, 82, American football player (Green Bay Packers). Cedric Price, 68, English architect and writer.
11 Roger Antoine, 81, French basketball player and Olympian (1956, 1960). Armand Borel, 80, Swiss mathematician. Herb Brooks, 66, American hockey player, Olympian (1964, 1968), and coach (1980 Olympic gold medal winning "Miracle on Ice" hockey team), traffic collision. Jean Courteaux, 76, French football player. Jean Dréjac, 82, French singer and composer. Basil Kelly, 73, Bahamian Olympic sailor (1952, 1960, 1964). Diana Mosley, 93, English socialite, one of the Mitford sisters and widow of fascist leader Oswald Mosley, stroke. Martin O'Connell, 87, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1968-1972, 1974-1979). John K. G. Shearman, 72, British art historian. Joseph Ventaja, 73, French boxer and Olympian (1952). Dennis Walker, 58, English football player. Sigmund Widmer, 84, Swiss historian, writer and politician.
12 Christian Boussus, 95, French tennis player. Sir William Douglas, 81, Barbadian jurist, Chief Justice of Barbados (1965–1986). Håkon Kyllingmark, 88, Norwegian military officer and businessman. Edward Skottowe Northrop, 92, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of Maryland). Walter J. Ong, 90, American Jesuit priest, professor of English literature, historian, and philosopher. Fred I. Parker, 65, American judge. Étienne Rolland, 90, French Olympic basketball player (1936).
13 Ward Bennett, 85, American designer and artist. Charlie Devens, 93, American baseball player (New York Yankees). Lothar Emmerich, 61, German football player, lung cancer. Michael Maclagan, 89, British historian. Ed Townsend, 74, American songwriter and producer, heart attack.
14 Moshe Carmel, 92, Israeli Major General and politician. Antonio Conelli, 93, Italian swimmer and Olympian (1928). Viktor Ivanov, 72, Russian rower and Olympic silver medalist (1956). Lev Kerbel, 85, Soviet and Russian sculptor of socialist realist works. Donal Lamont, 92, Irish-Rhodesian Roman Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. William H. Orrick Jr., 87, American attorney and judge. Helmut Rahn, 73, German footballer. Robin Thompson, 72, Irish rugby player. Kirk Varnedoe, 57, American art historian, chief curator at the Museum of Modern Art, cancer.
15 Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper, 86, Dutch nurse, Nazi resister and last known person to see Anne Frank. Arnaldo Fabris, 86, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1948). Red Hardy, 80, American baseball player (New York Giants). Nehemia Levtzion, 67, Israeli scholar of African history. Enric Llaudet, 86, Spanish businessman and sports executive. Gerhard Mauz, 77, German journalist and correspondent for judicial processes. Eric Nisenson, 57, American author and jazz historian, kidney failure related to leukemia.
16 Idi Amin, 78, Ugandan military officer, President of Uganda (1971-1979). Ali Bakar, 55, Malaysian footballer and Olympian (1972), heart attack. Nandor Balazs, 77, Hungarian-American physicist. Bert Crane, 80, Australian politician. Ivo Ivaniš, 27, Croatian water polo player and Olympian (2000). Gus Mancuso, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers). Manuel Peçanha, 85, Brazilian football player. Gösta Sundqvist, 46, Finnish musician and radio personality, heart attack. Fernand Voussure, 85, Belgian footballer. James Whitehead, 67, American poet and novelist (Joiner).
17 Ben Belitt, 92, American poet and translator. Mazen Dana, 43, Palestinian journalist, shot by US Army. Haroldo de Campos, 73, Brazilian poet, critic, professor and translator. Connie Douglas Reeves, 101, member of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, complications following a fall.
18 Don Eliason, 85, American gridiron football and basketball player (Boston Celtics). Álvaro Gaxiola, 66, Mexican diver and Olympian (1960, 1964, 1968). Tony Jackson, 65, English singer and bass-guitar player, alcoholism, liver cirrhosis. Jocelyne Jocya, 61, French singer and songwriter, breast cancer. Jouni Kailajärvi, 65, Finnish weightlifter and Olympian (1960, 1964, 1968). Shirley Jane Turner, 42, Canadian family member, suicide by drowning. Zachary Turner, 1, Canadian family member, murder by drowning. Pedro Votta, 66, Uruguayan Olympic boxer (1960).
19 Al Bansavage, 65, American professional football player (USC, Los Angeles Chargers, Oakland Raiders). Dennis Flynn, 79, Canadian politician, heart attack. Lester Mondale, 99, American Unitarian minister and humanist. John Munro, 72, Canadian politician (member of Parliament of Canada representing Hamilton East, Ontario). Carlos Roberto Reina, 77, Honduran politician, lawyer and diplomat, president (1994-1998), suicide by gunshot. Notable victims killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, Iraq: Gillian Clark, 47, Canadian aid worker for the Christian Children's Fund Reham Al-Farra, 29, Jordanian diplomat and journalist. Arthur Helton, 54, American Director of peace and conflict studies at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations. Jean-Sélim Kanaan, 33, Egyptian, Italian and French United Nations diplomat and member of Sérgio Vieira de Mello's staff. Sérgio Vieira de Mello, 55, Brazilian UN diplomat and Secretary-General's Special Representative in Iraq. Fiona Watson, 35, Scottish member of Vieira de Mello's staff, political affairs officer. Nadia Younes, 57, Egyptian United Nations aide, chief of staff for Vieira de Mello.
20 Igor Farkhutdinov, 53, Russian politician, Governor of Sakhalin Oblast (since 1995), helicopter crash. John Harvey, 63, English cricket player. Ian MacDonald, 54, British music critic, suicide. Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi, 78/79, Turkish jurist and politician. John Ogbu, 64, Nigerian-American anthropologist and professor, post-surgery heart attack. Andrew Ray, 64, British actor, heart attack.
21 Vasily Borisov, 80, Soviet rifle shooter and Olympic champion (1956, 1960). Ken Coleman, 78, American radio and television sportscaster. John Coplans, 83, British artist, art writer, curator, and museum director.