Artists who died in 2003
A collection of the artists that passed away in January 2003.
9 items
Maurice Gibb died on January 12 (aged 53).
Country: Australia
Genres: Dance, Disco, Pop, Pop-Rock, Singer-songwriter
Languages: English, Latin
Gato Alquinta, singer and guitarist, died on January 15 (aged 57).
Country: Chile
Genres: Folk, Progressive rock
Language: Spanish
Sabotage died on January 24 (aged 29).
Country: Brazil
Original spelling: Mauro Mateus dos Santos
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Language: Portuguese
Malcolm Roberts died on February 7 (aged 58).
Johnny Paycheck died on February 19 (aged 64).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Donald Eugene Lytle
Genres: Country music, Singer-songwriter
Language: English
Alberto Sordi died on February 24 (aged 82).
Country: Italy
Genres: Comedy, Soundtrack
Languages: Italian, Italian (Roman dialect), English
Klāra Zāle died on February 24 (aged 91).
Scotty (David Scott) died on February 27 (aged 51-52).
Country: Jamaica
Original spelling: David Scott
Genre: Reggae
Language: English
Fred Rogers died on February 27 (aged 74).
Country: United States
Genre: Children's Music
Language: English
Hank Ballard died on March 2 (aged 73).
Kenta died on March 3 (aged 54).
Country: Sweden
Original spelling: Kenneth Gustafsson
Language: Swedish
Celly Campello died on March 4 (aged 60).
Country: Brazil
Original spelling: Célia Benelli Campello
Genre: Rock 'n' Roll
Language: Portuguese
Nicole Louvier died on March 8 (aged 69).
Country: France
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Language: French
Jimmy Bilsbury died on March 10 (aged 60).
Country: Germany
Genres: Pop, Religious
Languages: English, German
Roberto Murolo died on March 13 (aged 91).
Country: Italy
Genres: Folk, Singer-songwriter
Languages: Neapolitan, Italian
Dragan Stojnić died on March 19 (aged 65).
Country: Serbia
Original spelling: Драган Стојнић
Genre: Pop
Language: Serbian
Semyon Lipkin died on March 31 (aged 91).
Country: Russia
Original spelling: Семён Липкин
Genre: Poetry
Language: Russian
Tommy Seebach died on March 31 (aged 53).
Country: Denmark
Genre: Disco
Languages: Danish, English
Leslie Cheung died on April 1 (aged 46).
Country: China
Original spelling: 張國榮
Genres: Pop, Singer-songwriter
Languages: Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese, English, Japanese
Little Eva died on April 10 (aged 59).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Eva Narcissus Boyd
Genres: R&B/Soul, Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Raúl Shaw Moreno died on April 13 (aged 79).
Country: Bolivia
Genre: Latino
Language: Spanish
Wolle Kriwanek died on April 20 (aged 53).
Country: Germany
Genres: Blues, Rock
Language: German (central dialects)
Nina Simone died on April 21 (aged 70).
Country: United States
Genres: Blues, Classical, Folk, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Singer-songwriter
Languages: English, French
Jozef "Dodo" Dubán, guitarist and singer, died on April 25 (aged 38).
George Țărnea died on May 2 (aged 57).
Blaga Dimitrova died on May 2 (aged 81).
Country: Bulgaria
Original spelling: Блага Николова Димитрова
Genre: Poetry
Language: Bulgarian
Noel Redding, bassist, died on May 11 (aged 57).
Country: United States
Genres: Blues, Psychedelic, Rock
Language: English
June Carter Cash died on May 15 (aged 73).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Valerie June Carter Cash
Genres: Country music, Singer-songwriter
Language: English
Freyda Epstein died on May 17 (aged 46).
Country: United States
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Languages: English, German, Spanish
Jeremy Ward, sound technician and vocal operator, died on May 25 (aged 27).
Country: United States
Genre: Progressive rock
Languages: English, Spanish
Luciano Berio died on May 27 (aged 77).
Amy Károlyi died on May 29 (aged 93).
Country: Hungary
Original spelling: Károlyi Amy
Genre: Poetry
Language: Hungarian
Joe Harris died on June 1 (aged 59).
Country: Belgium
Languages: Dutch, German
Dave Rowberry, keyboardist, died on June 6 (aged 62).
Country: United Kingdom
Genres: Blues, Rock
Language: English
Itamar Assumpção died on June 12 (aged 53).
René Touzet died on June 15 (aged 86).
Sergio Bruni died on June 22 (aged 81).
Country: Italy
Genres: Folk, Pop, Singer-songwriter
Languages: Neapolitan, Italian, Italian (Medieval), Italian (Central dialects)
William Sailly died on June 26 (aged 56).
María Gabriela Epumer, guitarist and singer, died on June 30 (aged 39).
Country: Argentina
Genre: New Wave
Language: Spanish
Herbie Mann died on July 1 (aged 73).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Herbert Jay Solomon
Genre: Jazz
Language: English
Berta Ambrož died on July 1 (aged 58).
Barry White died on July 4 (aged 58).
Country: United States
Genre: Funk
Language: English
André Claveau died on July 4 (aged 91).
Country: France
Genres: Opera, Schlager
Language: French
Zhang Aiping died on July 5 (aged 93).
Country: China
Original spelling: 張愛萍
Genre: Poetry
Language: Chinese (Classical Chinese)
Clyde Battin ("Skip") died on July 6 (aged 69).
Kathleen Raine died on July 6 (aged 95).
Rita Elmgren died on July 6 (aged 73).
Country: Finland
Original spelling: Rita Maria Elmgren-Huldén
Genres: Pop, Schlager
Language: Finnish
Roberto Bolaño died on July 15 (aged 50).
Country: Chile
Genre: Poetry
Language: Spanish
Fernando Maurício died on July 15 (aged 69).
Country: Portugal
Original spelling: Fernando da Silva Maurício
Genre: Fado
Language: Portuguese
Adam Cox, singer and guitarist, Matt Fitzgerald, bassist, and Jeremy Gage, drummer, died on July 20 (aged 21, 20 and 23)
Zsuzsa Cserháti died on July 23 (aged 55).
Country: Hungary
Genres: Opera, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Swing
Language: Hungarian
Bob Hope died on July 27 (aged 100).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Leslie Towns Hope
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Greg Guidry died on July 28 (aged 49).
Jesús María Febrero, keyboardist, died on August 2 (aged 58).
Country: Uruguay
Original spelling: Los Blue Kings
Genres: Latino, New Wave, Pop, Rock 'n' Roll
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Paulinho Nogueira died on August 2 (aged 75).
Country: Brazil
Genres: MPB, Samba
Language: Portuguese
Traian Furnea died on August 3 (aged 49).
Ed Townsend died on August 13 (aged 74).
Country: United States
Genres: R&B/Soul, Singer-songwriter
Language: English
Line Monty died on August 19 (aged 76-77).
Country: Algeria
Original spelling: Éliane Serfati / Leïla Fateh
Genre: Folk
Languages: French, Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic (other varieties)
Wesley Willis died on August 21 (aged 40).
Country: United States
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Teresa Harsdorf-Bromowicz died on August 21 (aged 91).
Country: Poland
Genre: Poetry
Languages: Polish, German
Imperio Argentina died on August 22 (aged 96).
Country: Spain
Genre: Folk
Language: Spanish
Wilma Burgess died on August 26 (aged 64).
Country: United States
Genre: Country music
Language: English
Eulalio González ("El Piporro") died on September 1 (aged 78).
Country: Mexico
Original spelling: Eulalio «Lalo» González Ramírez
Genres: Singer-songwriter, Latino
Language: Spanish
C. H. Sisson died on September 5 (aged 89).
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Poetry
Language: English
Gisele MacKenzie died on September 5 (aged 76).
Country: Canada
Genre: Pop
Language: English
Warren Zevon died on September 7 (aged 56).
Country: United States
Genre: Rock
Language: English
Johnny Cash died on September 12 (aged 71).
Country: United States
Genres: Blues, Country music, Folk, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll
Languages: English, German, Spanish
Stanislav Pozhlakov died on September 26 (aged 66).
Country: Russia
Original spelling: Станислав Пожлаков / Станисла́в Ива́нович Пожлако́в
Genres: Jazz, Poetry, Singer-songwriter
Language: Russian
Robert Palmer died on September 26 (aged 54).
Country: United Kingdom
Genres: Hard Rock, Pop, Rock
Language: English
François Béranger died on October 14 (aged 66).
Country: France
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Language: French
Nüsrət Kəsəmənli died on October 16 (aged 56).
Country: Azerbaijan
Genre: Poetry
Language: Azerbaijani
Alfred Rose died on October 21 (aged 71).
Country: India
Original spelling: Rosario Alfred Fernandes
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Languages: Konkani, English, Spanish
Viguen died on October 26 (aged 73).
Country: Iran
Original spelling: ویگن
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rock
Language: Persian
Leonid Filatov died on October 26 (aged 56).
Country: Russia
Original spelling: Леонид Филатов
Genre: Poetry
Language: Russian
Barry Sullivan, bass guitarist, died on October 27 (aged 57).
Franco Corelli died on October 29 (aged 82).
Country: Italy
Genre: Opera
Languages: Neapolitan, French, Italian
Monique Pianéa died on October 29 (aged 60).
Country: France
Genre: Pop
Language: French
Rasul Gamzatov died on November 3 (aged 80).
Country: Russia
Original spelling: ХӀамзатил Расул
Genres: Poetry, Pop-Folk
Languages: Russian, Avar
Rachel de Queiroz died on November 4 (aged 92).
Charles Causley died on November 4 (aged 86).
Bobby Hatfield died on November 5 (aged 63).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Bobby Hatfield, William Medley
Genres: Blues, Pop
Language: English
Teresa Paula Brito died on November 7 (aged 59).
Country: Portugal
Original spelling: Maria Teresa Ramos de Paula Brito
Language: Portuguese
Arthur Conley died on November 17 (aged 57).
Country: United States
Genres: Funk, R&B/Soul
Language: English
Teddy Randazzo died on November 21 (aged 68).
Country: United States
Genres: Pop, Singer-songwriter
Language: English
Teddy Wilburn died on November 24 (aged 71).
Country: United States
Genre: Country music
Language: English
James Adarryl Tapp Jr. (Soulja Slim) died on November 26 (aged 26).
Zekra died on November 28 (aged 37).
Country: Tunisia
Original spelling: ذكرى محمد عبدالله الدالي
Genre: Pop
Language: Arabic
Urszula Wińska died on December 1 (aged 99).
Allan Barker died on December 5 (aged 61).
Fadwa Tuqan died on December 12 (aged ca. 86).
Country: Palestine
Original spelling: فدوي طوقان
Genre: Poetry
Language: Arabic
Gene Anthony Ray died on December 14 (aged 41).
Country: United States
Genre: Pop
Language: English
Dave Dudley died on December 22 (aged 75).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Darwin David Pedruska
Genre: Country music
Language: English
Richard Gosting (Dick St. John) died on December 27 (aged 63).
Country: United States
Original spelling: Dick St. John and Dee Dee Phelps
Genre: Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Anita Mui died on December 30 (aged 40).
Country: Hong Kong
Original spelling: 梅艷芳
Genre: Pop
Languages: Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese, English
Alina Paradowska died in 2003 (aged 78-79).
Eric Huereque, bassist and backing singer, died in 2003 (aged 55-56).
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"Dick" Richard Gostling of Dick and Dee Dee died at the age of 63 on December 27, 2003 from injuries resulting from a fall.
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"Skip" Clyde Battin of Skip & Flip passed away on July 6, 2003 at 69.
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Robert Palmer passed away on September 26, 2003 at the age of 54.
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Hank Ballard died on March 2, 2003, aged 73.
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Died May 15, 2003 (aged 73)
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Barry White died on July 4, 2003 at age 58.
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Drummer Noel Redding died on May 11, 2003 at age 57.
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Warren Zevon succumbed to mesothelioma on September 7, 2003, aged 56.
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Little Eva passed away at 59 on April 10, 2003.
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Herbie Mann passed away at age 73 on July 1, 2003.
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Wesley Willis died of leukemia at 40 years old on August 21, 2003.
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Keyboardist Dave Rowberry died on June 6, 2003 at 62.
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Dave Dudley died on December 22, 2003, aged 75, after suffering a heart attack in his car in a parking lot in Danbury, Wisconsin.
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Anita Mui died from cervical cancer on December 30, 2003 at age 40.
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Died 5th of January 2003, aged 53.
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Died 3rd of March 2003, aged 54.
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Died 31st of March 2003, aged 53.
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Died October 29th 2003, aged 60.
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Died November 7th 2003, aged 59.
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Died February 7th 2003, aged 58.
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Jimmy Bilsbury died March 10th 2003, aged 60.
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Jozef Dubán died April 25th 2003, aged 38.
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Died July 1st 2003, aged 58.
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Died July 4th 2003, aged 91.
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Died February 19, 2003 (age 64)