2003, some names of those who passed

January 12 Maurice Gibb tragically after suffering a heart attack during stomach surgery.

February 1 The crew of the shuttle Columbia, Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Ilan Ramon who was carrying with him a miniature Torah scroll of a Holocaust survivor.

February 4 My mum, a wonderful mother, a fantastic oma and once met never forgotten died suddenly overnight on either the 3rd or 4th of February. She went to be with my dad which where she wanted to be.

July 8 Laleh and Ladan Bijani, conjoined twins who were joined at the head who at 29 decided to face the gruelling surgery to separate them.

July 18 Dr David Kelly, had been at the centre of a row between the British Government and the BBC about the use of intelligence reports in the run up to the war against Iraq. He said the government had "sexed-up" its dossier on Iraq to boost public support for the war. He accused the government of inserting a claim into the dossier that Saddam Hussein was capable of deploying weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes
Dr Kelly took his own life and I don't suppose we shall ever now the real 'truth' will we?

July 27 Bob Hope, American icon and legendary comedian Bob Hope died, just two months after celebrating his 100th birthday. He died in his sleep at home in Toluca Lake, California, with his family at his bedside. Even the Queen, who had met British-born Hope many times, sent a private message to his widow, Dolores, who was married to Hope for 69 years. The couple had four children.

August 16 Idi Amin War criminal. Do not want to say any more here except what goes around comes around (I hope)

September 11 Anna Lindh The Swedish Foreign Minister died in hospital from stab wounds inflicted in an attack while she was shopping in a Stockholm department store.


September 12 Johnny Cash One of the great legends of country music, he was 71.
He was rushed to hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, with respiratory failure, but doctors could not save him.
Cash, an icon of American country music since the 1950s, had been dogged by illness in recent years, and suffered from a nervous condition similar to Parkinson's disease.


These are just a few names. Many more lost their lives in 2003.........A little prayer for them all.