text: George Haliburton `` Basil '' Hume OSB , OM ( 2 March 1923 â `` 17 June 1999 ) was an English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .
simplified: George Basil Cardinal Hume OSB , OM , MA , STL ( 2 March 1923 -- 17June 1999 ) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church .