In the year 2000
676 Notable deaths
Abraham Pais
Dutch-american physicist and science historian.
Born May 19th, 1918 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died July 28th, 2000 at 82 years old in Copenhagen (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
John Newland
American director, actor, television producer, and screenwriter (1917–2000).
Born November 23rd, 1917 in Cincinnati.
Died January 10th, 2000 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Curt Siodmak
German-american writer.
Born August 10th, 1902 in Dresden. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 2000 at 98 years old in Three Rivers (cancer). [ref]
Edward H. Levi
Jewish american politician (1911-2000).
Born June 26th, 1911 in Chicago.
Died March 7th, 2000 at 88 years old in Chicago (Alzheimer's disease).
Gene Harris
American pianist.
Born September 1st, 1933 in Benton Harbor. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2000 at 66 years old in Boise. [ref]
Enric Miralles
Spanish architect (1955–2000).
Born February 25th, 1955 in Barcelona.
Died July 3rd, 2000 at 45 years old in Sant Feliu de Codines (brain cancer).
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah
Pakistani diplomat (1915-2000).
Born July 22nd, 1915 in Kolkata.
Died December 11th, 2000 at 85 years old in Karachi.
Ann Mui
Hong kong actor and singer (1959-2000).
Born December 10th, 1959 in British Hong Kong.
Died April 16th, 2000 at 40 years old in Hong Kong (cervix uterine cancer).
Sid Abel
Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2000).
Born February 22nd, 1918 in Melville.
Died February 8th, 2000 at 81 years old in Farmington Hills.
Ahmad Shamloo
Iranian persian poet, writer, and journalist (1925-2000).
Born December 12th, 1925 in Tehran.
Died July 24th, 2000 at 74 years old in Karaj. [ref]
Lucille Fletcher
American playwright and screenwriter (1912–2000).
Born March 28th, 1912 in Brooklyn.
Died August 31st, 2000 at 88 years old in Langhorne.
Rose Hobart
Actress (1906-2000).
Born May 1st, 1906 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2000 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (disease). [ref]
George Armstrong
English footballer and manager (1944-2000).
Born August 9th, 1944 in Belfast.
Died November 1st, 2000 at 56 years old in Hemel Hempstead (cerebral hemorrhage).
Giorgio Bassani
Italian writer.
Born March 4th, 1916 in Bologna.
Died April 13th, 2000 at 84 years old in Rome.
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
49th prime minister of romania (1961-1974).
Born September 23rd, 1902 in Bucharest.
Died February 8th, 2000 at 97 years old in Bucharest.
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer (1910-2000).
Born June 23rd, 1910 in Vicksburg. [ref]
Died December 19th, 2000 at 90 years old in Queens. [ref]
Petar Mladenov
Former general secretary of the bulgarian communist party.
Born August 22nd, 1936 in Toshevtsi.
Died May 31st, 2000 at 63 years old in Sofia.
Roger Peyrefitte
French diplomat and writer.
Born August 17th, 1907 in Castres. [ref]
Died November 15th, 2000 at 93 years old in Paris (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
John Hejduk
Architect, artist, educator.
Born July 13th, 1929 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 2000 at 70 years old in New York City, The Bronx. [ref]
Klaus Wennemann
German actor (1940–2000).
Born December 18th, 1940 in Oer-Erkenschwick.
Died January 7th, 2000 at 59 years old in Bad Aibling (lung cancer).
Len Shackleton
English footballer (1922-2000).
Born May 3rd, 1922 in Bradford.
Died November 27th, 2000 at 78 years old in Grange-over-Sands.
Franck Pourcel
French easy listening musician.
Born August 14th, 1913 in Marseille. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2000 at 87 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Aleksandar Nikolić
Basketball player and coach (1924–2000).
Born October 28th, 1924 in Sarajevo.
Died March 12th, 2000 at 75 years old in Belgrade.
Nora Swinburne
British actress (1902-2000).
Born July 24th, 1902 in Bath. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2000 at 97 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 226 to 250 of 676
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling