In the year 2000
738 Notable deaths
Giorgio Bassani
Italian writer.
Born March 4th, 1916 in Bologna.
Died April 13th, 2000 at 84 years old in Rome.
Petar Mladenov
Former general secretary of the bulgarian communist party (1936–2000).
Born August 22nd, 1936 in Toshevtsi.
Died May 31st, 2000 at 63 years old in Sofia.
Rúhíyyih Khanum
Canadian bahá'í, wife of shoghi effendi (1910–2000).
Born August 8th, 1910 in New York City.
Died January 19th, 2000 at 89 years old in Haifa.
Len Shackleton
English footballer (1922-2000).
Born May 3rd, 1922 in Bradford.
Died November 28th, 2000 at 78 years old in Grange-over-Sands. [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).
John Hejduk
American architect, artist, educator (1929–2000).
Born July 13th, 1929 in New York City.
Died July 3rd, 2000 at 70 years old in New York City, The Bronx.
Franck Pourcel
French composer and conductor (1931–2000).
Born August 14th, 1913 in Marseille. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2000 at 87 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease).
Wilf Mannion
English footballer (1918-2000).
Born May 16th, 1918 in Middlesbrough.
Died April 14th, 2000 at 81 years old in Teesside.
Aleksandar Nikolić
Basketball player and coach (1924–2000).
Born October 28th, 1924 in Sarajevo.
Died March 12th, 2000 at 75 years old in Belgrade.
Charles F. Hockett
1916-2000 linguist and anthropologist.
Born January 17th, 1916 in Columbus.
Died November 3rd, 2000 at 84 years old in Ithaca.
Marceline Day
American actress (1908–2000).
Born April 24th, 1908 in Colorado Springs.
Died February 16th, 2000 at 91 years old in Cathedral City.
Ali Sardar Jafri
Urdu writer from india (1913-2000).
Born November 29th, 1913 in Balrampur.
Died August 1st, 2000 at 86 years old in Mumbai.
Gérard Blain
French actor, film director and screenwriter (1930–2000).
Born October 23rd, 1930 in Paris.
Died December 17th, 2000 at 70 years old in Paris (cancer).
Edward Craven Walker
English inventor (1918-2000).
Born July 4th, 1918 in Singapore.
Died August 15th, 2000 at 82 years old in London (cancer).
Nancy Coleman
American actress (1912–2000).
Born December 30th, 1912 in Everett.
Died January 18th, 2000 at 87 years old in Brockport (disease).
Louis Néel
French physicist (1904-2000).
Born November 22nd, 1904 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon.
Died November 17th, 2000 at 95 years old in Brive-la-Gaillarde.
Hendrik Casimir
Dutch physicist (1909–2000).
Born July 15th, 1909 in The Hague.
Died May 4th, 2000 at 90 years old in Heeze.
Arthur Batanides
American actor (1923-2000).
Born April 9th, 1923 in Tacoma.
Died January 10th, 2000 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
José Águas
Portuguese footballer (1930–2000).
Born November 9th, 1930 in Lobito.
Died December 10th, 2000 at 70 years old in Lisbon.
Samuel Pierce
American government official (1922-2000).
Born September 8th, 1922 in Glen Cove. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2000 at 78 years old in Glen Cove. [ref]
N. Richard Nash
American writer (1913–2000).
Born June 8th, 1913 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2000 at 87 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Claude Sautet
French film director (1924–2000).
Born February 23rd, 1924 in Montrouge. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 2000 at 76 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (liver cancer). [ref]
William Stokoe
Scholar of american sign language (1919–2000).
Born July 21st, 1919 in Lancaster.
Died April 4th, 2000 at 80 years old in Chevy Chase.
Mohammad-Ali Fardin
Iranian wrestler and actor.
Born April 7th, 1930 in Tehran.
Died April 6th, 2000 at 69 years old in Tehran.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain