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In the year 2000
676 Notable deaths
Charles F. Hockett
1916-2000 linguist and anthropologist.
Born January 17th, 1916 in Columbus.
Died November 3rd, 2000 at 84 years old in Ithaca.
Hubert Maga
First president of benin (1916-2000).
Born August 10th, 1916 in Parakou.
Died May 8th, 2000 at 83 years old in Cotonou.
Wilf Mannion
English footballer (1918-2000).
Born May 16th, 1918 in Middlesbrough.
Died April 14th, 2000 at 81 years old in Teesside.
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).
Marceline Day
American actress (1908–2000).
Born April 24th, 1908 in Colorado Springs.
Died February 16th, 2000 at 91 years old in Cathedral City.
Nancy Coleman
American actress (1912–2000).
Born December 30th, 1912 in Everett.
Died January 18th, 2000 at 87 years old in Brockport (disease).
Edward Craven Walker
English inventor (1918-2000).
Born July 4th, 1918 in Singapore. [ref]
Died August 15th, 2000 at 82 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
N. Richard Nash
American writer.
Born June 7th, 1913 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2000 at 87 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
George Volkoff
Canadian physicist (1914–2000).
Born February 23rd, 1914 in Moscow.
Died April 24th, 2000 at 86 years old in Vancouver.
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.
William Stokoe
Scholar of american sign language.
Born July 21st, 1919 in Lancaster.
Died April 4th, 2000 at 80 years old in Chevy Chase.
Arthur Batanides
American actor (1923-2000).
Born April 9th, 1923 in Tacoma.
Died January 10th, 2000 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Hendrik Casimir
Dutch physicist.
Born July 15th, 1909 in The Hague.
Died May 4th, 2000 at 90 years old in Heeze.
Rudolf Kirchschläger
Austrian diplomat, politician, judge, and eighth president of austria (1915–2000).
Born March 20th, 1915 in Niederkappel. [ref]
Died March 30th, 2000 at 85 years old in Vienna (cardiovascular disease).
José Águas
Portuguese footballer (1930–2000).
Born November 9th, 1930 in Lobito.
Died December 10th, 2000 at 70 years old in Lisbon.
Mohammad-Ali Fardin
Iranian wrestler and actor.
Born April 7th, 1930 in Tehran.
Died April 6th, 2000 at 69 years old in Tehran.
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]
Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Canadian academic (1916–2000).
Born July 21st, 1916 in Toronto. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2000 at 83 years old in Toronto. [ref]
John Kellogg
American actor (1916-2000).
Born June 3rd, 1916 in Hollywood.
Died February 22nd, 2000 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (Alzheimer's disease).
Sō Yamamura
Japanese actor (1910–2000).
Born February 24th, 1910 in Tenri.
Died May 26th, 2000 at 90 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Bernhard Wicki
Austrian actor and film director (1919-2000).
Born October 28th, 1919 in St. Pölten.
Died January 5th, 2000 at 80 years old in Munich.
Greta Gynt
Norwegian actress (1916–2000).
Born November 15th, 1916 in Oslo.
Died April 2nd, 2000 at 83 years old in London.
George Ledyard Stebbins
American botanist and geneticist (1906-2000).
Born January 6th, 1906 in Lawrence.
Died January 19th, 2000 at 94 years old in Davis (cancer).
Bunny Austin
English tennis player (1906-2000).
Born August 20th, 1906 in London.
Died August 20th, 2000 at 94 years old in Coulsdon.
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