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In the year 2000
737 Notable deaths
Herman Feshbach
American physicist (1917–2000).
Born February 2nd, 1917 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2000 at 83 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Ivo Robić
Croatian pop singer (1923–2000).
Born January 29th, 1926 in Garešnica.
Died March 9th, 2000 at 74 years old in Zagreb.
Veerasamy Ringadoo
Governor-general of mauritius (1920-2000).
Born October 20th, 1920 in Port Louis.
Died September 9th, 2000 at 79 years old in Port Louis.
Howard Winstone
Welsh boxer (1939-2000).
Born April 15th, 1939 in Merthyr Tydfil.
Died September 30th, 2000 at 61 years old in Merthyr Tydfil.
Judith Barrett
American film actress (1909-2000).
Born February 2nd, 1914 in Venus.
Died March 10th, 2000 at 86 years old in Palm Desert.
George Batchelor
Australian applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist (1920–2000).
Born March 8th, 1920 in Melbourne.
Died March 30th, 2000 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Carmen Martín Gaite
Spanish writer (1925-2000).
Born December 8th, 1925 in Salamanca.
Died July 23rd, 2000 at 74 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Adam Ulam
Polish historian (1922–2000).
Died March 28th, 2000 at 77 years old in Cambridge (lung cancer).
Oleg Yefremov
Soviet and russian actor and theatre director (1927–2000).
Born October 1st, 1927 in Moscow.
Died May 24th, 2000 at 72 years old in Moscow (lung disease).
Spiridon Markezinis
Greek politician (1909-2000).
Born April 22nd, 1909 in Athens.
Died January 4th, 2000 at 90 years old in Athens.
Bruce Palmer Jr.
United states army chief of staff.
Born April 13th, 1913 in Austin.
Died October 10th, 2000 at 87 years old in Fairfax.
Ion Rațiu
Romanian newspaper editor and politician (1917–2000).
Died January 17th, 2000 at 82 years old in London.
Clifford Truesdell
American mathematician (1919-2000).
Born February 18th, 1919 in Los Angeles.
Died January 14th, 2000 at 80 years old in Baltimore.
Naresh Mehta
Indian writer (1922–2000).
Born February 15th, 1922 in Shajapur district.
Died November 22nd, 2000 at 78 years old
Claude Autant-Lara
French film director (1901–2000).
Born August 5th, 1903 in Luzarches.
Died February 5th, 2000 at 96 years old in Antibes.
Lars Jansson
Author and cartoonist (1926-2000).
Born October 8th, 1926 in Helsinki.
Died July 31st, 2000 at 73 years old in Helsinki.
John Clive Ward
British-australian nuclear physicist.
Born August 1st, 1924 in London.
Died May 6th, 2000 at 75 years old in Victoria.
Irina Sebrova
Soviet air force officer (1914–2000).
Born December 25th, 1914 in Novomoskovsk.
Died April 5th, 2000 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Keith Roberts
British writer and artist (1935-2000).
Born September 20th, 1935 in Kettering.
Died October 5th, 2000 at 65 years old in Salisbury (multiple sclerosis).
Giovanna of Savoy
Bulgarian and italian royal.
Born November 13th, 1907 in Rome. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2000 at 92 years old in Estoril. [ref]
Ernst Jandl
Austrian poet, dramatic and writer (1925–2000).
Born August 1st, 1925 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 6th, 2000 at 75 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Anne Hébert
Canadian author and poet (1916–2000).
Born August 1st, 1916 in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier.
Died January 22nd, 2000 at 83 years old in Montreal (bone cancer).
Fereydoon Moshiri
Iranian writer.
Born September 22nd, 1926 in Tehran.
Died October 24th, 2000 at 74 years old in Tehran (leukemia).
Bruno Zevi
Italian architect, historian, and professor (1918-2000).
Born January 22nd, 1918 in Rome.
Died January 9th, 2000 at 81 years old in Rome.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 737
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