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In the year 2000
738 Notable deaths
Jacques Laurent
French writer (1919-2000).
Born January 5th, 1919 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 29th, 2000 at 81 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Japanese film director (1911–2000).
Born September 9th, 1911 in Otsu.
Died November 7th, 2000 at 89 years old in Yokohama (heart failure).
Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky
Major archbishop of lviv.
Born June 24th, 1914 in Dolyna.
Died December 14th, 2000 at 86 years old in Lviv.
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky
Canadian chess grandmaster, chess arbiter, writer, lawyer, politician (1925–2000).
Born March 25th, 1925 in Brody. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2000 at 74 years old in Winnipeg.
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin
Soviet animator (1927-2000).
Born June 20th, 1927 in Moscow.
Died November 20th, 2000 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Edith Peters
American singer and actress (1926-2000).
Born April 14th, 1926 in Santa Monica.
Died October 28th, 2000 at 74 years old in Los Angeles.
Rolf Kauka
Comic artist (1917–2000).
Born April 9th, 1917 in Markranstädt.
Died September 13th, 2000 at 83 years old in Thomasville.
Sadik Kaceli
Albanian artist (1914-2000).
Born March 14th, 1914 in Tirana. [ref]
Died December 24th, 2000 at 86 years old in Tirana. [ref]
Jeanne Hersch
Swiss philosopher (1910-2000).
Born July 13th, 1910 in Geneva.
Died June 5th, 2000 at 89 years old in Geneva.
Seo Jeong-ju
South korean poet (1915–2000).
Born May 18th, 1915 in North Jeolla.
Died December 24th, 2000 at 85 years old in Seoul.
Slavko Janevski
Macedonian writer.
Born January 11th, 1920 in Skopje.
Died January 30th, 2000 at 80 years old in Skopje.
Eigil Nielsen
Danish association football player (1918-2000).
Born September 15th, 1918 in Esbjerg.
Died September 7th, 2000 at 81 years old in Frederiksberg.
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza
Spanish architect (1918-2000).
Born October 12th, 1918 in Cáseda.
Died July 18th, 2000 at 81 years old in Madrid.
Christiane Ritter
Austrian author and painter (1897-2000).
Born July 13th, 1897 in Karlovy Vary.
Died December 29th, 2000 at 103 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Sigvard Arne Eklund
Swedish politician (1911-2000).
Born June 19th, 1911 in Kiruna.
Died January 30th, 2000 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Solomon Mamaloni
Prime minister of the solomon islands (1943-2000).
Born January 23rd, 1943 in Makira. [ref]
Died January 11th, 2000 at 56 years old in Honiara (kidney disease).
Götz Friedrich
German theatre director (1930–2000).
Born August 4th, 1930 in Naumburg. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2000 at 70 years old in Berlin.
George Alcock
English astronomer (1912–2000).
Born August 28th, 1912 in Peterborough.
Died December 15th, 2000 at 88 years old
Per-Olov Löwdin
Swedish physicist (1916-2000).
Born October 28th, 1916 in Uppsala.
Died October 6th, 2000 at 83 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Bernardino Zapponi
Novelist, screenwriter (1927-2000).
Born September 4th, 1927 in Rome.
Died February 11th, 2000 at 72 years old in Rome.
Sō Yamamura
Japanese actor (1910–2000).
Born February 24th, 1910 in Tenri.
Died May 26th, 2000 at 90 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Hendrik C. van de Hulst
Dutch astronomer (1918–2000).
Born November 19th, 1918 in Utrecht.
Died July 31st, 2000 at 81 years old in Leiden.
Jens Jørgen Thorsen
Danish artist (1932-2000).
Born February 2nd, 1932 in Saint John Parish. [ref]
Died November 16th, 2000 at 68 years old [ref]
Mae Faggs
American sprinter, first female athletic scholarship.
Born April 10th, 1932 in Mays Landing.
Died January 27th, 2000 at 67 years old in Woodlawn (cancer).
Kim Borg
Finnish musician and composer (1919-2000).
Born August 7th, 1919 in Helsinki.
Died April 28th, 2000 at 80 years old in Fredensborg Municipality.
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