In the year 2000
738 Notable deaths
Frederic Seaman
Field hockey player (1906–2000).
Born January 2nd, 1906 in Prayagraj.
Died September 21st, 2000 at 94 years old in Hershey.
Herbert Hunger
Austrian byzantinist (1914–2000).
Born December 9th, 1914 in Vienna.
Died July 9th, 2000 at 85 years old in Vienna.
Juan Filloy
Argentinian writer (1894–2000).
Born August 1st, 1894 in Córdoba.
Died July 15th, 2000 at 105 years old in Córdoba.
Sergey Zalygin
Writer, novelist, editor (1913–2000).
Born December 6th, 1913 in Sukharevka.
Died April 19th, 2000 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Stanislav Stratiev
Bulgarian writer (1941–2000).
Born September 9th, 1941 in Sofia.
Died September 20th, 2000 at 59 years old in Sofia.
Aleksandr Akhiezer
Soviet theoretical physicist (1911–2000).
Born October 31st, 1911 in Cherykaw.
Died May 4th, 2000 at 88 years old in Kharkiv.
Louis-René des Forêts
French writer (1918–2000).
Born January 28th, 1918 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 31st, 2000 at 82 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Oh Yun-kyo
South korean footballer (1960-2000).
Born May 25th, 1960 in South Korea.
Died September 27th, 2000 at 40 years old in South Korea.
José Cabanis
French writer and lawyer (1922–2000).
Born March 24th, 1922 in Toulouse.
Died October 6th, 2000 at 78 years old in Balma.
Lenore Kight
American swimmer, olympic silver medalist (1911-2000).
Born September 26th, 1911 in Frostburg.
Died February 9th, 2000 at 88 years old in Cincinnati. [ref]
Luce Fabbri
Italo-uruguayan anarchist intellectual, writer and teacher (1908–2000).
Died August 19th, 2000 at 92 years old in Montevideo.
Vincenzo Fagiolo
Catholic cardinal (1918-2000).
Born February 5th, 1918 in Segni.
Died September 22nd, 2000 at 82 years old in Rome.
Carl Forberg
Racing driver.
Born March 4th, 1911 in Omaha.
Died January 17th, 2000 at 88 years old in Brownsburg.
Werner Rauh
German botanist and university teacher (1913-2000).
Born May 16th, 1913 in Niemegk (district Bitterfeld).
Died April 7th, 2000 at 86 years old in Heidelberg.
Paul Zoungrana
Burkinabe cardinal (1917-2000).
Born September 3rd, 1917 in Ouagadougou.
Died June 4th, 2000 at 82 years old in Ouagadougou.
Gustavo Albella
Argentine footballer (1925-2000).
Born August 25th, 1925 in Alta Gracia.
Died June 13th, 2000 at 74 years old
Raúl Sanguineti
Argentine chess grandmaster (1933–2000).
Born February 4th, 1933 in Paraná.
Died August 6th, 2000 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires.
Alfred Bohrmann
German astronomer (1904–2000).
Born February 28th, 1904 in Feudenheim.
Died January 4th, 2000 at 95 years old in Bergedorf.
Petter Hugsted
Norwegian footballer (1921-2000).
Born July 11th, 1921 in Kongsberg.
Died May 16th, 2000 at 78 years old in Kongsberg.
John Ljunggren
Athletics competitor (1919-2000).
Born September 9th, 1919 in Forsheda.
Died January 13th, 2000 at 80 years old
Wayne Glasgow
American basketball player (1926–2000).
Born January 17th, 1926 in Dacoma.
Died December 31st, 2000 at 74 years old in Bartlesville.
Vilho Ylönen
Finnish biathlete and sport shooter (1918-2000).
Born May 31st, 1918 in Hankasalmi.
Died March 8th, 2000 at 81 years old in Konnevesi.
Masao Harada
Japanese triple jumper (1912–2000).
Born September 22nd, 1912 in Kyoto.
Died January 22nd, 2000 at 87 years old in Yokohama.
Wojciech Żukrowski
Polish writer (1916–2000).
Born May 14th, 1916 in Kraków. [ref]
Died August 26th, 2000 at 84 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Roger Verey
Polish rower (1912–2000).
Born March 14th, 1912 in Lausanne.
Died September 6th, 2000 at 88 years old in Kraków.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin