In the year 2000
676 Notable deaths
John Cooper
Co-founder of the cooper car company.
Born July 17th, 1923 in Surbiton.
Died December 24th, 2000 at 77 years old in Worthing.
Ivan Stambolić
President of serbia (1936-2000).
Born November 5th, 1936 in Ivanjica.
Died August 25th, 2000 at 63 years old in Fruška Gora.
Marguerite Churchill
American actress (1910-2000).
Born December 25th, 1910 in Kansas City.
Died January 9th, 2000 at 89 years old in Broken Arrow.
Jumbo Tsuruta
Japanese professional wrestler (1951-2000).
Born March 25th, 1951 in Higashiyamanashi district.
Died May 13th, 2000 at 49 years old in Philippines (kidney cancer).
Sandra Schmirler
Canadian curler (1963-2000).
Born June 11th, 1963 in Biggar.
Died March 2nd, 2000 at 36 years old in Regina.
Julius J. Epstein
American screenwriter (1909-2000).
Born August 22nd, 1909 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2000 at 91 years old in Los Angeles.
William E. Simon
Secretary of the treasury, businessman (1927–2000).
Born November 27th, 1927 in Paterson.
Died June 3rd, 2000 at 72 years old in Santa Barbara (respiratory disease).
Lynden Pindling
Bahamian politician (1930-2000).
Born March 22nd, 1930 in Nassau.
Died August 26th, 2000 at 70 years old in Nassau (prostate cancer).
Lazar Koliševski
Yugoslav macedonian political leader (1914–2000).
Born February 12th, 1914 in Sveti Nikole.
Died July 6th, 2000 at 86 years old in Skopje.
Pierre Plantard
French draughtsman (1920-2000).
Born March 18th, 1920 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 3rd, 2000 at 79 years old in Colombes.
Alex Comfort
British academic and physician (1920–2000).
Born February 10th, 1920 in London.
Died March 26th, 2000 at 80 years old in Oxford.
R. S. Thomas
Welsh poet (1913–2000).
Born March 29th, 1913 in Cardiff.
Died September 25th, 2000 at 87 years old in Criccieth.
Philippe Chatrier
French tennis player (1928-2000).
Born February 2nd, 1928 in Créteil.
Died June 23rd, 2000 at 72 years old in Dinard. [ref]
Phil Katz
American software developer, developer of the zip file format (1962-2000).
Born November 3rd, 1962 in Milwaukee.
Died April 14th, 2000 at 37 years old in Milwaukee (pancreatitis). [ref]
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer (1930-2000).
Born May 16th, 1930 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2000 at 69 years old in Steinbach am Attersee (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Francis Lederer
Actor (1899–2000).
Born November 6th, 1899 in Karlín.
Died May 25th, 2000 at 100 years old in Palm Springs.
Mark Lombardi
American neo-conceptual artist whose art depicted diagrams of the social networks underlying global conspiracies (1951–2000).
Born March 23rd, 1951 in Syracuse.
Died March 22nd, 2000 at 48 years old in New York City (hanging to death).
Christian Marquand
French actor (1927–2000).
Born March 15th, 1927 in Marseille.
Died November 22nd, 2000 at 73 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine (Alzheimer's disease).
Rex Everhart
American actor, singer (1920-2000).
Born June 13th, 1920 in Watseka.
Died March 13th, 2000 at 79 years old in Branford (lung cancer).
Karl-Friedrich Höcker
Ss officer (1911-2000).
Born December 11th, 1911 in Preußisch Oldendorf.
Died January 30th, 2000 at 88 years old in Lübbecke.
George Segal
American pop art painter and sculptor (1924–2000).
Born November 26th, 1924 in New York City.
Died June 10th, 2000 at 75 years old in New Brunswick.
David Brown
American bassist (1947-2000).
Born February 15th, 1947 in United States.
Died September 4th, 2000 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
Richard Kleindienst
United states attorney general (1923-2000).
Born August 5th, 1923 in Winslow.
Died February 3rd, 2000 at 76 years old in Prescott (lung cancer).
Basil Bernstein
British sociologist (1924–2000).
Born November 1st, 1924 in London.
Died September 24th, 2000 at 75 years old in London.
Robert R. Gilruth
American aerospace engineer (1913–2000).
Born October 8th, 1913 in Nashwauk.
Died August 17th, 2000 at 86 years old in Charlottesville.
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