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In the year 2001
712 Notable deaths
John Lee Hooker
American blues musician (d. 2001).
Born August 22nd, 1917 in Clarksdale. [ref]
Died June 21st, 2001 at 83 years old in Los Altos (disease). [ref]
Milton William Cooper
American conspiracy theorist.
Born May 6th, 1943 in Long Beach.
Died November 6th, 2001 at 58 years old in Eagar (ballistic trauma).
Richard Halsey Best
Us navy pilot (1910-2001).
Born March 24th, 1910 in Bayonne.
Died October 28th, 2001 at 91 years old in Santa Monica.
William Hanna
American animator and cartoonist (1910–2001).
Born July 14th, 1910 in Melrose. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 2001 at 90 years old in North Hollywood (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Ken Kesey
American novelist (1935-2001).
Born September 17th, 1935 in La Junta.
Died November 10th, 2001 at 66 years old in Sacred Heart Medical Center University District (liver cancer).
Maureen Reagan
American political activist (1941–2001).
Born January 4th, 1941 in Los Angeles.
Died August 8th, 2001 at 60 years old in Granite Bay (melanoma).
Michael Williams
British actor (1935–2001).
Born July 9th, 1935 in Liverpool.
Died January 11th, 2001 at 65 years old in Hampstead (lung cancer).
Mike Mentzer
American bodybuilder (1951–2001).
Born November 15th, 1951 in Ephrata.
Died June 10th, 2001 at 49 years old in Los Angeles.
Lewis Arquette
American actor (1935–2001).
Born December 14th, 1935 in Chicago.
Died February 10th, 2001 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Jason Miller
American actor and playwright (1939-2001).
Born April 22nd, 1939 in Queens.
Died May 13th, 2001 at 62 years old in Scranton (myocardial infarction).
Eugene Sledge
United states marine (1923-2001).
Born November 4th, 1923 in Mobile.
Died March 3rd, 2001 at 77 years old in Montevallo (stomach cancer).
Chet Atkins
American guitarist and record producer.
Born June 20th, 1924 in Luttrell. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2001 at 77 years old in Nashville (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Javed Iqbal
Pakistani serial killer.
Born October 8th, 1956 in Lahore.
Died October 8th, 2001 at 45 years old in Lahore (intoxication).
Nigel Hawthorne
British actor (1929–2001).
Born April 5th, 1929 in Coventry.
Died December 26th, 2001 at 72 years old in Radwell (myocardial infarction, pancreatic cancer).
Ray Walston
American actor (1914–2001).
Born December 2nd, 1914 in Laurel.
Died January 1st, 2001 at 86 years old in Beverly Hills (systemic lupus erythematosus).
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
Greek princess (1914-2001); sister of prince philip, duke of edinburgh.
Born June 26th, 1914 in Mon Repos.
Died November 3rd, 2001 at 87 years old in Munich.
Rick Rescorla
War hero, and victim and hero of 9/11.
Died September 11th, 2001 at 62 years old in Manhattan.
Robert Leckie
United states marine and author (1920–2001).
Born December 18th, 1920 in Philadelphia.
Died December 24th, 2001 at 81 years old in Philadelphia (Alzheimer's disease).
David Graf
American actor (1950–2001).
Born April 16th, 1950 in Zanesville.
Died April 7th, 2001 at 50 years old in Phoenix (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Josef Bican
Austrian-czech footballer (1913–2001).
Born September 25th, 1913 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2001 at 88 years old in Prague. [ref]
Chuck Schuldiner
American guitarist and singer.
Born May 13th, 1967 in New York City.
Died December 13th, 2001 at 34 years old in Altamonte Springs (brain cancer).
Charlotte Coleman
English actress (1968-2001).
Born April 3rd, 1968 in Islington.
Died November 14th, 2001 at 33 years old in Holloway (asthma).
Carwood Lipton
Wwii american army officer (1920–2001).
Born January 30th, 1920 in Huntington.
Died December 16th, 2001 at 81 years old in Southern Pines (disease).
John P. O'Neill
American counter-terrorism expert.
Born February 6th, 1952 in Atlantic City.
Died September 11th, 2001 at 49 years old in World Trade Center.
Marwan al-Shehhi
9/11 hijacker.
Born May 9th, 1978 in Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
Died September 11th, 2001 at 23 years old in Manhattan.
Deaths 26 to 50 of 712
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