In the year 2001
768 Notable deaths
Giuseppe Sensi
Catholic cardinal (1907-2001).
Born May 27th, 1907 in Cosenza.
Died July 26th, 2001 at 94 years old in Rome.
Giancarlo Brusati
Italian fencer (1910-2001).
Born March 6th, 1910 in Milan.
Died June 30th, 2001 at 91 years old in Barlassina.
Pierre Eyt
Catholic cardinal (1934-2001).
Born June 4th, 1934 in Laruns.
Died June 11th, 2001 at 67 years old in Bordeaux (cancer).
Birgit Åkesson
Swedish music educator (1908–2001).
Born March 24th, 1908 in Malmö.
Died March 24th, 2001 at 93 years old in Stockholm.
John Ditlev-Simonsen
Norwegian playwright and athlete.
Born October 18th, 1898 in Dypvåg Municipality.
Died January 10th, 2001 at 102 years old in Oslo.
Édouard Artigas
Fencer (1906–2001).
Born February 26th, 1906 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 25th, 2001 at 94 years old in Antibes.
René Bondoux
French lawyer and fencer (1905–2001).
Born May 26th, 1905 in Bar-sur-Aube.
Died May 6th, 2001 at 95 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Hilda Cameron
Athletics competitor (1912–2001).
Born August 14th, 1912 in Toronto. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2001 at 88 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Panteley Dimitrov
Bulgarian footballer (1940–2001).
Born November 2nd, 1940 in Bulgaria.
Died June 23rd, 2001 at 60 years old
Fritz Pfenninger
Swiss racing cyclist (1934-2001).
Born October 15th, 1934 in Zurich.
Died May 12th, 2001 at 66 years old in Zurich.
Victor Yakushev
Soviet ice hockey player (1937–2001).
Born November 16th, 1937 in Moscow.
Died July 6th, 2001 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Klement Steinmetz
Austrian footballer (1915-2001).
Born March 23rd, 1915 in Kindberg.
Died May 2nd, 2001 at 86 years old
Lu Jiaxi
Chinese chemist and politician.
Born October 26th, 1915 in Xiamen.
Died June 4th, 2001 at 85 years old in Fuzhou.
Vendramino Bariviera
Road bicycle racer (1937–2001).
Born October 25th, 1937 in Rome.
Died November 23rd, 2001 at 64 years old in Conegliano.
Alex Jany
French swimmer (1929–2001).
Born January 5th, 1929 in Toulouse.
Died July 18th, 2001 at 72 years old in 7th arrondissement of Marseille.
Gyula Szilágyi
Hungarian association football player (1923-2001).
Born January 18th, 1923 in Debrecen.
Died October 17th, 2001 at 78 years old in Budapest.
Diego García
Spanish athletics competitor (1961-2001).
Born October 12th, 1961 in Azkoitia.
Died March 31st, 2001 at 39 years old in Azpeitia (myocardial infarction).
Dalilah
Spanish bellydancer.
Born July 7th, 1936 in Madrid.
Died September 17th, 2001 at 65 years old in Madrid.
Fritz Fromm
German handball player (1913-2001).
Born April 12th, 1913 in Hanover.
Died October 13th, 2001 at 88 years old in Hanover.
Bob Tinning
Australian rower.
Born December 25th, 1925 in Sydney.
Died May 19th, 2001 at 75 years old
Charles King
English cyclist (1911-2001).
Born June 12th, 1911 in Putney.
Died July 19th, 2001 at 90 years old in Wellington.
Piet Bromberg
Field hockey player (1917–2001).
Born March 4th, 1917 in The Hague.
Died July 27th, 2001 at 84 years old in Wassenaar.
Oleg Fedoseyev
Soviet long and triple jumper (1936-2001).
Born June 4th, 1936 in Moscow.
Died June 14th, 2001 at 65 years old
Robert Fowler
South african cyclist (1931–2001).
Born December 5th, 1931 in Krugersdorp.
Died December 27th, 2001 at 70 years old in Johannesburg.
Masao Ono
Japanese association football player (1923–2001).
Born March 2nd, 1923 in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Died February 11th, 2001 at 77 years old in Japan.
Deaths 701 to 725 of 768
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis