In the year 2001
768 Notable deaths
Bent Hansen
Danish footballer (1933-2001).
Born September 13th, 1933 in Copenhagen.
Died March 8th, 2001 at 67 years old in Gentofte.
Jalal Garyaghdi
Azerbaijani sculptor (1914-2001).
Born June 2nd, 1914 in Shusha.
Died January 1st, 2001 at 86 years old in Baku.
Philip Sandblom
Swedish surgeon, olympian and art collector (1903-2001).
Born October 29th, 1903 in Chicago.
Died February 21st, 2001 at 97 years old in Lausanne.
György Kőszegi
Hungarian weightlifter (1950-2001).
Born September 12th, 1950 in Nyíregyháza.
Died December 13th, 2001 at 51 years old in Tiszaújváros.
Lennart Atterwall
Swedish javelin thrower.
Born March 26th, 1911 in Perstorp.
Died April 23rd, 2001 at 90 years old in Sjöbo.
Klaus Wagner
German equestrian (1922-2001).
Born January 16th, 1922 in Knauthain.
Died August 16th, 2001 at 79 years old in Denkte.
Käte Köhler
German diver.
Born November 10th, 1913 in Hamburg.
Died November 30th, 2001 at 88 years old in Bad Aibling. [ref]
Edward Frederick Anderson
American botanist (1931-2001).
Born June 17th, 1931 in Covina.
Died March 29th, 2001 at 69 years old
Vlasta Foltová
Gymnast (1913–2001).
Born March 14th, 1913 in Prague.
Died May 2nd, 2001 at 88 years old
Pavel Schmidt
Czech rower (1930–2001).
Born February 9th, 1930 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2001 at 71 years old in Magglingen/Macolin. [ref]
Todor Nikolov
Bulgarian footballer.
Born June 1st, 1945 in Stara Zagora.
Died May 9th, 2001 at 55 years old in Stara Zagora.
Dmitri Voskoboynikov
Volleyball player (1941-2001).
Born March 6th, 1941 in Moscow.
Died December 2nd, 2001 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Ernie McCoy
Racecar driver.
Born February 19th, 1921 in Reading.
Died February 4th, 2001 at 79 years old in Port Orange.
Horst Tüller
East german bicycle racer.
Born February 5th, 1931 in Wuppertal. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2001 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Steven Blaisse
Dutch rower (1940–2001).
Born May 7th, 1940 in Amsterdam.
Died April 20th, 2001 at 60 years old in Brummen.
Kurt Ott
Swiss cyclist (1912-2001).
Born December 9th, 1912 in Zurich. [ref]
Died April 19th, 2001 at 88 years old in Schlieren. [ref]
Wim van der Kroft
Canoe racer (1916-2001).
Born August 16th, 1916 in Haarlem.
Died March 21st, 2001 at 84 years old in Den Helder.
Fulvio Balatti
Italian rower (1938–2001).
Born January 3rd, 1938 in Mandello del Lario.
Died October 27th, 2001 at 63 years old in Mandello del Lario. [ref]
Josef Věntus
Czechoslovak rower (1931–2001).
Born February 12th, 1931 in Kylešovice.
Died December 29th, 2001 at 70 years old in Prague. [ref]
Zygmunt Pawlas
Polish fencer (1930–2001).
Born October 28th, 1930 in Gmina Jasienica.
Died June 20th, 2001 at 70 years old in Katowice.
Lajos Kada
Hungarian priest and apostolic nuncio (1924–2001).
Born November 16th, 1924 in Budapest.
Died November 26th, 2001 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Oldřich Lajsek
Czech graphic and painter (1925-2001).
Born February 8th, 1925 in Křesetice. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2001 at 76 years old in Prague. [ref]
Willy Gysi
Swiss handball player.
Born January 9th, 1918 in Basel.
Died May 12th, 2001 at 83 years old in Bern.
Judita Vaičiūnaitė
Lithuanian poet and children's writer (1937-2001).
Born July 12th, 1937 in Kaunas.
Died February 11th, 2001 at 63 years old in Vilnius.
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)