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In the year 2011
1,137 Notable deaths
Juan María Bordaberry
Uruguayan politician and rancher (1928-2011).
Born June 17th, 1928 in Montevideo.
Died July 17th, 2011 at 83 years old in Montevideo (disease). [ref]
Ruslan Salei
Belarusian ice hockey player (1974–2011).
Born November 2nd, 1974 in Minsk.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 36 years old in Tunoshna.
Loriot
German humorist, cartoonist, film director and actor (1923–2011).
Born November 12th, 1923 in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Died August 22nd, 2011 at 87 years old in Ammerland. [ref]
Don Diamond
American actor (1921–2011).
Born June 4th, 1921 in Brooklyn.
Died June 19th, 2011 at 90 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Jerry Ragovoy
American songwriter and record producer (1930–2011).
Born September 4th, 1930 in Philadelphia.
Died July 13th, 2011 at 80 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Phyllis Avery
American actress (1922–2011).
Born November 14th, 1922 in New York City.
Died May 19th, 2011 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Alexander Galimov
Russian ice hockey player (1985–2011).
Born May 2nd, 1985 in Yaroslavl.
Died September 12th, 2011 at 26 years old in Moscow (aviation accident). [ref]
Willard Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011).
Born August 19th, 1924 in Amherst.
Died May 7th, 2011 at 86 years old in Wallace (kidney disease). [ref]
Ross Hagen
American actor and screenwriter (1938–2011).
Born May 21st, 1938 in Williams.
Died May 7th, 2011 at 72 years old in Brentwood (cancer). [ref]
Saad el-Shazly
Egyptian military officer (1922-2011).
Born April 1st, 1922 in Basyoun.
Died February 10th, 2011 at 88 years old in Cairo.
María Elena Walsh
Argentine author and composer.
Born February 1st, 1930 in Villa Sarmiento. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2011 at 80 years old in Buenos Aires (bone cancer). [ref]
David Kato
Ugandan lgbt activist (1964–2011).
Born February 13th, 1964 in Mukono District. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2011 at 46 years old in Mukono District (blunt trauma). [ref]
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer (1929–2011).
Born December 19th, 1929 in Kansas City.
Died December 16th, 2011 at 81 years old in New London (heart failure). [ref]
Gladys Horton
American singer (1945–2011).
Born May 30th, 1945 in Gainesville.
Died January 26th, 2011 at 65 years old in Sherman Oaks. [ref]
Yelena Bonner
Human rights activist in the former soviet union; wife of dissident andrei sakharov.
Born February 15th, 1923 in Mary.
Died June 18th, 2011 at 88 years old in Boston (heart failure). [ref]
James Rizzi
American pop artist (1950-2011).
Born October 5th, 1950 in New York City.
Died December 26th, 2011 at 61 years old in New York City. [ref]
Mohammed Ghani Hikmat
Sculptor (1929-2011).
Born April 20th, 1929 in Kadhimiya.
Died September 17th, 2011 at 82 years old in Amman. [ref]
Peter Alexander
Austrian actor and singer (1926-2011).
Born June 30th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died February 12th, 2011 at 84 years old in Vienna.
Theodore Roszak
American social historian, social critic, writer (1933–2011).
Born November 15th, 1933 in Chicago.
Died July 5th, 2011 at 77 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Edith Fellows
Actress (1923-2011).
Born May 20th, 1923 in Boston.
Died June 26th, 2011 at 88 years old in Woodland Hills (disease). [ref]
Sybil Jason
American actress (1927-2011).
Born November 23rd, 1927 in Cape Town.
Died August 23rd, 2011 at 83 years old in Northridge. [ref]
Myrna Dell
American actress (1924-2011).
Born March 5th, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died February 11th, 2011 at 86 years old in Studio City.
Felipe Camiroaga
Chilean television presenter (1966-2011).
Born October 8th, 1966 in Santiago.
Died September 2nd, 2011 at 44 years old in Juan Fernández Islands. [ref]
Vann Nath
Cambodian writer and sculptor (1946-2011).
Born April 5th, 1946 in Battambang Province. [ref]
Died September 5th, 2011 at 65 years old in Phnom Penh (myocardial infarction). [ref]
José Argüelles
American author and artist (1939-2011).
Born January 24th, 1939 in Rochester.
Died March 23rd, 2011 at 72 years old in Australia. [ref]
Deaths 376 to 400 of 1137
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde