In the year 2011
1,137 Notable deaths
John Chamberlain
American artist (1927-2011).
Born April 16th, 1927 in Rochester.
Died December 21st, 2011 at 84 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Conrad Schnitzler
German experimental musician (1937–2011).
Born March 17th, 1937 in Düsseldorf.
Died August 4th, 2011 at 74 years old in Berlin (stomach cancer). [ref]
Simon van der Meer
Dutch physicist (1925–2011).
Born November 24th, 1925 in The Hague. [ref]
Died March 4th, 2011 at 85 years old in Geneva (cancer). [ref]
Zelman Cowen
Former governor-general of australia (1919–2011).
Born October 7th, 1919 in Melbourne.
Died December 8th, 2011 at 92 years old in Toorak (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Ray Bryant
American pianist (1931–2011).
Born December 24th, 1931 in Philadelphia.
Died June 2nd, 2011 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]
Michael S. Hart
American author, founder of project gutenberg (1947–2011).
Born March 8th, 1947 in Tacoma.
Died September 6th, 2011 at 64 years old in Urbana (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Max Mathews
American pioneer in computer music.
Born November 13th, 1926 in Columbus.
Died April 21st, 2011 at 84 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia). [ref]
Violetta Villas
Polish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (1938-2011).
Born June 10th, 1938 in Heusy.
Died December 5th, 2011 at 73 years old in Lewin Klodzki. [ref]
Eva Zeisel
Hungarian artist, industrial designer (1906–2011).
Born November 13th, 1906 in Budapest.
Died December 30th, 2011 at 105 years old in New York City, New City. [ref]
Harry S. Morgan
German pornographic film director and producer (1945–2011).
Born August 29th, 1945 in Essen. [ref]
Died April 30th, 2011 at 65 years old in Düsseldorf.
Dorothy Morris
American actress (1922-2011).
Born February 23rd, 1922 in Los Angeles.
Died November 20th, 2011 at 89 years old in Palm Springs.
Barbara Kent
Canadian actress (1907–2011).
Born December 16th, 1907 in Gadsby.
Died October 13th, 2011 at 103 years old in Palm Desert (disease). [ref]
Juliano Mer-Khamis
Arab-israeli actor.
Born May 15th, 1958 in Nazareth. [ref]
Died April 4th, 2011 at 52 years old in Jenin. [ref]
Albert Rosellini
State senator and governor of washington (1910-2011).
Born January 21st, 1910 in Tacoma.
Died October 10th, 2011 at 101 years old in Seattle (pneumonia). [ref]
Leslie Brooks
American actress (1922-2011).
Born July 13th, 1922 in Lincoln.
Died July 1st, 2011 at 88 years old in Sherman Oaks (disease). [ref]
Lynn Hauldren
American copywriter (1922-2011).
Born April 1st, 1922 in Missouri.
Died April 26th, 2011 at 89 years old in Evanston. [ref]
Malcolm Wallop
American politician (1933-2011).
Born February 27th, 1933 in New York City.
Died September 14th, 2011 at 78 years old in Big Horn. [ref]
Stefan Liv
Swedish ice hockey goaltender (1980–2011).
Born December 21st, 1980 in Gdynia.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 30 years old in Tunoshna.
Yoshio Harada
Japanese actor (1940-2011).
Born February 29th, 1940 in Adachi.
Died July 19th, 2011 at 71 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Edmundo Ros
Trinidadian-born british musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader.
Born December 7th, 1910 in Port of Spain.
Died October 22nd, 2011 at 100 years old in Alicante. [ref]
Badal Sarkar
Indian dramatist and theatre personality.
Born July 15th, 1925 in Kolkata.
Died May 13th, 2011 at 85 years old in Kolkata (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Friedrich Kittler
Literary scholar and media theorist (1943–2011).
Born June 12th, 1943 in Rochlitz.
Died October 18th, 2011 at 68 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Christy Essien-Igbokwe
Nigerian actress and singer (1960-2011).
Born November 11th, 1960 in Akwa Ibom State.
Died June 30th, 2011 at 50 years old in Lagos. [ref]
John Mackenzie
Scottish film director (1928–2011).
Born May 22nd, 1928 in Edinburgh.
Died June 8th, 2011 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Rudolf Mössbauer
German nuclear physicist and noble prize in physics.
Born January 31st, 1929 in Munich.
Died September 14th, 2011 at 82 years old in Grünwald. [ref]
Deaths 401 to 425 of 1137
I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen