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In the year 2011
1,038 Notable deaths
Jack Kevorkian
American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011).
Born May 26th, 1928 in Pontiac.
Died June 3rd, 2011 at 83 years old in Royal Oak (kidney failure). [ref]
Pete Postlethwaite
English character actor (1946–2011).
Born February 16th, 1946 in Warrington. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 2011 at 64 years old in Shrewsbury (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Jane Russell
American actress and model (1921-2011).
Born June 21st, 1921 in Bemidji. [ref]
Died February 28th, 2011 at 89 years old in Santa Maria (respiratory disease). [ref]
Gerry Rafferty
Scottish singer-songwriter (1947–2011).
Born April 16th, 1947 in Paisley.
Died January 4th, 2011 at 63 years old in Stroud (liver failure). [ref]
Heavy D
American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and musician (1967-2011).
Born May 24th, 1967 in Mandeville.
Died November 8th, 2011 at 44 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Betty Ford
First lady of the united states from 1974 to 1977.
Born April 8th, 1918 in Chicago.
Died July 8th, 2011 at 93 years old in Rancho Mirage. [ref]
Sidney Lumet
American director, producer and screenwriter (1924-2011).
Born June 25th, 1924 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2011 at 86 years old in Manhattan (lymphoma). [ref]
Cliff Robertson
American actor (1923–2011).
Born September 9th, 1923 in La Jolla.
Died September 10th, 2011 at 88 years old in Stony Brook. [ref]
Diane Cilento
Australian actress (1932–2011).
Born April 2nd, 1932 in Brisbane.
Died October 6th, 2011 at 79 years old in Cairns (cancer). [ref]
Gary Speed
Welsh association football player and manager (1969-2011).
Born September 8th, 1969 in Mancot.
Died November 27th, 2011 at 42 years old in Huntington (hanging). [ref]
Anwar al-Awlaqi
American-yemeni imam and suspected islamist extremist (1971–2011).
Born April 22nd, 1971 in Las Cruces.
Died September 30th, 2011 at 40 years old in Al Jawf Governorate (airstrike).
Geraldine Ferraro
American lawyer and politician (1935–2011).
Born August 26th, 1935 in Newburgh.
Died March 26th, 2011 at 75 years old in Boston (pneumonia, multiple myeloma). [ref]
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the unix operating system and the c programming language.
Born September 9th, 1941 in Bronxville.
Died October 12th, 2011 at 70 years old in Berkeley Heights (prostate cancer). [ref]
Gil Scott-Heron
American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author (1949–2011).
Born April 1st, 1949 in Chicago.
Died May 27th, 2011 at 62 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Mike Starr
American bassist (1966–2011).
Born April 4th, 1966 in Honolulu.
Died March 8th, 2011 at 44 years old in Salt Lake City (drug overdose). [ref]
Maria Schneider
French actress (1952-2011).
Born March 27th, 1952 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 3rd, 2011 at 58 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Kim Jong-il
Supreme leader of north korea from 1994 to 2011.
Born February 16th, 1942 in Vyatskoye. [ref]
Died December 17th, 2011 at 69 years old in Pyongyang (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Seve Ballesteros
Spanish professional golfer (1957–2011).
Born April 9th, 1957 in Pedreña. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2011 at 54 years old in Pedreña (brain cancer). [ref]
Har Gobind Khorana
Indian-american molecular biologist (1922-2011).
Born January 9th, 1922 in Raipur. [ref]
Died November 9th, 2011 at 89 years old in Concord (disease). [ref]
Bubba Smith
American football player and actor (1945–2011).
Born February 28th, 1945 in Beaumont, Orange.
Died August 3rd, 2011 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Otto von Habsburg
Head of the house of habsburg-lorraine and german politician.
Born November 20th, 1912 in Villa Wartholz.
Died July 4th, 2011 at 98 years old in Pöcking. [ref]
Dorothea Puente
American serial killer (1929-2011).
Born January 9th, 1929 in Redlands.
Died March 27th, 2011 at 82 years old in Chowchilla (disease). [ref]
Sargent Shriver
American diplomat, politician and activist (1915-2011).
Born November 9th, 1915 in Westminster.
Died January 18th, 2011 at 95 years old in Bethesda (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Anne Francis
American actress (1930–2011).
Born September 16th, 1930 in Ossining.
Died January 2nd, 2011 at 80 years old in Santa Barbara (lung cancer). [ref]
Jack LaLanne
American exercise instructor (1914–2011).
Born September 28th, 1914 in San Francisco.
Died January 23rd, 2011 at 96 years old in Morro Bay (pneumonia).
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For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker