In the year 2011
1,137 Notable deaths
Andrey Kapitsa
Soviet and russian geographer (1931–2011).
Born July 9th, 1931 in Cambridge.
Died August 2nd, 2011 at 80 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Justinas Marcinkevičius
Lithuanian poet (1930-2011).
Born March 10th, 1930 in Važatkiemis.
Died February 16th, 2011 at 80 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Cornell MacNeil
American opera singer (1922-2011).
Born September 24th, 1922 in Minneapolis.
Died July 15th, 2011 at 88 years old in Charlottesville. [ref]
Kurt Nielsen
Danish tennis player (1930-2011).
Born November 19th, 1930 in Copenhagen.
Died June 11th, 2011 at 80 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Miltiadis Evert
Greek politician (1939–2011).
Born May 12th, 1939 in Athens.
Died February 9th, 2011 at 71 years old in Athens.
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
American writer (1946–2011).
Born March 3rd, 1946 in Elkton.
Died December 1st, 2011 at 65 years old in Toronto (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2011).
Born September 21st, 1928 in Cincinnati.
Died July 26th, 2011 at 82 years old in Chesapeake (kidney failure). [ref]
Nella Martinetti
Swiss singer (1946– 2011).
Born January 21st, 1946 in Brissago.
Died July 29th, 2011 at 65 years old in Männedorf (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Sena Jurinac
Female opera singer (1921–2011).
Born October 24th, 1921 in Travnik.
Died November 22nd, 2011 at 90 years old in Hainhofen (disease). [ref]
Shingo Araki
Japanese animation artist and character designer (1939–2011).
Born January 1st, 1939 in Nagoya.
Died December 1st, 2011 at 72 years old in Itabashi (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Hanan Porat
Israeli rabbi and educator (1943-2011).
Born December 5th, 1943 in Kfar Pines. [ref]
Died October 4th, 2011 at 67 years old in Israel (cancer). [ref]
Yoshimitsu Morita
Japanese film director (1950–2011).
Born January 25th, 1950 in Chigasaki. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2011 at 61 years old in Tokyo (acute liver failure). [ref]
Salvatore Licitra
Italian operatic tenor (1968–2011).
Born August 10th, 1968 in Bern.
Died September 5th, 2011 at 43 years old in Catania (traffic collision). [ref]
Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani
Yemeni politician (1939–2011).
Born July 4th, 1939 in Ta'izz Governorate.
Died August 22nd, 2011 at 72 years old in Riyadh. [ref]
Francisco Blake Mora
Mexican politician (1966-2011).
Born May 22nd, 1966 in Tijuana.
Died November 11th, 2011 at 45 years old in Chalco Municipality (aircraft crash).
Leo Kirch
German media entrepreneur (1926-2011).
Born October 21st, 1926 in Würzburg.
Died July 14th, 2011 at 84 years old in Munich (diabetes). [ref]
Silvio Narizzano
Canadian film and television director.
Born February 8th, 1927 in Montreal.
Died July 26th, 2011 at 84 years old in London. [ref]
Aloysius Ambrozic
Canadian roman-catholic priest cardinal (1930–2011).
Born January 27th, 1930 in Gabrje.
Died August 26th, 2011 at 81 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Robert Dietrich
German ice hockey player (1986-2011).
Died September 7th, 2011 at 25 years old in Tunoshna.
Iakovos Kambanelis
Greek writer and film director (1921-2011).
Born December 2nd, 1921 in Naxos Island. [ref]
Died March 29th, 2011 at 89 years old in Athens (kidney failure). [ref]
Mohammed Nabbous
Libyan journalist (1983-2011).
Born February 27th, 1983 in Benghazi.
Died March 19th, 2011 at 28 years old in Benghazi. [ref]
Christian Bakkerud
Danish racing driver (1984-2011).
Born November 3rd, 1984 in Copenhagen.
Died September 11th, 2011 at 26 years old in Tooting (car collision). [ref]
Ernst Badian
Austrian historian of antiquity (1925–2011).
Born August 8th, 1925 in Vienna.
Died February 1st, 2011 at 85 years old in Boston. [ref]
Ladislav Novák
Czech footballer (1931-2011).
Born December 5th, 1931 in Louny.
Died March 21st, 2011 at 79 years old in Ostředek. [ref]
Deaths 651 to 675 of 1137
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner