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In the year 2011
1,038 Notable deaths
Suze Rotolo
American artist (1943-2011).
Born November 20th, 1943 in Sunnyside. [ref]
Died February 25th, 2011 at 67 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Lucian Freud
British painter and engraver (1922-2011).
Born December 8th, 1922 in Berlin.
Died July 20th, 2011 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
Jani Lane
American rock singer (1964–2011).
Born February 1st, 1964 in Akron.
Died August 11th, 2011 at 47 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Jagjit Singh
Indian ghazal singer (1941–2011).
Born February 8th, 1941 in Sri Ganganagar. [ref]
Died October 10th, 2011 at 70 years old in Mumbai (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
John Barry
British composer and conductor (1933–2011).
Born November 3rd, 1933 in York.
Died January 30th, 2011 at 77 years old in Oyster Bay (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jackie Cooper
American actor, director (1922-2011).
Born September 15th, 1922 in Los Angeles.
Died May 3rd, 2011 at 88 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).
Clarence Clemons
American saxophonist (1942–2011).
Born January 11th, 1942. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2011 at 69 years old in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (stroke). [ref]
Bhupen Hazarika
Indian singer, poet, director and composer (1926-2011).
Born September 8th, 1926 in Assam.
Died November 5th, 2011 at 85 years old in Mumbai (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Václav Havel
Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of czechoslovakia and the first president of the czech republic (1936–2011).
Born October 5th, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2011 at 75 years old in Hrádeček (respiratory failure). [ref]
Roberts Blossom
American actor and poet (1924–2011).
Born March 25th, 1924 in New Haven.
Died July 8th, 2011 at 87 years old in Santa Monica (stroke). [ref]
Michael Gough
English actor (1916–2011).
Born November 23rd, 1916 in Kuala Lumpur. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2011 at 94 years old in Salisbury (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
British noble (1923-2011).
Born February 7th, 1923 in Chesterfield House.
Died July 12th, 2011 at 88 years old in Harewood House. [ref]
Sócrates
Brazilian association football player (1954–2011).
Born February 19th, 1954 in Belém.
Died December 4th, 2011 at 57 years old in São Paulo (septic shock). [ref]
Susannah York
English film, stage and television actress (1939-2011).
Born January 9th, 1939 in Chelsea.
Died January 15th, 2011 at 72 years old in Chelsea (multiple myeloma). [ref]
M. F. Husain
Indian artist (1915-2011).
Born September 17th, 1915 in Pandharpur.
Died June 9th, 2011 at 95 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Farley Granger
American actor.
Born July 1st, 1925 in San Jose. [ref]
Died March 27th, 2011 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]
Maria Altmann
Filed successful lawsuit against government of austria for return of family artwork plundered by the nazis (1916–2011).
Born February 18th, 1916 in Vienna.
Died February 7th, 2011 at 94 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Elisabeth Sladen
British actress.
Born February 1st, 1946 in Liverpool.
Died April 19th, 2011 at 65 years old in Southall (cancer). [ref]
David Nelson
American actor, director, producer (1936-2011).
Born October 24th, 1936 in New York City.
Died January 11th, 2011 at 74 years old in Century City (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Dan Wheldon
British racing driver.
Born June 22nd, 1978 in Emberton. [ref]
Died October 16th, 2011 at 33 years old in Las Vegas (traumatic brain injury). [ref]
Andrew Gold
American singer, musician and songwriter (1951-2011).
Born August 2nd, 1951 in Burbank.
Died June 3rd, 2011 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John McCarthy
American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
Born September 4th, 1927 in Boston. [ref]
Died October 24th, 2011 at 84 years old in Stanford (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jennifer Worth
British nurse, author and musician (1935–2011).
Born September 25th, 1935 in Clacton-on-Sea.
Died May 31st, 2011 at 75 years old in England (esophageal cancer).
Kenneth Mars
American actor (1935-2012).
Born April 4th, 1935 in Chicago.
Died February 12th, 2011 at 75 years old in Granada Hills (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Charles Napier
American actor (1936–2011).
Born April 12th, 1936 in Allen County.
Died October 5th, 2011 at 75 years old in Bakersfield (thrombosis). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 1038
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks