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In the year 2011
1,137 Notable deaths
Sergei Ostapchuk
Belarusian ice hockey player (1990—2011).
Born March 19th, 1990 in Navapolack.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 21 years old in Tunoshna.
Maurice Guigue
French football referee (1912-2011).
Born August 4th, 1912 in Arles.
Died February 26th, 2011 at 98 years old in 12th arrondissement of Marseille.
Simona Senoner
Italian ski jumper (1993-2011).
Born June 13th, 1993 in Bolzano.
Died January 7th, 2011 at 17 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (infectious disease). [ref]
Inese Jaunzeme
Latvian javelin thrower (1932-2011).
Born May 21st, 1932 in Pļaviņas.
Died February 13th, 2011 at 78 years old in Riga. [ref]
Chris Lawrence
Racecar driver.
Born July 27th, 1933 in Ealing. [ref]
Died August 13th, 2011 at 78 years old in Herefordshire (cancer). [ref]
Munir Dar
Pakistani field hockey player (1935–2011).
Born March 28th, 1935 in Amritsar.
Died June 1st, 2011 at 76 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Dezső Garas
(1934–2011) actor.
Born December 9th, 1934 in Budapest.
Died December 30th, 2011 at 77 years old in Budapest (disease). [ref]
Evald Okas
Estonian painter and printmaker (1915-2011).
Born November 28th, 1915 in Tallinn.
Died April 30th, 2011 at 95 years old in Tallinn.
Fernando Ferretti
Brazilian footballer (1949-2011).
Born April 26th, 1949 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 29th, 2011 at 62 years old in Araruama (cancer).
Kiril Milanov
Bulgarian footballer (1948-2011).
Born September 17th, 1948 in Dupnitsa.
Died January 25th, 2011 at 62 years old in Sofia.
Rosihan Anwar
Contemporary indonesian journalist, editor and author (1922-2011).
Born May 10th, 1922 in West Sumatra.
Died April 14th, 2011 at 88 years old in Jakarta. [ref]
Robert Pitts
American basketball player (1919–2011).
Born June 23rd, 1919 in Pontotoc.
Died October 29th, 2011 at 92 years old in Baton Rouge. [ref]
Jean Leclant
French egyptologist (1920–2011).
Born August 8th, 1920 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 16th, 2011 at 91 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Adam Hanuszkiewicz
Polish actor (1924-2011).
Died December 4th, 2011 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Rob Schroeder
American racing driver (1926-2011).
Born May 11th, 1926 in El Dorado.
Died December 3rd, 2011 at 85 years old in Dallas. [ref]
Alicia Pietri
First lady of venezuela.
Born October 14th, 1923 in Caracas.
Died February 9th, 2011 at 87 years old in Caracas. [ref]
Joseph Galibardy
Field hockey player (1915–2011).
Born January 10th, 1915 in Kolkata, Chennai.
Died May 17th, 2011 at 96 years old in Walthamstow. [ref]
Gennady Churilov
Russian ice hockey player (1987-2011).
Born May 5th, 1987 in Magnitogorsk.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 24 years old in Tunoshna (aviation accident).
Alexander Kalyanin
Russian ice hockey player (1987-2011).
Born September 24th, 1987 in Chelyabinsk.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 23 years old in Tunoshna (traffic collision).
Vitaly Tseshkovsky
Russian chess player (1944-2011).
Born September 25th, 1944 in Omsk.
Died December 24th, 2011 at 67 years old in Krasnodar. [ref]
Kazimierz Świątek
Catholic cardinal (1914-2011).
Born October 21st, 1914 in Walk.
Died July 21st, 2011 at 96 years old in Pinsk. [ref]
Norman Uprichard
Northern irish footballer (1928-2011).
Born April 20th, 1928 in Northern Ireland.
Died January 31st, 2011 at 82 years old in Brighton.
Georg Sterzinsky
Catholic archbishop of berlin and cardinal (1936–2011).
Born February 9th, 1936 in Worławki.
Died June 30th, 2011 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Arno Fischer
German photographer (1927-2011).
Born April 14th, 1927 in Berlin.
Died September 13th, 2011 at 84 years old in Neustrelitz.
Ulrich Biesinger
German footballer (1933-2011).
Born August 6th, 1933 in Augsburg.
Died June 18th, 2011 at 77 years old in Augsburg. [ref]
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