In the year 2011
1,038 Notable deaths
Tim Hetherington
British photographer (1970-2011).
Born December 5th, 1970 in Birkenhead.
Died April 20th, 2011 at 40 years old in Misrata (rocket-propelled grenade). [ref]
Fred Shuttlesworth
Civil rights activist (1922-2011).
Born March 18th, 1922 in Mount Meigs. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2011 at 89 years old in Birmingham. [ref]
Margaret Tyzack
British actress (1931-2011).
Born September 9th, 1931 in Plaistow.
Died June 25th, 2011 at 79 years old in London. [ref]
Patricia Breslin
American actress (1931–2011).
Born March 17th, 1926 in New York City.
Died October 12th, 2011 at 85 years old in Baltimore (pancreatitis). [ref]
George Shearing
British-american jazz pianist.
Born August 13th, 1919 in London. [ref]
Died February 14th, 2011 at 91 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
Nasser Al-Kharafi
Businessman (1943-2011).
Born June 17th, 1943 in Kuwait City.
Died April 17th, 2011 at 67 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vasily Alekseyev
Soviet weightlifter (1942-2011).
Born January 7th, 1942 in Pokrovo-Shishkino.
Died November 25th, 2011 at 69 years old in Munich. [ref]
Charlie Callas
American actor, comedian, and jazz drummer (1927-2011).
Born December 20th, 1927 in Brooklyn.
Died January 27th, 2011 at 83 years old in Las Vegas. [ref]
Jerry Robinson
Comic book artist known for his work on the batman series (1922–2011).
Born January 1st, 1922 in Trenton.
Died December 7th, 2011 at 89 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Shalikashvili
United states general.
Born June 27th, 1936 in Warsaw.
Died July 23rd, 2011 at 75 years old in Madigan Army Medical Center (stroke). [ref]
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Mexican actor (1940–2011).
Born April 6th, 1940 in Mexico City.
Died December 26th, 2011 at 71 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Alice Playten
American actress.
Born August 28th, 1947 in New York City.
Died June 25th, 2011 at 63 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Israeli business management author and thinker (1947-2011).
Born March 31st, 1947 in Mandatory Palestine. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2011 at 64 years old in Israel (cancer). [ref]
Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
South african anti–apartheid activist (1918-2011).
Born October 21st, 1918 in Tsomo.
Died June 2nd, 2011 at 92 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
John Howard Davies
English actor, director and producer (1939–2011).
Born March 9th, 1939 in Paddington.
Died August 22nd, 2011 at 72 years old in Blewbury (cancer). [ref]
Alfred Burke
English actor (1918–2011).
Born February 28th, 1918 in Peckham.
Died February 16th, 2011 at 92 years old in Barnes. [ref]
Stetson Kennedy
Author, folklorist, anti-ku klux klan crusader (1916-2011).
Born October 5th, 1916 in Jacksonville.
Died August 27th, 2011 at 94 years old in Jacksonville. [ref]
Tom Aldredge
American television, film and stage actor (1928-2011).
Born February 28th, 1928 in Dayton.
Died July 22nd, 2011 at 83 years old in Tampa (lymphoma). [ref]
Vang Pao
Laotian-american soldier and former drug smuggler.
Born December 8th, 1929 in Xiangkhouang Province.
Died January 6th, 2011 at 81 years old in Clovis (pneumonia). [ref]
Mietek Pemper
Polish-born holocaust survivor (1920-2011).
Born March 24th, 1920 in Kraków.
Died June 7th, 2011 at 91 years old in Augsburg. [ref]
Claude Choules
British combat, last living first world war veteran in the world.
Born March 3rd, 1901 in Pershore.
Died May 5th, 2011 at 110 years old in Perth. [ref]
John Roll
United states federal judge (1947–2011).
Born February 8th, 1947 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 8th, 2011 at 63 years old in Tucson (2011 Tucson shooting). [ref]
Nicholas Courtney
British actor (1929–2011).
Born December 16th, 1929 in Cairo.
Died February 22nd, 2011 at 81 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Joseph Brooks
American director and composer (1938-2011).
Born March 11th, 1938 in New York City.
Died May 22nd, 2011 at 73 years old in New York City (asphyxia). [ref]
Facundo Cabrales
Argentine singer and bad very bad.
Born May 22nd, 1937 in La Plata.
Died July 9th, 2011 at 74 years old in Guatemala City. [ref]
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan