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In the year 2000
664 Notable deaths
John Hejduk
Architect, artist, educator.
Born July 13th, 1929 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 2000 at 70 years old in New York City, The Bronx. [ref]
Klaus Wennemann
German actor (1940–2000).
Born December 18th, 1940 in Oer-Erkenschwick.
Died January 7th, 2000 at 59 years old in Bad Aibling (lung cancer).
Len Shackleton
English footballer (1922-2000).
Born May 3rd, 1922 in Bradford.
Died November 27th, 2000 at 78 years old in Grange-over-Sands.
Franck Pourcel
French easy listening musician.
Born August 14th, 1913 in Marseille. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2000 at 87 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Aleksandar Nikolić
Basketball player and coach (1924–2000).
Born October 28th, 1924 in Sarajevo.
Died March 12th, 2000 at 75 years old in Belgrade.
Nora Swinburne
British actress (1902-2000).
Born July 24th, 1902 in Bath. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2000 at 97 years old in London. [ref]
Charles F. Hockett
1916-2000 linguist and anthropologist.
Born January 17th, 1916 in Columbus.
Died November 3rd, 2000 at 84 years old in Ithaca.
Hubert Maga
First president of benin (1916-2000).
Born August 10th, 1916 in Parakou.
Died May 8th, 2000 at 83 years old in Cotonou.
Wilf Mannion
English footballer (1918-2000).
Born May 16th, 1918 in Middlesbrough.
Died April 14th, 2000 at 81 years old in Teesside.
Ali Sardar Jafri
Urdu writer from india (1913-2000).
Born November 29th, 1913 in Balrampur.
Died August 1st, 2000 at 86 years old in Mumbai.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 664
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