In the year 2000
664 Notable deaths
Noboru Takeshita
74th prime minister of japan (1924-2000).
Born February 26th, 1924 in Kakeya.
Died June 19th, 2000 at 76 years old in Kitasato Institute Hospital (pancreatic cancer, respiratory failure).
Thomas Ferebee
American bombardier (1918–2000).
Born November 9th, 1918 in Mocksville.
Died March 16th, 2000 at 81 years old in Windermere.
S. Nijalingappa
Indian politician (1902-2000).
Born December 10th, 1902 in Ballari district.
Died August 8th, 2000 at 97 years old in Chitradurga.
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader (1914-2000).
Born February 12th, 1914 in Fort Worth.
Died May 30th, 2000 at 86 years old in Costa Mesa.
Marc Davis
American artist and animator (1913-2000).
Born March 13th, 1913 in Bakersfield.
Died January 12th, 2000 at 86 years old in Glendale. [ref]
Robert Cormier
American author and journalist (1925–2000).
Born January 17th, 1925 in Leominster.
Died November 2nd, 2000 at 75 years old in Boston.
John Harsanyi
Hungarian economist (1920-2000).
Born May 29th, 1920 in Budapest. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2000 at 80 years old in Berkeley (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rosemarie Frankland
Beauty pageant contestant, actress (1943–2000).
Born February 1st, 1943 in Wrexham.
Died December 2nd, 2000 at 57 years old in Marina del Rey (drug overdose).
Florynce Kennedy
American activist.
Born February 11th, 1916 in Kansas City.
Died December 22nd, 2000 at 84 years old [ref]
Alan Hovhaness
Armenian-american composer (1911-2000).
Born March 8th, 1911 in Somerville. [ref]
Died June 21st, 2000 at 89 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 664
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau