In the year 2000

664 Notable deaths

Sid Abel

Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2000).

Born February 22nd, 1918 in Melville.

Died February 8th, 2000 at 81 years old in Farmington Hills.

Ahmad Shamloo

Iranian persian poet, writer, and journalist (1925-2000).

Born December 12th, 1925 in Tehran.

Died July 24th, 2000 at 74 years old in Karaj. [ref]

Rose Hobart

Actress (1906-2000).

Born May 1st, 1906 in New York City. [ref]

Died August 29th, 2000 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (disease). [ref]

George Armstrong

English footballer and manager (1944-2000).

Born August 9th, 1944 in Belfast.

Died November 1st, 2000 at 56 years old in Hemel Hempstead (cerebral hemorrhage).

Giorgio Bassani

Italian writer.

Born March 4th, 1916 in Bologna.

Died April 13th, 2000 at 84 years old in Rome.

Ion Gheorghe Maurer

49th prime minister of romania (1961-1974).

Born September 23rd, 1902 in Bucharest.

Died February 8th, 2000 at 97 years old in Bucharest.

Milt Hinton

American musician and photographer (1910-2000).

Born June 23rd, 1910 in Vicksburg. [ref]

Died December 19th, 2000 at 90 years old in Queens. [ref]

Kōjun

Japanese empress.

Born March 6th, 1903 in Toriizaka.

Died June 16th, 2000 at 97 years old in Fukiage Gyoen (senility).

Petar Mladenov

Former general secretary of the bulgarian communist party.

Born August 22nd, 1936 in Toshevtsi.

Died May 31st, 2000 at 63 years old in Sofia.

Roger Peyrefitte

French diplomat and writer.

Born August 17th, 1907 in Castres. [ref]

Died November 15th, 2000 at 93 years old in Paris (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Deaths 231 to 240 of 664

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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy