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In the year 2000
623 Notable deaths
Stig Engström
Swedish man who appears in the investigation of the murder of olof palme (1934-2000).
Born February 26th, 1934 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died June 26th, 2000 at 66 years old in Täby parish. [ref]
Gil Kane
Latvian-born american comic book artist.
Died January 31st, 2000 at 73 years old in Aventura (lymphoma). [ref]
Carlo M. Cipolla
Italian economic historian.
Born August 15th, 1922 in Pavia. [ref]
Died September 5th, 2000 at 78 years old in Pavia. [ref]
Donald Davies
British computer scientist (1924-2000).
Born June 7th, 1924 in Treorchy. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2000 at 75 years old in Esher. [ref]
Libertad Lamarque
Argentine actress and singer (1908–2000).
Born November 24th, 1908 in Santa Fe Province, Rosario.
Died December 12th, 2000 at 92 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia).
Stanley Turrentine
American musician (1934–2000).
Born April 5th, 1934 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2000 at 66 years old in New York City. [ref]
Paul Bartel
American actor, screenwriter and director (1938-2000).
Born August 6th, 1938 in Brooklyn.
Died May 13th, 2000 at 61 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction, liver cancer).
Bob Lemon
American baseball player and coach.
Born September 22nd, 1920 in San Bernardino.
Died January 11th, 2000 at 79 years old in Long Beach.
Lewis Wilson
American actor (1920–2000).
Born January 28th, 1920 in New York City.
Died August 9th, 2000 at 80 years old in San Francisco.
Vincent Canby
American film critic (1924-2000).
Born July 27th, 1924 in Chicago.
Died October 15th, 2000 at 76 years old in Manhattan (cancer).
Deaths 131 to 140 of 623
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon