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In the year 2000
647 Notable deaths
Jason Robards
American actor (1922-2000).
Born July 26th, 1922 in Chicago. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2000 at 78 years old in Bridgeport (lung cancer). [ref]
Loretta Young
American actress (1913–2000).
Born January 6th, 1913 in Salt Lake City.
Died August 12th, 2000 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (ovarian cancer).
Hafez al-Assad
President of syria from 1971 to 2000.
Born October 6th, 1930 in Qardaha.
Died June 10th, 2000 at 69 years old in Damascus (myocardial infarction).
Terence McKenna
American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000).
Born November 16th, 1946 in Paonia.
Died April 3rd, 2000 at 53 years old in San Rafael (brain cancer).
Charles M. Schulz
American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "peanuts" (1922-2000).
Born November 26th, 1922 in Minneapolis.
Died February 12th, 2000 at 77 years old in Santa Rosa (myocardial infarction).
Julie London
American actress and singer (1926-2000).
Born September 26th, 1926 in Santa Rosa.
Died October 18th, 2000 at 74 years old in Encino (myocardial infarction, stroke).
Larry Linville
American actor (1939–2000).
Born September 29th, 1939 in Ojai.
Died April 10th, 2000 at 60 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Władysław Szpilman
(1911-2000) polish pianist, composer, holocaust survivor.
Born December 5th, 1911 in Sosnowiec.
Died July 6th, 2000 at 88 years old in Warsaw.
Tom Landry
American football coach and player (1924–2000).
Born September 11th, 1924 in Mission.
Died February 12th, 2000 at 75 years old in Dallas (leukemia).
John Gielgud
English actor and theatre director (1904-2000).
Born April 14th, 1904 in South Kensington. [ref]
Died May 21st, 2000 at 96 years old in Wotton House. [ref]
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