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In the year 2000
650 Notable deaths
Violet Archer
Canadian classical music composer (1913-2000).
Born April 24th, 1913 in Montreal. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2000 at 86 years old in Ottawa. [ref]
Dick Rathmann
Racecar driver.
Born January 6th, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died February 1st, 2000 at 76 years old in Melbourne.
Makhmud Esambayev
Soviet actor and dancer.
Born July 15th, 1924 in Starye Atagi.
Died January 7th, 2000 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Yevgeni Andreyev
Colonel soviet air force (1926-2000).
Born September 4th, 1926 in Novosibirsk.
Died February 9th, 2000 at 73 years old in Schelkovo-3.
Nikolay Dollezhal
Soviet energy scientist, designer of nuclear reactors.
Born October 27th, 1899 in Omelnyk.
Died November 20th, 2000 at 101 years old in Moscow.
Martin Benrath
German actor (1926–2000).
Born November 9th, 1926 in Berlin.
Died January 31st, 2000 at 73 years old in Herrsching am Ammersee (cancer).
Józef Tischner
Polish philosopher.
Born March 12th, 1931 in Stary Sącz. [ref]
Died June 28th, 2000 at 69 years old in Kraków (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Viktor Kolotov
Soviet footballer (1949-2000).
Born July 3rd, 1949 in Yudino.
Died January 3rd, 2000 at 50 years old in Kyiv.
Raymond Lemieux
Canadian chemist (1920-2000).
Born June 16th, 1920 in Lac La Biche.
Died July 22nd, 2000 at 80 years old in Edmonton.
Johannes Virolainen
Prime minister of finland (1914-2000).
Born January 31st, 1914 in Viipurin maalaiskunta, Sverdlovo.
Died December 11th, 2000 at 86 years old in Lohja.
Deaths 401 to 410 of 650
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