In the year 2000
665 Notable deaths
Daniel Yanofsky
Canadian chess player.
Born March 25th, 1925 in Brody.
Died March 5th, 2000 at 74 years old in Winnipeg.
Sadik Kaceli
Albanian artist (1914-2000).
Born March 14th, 1914 in Tirana. [ref]
Died December 24th, 2000 at 86 years old in Tirana. [ref]
Seo Jeong-ju
Korean poet.
Born May 18th, 1915 in North Jeolla.
Died December 24th, 2000 at 85 years old in Seoul.
Slavko Janevski
Macedonian writer.
Born January 11th, 1920 in Skopje.
Died January 30th, 2000 at 80 years old in Skopje.
Jeanne Hersch
Swiss philosopher (1910-2000).
Born July 13th, 1910 in Geneva. [ref]
Died June 5th, 2000 at 89 years old in Geneva.
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Japanese film director (1911–2000).
Born September 9th, 1911 in Otsu.
Died November 7th, 2000 at 89 years old in Yokohama (heart failure).
Rolf Kauka
Comic artist (1917-2000).
Born April 9th, 1917 in Markranstädt.
Died September 13th, 2000 at 83 years old in Thomasville.
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin
Soviet animator (1927-2000).
Born June 20th, 1927 in Moscow.
Died November 20th, 2000 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza
Spanish architect (1918-2000).
Born October 12th, 1918 in Cáseda.
Died July 18th, 2000 at 81 years old in Madrid.
George Alcock
English astronomer.
Born August 28th, 1912 in Peterborough.
Died December 15th, 2000 at 88 years old
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan