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In the year 2000
650 Notable deaths
Hiroji Satoh
Japanese table tennis player (1925-2000).
Born February 3rd, 1925 in Aomori.
Died June 4th, 2000 at 75 years old
Mae Faggs
American sprinter, first female athletic scholarship.
Born April 10th, 1932 in Mays Landing.
Died January 27th, 2000 at 67 years old in Woodlawn (cancer).
Hendrik C. van de Hulst
Dutch astronomer (1918–2000).
Born November 19th, 1918 in Utrecht.
Died July 31st, 2000 at 81 years old in Leiden.
Tofig Guliyev
Azerbaijani musician (1917–2000).
Born November 7th, 1917 in Bilgəh.
Died October 4th, 2000 at 82 years old in Baku.
Jens Jørgen Thorsen
Danish artist (1932-2000).
Born February 2nd, 1932 in Saint John Parish. [ref]
Died November 16th, 2000 at 68 years old [ref]
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
Athletics competitor.
Born February 28th, 1929 in Errachidia.
Died October 4th, 2000 at 71 years old in Fez (arteriosclerotic heart disease).
Gertrud Arndt
German photographer and textile artist, bauhaus student.
Born September 20th, 1903 in Racibórz.
Died July 10th, 2000 at 96 years old in Darmstadt.
Jiří Sovák
Czech actor (1920–2000).
Born December 27th, 1920 in Prague.
Died September 6th, 2000 at 79 years old in Prague.
John Abramovic
Basketball player.
Born February 9th, 1919 in Etna.
Died June 9th, 2000 at 81 years old in Ormond Beach.
Kamran Baghirov
Soviet politician (1933–2000).
Born January 24th, 1933 in Shusha.
Died October 25th, 2000 at 67 years old in Baku.
Deaths 451 to 460 of 650
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