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In the year 2000
665 Notable deaths
Willie Cunningham
Scottish footballer (1925-2000).
Born February 22nd, 1925 in Cowdenbeath.
Died November 27th, 2000 at 75 years old in Preston.
Aivars Gipslis
Latvian chess player (1937-2000).
Born February 8th, 1937 in Riga.
Died April 13th, 2000 at 63 years old in Berlin.
Simeon Simeonov
Bulgarian footballer (1946-2000).
Born April 26th, 1946 in Sofia.
Died November 2nd, 2000 at 54 years old in Sofia.
Gisela Kahn Gresser
Chess player.
Born February 8th, 1906 in Detroit.
Died December 4th, 2000 at 94 years old in New York City.
Fritz Thiedemann
German equestrian (1918–2000).
Born March 3rd, 1918 in Weddingstedt.
Died January 8th, 2000 at 81 years old in Heide.
Duane Swanson
Basketball player (1913-2000).
Born August 23rd, 1913 in Waterman.
Died September 13th, 2000 at 87 years old in Cumberland Furnace.
Billie Yorke
British tennis player (1910-2000).
Born December 19th, 1910 in Rawalpindi.
Died December 9th, 2000 at 89 years old
Nikolaos Oikonomides
Greek academic.
Born February 14th, 1934 in Athens.
Died May 31st, 2000 at 66 years old in Athens.
Carlo Tagnin
Italian footballer and manager (1932–2000).
Born November 18th, 1932 in Alessandria.
Died March 13th, 2000 at 67 years old in Alessandria (cancer).
Mikhail Schweitzer
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1920–2000).
Born March 16th, 1920 in Perm.
Died June 2nd, 2000 at 80 years old in Moscow (traffic collision).
Deaths 521 to 530 of 665
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