In the year 2000
665 Notable deaths
Mars Rafikov
Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2000).
Born September 29th, 1933 in Manas, Bek-Abad, Jalal-Abad Region.
Died July 23rd, 2000 at 66 years old in Almaty.
Lajos Kocsis
Association football player (1947-2000).
Born June 18th, 1947 in Szeged. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2000 at 53 years old in Budapest.
Jean Papineau-Couture
Composer and academic (1916–2000).
Born November 12th, 1916 in Montreal.
Died August 15th, 2000 at 83 years old in Montreal.
Marjorie Noël
French singer.
Born December 29th, 1945 in Bayeux.
Died April 30th, 2000 at 54 years old in Cavaillon.
Donald Blessing
American rower (1905-2000).
Born December 26th, 1905 in Hollister.
Died July 4th, 2000 at 94 years old in Tiburon.
Gian Luigi Polidoro
Italian film director (1927-2000).
Born February 4th, 1927 in Bassano del Grappa.
Died September 7th, 2000 at 73 years old in Rome.
Aleksandar Živković
Croatian footballer (1912–2000).
Born December 25th, 1912 in Orašje.
Died February 25th, 2000 at 87 years old in Zagreb.
Grigor Khanjyan
Armenian and soviet painter (1926-2000).
Born November 29th, 1926 in Yerevan. [ref]
Died April 19th, 2000 at 73 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Ilmar Laaban
Estonian poet and publicist, working in sweden (1921-2000).
Born December 11th, 1921 in Tallinn. [ref]
Died November 29th, 2000 at 78 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Deaths 531 to 540 of 665
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon