In the year 2000
602 Notable deaths
Lala Amarnath
Indian cricketer (1911-2000).
Born September 11th, 1911 in Kapurthala.
Died August 5th, 2000 at 88 years old in New Delhi.
Gloria Talbott
American actress (1931-2000).
Born February 7th, 1931 in Glendale.
Died September 19th, 2000 at 69 years old in Glendale (kidney failure).
Gwendolyn Brooks
African american writer.
Born June 7th, 1917 in Topeka. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 2000 at 83 years old in Chicago (cancer). [ref]
Leo Gordon
Actor.
Born December 2nd, 1922 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2000 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Marie Windsor
American actress (1919-2000).
Born December 11th, 1919 in Marysvale.
Died December 10th, 2000 at 80 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Jacob Lawrence
African american painter and art professor (1917-2000).
Born September 7th, 1917 in Atlantic City. [ref]
Died June 9th, 2000 at 82 years old in Seattle (Patatús (heatstroke, heart attack) from the installation Naco Modern). [ref]
Erich Mielke
German politician (1907-2000).
Born December 28th, 1907 in Berlin.
Died May 21st, 2000 at 92 years old in Berlin.
Elmo Zumwalt
United states navy admiral (1920–2000).
Born November 29th, 1920 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 2000 at 79 years old in Duke University Hospital (mesothelioma). [ref]
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer.
Born May 5th, 1938 in Crawfordsville. [ref]
Died May 31st, 2000 at 62 years old in Dallas (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Habib Bourguiba
President of tunisia from 1957 to 1987.
Born August 3rd, 1903 in Monastir. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2000 at 96 years old in Monastir. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 602
The harder the pain, the longer the path to recovery, the better the opportunity to learn. Maxime Lagacé