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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
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde