In the year 2001
695 Notable deaths
Thomas Sebeok
American semiotician (1920-2001).
Born November 9th, 1920 in Budapest.
Died December 21st, 2001 at 81 years old in Bloomington.
Sergej Kraigher
Yugoslav politician (1914-2001).
Born May 30th, 1914 in Postojna.
Died January 17th, 2001 at 86 years old in Ljubljana.
Tom Kilburn
British electrical engineer.
Born August 11th, 1921 in Dewsbury. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2001 at 79 years old in Manchester. [ref]
Stefan Heym
German writer (1913-2001).
Born April 10th, 1913 in Chemnitz.
Died December 16th, 2001 at 88 years old in Ein Bokek (myocardial infarction).
John S. Romanides
American theologian.
Born March 2nd, 1927 in Piraeus.
Died November 1st, 2001 at 74 years old in Athens.
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001).
Born August 28th, 1940 in Nice. [ref]
Died August 25th, 2001 at 60 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris (respiratory failure). [ref]
Florian Fricke
German pianist, composer and founder of group popol vuh.
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Lindau.
Died December 29th, 2001 at 57 years old in Munich.
Spede Pasanen
Finnish film and tv series director, producer, actor, comedian, game show host and inventor (1930–2001).
Born April 10th, 1930 in Kuopio. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2001 at 71 years old in Sarvvik (myocardial infarction).
Andy Phillip
American basketball player-coach.
Born March 7th, 1922 in Granite City.
Died April 29th, 2001 at 79 years old in Rancho Mirage.
Kateryna Yushchenko
Ukrainian soviet and ukrainian computer scientist (1919–2001).
Born December 8th, 1919 in Chyhyryn.
Died August 15th, 2001 at 81 years old in Kyiv.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius