In the year 2001
695 Notable deaths
Eugene Jackson
American actor (1916-2001).
Born December 25th, 1916 in Buffalo.
Died October 26th, 2001 at 84 years old in Compton (myocardial infarction).
Guy Rodgers
American basketball player.
Born September 1st, 1935 in Philadelphia.
Died February 19th, 2001 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
Mirza Delibašić
Bosnian basketball player and coach (1954-2001).
Born January 9th, 1954 in Tuzla.
Died December 8th, 2001 at 47 years old in Sarajevo.
Burt Kennedy
American film director and screenwriter (1922-2001).
Born September 3rd, 1922 in Muskegon. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2001 at 78 years old in Sherman Oaks. [ref]
Peter Maas
American journalist and author (1929-2001).
Born June 27th, 1929 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2001 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Belgian politician (1919-2001).
Born May 22nd, 1919 in Forest.
Died January 9th, 2001 at 81 years old in Aalst (pneumonia).
Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy
Italian royal (1914–2001).
Born December 26th, 1914 in Rome.
Died December 4th, 2001 at 86 years old in Mandelieu-la-Napoule.
Bertie Mee
English footballer and manager (1918-2001).
Born December 25th, 1918 in Nottinghamshire.
Died October 22nd, 2001 at 82 years old in London.
Juan Antonio Villacañas
Spanish poet, essayist and critic (1922-2001).
Born January 10th, 1922 in Toledo.
Died August 21st, 2001 at 79 years old in Toledo.
Robert W. Floyd
American computer scientist (1936-2001).
Born June 8th, 1936 in New York City.
Died September 25th, 2001 at 65 years old in Stanford.
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks