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In the year 2001
616 Notable deaths
Duong Van Minh
South vietnamese commander (1916-2001).
Born February 16th, 1916 in Mỹ Tho.
Died August 6th, 2001 at 85 years old in Pasadena (disease).
Mychal Judge
American friar minor and 1st wtc victim.
Born May 11th, 1933 in Brooklyn.
Died September 11th, 2001 at 68 years old in One World Trade Center (collapse of the World Trade Center).
Beatrice Straight
American actress (1914-2001).
Born August 2nd, 1914 in Old Westbury. [ref]
Died April 7th, 2001 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Léopold Sédar Senghor
First president of senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906-2001).
Born October 9th, 1906 in Joal-Fadiouth. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2001 at 95 years old in Verson. [ref]
Leon Wilkeson
American musician.
Born April 2nd, 1952 in Newport.
Died July 27th, 2001 at 49 years old in Ponte Vedra Beach (disease).
Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari
Iranian noble.
Born June 22nd, 1932 in Isfahan. [ref]
Died October 26th, 2001 at 69 years old in Paris (stroke). [ref]
Vijayaraje Scindia
Indian politician (1919-2001).
Born October 12th, 1919 in Sagar district.
Died January 25th, 2001 at 81 years old in New Delhi.
John Fahey
1939–2001; american fingerstyle guitarist.
Born February 28th, 1939 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 2001 at 61 years old in Salem. [ref]
Kevin Cosgrove
American insurance business executive; died during the september 11, 2001 attack.
Born January 6th, 1955 in Long Island.
Died September 11th, 2001 at 46 years old in Two World Trade Center.
Delia Derbyshire
English musician and composer of electronic music (1937–2001).
Born May 5th, 1937 in Coventry.
Died July 3rd, 2001 at 64 years old in Northampton (kidney failure).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 616
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius