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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Guy Rodgers
American basketball player.
Born September 1st, 1935 in Philadelphia.
Died February 19th, 2001 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
Joey Maxim
American boxer.
Born March 28th, 1922 in Cleveland.
Died June 2nd, 2001 at 79 years old in West Palm Beach.
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.
Israel Shahak
Israeli academic.
Born April 28th, 1933 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2001 at 68 years old in Jerusalem (diabetes). [ref]
Abdul Haq
Afghan pashtun mujahideen commander (1958-2001).
Born April 23rd, 1958 in Nangarhar.
Died October 26th, 2001 at 43 years old in Afghanistan.
Francisco da Costa Gomes
President of portugal (1914-2001).
Born June 30th, 1914 in Chaves.
Died July 31st, 2001 at 87 years old in Lisbon.
Serhiy Perkhun
Ukrainian footballer (1977-2001).
Born September 4th, 1977 in Dnipro.
Died August 28th, 2001 at 23 years old in Moscow (cerebral hemorrhage).
Bertie Mee
English footballer and manager (1918-2001).
Born December 25th, 1918 in Nottinghamshire.
Died October 22nd, 2001 at 82 years old in London.
Yehiel De-Nur
Jewish holocaust survivor and writer (1909–2001).
Born May 16th, 1909 in Sosnowiec.
Died July 17th, 2001 at 92 years old in Tel Aviv (cancer). [ref]
Ninian Smart
British academic (1927-2001).
Born May 6th, 1927 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died January 9th, 2001 at 73 years old in Lancaster.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 620
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown