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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Larry Costello
American basketball player and coach (1931-2001).
Died December 13th, 2001 at 70 years old in Fort Myers.
Stan Cullis
English footballer and manager (1916-2001).
Born October 25th, 1916 in Ellesmere Port.
Died February 28th, 2001 at 84 years old in Malvern. [ref]
Nikolay Basov
Soviet physicist (1922-2001).
Born December 14th, 1922 in Usman.
Died July 1st, 2001 at 78 years old in Moscow.
John A. Alonzo
American cinematographer (1934-2001).
Born June 12th, 1934 in Dallas.
Died March 13th, 2001 at 66 years old in Beverly Hills.
Vladimir Semichastny
Kgb chairman (1924-2001).
Born January 15th, 1924 in Mezhova.
Died January 12th, 2001 at 76 years old in Moscow (cerebrovascular disease).
William T. Stearn
British botanist (1911-2001).
Born April 16th, 1911 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died May 9th, 2001 at 90 years old in London. [ref]
Ralph Burns
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1922-2001).
Born June 29th, 1922 in Newton. [ref]
Died November 21st, 2001 at 79 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Italian conductor and composer.
Born November 2nd, 1946 in Venice.
Died April 21st, 2001 at 54 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harold Land
American musician.
Born December 18th, 1928 in Houston. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2001 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]
Chang Hsüeh-liang
Ruler of manchuria.
Born June 3rd, 1901 in Haicheng.
Died October 15th, 2001 at 100 years old in Honolulu (pneumonia).
Deaths 261 to 270 of 620
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson