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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Alfred A. Tomatis
Otolaryngologist and inventor.
Born January 1st, 1920 in Nice. [ref]
Died December 25th, 2001 at 81 years old in Carcassonne. [ref]
David Swift
Director, producer (1919-2001).
Born July 27th, 1919 in Minneapolis. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2001 at 82 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure). [ref]
Kateryna Yushchenko
Ukrainian soviet and ukrainian computer scientist.
Born December 8th, 1919 in Chyhyryn.
Died August 15th, 2001 at 81 years old in Kyiv.
Happy Hairston
Basketball player (1942-2001).
Born May 31st, 1942 in Winston-Salem.
Died May 1st, 2001 at 58 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).
Donald J. Cram
American chemist (1919-2001).
Born April 22nd, 1919 in Chester. [ref]
Died June 17th, 2001 at 82 years old in Palm Desert (cancer). [ref]
Paul Magloire
President of haiti (1907-2001).
Born July 19th, 1907 in Quartier-Morin.
Died July 12th, 2001 at 93 years old in Port-au-Prince.
Khursheed Bano
Pakistani singer (1914-2001).
Born April 14th, 1914 in Kasur District.
Died April 18th, 2001 at 87 years old in Karachi.
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Belgian politician (1919-2001).
Born May 22nd, 1919 in Forest.
Died January 9th, 2001 at 81 years old in Aalst (pneumonia).
Morris
Belgian comics artist (1923-2001).
Born December 1st, 1923 in Kortrijk. [ref]
Died July 16th, 2001 at 77 years old in Brussels metropolitan area (fall). [ref]
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).
Deaths 271 to 280 of 620
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