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In the year 2001
638 Notable deaths
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).
Tom Kilburn
British electrical engineer.
Born August 11th, 1921 in Dewsbury. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2001 at 79 years old in Manchester. [ref]
Burkhard Heim
German physicist.
Born February 9th, 1925 in Potsdam.
Died January 14th, 2001 at 75 years old in Northeim.
Thomas Sebeok
American semiotician (1920-2001).
Born November 9th, 1920 in Budapest. [ref]
Died December 21st, 2001 at 81 years old in Bloomington.
Stefan Heym
German writer (1913-2001).
Born April 10th, 1913 in Chemnitz.
Died December 16th, 2001 at 88 years old in Ein Bokek (myocardial infarction).
Gholam Reza Azhari
Iranian military leader and prime minister (1912-2001).
Born February 18th, 1912 in Shiraz.
Died November 5th, 2001 at 89 years old in Fairfax County (cancer).
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001).
Born August 28th, 1940 in Nice. [ref]
Died August 25th, 2001 at 60 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris (respiratory failure). [ref]
Florian Fricke
1944-2001 german electronic musician and founder of group popol vuh.
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Lindau. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2001 at 57 years old in Munich. [ref]
Jutta Rüdiger
German psychologist (1910-2001).
Born June 14th, 1910 in Berlin.
Died March 13th, 2001 at 90 years old in Bad Reichenhall.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 638
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