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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Milton Santos
Brazilian geographer (1926-2001).
Born May 3rd, 1926 in Brotas de Macaúbas.
Died June 24th, 2001 at 75 years old in São Paulo (prostate cancer).
Jaromil Jireš
Czech director and scriptwriter.
Born December 10th, 1935 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died October 26th, 2001 at 65 years old in Prague. [ref]
Frank G. Slaughter
Us physicist and writer (1908-2001).
Born February 25th, 1908 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died May 17th, 2001 at 93 years old in Jacksonville. [ref]
Daniel C. Drucker
American scientist in engineering (1918-2001).
Born June 3rd, 1918 in New York City.
Died September 1st, 2001 at 83 years old in Gainesville.
Ugo Fano
Italian physicist.
Born July 28th, 1912 in Turin. [ref]
Died February 13th, 2001 at 88 years old in Chicago (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Jelle Zijlstra
42nd prime minister of the netherlands (1918-2001).
Born August 27th, 1918 in Oosterbierum. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2001 at 83 years old in Wassenaar (disease). [ref]
Barend Biesheuvel
44th prime minister of the netherlands (1920-2001).
Born April 5th, 1920 in Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude. [ref]
Died April 29th, 2001 at 81 years old in Haarlem (stroke). [ref]
Régine Cavagnoud
French alpine skier.
Born June 27th, 1970 in Thônes.
Died October 31st, 2001 at 31 years old in Innsbruck (fall).
Pauline Moore
Actress (1914-2001).
Born June 14th, 1914 in Harrisburg.
Died December 7th, 2001 at 87 years old in Sequim (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Herbert Robbins
American mathematician.
Born January 12th, 1915 in New Castle.
Died February 12th, 2001 at 86 years old in Princeton.
Deaths 331 to 340 of 620
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