In the year 2001
641 Notable deaths
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.
Patricia Robertson
American astronaut.
Born March 12th, 1963 in Indiana.
Died May 24th, 2001 at 38 years old in Houston (burn, aviation accident).
Mário Covas
Brazilian politician (1930-2001).
Born April 21st, 1930 in Santos.
Died March 6th, 2001 at 70 years old in São Paulo (bladder cancer).
Jacques-Louis Lions
French mathematician.
Died May 17th, 2001 at 73 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Gymnast (1921–2001).
Born October 17th, 1921 in Yevpatoriia.
Died July 22nd, 2001 at 79 years old in Tel Aviv.
Robert Enrico
French film director and screenwriter.
Born April 13th, 1931 in Liévin. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2001 at 69 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer).
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician.
Born October 28th, 1921 in Havana.
Died June 27th, 2001 at 79 years old in New York City.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 641
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut