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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Ardito Desio
Italian explorer.
Born April 18th, 1897 in Palmanova. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2001 at 104 years old in Rome.
Alexey Maresyev
Soviet aviator.
Born May 20th, 1916 in Kamyshin. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2001 at 84 years old in Moscow (infarction). [ref]
Douglas Lilburn
New zealand composer.
Born November 2nd, 1915 in Whanganui. [ref]
Died June 6th, 2001 at 85 years old in Wellington.
Dmitry Polyansky
Russian politician (1917-2001).
Born November 7th, 1917 in Slovianoserbsk.
Died October 8th, 2001 at 83 years old in Moscow.
N. G. L. Hammond
British historian of ancient greece (1907–2001).
Born November 15th, 1907. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2001 at 93 years old [ref]
Sacha Vierny
1919-2001 french cinematographer.
Born August 10th, 1919 in Bois-le-Roi. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2001 at 81 years old in Vannes.
Malcolm Cooper
British sports shooter.
Born December 20th, 1947 in Camberley.
Died June 9th, 2001 at 53 years old in West Sussex (brain cancer).
Rudolf Witzig
German world war ii fallschirmjäger (1916-2001).
Born August 14th, 1916 in Herne.
Died October 3rd, 2001 at 85 years old in Oberschleißheim.
Adhemar da Silva
Athletics competitor (1927-2001).
Born September 29th, 1927 in São Paulo.
Died January 12th, 2001 at 73 years old in São Paulo.
Sidney Dillon Ripley
American ornithologist and 8th secretary of the smithsonian (1913–2001).
Born September 20th, 1913 in New York City.
Died March 12th, 2001 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 351 to 360 of 620
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