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In the year 2001
642 Notable deaths
Alexandra Adler
Neurologist (1901-2001).
Born September 24th, 1901 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2001 at 99 years old in New York City.
Samuel Khachikian
Iranian film director.
Born October 22nd, 1923 in Tabriz.
Died October 22nd, 2001 at 78 years old in Tehran.
Vasily Abaev
Ossetian soviet linguist.
Born December 15th, 1900 in Kobi, Georgia.
Died March 18th, 2001 at 100 years old in Moscow.
Cyrus Herzl Gordon
American linguist.
Born June 29th, 1908 in Philadelphia.
Died March 30th, 2001 at 92 years old in Brookline. [ref]
Mikhail Budyko
Russian climatologist.
Born January 20th, 1920 in Gomel.
Died December 10th, 2001 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Jan Lenica
Polish artist (1928-2001).
Born January 4th, 1928 in Poznań. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2001 at 73 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Maximos V Hakim
Melkite greek catholic patriarch of antioch.
Died June 19th, 2001 at 93 years old in Beirut.
Nancye Wynne Bolton
Australian tennis player.
Born December 2nd, 1916 in Melbourne.
Died November 9th, 2001 at 84 years old in Melbourne.
Yuri Ozerov
Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Born January 26th, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]
Died October 15th, 2001 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Gellu Naum
Romanian writer.
Born August 1st, 1915 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2001 at 86 years old in Bucharest.
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