In the year 2001
642 Notable deaths
Grigori Chukhrai
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001).
Born May 23rd, 1921 in Melitopol. [ref]
Died October 28th, 2001 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Thomas Winning
Archbishop of glasgow.
Born June 3rd, 1925 in Wishaw.
Died June 17th, 2001 at 76 years old in Glasgow.
Martha Mödl
German opera singer.
Born March 22nd, 1912 in Nuremberg. [ref]
Died December 17th, 2001 at 89 years old in Stuttgart (disease). [ref]
Danilo Donati
Italian costume designer (1926-2001).
Born April 6th, 1926 in Luzzara.
Died December 2nd, 2001 at 75 years old in Rome.
Margaretha Krook
Swedish actress (1925–2001).
Born October 15th, 1925 in Stockholm.
Died May 7th, 2001 at 75 years old in Stockholm (lung cancer).
Igor Stechkin
Russian designer (1922-2001).
Born November 15th, 1922 in Aleksin.
Died November 28th, 2001 at 79 years old in Tula.
Halina Czerny-Stefańska
Polish musician.
Born December 31st, 1922 in Kraków. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2001 at 78 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Ilie Verdeț
Romanian politician (1925-2001).
Born May 10th, 1925 in Comănești.
Died March 20th, 2001 at 75 years old in Bucharest (myocardial infarction).
Boris Rybakov
Soviet archaeologist.
Born June 3rd, 1908 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2001 at 93 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Colin Webster
Welsh footballer (1932-2001).
Born July 17th, 1932 in Cardiff.
Died March 1st, 2001 at 68 years old in Swansea (cancer).
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)