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In the year 2001
642 Notable deaths
Juan Acuña
Spanish footballer (1923-2001).
Born February 14th, 1923 in A Coruña.
Died August 30th, 2001 at 78 years old in A Coruña. [ref]
Piero Regnoli
Italian screenwriter.
Born June 19th, 1921 in Rome. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2001 at 79 years old in Rome. [ref]
Helia Bravo Hollis
Mexican botanist, botanical collector, university teacher and director of the botanical garden at the national autonomous university of mexico (1901-2001).
Born September 30th, 1901 in Mixcoac. [ref]
Died September 26th, 2001 at 99 years old in Mexico City.
Carlo Bo
Italian poet, literary critic.
Born January 25th, 1911 in Sestri Levante. [ref]
Died July 21st, 2001 at 90 years old in Genoa. [ref]
Otto Stuppacher
Austrian racing driver (1947-2001).
Born March 3rd, 1947 in Vienna.
Died August 13th, 2001 at 54 years old in Vienna.
Olga Arsenievna Oleinik
Russian mathematician of ukrainian origin.
Born July 2nd, 1925 in Matusiv. [ref]
Died October 13th, 2001 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Arie van Vliet
Dutch sprint cyclist.
Born March 18th, 1916 in Woerden.
Died July 9th, 2001 at 85 years old in Woerden. [ref]
Bruce Halford
Racecar driver.
Born May 18th, 1931 in Hampton in Arden.
Died December 2nd, 2001 at 70 years old in Devon.
Gianluigi Bonelli
Italian comic book author and writer (1908-2001).
Born December 22nd, 1908 in Milan. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2001 at 92 years old in Alessandria. [ref]
Christl Haas
Austrian alpine skier.
Born September 19th, 1943 in Kitzbühel.
Died July 8th, 2001 at 57 years old in Manavgat (myocardial infarction).
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