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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Kaija Siren
Finnish architect (1920-2001).
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Kotka. [ref]
Died January 15th, 2001 at 80 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Bahne Rabe
West german rower.
Born August 7th, 1963 in Hamburg.
Died August 5th, 2001 at 37 years old in Kiel.
Algodão
Brazilian basketball player.
Born March 1st, 1925 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died March 10th, 2001 at 76 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Sergio Mantovani
Italian racing driver.
Born May 22nd, 1929 in Cusano Milanino.
Died February 23rd, 2001 at 71 years old in Milan.
Emin Sabitoglu
Film score composer (1937-2000).
Born November 2nd, 1937 in Baku.
Died October 18th, 2001 at 63 years old in Baku.
Henry Jonsson
Swedish middle- and long distance runner.
Died March 9th, 2001 at 88 years old in Stockholm.
Mario Perazzolo
Italian footballer and manager (1911-2001).
Died August 3rd, 2001 at 90 years old in Padua.
Bill Roberts
British sprinter (1912-2001).
Born April 5th, 1912 in Salford.
Died December 5th, 2001 at 89 years old in Timperley.
Brenda Helser
American swimmer.
Born May 26th, 1926 in San Francisco.
Died March 26th, 2001 at 74 years old
Gerardo Barbero
Argentine chess player.
Born August 21st, 1961 in Lanús.
Died March 4th, 2001 at 39 years old in Budapest (cancer).
Deaths 491 to 500 of 620
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