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In the year 2001
643 Notable deaths
Lalla Romano
Italian writer (1906-2001).
Born November 11th, 1906 in Demonte. [ref]
Died June 26th, 2001 at 94 years old in Milan. [ref]
Viktor Bannikov
Soviet footballer (1938-2001).
Born April 28th, 1938 in Luhyny.
Died April 25th, 2001 at 62 years old in Kyiv.
Donald McPherson
Canadian figure skater..
Born February 20th, 1945 in Windsor.
Died November 24th, 2001 at 56 years old in Munich (diabetes).
Jean Dorst
French ornithologist (1924-2001).
Born August 7th, 1924 in Mulhouse. [ref]
Died August 8th, 2001 at 77 years old in Paris. [ref]
Harry Winter
German-austrian singer.
Born September 24th, 1914 in Bytom.
Died December 3rd, 2001 at 87 years old in Vienna.
Liisi Oterma
Finnish astronomer.
Born January 6th, 1915 in Turku.
Died April 4th, 2001 at 86 years old in Turku.
Mirvarid Dilbazi
Azerbaijani poet.
Born August 12th, 1912 in Xanlıqlar.
Died July 12th, 2001 at 88 years old in Baku.
Villy Sørensen
Danish author and literary critic.
Born January 13th, 1929 in Frederiksberg. [ref]
Died December 16th, 2001 at 72 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Fayga Ostrower
Engraver, printmaker and painter (1920-2001).
Born September 14th, 1920 in Łódź.
Died September 13th, 2001 at 80 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Deaths 491 to 500 of 643
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde