In the year 2001
643 Notable deaths
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).
Jay Chamberlain
American racing driver (1925-2001).
Born December 29th, 1925 in Los Angeles.
Died August 1st, 2001 at 75 years old in Tucson.
Simon Slåttvik
Norwegian nordic combined skier (1917-2001).
Born July 24th, 1917 in Valnesfjord.
Died May 7th, 2001 at 83 years old in Lillehammer.
Encarnacion Alzona
Filipino historian, educator and suffragist (1895-2001).
Born March 23rd, 1895 in Biñan.
Died March 13th, 2001 at 105 years old in Manila.
Ibrahim Shams
Egyptian weightlifter.
Born January 16th, 1917 in Alexandria.
Died January 16th, 2001 at 84 years old in Alexandria.
Herbert Klein
German swimmer.
Born March 25th, 1923 in Wrocław.
Died September 25th, 2001 at 78 years old in Munich.
Alexei Tupolev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1925-2001).
Born May 20th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died May 12th, 2001 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Hannie Termeulen
Dutch swimmer.
Born February 18th, 1929 in Wiesbaden.
Died March 1st, 2001 at 72 years old in Amsterdam.
Deaths 511 to 520 of 643
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner