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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Jean Richard
French actor.
Born April 18th, 1921 in Bessines. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2001 at 80 years old in Senlis (cancer). [ref]
Josef Peters
German racing driver (1914–2001).
Born September 16th, 1914 in Düsseldorf.
Died April 24th, 2001 at 86 years old in Düsseldorf.
Juan Muñoz
Spanish sculptor.
Born July 17th, 1953 in Madrid. [ref]
Died August 28th, 2001 at 48 years old in Ibiza. [ref]
José García Nieto
Spanish poet and writer.
Born July 6th, 1914 in Oviedo.
Died February 27th, 2001 at 86 years old in Madrid.
Chantal Chaudé de Silans
French chess player.
Born March 9th, 1919 in Versailles. [ref]
Died September 6th, 2001 at 82 years old in Grasse. [ref]
Jale İnan
Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001).
Born February 1st, 1914 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2001 at 87 years old in Istanbul.
Roland Stoltz
Swedish ice hockey player (1931-2001).
Born August 1st, 1931 in Stockholm.
Died February 19th, 2001 at 69 years old in Stockholm.
Ken Green
English footballer (1924-2001).
Born April 27th, 1924 in Plaistow. [ref]
Died June 8th, 2001 at 77 years old in Sutton Coldfield. [ref]
Boris Stenin
Soviet speed skater.
Born January 17th, 1935 in Yekaterinburg.
Died January 18th, 2001 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 531 to 540 of 620
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson