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In the year 2001
620 Notable deaths
Boris Gregorka
Judge (1906-2001).
Born August 2nd, 1906 in Brežice.
Died March 16th, 2001 at 94 years old in Ljubljana.
Viktor Yakushev
Ice hockey player.
Born November 16th, 1937 in Moscow.
Died July 6th, 2001 at 63 years old in Moscow.
György Kőszegi
Hungarian weightlifter (1950-2001).
Born September 12th, 1950 in Nyíregyháza.
Died December 13th, 2001 at 51 years old in Tiszaújváros.
Fritz Fromm
German handball player (1913-2001).
Born April 12th, 1913 in Hanover.
Died October 13th, 2001 at 88 years old in Hanover.
Sergey Afanasyev
Engineer and minister of the soviet union.
Born August 30th, 1918 in Klin.
Died May 13th, 2001 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Robert Fowler
South african cyclist.
Born December 5th, 1931 in Krugersdorp.
Died December 27th, 2001 at 70 years old in Johannesburg.
Oleg Fedoseyev
Soviet long and triple jumper (1936-2001).
Born June 4th, 1936 in Moscow.
Died June 14th, 2001 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Charles King
English cyclist (1911-2001).
Born June 12th, 1911 in Putney.
Died July 19th, 2001 at 90 years old in Wellington.
Michael Ritchie
American film director (1938–2001).
Born November 18th, 1938 in Waukesha. [ref]
Died April 16th, 2001 at 62 years old in Manhattan (prostate cancer). [ref]
Lennart Atterwall
Swedish javelin thrower.
Born March 26th, 1911 in Perstorp.
Died April 23rd, 2001 at 90 years old in Sjöbo.
Deaths 581 to 590 of 620
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld