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In the year 2011
1,021 Notable deaths
Jorge Semprún
Spanish writer (1923-2011).
Born December 10th, 1923 in Madrid.
Died June 7th, 2011 at 87 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam
Iranian brigadier general (1959–2011).
Born October 29th, 1959 in Tehran.
Died November 19th, 2011 at 52 years old in Bid Kaneh.
Gilbert Adair
Scottish writer, journalist, translator, film critic and poet (1944–2011).
Born December 29th, 1944 in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock.
Died December 8th, 2011 at 66 years old in London (stroke).
David Bedford
English composer and musician.
Born August 4th, 1937 in London. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2011 at 74 years old (cancer). [ref]
Koichi Tohei
Japanese aikidoka (1920–2011).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Tokyo.
Died May 19th, 2011 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Claude R. Kirk
36th governor of florida (1926–2011).
Born January 7th, 1926 in San Bernardino.
Died September 28th, 2011 at 85 years old in West Palm Beach. [ref]
Daniel Quillen
American mathematician.
Born June 22nd, 1940 in Orange. [ref]
Died April 30th, 2011 at 70 years old in San Francisco (Alzheimer's disease).
William Lipscomb
Nobel prize-winning american inorganic and organic chemist.
Born December 9th, 1919 in Cleveland.
Died April 14th, 2011 at 91 years old in Cambridge (pneumonia). [ref]
Roland Petit
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011).
Born January 13th, 1924 in Villemomble.
Died July 10th, 2011 at 87 years old in Geneva (leukemia). [ref]
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Italian film director.
Born September 4th, 1919 in Barga. [ref]
Died August 17th, 2011 at 91 years old in Rome. [ref]
Deaths 411 to 420 of 1021
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan