In the year 2011
1,022 Notable deaths
Anatole Abragam
French physicist (1914-2011).
Born December 15th, 1914 in Grīva. [ref]
Died June 8th, 2011 at 96 years old in Vitry-sur-Seine. [ref]
Christiane Desroches Noblecourt
French egyptologist (1913-2011).
Born November 17th, 1913 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 23rd, 2011 at 97 years old in Épernay.
Ivan Tkachenko
Russian ice hockey player (1979–2011).
Born November 9th, 1979 in Yaroslavl.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 31 years old in Tunoshna (traffic collision).
Gordon Beck
British musician (1936–2011).
Born September 16th, 1935 in Brixton.
Died November 6th, 2011 at 76 years old in Ely. [ref]
Wenche Foss
Norwegian diva, actress, singer, recording artist (1917–2011).
Born December 5th, 1917 in Christiania.
Died March 28th, 2011 at 93 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Ivan Martin Jirous
Czech poet (1944–2011).
Born September 23rd, 1944 in Humpolec. [ref]
Died November 10th, 2011 at 67 years old in Prague. [ref]
Hiroyuki Nagato
Japanese actor (1934–2011).
Born January 10th, 1934 in Nakagyō Ward.
Died May 21st, 2011 at 77 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Iya Savvina
Soviet and russian actress (1936-2011).
Born March 2nd, 1936 in Voronezh.
Died August 27th, 2011 at 75 years old in Moscow (skin cancer). [ref]
Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov
Russian pianist (1943-2011).
Born April 14th, 1943 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2011 at 68 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Claudia Heill
Austrian judoka.
Born January 24th, 1982 in Vienna.
Died March 31st, 2011 at 29 years old in Vienna (falling from height).
Deaths 641 to 650 of 1022
I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen