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In the year 2011
1,023 Notable deaths
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]
Wiel Coerver
Dutch football manager (1924–2011).
Born December 3rd, 1924 in Kerkrade.
Died April 22nd, 2011 at 86 years old in Kerkrade (pneumonia). [ref]
Sergei Bagapsh
Abkhazian politician (1949-2011).
Born March 4th, 1949 in Sukhumi.
Died May 29th, 2011 at 62 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Sándor Képíró
Hungarian police officer (1914–2011).
Born February 18th, 1914 in Sarkad.
Died September 3rd, 2011 at 97 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Jeret Peterson
Aerial skier.
Born December 12th, 1981 in Boise.
Died July 25th, 2011 at 29 years old in Salt Lake City (gunshot wound). [ref]
Claudio Bravo
Chilean painter (1936–2011).
Born November 8th, 1936 in Valparaíso.
Died June 4th, 2011 at 74 years old in Taroudant (epilepsy). [ref]
Agota Kristof
Hungarian swiss writer, poet, novelist and playwright.
Born October 30th, 1935 in Győr-Moson-Sopron County. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2011 at 75 years old in Neuchâtel. [ref]
Brian Haw
British peace activist (1949–2011).
Born January 7th, 1949 in Essex, Woodford Green.
Died June 18th, 2011 at 62 years old in Berlin (lung cancer). [ref]
Nasser Hejazi
Iranian footballer.
Born December 19th, 1949 in Tehran.
Died May 23rd, 2011 at 61 years old in Tehran (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 421 to 430 of 1023
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut