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In the year 2011

936 Notable deaths

Don Diamond

American actor (1921-2011).

Born June 4th, 1921 in Brooklyn.

Died June 19th, 2011 at 90 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]

Yuri Budanov

Russian colonel convicted of murder of chechen girl (1963-2011).

Born November 24th, 1963 in Khartsyzk.

Died June 10th, 2011 at 47 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Bob Brookmeyer

American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer.

Born December 19th, 1929 in Kansas City. [ref]

Died December 16th, 2011 at 81 years old in New London (heart failure). [ref]

Lewis Binford

American archaeologist (1931-2011).

Born November 21st, 1931 in Norfolk.

Died April 11th, 2011 at 79 years old in Kirksville. [ref]

John Chamberlain

American artist (1927-2011).

Born April 16th, 1927 in Rochester. [ref]

Died December 21st, 2011 at 84 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

Koichi Tohei

Japanese aikidoka.

Born January 20th, 1920 in Tokyo.

Died May 19th, 2011 at 91 years old in Tokyo.

Theodore Roszak

American social historian, social critic, writer.

Born November 15th, 1933 in Chicago. [ref]

Died July 5th, 2011 at 77 years old in Berkeley. [ref]

Jeret Peterson

Freestyle skier.

Born December 12th, 1981 in Boise.

Died July 25th, 2011 at 29 years old in Salt Lake City (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Vann Nath

Cambodian writer and sculptor (1946-2011).

Born April 5th, 1946 in Battambang Province. [ref]

Died September 5th, 2011 at 65 years old in Phnom Penh (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Yelena Bonner

Human rights activist in the former soviet union; wife of dissident andrei sakharov.

Born February 15th, 1923 in Mary. [ref]

Died June 18th, 2011 at 88 years old in Boston (heart failure). [ref]

Deaths 351 to 360 of 936

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