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In the year 2011
1,000 Notable deaths
Heavy D
American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and musician (1967-2011).
Born May 24th, 1967 in Mandeville.
Died November 8th, 2011 at 44 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Betty Ford
First lady of the united states (1974—1977).
Born April 8th, 1918 in Chicago.
Died July 8th, 2011 at 93 years old in Rancho Mirage. [ref]
Sidney Lumet
American director, producer and screenwriter (1924-2011).
Born June 25th, 1924 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2011 at 86 years old in Manhattan (lymphoma). [ref]
Cliff Robertson
American actor (1923–2011).
Born September 9th, 1923 in La Jolla.
Died September 10th, 2011 at 88 years old in Stony Brook. [ref]
Diane Cilento
Australian actress (1932–2011).
Born October 5th, 1933 in Mooloolaba. [ref]
Died October 6th, 2011 at 78 years old in Cairns Base Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Gary Speed
Welsh association football player and manager (1969-2011).
Born September 8th, 1969 in Mancot.
Died November 27th, 2011 at 42 years old in Huntington (hanging). [ref]
Anwar al-Awlaki
Yemeni-american imam.
Born April 22nd, 1971 in Las Cruces.
Died September 30th, 2011 at 40 years old in Al Jawf Governorate (airstrike).
Geraldine Ferraro
American lawyer and politician (1935–2011).
Born August 26th, 1935 in Newburgh.
Died March 26th, 2011 at 75 years old in Boston (pneumonia, multiple myeloma). [ref]
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the unix operating system and the c programming language.
Born September 9th, 1941 in Bronxville.
Died October 12th, 2011 at 70 years old in Berkeley Heights (prostate cancer). [ref]
Gil Scott-Heron
American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author.
Born April 1st, 1949 in Chicago. [ref]
Died May 27th, 2011 at 62 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 1000
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