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In the year 2011
955 Notable deaths
José Alencar
Vice president of brazil from 2003 to 2010 (1931–2011).
Born October 17th, 1931 in Muriaé.
Died March 29th, 2011 at 79 years old in São Paulo (stomach cancer).
Yoshio Harada
Japanese actor (1940-2011).
Born February 29th, 1940 in Adachi-ku.
Died July 19th, 2011 at 71 years old in Tokyo (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]
María Mercader
Actress (1918-2011).
Born March 6th, 1918 in Barcelona.
Died January 26th, 2011 at 92 years old in Rome. [ref]
Josef Vašíček
Czech ice hockey player (1980–2011).
Born September 12th, 1980 in Havlíčkův Brod. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2011 at 30 years old in Tunoshna Airport (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster). [ref]
Aristides Maria Pereira
Cape verdean politician, and first president of cape verde (1923-2011).
Born November 17th, 1923 in Boa Vista.
Died September 22nd, 2011 at 87 years old in Coimbra.
Jimmy Sangster
Screenwriter.
Born December 2nd, 1927 in Kinmel Bay.
Died August 19th, 2011 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Erhard Loretan
Swiss mountaineer (1959-2011).
Born April 28th, 1959 in Bulle.
Died April 28th, 2011 at 52 years old in Grünhorn (death from falling from height). [ref]
Gilbert Cates
American film director and television producer.
Born June 6th, 1934 in New York City.
Died October 31st, 2011 at 77 years old in Los Angeles.
Peter Newmark
English translation scholar.
Born April 12th, 1916 in Brno.
Died July 12th, 2011 at 95 years old [ref]
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