In the year 2011
955 Notable deaths
Maurice Goldhaber
American physicist (1911-2011).
Born April 18th, 1911 in Lviv.
Died May 11th, 2011 at 100 years old in Suffolk County.
Imre Makovecz
Hungarian architect.
Born November 20th, 1935 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 27th, 2011 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Margaret Price
Welsh opera singer (1941-2011).
Born April 13th, 1941 in Blackwood. [ref]
Died January 28th, 2011 at 69 years old in Cardigan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Robert Brout
American physicist (1928-2011).
Born June 14th, 1928 in New York City.
Died May 3rd, 2011 at 82 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Paul Baghdadlian
Armenian singer.
Born July 10th, 1953 in Aleppo.
Died June 28th, 2011 at 57 years old in Glendale (lung cancer).
Bernard Greenhouse
American cellist and music pedagogue (1916-2011).
Born January 3rd, 1916 in Newark. [ref]
Died May 13th, 2011 at 95 years old in Wellfleet. [ref]
Thanasis Veggos
Actor and film director.
Born May 29th, 1927 in Piraeus.
Died May 3rd, 2011 at 83 years old in Athens. [ref]
Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam
Iranian brigadier general (1959–2011).
Born October 29th, 1959 in Tehran.
Died November 19th, 2011 at 52 years old in Bid Kaneh.
Hedda Sterne
Romanian-american artist (1910–2011).
Born August 4th, 1910 in Romania. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2011 at 100 years old in New York City. [ref]
José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
Spanish scientist (1915-2011).
Born August 8th, 1915 in Ronda.
Died September 15th, 2011 at 96 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Deaths 451 to 460 of 955
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche