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In the year 2011
1,003 Notable deaths
Alexander Karpovtsev
Russian ice hockey player.
Born April 7th, 1970 in Moscow.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 41 years old in Tunoshna.
Naoki Matsuda
Japanese association football player (1977-2011).
Born March 14th, 1977 in Kiryū.
Died August 4th, 2011 at 34 years old in Matsumoto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Park Tae-joon
South korean politician, army general and businessperson (1927-2011).
Born September 29th, 1927 in Busan.
Died December 13th, 2011 at 84 years old in Seoul.
Igor Korolev
Russian ice hockey player (1970-2011).
Born September 6th, 1970 in Zelenograd.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 41 years old in Tunoshna.
Craig Thomas
Welsh author of thrillers (1942-2011).
Born November 24th, 1942 in Cardiff.
Died April 4th, 2011 at 68 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
Roman Opałka
French-born polish painter (1931-2011).
Born August 27th, 1931 in Hallencourt. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2011 at 79 years old in Chieti (sepsis). [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]
Yosef Shiloach
Israeli actor.
Born July 9th, 1941 in Iranian Kurdistan.
Died January 3rd, 2011 at 69 years old in Tel Aviv (cancer). [ref]
Eva Ekvall
Venezuelan tv news anchor, author, breast cancer awareness advocate, fashion model, and former miss venezuela.
Born March 15th, 1983 in Caracas.
Died December 17th, 2011 at 28 years old in Houston (breast cancer). [ref]
Paul Reeves
New zealand viceroy, cleric (1932–2011).
Born December 6th, 1932 in Wellington.
Died August 14th, 2011 at 78 years old in Auckland (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 451 to 460 of 1003
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