In the year 2011
955 Notable deaths
Eva Strittmatter
German poet.
Born February 8th, 1930 in Neuruppin. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 2011 at 80 years old in Berlin (disease). [ref]
Daniil Sobchenko
Russian ice hockey player.
Born April 13th, 1991 in Kyiv.
Died September 7th, 2011 at 20 years old in Tunoshna.
Iraj Afshar
Iranian bibliographer, historian (1925–2011).
Born October 8th, 1925 in Tehran.
Died March 9th, 2011 at 85 years old in Tehran.
Tom Brown
American tennis player (1922–2011).
Born September 26th, 1922 in Washington, D.C..
Died October 27th, 2011 at 89 years old in Castro Valley (Alzheimer's disease).
Mikhail Simonov
Russian aircraft designer (1929-2011).
Born October 19th, 1929 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died March 4th, 2011 at 81 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Kjell Johansson
Swedish table tennis player (1946–2011).
Born October 5th, 1946 in Eskilstuna.
Died October 24th, 2011 at 65 years old in Eksjö.
Assar Rönnlund
Swedish cross-country skier (1935-2011).
Born September 3rd, 1935 in Umeå.
Died January 5th, 2011 at 75 years old in Umeå. [ref]
Carl Robie
American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, lawyer.
Died November 30th, 2011 at 66 years old in Sarasota. [ref]
Frans Sammut
Maltese author (1945–2011).
Born November 19th, 1945 in Żebbuġ.
Died May 4th, 2011 at 65 years old in Malta. [ref]
Clifford Darling
Bahamian politician (1922-2011).
Born February 6th, 1922 in Acklins.
Died December 27th, 2011 at 89 years old in Nassau. [ref]
Deaths 681 to 690 of 955
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson