Deaths Date 2000 | History by KabAstro

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Jan 11 Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], American model and actress (Invaders from Mars), dies at 76
Jan 11 Ivan Combe, American inventor of personal care products (Clearasil), dies at 88
Jan 11 Phil Carrick, English cricketer (Yorkshire County Cricket Club), dies at 47
Jan 12 Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
Jan 12 Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
Jan 13 Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), dies at 75
Jan 14 Charles Pick, British publisher (William Heinemann), dies at 82
Jan 15 Arkan [Željko Ražnatović], Serbian paramilitary leader, dies at 47
Jan 15 Frances "Fran" Ryan, American actress (Stripes, The Long Riders), dies of natural causes at 83
Jan 15 Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
Jan 16 Gene Harris [Haire], American soul-jazz pianist (The Three Sounds), dies of kidney failure at 66
Jan 16 Will "Dub" Jones, American bass singer (The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"), dies at 71
Jan 17 Philip Jones, British classical trumpeter (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, 1951-86), and educator, dies at 71
Jan 18 Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray), dies from natural causes at 87
Jan 18 Jester Hairston, American actor (That's My Mama, Amen), dies at 98

Jan 18 Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
Jan 18 Nancy Coleman, American actress (Edge of Darkness), dies at 87
Jan 19 Bettino Craxi, Italian socialist politician (Prime Minister, 1983-87), dies from complications of diabetes at 65

Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000)

Jan 19 Austrian-American actress (Ecstasy, Samson & Delilah) and inventor (radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes), dies of heart failure at 86

Jan 20 (John) Don Abney, American session and touring jazz pianist, and musical director, dies of kidney disease at 76
Jan 20 Ray Jones, British rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas), dies at 60
Jan 22 Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska), dies at 83
Jan 22 Craig Claiborne, American food columnist (NY Times Cookbook), dies at 79
Jan 22 E. W. Swanton, English author and sports commentator (cricket - BBC Radio), dies at 92
Jan 24 Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
Jan 26 A. E. van Vogt, Canadian sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn), dies at 87
Jan 26 Don Budge, American tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles, Grand Slam 1938), dies of cardiac arrest at 84
Jan 26 Kathleen Hale, British children book writer and illustrator (Orlando), dies at 101
Jan 27 Friedrich Gulda, Austrian classical and jazz pianist and composer (Ineffable; Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra), dies at 69
Jan 27 Mae Faggs, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m 1952), dies from cancer at 67
Jan 31 (Simon) "Si" Zentner, American jazz, session, and pop trombonist and big-band lbandeader, dies of leukemia at 82
Jan 31 Anne Cox Chambers, American media owner (Cox Enterprises) and US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81), dies at 100
Jan 31 Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. 1926)
Jan 31 Ralph Manza, American actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart), dies of a heart attack at 78
Feb 1 Dick Rathmann, American auto racer (first Indy pole-sitter to complete no laps), dies at 74
Feb 1 Peter Levi, British archeologist, poet (Pancakes for the Queen of Babylon; Shadows and Bones), Jesuit priest, and academic, dies at 68
Feb 1 Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and newspaper publisher (La Presse), dies at 86
Feb 2 Todor Popov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 79
Feb 3 Richard Kleindienst, American lawyer and civil servant (Attorney General during Watergate scandal, 1972-73), dies of lung cancer at 76
Feb 4 Carl Albert, American politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1971-77), dies at 91
Feb 4 Doris Coley, American pop singer (The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Baby It's You"), dies of breast cancer at 58
Feb 4 Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer, dies at 80
Feb 5 Barbara Pentland, Canadian concert pianist and composer, dies at 88
Feb 5 Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (Four Bags Full, Rouge et noir), dies at 98
Feb 7 "Lonesome Dave" Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), dies of complications from cancer at 56
Feb 7 Big Pun [Christopher Rios], Puerto Rican-American rapper ("I'm Not A Player"), dies of a heart attack at 28
Feb 7 Doug Henning, Canadian magician, dies at 52
Feb 8 Bob Collins [Harold Lee], American radio broadcaster (WGN- 720AM, Chicago, 1986-2000), die in mid-air plane collision at 57
Feb 8 Derrick Thomas, American Pro and College Football Hall of Fame linebacker / end (Pro Bowl 1989–97; First-team All-Pro 1990–92; KC Chiefs), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 33
Feb 8 Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), dies at 81
Feb 9 Beau Jack, American boxer (NYSAC world lightweight champion 1942-44), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 78
Feb 10 Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail; Hey Vern: The Beverly Hillbillies movie), dies of lung cancer at 50
Feb 10 Ronald Roseman, American oboist, composer, and music professor, dies of cancer at 66
Feb 11 Jacqueline Auriol, French aviator, dies at 82
Feb 11 Roger Vadim, French film director (And God Created Woman; Barbarella), dies of cancer at 72
Feb 12 (Jalacy) "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("I Put a Spell On You"), and actor, dies of an aneurysm at 70
Feb 12 Andy Lewis, Australian musician (The Whitlams), commits suicide at 33

Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000)

Feb 12 American cartoonist (Peanuts), dies of colon cancer at 77

Feb 12 Oliver [William Swofford], American pop singer ("Good Morning Starshine"), dies of cancer at 54

Tom Landry (1924-2000)

Feb 12 American NFL player, 1949-55 (NY Giants) and coach, 1960-88 (Dallas Cowboys), dies of leukemia at 75

Feb 13 James Cooke Brown, American author and inventor (b. 1921)
Feb 14 Walter Zinn, Canadian-American nuclear physicist (invented the breeder reactor), dies at 93
Feb 16 Karsten Solheim, American golf entrepreneur (PING, Solheim Cup), dies at 88
Feb 16 Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (Zorba the Greek (1964), Sword of the Valiant, The Tenant), dies of congestive heart disease and Alzheimer's disease at 81
Feb 16 Marceline Day [Newlin], American actress, mostly in silent films (The Cameraman; The Jazz Age; The Arm of the Law), dies at 91
Feb 18 Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927
Feb 19 Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (Mayor of Saint Petersburg), dies of a suspected poisoning at 62
Feb 19 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand artist and architect (Hundertwasserhaus) known for his work in environmental protection, dies at 71
Feb 19 Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian violinist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 91
Feb 20 Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
Feb 21 Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball coach (b. 1933)
Feb 21 Violet Archer [Balestreri], Canadian percussionist, composer, teacher, and organist, dies at 86
Feb 22 Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (b. 1946)
Feb 22 Louis Alfred Mennini, American composer, dies at 79
Feb 23 Albrecht Goes, German writer and theologian, dies at 91
Feb 23 Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
Feb 23 Stanley Matthews, English soccer forward (54 caps; Stoke City, Blackpool; 1st British player to be knighted), dies at 85
Feb 26 George L. Street III, American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 86
Feb 26 Giovanna of Savoy, Italian princess, and Tsaritsa of Bulgaria (1930-43), dies at 92
Feb 28 George Siravo, American big band and session saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor (Columbia Records), dies at 83
Feb 29 Abe Bolar, American double bass player (Oklahoma City Blue Devils; Hot Lips Page; Count Basie), dies at 90
Feb 29 Dennis Danell, American punk rock guitarist (Social Distortion), dies of heart failure at 38
Mar 2 Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (Olympic gold team 1998; World C'ship gold 1993, 94, 87), dies of metastatic adenocarcinoma at 36
Mar 3 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer ("La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains), conductor, and alpinist, dies at 95
Mar 5 Lolo Ferrari [Eve Valois], French adult actress and dancer, dies from an overdose of prescription drugs at 37
Mar 6 Chris Balderstone, English cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976), dies at 59
Mar 6 John Colicos, Canadian actor (Battlestar Galactica), dies of a heart attack at 71
Mar 7 Charles Gray, British actor (Clay-Rawhide, Diamonds Are Forever, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), dies at 71
Mar 7 Edward H. Levi, American law professor (Intro to Legal Reasoning), dies at 88
Mar 7 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), dies of a heart attack at 84
Mar 9 Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
Mar 10 John Sladek, American sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs), dies at 62
Mar 11 Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (Olympic gold individual, team, horse vault, 2 x bronze 1936; silver 1952), dies at 87
Mar 12 Mack Robinson, American 200m dash (Olympic silver 1932), dies at 85
Mar 15 Robert Welch, English designer, silversmith (Robert Welch flatware), dies at 70
Mar 16 Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard, dies at 79
Mar 16 Thomas Ferebee, Enola Gay bombardier over Hiroshima, dies at 81
Mar 18 Eberhard Bethge, German theologian (b. 1909)
Mar 20 Gene Eugene [Andrusco], Canadian-American actor, singer-songwriter (Adam Again; Lost Dogs), and record producer, dies of a brain aneurysm at 38
Mar 20 Vivian Fine, American composer (Women in the Garden), dies after a car accident at 86
Mar 23 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), dies at 62
Mar 24 Al Grey, American jazz trombonist (Snap Your Fingers), dies at 74
Mar 25 Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
Mar 26 Alex Comfort, English author (The Joy of Sex), dies at 80
Mar 27 Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), dies at 57
Mar 28 Albert "Ab" Abspoel, Dutch actor and director (Surprise Attack, Elevator), dies at 74
Mar 28 Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
Mar 30 Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), dies at 84
Apr 1 Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist, dies at 75
Apr 2 Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and informant, dies living under the witness protection program in the US at 71
Apr 3 Terence McKenna, American writer and philosopher (b. 1946)
Apr 4 Kenneth Allen, English industrialist (WH Allen and Sons Ltd, helped form CBI and negotiate 40 hr week), dies at 92 [1]
Apr 5 Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
Apr 6 Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian statesman, 1st President of Tunisia (1957-87), dies at 96
Apr 7 Heinz [Burt], British rock bassist (The Tornados - "Telstar"), dies from complications of a stroke at 57 [1]
Apr 8 Bernie Grant, British politician (Labour), dies of a heart attack at 56

Claire Trevor (1910-2000)

Apr 8 American actress (Marjorie Morningstar), dies of respiratory failure at 91

Apr 10 Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (The Kingdom, Matador, Een stor familie), dies at 71
Apr 10 Larry Linville, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-77 - "Major Frank Burns"), dies of pneumonia, following cancer surgery in at 60
Apr 10 Peter Jones, British actor (Chariots of Fire, From a Bird's Eye View), dies of natural causes at 79
Apr 11 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
Apr 11 Lucia Dlugoszewski, Polish-American composer (Fire Fragile Flight), dies at 74
Apr 12 Niaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Dacca, Public Works Dep't, East Pakistan, Railways; only East Pakistani to play Test cricket), dies at 54
Apr 13 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball utility (World Series 1941; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 90
Apr 13 Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure), dies at 84
Apr 13 Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, dies at 94
Apr 14 Phil Katz, American computer programmer (Zip file format), dies from the effects of alcoholism at 37
Apr 14 Wilf Mannion, English footballer (b. 1918)
Apr 15 Edward Gorey, American illustrator, dies at 75
Apr 19 Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer, dies at 82
Apr 21 Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires), dies at 70
Apr 22 Alexander H. Cohen, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe), dies at 79
Apr 22 Toon Hermans, Dutch poet (Kolderliedjes), dies at 83
Apr 24 Alma Heflin, American commercial airplane test pilot and child psychologist, dies at 89
Apr 24 Derek Allhusen, English equestrian rider (Olympic gold team, silver Individual eventing 1968), dies at 86
Apr 24 John Beck, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests; 3 x 50; top score 99; Wellington), dies at 65
Apr 25 Claire Hogan, American jazz and big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, 1948-50), dies at 73 [1]
Apr 25 David Merrick, American theatrical producer (Hello Dolly), dies at 88
Apr 25 Lucien le Cam, French mathematician (b. 1924)
Apr 25 Neils Viggo Bentzon, Danish pianist and composer (The Tempered Piano), dies at 80
Apr 27 Vicki Sue Robinson, American stage and screen actress, and pop singer ("Turn the Beat Around"), dies of cancer at 45
Apr 28 Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician, dies at 74
Apr 28 Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer, dies at 83
Apr 30 Bernhard Heiden [Levi], German-American composer (Dreamers on a Slack Wire; Euphorion), and music teacher (University of Indiana, 1945-74), dies at 89
May 1 Stephen "Steve" Reeves, American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist (Hercules, Goliath, Sandokan), dies from a blood clot at 74
May 3 John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
May 3 Yoshinao Nakada, Japanese composer, dies at 76
May 5 Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1938, 48; Giro d'Italia 1936-7, 46), dies of a heart attack at 85
May 6 Leonard Salzedo, British orchestral, ballet, and film composer (The Witch Boy; Requiem Sine Voxibus, Hammer Films), dies at 78

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000)

May 7 American actor (Prisoner of Zenda; Gunga Din), and decorated US naval officer (WWII Beach Jumpers), dies of a heart attack at 90

May 8 Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (b. 1959)
May 8 Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
May 8 Henry Nicols, American AIDS activist, dies as the result of a car accident at 26
May 8 Karl-Rudi Griesbach, German composer, dies at 83
May 10 Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
May 10 Jules Deschênes, Canadian Quebec Superior Court judge, dies at 76
May 11 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (Masquerade), dies at 93
May 12 Adam Petty, American auto racer (son of Kyle Petty; death leads to NASCAR mandate of steering wheel kill switch), dies in practice session accident at 19
May 13 Olivier Greif, French classical composer (Lettres de Westerbork), dies at 50
May 13 Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
May 14 Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
May 15 Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (née Myrtle Arbuthnot), British model and photographer (as Ziki Arnot), and politician (House of Lords, 1990-200), dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) - a rare brain disorder at 66
May 16 Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (b. 1988)
May 16 William Ferris, American composer and conductor (William Ferris Chorale, 1971-2000), dies while conducting a rehearsal of Verdi's Requiem at 63
May 17 Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (1974-80), dies at 90
May 18 Gideon William Waldrop, American composer and educator (Julliard School, 1961-85), dies at 80
May 18 Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar, dies at 68
May 18 Steve Wolownik, American ethnomusicologist, balalaika player, arranger, and co-founder of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America, dies at 54
May 19 Larry Lamb, British newspaper editor (The Sun, 1969-72 and 1975-81; Daily Express, 1983-86; The Australian, 1991-92), dies at 70
May 19 Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut, dies at 66
May 20 Jean-Pierre Rampal, French classical flautist (The Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano), dies of heart failure at 72
May 21 Barbara Cartland, English romance author (Camfield #69), dies at 98

John Gielgud (1904-2000)

May 21 British stage and screen actor and director (Arthur, Hamlet, Ages of Man), dies at 96

May 21 Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956)
May 23 Marcus Hutson, American R&B singer (The Whispers - "And the Beat Goes On"; "Rock Steady"), dies of prostate cancer at 57
May 24 Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
May 25 Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 53
May 27 Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917)
May 27 Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)

Maurice Richard (1921-2000)

May 27 Canadian NHL star (Montreal Canadiens, MVP-1947), dies of abdominal cancer and parkinson's disease at 78

May 28 Eric Turner, American football safety (First-team All-Pro 1994; Pro Bowl 1994, 96; NFL interceptions co-leader 1994; Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens), dies of stomach cancer at 31
May 30 Doris Hare, Welsh actress (b. 1905)
May 30 Tex Beneke, American bandleader and musician (b. 1914)
May 31 Joe Puma, American session and jazz guitarist (Herbie Mann; Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five; Chuck Wayne), dies at 72