Deaths in 2001
See also: other events of 2001, Deaths in 2002 and Recent deaths.
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December 2001
- 30 Eileen Heckart, US actor, Oscar winner
- 15 Rufus Thomas, R&B/soul singer (b. 1917)
- 8 Don Tennant, US advertising executive, invented Tony the Tiger for Kellogg's and the Marlboro Man
- 5 Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist, shot by pirates on the Amazon River.
- 5 Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist.
- 4 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor and Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
November 2001
- 30 Robert Tools, first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart, at age 59 after 151 days without a living heart.
- 29 John Knowles, author, "A Separate Peace"
- 29 George Harrison, 58, British musician and former member of The Beatles.
- 28 William Kienzle, author of murder mysteries with Catholic priest detective
- 24 Melanie Thornton, aged 34, singer, (plane crash near Zürich)
- 22 Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.
- 12 Tony Miles, English chess player.
- 10 Ken Kesey, 66, American author, counter-cultural figure.
October 2001
- 15 Zhang Xueliang (aged 100), Chinese warlord and military figure. Important individual in recent Chinese history
- 12 Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone (Quintin Hogg), aged 94 — British lawyer and politician
September 2001
- 22 Isaac Stern, 81, Ukrainian violinist.
- 13 Victor Wong, aged 74, American movie actor and artist.
- 11 – Barbara Kay Olson, 45, American conservative television commentator, died in terrorist attack on The Pentagon.
- 11 Casualties from the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack.
- 9 Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghani Northern Alliance military commander.
- 7 Spede Pasanen, Finnish television star.
- 3 Thuy Trang, American actress
- 3 Pauline Kael, 82, American movie critic.
- 2 Christiaan Barnard, 78, South African heart surgeon, first to perform a human-to-human heart transplant.
August 2001
- 25 Aaliyah, 22, American singer and actress.
- 20 Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and science fiction writer.
- 6 Jorge Amado, 88, Brazilian writer.
- 3 Christopher Hewett, 79, British actor
- 1 Korey Stringer, 26, American football player.
- 1 Poul Anderson, American fantasy and Science Fiction author.
July 2001
- 29 Wau Holland, 49, German hacker, founder of the CCC (heart attack).
- 29 Edward Gierek, Polish politician.
- 27 Leon Wilkeson, 49, American musician, bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- 18 Fabio Taglioni, automotive engineer.
- 11 Herman Brood, 54, Dutch rock musician, painter and publicity freak (suicide).
- 5 Hannelore Kohl, 68, wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl (suicide).
June 2001
- 30 Chet Atkins, 77, American country musician
- 28 Joan Sims, 71, British actress
- 27 Jack Lemmon, 76, American actor and film director.
- 21 Carroll O'Connor, 76, American actor.
- 21 John Lee Hooker, 83, American Blues musician
- 20 Bob Keegan, 80, baseball player
- 11 Timothy McVeigh, 33, American terrorist (executed by the Government of the United States).
- 10 – Princess Leila of Iran.
- 4 Joey Maxim, world Light Heavyweight champion boxer, 79 years old
- 4 King Dipendra of Nepal.
- 3 Anthony Quinn, 86, Mexican-American actor.
- 1 King Birendra and Queen Aiswarya of Nepal.
- 1 Hank Ketcham, 81, American cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace.
- 1 Marie Brémont, Oldest Person in the World
May 2001
- 28 Francisco Varela, 54, Chilean biologist and philosopher
- 12 Perry Como, 87, American singer.
- 11 Douglas Adams, 49 (heart attack), British author, works included Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently, Doctor Who.
- 5 Cliff Hillegass, 83, American creator of Cliff Notes (stroke).
- 1? Chandra Levy, 24, intern at the Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC. (unconfirmed).
April 2001
- 15 Joey Ramone, American musician, lead singer for The Ramones.
- 12 Harvey Ball, American inventor of the smiley
- 11 Sir Harry Secombe, 79, (heart attack), Welsh actor, comedian, member of The Goon Show.
- 10 Willie Stargell, American baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 7 Beatrice Straight, Academy Award-winning actress (Network, Poltergeist) (b. 1914)
March 2001
- 22 William Hanna, American animator, co-founder (with Joseph Barbera) of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio.
- 22 Sabiha Gökçen, 88, the first Turkish female aviator and the first female combat pilot of the world.
- 21 Norma Macmillan, American cartoon voice actress.
- 18 John Phillips, American singer, co-founder of Popular Music group The Mamas and the Papas.
- 15 Ann Sothern,92, ( stroke), actress Former wife of the actor Robert Sterling
- 12 Robert Ludlum, author of spy novels.
- 12 Morton Downey, Jr.,(lung cancer) American television personality.
- 4 Harold Stassen, American politician.
- 4 Glenn Hughes, leather dude of the Popular Music group The Village People
February 2001
- 25 Sir Donald Bradman, 92, cricketer
- 24 Claude Elwood Shannon, mathematician.
- 19 Charles Trenet, popular French singer.
- 19 Priscilla Davis, former Fort Worth, Texas socialite.
- 19 Stanley Kramer, 87, American movie director.
- 18 Dale Earnhardt, American NASCAR race car driver.
- 18 Balthus, 92, French painter.
- 14 Alan Ross, 78, Anglo-Indian poet and editor
- 12 Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer.
- 7 Dale Evans, 88, actress, singer
- 7 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author, aviator.
- 4 Iannis Xenakis, 78, Greek-French composer.
January 2001
- 31 Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian science fiction writer.
- 30 Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor
- 23 Moy Yat, Chinese Sealmaker, Martial Artist.
- 16 Laurent-Désiré Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (assassinated; death confirmed on January 18).
- 13 Michael Cuccione, actor/musican (of MTV fictional boyband 2gether) death due lungs collapse after a bout with pneumonia, he successfully battled Hodgkins with radiation which caused lungs to shrink
- 12 Affirmed, race horse (b. 1975)
- 12 William Hewlett, American co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.
- 1 Ray Walston, actor
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