Deaths in 2001

Table of contents

1 December 2001
2 November 2001
3 October 2001
4 September 2001
5 August 2001
6 July 2001
7 June 2001
8 May 2001
9 April 2001
10 March 2001
11 February 2001
12 January 2001

December 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 ZÃÂ¼rich)
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.

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

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.

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).

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
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 BrÃÂ©mont, Oldest Person in the World

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).

15 Joey Ramone, American musician, lead singer for The Ramones.
11 Harry Secombe, 79, Welsh actor, comedian, member of The Goon Show.
10 Willie Stargell, American baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

22 William Hanna, American animatorm, co-founder (with Joseph Barbera) of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio.
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, actress
12 Robert Ludlum, author of spy novels.
12 Morton Downey, Jr, American television personality.
4 Harold Stassen, American politician.
4 Glenn Hughes, leather dude of the Popular Music group The Village People