List of Famous people who died in 2001

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Russell M. Saunders

First Name Russell

Last Name Saunders

Born on May 21, 1919

Died on May 29, 2001 (aged 82)

Born in Canada, Manitoba

Russell Maurice Saunders was a stunt man and acrobat.

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Hannes Nikel

First Name Hannes

Last Name Nikel

Born on April 13, 1931

Died on September 26, 2001 (aged 70)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

Johannes Maria Bernhard "Hannes" Nikel was a German film editor. He is best known for his works in Das Boot (1981) and Stalingrad (1993), the former of which earned him an Academy Award nomination.

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Luiz Bonfá

First Name Luiz

Last Name Bonfá

Born on October 17, 1922

Died on January 12, 2001 (aged 78)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.

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Jean Dorst

First Name Jean

Last Name Dorst

Born on August 7, 1924

Died on August 8, 2001 (aged 77)

Born in France, Grand Est

Jean Dorst was a French ornithologist.

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Frans De Mulder

First Name Frans

Born on December 14, 1937

Died on March 5, 2001 (aged 63)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Frans De Mulder was a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium between 1958 and 1963.

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Artur Semedo

First Name Artur

Last Name Semedo

Born on November 2, 1924

Died on February 8, 2001 (aged 76)

Born in Portugal, Portalegre District

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Hans Fiebrandt

First Name Hans

Last Name Fiebrandt

Born on August 16, 1905

Died on February 10, 2001 (aged 95)

Born in Germany

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Giovanni Grimaldi

First Name Giovanni

Last Name Grimaldi

Born on November 14, 1917

Died on February 25, 2001 (aged 83)

Born in Italy, Sicily

Filmmaker

Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.

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Willy Vannitsen

First Name Willy

Last Name Vannitsen

Born on February 8, 1935

Died on August 19, 2001 (aged 66)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Willy Vannitsen was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Vannitsen won two stages in the 1962 Tour de France.

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William Grant Stratton

First Name William

Last Name Stratton

Born on February 26, 1914

Died on March 2, 2001 (aged 87)

Born in United States of America, Illinois

William Grant Stratton, known as "Billy the Kid", was the 32nd Governor of Illinois from 1953 to 1961 and succeeded Adlai Stevenson II in that office.

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