Deaths in January 2000

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2000.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

January 2000

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Larry Bearnarth, 59, American Major League Baseball player, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Larry Bearnarth, 58, the Best Reliever on Lowly Mets in 60's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/06/sports/larry-bearnarth-58-the-best-reliever-on-lowly-mets-in-60-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 January 2000 |page=A 23}}
Maurice Hallam, 68, English cricket player.{{cite web |title=Maurice Hallam profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/maurice-hallam-14357 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 March 2023}}
Dick Pabich, 44, American gay rights activist, AIDS.{{cite news|last1=Aguila|first1=Justino|title=Dick Pabich, 45, longtime political consultant in S.F.|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Dick-Pabich-45-longtime-political-consultant-in-3081030.php|accessdate=12 March 2023|publisher=SFGate|date=January 3, 2000}}
Stan Patrick, 77, American NBA basketball player.{{cite web |title=Stan Patrick Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more – Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/patrist01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=12 March 2023}}
Gerda Paumgarten, 92, Austrian alpine skier and world champion.
Colin Vaughan, 68, Australian-Canadian television journalist, architect, and urban activist, heart attack.

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Gary Adams, 56, American salesman.{{cite web|title="Father of the Metal Wood", Gary Adams, dies|url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/adams.html|work=Obituary|publisher=Golf Today|accessdate=13 July 2013|archive-date=20 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120202751/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/adams.html|url-status=dead}}
Nat Adderley, 68, American jazz musician, stroke.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Nat Adderley, Jazz Cornetist, Is Dead at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/04/arts/nat-adderley-jazz-cornetist-is-dead-at-68.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=4 January 2000 |page=B 7}}
Bill Armstrong, 67, American television game show announcer.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035625/bio|title=Bill Armstrong|website=IMDb |publisher=}}
Princess María, 89, Spanish royal and grandmother of King Felipe VI, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/18128/maria-de-las-mercedes-de-borbon-y-orleans |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=12 March 2023 |language=es |date=}}
Ed Doherty, 81, American football player and coach.
Henri René Guieu, 73, French science fiction writer, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Henri René Guieu |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/ZpYShLm9LjNI |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=12 March 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Patrick O'Brian, 85, English author (Master and Commander).{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/08/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Patrick O'Brian Obituary|work=The Guardian|last=Webb|first=W.L.|date=2000-01-08|access-date=2012-06-24}}
Ullin Place, 75, British philosopher and psychologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ullin Place |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13177297n |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Anna Maria Martínez Sagi, 92, Spanish poet, trade unionist, journalist, and feminist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Anna Maria Martínez Sagi |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14441271j |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Elmo Zumwalt, 79, United States Navy officer, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., Admiral Who Modernized the Navy, Is Dead at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/03/us/elmo-r-zumwalt-jr-admiral-who-modernized-the-navy-is-dead-at-79.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=3 January 2000 |page=A 17}}

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Anita Aarons, 87, Australian-Canadian artist.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Anita Aarons |url=https://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/artists/11729/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026013645/https://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/artists/11729/ |archive-date=26 October 2022 |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=Australian Prints and Printmaking |publisher=Centre for Australian Art |language=en}}
Gabriela Brimmer, 52, Mexican writer and activist, heart attack.{{cite web |title=Gabriela Brimmer: vivir en un cuerpo que no obedece |url=https://www.ciudadania-express.com/2011/01/04/gabriela-brimmer-vivir-en-un-cuerpo-que-no-obedece/ |website=ciudadania-express.com |access-date=12 March 2023 |language=es |date=4 January 2011}}
Harmonica Fats, 72, American blues harmonica player.
Henry H. Fowler, 91, American lawyer and politician, Secretary of the Treasury, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/05/business/henry-fowler-is-dead-at-91-former-treasury-secretary.html|last=Hershey|first=Robert D. Jr.|title=Henry Fowler Is Dead at 91; Former Treasury Secretary|work=The New York Times|date=2000-01-05|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Viktor Kolotov, 50, Soviet/Ukrainian football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Viktor Kolotov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27589 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=12 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Frank Miller, 83, Irish cricket player.{{cite web |title=Frank Miller profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/frank-miller-24270 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 March 2023}}

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Charles M. Allen, 83, American judge.{{FJC Bio|27|nid=1377106|name=Charles Mengel Allen}}
Alfred Bohrmann, 95, German astronomer.
Tom Fears, 77, Mexican-American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Tom Fears, N.F.L. End and Coach, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/08/sports/tom-fears-nfl-end-and-coach-dies-at-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=8 January 2000 |page=C 16}}
Diether Krebs, 52, German actor, cabaret artist and comedian, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Diether Krebs - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/f63a488a16ef4a7c9d8733aba92173db |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Spiridon Markezinis, 90, Greek politician and Prime Minister.
John Milner, 50, American baseball player, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=John Milner, 50, Slugger for Mets and Pirates |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/07/sports/john-milner-50-slugger-for-mets-and-pirates.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=7 January 2000 |page=A 17}}
Louis Mucci, 90, American jazz trumpeter.
Henry Pleasants, 89, American music critic and intelligence officer, ruptured aorta.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Henry Pleasants |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121698069 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}

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Turid Balke, 78, Norwegian actress, playwright and artist.
Xie Bingying, 93, Chinese soldier and writer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Hsieh Ping-ying, 93, a Chinese Feminist Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/books/hsieh-ping-ying-93-a-chinese-feminist-author.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2000 |page=B 7}}
Bernard Braine, 85, British politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/07/guardianobituaries|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=Lord Braine of Wheatley: Energetic but frustrated MP torn between Tory dreams of Commonwealth and Europe|work=The Guardian|date=2000-01-06|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Goseki Kojima, 71, Japanese manga artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Goseki Kojima |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14111154j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Kumar Ponnambalam, 61, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician, assassinated.
Hopper Read, 89, English cricketer.{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19349.html|last=Williamson|first=Martin|title=Hopper Read|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2019-01-04}}
Vic Schoen, 83, American bandleader, arranger and composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Vic Schoen |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139489142 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
K. L. Shrimali, 90, Indian politician and educationist.
Bernhard Wicki, 80, Austrian actor and film director.{{cite news |author1= |title=B. Wicki, Director, 80, Of German And U.S. Films |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/17/arts/b-wicki-director-80-of-german-and-us-films.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=17 January 2000 |page=B 7}}

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Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., 86, United States Marine Corps general, cancer.
Michael Rex Horne, 78, English structural engineer, scientist and academic.
Byron L. Johnson, 82, American economist and politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Byron L. Johnson - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gh9thd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Thomas Jamison MacBride, 85, American jurist.{{cite news|url=https://www.fjc.gov/node/1384176|title=MacBride, Thomas Jamison|work=Federal Judicial Center|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Don Martin, 68, American cartoonist (MAD Magazine), cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/08/arts/don-martin-mad-s-maddest-artist-is-dead-at-68.html|title=Don Martin, 'Mad's Maddest Artist,' Is Dead at 68|work=The New York Times|last=Nash|first=Eric|date=2000-01-08|access-date=2012-06-24}}
Edward Pain, 74, Australian Olympic rower.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Edward Pain |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/35490 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Malvina Polo, 96, American film actress.
Horst Seemann, 62, German film director and screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Horst Seemann - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/9be23efaa40843739e29ace126938ce7 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Ajit Pratap Singh, 82, Indian politician.
Robert McG. Thomas, Jr., 60, American journalist and obituarist, abdominal cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/08/arts/robert-mcg-thomas-60-chronicler-of-unsung-lives.html|title=Robert McG. Thomas, 60, Chronicler of Unsung Lives|work=The New York Times|last=Page|first=Eric|date=2000-01-08|access-date=2023-03-12}}
Alexey Vyzmanavin, 40, Russian chess Grandmaster, heart attack.

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Zainal Abidin, 71, Indonesian actor.
Gary Albright, 36, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
Robert B. Crosby, 88, American politician.
Makhmud Esambayev, 75, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Makhmud Esambayev, 75, Ballet Dancer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/21/arts/makhmud-esambayev-75-ballet-dancer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 June 2012 |work=The New York Times |date=21 January 2000 |page=B 9}}
Ken Keyworth, 65, English football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ken Keyworth |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ken-keyworth/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bob McFadden, 76, American voice actor, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/12/arts/bob-mcfadden-voice-over-star-76-dies.html|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Bob McFadden, Voice-Over Star, 76, Dies|work=The New York Times|date=2000-01-12|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Bernice Petkere, 98, American songwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernice Petkere - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6hf0zdx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Dorian Shainin, 85, American quality consultant, aeronautics engineer, and author.
Rodica Simion, 44, Romanian-American mathematician.
Klaus Wennemann, 59, German television and film actor, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Klaus Wennemann - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/8da4b6a05ffa484888b52661a9dcd695 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}

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Karl Adamek, 89, Austrian football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Karl Adamek |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/karl-adamek/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ephraim Akpata, 72, Nigerian lawyer.{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200101090141.html|title=Edo Politicians Mark First Year Anniversary of Akpata's Death|date=9 January 2001|publisher=Vanguard|accessdate=14 February 2010}}
Bill Domm, 69, Canadian politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/outspoken-mp-domm-known-as-maverick/article4159096/|title=Outspoken MP Domm known as maverick|work=The Globe and Mail|date=2000-01-11|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Henry Eriksson, 79, Swedish middle-distance runner and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Henry Eriksson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76134 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ray Huang, 81, Chinese historian and philosopher, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ray Huang |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120253435 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Hilary Smart, 74, American sailor and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Hilary Smart |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/63693 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jack Stokes, 76, Canadian politician, lung cancer.
Fritz Thiedemann, 81, German equestrian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Fritz Thiedemann |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12843 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Warren H. Wagner, 79, American botanist.

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Marguerite Churchill, 89, American film actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Marguerite Churchill - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/35305 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Edward R. Cony, 76, American journalist and newspaper executive, pneumonia and complications from Alzheimer's.{{cite news |author1=Nick Ravo |title=Edward R. Cony, 76, Former Top Editor of The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/13/nyregion/edward-r-cony-76-former-top-editor-of-the-wall-street-journal.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=13 January 2000 |page=A 31}}
Arnold Alexander Hall, 84, British aeronautical engineer, scientist and industrialist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/11/guardianobituaries2|last=Tucker|first=Anthony|title=Sir Arnold Hall|work=The Guardian|date=2000-01-10|access-date=2018-12-16}}
Poul Mejer, 68, Danish football player.
Nigel Tranter, 90, Scottish writer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/10/news|title=Novelist Nigel Tranter dies|work=The Guardian|date=2000-01-09|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Bruno Zevi, 81, Italian architect, historian, curator and author.{{cite news |author1=Herbert Muschamp |author-link1=Herbert Muschamp |title=Bruno Zevi, Architecture Critic With Populist Flair, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/14/arts/bruno-zevi-architecture-critic-with-populist-flair-dies-at-81.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=14 January 2000 |page=B 11}}

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Arthur Batanides, 76, American actor (Police Academy, Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, Johnny Midnight).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-15-mn-54333-story.html|title = Arthur Batanides; Character Actor in TV Series | work=Los Angeles Times| date=2000-01-15|access-date=2018-12-16}}
Maxine Elliott Hicks, 95, American actress.
Sam Jaffe, 98, American motion picture agent, producer, studio executive.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/19/arts/sam-jaffe-98-hollywood-agent-represented-the-icons-of-his-day.html|title=Sam Jaffe, 98, Hollywood Agent; Represented the Icons of His Day|work=The New York Times|date=2000-01-19|access-date=2018-12-14}}
Gibson Jalo, 60, Nigerian army general.
Richard Jameson, 47, Northern Irish loyalist and paramilitary commander, shot.
Cliff Lloyd, 83, Welsh football player.
John Newland, 82, American director and actor, stroke.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-17-mn-54837-story.html Los Angeles Times]

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Raymond Ameijide, 75, American illustrator.(per his obituary January 12, 2000, TheJournalNews.com)
Betty Archdale, 92, English-Australian sportswoman and educationalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Betty Archdale - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w68j2c04 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Phil Carrick, 47, English cricketer, leukemia.{{cite web |title=Phil Carrick profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/phil-carrick-10663 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 March 2023}}
Helena Carter, 76, American actress.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-25-mn-57642-story.html|title= Helena Carter; Model, Movie Actress of 1940s and '50s|work=Los Angeles Times| date=2000-01-25|access-date=2018-12-16}}
Barney Childs, 73, American composer and teacher, Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |author1=Paul Griffiths |title=Barney Childs, 73, a Composer Interested in the Experimental |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/22/arts/barney-childs-73-a-composer-interested-in-the-experimental.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=22 February 2000 |page=A 20}}
Wilhelm Grewe, 88, German diplomat and professor of international law.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Wilhelm Grewe - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/ca7f1d7c8e5b48568b5efaaf6789bd23 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Bob Lemon, 79, American baseball player and manager.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Bob Lemon, 79, a Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/13/sports/bob-lemon-79-a-hall-of-fame-pitcher-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=13 January 2000 |page=A 31}}
Solomon Mamaloni, 56, Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister, kidney disease.
William Andrew McDonald, 86, American archaeologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=William Andrew McDonald - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6hm6bj8 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ralph Purchase, 83, American competition rower and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ralph Purchase |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/40841 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Gordon Wright, 87, American historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gordon Wright - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6p56s0j |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Pavao Žanić, 81, Yugoslav prelate of the Catholic Church.

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Marc Davis, 86, American animator (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi).{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Marc Davis, Master Animator For Walt Disney, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/16/nyregion/marc-davis-master-animator-for-walt-disney-dies-at-86.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 June 2012 |work=The New York Times |date=16 January 2000 |page=1 36}}
Dan Duchaine, 47, American bodybuilder, author, and convicted felon, polycystic kidney disease.
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, heart failure.
Bobby Phills, 30, American basketball player, car accident.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/13/sports/pro-basketball-hornets-phills-killed-in-car-crash.html|title=Hornets' Phills Killed in Car Crash|work=The New York Times|date=2000-01-13|access-date=2018-12-14}}
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, 89, American chemical engineer.
Alex Wright, 69, Scottish football player and manager.

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Toivo Ahjopalo, 86, Finnish sprinter.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/toivo-ahjopalo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/toivo-ahjopalo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Toivo Ahjopalo Olympic Results |accessdate=5 June 2017}}
Peter Henderson, Baron Henderson of Brompton, 77, British public servant, Clerk of the Parliaments.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/03/guardianobituaries1|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=Lord Henderson: Clerk who returned to parliament as rebellious peer|work=The Guardian|date=2000-02-02|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Eric Dodson, 79, British actor.
Herbert S. Gutowsky, 80, American chemist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Herbert S. Gutowsky, 80, Medical Pioneer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/25/us/herbert-s-gutowsky-80-medical-pioneer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=25 January 2000 |page=B 9}}
Antti Hyvärinen, 67, Finnish ski jumper, coach and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Antti Hyvärinen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87274 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Elizabeth Kerr, 87, American actress (Mork & Mindy).
Alvin Liberman, 82, American psychologist, complications during heart surgery.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Alvin M. Liberman, 82, Expert In Study of Speech Perception |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/16/us/alvin-m-liberman-82-expert-in-study-of-speech-perception.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=16 February 2000 |page=A 25}}
John Ljunggren, 80, Swedish race walker and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – John Ljunggren |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76279 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Alfred Nzo, 74, South African political activist.{{cite news |author1=Henri E. Cauvin |title=Alfred Nzo, 74, Leading Figure In African National Congress |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/15/world/alfred-nzo-74-leading-figure-in-african-national-congress.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=15 January 2000 |page=B 7}}
Susumu Ohno, 71, Japanese-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Susumu Ohno, 71, an Authority On Genes' Workings in Embryos |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/23/us/susumu-ohno-71-an-authority-on-genes-workings-in-embryos.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=23 February 2000 |page=C 27}}
Enric Valor i Vives, 88, Spanish writer and grammarian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Enric Valor i Vives |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12677712j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}

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Meche Barba, 77, American-Mexican film actress and dancer, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Meche Barba |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150475342 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Alphonse Boudard, 74, French novelist and playwright.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Alphonse Boudard |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/yWvU1VO_o1Kn |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Pat Boyette, 76, American broadcaster and comic book artist (Peacemaker), esophagus cancer.
Giusi Raspani Dandolo, 83, Italian stage, film, television and radio actress.
Guadalupe Huerta, 79, American hispanic activist and lobbyist.
Bijan Jalali, 72, Iranian poet and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bijan Jalali - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81021368 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Hans-Joachim Kahler, 91, German general during World War II.
Alain Poiré, 82, French film producer, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Alan Riding |author-link1=Alan Riding |title=Alain Poire, 82, Producer With Eye for Box Office |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/23/nyregion/alain-poire-82-producer-with-eye-for-box-office.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=23 January 2000 |page=1 32}}
Clifford Truesdell, 80, American mathematician.{{cite news |author1=Sara Robinson |title=Clifford Truesdell, 80, Master Of 2 Disciplines of Mechanics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/22/us/clifford-truesdell-80-master-of-2-disciplines-of-mechanics.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=22 January 2000 |page=A 13}}
M. V. Venkatram, 79, Indian writer from Tamil Nadu.
Leonard Weisgard, 83, American children's writer and illustrator.{{cite news |author1=Eden Ross Lipson |author-link1=Eden Ross Lipson |title=Leonard Weisgard, 83, Artist; Illustrated Books for Children |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/arts/leonard-weisgard-83-artist-illustrated-books-for-children.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2000 |page=B 8}}
Tomislav Zografski, 65, Macedonian composer.

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Beryl Clark, 82, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Beryl Clark Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Beryl+Clark |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Georges-Henri Lévesque, 96, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Georges-Henri Lévesque |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12691697f |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Yves Mariot, 51, French football player, aneurysm.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Yves Mariot |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/PpGUVR0Cxb73 |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Annie Palmen, 73, Dutch singer.
Arkan, 47, Serbian mobster and paramilitary commander, homicide.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/16/world/suspect-in-serbian-war-crimes-murdered-by-masked-gunmen.html?ref=zeljkoraznatovic|title=Suspect in Serbian War Crimes Murdered by Masked Gunmen|work=The New York Times|last=Erlanger|first=Steven|date=2000-01-16|access-date=2012-06-24}}
Alf Ringstead, 72, Irish football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Alf Ringstead |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/alf-ringstead/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=14 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Fran Ryan, 83, American actress (Pale Rider, Days of Our Lives, The Wizard).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-28-mn-58632-story.html|title=Fran Ryan; Character Actress, Voice-Over Artist|work=Los Angeles Times| date=2000-01-28|access-date=2018-12-20}}

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Wolf Ackva, 88, German actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Wolf Ackva - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/da8de7d4c4134aadbe839db0b51ba143 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Gene Harris, 66, American jazz pianist.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Gene Harris, 66, a Jazz Pianist Who Played Bebop and Soul |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/18/arts/gene-harris-66-a-jazz-pianist-who-played-bebop-and-soul.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=18 January 2000 |page=B 7}}
Will "Dub" Jones, 71, American R&B singer, diabetes.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-03-mn-60652-story.html|title=Will 'Dub' Jones; Sang Bass in the Coasters|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2000-02-03|access-date=2018-12-14}}
T. N. Kaul, 87, Indian diplomat.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=T. N. Kaul - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6hz1fq9 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
By Saam, 85, American sportscaster.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/18/sports/by-saam-85-hall-of-fame-broadcaster.html|last=The Associated Press|title=By Saam, 85, Hall-of-Fame Broadcaster|work=The New York Times|date=2000-01-18|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Robert R. Wilson, 85, American physicist and team member of the Manhattan Project.{{cite news |author1=James Glanz |author-link1=James Glanz |title=Robert R. Wilson, Physicist Who Led Fermilab, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/18/us/robert-r-wilson-physicist-who-led-fermilab-dies-at-85.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=18 January 2000 |page=B 7}}

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Carl Forberg, 88, American racecar driver.
Stephen Fuchs, 91, Austrian Catholic priest, missionary, and anthropologist.
Andrej Hieng, 74, Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director.
Philip Jones, 71, British trumpeter.{{cite news |author1=Paul Griffiths |title=Philip Jones, 71, Trumpeter And Music Educator in Britain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/07/arts/philip-jones-71-trumpeter-and-music-educator-in-britain.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=7 February 2000 |page=B 9}}
Ralph Ambrose Kekwick, 91, British biochemist.
Ion Rațiu, 82, Romanian diplomat, journalist, writer, and politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ion Rațiu |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12633949n |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Arthur Sager, 95, American track and field athlete and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Arthur Sager |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78988 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Hüseyin Velioğlu, 48, Kurdish Hezbollah leader, shot.

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Alfred Nash Beadleston, Jr., 87, American politician.
Gordon Chalmers, 88, American swimmer, swimming coach, and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Gordon Chalmers |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51291 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Nancy Coleman, 87, American actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nancy Coleman - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/35835 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Frances Drake, 87, American actress.{{cite web|last=Yockel|first=Michael|url=http://www.nypress.com/actress-frances-drake-91-checks-out/|title=Actress Frances Drake, 91, Checks Out|access-date=2018-12-14}}
Jester Hairston, 98, American actor and composer.{{cite news |author1=Mel Watkins |title=Jester Hairston, 98, Choral Expert and Actor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/30/nyregion/jester-hairston-98-choral-expert-and-actor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 2000 |page=1 34}}
Francis Haskell, 71, English art historian.{{cite news |author1=Holland Cotter |author-link1=Holland Cotter |title=Francis Haskell, 71, an Author And Professor of Art History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/29/arts/francis-haskell-71-an-author-and-professor-of-art-history.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=29 January 2000 |page=B 7}}
Raymond Brendan Manning, 65, American carcinologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Raymond Brendan Manning - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bz6p6t |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Gordon J. McCann, 92, Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer.
Arthur Nash, 85, Canadian ice hockey player and Olympian.{{cite web|title=Jakie Nash|publisher=Sports Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/jakie-nash-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203165615/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/jakie-nash-1.html|archive-date=2016-12-03|access-date=2018-12-26}}
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, 102, Austrian communist resistance member during World War II.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67w9c2t |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Victor Brooks, 81, English film and television actor.
M. A. Chidambaram, 81, Indian industrialist and cricket administrator.
Luigi Chinazzo, 67, Italian wrestler and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Luigi Chinazzo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/58903 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bettino Craxi, 65, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1983-1987), diabetes.{{cite news |author1=John Tagliabue |title=Bettino Craxi, Italian Prime Minister Who Was Tainted by Corruption, Dies at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/20/world/bettino-craxi-italian-prime-minister-who-was-tainted-by-corruption-dies-at-65.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 June 2012 |work=The New York Times |date=20 January 2000 |page=B 14}}
Billy Dewell, 83, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Billy Dewell Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Billy+Dewell |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Anselmo Fernandez, 81, Portuguese architect and football manager.
Victoria Fromkin, 76, American linguist, colorectal cancer.{{cite news |author1=Margalit Fox |author-link1=Margalit Fox |title=Victoria Fromkin, 76, Interpreter of Oral Miscues |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/30/us/victoria-fromkin-76-interpreter-of-oral-miscues.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 2000 |page=1 34}}
Frederick Irving Herzberg, 76, American psychologist.{{cite news |author1=Barnaby J. Feder |title=F. I. Herzberg, 76, Professor And Management Consultant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/01/business/f-i-herzberg-76-professor-and-management-consultant.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=1 February 2000 |page=C 26}}
Hedy Lamarr, 85, Austrian actress (Samson and Delilah, Algiers, White Cargo), cardiovascular disease.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/611007.stm|title=Actress Hedy Lamarr dies|work=BBC News|date=2000-01-20|access-date=2012-06-24}}
Manny Montejo, 64, Cuban baseball player (Detroit Tigers).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/montema01.shtml|title=Manny Montejo|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-30}}
Lynn Myers, 85, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/myersly01.shtml|title=Lynn Myers|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-30}}
Alan North, 79, American actor (Serpico, Highlander, Glory), kidney cancer, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Alan North, 79, Character Actor On Stage, Screen and Television |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/06/nyregion/alan-north-79-character-actor-on-stage-screen-and-television.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=6 February 2000 |page=1 39}}
Irra Petina, 91, Russian-American actress, singer, and contralto.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Irra Petina - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/56031 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Heinrich Schroeteler, 84, German sculptor and U-boat commander during World War II.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Heinrich Schroeteler - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ns58bb |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
George Ledyard Stebbins, 94, American botanist, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Carol Kaesuk Yoon |title=Ledyard Stebbins, 94, Dies; Applied Evolution to Plants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/21/us/ledyard-stebbins-94-dies-applied-evolution-to-plants.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 January 2000 |page=B 9}}
Chhean Vam, 83, Cambodian politician and nationalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Chhean Vam |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/TnjLWIqHb1XB |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Stanley Weston, 76, British basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Stanley Weston |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7353 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Rex Willis, 75, Welsh rugby union player.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/5305.html|title=Rex Willis|publisher=espnscrum|access-date=2012-10-13}}

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Trini Alonso, 76, Spanish actress.
Chuck Courtney, 69, American actor and stuntman, suicide by gunshot.
Robert J. Henle, 90, American Catholic priest, jesuit, and philosopher.
Ron Herbel, 62, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herbero01.shtml|title=Ron Herbel|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-30}}
Slavko Janevski, 80, Macedonian poet, prose and script writer.
Don Samuelson, 86, American politician, Governor of Idaho, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/ex-gov-don-samuelson-dies-at-of-heart-attack-republican/article_094bea72-9756-5677-ae6b-34b24c545a4c.html|last=Warbis|first=Mark|title=Ex-Gov. Don Samuelson, dies at 86 of heart attack; Republican began his term as Idaho governor in 1966|work=Lewiston Tribune|location=Lewiston, Idaho|date=2000-01-21|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Izabella Yurieva, 100, Soviet Russian romance singer.

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Kristian Asdahl, 79, Norwegian politician.
John A. Calhoun, 81, American diplomat.{{cite web |title=Index to Politicians: Calhoun |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com |access-date=17 March 2023}}
Dagmar Edqvist, 96, Swedish writer and screenwriter.
Saeb Salam, 95, Lebanese politician and Prime Minister, heart attack.{{cite news |title=Saeb Salam |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/01/guardianobituaries1 |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2000}}
Bernard Unett, 63, British racing driver, cancer.{{cite web |title=Bernard Unett |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/bernard-unett/ |website=motorsportmagazine.com/ |access-date=27 March 2023}}

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Victor Cavallo, 52, Italian actor and underground writer, hepatitis C.{{cite web |title=E' morto Victor Cavallo |url=http://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2000/01/23/LT206.html |website=Il Tirenno |access-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924190646/http://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2000/01/23/LT206.html |archive-date=24 September 2018 |language=it |date=23 January 2000}}
Craig Claiborne, 79, American restaurant critic.{{cite news |author1=Bryan Miller |title=Craig Claiborne, 79, Times Food Editor And Critic, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/24/nyregion/craig-claiborne-79-times-food-editor-and-critic-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=24 January 2000 |page=A 1}}
Ed Clark, 88, American photographer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/28/arts/ed-clark-88-eye-behind-memorable-photos.html|last=Loke|first=Margarett|title=Ed Clark, 88, Eye Behind Memorable Photos|work=The New York Times|date=2000-01-28|access-date=2018-12-20}}
Carlo Cossutta, 67, Italian opera singer, liver cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Carlo Cossutta |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892770d |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Al Costello, 80, Italian-Australian professional wrestler, pneumonia.
Peter Gould, 67, American geographer and academic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Peter Gould |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12279684x |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Masao Harada, 87, Japanese athlete and Olympic silver medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Masao Harada |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72449 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Anne Hébert, 83, French Canadian author and poet, bone cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/03/arts/anne-hebert-83-poet-and-novelist-of-quebec.html|last=Brooke|first=James|title=Anne Hebert, 83, Poet and Novelist of Quebec|work=The New York Times| date=2000-02-03|access-date=2018-12-16}}
Alan Pryce-Jones, 91, British book critic, writer, journalist and politician.{{cite news |last1=Willett |first1=John |title=Alan Pryce-Jones |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/09/guardianobituaries3 |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=9 February 2000}}
Dai Suli, 80, Chinese politician.
Ernest William Swanton, 92, British cricket commentator.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/cricket/614842.stm|title=Cricket pundit Swanton dies|publisher=BBC|access-date=2012-09-04}}
Balaupasakage Yasodis Tudawe, 84, Sri Lankan politician.

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Willie Hamilton, 82, British politician.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/620037.stm|title=Tributes paid to veteran anti-royalist|work=BBC News|date=2000-01-27|access-date=2012-06-24}}
George Hoskins, 71, New Zealand runner and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – George Hoskins |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74312 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Nicholas Nagy-Talavera, 70, Hungarian-American dissident, historian and writer.
Roderick O'Connor, 90, Northern Irish politician.
William Alexander Sutton, 82, New Zealand painter.

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Jeffrey Boam, 53, American screenwriter (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Lost Boys, Lethal Weapon 2), heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jeffrey Boam |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12738788c |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Theodor Brinek, Jr., 78, Austrian football player.{{cite web |title=Theodor Brinek (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21823/Theodor_Brinek.html |website=national-football-teams.com |access-date=17 March 2023}}
Carl Thomas Curtis, 94, American politician.{{cite news |author1= |title=Senator Carl T. Curtis, 94, Staunch Nixon Ally |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/26/us/senator-carl-t-curtis-94-staunch-nixon-ally.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=26 January 2000 |page=C 29}}
Bobby Duncum, Jr., 34, American professional wrestler, accidental overdose.
Massimo Severo Giannini, 84, Italian lawyer and politician.
Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, 61, Soviet fencer and Olympic champion.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/20969 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Reynolds Shultz, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.

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Dale Alford, 83, American ophthalmologist and politician, congestive heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dale Alford - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6km3jc0 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Folke Ekström, 93, Swedish chess master.
Herta Freitag, 91, Austrian-American mathematician.{{cite web|url=http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/freitag.htm|title=Herta Taussig Freitag|publisher=agnesscott.edu|last=Diefenderfer|first=Caren|access-date=2012-06-24}}
Lin Halliday, 63, American saxophonist.
Aleksander Illi, 87, Estonian basketball player and basketball coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Aleksander Illi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6308 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
P. Lankesh, 64, Indian poet, writer, playwright and journalist, heart attack.
Tom Pedigo, 59, American set decorator (Terms of Endearment, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Brainstorm).

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Don Budge, 84, American tennis player, traffic collision.{{cite news |author1=Robin Finn |title=Don Budge, First to Win Tennis's Grand Slam, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/sports/don-budge-first-to-win-tennis-s-grand-slam-dies-at-84.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2000 |page=B 7}}
Kathleen Hale, 101, British artist, illustrator, and children's author.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/28/news.obituaries|last=MacCarthy|first=Fiona|title=Obituary: Kathleen Hale|work=The Guardian|date=2000-01-28|access-date=2018-12-16}}
Jean-Claude Izzo, 54, French poet, playwright, and novelist, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Jean-Claude Izzo |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/AxN6eQSiBeM3 |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Adolf Pilch, 85, Polish resistance fighter during World War II.
Don Ralke, 79, American music arranger.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-21-mn-1077-story.html|title=Don Ralke; Composed, Arranged TV Series Music|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2000-02-21|access-date=2018-12-21}}
Bill Strickland, 91, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stricbi01.shtml|title=Bill Strickland|work=Sports Reference, Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-25}}
Adib Taherzadeh, 78, Iranian Baháʼí author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Adib Taherzadeh |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12174180s |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
A. E. van Vogt, 87, Canadian science fiction writer, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/04/arts/a-e-van-vogt-87-forceful-science-fiction-voice.html|last=Jonas|first=Gerald|title=A. E. van Vogt, 87, Forceful Science-Fiction Voice|work=The New York Times|date=2000-02-04|access-date=2018-12-21}}

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Don Abney, 76, American jazz pianist, complications from kidney dialysis.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Don Abney - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85034605 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Mae Faggs, 67, American sprinter, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/11/sports/mae-faggs-starr-champion-and-track-mentor-dies-at-67.html|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|title=Mae Faggs Starr, Champion And Track Mentor, Dies at 67|work=The New York Times|date=2000-02-11|access-date=2018-12-21}}
Friedrich Gulda, 69, Austrian pianist, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Allan Kozinn |author-link1=Allan Kozinn |title=Friedrich Gulda, 69, Classical-Music Rebel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/29/arts/friedrich-gulda-69-classical-music-rebel.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=29 January 2000 |page=B 7}}
Matateu, 72, Portuguese footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Matateu |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/matateu/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Setsuo Nara, 63, Japanese basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Setsuo Nara |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6730 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jerzy Potz, 46, Polish ice hockey player, carcinoma.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Jerzy Potz |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/96555 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Abner W. Sibal, 78, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Abner W. Sibal - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6fz6212 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bert Sproston, 85, English footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bert Sproston |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bert-sproston/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Robert B. Aird, 96, American educator.
Sarah Caudwell, 60, British detective story writer and barrister, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Marilyn Stasio |author-link1=Marilyn Stasio |title=Sarah Caudwell, 60, Lawyer And Author of Mystery Novels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/06/nyregion/sarah-caudwell-60-lawyer-and-author-of-mystery-novels.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=6 February 2000 |page=1 38}}
Tony Doyle, 58, Irish television and film actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tony Doyle - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/ae180abc477e47858cf4b72761830f4c |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Lauris Edmond, 75, New Zealand poet and writer.
Ron Feiereisel, 68, American basketball player and coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ron Feiereisel Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Ron+Feiereisel |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ted Gullic, 93, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gullite01.shtml|title=Ted Gullic|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-30}}
Hugh Guthrie, 89, Australian politician.
Ed Hirsch, 78, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ed Hirsch Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Ed+Hirsch |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bertel Lauring, 72, Danish film actor.
Gad Rausing, 77, Swedish industrialist.{{cite news |author1=Nick Ravo |title=Gad Rausing, 77, Swedish Innovator of Beverage Containers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/08/business/gad-rausing-77-swedish-innovator-of-beverage-containers.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=8 February 2000 |page=B 9}}
Joy Shelton, 77, English actress, pulmonary emphysema.
Kenneth Waller, 72, British actor.

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George McTurnan Kahin, 82, American historian and political scientist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George McTurnan Kahin - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61c3p9c |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Herbert Schiller, 80, American media critic, sociologist, and author.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Herbert I. Schiller, 80, Critic of the Corporate Control of Television |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/06/us/herbert-i-schiller-80-critic-of-the-corporate-control-of-television.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 February 2000 |page=1 39}}
Hannes Schmidhauser, 73, Swiss actor and football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hannes Schmidhauser - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/935e261e1107499eaa4bbd0af34db567 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}
E. L. Senanayake, 79, Sri Lankan politician.
Harry Thompson, 84, English football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Harry Thompson |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/harry-thompson/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Martin Aldridge, 25, English footballer, car crash.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Martin Aldridge |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/martin-aldridge/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Isidore Dollinger, 96, American politician.{{cite news |author1=Nick Ravo |title=Isidore Dollinger, 96, Prosecutor And Congressman From Bronx |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/18/nyregion/isidore-dollinger-96-prosecutor-and-congressman-from-bronx.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=18 February 2000 |page=C 21}}
Sigvard Arne Eklund, 88, Swedish politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sigvard Arne Eklund - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6g899x5 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
Angelo Innocent Fernandes, 86, Indian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Karl-Friedrich Höcker, 88, German war criminal and SS commander during World War II.
Steve Little, 34, American boxer, colon cancer.
Joseph Rothschild, 68, American historian and political scientist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Joseph A. Rothschild, 68, History Professor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/16/nyregion/joseph-a-rothschild-68-history-professor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=16 February 2000 |page=A 25}}

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Martin Benrath, 73, German film actor, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Martin Benrath - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/14542707843c4e75aa1d0d48d5dfd2e4 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Bendt Jørgensen, 75, Danish football player and manager.
Gil Kane, 73, American comic book artist (Green Lantern, Spider-Man, Atom), lymphoma.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Gil Kane, Comic-Book Artist, Is Dead at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/03/arts/gil-kane-comic-book-artist-is-dead-at-73.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=3 February 2000 |page=C 26}}
Vasant Shankar Kanetkar, 79, Indian Marathi language playwright and novelist.
Ralph Manza, 78, American actor (Get Shorty, The D.A.'s Man, Godzilla).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-04-mn-61069-story.html|title = Ralph Manza; Television, Film Character Actor | work=Los Angeles Times| date=2000-02-04|access-date=2018-12-16}}
Ross Russell, 90, American jazz producer and writer.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Ross Russell, 90; Recorded Charlie Parker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/23/arts/ross-russell-90-recorded-charlie-parker.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=23 March 2000 |page=C 27}}
Jafar Salmasi, 81, Iranian weightlifter and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Jafar Salmasi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/56059 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 March 2023 |language= |date=}}
K. N. Singh, 91, Indian actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=K. N. Singh |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb162770145 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Morris Thompson, 60, American businessman and politician (Bureau of Indian Affairs), plane crash.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/02/us/fate-leads-an-airline-to-grieve-for-itself.html?pagewanted=print|title=Fate Leads An Airline To Grieve For Itself|last=Verhovek|first=Sam Howe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 2, 2000|access-date=November 23, 2009|archive-date=May 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530035815/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/02/us/fate-leads-an-airline-to-grieve-for-itself.html?pagewanted=print|url-status=live}}
Arthur Wilson, 91, English footballer.
Si Zentner, 82, American trombonist and jazz big-band leader.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Si Zentner |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13901413t |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=17 March 2023 |language=French |date=}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2000-01-01,2000-01-31&adult=include List of January 2000 deaths] at IMDb

*2000-01