Famous People Who Died in 2001

• Aaliyah

  Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"

• Adams, Douglas

  The author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• Atkins, Chet

  Creator of the "Nashville Sound"

• Bakley, Bonny Lee

  The victim in the Robert Blake murder case

• Balthus

  20th century French painter of The Guitar Lesson

• Barnard, Christiaan

  The doctor who performed the first heart transplant

• Como, Perry

  Smooth crooner of "Catch a Falling Star"

• Devi, Phoolan

  Modern India's "Bandit Queen"

• Earnhardt, Dale

  Nascar's "The Intimidator"

• Evans, Dale

  Partner of singing cowboy Roy Rogers

• Francis, Arlene

  Longtime panelist on TV's What's My Line

• Graham, Katharine

  Publisher of the Washington Post

• Harrison, George

  The guitarist for The Beatles

• Kesey, Ken

  Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

• Ketcham, Hank

  Creator of Dennis the Menace

• Lemmon, Jack

  Felix Ungar in the movie The Odd Couple

• Levy, Chandra

  The intern who disappeared from Washington D.C. in 2001

• McVeigh, Timothy

  The Oklahoma City bomber

• Phillips, John

  Co-founder of The Mamas and The Papas

• Quinn, Anthony

  The actor who played Zorba the Greek

• Ramone, Joey

  Lead singer of The Ramones

• Raven, Simon

  The author of the Alms for Oblivion novels

• Sebald, W.G.

  Author of the memoir Austerlitz

• Senghor, Leopold

  The French poet who was Senegal's first president

• Stassen, Harold

  Nine-time candidate for the presidency of the United States

• Welty, Eudora

  Author of Delta Wedding

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