Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2000

Michael Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 5th Viscount Combermere was a British academic and Crossbencher in the House of Lords. He was the eldest son of Francis Stapleton-Cotton, 4th Viscount Combermere.

Louis Quilico, was a Canadian opera singer. One of the leading dramatic baritones of his day, he was an ideal interpreter of the great Italian and French composers, especially Giuseppe Verdi. He was often referred to as "Mr Rigoletto" in reference to the Verdi opera. During his 45-year-long career he shared performing credits with opera's greatest stars. He spent 25 consecutive years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After his retirement from the stage in 1998 he continued to perform and record, most often with his second wife, pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico,, with whom he made four CDs. The couple also toured together extensively in concerts until Quilico's death in 2000. Quilico received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, in November 1999 for his lifetime contribution to classical music.

Lee Arnold Petty fue un piloto de automovilismo de velocidad estadounidense. Fue tres veces campeón de la NASCAR Grand National Series en 1954, 1958 y 1959, subcampeón en 1949 y 1953, tercero en 1950, 1952 y 1955, cuarto en 1951, 1956 y 1957, y sexto en 1960.

Ustad Allarakha Qureshi, popularly known as Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla player who specialized in Hindustani classical music. He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing Tabla to the western audience.

Richard Mulligan fue un actor de cine y televisión estadounidense conocido por su papel de Burt Campbell en la sitcom, Soap y más tarde como el Dr. Harry Weston en The Golden Girls y el spin-off, Empty Nest.

Yuki Ogura was a Japanese nihonga painter. Her maiden name was Yuki Mizoguchi. She was known for her bijinga.

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotyonochkin was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator and artist. He was named People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1987. He is most famous for directing the popular animated series Well, Just You Wait!

Captain Guy Edward Ruggles-Brise was a British Second World War officer and High Sheriff of Essex