Notable deaths of 2011

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Eva ZeiselJohn ChamberlainKim Jong IlVaclav HavelChristopher HitchensGeorge WhitmanBert SchneiderHarry MorganHubert SumlinSocratesPatricia DunnAlan SuesJudy LewisKen RussellLana PetersMaurice ChaseWalt HazzardJon B. LovelaceBil KeaneHeavy DJoe FrazierHal KanterTheadora Van RunkleAndy RooneyMatty AlouGil CatesMoammar KadafiNorman CorwinPete RugoloElouise CobellDan WheldonSue MengersDennis RitchieBeatrice GershAl DavisRoger WilliamsSteve JobsFred ShuttlesworthBert JanschArthur C. Nielsen Jr.Anita CasparyRalph SteinmanPeter GentSylvia RobinsonWilson GreatbatchWangari MaathaiAnthony J. LumsdenDolores HopeKurt SanderlingJimmy LeewardFrances BayJohn CalleyWalter RighterCliff RobertsonMichael Stern HartLynn Newcomb Jr.Lee Roy SelmonBetty SkeltonDavid 'Honeyboy' EdwardsJune WayneNick AshfordJerry LeiberEdie WassermanMarshall GrantBernadine HealyMark O. HatfieldBubba SmithPolly PlattDan PeekG.D. SpradlinGen. John M. ShalikashviliAmy WinehouseCharles T. ManattElliot HandlerLucian FreudLillian MobleyNorbert OlberzSherwood SchwartzBetty FordDick WilliamsJohn MackeyCy TwomblyPeter FalkYelena BonnerClarence ClemonsCarl GardnerLaura ZiskinJames ArnessDr. Jack KevorkianElmer G. 'Geronimo' PrattGil Scott-HeronJeff ConawayLeonora CarringtonHuguette ClarkMacho Man Randy SavageHarmon KillebrewSeve BallesterosArthur LaurentsJackie CooperOsama bin LadenMadame NhuPhoebe SnowJoe PerrySathya Sai BabaHazel DickensEldon DavisJess JacksonMadelyn Pugh DavisGrete WaitzMichael SarrazinWilliam N. LipscombArthur MarxSidney HarmanBaruch BlumbergSidney LumetFarley GrangerPaul BaranGeraldine FerraroLanford WilsonElizabeth TaylorPinetop PerkinsRalph MooneyWarren ChristopherFerlin HuskyNate DoggOwsley StanleyDavid S. BroderSimon van der MeerJane RussellFrank BucklesDuke SniderSuze RotoloDwayne McDuffieDr. Bernard NathansonSanford C. SigoloffOllie MatsonWalter SeltzerDr. Charles EpsteinChuck AllenGeorge ShearingBetty GarrettMaria AltmannBrian JacquesJ. Paul Getty IIIJohn BarryLeRoy GrannisMaria SchneiderCharlie CallasGladys HortonCharlie LouvinSamuel RuizCharles BrittinJack LaLanneErnest McCullochR. Sargent ShriverDon KirshnerMilton LevineSusannah YorkDavid NelsonMargaret WhitingPeter YatesJohn RollVang PaoPete PostlethwaiteAnne Francis

The heavyweight champ had epic bouts with Muhammad Ali.
In 1971 he became the first fighter to defeat Ali, then lost two rematches. In his 37 professional fights, "Smokin' Joe" won 32 times. But he never accepted his 1-2 record against Ali. He was 67. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-joe-frazier-20111108,0,3587311.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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Joe Frazier

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The heavyweight champ had epic bouts with Muhammad Ali. In 1971 he became the first fighter to defeat Ali, then lost two rematches. In his 37 professional fights, "Smokin' Joe" won 32 times. But he never accepted his 1-2 record against Ali. He was 67. Full obituary

Notable sports deaths of 2011

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