2001

Deaths

• Manuel Merino
• January 11 — Ignacy Machowski
• January 21 — Joseph O'Conor
• January 28 — Sally Mansfield
• February 6 — Titus Moody
• February 7 — King Moody
• February 12 — Tiberio Mitri
• February 16 — Howard W. Koch
• February 20 — Arthur Cornell
• March 2 — Peggy Converse
• March 6 — Carl Don
• March 9 — Giancarlo Prete
• March 12 — Roswell A. Hoffmann
• March 26 — Diane Sayer
• March 27 — Anthony Dexter
• April 15 — Monroe P. Askins
• April 16 — Giacomo Gentilomo
• April 17 — Terry Scully
• June 23 — Paul Schreibman
• June 26 — William Bryant
• July 2 — Jack Gwillim
• July 8 — Joseph F. Robertson
• July 19 — Paul Beeson
• July 29 — Alex Nicol
• August 5 — Tom McCrory
• August 6 — Robert Dunham
• August 10 — James F. Liles
• August 25 — John Chambers
• September 12 — Nathanael León
• September 16 — Samuel Z. Arkoff
• September 17 — Barbara Drew
• September 29 — Risto Orko
• October 17 — Jay Livingston
• October 18 — Paul Radin
• October 21 — David Lowell Rich
• November 16 — Maurice Vaccarino
• November 24 — William Read Woodfield
• December 5 — Artemio Antonini
• December 11 — Alan Fennell
• December 16 — Roy Brocksmith
• December 22 — Lance Fuller
• December 29 — Anatoli Kubatsky
• December 31 — Denny Arnold

Home Media Releases

• January 23 — The Wild Wild World of Batwoman (DVD)
• January 23 — Beginning of the End (DVD)
• January 30 — The Hellcats
• January 30 — Shorts, Volume 3
• November 20 — "Manos" The Hands of Fate (DVD)
• November 20 — Mitchell (DVD)

Events

• The Adventures of Edward the Less premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel web site.
• January 19 — Beverly Garland gets the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Award for her acting in many radio performances.
• March 25 — At the 73rd Academy Awards, Rick Baker and Gail Ryan win the Best Makeup Award for How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Dino De Laurentiis receives the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
• December 17 — Martin Landau receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Blvd.