2011 in Austria
Events from the year 2011 in Austria
Deaths
January
- January 3: Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer.
- January 6: Rudi Bass, 96, Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator and writer.
- January 15: Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010).
- January 30: Michael Herzog, 58, Austrian ice hockey player.
March
- March 15: Yakov Kreizberg, 51, Russian-born Austrian-American conductor.
- March 19: Gustav Lantschner, 100, Austrian Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) alpine skier and actor.
- March 29: Edith Klestil, 78, Austrian first lady (1992–1998), first wife of President Thomas Klestil, cancer.
- March 31: Claudia Heill, 29, Austrian judoka, silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, suspected suicide.
July
- July 4: Otto von Habsburg, 98, Austro-Hungarian royal and politician, MEP (1979–1999).
- July 6:
- July 21: Franz Alt, 100, Austrian-born American mathematician.
August
- August 11: Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist.
- August 14: Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist.
October
- October 10: Otto Tausig, 89, Austrian writer, director and actor.
- October 18: Michael Staikos, 65, Greek-born Austrian Orthodox hierarch, metropolitan bishop of Austria (since 1991).
- October 28: Arnold Ruiner, 74, Austrian Olympic cyclist.
November
- November 11: Hellmut May, 90, Austrian Olympic figure skater.
- November 12: Evelyn Lauder, 75, Austrian-born American philanthropist (The Breast Cancer Research Foundation), creator of pink ribbon symbol, complications from ovarian cancer.
- November 19: Peter Steinwender, 83, Austrian Olympian
- November 22:
- Sena Jurinac, 90, Bosnian-born Austrian opera singer.
- Georg Kreisler, 89, Austrian-born American cabarettist, satirist, composer and author.
- November 24: Ludwig Hirsch, 65, Austrian singer and actor, suicide by self-defenestration.
References
- ↑ "Österreichs ältester Athlet mit 102 Jahren gestorben". Kleine Zeitung (in German). January 7, 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ↑ "Rudi Bass obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2019 – via Legacy.com.
- ↑ "Innsbrucks Altbürgermeisterin Zach ist tot" (in German). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Michael Herzog Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Ernst Badian, professor of history emeritus, 85". The Harvard Gazette. February 14, 2011.
- ↑ "Maria Altmann dies at 94; won fight for return of Klimt portrait seized by Nazis". Los Angeles Times. February 8, 2011.
- ↑ "Tiefe Trauer um Peter Alexander". Kleine Zeitung (in German). March 13, 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Conductor Yakov Kreizberg (1959-2011)". Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Gustav Lantschner Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Ex-First Lady dies of cancer". Austrian Times. April 3, 2019. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Olympic silver medallist commits suicide". insidethegames.biz. March 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Eric Gross (1926-2011)". Australian Music Centre.
- ↑ "Erwin Strahl gestorben" (in German). Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Friedrich Rückert Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Hans Johann Nogler - Todesanzeige". Südtirol Online (in German). Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ↑ Werner Fischer
- ↑ "Most-wanted Croatian World War II war crime suspect dies in Austria". Monsters and Critics. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Eldest son of last Austrian emperor dies at 98". The Jerusalem Post.
- ↑ "Andi Waldherr dead". RallycrossWorld.com. July 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Gabriele Zeilinger Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Franz Alt Obituary". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Johann Traxler Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ↑ Martin, Douglas (August 17, 2011). "Fritz Bach, Who Aided Transplant Survival, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ↑ "Kaisersohn Felix Habsburg in Mexiko gestorben". Der Standard (in German).
- ↑ "Trauer um Schauspielerin Sissy Löwinger" (in German). Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Schauspieler Otto Tausig gestorben". ORF (in German). October 10, 2011.
- ↑ "Orthodoxer Metropolit Michael Staikos verstorben". Der Standard (in German). Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ↑ "Arnold Ruiner". Cycling Archives.
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- ↑ "Skate Canada mourns the loss of Hall of Famer Dr. Hellmut May". Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Evelyn Lauder, who created breast cancer's pink ribbon, dies at 75". CNN.
- ↑ "Opera performer Sena Jurinac dies". BBC News. November 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Georg Kreisler 89-jährig gestorben". Der Standard.
- ↑ "Ludwig Hirsch hat sich das Leben genommen". Oe24.at (in German). November 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Leopold Hawelka, luminary of Viennese cafe culture, dies aged 100". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. December 30, 2011.
