Dead at age 101

176 Notable deaths

Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

Queen consort of the british empire from 1936 to 1952; mother of elizabeth ii (1900–2022).

Born August 4th, 1900 in London, Hitchin.

Died March 30th, 2002 at 101 years old in Royal Lodge (pneumonia).

Nellie Tayloe Ross

First woman state governor in the u.s..

Born November 29th, 1876 in St. Joseph.

Died December 19th, 1977 at 101 years old in Washington, D.C..

Jane Morgan

American actress and singer.

Born May 3rd, 1924 in Newton.

Died August 4th, 2025 at 101 years old in Naples. [ref]

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

Japanese princess; widow of takahito, prince mikasa (1923–2024).

Born June 4th, 1923 in Tokyo City. [ref]

Died November 15th, 2024 at 101 years old in St. Luke's International Hospital (senility). [ref]

Dorothea Tanning

American painter.

Born August 25th, 1910 in Galesburg. [ref]

Died January 31st, 2012 at 101 years old in New York City, Manhattan. [ref]

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Indian bengali−english writer and man of letters (1897–1999).

Born November 23rd, 1897 in Bengal.

Died August 1st, 1999 at 101 years old in Oxford.

John Kundla

American basketball player and coach (1916-2017).

Born July 3rd, 1916 in Star Junction. [ref]

Died July 23rd, 2017 at 101 years old in Minneapolis. [ref]

Diana Athill

British literary editor, novelist, memoirist (1917–2019).

Born December 21st, 1917 in London.

Died January 23rd, 2019 at 101 years old in London. [ref]

Do Muoi

Former general secretary of the communist party of vietnam (1917–2018).

Born February 2nd, 1917 in Thanh Trì.

Died October 1st, 2018 at 101 years old in Hanoi (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]

B. B. Lal

Indian archaeologist (1921–2022).

Born May 2nd, 1921 in Jhansi.

Died September 10th, 2022 at 101 years old in New Delhi. [ref]

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I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen