Dead at age 101
131 Notable deaths
Roman Totenberg
Polish-american musician.
Born January 1st, 1911 in Łódź.
Died May 8th, 2012 at 101 years old in Newton. [ref]
Naomi Mitchison
Scottish novelist and poet (1897-1999).
Born November 1st, 1897 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1999 at 101 years old in Carradale. [ref]
Helge Ingstad
Norwegian explorer.
Born December 30th, 1899 in Meråker. [ref]
Died March 29th, 2001 at 101 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Friedrich Hund
German physicist (1896-1997).
Born February 4th, 1896 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1997 at 101 years old in Göttingen. [ref]
Gottfried Böhm
German architect (1920-2021).
Born January 21st, 1920 in Offenbach am Main. [ref]
Died June 9th, 2021 at 101 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Edmond H. Fischer
American biochemist.
Born April 6th, 1920 in Shanghai.
Died August 27th, 2021 at 101 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Neagu Djuvara
Romanian historian.
Born August 31st, 1916 in Bucharest.
Died January 25th, 2018 at 101 years old in Bucharest (pneumonia). [ref]
Thomas Sopwith
English aviation pioneer and yachtsman (1888-1989).
Born January 18th, 1888 in Kensington.
Died January 27th, 1989 at 101 years old in Hampshire.
Igor Moiseyev
Soviet dancer.
Born January 21st, 1906 in Kyiv.
Died November 2nd, 2007 at 101 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Bill Butler
American cinematographer (1921–2023).
Born April 7th, 1921 in Cripple Creek. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2023 at 101 years old in Montana. [ref]
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I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen