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Dead at age 101

128 Notable deaths

Tewhida Ben Sheikh

Tunisian physician (1909-2010).

Born January 2nd, 1909 in Tunis.

Died December 6th, 2010 at 101 years old

Hilde Zadek

German operatic soprano.

Born December 15th, 1917 in Bydgoszcz. [ref]

Died February 21st, 2019 at 101 years old in Karlsruhe.

Sanzo Nosaka

Japanese politician (1892-1993).

Born March 30th, 1892 in Hagi.

Died November 14th, 1993 at 101 years old in Tokyo.

Charles Greeley Abbot

American astrophysicist and the 5th secretary of the smithsonian.

Born May 31st, 1872 in Wilton. [ref]

Died December 17th, 1973 at 101 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]

Zhang Qun

Chinese politician (1889-1990).

Born May 9th, 1889 in Huayang.

Died December 14th, 1990 at 101 years old in Taipei.

Harry Huskey

American computer design pioneer (1916-2017).

Born January 19th, 1916 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Died April 9th, 2017 at 101 years old in Santa Cruz.

Kathleen Ollerenshaw

English mathematician (1912-2014).

Born October 1st, 1912 in Manchester.

Died August 10th, 2014 at 101 years old in Didsbury.

Tomie Ohtake

Brazilian artist (1913-2015).

Born November 21st, 1913 in Kyoto. [ref]

Died February 12th, 2015 at 101 years old in São Paulo (heart failure). [ref]

Dercy Gonçalves

Brazilian actress and comedian (1907-2008).

Born June 23rd, 1907 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died July 19th, 2008 at 101 years old in Rio de Janeiro (pneumonia). [ref]

Emyr Humphreys

Welsh author, poet and novelist (1919-2020).

Born April 15th, 1919 in Trelawnyd.

Died September 30th, 2020 at 101 years old in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. [ref]

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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius