Dead at age 91

1,072 Notable deaths

Elizabeth Hardwick

American writer and literary critic.

Born July 27th, 1916 in Lexington. [ref]

Died December 2nd, 2007 at 91 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

Helen Wagner

American actress.

Born September 3rd, 1918 in Lubbock.

Died May 1st, 2010 at 91 years old in New York City (cancer).

Norman Joseph Woodland

Inventor of the barcode.

Born September 6th, 1921 in Atlantic City.

Died December 9th, 2012 at 91 years old in Edgewater. [ref]

Gabriel Almond

American political scientist (1911-2002).

Born January 12th, 1911 in Rock Island.

Died December 25th, 2002 at 91 years old in Pacific Grove.

Eddie Dean

American actor, singer-songwriter, musician and singer (1907-1999).

Born July 9th, 1907 in Texas.

Died March 4th, 1999 at 91 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).

Gilbert Murray

Anglo-australian scholar (1866-1957).

Born January 2nd, 1866 in Sydney.

Died May 20th, 1957 at 91 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Adolf Butenandt

German biochemist (1939 nobel prize).

Born March 24th, 1903 in Bremerhaven.

Died January 18th, 1995 at 91 years old in Munich.

Ferruccio Parri

Italian partisan and politician (1890-1981).

Born January 19th, 1890 in Pinerolo. [ref]

Died December 8th, 1981 at 91 years old in Rome. [ref]

Fritz Heider

German psychologist (1896-1988).

Born February 19th, 1896 in Vienna.

Died January 2nd, 1988 at 91 years old in Lawrence.

Herblock

American editorial cartoonist (1909–2001).

Born October 13th, 1909 in Chicago.

Died October 7th, 2001 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C..

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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde