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Dead at age 93
909 Notable deaths
Norbert Elias
German sociologist.
Born June 22nd, 1897 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1990 at 93 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Krishna Sobti
Indian writer (1925–2019).
Born February 18th, 1925 in Gujrat.
Died January 25th, 2019 at 93 years old in New Delhi (pneumonia). [ref]
Akira Miyawaki
Japanese botanist (1928–2021).
Born January 29th, 1928 in Takahashi.
Died July 16th, 2021 at 93 years old (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Nick Holonyak
American physicist (1928–2022).
Born November 3rd, 1928 in Zeigler.
Died September 20th, 2022 at 93 years old in Urbana. [ref]
William H. Gass
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor.
Born July 30th, 1924 in Fargo.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in University City (heart failure). [ref]
Wilfred Thesiger
British explorer (1910-2003).
Born June 3rd, 1910 in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2003 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Mauno Koivisto
President of finland (1923–2017).
Born November 25th, 1923 in Turku. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2017 at 93 years old in Meilahti Tower Hospital (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Jackie Loughery
American beauty queen and actress.
Born April 18th, 1930 in Brooklyn.
Died February 23rd, 2024 at 93 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ernst Nolte
German historian and philosopher (1923–2016).
Born January 11th, 1923 in Witten. [ref]
Died August 18th, 2016 at 93 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Agnes Nixon
American soap opera screenwriter (1922–2016).
Born December 10th, 1922 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2016 at 93 years old in Haverford (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche