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Dead at age 95

572 Notable deaths

Compay Segundo

Cuban musician (1907-2003).

Born November 18th, 1907 in Santiago de Cuba.

Died July 14th, 2003 at 95 years old in Havana (kidney failure).

Douglass North

American economist (1920-2015).

Born November 5th, 1920 in Cambridge.

Died November 23rd, 2015 at 95 years old in Benzonia (esophageal cancer).

Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar

Sultan of zanzibar (1929–2024).

Born September 16th, 1929 in Zanzibar Islands.

Died December 30th, 2024 at 95 years old in Muscat. [ref]

Aranmula Ponnamma

Indian actress.

Born April 8th, 1915 in Aranmula.

Died February 21st, 2011 at 95 years old in Thiruvananthapuram. [ref]

Maurice Blanchot

French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist (1907–2003).

Born September 22nd, 1907 in France. [ref]

Died February 20th, 2003 at 95 years old in Paris. [ref]

Yukio Ozaki

Japanese politician (1858-1954).

Born December 24th, 1858 in Sagami Province.

Died October 6th, 1954 at 95 years old in Shinjuku.

Howard S. Becker

American sociologist (1928–2023).

Born April 18th, 1928 in Chicago.

Died August 16th, 2023 at 95 years old in San Francisco. [ref]

Jules Feiffer

American cartoonist, screenwriter and playwright (1929–2025).

Born January 26th, 1929 in The Bronx. [ref]

Died January 17th, 2025 at 95 years old in Richfield Springs. [ref]

Kuldip Nayar

Indian author and journalist (1923-2018).

Born August 14th, 1923 in Sialkot. [ref]

Died August 23rd, 2018 at 95 years old in New Delhi. [ref]

Frances Reid

American actress (1914-2010).

Born December 9th, 1914 in Wichita Falls.

Died February 3rd, 2010 at 95 years old in Los Angeles (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]

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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman