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Dead at age 96
503 Notable deaths
Hermann Zapf
German type-designer, calligrapher, author and artist (1918-2015).
Born November 8th, 1918 in Nuremberg.
Died June 4th, 2015 at 96 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
Yuri Orlov
Soviet physicist.
Born August 13th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 2020 at 96 years old in Ithaca. [ref]
Noble Johnson
African-american actor and film producer (1881-1978).
Born April 18th, 1881 in Marshall.
Died January 9th, 1978 at 96 years old in Yucaipa.
Herbert Rudley
American actor (1910-2006).
Born March 22nd, 1910 in Philadelphia.
Died September 9th, 2006 at 96 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Edward Phipps
American actor and film producer (1922-2018).
Born February 4th, 1922 in Vincennes.
Died June 1st, 2018 at 96 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer). [ref]
Allan Dwan
Film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Toronto. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1981 at 96 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Isadore Singer
American mathematician.
Born May 3rd, 1924 in Detroit. [ref]
Died February 11th, 2021 at 96 years old in Boxborough.
Aenne Burda
German magazine publisher.
Born July 28th, 1909 in Offenburg.
Died November 3rd, 2005 at 96 years old in Offenburg.
Paul Delvaux
Belgian painter (1897-1994).
Born September 23rd, 1897 in Huy, Antheit. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1994 at 96 years old in Veurne. [ref]
Katia Mann
German writer, thomas mann's wife and alfred pringsheim's daughter.
Born July 24th, 1883 in Feldafing.
Died April 25th, 1980 at 96 years old in Kilchberg.
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