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Dead at age 96
506 Notable deaths
Karl Hugo Strunz
German mineralogist (1910-2006).
Born February 24th, 1910 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died April 19th, 2006 at 96 years old in Unterwössen.
Alice Rivaz
Swiss writer (1901-1998).
Born August 14th, 1901 in Rovray. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1998 at 96 years old in Genthod. [ref]
Maly Delschaft
German actress (1898–1995).
Born December 4th, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died August 20th, 1995 at 96 years old in Berlin.
Sofía Casanova
Spanish journalist, novelist and poet (1861-1958).
Born September 30th, 1861 in A Coruña.
Died January 16th, 1958 at 96 years old in Poznań.
Joseph Galibardy
Field hockey player (1915–2011).
Born January 10th, 1915 in Chennai, Kolkata.
Died May 17th, 2011 at 96 years old in Walthamstow. [ref]
Kazimierz Świątek
Catholic cardinal (1914-2011).
Born October 21st, 1914 in Walk.
Died July 21st, 2011 at 96 years old in Pinsk. [ref]
Joan Colom Altemir
Spanish photographer (1921-2017).
Born April 30th, 1921 in Barcelona.
Died September 3rd, 2017 at 96 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Jean-Claude Pecker
French astronomer and astrophysicist (1923–2020).
Died February 20th, 2020 at 96 years old in Port-Joinville.
Vira Vovk
Ukrainian writer, critic, and translator (1926–2022).
Born January 2nd, 1926 in Boryslav.
Died July 16th, 2022 at 96 years old in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
José da Costa Nunes
Portuguese cardinal (1880–1976).
Born March 15th, 1880 in Candelária.
Died November 29th, 1976 at 96 years old in Rome.
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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