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Dead at age 96

469 Notable deaths

Philip W. Anderson

American physicist (1923-2020).

Born December 13th, 1923 in Indianapolis. [ref]

Died March 29th, 2020 at 96 years old in Princeton. [ref]

Kathleen Hughes

American actress.

Born November 14th, 1928 in Hollywood.

Died May 19th, 2025 at 96 years old [ref]

William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.

American judge (1920-2017).

Born July 7th, 1920 in Philadelphia.

Died March 31st, 2017 at 96 years old in Alexandria (Alzheimer's disease).

Selma Engel-Wijnberg

Holocaust extermination camp survivor; diarist, writer (1922-2018).

Born May 15th, 1922 in Groningen.

Died December 4th, 2018 at 96 years old in East Haven.

Arnold Rüütel

Former president of estonia.

Born May 10th, 1928 in Pahavalla.

Died December 31st, 2024 at 96 years old in Tallinn. [ref]

Paul Rogers

British actor.

Born March 22nd, 1917 in Plympton.

Died October 6th, 2013 at 96 years old in London (disease). [ref]

Charlotte Cooper

English tennis player.

Born September 22nd, 1870 in Ealing.

Died October 10th, 1966 at 96 years old in Helensburgh.

Lucio Costa

Brazilian architect.

Born February 27th, 1902 in Toulon.

Died June 13th, 1998 at 96 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Hellmuth Reymann

German general.

Born November 24th, 1892 in Prudnik. [ref]

Died December 8th, 1988 at 96 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Artur Fischer

German inventor (1919-2016).

Born December 31st, 1919 in Waldachtal.

Died January 27th, 2016 at 96 years old in Waldachtal. [ref]

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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson