Dead at age 96
448 Notable deaths
Edward Cassidy
Catholic cardinal.
Born July 5th, 1924 in Sydney.
Died April 10th, 2021 at 96 years old in Newcastle. [ref]
Eugene Polley
Engineer, inventor of remote control.
Born November 29th, 1915 in Chicago. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2012 at 96 years old in Downers Grove. [ref]
Ronald Gillespie
Canadian inorganic chemist (1924-2021).
Born August 21st, 1924 in London. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2021 at 96 years old in Dundas. [ref]
Friedrich Cerha
Austrian composer and conductor (1925–2023).
Born February 17th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died February 14th, 2023 at 96 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Marion Pritchard
Dutch-american social worker (1920-2016).
Born November 7th, 1920 in Amsterdam.
Died December 11th, 2016 at 96 years old in Washington, D.C. (arteriosclerosis).
Rossana Rossanda
Italian journalist and politician (1924-2020).
Born April 23rd, 1924 in Pula.
Died September 20th, 2020 at 96 years old in Rome. [ref]
Thelma Coyne Long
Australian tennis player.
Born October 14th, 1918 in Sydney.
Died April 13th, 2015 at 96 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Olga Spessivtseva
Russian ballet dancer.
Born July 18th, 1895 in Rostov-on-Don. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1991 at 96 years old in New York City. [ref]
Kemal Karpat
Turkish historian.
Born February 15th, 1923 in Babadag.
Died February 20th, 2019 at 96 years old in Madison. [ref]
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Italian screenwriter (1914-2010).
Born July 21st, 1914 in Rome. [ref]
Died July 31st, 2010 at 96 years old in Rome. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner