Dead at age 97
368 Notable deaths
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Dutch-born american physicist.
Born March 11th, 1920 in Dordrecht.
Died September 5th, 2017 at 97 years old in Tucson (heart failure). [ref]
Bernard Bailyn
American historian (1922–2020).
Born September 10th, 1922 in Hartford.
Died August 7th, 2020 at 97 years old in Belmont (heart failure). [ref]
Manolis Glezos
Greek politician (1922-2020).
Born September 9th, 1922 in Apeiranthos.
Died March 30th, 2020 at 97 years old in Athens (heart failure). [ref]
Lassie Lou Ahern
Child actress (1920-2018).
Born June 25th, 1920 in Los Angeles.
Died February 15th, 2018 at 97 years old in Prescott (influenza).
Solomon Perel
German-jewish holocaust survivor and author of ich war hitlerjunge salomon, published in english as europa, europa.
Born April 21st, 1925 in Peine.
Died February 2nd, 2023 at 97 years old in Tel Aviv.
Leon Theremin
Russian inventor, physicist and musician.
Born August 27th, 1896 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1993 at 97 years old in Moscow.
Mary Cartwright
British mathematician.
Born December 17th, 1900 in Aynho.
Died April 3rd, 1998 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Michael Howard
English military historian (1922–2019).
Born November 29th, 1922 in Ashmore.
Died November 30th, 2019 at 97 years old in Swindon. [ref]
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
German politician (1902-1999).
Born February 9th, 1902 in Adelsheim.
Died March 24th, 1999 at 97 years old in Bebenhausen.
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician.
Born May 29th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died December 30th, 2020 at 97 years old in Valley Glen. [ref]
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes