Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 97
346 Notable deaths
Renato Dulbecco
Italian-born american virologist (1914-2012).
Born February 22nd, 1914 in Catanzaro. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2012 at 97 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
Julian B. Rotter
American psychologist.
Born October 22nd, 1916 in Brooklyn.
Died January 6th, 2014 at 97 years old in Mansfield.
Anna Hyatt Huntington
American artist.
Born March 10th, 1876 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1973 at 97 years old in Redding, Redding Ridge. [ref]
Leo Sternbach
Polish american chemist.
Born May 7th, 1908 in Opatija. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2005 at 97 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Hansa Jivraj Mehta
Reformist, social activist, freedom-fighter and educator and writer of india.
Died April 4th, 1995 at 97 years old in Mumbai.
Bob Richards
American athletics competitor, pole vaulter.
Born February 20th, 1926 in Champaign.
Died February 26th, 2023 at 97 years old in Waco. [ref]
Peter Abrahams
South african novelist, journalist and political commentator.
Born March 19th, 1919 in Vrededorp, Gauteng.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 97 years old in Saint Andrew. [ref]
Arnaldo Forlani
Italian politician (1925–2023).
Born December 8th, 1925 in Pesaro.
Died July 6th, 2023 at 97 years old [ref]
Nathalie Sarraute
French lawyer and writer.
Born July 18th, 1902 in Ivanovo. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1999 at 97 years old in Paris. [ref]
Grace Bradley
American actress (1913-2010).
Born September 21st, 1913 in Brooklyn.
Died September 21st, 2010 at 97 years old in Dana Point. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 346
Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. Michael Landon