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Dead at age 97
368 Notable deaths
Nora Swinburne
British actress (1902-2000).
Born July 24th, 1902 in Bath. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2000 at 97 years old in London. [ref]
John Neville Keynes
British economist.
Born August 31st, 1852 in Salisbury.
Died November 15th, 1949 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Barbara Dane
American singer.
Born May 12th, 1927 in Detroit.
Died October 20th, 2024 at 97 years old in Oakland. [ref]
Gustav Lombard
German general.
Born April 10th, 1895 in Neustadt (Dosse).
Died September 18th, 1992 at 97 years old in Mühldorf am Inn.
Harold Jeffreys
Geophysicist and statistician.
Born April 22nd, 1891 in Fatfield. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1989 at 97 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
James L. Holloway III
American admiral (1922-2019).
Born February 23rd, 1922 in Charleston.
Died November 26th, 2019 at 97 years old in Alexandria. [ref]
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
49th prime minister of romania (1961-1974).
Born September 23rd, 1902 in Bucharest.
Died February 8th, 2000 at 97 years old in Bucharest.
Julien Green
American author (1900-1998).
Born September 6th, 1900 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1998 at 97 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ramón José Velásquez
Venezuelan politician, lawyer and historian (1916–2014).
Born November 28th, 1916 in San Juan de Colón.
Died June 24th, 2014 at 97 years old in Caracas.
Jocelyn Burdick
American politician (1922-2019).
Born February 6th, 1922 in Fargo.
Died December 26th, 2019 at 97 years old in Fargo.
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