Dead at age 97

354 Notable deaths

Mary Duncan

American actress (1895-1993).

Born August 13th, 1895 in Luttrellville. [ref]

Died May 9th, 1993 at 97 years old in Palm Beach (disease). [ref]

Carol Rama

Italian painter (1918-2015).

Born April 17th, 1918 in Turin. [ref]

Died September 25th, 2015 at 97 years old in Turin. [ref]

Wu Wenjun

Chinese mathematician.

Born May 12th, 1919 in Shanghai.

Died May 7th, 2017 at 97 years old in Beijing. [ref]

Arnoldo Foà

Italian actor (1916-2014).

Born January 24th, 1916 in Ferrara. [ref]

Died January 11th, 2014 at 97 years old in Rome (respiratory failure). [ref]

Inge Borkh

German soprano.

Born May 26th, 1921 in Mannheim. [ref]

Died August 26th, 2018 at 97 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]

Paul Peter Ewald

German physicist.

Born January 23rd, 1888 in Berlin.

Died August 22nd, 1985 at 97 years old in Ithaca.

Shlomo Hillel

Israeli diplomat (1923-2021).

Born April 23rd, 1923 in Baghdad.

Died February 8th, 2021 at 97 years old in Ra'anana.

Béla Király

Hungarian officer, professor, and politician (1912-2009).

Born April 14th, 1912 in Kaposvár. [ref]

Died July 7th, 2009 at 97 years old in Budapest. [ref]

Abdias do Nascimento

Brazilian politician (1914-2011).

Born March 14th, 1914 in Franca.

Died May 23rd, 2011 at 97 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cardiovascular disease). [ref]

Ferdinand Kübler

Swiss racing cyclist (1919-2016).

Born July 24th, 1919 in Marthalen. [ref]

Died December 29th, 2016 at 97 years old in Zürich. [ref]

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I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen