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Dead at age 97
368 Notable deaths
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]
Carol Emshwiller
American fiction writer (1921-2019).
Born April 12th, 1921 in Ann Arbor.
Died February 2nd, 2019 at 97 years old in Durham. [ref]
Michel Déon
French writer.
Born August 4th, 1919 in Paris.
Died December 28th, 2016 at 97 years old in Galway (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Aldo Castellani
Italian bacteriologist.
Born September 8th, 1874 in Florence.
Died October 3rd, 1971 at 97 years old in Lisbon.
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