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Dead at age 97
354 Notable deaths
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.
Fred Lawrence Whipple
American astronomer.
Born November 5th, 1906 in Red Oak.
Died August 30th, 2004 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Albert Eschenmoser
Swiss chemist.
Born August 5th, 1925 in Erstfeld.
Died July 14th, 2023 at 97 years old [ref]
Margot Duhalde Sotomayor
Chilean aviator (1920–2018).
Born December 12th, 1920 in Río Bueno. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2018 at 97 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Yury Lyubimov
Soviet and russian theatre director, actor (1917-2014).
Born September 30th, 1917 in Yaroslavl. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2014 at 97 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Henryk Gulbinowicz
Polish catholic arcbishop and cardinal.
Born October 17th, 1923 in Vilnius.
Died November 16th, 2020 at 97 years old in Wrocław. [ref]
Mark Reizen
Russian singer.
Born July 3rd, 1895 in Zaitsevo.
Died November 25th, 1992 at 97 years old in Moscow.
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