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Dead at age 97
368 Notable deaths
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.
Died October 5th, 2014 at 97 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Henryk Gulbinowicz
Polish catholic arcbishop and cardinal (1923–2020).
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.
Elsa Joubert
South african writer (1922–2020).
Born October 19th, 1922 in Paarl. [ref]
Died June 14th, 2020 at 97 years old in Cape Town (COVID-19). [ref]
Mevhibe İnönü
First lady of turkey (1897-1992).
Born September 22nd, 1894 in Constantinople.
Died February 29th, 1992 at 97 years old in Ankara.
Jacqueline de Romilly
French hellenist and philologist.
Born March 26th, 1913 in Chartres. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2010 at 97 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown