Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.

Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions

Dead at age 97

381 Notable deaths

Albert Eschenmoser

Swiss chemist.

Born August 5th, 1925 in Erstfeld.

Died July 14th, 2023 at 97 years old [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]

Arnoldo Foà

Italian actor (1916-2014).

Born January 24th, 1916 in Ferrara.

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

Stoyanka Mutafova

Bulgarian actress (1922–2019).

Born February 2nd, 1922 in Sofia. [ref]

Died December 6th, 2019 at 97 years old in Military Medical Academy (pneumonia). [ref]

Shlomo Hillel

Israeli diplomat (1923-2021).

Born April 23rd, 1923 in Baghdad.

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

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]

Mevhibe İnönü

First lady of turkey (1897-1992).

Born September 22nd, 1894 in Constantinople.

Died February 29th, 1992 at 97 years old in Ankara.

Kees Rijvers

Dutch footballer and manager.

Born May 27th, 1926 in Breda.

Died March 4th, 2024 at 97 years old in Breda. [ref]

Deaths 211 to 220 of 381

It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson