Dead at age 97
393 Notable deaths
Margot Hielscher
German singer and film actress (1919-2017).
Born September 29th, 1919 in Berlin.
Died August 20th, 2017 at 97 years old in Munich. [ref]
Max Fabiani
Architect.
Born April 29th, 1865 in Kobdilj.
Died August 18th, 1962 at 97 years old in Gorizia.
Sergey Timofeyevich Konyonkov
Russian and soviet sculptor (1874-1971).
Died December 9th, 1971 at 97 years old in Moscow. [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]
Huang Hua
Chinese revolutionary, politician and diplomat (1913–2010).
Born January 25th, 1913 in Ci County, Ci Prefecture.
Died November 24th, 2010 at 97 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Shlomo Erell
Israeli navy general.
Born November 26th, 1920 in Łódź.
Died November 20th, 2018 at 97 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Walter Zapp
Estonian inventor.
Born September 4th, 1905 in Riga.
Died July 17th, 2003 at 97 years old in Binningen.
Ivo Babuška
Czech-american mathematician (1926–2023).
Born March 22nd, 1926 in Prague. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2023 at 97 years old in Albuquerque. [ref]
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]
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]
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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia