Dead at age 97

354 Notable deaths

Ignazio Buttitta

Italian poet.

Born September 19th, 1899 in Bagheria. [ref]

Died April 5th, 1997 at 97 years old in Bagheria. [ref]

Christiane Desroches Noblecourt

French egyptologist.

Born November 17th, 1913 in Paris. [ref]

Died June 23rd, 2011 at 97 years old in Sézanne. [ref]

Jesús Guzmán

Spanish actor.

Born June 15th, 1926 in Madrid.

Died October 16th, 2023 at 97 years old in Madrid. [ref]

Vera Vasilyeva

Russian actress.

Born September 30th, 1925 in Moscow.

Died August 8th, 2023 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Nadya Nozharova

Bulgarian operetta actress and businesswoman (1916-2014).

Born November 21st, 1916 in Pleven.

Died April 18th, 2014 at 97 years old in Long Island.

Abdelsalam al-Majali

Jordanian physician and politician.

Born February 18th, 1925 in Al-Karak.

Died January 3rd, 2023 at 97 years old in King Hussein Medical Center. [ref]

Vladimír Zábrodský

Czechoslovak ice hockey player.

Born March 7th, 1923 in Prague. [ref]

Died March 20th, 2020 at 97 years old in Stockholm. [ref]

Romesh Chandra

Indian politician.

Born March 30th, 1919 in Faisalabad.

Died July 4th, 2016 at 97 years old in Mumbai.

Margot Benacerraf

Venezuelan film director (1926–2024).

Born August 14th, 1926 in Caracas.

Died May 29th, 2024 at 97 years old in Caracas. [ref]

Wu Zhengyi

Chinese botanist (1916-2013).

Born June 13th, 1916 in Jiujiang.

Died June 20th, 2013 at 97 years old in Kunming.

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