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Dead at age 97
354 Notable deaths
Jaime de Armiñán
Film director.
Born March 9th, 1927 in Madrid.
Died April 9th, 2024 at 97 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Wolf Schneider
German journalist (1925–2022).
Died November 11th, 2022 at 97 years old in Starnberg. [ref]
Dmitri Skobeltsyn
Russian physicist.
Born November 24th, 1892 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 16th, 1990 at 97 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Maya Kuliyeva
Soviet opera singer and actor.
Born May 1st, 1920 in Abadan Etrap.
Died April 27th, 2018 at 97 years old in Ashgabat.
Arne Åhman
Athletics competitor.
Born February 4th, 1925 in Nordingrå.
Died July 5th, 2022 at 97 years old in Umeå. [ref]
Liselotte Landbeck
Austrian and belgian athlete in figure and speed skating (1916-2013).
Born January 13th, 1916 in Vienna.
Died February 15th, 2013 at 97 years old in Quintal. [ref]
Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018).
Born August 7th, 1920 in Versailles. [ref]
Died April 1st, 2018 at 97 years old in Chambourcy. [ref]
Boris Pokrovsky
Soviet and russian opera director (1912-2009).
Born January 23rd, 1912 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 5th, 2009 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
Pakistani scholar.
Born October 17th, 1927 in Saharanpur.
Died February 21st, 2025 at 97 years old in Karachi. [ref]
Gunnel Vallquist
Swedish writer and translator, member of the swedish academy (1918-2016).
Born June 19th, 1918 in Sankt Matteus.
Died January 11th, 2016 at 97 years old in Bromma. [ref]
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Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace