Dead at age 97
354 Notable deaths
Anders Österling
Swedish poet.
Born April 13th, 1884 in Helsingborg.
Died December 13th, 1981 at 97 years old in Stockholm.
Michel Mohrt
French writer and editor (1914-2011).
Born April 28th, 1914 in Morlaix. [ref]
Died August 17th, 2011 at 97 years old in Paris. [ref]
Christine de Rivoyre
French writer.
Born November 29th, 1921 in Tarbes. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 2019 at 97 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Viktor Shuvalov
Russian ice hockey player (1923-2021).
Born December 15th, 1923 in Nabornyje Syresi.
Died April 18th, 2021 at 97 years old in Moscow.
Yun Chi-Young
Korean politician (1898-1996).
Born February 10th, 1898 in Seoul. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1996 at 97 years old in Seoul (disease).
George Baird
Athletics competitor.
Born March 5th, 1907 in Grand Island.
Died September 4th, 2004 at 97 years old in Rhinebeck.
Erih Koš
Serbian writer.
Born April 15th, 1913 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2010 at 97 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Fernando Roldán
Chilean footballer (1921-2019).
Born October 15th, 1921 in Chile.
Died June 23rd, 2019 at 97 years old [ref]
James Quinn
American athlete (1906-2004).
Born September 9th, 1906 in Brooklyn.
Died July 12th, 2004 at 97 years old in Cranston.
James Gunn
American science fiction author.
Born July 12th, 1923 in Kansas City.
Died December 23rd, 2020 at 97 years old in Lawrence. [ref]
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs