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Dead at age 97
381 Notable deaths
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]
Giovanni Lilliu
Italian archeologist, academician, politician (1914-2012).
Born March 13th, 1914 in Barumini.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 97 years old in Cagliari.
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.
James Quinn
American athlete (1906-2004).
Born September 9th, 1906 in Brooklyn.
Died July 12th, 2004 at 97 years old in Cranston.
Paul Vialar
French writer (1898-1996).
Born September 18th, 1898 in Saint-Denis.
Died January 8th, 1996 at 97 years old in Vaucresson.
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]
Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu
Romanian poet, translator.
Born October 17th, 1897 in St. Moritz.
Died May 31st, 1995 at 97 years old in Romania.
Yevdokiya Pasko
Soviet wwii aviator and heroine of the soviet union (1919–2017).
Born December 30th, 1919 in Lipenka.
Died January 27th, 2017 at 97 years old in Moscow.
Fernando Roldán
Chilean footballer (1921-2019).
Born October 15th, 1921 in Chile.
Died June 23rd, 2019 at 97 years old [ref]
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