Dead at age 97
368 Notable deaths
Qian Xuesen
Chinese rocket scientist (1911-2009).
Born December 11th, 1911 in Shanghai.
Died October 31st, 2009 at 97 years old in Beijing.
Lee Teng-hui
4th president of the republic of china (taiwan), 1st taiwanese president elected by taiwanese residents.
Born January 15th, 1923 in Sanshi village.
Died July 30th, 2020 at 97 years old in Taipei Veterans General Hospital (septic shock). [ref]
A. K. Hangal
Indian actor.
Born August 15th, 1915 in Sialkot.
Died August 26th, 2012 at 97 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
June Havoc
American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist.
Born November 8th, 1912 in Vancouver.
Died March 28th, 2010 at 97 years old in Stamford (disease). [ref]
Gordon B. Hinckley
President of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints.
Born June 23rd, 1910 in Salt Lake City.
Died January 27th, 2008 at 97 years old in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Pashtun independence activist against british rule in india.
Born February 6th, 1890 in Hashtnagar.
Died January 20th, 1988 at 97 years old in Peshawar.
Marjorie Lord
Actress from the united states (1918-2015).
Born July 26th, 1918 in San Francisco.
Died November 28th, 2015 at 97 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).
Lakshmi Sahgal
Officer in the indian national army (ina) and former presidential candidate of india.
Born October 24th, 1914 in Chennai.
Died July 23rd, 2012 at 97 years old in Kanpur (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Eric Melrose Brown
British aviator, royal navy officer, test pilot, author.
Born January 21st, 1919 in Leith.
Died February 21st, 2016 at 97 years old in Redhill (pneumonia).
Leon Askin
Actor (1907–2005).
Born September 18th, 1907 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 2005 at 97 years old in Vienna.
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You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King