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Dead at age 97
442 Notable deaths
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]
Nora Lilian Alcock
British pioneering plant pathologist (1874–1972).
Born August 18th, 1874 in Hampstead.
Died March 31st, 1972 at 97 years old
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.
Carlyle A. Luer
American botanist (1922–2019).
Born August 23rd, 1922 in Alton.
Died November 9th, 2019 at 97 years old in Sarasota (falling). [ref]
Fernando Roldán
Chilean footballer (1921-2019).
Born October 15th, 1921 in Chile.
Died June 23rd, 2019 at 97 years old [ref]
Thomas Gayford
Canadian equestrian.
Born November 21st, 1928 in Toronto.
Died April 26th, 2026 at 97 years old [ref]
José Álvarez de Bohórquez
Spanish equestrian (1895–1993).
Born March 23rd, 1895 in Madrid.
Died February 27th, 1993 at 97 years old in Madrid.
Charles Doe
American rugby union player (1898–1995).
Born September 4th, 1898 in San Francisco.
Died November 19th, 1995 at 97 years old in Contra Costa County.
César Boutteville
French-vietnamese chess player (1917-2015).
Born June 24th, 1917 in Hanoi.
Died May 21st, 2015 at 97 years old in Versailles.
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