Dead at age 97
354 Notable deaths
Mary Stewart
English novelist.
Born September 17th, 1916 in Sunderland. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2014 at 97 years old in Lochawe. [ref]
George Pólya
Hungarian mathematician.
Born December 13th, 1887 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1985 at 97 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Ertuğrul Osman
Head of the imperial house of osman (1912–2009).
Born August 18th, 1912 in Istanbul.
Died September 23rd, 2009 at 97 years old in Istanbul (kidney failure). [ref]
Tsung-Dao Lee
Chinese-american physicist (1926–2024).
Born November 24th, 1926 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died August 4th, 2024 at 97 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Theodore Hesburgh
Congressional gold medal recipient.
Born May 25th, 1917 in Syracuse.
Died February 26th, 2015 at 97 years old in Notre Dame.
Lewis Gilbert
British film director, producer and screenwriter (1920-2018).
Born March 6th, 1920 in London.
Died February 23rd, 2018 at 97 years old in Monaco. [ref]
William Labov
American linguist (1927–2024).
Born December 4th, 1927 in Rutherford.
Died December 17th, 2024 at 97 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Patricio Aylwin
Chilean politician and former president (1918-2016).
Born November 26th, 1918 in Viña del Mar. [ref]
Died April 19th, 2016 at 97 years old in Providencia (respiratory failure). [ref]
Walter Scheel
President of west germany (1974-1979).
Born July 8th, 1919 in Solingen. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2016 at 97 years old in Bad Krozingen. [ref]
Lindy Boggs
American politician (1916-2013).
Born March 13th, 1916 in New Roads.
Died July 27th, 2013 at 97 years old in Chevy Chase.
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Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard