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Dead at age 97
346 Notable deaths
Hiram Fong
American politician.
Born October 15th, 1906 in Honolulu.
Died August 18th, 2004 at 97 years old in Kahaluu (kidney failure).
David Easton
Canadian academic (1917-2014).
Born June 24th, 1917 in Toronto.
Died July 19th, 2014 at 97 years old [ref]
Ernest Hollings
Politician from the united states (1922-2019).
Born January 1st, 1922 in Charleston.
Died April 6th, 2019 at 97 years old in Isle of Palms. [ref]
Raymond Smullyan
American mathematician.
Born May 25th, 1919 in Far Rockaway. [ref]
Died February 6th, 2017 at 97 years old in Hudson. [ref]
Albert O. Hirschman
German-american economist; member of the french resistance.
Born April 7th, 1915 in Berlin.
Died December 10th, 2012 at 97 years old in Ewing Township.
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist.
Born July 7th, 1913 in Humphreys County. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2011 at 97 years old in Austin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jacques Hadamard
French mathematician.
Born December 8th, 1865 in Versailles. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1963 at 97 years old in Paris. [ref]
Antony Hewish
English physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021).
Died September 13th, 2021 at 97 years old [ref]
Lilian Jackson Braun
American mystery writer (1913-2011).
Born June 20th, 1913 in Chicopee. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2011 at 97 years old in Landrum (lung disease). [ref]
Steven Runciman
British historian of the middle ages (1903–2000).
Born July 7th, 1903 in Glasgow, Northumberland. [ref]
Died November 1st, 2000 at 97 years old in Warwickshire, Radway. [ref]
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