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Dead at age 97
381 Notable deaths
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]
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Nazi concentration camp survivor.
Born May 8th, 1924 in Bielsko.
Died April 3rd, 2022 at 97 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
Theodore Hesburgh
Congressional gold medal recipient.
Born May 25th, 1917 in Syracuse.
Died February 26th, 2015 at 97 years old in Notre Dame.
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]
Helmut Oberlander
Nazi war criminal, who fought canadian government efforts to strip him of his canadian citizenship and deportation to germany.
Born February 15th, 1924 in Molochansk.
Died September 20th, 2021 at 97 years old in Waterloo. [ref]
Muriel Pavlow
British actress (1921-2019).
Died January 19th, 2019 at 97 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Fritz 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]
Hiram Fong
American politician (1906–2004).
Born October 15th, 1906 in Honolulu.
Died August 18th, 2004 at 97 years old in Kahaluu (kidney failure).
Lindy Boggs
American politician (1916-2013).
Born March 13th, 1916 in New Roads.
Died July 27th, 2013 at 97 years old in Chevy Chase.
Virginia Patton
Actress.
Born June 25th, 1925 in Cleveland.
Died August 18th, 2022 at 97 years old in Albany. [ref]
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