Dead at age 97
346 Notable deaths
Gershon Kingsley
American composer and musician.
Born October 28th, 1922 in Bochum.
Died December 10th, 2019 at 97 years old in New York City. [ref]
Virginia Patton
Actress.
Born June 25th, 1925 in Cleveland.
Died August 18th, 2022 at 97 years old in Albany. [ref]
Paul Nitze
American government official.
Born January 16th, 1907 in Amherst. [ref]
Died October 19th, 2004 at 97 years old in Georgetown (pneumonia). [ref]
Shin Kyuk-ho
Korean/japanese businessman.
Born October 4th, 1922 in Ulsan.
Died January 19th, 2020 at 97 years old in Seoul.
Gertrude Himmelfarb
American historian (1922-2019).
Born August 8th, 1922 in Brooklyn.
Died December 30th, 2019 at 97 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Dutch-born american physicist.
Born March 11th, 1920 in Dordrecht.
Died September 5th, 2017 at 97 years old in Tucson (heart failure). [ref]
Bernard Bailyn
American historian.
Born September 10th, 1922 in Hartford.
Died August 7th, 2020 at 97 years old in Belmont (heart failure). [ref]
Manolis Glezos
Greek politician (1922-2020).
Born September 7th, 1922 in Apeiranthos. [ref]
Died March 30th, 2020 at 97 years old in Athens (heart failure). [ref]
Lassie Lou Ahern
Child actress (1920-2018).
Born June 25th, 1920 in Los Angeles.
Died February 15th, 2018 at 97 years old in Prescott (influenza).
Solomon Perel
German-jewish holocaust survivor and author of ich war hitlerjunge salomon, published in english as europa, europa.
Born April 21st, 1925 in Peine.
Died February 2nd, 2023 at 97 years old in Tel Aviv.
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer