Dead at age 99
220 Notable deaths
Robert Bacher
American nuclear physicist.
Born August 31st, 1905 in Loudonville.
Died November 18th, 2004 at 99 years old in Montecito. [ref]
Nikita Simonyan
Soviet and russian footballer and coach.
Born October 12th, 1926 in Armavir.
Died November 23rd, 2025 at 99 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Michał Rola-Żymierski
Marshal of poland (1890-1989).
Born September 4th, 1890 in Kraków.
Died October 15th, 1989 at 99 years old in Warsaw.
Wang Dongxing
Former vice chairman of the chinese communist party (1916-2015).
Born January 1st, 1916 in Yiyang County. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2015 at 99 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Michael Stasinopoulos
President of greece (1903-2002).
Born August 9th, 1903 in Messini.
Died October 31st, 2002 at 99 years old in Athens.
Tadeusz Reichstein
Polish chemist (1897-1996).
Born July 20th, 1897 in Włocławek.
Died August 1st, 1996 at 99 years old in Basel. [ref]
John Malcolm Patterson
44th governor of alabama (1921–2021).
Born September 27th, 1921 in Goldville.
Died June 4th, 2021 at 99 years old in Goldville. [ref]
Hanya Holm
Dancer, choreographer and dance educator (1893-1992).
Born March 3rd, 1893 in Worms.
Died November 3rd, 1992 at 99 years old in New York City.
Hajo Herrmann
German bomber pilot.
Born August 1st, 1913 in Kiel.
Died November 5th, 2012 at 99 years old in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Shin'ichi Suzuki
Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998).
Born October 17th, 1898 in Nagoya.
Died January 26th, 1998 at 99 years old in Matsumoto.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 220
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel