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Dead at age 99
209 Notable deaths
Willy Ronis
French photographer (1910-2009).
Born August 14th, 1910 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2009 at 99 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Wang Dongxing
Former vice chairman of the communist party of china (1916-2015).
Born January 1st, 1916 in Yiyang County, Jiangxi. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2015 at 99 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Owen Chadwick
English academic, priest and rugby union player (1916-2015).
Born May 20th, 1916 in Bromley.
Died July 17th, 2015 at 99 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Robert Bacher
American nuclear physicist.
Born August 31st, 1905 in Loudonville.
Died November 18th, 2004 at 99 years old in Montecito. [ref]
Tun Tin
Prime minister of burma for a few months in 1988.
Born October 2nd, 1920 in Myitkyina.
Died May 1st, 2020 at 99 years old in Yangon. [ref]
Michael Stasinopoulos
President of greece (1903-2002).
Born August 9th, 1903 in Messini.
Died October 31st, 2002 at 99 years old in Athens.
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
Spanish philologist (1869-1968).
Born March 13th, 1869 in A Coruña. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1968 at 99 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Józef Czapski
Polish artist, author, critic and polish army officer during wwii (1896-1993).
Born April 3rd, 1896 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1996 at 99 years old in Maisons-Laffitte. [ref]
Luchita Hurtado
Venezuelan-american artist (1920-2020).
Born November 28th, 1920 in Maiquetía. [ref]
Died August 13th, 2020 at 99 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Armen Takhtajan
Soviet-armenian botanist (1910-2009).
Born June 10th, 1910 in Shusha.
Died November 13th, 2009 at 99 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
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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