List of Famous people who died at 90
Czesław Kiszczak
Czesław Jan Kiszczak (
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Nicolás Leoz
Nicolás Leoz Almirón was President of CONMEBOL from 1986 to 2013. Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 and in February 2006, he was reelected as President for a sixth term. He was Paraguayan and received Colombian citizenship in 2008. On April 23, 2013, Leoz resigned from both the FIFA Executive Committee and the CONMEBOL presidency, citing health issues.
Ryōtarō Azuma
Ryōtarō Azuma was a Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1959 to 1967.
Lale Sokolov
Ludwig Sokolov, was an Austro-Hungarian-born Slovak-Australian businessman and a Holocaust survivor. Because he was Jewish, he was sent to Auschwitz in 1942, where he served as one of concentration camp's Tätowierer until the camp was liberated near the end of World War II. He did not speak publicly about his wartime experiences until after the death of his wife in 2003 due to fears of being prosecuted as a Nazi collaborator. A fictionalised account of his life appears in the novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Paul-Heinz Dittrich
Paul-Heinz Dittrich was a German composer and academic teacher. Based in East Berlin, he focused on chamber music, with many works inspired by poetry. His works were performed earlier in the West than in the East. He was an influential composer of contemporary music in Germany who taught internationally, including in the United States, Israel, and Korea.
Ludmilla Schollar
Ludmilla Schollar was a Russian-born dancer and educator.
Umberto Veronesi
Umberto Veronesi M.D. Knight Grand Cross OMRI was an Italian oncologist, physician, scientist and politician, internationally known for his contributions on prevention and treatment of breast cancer throughout a career spanning over fifty years.
George J. Folsey
George Joseph Folsey, A.S.C., was an American cinematographer who worked on 162 films between 1919 and his retirement in 1976.
Yousef Wali
Yousef Waly was an Egyptian politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation from 1982 to 2004. Wali was not married but he's a godfather and uncle to three siblings, Amin Waly, Hoda Waly and Sherif Waly the youngest, who became later a Senator and a leader in the National Democratic Party (NDP).
Lionginas Šepetys
Lionginas Šepetys was a Lithuanian politician. He became Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR in 1981. In 1990 Šepetys was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.