List of Famous people who died at 90

Wilhelm Mohnke

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Mohnke
Born on March 15, 1911
Died on August 6, 2001 (aged 90)

Wilhelm Mohnke was one of the original members of the SS-Staff Guard (Stabswache) "Berlin" formed in March 1933. From those ranks, Mohnke rose to become one of Adolf Hitler's last remaining generals. He joined the Nazi Party in September 1931.

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Flor Silvestre

Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla
First Name Flor
Last Name Silvestre
Born on August 16, 1930
Died on November 25, 2020 (aged 90)
Born in Mexico, Guanajuato

Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla, known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer, actress, and equestrienne. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and was a star of classic Mexican films. Her more than 70-year career included stage productions, radio programs, records, films, television programs, comics, and rodeo shows.

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Nobusuke Kishi

First Name Nobusuke
Died on August 7, 1987 (aged 17)
Spy

Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960. He is the maternal grandfather of Shinzo Abe, twice prime minister from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020.

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Mahasweta Devi

First Name Mahasweta
Died on July 28, 2016 (aged 46)

Mahasweta Devi was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar. She was a self-proclaimed leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India. She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award and Ramon Magsaysay Award along with India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.

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Glenn Ford

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
First Name Glenn
Last Name Ford
Born on May 1, 1916
Died on August 30, 2006 (aged 90)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford was a Canadian-American actor best known for playing ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Ford was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, who had a career that lasted more than 50 years. Although he played in many genres of movies, some of his most significant roles were in the film noirs Gilda (1946) and The Big Heat (1953), and the high school angst film Blackboard Jungle (1955). However, it was for comedies or westerns which he received acting laurels, including three Golden Globe Nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy movie, winning for Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He also played a supporting role as Clark Kent's adoptive father in Superman (1978).

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George Bernard Dantzig

First Name George
Last Name Dantzig
Born on November 8, 1914
Died on May 13, 2005 (aged 90)

George Bernard Dantzig was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.

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Bismillah Khan

First Name Bismillah
Born on March 21, 1916
Died on August 21, 2006 (aged 90)
Born in India

Ustad Qamruddin Bismillah Khan, often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a subcontinental wind instrument of the oboe class. While the shehnai had long held importance as a folk instrument played primarily [schooled] in traditional ceremonies, Khan is credited with elevating its status and bringing it to the concert stage.

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Maurice Druon

Samuel Roger Charles Wild, puis Druon
First Name Maurice
Last Name Druon
Born on April 23, 1919
Died on April 14, 2009 (aged 89)

Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.

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Jennifer Jones

Phylis Lee Isley
First Name Jennifer
Born on March 2, 1919
Died on December 17, 2009 (aged 90)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Jennifer Jones, also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated for the Oscar five times, including one win for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award win for Best Actress in a Drama. Jones is among the youngest actresses to receive an Academy Award, having won on her 25th birthday.

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Rudolf August Oetker

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Oetker
Born on September 20, 1916
Died on January 16, 2007 (aged 90)

Rudolf August Oetker was a German entrepreneur and former member of the Nazi Party, who became a billionaire running his private food company Oetker-Gruppe, founded by his grandfather August Oetker.

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