List of Famous people who died at 90

Hal Blaine

Harold Simon Belsky
First Name Hal
Born on February 5, 1929
Died on March 11, 2019 (aged 90)

Hal Blaine was an American drummer and session musician, estimated to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the history of the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one, as well as many film and television soundtracks.

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Noam galon

Thomas Milton Benson
First Name Noam
Last Name Galon
Born on July 12, 1927
Died on March 15, 2018 (aged 90)

Thomas Milton Benson was an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner. He was the owner of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) from 1985 to 2018 and New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012 to 2018.

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Henri Salvador

Henri Gabriel Salvador
First Name Henri
Last Name Salvador
Born on July 18, 1917
Died on February 13, 2008 (aged 90)

Henri Salvador was a French Caribbean comedian, singer and cabaret artist.

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Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid

First Name Princess
Last Name Zeid
Born on January 7, 1901
Died on September 5, 1991 (aged 90)

Fahrelnissa Zeid was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings with kaleidoscopic patterns. Also using drawings, lithographs, and sculptures, her work blended elements of Islamic and Byzantine art with abstraction and other influences from the West. Zeid was one of the first women to go to art school in Istanbul. She lived in different cities and became part of the avant-garde scenes in Istanbul, pre-war Berlin and post-war Paris. Her work has been exhibited at various institutions in Paris, New York, and London, including the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1954. In the 1970s, she moved to Amman, Jordan, where she established an art school. In 2017, Tate Modern in London organized a major retrospective of the artist and called her "one of the greatest female artists of the 20th century". Her largest work to be sold at auction, Towards a Sky (1953), sold for just under one million pounds in 2017.

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George Cole

First Name George
Last Name Cole
Born on April 22, 1925
Died on August 5, 2015 (aged 90)

George Edward Cole, OBE was an English actor whose career spanned 75 years. He was best known for playing Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV comedy-drama show Minder and Flash Harry in the early St Trinian's films.

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Jeffrey Hayden

Raphael Levine
First Name Jeffrey
Last Name Hayden
Born on October 15, 1926
Died on December 24, 2016 (aged 90)

Jeffrey Hayden was an American television director and producer. He was married to actress Eva Marie Saint from 1951 until his death in 2016.

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Joe Garagiola Sr.

Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr.
First Name Joe
Last Name Sr.
Born on February 12, 1926
Died on March 23, 2016 (aged 90)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr. was an American professional baseball catcher, later an announcer and television host, popular for his colorful personality.

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Enzo Ferrari

Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari
First Name Enzo
Last Name Ferrari
Born on February 20, 1898
Died on August 14, 1988 (aged 90)

Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" or "il Grande Vecchio ".

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Clyde Tombaugh

First Name Clyde
Last Name Tombaugh
Born on February 4, 1906
Died on January 17, 1997 (aged 90)

Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. At the time of discovery, Pluto was considered a planet, but was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids, and called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects.

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John Shelby Spong

First Name John
Last Name Spong
Born on June 16, 1931
Died on September 12, 2021 (aged 90)

John Shelby "Jack" Spong was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. From 1979 to 2000, he was the Bishop of Newark, New Jersey. A liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator, and author, he called for a fundamental rethinking of Christian belief away from theism and traditional doctrines.

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