List of Famous people who died at 91

Geraldine Fitzgerald

First Name Geraldine
Last Name Fitzgerald
Born on November 24, 1913
Died on July 17, 2005 (aged 91)
Born in Ireland

Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald was an Irish actress and a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2020, she was listed at number 30 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

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Betty Garrett

First Name Betty
Last Name Garrett
Born on May 23, 1919
Died on February 12, 2011 (aged 91)

Betty Garrett was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. She originally performed on Broadway, and was then signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She appeared in several musical films, then returned to Broadway and made guest appearances on several television series.

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Ernst Öpik

Ernst Julius Öpik
First Name Ernst
Last Name Öpik
Born on October 22, 1893
Died on September 10, 1985 (aged 91)

Ernst Julius Öpik was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.

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Charles George Wickham

First Name Charles
Last Name Wickham
Born on September 11, 1879
Died on July 20, 1971 (aged 91)

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles George Wickham, KCMG, KBE, DSO was a British Army officer, commander of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1922–1945) and adviser to British police in various colonies of the Empire.

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Vera Velyaminova

First Name Vera
Last Name Velyaminova
Born on March 26, 1926
Died on November 12, 2017 (aged 91)
Born in Russia
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Josy Mersch

Jean Jacques Joseph Mersch
First Name Josy
Last Name Mersch
Born on March 21, 1912
Died on February 18, 2004 (aged 91)
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Ruby Dee

First Name Ruby
Last Name Dee
Born on October 27, 1922
Died on June 11, 2014 (aged 91)

Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) and Do the Right Thing (1989).

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Henry Godwin Awdry

First Name Henry
Last Name Awdry
Born on February 14, 1911
Died on June 25, 2002 (aged 91)
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Fayard Nicholas

First Name Fayard
Born on October 20, 1914
Died on January 24, 2006 (aged 91)

Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo, who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), and Hard Four (2007). The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way (1940), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and Orchestra Wives (1942).

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Dino Risi

First Name Dino
Last Name Risi
Born on December 23, 1916
Died on June 7, 2008 (aged 91)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Dino Risi was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of commedia all'italiana.

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