List of Famous people who died at 94

Hiroyuki Agawa

First Name Hiroyuki
Last Name Agawa
Born on December 24, 1920
Died on August 3, 2015 (aged 94)

Hiroyuki Agawa was a Japanese author. He was known for his fiction centered on World War II, as well as his biographies and essays.

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Henri Rol-Tanguy

First Name Henri
Last Name Rol-Tanguy
Born on June 12, 1908
Died on September 8, 2002 (aged 94)
Born in France, Brittany

Henri Rol-Tanguy was a French communist and a leader in the Resistance during World War II. At his death The New York Times called him "one of France's most decorated Resistance heroes".

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Zura Karuhimbi

First Name Zura
Born on November 30, 1924
Died on December 17, 2018 (aged 94)

Zura Karuhimbi was a Rwandan woman who saved more than 100 people from being killed by Hutu militias during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. A traditional healer, she hid the refugees in her house and deterred attackers by masquerading as a witch. Her role was recognised in 2006 by the award of the Campaign Against Genocide Medal by Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

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Sammy Baugh

First Name Sammy
Last Name Baugh
Born on March 17, 1914
Died on December 17, 2008 (aged 94)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Samuel Adrian Baugh was an American professional football player and coach. During his college and professional careers, he most notably played quarterback, but also played as a defensive back and punter. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952. After his playing career, he served as a college coach for Hardin–Simmons University before coaching professionally for the New York Titans and the Houston Oilers.

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Sigmund Sobolewski

First Name Sigmund
Last Name Sobolewski
Born on May 11, 1923
Died on August 7, 2017 (aged 94)

Sigmund Sobolewski was a Polish Catholic Holocaust survivor and activist. He was the 88th prisoner to enter Auschwitz on the first transport to the concentration camp on June 14, 1940, and remained a prisoner for four and a half years during World War II. He was an opponent of Holocaust denial and was notable as a non-Jewish victim and witness who confronted neo-Nazis, antisemites and Holocaust deniers. His life and memories as a survivor are recounted in Prisoner 88: The Man in Stripes by Rabbi Roy Tanenbaum.

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Pete Dye

Paul Dye Jr.
First Name Pete
Last Name Dye
Born on December 29, 1925
Died on January 9, 2020 (aged 94)

Paul Dye Jr., known as Pete Dye, was an American golf course designer and a member of a family of course designers. He was married to fellow designer and amateur champion Alice Dye.

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Rose Mofford

Rose Perica
First Name Rose
Last Name Mofford
Born on June 10, 1922
Died on September 15, 2016 (aged 94)

Rose Perica Mofford was an American civil servant and politician of the Democratic Party whose career in state government spanned 51 years. Beginning her career with the State of Arizona as a secretary, Mofford worked her way up the ranks to become the state's first female secretary of state and first female governor.

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Kundan Lal Gujral

First Name Kundan
Born on January 1, 1902
Died on November 30, 1996 (aged 94)

Kundan Lal Gujral was an Indian chef and restaurateur. He invented several Indian dishes which have since become popular worldwide, including butter chicken, tandoori chicken and dal makhani. He was the founder of the restaurant chain Moti Mahal Delux.

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Kay Starr

Catherine Laverne Starks
First Name Kay
Last Name Starr
Born on July 21, 1922
Died on November 3, 2016 (aged 94)

Catherine Laverne Starks, known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, but her roots were in jazz.

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Ruby Bradley

First Name Ruby
Last Name Bradley
Born on December 19, 1907
Died on May 28, 2002 (aged 94)

Colonel Ruby Bradley was a United States Army Nurse Corps officer, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II, and one of the most decorated women in the United States military. She was a native of Spencer, West Virginia but lived in Falls Church, Virginia, for over 50 years.

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