List of Famous people who died at 99

Luis A. Ferré

First Name Luis
Last Name Ferré
Born on February 17, 1904
Died on October 21, 2003 (aged 99)
Born in Puerto Rico

Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the Governor of Puerto Rico, serving from 1969 to 1973. He was the founder of the New Progressive Party, which advocates for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States of America. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Ronald Neame

First Name Ronald
Last Name Neame
Born on April 23, 1911
Died on June 16, 2010 (aged 99)

Ronald Elwin Neame CBE BSC was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1943) he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects. During a partnership with director David Lean, he produced Brief Encounter (1945), Great Expectations (1946), and Oliver Twist (1948), receiving two Academy Award nominations for writing.

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Gudrun Piper

First Name Gudrun
Born on July 1, 1917
Died on October 12, 2016 (aged 99)
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Manlio Cancogni

First Name Manlio
Born on July 16, 1916
Died on September 1, 2015 (aged 99)
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Stephan Buchkremer

First Name Stephan
Last Name Buchkremer
Born on February 24, 1901
Died on June 16, 2000 (aged 99)
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Mitch Miller

First Name Mitch
Born on July 4, 1911
Died on July 31, 2010 (aged 99)

Mitchell William Miller was an American oboist, conductor, record producer and record industry executive. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor and artist and repertoire (A&R) man. Miller was one of the most influential people in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of A&R at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as a player of the oboe and English horn, making numerous highly regarded classical and popular recordings. He was a choral conductor on television and a recordings executive.

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Eileen George

First Name Eileen
Last Name George
Born on April 1, 1899
Died on July 31, 1998 (aged 99)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
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Dora Werzberg

Dora Sara Werzberg
First Name Dora
Last Name Werzberg
Born on September 5, 1920
Died on April 1, 2020 (aged 99)
Born in France, Grand Est

Dora Werzberg Amelan was a French nurse and social worker. In 1942, she rescued Jewish children through Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE). She worked in the Camp de Rivesaltes and the Gurs internment camp, and took care of children who had survived the Nazi concentration camps. She died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by COVID-19.

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Elisabeth Frenzel

First Name Elisabeth
Born on January 28, 1915
Died on May 10, 2014 (aged 99)
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Masaharu Matsushita

First Name Masaharu
Born on September 17, 1912
Died on July 16, 2012 (aged 99)
Born in Japan

Masaharu Matsushita , was a Japanese businessman who served as the second President of Panasonic for sixteen years beginning in 1961. He was the son-in-law of Panasonic's founder, Konosuke Matsushita. Masaharu Matsushita has been credited with expanding Panasonic into a global brand during a time of high economic expansion in Japan.

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