List of Famous people who died at 99
Marthe Gosteli
Marthe Gosteli was a Swiss suffrage activist and archivist. For thirty years, she led the fight for women's right to vote in Switzerland and then focused her attention on preserving the history of Swiss women. Creating an archive of women's biographies and history, Gosteli's work was recognized by many honors and awards, including the 2011 Swiss Human Rights Award.
Mónica Echeverría
Monica Echeverría Yáñez was a Chilean journalist, writer, actress and a Literature professor. She defined herself as a feminist since "before people called it that" and called herself a "rebel" and "anarchist" in the face of the neoliberal economic course of the Chilean government.
Lillian Asplund
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was a Swedish-American woman who was one of the last three living survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, and the last survivor with actual memories of the disaster.
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Mohammed Karim Lamrani was a Moroccan politician who was the Prime Minister of Morocco for three separate terms.
Renée Saint-Cyr
Renée Saint-Cyr was a French actress. She appeared in 66 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of Georges Lautner, who also achieved fame in the film business, albeit as a director.
Cornelia Oberlander
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander was a German-born Canadian landscape architect. Her firm, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Landscape Architects, was founded in 1953, when she moved to Vancouver.
Jens Christian Skou
Jens Christian Skou was a Danish biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Mahjoubi Aherdane
Mahjoubi Aherdan was a Moroccan politician who co-founded the Popular Movement and served as a Government Minister.
Mohamed Kamal Ismail
Mohamed Kamal Ismail was an Egyptian architect.
Carl Barks
Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.