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CHINA-BEIJING-TSUNG-DAO LEE-PASS AWAY (CN)

(240806) -- BEIJING, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on May 18, 1984 shows Tsung-Dao Lee (1st R) making an academic report at University of Science and Technology of China. Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee died Sunday in San Francisco, California, confirmed by the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and China Center for Advanced Science and Technology. The 97-year-old Nobel laureate died at his home in San Francisco at 2:33 a.m. local time (0933 GMT) Sunday morning, according to a joint obituary released on Monday by the two organizations. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Wumin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-TSUNG-DAO LEE-PASS AWAY (CN)

(240806) -- BEIJING, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Sept. 5, 2006 shows Tsung-Dao Lee delivering a speech at Nobel Laureates Beijing Forum 2006 in Beijing, capital of China. Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee died Sunday in San Francisco, California, confirmed by the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and China Center for Advanced Science and Technology. The 97-year-old Nobel laureate died at his home in San Francisco at 2:33 a.m. local time (0933 GMT) Sunday morning, according to a joint obituary released on Monday by the two organizations. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Shilei)

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee meets his ex-university professor

KYOTO, Japan - Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) talks with one of his former university professors, Yuken Kashiwa, a 97-year-old professor emeritus at Kyoto University, at Kashiwa's home in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Dec. 31. Lee met Kashiwa for the first time in 61 years. Lee and his family are on a weeklong visit to Japan.

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Prince Mikasa hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2008 shows Prince Mikasa, uncle of Emperor Akihito. The 97-year-old youngest brother of the late Emperor Hirohito has been hospitalized after partially losing consciousness at his home Nov. 12, 2013, the Imperial Household Agency said Nov. 13.

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Races canceled after empress dowager's death

TOKYO, Japan - Horse races are canceled June 17 following the death of the 97-year-old Empress Dowager Nagako on June 16. The photo shows an official of the Japan Racing Association putting up posters on a wall at an off-track betting establishment in Tokyo's Uchisaiwaicho saying the association will cancel horse racing nationwide June 17.

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Performances canceled after empress dowager's death

TOKYO, Japan - Theater performances are canceled June 17 following the death of the 97-year-old Empress Dowager Nagako on June 16. The National Theater in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward said it will cancel all performances, except lessons on traditional Kabuki theater, on June 17.

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Crown Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako visit Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako arrive at the Imperial Palace early in the morning of June 16 after Empress Dowager Nagako fell into a critical condition. The 97-year-old empress dowager has been experiencing breathing difficulties since June 14. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko also arrived at Fukiage Palace within the Imperial Palace grounds to see the widow of the late Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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Mori makes sympathy visit to Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori leaves the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 16 after signing his name in the visitors' register to express his sympathy for Empress Dowager Nagako, the 97-year-old widow of Emperor Hirohito, who fell into an extremely critical condition earlier in the day. She had been experiencing breathing difficulties since June 14.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee meets his ex-university professor

KYOTO, Japan - Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) talks with one of his former university professors, Yuken Kashiwa, a 97-year-old professor emeritus at Kyoto University, at Kashiwa's home in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Dec. 31. Lee met Kashiwa for the first time in 61 years. Lee and his family are on a weeklong visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Races canceled after empress dowager's death

TOKYO, Japan - Horse races are canceled June 17 following the death of the 97-year-old Empress Dowager Nagako on June 16. The photo shows an official of the Japan Racing Association putting up posters on a wall at an off-track betting establishment in Tokyo's Uchisaiwaicho saying the association will cancel horse racing nationwide June 17.

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DAVID GILLESPIE

DAVID GILLESPIE [1921 - 2008] from left - HAROLD FRENCH, actor, producer, theatre and film director, DAVID GILLESPIE film collector, RICHARD BRIERS, actor. Richard Briers drove his 97 year old friend Harold to film collector David's house in Barnes for Harold to see himself as a young actor in a screening of an original 35mm nitrate print of the 1932 film 'When London Sleeps', screened on the Westar projector seen behind through the window

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Ex-PM Nakasone addresses symposium over maritime security

Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone addresses a maritime security symposium in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015. The 97-year-old said the controversies over the East and South China seas should be resolved peacefully in accordance with laws and rules. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Performances canceled after empress dowager's death

TOKYO, Japan - Theater performances are canceled June 17 following the death of the 97-year-old Empress Dowager Nagako on June 16. The National Theater in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward said it will cancel all performances, except lessons on traditional Kabuki theater, on June 17.

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Mori makes sympathy visit to Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori leaves the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 16 after signing his name in the visitors' register to express his sympathy for Empress Dowager Nagako, the 97-year-old widow of Emperor Hirohito, who fell into an extremely critical condition earlier in the day. She had been experiencing breathing difficulties since June 14.

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Empress Dowager Nagako has difficulty breathing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 1981 shows Empress Dowager Nagako, widow of Emperor Hirohito, who has had difficulty breathing since the evening of June 14 and is on a respirator. The Imperial Household Agency said June 15 that the 97-year-old empress dowager was not hospitalized, but is receiving treatment at her residence.