Mother Teresa

Age: 87

Summary: Albanian-born Indian Roman Catholic nun who won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for work among the poorest of the world's poor, who had lived in India for five decades and founded Missionaries of Charity, who was famed globally for compassionate, effective way of sponsoring projects to aid the indigent and ill, orphans, lepers, and the dying.

Cause of Death: Heart failure

Born: August 26, 1910

Died: September 5, 1997

Location: Calcutta, India