In the year 1989
604 Notable deaths
Bernhard Krüger
Ss officer (1904-1989).
Born November 26th, 1904 in Riesa.
Died January 3rd, 1989 at 84 years old in Hamburg.
Sergei Sobolev
Russian mathematician.
Born October 6th, 1908 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1989 at 80 years old in Moscow. [ref]
George C. Pimentel
Chemist, academic (1922-1989).
Died June 18th, 1989 at 67 years old in Kensington (cancer).
Carlos Puebla
Cuban musician (1917–1989).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Manzanillo.
Died July 12th, 1989 at 71 years old in Havana.
Burhan Shahidi
Chinese tatar politician (1894–1989).
Born October 3rd, 1894 in Aqsu.
Died August 27th, 1989 at 94 years old in Beijing.
Win Maung
President of burma (1916-1989).
Born April 17th, 1916 in Ayeyarwady Region.
Died July 4th, 1989 at 73 years old in Yangon.
Arsène Heitz
Author of the flag of europe (1908-1989).
Born September 20th, 1908 in Huttenheim.
Died August 30th, 1989 at 80 years old in Épinal.
Bernard-Marie Koltès
French writer (1948–1989).
Died April 15th, 1989 at 41 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (death from AIDS-related complications).
Kazimierz Sabbat
President of poland (1913-1989).
Born February 27th, 1913 in Kielce.
Died July 19th, 1989 at 76 years old in London.
Timoci Bavadra
Fijian politician (1934-1989).
Born September 22nd, 1934 in Lautoka.
Died November 3rd, 1989 at 55 years old in Lautoka (cancer).
Tripti Mitra
Indian actress (1925–1989).
Born October 25th, 1925 in Bengal.
Died May 24th, 1989 at 63 years old
Jean-Marie Tjibaou
New calaedonian politician (1936–1989).
Born January 30th, 1936 in Hienghène.
Died May 4th, 1989 at 53 years old in Ouvéa.
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
American photographer (1895–1989).
Born November 19th, 1895 in San Francisco.
Died December 11th, 1989 at 94 years old in Frenchtown, Allendale (pneumonia).
Harald Edelstam
Swedish diplomat (1913-1989).
Born March 17th, 1913 in Stockholm.
Died April 16th, 1989 at 76 years old in Stockholm (cancer).
Paul A. Weiss
Austrian-american biologist.
Born March 21st, 1898 in Vienna.
Died September 8th, 1989 at 91 years old in White Plains.
Rémi Laurent
French actor (1957–1989).
Born October 12th, 1957 in Suresnes.
Died November 14th, 1989 at 32 years old in Paris (death from AIDS-related complications).
Mouloud Mammeri
Algerian amazigh linguist and writer (1917–1989).
Born December 28th, 1917 in Tawrirt Mimun. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1989 at 71 years old in Aïn Deflaa (traffic collision). [ref]
Joan Barry
British actress (1903-1989).
Born November 5th, 1903 in London.
Died April 10th, 1989 at 85 years old in Marbella.
Kirill Mazurov
Soviet politician (1914–1989).
Born April 5th, 1914 in Rudnia Prybytkaŭskaja.
Died December 19th, 1989 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Lucia Moholy
Czech photographer (1894–1989).
Born January 18th, 1894 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1989 at 95 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Carl Dahlhaus
German musicologist.
Born June 10th, 1928 in Hanover. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1989 at 60 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Alfredo Zitarrosa
Uruguayan musician (1936-1989).
Born March 10th, 1936 in Montevideo.
Died January 17th, 1989 at 52 years old in Montevideo (peritonitis).
Inji Aflatoun
Egyptian painter (1924–1989).
Born April 16th, 1924 in Shobra.
Died April 17th, 1989 at 65 years old in Cairo.
Jean Painlevé
French photographer & filmmaker (1902–1989).
Born November 20th, 1902 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 2nd, 1989 at 86 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami