Dead at age 89

1,380 Notable deaths

Rinchen Barsbold

Mongolian paleontologist and geologist (1935–2025).

Born December 21st, 1935 in Ulaanbaatar.

Died August 28th, 2025 at 89 years old in Ulaanbaatar. [ref]

Lu Dingyi

Chinese politician.

Born June 9th, 1906 in Wuxi.

Died May 9th, 1996 at 89 years old in Beijing.

Dolores Cacuango

Ecuadorian indigenous rights activist.

Born October 26th, 1881 in Cayambe.

Died April 23rd, 1971 at 89 years old

Hedwig Bleibtreu

Austrian actress (1868–1958).

Born December 23rd, 1868 in Linz. [ref]

Died January 24th, 1958 at 89 years old in Vienna, Pötzleinsdorf. [ref]

Jack Southworth

English footballer (1866-1956).

Born December 11th, 1866 in Blackburn.

Died October 16th, 1956 at 89 years old in Liverpool.

Yamakawa Kikue

Japanese feminist.

Born November 3rd, 1890 in Tokyo.

Died November 2nd, 1980 at 89 years old in Tokyo.

Kazimierz Kutz

Polish film director, author, journalist and politician (1929-2018).

Born February 16th, 1929 in Szopienice.

Died December 18th, 2018 at 89 years old in Warsaw (respiratory failure). [ref]

Jin Yuelin

Logician and philosopher.

Born July 14th, 1895 in Changsha County.

Died October 19th, 1984 at 89 years old in Beijing.

Wolfgang Koeppen

German writer.

Born June 23rd, 1906 in Greifswald. [ref]

Died March 15th, 1996 at 89 years old in Munich. [ref]

Dina Vierny

Besarabia-born french model and muse.

Born January 25th, 1919 in Chișinău.

Died January 20th, 2009 at 89 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]

Deaths 811 to 820 of 1380

There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel