Dead at age 89
1,384 Notable deaths
Björn Borg
Swedish swimmer (1919–2009).
Born November 14th, 1919 in Västra Götaland County.
Died April 13th, 2009 at 89 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Felipe Zetter
Mexican footballer (1923-2013).
Born July 3rd, 1923 in Guanajuato.
Died March 15th, 2013 at 89 years old in Guadalajara.
Howard Scott Gentry
American botanist (1903-1993).
Born December 10th, 1903 in Temecula.
Died April 1st, 1993 at 89 years old in Tucson.
Hans Kuschke
German rower (1914–2003).
Born February 25th, 1914.
Died November 30th, 2003 at 89 years old in Berlin.
Lawrence H. Aller
Astronomer (1913-2003).
Born September 24th, 1913 in Tacoma.
Died March 16th, 2003 at 89 years old
Erwin Ballabio
Swiss footballer (1918-2008).
Born October 20th, 1918 in Solothurn.
Died March 4th, 2008 at 89 years old in Grenchen.
Vladimir Engelgardt
Russian biochemist (1894-1984).
Born December 3rd, 1894 in Moscow.
Died July 10th, 1984 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Magda Portal
Peruvian writer and activist (1900-1989).
Died July 11th, 1989 at 89 years old in Lima.
Richard Carr
Indian field hockey player.
Born January 21st, 1911 in Jhajha.
Died April 25th, 2000 at 89 years old in Australia.
Peter Schmidhuber
German politician (1931–2020).
Born December 15th, 1931 in Munich.
Died December 26th, 2020 at 89 years old [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel