Dead at age 89
1,244 Notable deaths
Peggy Rea
American actress (1921–2011).
Born March 31st, 1921 in Los Angeles.
Died February 5th, 2011 at 89 years old in Toluca Lake (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Arun Manilal Gandhi
Indian activist.
Born April 14th, 1934 in Durban.
Died May 2nd, 2023 at 89 years old in Kolhapur. [ref]
Michael Atiyah
British mathematician.
Born April 22nd, 1929 in London.
Died January 11th, 2019 at 89 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Robert Towne
American screenwriter, producer, director and actor (1934–2024).
Born November 23rd, 1934 in Los Angeles.
Died July 1st, 2024 at 89 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Learned Hand
American legal scholar, court of appeals judge.
Born January 27th, 1872 in Albany. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1961 at 89 years old in New York City. [ref]
Emmanuel Levinas
French-lithuanian philosopher.
Born January 12th, 1906 in Kaunas. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1995 at 89 years old in Clichy. [ref]
David Croft
English writer, producer and director (1922-2011).
Born September 7th, 1922 in Sandbanks.
Died September 27th, 2011 at 89 years old in Tavira. [ref]
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Japanese composer.
Born February 4th, 1933 in Kōbe.
Died October 7th, 2022 at 89 years old [ref]
Annie Ross
British-american actress, singer and vocalist.
Born July 25th, 1930 in Surrey.
Died July 21st, 2020 at 89 years old in New York City (pulmonary emphysema, heart disease). [ref]
Slim Whitman
American singer, musician.
Born January 20th, 1924 in Tampa. [ref]
Died June 19th, 2013 at 89 years old in Orange Park (heart failure).
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We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk