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Dead at age 89
1,609 Notable deaths
Kim Song-ae
First lady of north korea from 1963 to 1974.
Born December 29th, 1924 in Kangso.
Died September 23rd, 2014 at 89 years old in Kanggye. [ref]
James Ensor
Belgian painter (1860–1949).
Born April 13th, 1860 in Ostend. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1949 at 89 years old in Ostend. [ref]
John Stapp
American career u.s. air force officer, flight surgeon, physician, and biophysicist (1910–1999).
Born July 11th, 1910 in Bahia.
Died November 13th, 1999 at 89 years old in Alamogordo.
Eddie Bernice Johnson
American politician (1934–2023).
Born December 3rd, 1934 in Waco.
Died December 31st, 2023 at 89 years old in Dallas. [ref]
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born swiss and british jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994).
Died August 14th, 1994 at 89 years old in Zurich.
Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017).
Born October 25th, 1927 in Atlanta.
Died August 8th, 2017 at 89 years old in Manhattan (respiratory failure). [ref]
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
Sister of friedrich nietzsche (1846-1935).
Born July 10th, 1846 in Röcken.
Died November 8th, 1935 at 89 years old in Weimar.
Emmanuelle Riva
French actress (1927-2017).
Born February 24th, 1927 in Cheniménil.
Died January 27th, 2017 at 89 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Archibald MacLeish
American poet and librarian of congress (1892-1982).
Born May 7th, 1892 in Glencoe.
Died April 20th, 1982 at 89 years old in Boston.
Basappa Danappa Jatti
Indian politician (1912-2002).
Born September 10th, 1912 in Savalagi.
Died June 7th, 2002 at 89 years old in Bengaluru (kidney cancer).
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