Dead at age 89

1,155 Notable deaths

Martin Landau

American actor and acting coach (1928-2017).

Born June 20th, 1928 in Brooklyn.

Died July 15th, 2017 at 89 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]

Bruce Forsyth

British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter.

Born February 22nd, 1928 in Edmonton. [ref]

Died August 18th, 2017 at 89 years old in Wentworth Estate (bronchopneumonia). [ref]

Randolph Scott

American actor (1898-1987).

Born January 23rd, 1898 in Orange County. [ref]

Died March 2nd, 1987 at 89 years old in Beverly Hills (lung disease). [ref]

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Indian film actor and producer.

Born September 20th, 1924 in Ramapuram.

Died January 22nd, 2014 at 89 years old in Hyderabad (cancer).

Cormac McCarthy

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023).

Born July 20th, 1933 in Providence.

Died June 13th, 2023 at 89 years old in Santa Fe. [ref]

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer and historian (1918–2008).

Born December 11th, 1918 in Kislovodsk. [ref]

Died August 3rd, 2008 at 89 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]

Fats Domino

American pianist and singer (1928–2017).

Born February 26th, 1928 in New Orleans.

Died October 24th, 2017 at 89 years old in Harvey (organ dysfunction). [ref]

J. R. D. Tata

Indian businessman.

Born July 29th, 1904 in Paris.

Died November 29th, 1993 at 89 years old in Geneva.

Jack Churchill

British soldier who fought throughout world war ii armed with a longbow, arrows, and a scottish broadsword.

Born September 16th, 1906 in Colombo.

Died March 8th, 1996 at 89 years old in Surrey. [ref]

Jane Russell

American actress and model (1921-2011).

Born June 21st, 1921 in Bemidji. [ref]

Died February 28th, 2011 at 89 years old in Santa Maria (respiratory disease). [ref]

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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius