Dead at age 89

1,251 Notable deaths

Alan Bullock

British historian (1914-2004).

Born December 13th, 1914 in Trowbridge. [ref]

Died February 2nd, 2004 at 89 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Alister Hardy

British marine biologist.

Born February 10th, 1896 in Nottingham. [ref]

Died May 22nd, 1985 at 89 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Bhagwan Das

Indian theosophist (1869-1958).

Born January 12th, 1869 in Varanasi.

Died September 18th, 1958 at 89 years old in Varanasi.

Dong Biwu

Former acting president of the people's republic of china (1886–1975).

Born March 5th, 1886 in Hong'an County.

Died April 2nd, 1975 at 89 years old in Beijing.

Arthur Rankin Jr.

American director (1924-2014).

Born July 19th, 1924 in New York City, Baltimore. [ref]

Died January 30th, 2014 at 89 years old in Harrington Sound, Bermuda.

Felix Browder

American mathematician (1927-2016).

Born July 31st, 1927 in Moscow. [ref]

Died December 10th, 2016 at 89 years old in Princeton. [ref]

Kamau Brathwaite

Barbadian poet.

Born May 11th, 1930 in Bridgetown. [ref]

Died February 4th, 2020 at 89 years old in Barbados. [ref]

Shunsuke Kikuchi

Japanese composer, arranger (1931-2021).

Born November 1st, 1931 in Hirosaki.

Died April 24th, 2021 at 89 years old in Tokyo (bronchopneumonia). [ref]

Hal Foster

Canadian-american illustrator (1892–1982).

Born August 16th, 1892 in Halifax. [ref]

Died July 25th, 1982 at 89 years old in Winter Park. [ref]

Jackson Scholz

Athletics competitor.

Born March 15th, 1897 in Buchanan.

Died October 26th, 1986 at 89 years old in Delray Beach.

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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs