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Dead at age 89

1,213 Notable deaths

Thomas Berger

American novelist.

Born July 20th, 1924 in Cincinnati. [ref]

Died July 13th, 2014 at 89 years old in Nyack. [ref]

Bernard Pivot

French writer and presenter (1935-2024).

Born May 5th, 1935 in Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse. [ref]

Died May 6th, 2024 at 89 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer).

Slide Hampton

American trombonist.

Born April 21st, 1932 in Jeannette. [ref]

Died November 18th, 2021 at 89 years old in Orange. [ref]

Luis García Berlanga

Spanish film director and screenwriter.

Born June 12th, 1921 in Valencia. [ref]

Died November 13th, 2010 at 89 years old in Pozuelo de Alarcón. [ref]

Robert Cornthwaite

American actor.

Born April 28th, 1917 in Columbia County. [ref]

Died July 20th, 2006 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]

Rong Yiren

Former vice president of the people's republic of china (1916–2005).

Born May 1st, 1916 in Wuxi.

Died October 26th, 2005 at 89 years old in Beijing. [ref]

Serge Moscovici

French social psychologist (1925-2014).

Born June 14th, 1925 in Brăila. [ref]

Died November 15th, 2014 at 89 years old in Paris. [ref]

John Peters Humphrey

Canadian legal scholar (1905-1995).

Born April 30th, 1905 in New Brunswick.

Died March 14th, 1995 at 89 years old in Montreal.

Jamiluddin Aali

Writer, scholar, urdu poet from pakistan (1926-2015).

Born January 20th, 1926 in Delhi.

Died November 23rd, 2015 at 89 years old in Karachi.

Stanford R. Ovshinsky

Prolific american inventor and scientist.

Born November 24th, 1922 in Akron.

Died October 17th, 2012 at 89 years old in Bloomfield Hills (prostate cancer). [ref]

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