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Dead at age 89
1,281 Notable deaths
Chuck Jones
American animator and filmmaker (1912–2002).
Born September 21st, 1912 in Spokane.
Died February 22nd, 2002 at 89 years old in Corona del Mar (heart failure).
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
First lady of the united states from 1915 to 1921.
Born October 15th, 1872 in Wytheville.
Died December 28th, 1961 at 89 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Buck Henry
American actor (1930–2020).
Born December 9th, 1930 in New York City.
Died January 8th, 2020 at 89 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Conrad Bain
Canadian-american actor, personality, entertainer, and activist (1923-2013).
Born February 4th, 1923 in Lethbridge.
Died January 14th, 2013 at 89 years old in Livermore (stroke). [ref]
Eugene McCarthy
American politician (1916–2005).
Born March 29th, 1916 in Watkins.
Died December 10th, 2005 at 89 years old in Woodville (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Kalyan Singh
Indian politician (1932–2021).
Born January 5th, 1932 in Aligarh.
Died August 21st, 2021 at 89 years old
David McCullough
American historian and author.
Born July 7th, 1933 in Pittsburgh.
Died August 7th, 2022 at 89 years old in Hingham. [ref]
Harold Bloom
American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930-2019).
Born July 11th, 1930 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 14th, 2019 at 89 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Saul Bellow
Canadian-american writer.
Born June 10th, 1915 in Lachine. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2005 at 89 years old in Brookline. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner