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In the year 1989
541 Notable deaths
Mary Treen
American actress (1907-1989).
Born March 27th, 1907 in St. Louis.
Died July 20th, 1989 at 82 years old in Newport Beach (cancer).
Antonia Brico
American conductor.
Born June 26th, 1902 in Rotterdam.
Died August 3rd, 1989 at 87 years old in Denver.
Adnan Khairallah
Ex iraqi minister; saddam hussein's brother-in-law (1941-1989).
Born September 23rd, 1941 in Iraq.
Died May 4th, 1989 at 47 years old in Mosul.
Hibari Misora
Japanese singer and actress (1937-1989).
Born May 29th, 1937 in Yokohama. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1989 at 52 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Kōnosuke Matsushita
Founder of panasonic.
Born November 27th, 1894 in Wakayama.
Died April 27th, 1989 at 94 years old in Moriguchi (pneumonia).
Claude Pepper
American politician (1900–1989).
Born September 8th, 1900 in Dudleyville. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1989 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C. (stomach cancer). [ref]
Carlos Arias Navarro
Spanish politician (1908-1989).
Born December 11th, 1908 in Madrid. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1989 at 80 years old in Madrid.
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Japanese former princess; daughter of emperor shōwa and empress kōjun.
Born September 30th, 1929 in Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Died May 26th, 1989 at 59 years old in Tokyo.
Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Emirati politician.
Born June 1st, 1905 in Abu Dhabi.
Died February 11th, 1989 at 83 years old in Al Ain.
Samuel Okwaraji
Nigerian footballer (1964-1989).
Died August 12th, 1989 at 25 years old in Lagos (heart failure).
Deaths 121 to 130 of 541
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius