In the year 1989
555 Notable deaths
Riccardo Morandi
Italian engineer and architect.
Born September 1st, 1902 in Rome.
Died December 25th, 1989 at 87 years old in Rome.
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter.
Born January 20th, 1911 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1989 at 78 years old in New York City. [ref]
Yacine Kateb
Algerian writer (1929-1989).
Born August 2nd, 1929 in Constantine.
Died October 28th, 1989 at 60 years old in Grenoble (leukemia). [ref]
Albert Bormann
German nazi officer, adjutant to adolf hitler (1902-1989).
Born September 2nd, 1902 in Halberstadt.
Died April 8th, 1989 at 86 years old in Munich.
Scott O'Dell
American children's writer.
Born May 23rd, 1898 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1989 at 91 years old in Mount Kisco (prostate cancer). [ref]
Virgil Thomson
American composer and critic.
Born November 25th, 1896 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1989 at 92 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Emilio G. Segrè
Italian physicist and nobel laureate.
Born February 1st, 1905 in Tivoli. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1989 at 84 years old in Lafayette (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Wilfrid Sellars
American philosopher (1912-1989).
Born May 20th, 1912 in Michigan. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1989 at 77 years old in Pittsburgh.
Stella Gibbons
British writer.
Born January 5th, 1902 in London.
Died December 19th, 1989 at 87 years old in London.
Nicolás Guillén
Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer.
Born July 10th, 1902 in Camagüey. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1989 at 87 years old in Havana. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 555
A normal human being does not want the Kingdom of Heaven: he wants life on earth to continue. George Orwell