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In the year 1989
541 Notable deaths
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]
Jack Smith
American filmmaker (1932-1989).
Born November 14th, 1932 in Columbus. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1989 at 56 years old in Manhattan (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Sándor Márai
Hungarian writer (1900-1989).
Born April 11th, 1900 in Košice. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1989 at 88 years old in San Diego (shot to the head). [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 541
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