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In the year 1989
590 Notable deaths
Samuel Okwaraji
Nigerian footballer (1964-1989).
Died August 12th, 1989 at 25 years old in Lagos (heart failure).
Irving Stone
American writer.
Born July 14th, 1903 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1989 at 86 years old in Los Angeles.
Albert Spaggiari
French criminal (1932–1989).
Born December 14th, 1932 in Laragne-Montéglin.
Died June 10th, 1989 at 56 years old in Hyères (esophageal cancer).
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).
Guy Laroche
French fashion designer (1921-1989).
Born July 16th, 1921 in La Rochelle. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1989 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Lefty Gomez
Baseball player (1908-1989).
Born November 26th, 1908 in Rodeo.
Died February 17th, 1989 at 80 years old in Greenbrae.
Woody Shaw
American musician (1944-1989).
Born December 24th, 1944 in Laurinburg.
Died May 10th, 1989 at 44 years old in New York City (kidney failure).
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.
Giuseppe Siri
Catholic cardinal.
Born May 20th, 1906 in Genoa. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1989 at 82 years old in Genoa. [ref]
Wilfrid Sellars
American philosopher (1912-1989).
Born May 20th, 1912 in Michigan. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1989 at 77 years old in Pittsburgh.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 590
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht