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In the year 1989
591 Notable deaths
Vittorio Caprioli
Italian actor, film director, screenwriter (1921-1989).
Born August 15th, 1921 in Naples. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1989 at 68 years old in Naples (myocardial infarction). [ref]
R. G. Springsteen
American actor and director (1904-1989).
Born September 8th, 1904 in Tacoma. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1989 at 85 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
John Pritchard
British conductor (1921–1989).
Born February 5th, 1921 in London.
Died December 5th, 1989 at 68 years old in Daly City.
Luciano Salce
Italian film director, lyricist, scenographer (1922-1989).
Born September 25th, 1922 in Rome.
Died December 17th, 1989 at 67 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction, melanoma).
André Cayatte
French film director (1909–1989).
Born February 3rd, 1909 in Carcassonne.
Died February 6th, 1989 at 80 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Teiichi Suzuki
Japanese general (1888–1989).
Born December 16th, 1888 in Shibayama.
Died July 15th, 1989 at 100 years old in Shibayama (senility).
Egon Orowan
Physicist (1902-1989).
Born August 2nd, 1902 in Budapest.
Died August 3rd, 1989 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Yuri Bogatyryov
Russian actor.
Born March 2nd, 1947 in Riga. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1989 at 41 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Fernando Martín
Spanish basketball player.
Born March 25th, 1962 in Madrid.
Died December 3rd, 1989 at 27 years old in Madrid (traffic collision).
Deaths 331 to 340 of 591
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz