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In the year 1989
550 Notable deaths
Hu Yaobang
Chinese politician (1915-1989), former general secretary of the communist party of china.
Born November 20th, 1915 in Liuyang.
Died April 15th, 1989 at 73 years old in Beijing (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989).
Born November 3rd, 1928 in Toyonaka. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1989 at 60 years old in Hanzomon Hospital (stomach cancer). [ref]
Prem Nazir
Indian actor.
Born December 16th, 1929 in Chirayinkizhu Block Panchayat.
Died January 16th, 1989 at 59 years old in Chennai.
Billy Martin
American baseball player and coach.
Born May 16th, 1928 in Berkeley.
Died December 25th, 1989 at 61 years old in New York City (traffic collision).
Guy Williams
American actor (1924-1989).
Born January 14th, 1924 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1989 at 65 years old in Buenos Aires (intracranial aneurysm).
Christine Jorgensen
First american to become widely known for having sex reassignment surgery (1926-1989).
Born May 30th, 1926 in The Bronx.
Died May 3rd, 1989 at 62 years old in San Clemente (lung cancer, bladder cancer).
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor.
Born April 5th, 1908 in Salzburg. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1989 at 81 years old in Anif (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Paul Shenar
American actor (1936-1989).
Born February 12th, 1936 in Milwaukee.
Died October 11th, 1989 at 53 years old in West Hollywood (death from AIDS-related complications).
William Shockley
American physicist and inventor.
Born February 13th, 1910 in London.
Died August 12th, 1989 at 79 years old in Stanford (prostate cancer).
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist.
Born May 21st, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1989 at 68 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir