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In the year 1989
541 Notable deaths
R. D. Laing
Scottish psychiatrist.
Born October 7th, 1927 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1989 at 61 years old in Saint-Tropez (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989).
Born January 25th, 1915 in Salford. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1989 at 74 years old in Beckenham. [ref]
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist, winner of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1973.
Born November 7th, 1903 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1989 at 85 years old in Vienna (kidney failure). [ref]
Edward Abbey
American author and essayist (1927-1989).
Born January 29th, 1927 in Home.
Died March 14th, 1989 at 62 years old in Tucson.
Silvana Mangano
Italian actress (1930-1989).
Born April 21st, 1930 in Rome. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1989 at 59 years old in Madrid (lung cancer). [ref]
Deokhye, Princess of Korea
The korean empire's last princess.
Born May 25th, 1912 in Changdeokgung.
Died April 21st, 1989 at 76 years old in Changdeokgung (disease).
Tim Richmond
American racing driver.
Born June 7th, 1955 in Ashland.
Died August 13th, 1989 at 34 years old in West Palm Beach (Pneumocystis, death from AIDS-related complications).
Barry Sadler
American author and musician.
Born November 1st, 1940 in Carlsbad.
Died November 5th, 1989 at 49 years old (cardiac arrest).
Michel Aflaq
Syrian philosopher, sociologist and arab nationalist (1910–1989).
Born January 19th, 1912 in Damascus. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1989 at 77 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Robert Webber
Actor (1924-1989).
Born October 14th, 1924 in Santa Ana.
Died May 19th, 1989 at 64 years old in Malibu (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 541
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi