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In the year 1989
553 Notable deaths
Empress Zita of Austria
Empress consort of austria, queen consort of hungary (1892-1989) and servant of god.
Born May 9th, 1892 in Camaiore.
Died March 14th, 1989 at 96 years old in Zizers (pneumonia).
Bruce Chatwin
English novelist.
Born May 13th, 1940 in Sheffield. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1989 at 48 years old in Nice (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yogi (1888-1989).
Born November 18th, 1888 in Chitradurga district.
Died February 28th, 1989 at 100 years old in Chennai.
Robert Penn Warren
American poet, novelist, and literary critic (1905-1989).
Born April 24th, 1905 in Guthrie. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1989 at 84 years old in Stratton (bone cancer). [ref]
Kenneth McMillan
American actor (1932-1989).
Born July 2nd, 1932 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1989 at 56 years old in Santa Monica (liver disease). [ref]
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989).
Born February 9th, 1931 in Heerlen. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1989 at 58 years old in Gmunden. [ref]
Billy Tipton
American jazz musician, bandleader and talent agent.
Born December 29th, 1914 in Oklahoma City.
Died January 21st, 1989 at 74 years old in Spokane (stomach cancer).
János Kádár
Former general secretary of the hungarian socialist workers' party.
Born May 26th, 1912 in Rijeka. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1989 at 77 years old in Budapest. [ref]
C. L. R. James
Trinidadian historian, journalist and marxist.
Born January 4th, 1901 in Tunapuna. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1989 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
A. J. Ayer
English philosopher.
Born October 29th, 1910 in London. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1989 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 553
I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë