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In the year 1989
553 Notable deaths
Prince Alfonso de Bourbon, Duke of Cádiz
Pretender to the thrones france.
Born April 20th, 1936 in Rome.
Died January 30th, 1989 at 52 years old in Beaver Creek Resort.
Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian and author (1912–1989).
Born January 30th, 1912 in New York City.
Died February 6th, 1989 at 77 years old in Greenwich.
Robert J. Wilke
American actor (1914-1989).
Born May 18th, 1914 in Cincinnati.
Died March 28th, 1989 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Mary McCarthy
American writer.
Born June 21st, 1912 in Seattle. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1989 at 77 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Leon Festinger
American psychologist.
Born May 8th, 1919 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1989 at 69 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Bob Steele
American actor.
Born January 23rd, 1907 in Portland.
Died December 21st, 1989 at 82 years old in Burbank (pulmonary emphysema).
Anton Diffring
German actor (1916–1989).
Born October 20th, 1916 in Koblenz.
Died May 20th, 1989 at 72 years old in Châteauneuf-Grasse (cancer).
Jack Starrett
American actor (1936-1989).
Born November 2nd, 1936 in Refugio. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1989 at 52 years old in Sherman Oaks (kidney failure).
Franz Joseph II
Prince of liechtenstein (1906-1989).
Born August 16th, 1906 in Frauenthal Castle.
Died November 13th, 1989 at 83 years old in Grabs.
Dolores Ibárruri
Spanish republican leader of the spanish civil war and communist politician (1895-1989).
Born December 9th, 1895 in Gallarta, Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1989 at 93 years old in Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 553
Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity. Mother Teresa