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In the year 1989
590 Notable deaths
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]
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.
Anatoly Slivko
Soviet serial killer (1938-1989).
Born December 28th, 1938 in Izberbash.
Died September 16th, 1989 at 50 years old in Novocherkassk (gunshot wound, execution by shooting).
A. J. Ayer
English philosopher.
Born October 29th, 1910 in London.
Died July 26th, 1989 at 78 years old in London.
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.
Jack Starrett
American actor (1936-1989).
Born November 2nd, 1936 in Refugio.
Died March 27th, 1989 at 52 years old in Sherman Oaks (kidney failure).
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).
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.
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]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 590
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner