In the year 1990

628 Notable deaths

Patrick White

English-born australian writer.

Born May 28th, 1912 in London. [ref]

Died September 30th, 1990 at 78 years old in Sydney. [ref]

Hussein Onn

Prime minister of malaysia from 1976 to 1981.

Born February 12th, 1922 in Johor Bahru.

Died May 29th, 1990 at 68 years old in Daly City (cardiovascular disease).

Arthur Goldberg

American lawyer, politician and civil servant (1908-1990).

Born August 8th, 1908 in Chicago.

Died January 19th, 1990 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).

Dodie Smith

English children's novelist and playwright.

Born May 3rd, 1896 in Whitefield. [ref]

Died November 24th, 1990 at 94 years old in Finchingfield. [ref]

Sergei Parajanov

Soviet armenian and georgian film director (1924-1990).

Born January 9th, 1924 in Tbilisi.

Died July 21st, 1990 at 66 years old in Yerevan (lung cancer).

Michael Oakeshott

British philosopher (1901-1990).

Born December 11th, 1901 in Chelsfield.

Died December 19th, 1990 at 89 years old in Acton.

Edward Binns

American actor (1916–1990).

Born September 12th, 1916 in Philadelphia.

Died December 4th, 1990 at 74 years old in Brewster (myocardial infarction).

Bruno Bettelheim

Austrian-american child psychologist and writer (1903–1990).

Born August 28th, 1903 in Vienna.

Died March 13th, 1990 at 86 years old in Silver Spring (asphyxia). [ref]

Raymond St. Jacques

American actor.

Born March 1st, 1930 in Hartford.

Died August 27th, 1990 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (lymphoma).

John Stewart Bell

Northern irish physicist.

Born July 28th, 1928 in Belfast. [ref]

Died October 1st, 1990 at 62 years old in Geneva (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams