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In the year 1990
573 Notable deaths
Beatrice Shilling
British aeronautical engineer.
Born March 8th, 1909 in Waterlooville. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1990 at 81 years old
Narayan Gopal
Nepalese singer.
Born October 4th, 1939 in Kathmandu.
Died December 5th, 1990 at 51 years old in Kathmandu (diabetes).
Robert Hofstadter
American physicist and nobel laureate (1915-1990).
Born February 5th, 1915 in New York City.
Died November 17th, 1990 at 75 years old in Stanford.
Carlos Thompson
Argentine actor (1923-1990).
Born June 7th, 1923 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1990 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires (ballistic trauma). [ref]
F. F. Bruce
British biblical scholar (1910-1990).
Born October 12th, 1910 in Elgin. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1990 at 79 years old in Buxton. [ref]
Bert Sommer
American folk singer, songwriter and actor (1949-1990).
Born February 7th, 1949 in Albany.
Died July 23rd, 1990 at 41 years old in Troy.
Dany Chamoun
Lebanese politician (1934-1990).
Born August 26th, 1934 in Deyr el-Qamar.
Died October 21st, 1990 at 56 years old in Beirut.
Laurence J. Peter
Canadian educator.
Born September 16th, 1919 in Vancouver.
Died January 12th, 1990 at 70 years old in Palos Verdes Estates. [ref]
Vito Russo
American writer (1946–1990).
Born July 11th, 1946 in New York City.
Died November 7th, 1990 at 44 years old in Manhattan (death from AIDS-related complications).
Alan Perlis
American computer scientist (1922–1990).
Born April 1st, 1922 in Pittsburgh.
Died February 7th, 1990 at 67 years old in New Haven (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 161 to 170 of 573
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