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In the year 1990
573 Notable deaths
Jill Ireland
English actress (1936–1990).
Born April 24th, 1936 in London. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1990 at 54 years old in Malibu (breast cancer).
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958–1990).
Born May 4th, 1958 in Reading. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1990 at 31 years old in Manhattan (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Gonzalo Gaviria
Colombian drug trafficker (1946–1990).
Born December 25th, 1946 in Pereira.
Died August 11th, 1990 at 43 years old in Medellín. [ref]
B. F. Skinner
American behaviorist.
Born March 20th, 1904 in Susquehanna Depot. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1990 at 86 years old in Cambridge (leukemia). [ref]
Ryan White
Aids spokesperson and "poster boy".
Born December 6th, 1971 in Kokomo.
Died April 8th, 1990 at 18 years old in Indianapolis (death from AIDS-related complications).
Paulette Goddard
American actress (1910-1990).
Born June 3rd, 1910 in Queens.
Died April 23rd, 1990 at 79 years old in Ronco sopra Ascona (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rex Harrison
English film and stage actor (1908-1990).
Born March 5th, 1908 in Huyton. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1990 at 82 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer).
Armand Hammer
American businessman and philanthropist.
Born May 21st, 1898 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1990 at 92 years old in Los Angeles (bone cancer). [ref]
Aldo Gucci
Italian fashion designer and businessman (1905-1990).
Born May 26th, 1905 in Florence.
Died January 19th, 1990 at 84 years old in Rome.
Lev Yashin
Soviet association football player (1929–1990).
Born October 22nd, 1929 in Moscow.
Died March 20th, 1990 at 60 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel