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In the year 1990
573 Notable deaths
Alice Marble
American tennis player.
Born September 28th, 1913 in Plumas County.
Died December 13th, 1990 at 77 years old in Palm Springs (pernicious anemia).
Donald Allen Wollheim
American author and editor.
Born October 1st, 1914 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1990 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
Peter Doherty
Northern irish footballer (1913-1990).
Born June 5th, 1913 in Magherafelt.
Died April 6th, 1990 at 76 years old in Poulton-le-Fylde.
Jorge Bolet
American musician.
Born November 15th, 1914 in Havana. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1990 at 75 years old in Mountain View (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Georgy Flyorov
Soviet physicist (1913-1990).
Born March 2nd, 1913 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died November 19th, 1990 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Samuel Noah Kramer
American assyriologist (1897-1990).
Born September 28th, 1897 in Zhashkiv. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1990 at 93 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Aldo Fabrizi
Italian actor and cinema and theatre director (1905-1990).
Born November 1st, 1905 in Rome. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1990 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
Gerhard Schrader
German chemist.
Born February 25th, 1903 in Bortfeld. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1990 at 87 years old in Cronenberg. [ref]
Naoto Tajima
Japanese long and triple jumper.
Born August 15th, 1912 in Iwakuni.
Died December 4th, 1990 at 78 years old in Iwakuni.
Ivan Mihailov
Bulgarian revolutionary.
Born August 26th, 1896 in Novo Selo.
Died September 5th, 1990 at 94 years old in Rome.
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)