List of Famous people who died at 89

Michel Celaya

First Name Michel
Last Name Celaya
Born on July 4, 1930
Died on January 2, 2020 (aged 89)

Michel Celaya was a French rugby union player who played at back-row for the France national rugby union team and Biarritz Olympique.

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Felix Browder

First Name Felix
Last Name Browder
Born on July 31, 1927
Died on December 10, 2016 (aged 89)
Born in Russia

Felix Earl Browder was an American mathematician known for his work in nonlinear functional analysis. He received the National Medal of Science in 1999 and was President of the American Mathematical Society until 2000. His two younger brothers also became notable mathematicians, William Browder and Andrew Browder.

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Dieter Timpe

First Name Dieter
Born on November 3, 1931
Died on April 19, 2021 (aged 89)

Dieter Timpe was a German historian best known for his theories on Arminius and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

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Philip Morrison

First Name Philip
Last Name Morrison
Born on November 7, 1915
Died on April 22, 2005 (aged 89)

Philip Morrison was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics.

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Gaylord Nelson

First Name Gaylord
Born on June 4, 1916
Died on July 3, 2005 (aged 89)

Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism.

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Mark Lubotsky

First Name Mark
Last Name Lubotsky
Born on May 18, 1931
Died on March 13, 2021 (aged 89)
Born in Russia

Mark Davidovich Lubotsky, Russian: Марк Давыдович Лубоцкий was a Russian violinist, music teacher, writer, and memoirist.

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Marie-Louise von Motesiczky

First Name Marie-Louise
Born on October 24, 1906
Died on June 10, 1996 (aged 89)
Born in Austria

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky was an Austrian painter.

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Juan Antonio Samaranch

First Name Juan
Last Name Samaranch
Born on July 17, 1920
Died on April 21, 2010 (aged 89)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. Samaranch served the second-longest term as the head of the IOC, the longest being that of Pierre de Coubertin.

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Armando Cossutta

First Name Armando
Last Name Cossutta
Born on September 2, 1926
Died on December 14, 2015 (aged 89)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Armando Cossutta was an Italian communist politician.

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Wanda Wiłkomirska

First Name Wanda
Born on January 11, 1929
Died on May 1, 2018 (aged 89)

Wanda Wiłkomirska was a Polish violinist and academic teacher. She was known for both the classical repertoire and for her interpretation of 20th-century music, having received two Polish State Awards for promoting Polish music to the world as well as other awards for her contribution to music. She gave world premiere performances of numerous contemporary works, including music by Tadeusz Baird and Krzysztof Penderecki. Wiłkomirska performed on a violin crafted by Pietro Guarneri in 1734 in Venice. She taught at the music academies of Mannheim and Sydney.

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