List of Famous people who died in 1990
Hans Glatzel
José de Freitas Nobre
Kuranosuke Hamaguchi
Francisco Orozco Lomelín
Margaret J. Winkler
Margaret J. Winkler Mintz was a key figure in silent animation history, having a crucial role to play in the histories of Max and Dave Fleischer, Pat Sullivan, Otto Messmer, and Walt Disney. She was the first woman to produce and distribute animated films. Winkler was the subject of a feature film Walt Before Mickey.
Gwendoline Betty Alice Talbot
Pamela Whatley
Jean Ravel
Vito Russo
Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry. In 1985 he co-founded the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a media watchdog organization that strives to end anti-LGBT rhetoric, and advocates for LGBT inclusion in popular media.