Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Willy Vandersteen

Willebrord Jan Frans Maria Vandersteen

Belgium

1913 – 1990 (77 years old)

Flemish comic strip titan revered as 'the Bruegel of the comic strip' who created Suske en Wiske (Bob et Bobette), De Rode Ridder, and Bessy, selling hundreds of millions of albums across the Low Countries.

Kalmthout (Antwerp), Belgium

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stephen Ray Vaughan

United States

1954 – 1990 (35 years old)

Texas blues-rock guitar virtuoso whose scorching tone and ferocious playing spearheaded the 1980s blues revival.

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Mário Pinto de Andrade

Mario Coelho Pinto de Andrade

Angola

1928-08-21 – 1990-08-26 (62 years old)

Eminent Angolan sociologist, literary scholar, and revolutionary theorist who co-founded the MPLA, served as its first acting president, and compiled landmark anthologies of Black African poetry.

Luanda, Angola

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Literature & Poetry

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Mehdi Akhavan-Sales

مهدی اخوان ثالث

Iran

1 March 1929 – 26 August 1990 (61 years old)

Monumental modern Persian epic poet whose masterpiece 'Zemestan' (Winter) captured the disillusionment of Iran following the 1953 coup.

Tus, Iran

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

Morley Callaghan

Morley Edward Callaghan

Canada

1903 – 1990 (87 years old)

Eminent Toronto novelist and master of the psychological short story who famously boxed Ernest Hemingway and associated with F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1920s Paris, chronicled in That Summer in Paris.

Toronto (Ontario), Canada

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Ignatius Kangave Musazi

Uganda

1905-01-01 – 1990-08-04 (85 years old)

Venerated nationalist hero acclaimed as the Father of Ugandan Nationalism, who founded the Uganda National Congress (UNC) in 1952 and mobilized cotton farmers.

Kampala, Uganda

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Humanities

Germain Ayache

جيرمان عياش

Morocco

1915 – August 1990 (75 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan Jewish historian and professor at Mohammed V University in Rabat whose ground-breaking archival research demolished colonial historiography and established the modern academic study of the Rif War.

Rabat, Morocco

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Lotta Hitschmanova

Lotta Hitschmanová

Austria

1909 – 1990 (80 years old)

Réfugiée tchécoslovaque devenue héroïne humanitaire au Canada, fondatrice de l'USC Canada secourant les orphelins et rescapés de guerre dans le monde entier.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Music

Morteza Neydavoud

مرتضی نی‌داوود

Iran

1900 – 31 July 1990 (90 years old)

Master Jewish-Iranian tar virtuoso who composed the immortal freedom anthem 'Morghe Sahar' and documented the complete classical Radif.

San Francisco, California, United States

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Kashim Ibrahim

Nigeria

1910-01-01 – 1990-07-25 (80 years old)

Distinguished Kanuri statesman and scholar who served as the first indigenous Governor of Northern Nigeria, holding legendary stature for personal rectitude and dedication to education.

Maiduguri, Nigeria

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Omar Abu Risha

عمر أبو ريشة

Syria

10 April 1910 – 15 July 1990 (80 years old)

Foremost Syrian romantic and patriotic poet of the 20th century who served as Syrian ambassador to the United States, India, and Brazil.

Aleppo, Syria

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Paul Gondjout

Gabon

1912-06-04 – 1990-07-01 (78 years old)

Foundational Gabonese magistrate and political leader who co-founded the Bloc Démocratique Gabonais (BDG) and served as the first President of the National Assembly.

Libreville, Gabon

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

Joseph Murumbi

Joseph Anthony Zuzarte Murumbi

Kenya

1911-06-18 – 1990-06-22 (79 years old)

Second Vice-President of Kenya, diplomat, and Africa's greatest private collector of traditional art, manuscripts, and textiles, whose collection founded the Kenya National Archives gallery.

Nairobi, Kenya

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Ahmed Balafrej

أحمد بلافريج

Morocco

1908 – 1990 (81 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan nationalist leader, chief architect of the 1944 Independence Manifesto, first Minister of Foreign Affairs, and second Prime Minister of independent Morocco in 1958.

Rabat, Morocco

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Ralph David Abernathy Sr.

Ralph Abernathy

United States

1926 – 1990 (64 years old)

Compagnon de lutte inséparable de Martin Luther King Jr., cofondateur et président de la SCLC, bâtisseur de la Cité de la Résurrection lors de la Poor People's Campaign de 1968.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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