1916–2005
Edward Heath
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974
89years old at death
32,515days lived
89%of the people on this site died younger
Edward Heath was born on 9 July 1916 and died on 17 July 2005, aged 89 years and 8 days. That is 32,515 days in all.
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- Ingmar BergmanSwedish director and screenwriter · 1918–200789 yrs
- Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer · 1936–202589 yrs
- Ruhollah KhomeiniSupreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 · 1900–198989 yrs
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- Max PlanckGerman theoretical physicist · 1858–194789 yrs
- Ingmar BergmanSwedish director and screenwriter · 1918–200789 yrs
- Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRussian writer, publicist, poet and politician · 1918–200889 yrs
- Alexander von HumboldtPrussian geographer, naturalist and explorer · 1769–185989 yrs
- Ruhollah KhomeiniSupreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 · 1900–198989 yrs
- Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer · 1936–202589 yrs
- Saul BellowCanadian-American writer · 1915–200589 yrs
- Arthur MillerAmerican playwright and essayist · 1915–200589 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 89
Also born on 9 July
- Donald RumsfeldAmerican politician and diplomat · 1932–202188 yrs
- Charles VIII of FranceKing of France from 1483 to 1498 · 1470–149827 yrs
- Hassan IIKing of Morocco from 1961 to 1999 · 1929–199970 yrs
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor · 1578–163758 yrs
- Ben Roy MottelsonDanish-American nuclear physicist · 1926–202295 yrs
- Franz BoasGerman-American anthropologist · 1858–194284 yrs
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