Jun 8 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54 Jun 15 Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39 Jun 27 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies at 48 Jun 27 Whitney Eugene Thayer, American composer, dies at 50 Jun 28 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 Jun 30 Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer and music director (Teatro Apollo; La Scala), dies at 64 May 1889 Famous Deaths by Year Jul 1889 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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