Winfried Freudenberg, an unemployed electrical engineer, becomes the 99th person to die attempting the cross the Berlin Wall, when he falls from his balloon.

       Postscript: Freudenberg was the last, as the Wall fell eight months later.

       [added 1/21/2023]

Subsequent Events:

3/9/1989                   11/9/1989                    5/14/1999

“Law of the Jungle”
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References:

List of deaths at the Berlin Wall − Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_at_the_Berlin_Wall#Identifying_the_death_toll

Winfried Freudenberg − Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfried_Freudenberg

Berlin Wall − Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall

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