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The following is a list of notable deaths in 1989. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Deaths in 1989
January
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- January 6
- Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (b. 1932)
- Sir Edmund Leach, British anthropologist (b. 1910)
- January 7
- Frank Adams, British mathematician (b. 1930)
- Hirohito, 87, Emperor of Japan (posthumous name Shōwa), cancer.
- January 8 – Kenneth McMillan, American actor (b. 1932)
- January 10 – Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
- January 11 – José Bustamante y Rivero, Peruvian politician, diplomat and jurist, 33rd President of Peru (b. 1894)
- January 13 – Joe Spinell, American actor (b. 1936)
- January 14 – Robert B. Anderson, American administrator and businessman (b. 1910)
- January 16
- Prem Nazir, Indian actor (b. 1926)
- Trey Wilson, American actor (b. 1948)
- January 17 – Óscar Vargas Prieto, Peruvian soldier and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1917)
- January 18 – Bruce Chatwin, British author (b. 1940)
- January 19 – Norma Varden, English actress (b. 1898)
- January 20
- Józef Cyrankiewicz, Polish communist politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Poland and 15th President of Poland (b. 1911)
- Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (b. 1894)
- January 21 – Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
- January 23 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (b. 1904)
- January 24 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
- January 27 – Sir Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer and yachtsman (b. 1888)
- January 28 – Halina Konopacka, Polish Olympic athlete (b. 1900)
- January 30 – Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (b. 1936)
- January 31 – Fernando Gonçalves Namora, Portuguese writer and doctor (b. 1919)
February
- February 1 – Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1919)
- February 2
- Yuri Bogatyryov, Soviet actor (b. 1947)
- Ondrej Nepela, Slovakian figure skater (b. 1951)
- February 3 – John Cassavetes, American actor (b. 1929)
- February 4 – Trevor Lucas, Australian folk singer (b. 1943)
- February 5 - Joe Raposo, American composer (b. 1937)
- February 6 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian (b. 1912)
- February 9 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese artist (b. 1928)
- February 11 – T. E. B. Clarke, British screenwriter (b. 1907)
- February 12 – Pat Finucane, Irish lawyer (b. 1949)
- February 13 – Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (b. 1910)
- February 14
- James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
- Vincent Crane, British musician (b. 1943)
- February 17 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
- February 21 – Sándor Márai, Hungarian writer and journalist (b. 1900)
- February 26 – Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. 1911)
- February 27
- Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (b. 1897)
- Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)
March
- March 6 – Harry Andrews, British actor (b. 1911)
- March 9 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American activist, artist and photographer (b. 1946)
- March 10 – Maurizio Merli, Italian actor (b. 1940)
- March 12 – Maurice Evans, British actor (b. 1901)
- March 14
- Edward Abbey, American author and environmentalist (b. 1927)
- Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Queen consort of Hungary and Empress consort of Austria (b. 1892)
- March 16 – Jesús María de Leizaola, Spanish politician (b. 1896)
- March 17 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (b. 1959)
- March 20 – Dina Sfat, Brazilian actress (b. 1938)
- March 25 – Sa`id Al-Mufti, Jordanian political figure, 9th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1898)
- March 27
- May Allison, American actress (b. 1890)
- Jack Starrett, American actor and director (b. 1936)
- March 29
- Bernard Blier, French actor (b. 1916)
- Aleksandr Prokopenko, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
April
- April 1 – George Robledo, Chilean soccer player (b. 1926)
- April 3 – Mustafa Çağatay, Turkish-Cypriot politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (b. 1937)
- April 12
- Abbie Hoffman, American political activist (b. 1936)
- Sugar Ray Robinson, American professional boxer (b. 1921)
- April 15
- Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1915)
- Bernard-Marie Koltès, French playwright (b. 1948)
- April 19 – Dame Daphne du Maurier, British writer (b. 1907)
- April 21
- Princess Deokhye of Korea (b. 1912)
- James Kirkwood Jr., American playwright (b. 1924)
- April 22 – Emilio Segrè, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- April 23
- Hamani Diori, Nigerien politician, 1st President of Niger (b. 1916)
- Hu Die, Chinese actress (b. 1907)
- April 24 – Edgar Sanabria, Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat and politician, Interim President of Venezuela (b. 1911)
- April 25 – George Coulouris, British actor (b. 1903)
- April 26 – Lucille Ball, American actress, comedian and entertainer (b. 1911)
- April 27 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)
- April 30
- Sergio Leone, Italian film director (b. 1929)
- Guy Williams, Italian-American actor (b. 1924)
May
- May 1 – Edward Ochab, Polish activist and politician, 13th President of Poland (b. 1906)
- May 2 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
- May 3 – Christine Jorgensen, Norwegian actress, singer and writer (b. 1926)
- May 9 – Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955)
- May 10 – Woody Shaw, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1944)
- May 15 – Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
- May 19
- Anton Diffring, German actor (b. 1916)
- Robert Webber, American actor (b. 1924)
- May 20
- John Hicks, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (b. 1946)
- May 26 – Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- May 29
- John Cipollina, American guitarist (b. 1943)
- Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (b. 1932)
- May 31 – C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and writer (b. 1901)
June
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- June 3 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian philosopher, politician, revolutionary and Shia Muslim religious leader, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1902)
- June 4 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)[1][2]
- June 7 – Nara Leão, Brazilian singer (b. 1942)[3]
- June 8 – Albert Spaggiari, French criminal (b. 1932)
- June 9
- George Beadle, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)[4]
- Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)[5]
- José López Rega, Argentine politician (b. 1916)[6][7]
- June 10 – Richard Quine, American actor (b. 1920)[8]
- June 13 – Fran Allison, American actress and television personality (b. 1907)[9]
- June 14
- Joseph Malula, Congolese archbishop and cardinal (b. 1917)[10]
- Pete de Freitas, English musician and producer (b. 1961)
- June 15
- Victor French, American actor and director (b. 1934)[11]
- Ray McAnally, Irish actor (b. 1926)[12]
- June 17 – John Matuszak, American football player and actor (b. 1950)[13][14]
- June 21 – Lee Calhoun, American Olympic athlete (b. 1933)[15]
- June 23 – Werner Best, German Nazi official, jurist, police chief and SS-Obergruppenführer leader (b. 1903)[16]
- June 24
- Hibari Misora, Japanese singer (b. 1937)[17]
- Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1907)[18]
- June 27
- Sir Alfred Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)[19]
- Jack Buetel, American actor (b. 1915)[20]
- Michele Lupo, Italian film director (b. 1932)[21]
- June 28 – Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1898)[22]
- June 30 – Hilmar Baunsgaard, Danish politician and 34th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1920)[23]
July
- July 2
- Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician and diplomat (b. 1909)
- Franklin J. Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
- Ben Wright, British actor in radio, film and television (b. 1915)
- July 3 – Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913)
- July 4
- Win Maung, 3rd President of Myanmar (b. 1916)
- Leyla Mammadbeyova, Azerbaijani aviator (b. 1909)
- July 6 – János Kádár, Hungarian politician and communist leader, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1912)
- July 10 – Mel Blanc, 81, American voice actor and radio personality, emphysema.
- July 11
- Horia Macellariu, Romanian admiral (b. 1894)
- Laurence Olivier, English actor and director, renal failure (b. 1907).
- July 12 – Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (b. 1896)
- July 15 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
- July 16 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (b. 1908)
- July 18 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (b. 1967)
- July 19 – Kazimierz Sabbat, 2-time Prime Minister of Poland and 15th President of Poland (b. 1913)
- July 20 – Mary Treen, American actress (b. 1907)
- July 22 – Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
- July 23
- Donald Barthelme, American writer (b. 1931)
- Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (b. 1921)
- July 24 – Ernie Morrison, American actor (b. 1912)
August
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- August 1 – John Ogdon, British pianist (b. 1937)
- August 12 – William Shockley, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
- August 13
- Hugo del Carril, Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer (b. 1912)
- Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
- August 14 – Robert Bernard Anderson, American political figure (b. 1910)
- August 15 – Minoru Genda, Japanese aviator, naval officer and politician (b. 1904)
- August 16
- Jean-Hilaire Aubame, French-Gabonese politician (b. 1912)
- Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
- August 18 – Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian politician (b. 1943)
- August 20
- George Adamson, Indian-American conservationist (b. 1906)
- Joseph LaShelle, American cinematographer (b. 1900)
- August 21 – Raul Seixas, Brazilian rock singer (b. 1945)
- August 22
- Huey P. Newton, African-American political activist (b. 1942)
- Diana Vreeland, American fashion editor (b. 1929)
- August 23 – R. D. Laing, British psychiatrist (b. 1927)
- August 26 – Irving Stone, American writer (b. 1903)
- August 27 – Luiz Luz, Brazilian footballer (b. 1909)
- August 29
- Pua Kealoha, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1902)
- Sir Peter Scott, British naturalist, artist and explorer (b. 1909)
September
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- September 4
- Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (b. 1903)
- Ronald Syme, New Zealand-British classicist and historian (b. 1903)
- September 13 – Charles H. Russell, American politician, 20th Governor of Nevada (b. 1903)
- September 14 – Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)
- September 15 – Robert Penn Warren, American writer (b. 1905)
- September 22 – Irving Berlin, American composer (b. 1888)
- September 28 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino dictator, politician and statesman, 10th President of the Philippines (b. 1917)
- September 30
- Drew Shafer, American LGBT rights activist from Missouri (b. 1936)
- Virgil Thomson, American composer (b. 1896)
- Huỳnh Tấn Phát, Vietnamese politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1913)
October
Sir Anthony Quayle
- October 2
- Paola Barbara, Italian actress (b. 1912)
- Vittorio Caprioli, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- October 4
- Graham Chapman, British comedian (b. 1941)
- Secretariat, American Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1970)
- October 6 – Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
- October 11
- M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (b. 1903)
- Paul Shenar, American actor (b. 1936)
- October 15 – Scott O'Dell, American children's writer (b. 1898)
- October 16 – Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1912)
- October 18 – Countess Georgina, Princess consort of Liechtenstein (b. 1921)
- October 20 – Sir Anthony Quayle, British actor (b. 1913)
- October 22
- Ewan MacColl, British folk singer, political activist and actor (b. 1915)
- Roland Winters, American actor (b. 1904)
- October 25 – Mary McCarthy, American writer (b. 1912)
- October 26 – Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- October 28 – Yuliya Solntseva, Soviet actress (b. 1901)
- October 30 – Pedro Vargas, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1906)[24]
November
- November 3 – Timoci Bavadra, Fijian physician and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1934)
- November 5
- Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
- Barry Sadler, American soldier and singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- November 12 – Édouard Candeveau, Swiss Olympic rower (b. 1898)
- November 13
- Victor Davis, Canadian Olympic swimmer (b. 1964)
- Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906)
- November 16 – Ignacio Ellacuría, Jesuit priest and theologian (b. 1930)
- November 20
- Lynn Bari, American actress (b. 1913)
- Leonardo Sciascia, Italian writer (b. 1921)
- November 22 – René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
- November 24 – Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian (b. 1941)
- November 26 – Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, 1st President of Comoros (b. 1919)
- November 27 – Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)[25]
- November 28 – Ernesto Civardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
- November 29 – Gubby Allen, English cricketer (b. 1902)
- November 30
- Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cameroon and President of Cameroon (b. 1924)
- Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (b. 1900)
December
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- December 1 – Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
- December 3
- Sourou-Migan Apithy, Beninese political figure, 2nd President of Dahomey (b. 1913)
- Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
- December 5 – John Pritchard, British conductor (b. 1921)
- December 6
- Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- Sammy Fain, American composer (b. 1902)
- John Payne, American actor (b. 1912)
- December 8 – Hans Hartung, German-French painter (b. 1904)
- December 14
- Jock Mahoney, American actor (b. 1919)
- Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1921)
- December 15
- José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Colombian drug lord and criminal (b. 1947)
- Edward Underdown, British stage and film veteran (b. 1908)
- December 16
- Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
- Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
- Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
- December 17 – Albert C. Wedemeyer, American general (b. 1897)
- December 19
- Herbert Blaize, Grenadian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1918)
- Kirill Mazurov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
- December 20 – Kurt Böhme, German bass (b. 1908)
- December 21 – Ján Cikker, Slovak composer (b. 1911)
- December 22
- Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- Vasile Milea, Romanian military officer and politician, minister of Defense (b. 1927)
- December 23 – Richard Rado, German-British mathematician (b. 1906)
- December 25
- Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1916)
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, dictator and Communist Party head, 1st President of Romania (b. 1918)
- Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
- December 26 – Lennox Berkeley, English composer (b. 1903)
- December 28 – Hermann Oberth, Austro-Hungarian-born German engineer, physicist and scientist (b. 1894)
- December 30 – Yasuji Miyazaki, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1916)
- December 31
- Sir Ignatius Kilage, 4th Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (b. 1941)
- Mihály Lantos, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Gerhard Schröder, German politician (b. 1910)
- December – Yem Sambaur, 8th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1913)
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- ↑ "Dik Browne; Cartoonist Drew 'Hagar,' 'Hi and Lois'". Los Angeles Times. 1989-06-06. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ↑ Knudde, Kjell (2021-08-06). "Dik Browne". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Lambiek. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ↑ "Cronologia Nara Leão" [Nara Leão Chronology] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ↑ "George Beadle – Facts". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB. 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ↑ Sharifov, Azad (Winter 1997). "With a Song in His Heart: Rashid Behbudov (1915–1989)". Azerbaijan International. Vol. 5, no. 4. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ↑ "Jose Lopez Rega". historiadelpais.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ↑ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (2021-10-13). "José López Rega | Argentine leader". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
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- ↑ Anderson, Susan Heller (1989-06-14). "Fran Allison, 81, the Human Side Of 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' Show". The New York Times. p. D24. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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- ↑ "Ray McAnally, Irish Character Actor". The Washington Post. 1989-06-17. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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- ↑ "Matuszak's Death Caused By Accidental Overdose". The New York Times. 1989-06-28. p. D24. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
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- ↑ "Werner Best". Holocaust Historical Society. 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ↑ "Popular Singer's Funeral Held Amid Nationwide Mourning". AP News. 1989-07-22. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
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