The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.
September 1989
1
- Frank Collier, 56, English international rugby league footballer.
- Kazimierz Deyna, 41, Polish international footballer, car accident.
- Bart Giamatti, 51, American Commissioner of Major League Baseball, heart attack.
- Dipa Ma, 78, Indian meditation teacher.
- Albert Outler, 80, American Methodist historian, theologian and pastor.
- Shah Azizur Rahman, 63, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
2
- Clifton Parker, 84, British composer.
- Brian Robinson, appr. 27, Northern Ireland loyalist militant, shot.
3
- Franzisca Baruch, 87, German–Israeli graphic designer.
- Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins, 90, Royal Australian Navy officer.
- Augie Lio, 71, American NFL footballer.[1]
- Sten Mellgren, 89, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist.
- Gaetano Scirea, 36, Italian international footballer, car accident.
- Rip Sewell, 82, American Major League baseballer.
- Meena Shorey, 67, Pakistani film actress.
4
- Bernard Belleau, 64, Canadian molecular pharmacologist.
- Colin Clark, 83, British and Australian economist and statistician.
- Wilfred Payton, 75, English clergyman and first-class cricketer.
- Georges Simenon, 86, Belgian writer, complications from a fall.[2]
- Ronald Syme, 86, New Zealand-born British classicist and historian.[3]
5
- Les Allen, 78, Australian rules footballer.
- Sir John Philip Baxter, 84, British-Australian chemical engineer.
- Michael Fidler, 73, British politician.
- Geneviève Kervine, 68, French film actress, cancer.
- William Mann, 65, English music critic.
- J. Barkley Rosser, 81, American logician, aneurysm.
6
- Gina Manès, 96, French film actress.
- Jimmy Ruffell, 89, English international footballer.
7
- Tom Blackaller, 49, American yachtsman and world championship gold medalist, heart attack.[4]
- Valery Goborov, 23, Soviet basketball player and Olympic gold medalist, car crash.
8
- Keef Cowboy, 28, American hip hop recording artist, drug overdose.
- Karel Finek, 69, Czech footballer and manager.
- Paul Alfred Weiss, 91, Austrian-American biologist.
9
- Heinrich Angst, 74, Swiss bobsledder and Olympic gold medalist.
- Fred Ashworth, 82, English rugby union and rugby league footballer.
- John McShain, 92, American building contractor, complications from pneumonia.
10
- Dutch Elston, 70, American NFL footballer, cancer.
- William Joseph Hedley, 86, American civil and consulting engineer.
- Gordon McCallum, 70, American-born English sound engineer.
- Herman Peters, 90, Australian rugby league footballer for North Sydney and Australia.
- Zbigniew Rychlicki, 67, Polish graphic artist and illustrator of children's books.
- Jeff Stollmeyer, 68, Trinidad and Tobago test cricketer for the West Indies, wounds from home invaders.
11
- Bill Weiley, 88, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
- Bill Wood, 67, Australian rules footballer.
12
- George Gniel, 70, Australian rules footballer.
- Anton Lubowski, 37, Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate, assassinated.
- Sterjo Spasse, 75, Albanian prose writer and novelist.
- Seamus Twomey, 69, Irish republican activist, militant and chief of staff of the Provisional IRA.[5]
- Don Walker, 81, American Broadway orchestrator and composer.[6]
13
- Acharya Aatreya, 68, Indian poet, lyricist, playwright and screenwriter.
- İsmail Rüştü Aksal, 77–78, Turkish politician, Secretary General of the Republican People's Party.
- Ken McCaw, 81, Australian politician, Attorney-General of New South Wales.
- Giuseppe Ugo Papi, 96, Italian economist.
- Charles H. Russell, 85, American politician, Governor of Nevada.[7]
- John Yovicsin, 70, American NFL footballer, heart disease.
14
- John Bright, 81, American journalist, screenwriter and political activist.
- Benjamin Peary Pal, 83, Indian plant breeder and agronomist.
- Dámaso Pérez Prado, 72, Cuban bandleader, pianist and composer, popularised the Mambo, complications from a stroke.
- Wayne Sabin, 74, American tennis player.
15
- Harry Cave, 66, New Zealand cricketer, captain of New Zealand test team.
- Jan DeGaetani, 56, American mezzo-soprano, leukemia.
- Michael Klinger, 68, British film producer and distributor.
- Joseph M. Pettit, 70, American engineer, dean of Stanford University School of Engineering, cancer.
- Robert Penn Warren, 84, American poet, novelist and literary critic, complications from prostate cancer.[8]
16
- Arno Behrisch, 76, German politician.
- Bruno Heck, 72, German politician.
- Steven Stayner, 24, American kidnapping victim, motor cycle collision.
17
- Leon Culberson, 70, American Major League baseballer.[9]
- Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull, 82, British Army officer, Chief of the General Staff, cancer.
- Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu, 70, Romanian philosopher, novelist, essayist and dramatist, esophageal cancer.
- Jay Stewart, 71, American television and radio announcer, suicide.
- Don Vines, 57, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer.
18
- Jack Smith, 56, American filmmaker, actor and pioneer of underground cinema.[10]
19
- Philip Sayer, 42, British actor, cancer.
- Willie Steele, 66, American long-jumper and Olympic gold medalist, cancer.
20
- Mihajlo Andrejević, 91, Serbian doctor, footballer and sports administrator.
- Chen Boda, 85, Chinese Communist journalist, professor and political theorist.[11]
- John Carrell, 42, American ice dancer and ballet dancer, complications of AIDS.
- Alexey Diakonoff, 82, Russian–Dutch entomologist.
- Richie Ginther, 59, American race car driver, heart attack.
- Tuti Indra Malaon, 49, Indonesian actress, dancer and lecturer, internal bleeding.
- Len Pye, 78, Australian rules footballer.
21
- Bill Barron, 62, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.
- Troy Davis, 42, American convicted murderer of police officer, executed.
- Ertem Eğilmez, 60, Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter.
- Murry Dickson, 73, American Major League baseballer, emphysema.[12]
- Corrado Gaipa, 64, Italian actor and voice actor.
22
- Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, 60, Nigerian Executive Governor of defunct Nigerian state of Bendel State.
- Irving Berlin, 101, American composer and lyricist, heart attack.[13]
- Bob Calihan, 71, American NBL basketballer and coach.
- John E. Hunt, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[14]
23
- Bradley Kincaid, 94, American folk singer and radio entertainer.
- John T. Koehler, 85, United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy, cancer.[15]
- William Traylor, 58, American film, stage and television actor, heart attack.
24
- Chuck Bond, 75, American NFL footballer.
- Walter Koelz, 94, American zoologist and museum collector.
- Shri Yogendra, 91, Indian yoga guru, author and poet.
25
- Pedro Amorim, 69, Brazilian international footballer.
- Darlington Hoopes, 93, American politician and lawyer, member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[16]
- Nowell Myres, 86, British archaeologist.
26
- Lieselotte Berger, 68, German politician.
- Jimmy Delaney, 75, Scottish international footballer.
- Kaj Franck, 77, Finnish designer and applied artist.
- Hemant Kumar, 69, Indian music director and playback singer, heart attack.
27
- Tetsuzō Tanikawa, 94, Japanese philosopher.
28
- Dorothy Andrus, 81, American tennis player.
- José Arribas, 68, Spanish professional footballer and manager.
- Thomas Keller, 64, Swiss president of FISA, governing body of international rowing.
- Ferdinand Marcos, 72, Filipino dictator, politician and statesman, President of the Philippines.
- Evan McCaskey, 24, American guitarist, suicide.
- Qian Zhidao, 78, Chinese chemist.
29
- Gussie Busch, 90, American brewing magnate, pneumonia.
- Mark Dignam, 80, English actor.
- Paul Elzey, 43, American NFL footballer.
- János Farkas, 47, Hungarian footballer, heart attack.
- Geoffrey Sumner, 80, British actor.
- Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, 81, French lawyer and far-right politician.
30
- Horace Alexander, 100, English Quaker teacher, writer, pacifist and ornithologist.[17]
- Oskar Davičo, 80, Yugoslavian novelist and poet.
- William M. Fairbank, 72, American physicist.[18]
- Janko Orožen, 97, Slovene historian and schoolteacher.
- Huỳnh Tấn Phát, 76, Vietnamese architect and politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam.
- Arthur Rook, 68, English equestrian and Olympic gold medalist.
- Drew Shafer, 53, American LGBT rights activist, complications of AIDS.
- Virgil Thomson, 92, American composer.[19]
References
- ^ "Augie Lio, 71, Editor And Ex-Football Star". The New York Times. September 5, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Eric Pace (September 7, 1989). "Georges Simenon Dies at 86; Creator of Inspector Maigret". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Ronald Syme, 86, Classics Scholar And Historian at Oxford, Is Dead". The New York Times. September 7, 1989. p. B 19. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Barbara Lloyd (September 8, 1989). "Tom Blackaller, 49, Competitor in America's Cup". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Seamus Twomey, 70, a Leader of Provisional I.R.A.". The New York Times. September 14, 1989. p. D 24. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Richard F. Shepard (September 13, 1989). "Don Walker, 81, an Orchestrator Of Broadway Musical Comedies". The New York Times. p. B 8. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Charles Russell, 85, Ex-Governor of Nevada". The New York Times. September 15, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Robert Penn Warren, Poet and Author, Dies". The New York Times. September 16, 1989. p. 1 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Leon Culberson Outfielder, 71". The New York Times. September 23, 1989. p. 1 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Jack Smith, Film Maker, 57". The New York Times. September 22, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Eric Pace (September 30, 1989). "Chen Boda, 85, Leader of Chinese Purges in 60's". The New York Times. p. 1 29. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Murry Dickson, Pitcher, 73". The New York Times. September 22, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Marilyn Berger (September 23, 1989). "Irving Berlin, Nation's Songwriter, Dies". The New York Times. p. 1 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "John E. Hunt, 79, Ex-Jersey Congressman". The New York Times. September 26, 1989. p. B 20. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "John Koehler, 85, Former Federal Official". The New York Times. September 27, 1989. p. D 26. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Glenn Fowler (September 27, 1989). "Darlington Hoopes, Socialist, 93; Twice Party Choice for President". The New York Times. p. D 27. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Horace G. Alexander, A Quaker Writer, 100". The New York Times. October 5, 1989. p. B 22. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Walter Sullivan (October 3, 1989). "Prof. William N. Fairbank, 72, Physicist and Pioneer in Quarks". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ John Rockwell (October 1, 1989). "Virgil Thomson, Composer, Critic and Collaborator With Stein, Dies at 92". The New York Times. p. 1 42. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
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