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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.
July 1989
1
William Ching , 75, American actor, congestive heart failure.
Eric Holland , 68, New Zealand politician, member of the New Zealand Parliament.
Sumant Moolgaokar , 82, Indian industrialist.
António Morais , 54, Portuguese footballer and manager, car crash.
Viktor Nekipelov , 60, Soviet Russian poet and writer.
Louise Varèse , 98, American writer, editor and translator of French literature.
2
Brendan Crinion , 65, Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
Andrei Gromyko , 79, Soviet politician and diplomat, Chairman of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, vascular problem.
[1]
Hasan Esat Işık , 72–73, Turkish diplomat and politician.
Jean Leguay , 79, French Nazi, responsible for rounding up Jews for concentration camps, cancer.
Jean Painlevé , 86, French photographer and filmmaker.
Franklin J. Schaffner , 69, Japanese-born American film, television and stage director, lung cancer.
[2]
Wilfrid Sellars , 77, American philosopher.
[3]
Ben Wright , 74, English radio, film and television actor, complications from heart surgery.
3
Jim Backus , 76, American actor, best known as Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island, pneumonia.
[4]
Peter Fox , 68, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
4
Jack Haig , English actor, 76, stomach cancer.
Win Maung , 73, President of the Union of Burma.
Leyla Mammadbeyova , 79, Azerbaijani aviator.
Vic Perrin , 73, American radio, film and television actor, cancer.
[5]
5
Bill Daddio , 73, American NFL football player, coach and scout, heart attack.
Ernesto Halffter , 84, Spanish composer and conductor.
Sirarpie Der Nersessian , 92, Armenian art historian.
Berthold Wolpe , 83, German calligrapher, typographer, type designer, book designer and illustrator.
6
Jean Bouise , 60, French actor.
C. A. Dharmapala , 81, Sri Lankan politician.
János Kádár , 77, Hungarian politician, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, cancer.
John Maguire , 84, American Roman Catholic clergyman.
William F. Tompkins , 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly, heart attack.
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9
Andrex , 82, French film actor.
Piet Lieftinck , 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives and Senate.
10
Mel Blanc , 81, American voice actor and radio personality, complications of emphysema and obstructive pulmonary disease.
[6]
Jean-Michel Charlier , 64, Belgian comics writer.
Roger Richebé , 91, French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Tommy Trinder , 80, English stage, screen and radio comedian.
11
Irv Comp , 70, American NFL footballer.
Laurence Curtis , 83, American attorney and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.
[7]
Horia Macellariu , 95, Romanian admiral, Royal Romanian Navy commander in Second World War.
Vic Maile , 55–56, British record producer, cancer.
Laurence Olivier , 82, English actor and director, renal failure.
[8]
Richard Travis , 76, American actor in films and television.
12
13
A. Amirthalingam , 61, Sri Lankan politician, Leader of the Opposition, assassinated.
Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou , 58, Iranian Kurdish politician, assassinated.
Davud Monshizadeh , 74, Iranian supporter of Nazism.
Arnaldo Ochoa , 58–59, Cuban general, executed.
Pedro Orata , 90, Filipino educator.
V. Yogeswaran , 55, Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and member of Parliament, assassinated.
14
15
Josef Bauer , 74, German politician.
Will Bradley , 77, American trombonist and bandleader.
[10]
Laurie Cunningham , 33, English international footballer, car crash.
Nesuhi Ertegun , 71, Turkish-born American record producer, complications of cancer surgery.
[11]
Artur Sandauer , 75, Polish literary critic, essayist and professor.
Jack Scholes , 71, Australian-born New Zealand sailor.
Teiichi Suzuki , 100, Lieutenant General in Imperial Japanese Army, minister of state, heart failure.
[12]
William F. Temple , 75, British science fiction writer.
16
John N. Dempsey , 74, Irish-born American politician, Governor of Connecticut, lung cancer.
[13]
Nicolás Guillén , 87, Cuban poet, journalist, political activist and writer, Parkinson's disease.
Herbert von Karajan , 81, Austrian conductor, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, heart attack.
Jack Kasley , 73, American swimmer and Olympian.
George Rich , 84, American football player and coach.
Shmuel Rodensky , 86, Russian-born Israeli actor of stage, film and television, heart attack.
Allan Shaw , 62, English Anglican priest.
17
Dudley Brooks , 75, American jazz pianist, arranger and composer.
Paul C , 24, American hip hop pioneer, producer, engineer and mixer, murdered.
Robert Horton Cameron , 81, American mathematician.
Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil , 89, French wife of Samuel Beckett.
Paul Lemerle , 86, French founding president of the International Association of Byzantine Studies.
Jeff Moores , 83, Australian rugby league footballer.
Mary Parke , 81, British marine botanist and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry , 100, Indian sanskrit scholar, writer and spiritual teacher.
18
19
J. M. Cohen , 86, British translator of European literature into English.
Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández , 82, Spanish educator.
Jay Ramsdell , 25, American commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, plane crash.
Stan Ramsay , 84, English footballer and manager.
Kazimierz Sabbat , 76, Prime Minister and President of the Polish government in exile.
Carl-Heinz Schroth , 87, German actor and film director.
John Wyhonic , 69, American NFL footballer.
20
Forrest H. Anderson , 76, American politician, Governor and Attorney General of Montana, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Valentine Bargmann , 81, German-born American mathematician and theoretical physicist.
[14]
Jaime Bartrolí , 71, Spanish tennis player and coach.
José Augusto Brandão , 78, Brazilian international footballer.
Juan Carlos Altavista , 60, Argentine actor and comedian, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Lauro Corona , 32, Brazilian actor.
Karen DeWolf , 85, American screenwriter and novelist.
Marie-Madeleine Fourcade , 79, leader of French Resistance network \"Alliance\", under code name \"Hérisson\".
Dženan Salković , 44, Bosnian and Yugoslav singer and songwriter, accident while piloting a
glider .
Erwin Sietas , 78, German swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Mary Treen , 82, American film and television actress, cancer.
[15]
Yannis Tsarouchis , 79, Greek modernist painter and set designer.
Harry Worth , 71, English comedy actor, comedian and ventriloquist, spinal cancer.
[16]
21
Donald Brittain , 61, Canadian film director and producer.
James M. Collins , 73, American businessman and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
[17]
Danilo Lokar , 97, Slovene physician and expressionist writer.
William T. Whisner Jr. , 65, American pilot in U.S. Air Force, complications from wasp sting.
[18]
22
Janet Lee Bouvier , 81, American mother of Jacqueline Kennedy, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
A. Thomas Doyle , 71, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer, Alzheimer's disease.
Martti Talvela , 54, Finnish operatic bass, heart attack.
[19]
Frank Thompson , 70, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, esophageal cancer.
23
Donald Barthelme , 58, American short story writer and novelist, throat cancer.
[20]
Archduchess Charlotte of Austria , 68, daughter of Emperor Charles I of Austria.
Hank Greenspun , 79, American publisher of Las Vegas Sun newspaper.
[21]
Thevis Guruge , Sri Lankan broadcaster with Radio Ceylon, murdered.
Claude Harmon , 73, American professional golfer, heart failure.
[22]
Daniel Rhodes , 78, American artist, heart attack
[23]
Alexander Weygers , 87, Dutch-American sculptor, painter, mechanical and aerospace engineer, and author.
24
Marco Acerbi , 40, Italian hurdler and Olympian.
Walter Dick , 83, American international footballer.
Charlie Gallagher , 51, Irish Gaelic footballer, drowned.
Ernie \"Sunshine Sammy\" Morrison , 76, American actor, comedian and dancer, cancer.
Eleanor Raymond , 102, American architect.
25
Steve Rubell , 45, American entrepreneur, owner of New York City disco Studio 54, hepatitis complicated by AIDS.
[24]
26
Derek Ball , British sound engineer and Academy Award winner.
27
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29
30
Lily Broberg , 65, Danish stage and film actress.
Muhammad Dilawar Khanji , 71, Pakistani politician, Governor of Sindh, lung cancer.
Lane Frost , 25, American professional rodeo cowboy, killed by bull.
Amadeo Labarta , 84, Spanish footballer and Olympian.
31
Premakeerthi de Alwis , 42, Sri Lankan radio and television broadcaster and lyricist, murdered.
Eddie Gannon , 78, Irish footballer.
Michael Harrington , 61, American author, political activist and radio commentator, esophageal cancer.
[25]
Bull Moose Jackson , 70, American rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist, lung cancer.
Geronima Pecson , 92, Filipina educator and suffragette, first woman senator of the Philippines.
George Augustus Vaughn Jr. , 92, American fighter ace in World War I, brain tumour.
Zhou Yang , 80, Chinese literary theorist, translator and Marxist.
Unknown date
References
^ Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times (July 4, 1989).
"Gromyko, 79, Soviet Voice, Dies of Stroke" .
The New York Times . p. 1 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Thomas Morgan (July 3, 1989).
"Franklin J. Schaffner Dies at 69; An Oscar-Winning Film Director" .
The New York Times . p. 1 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Wilfrid S. Sellars, Professor, 77" .
The New York Times . July 6, 1989. p. D 19. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Glenn Collins (July 4, 1989).
"Jim Backus, 76, Character Actor Best Known as Mr. Magoo, Dies" .
The New York Times . p. 1 9. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Vic Perrin, 73, Actor And Announcer, Dies" .
The New York Times . July 8, 1989. p. 1 29. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Peter B. Flint (July 11, 1989).
"Mel Blanc, Who Provided Voices For 3,000 Cartoons, Is Dead at 81" .
The New York Times . p. A 16. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Laurence Curtis, 95, Former House Member" .
The New York Times . July 13, 1989. p. A 21. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
Mel Gussow (July 12, 1989).
"Olivier Is Dead After 6-Decade Acting Career" .
The New York Times . p. A 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
Richard Bernstein (September 26, 1989).
"Friends and Colleagues Remember Sidney Hook" .
The New York Times . p. B 20. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Will Bradley, 78, Dies; Wrote Boogie-Woogie" .
The New York Times . July 19, 1989. p. A 17. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Susan Heller Anderson (July 16, 1989).
"Nesuhi Ertegun, a Top Record Producer, Dies at 71" .
The New York Times . p. 1 26. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Teiichi Suzuki, 100; A Last War Criminal" .
The New York Times . July 16, 1989. p. 1 26. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Kirk Johnson, Special To the New York Times (July 17, 1989).
"Former Gov. John Dempsey, 74; Led Connecticut During the 60's" .
The New York Times . p. B 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Valentine Bargmann, 81, Einstein Assistant" .
The New York Times . July 25, 1989. p. B 5. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Mary Treen, Actress, 82" .
The New York Times . July 22, 1989. p. 1 10. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Harry Worth, Comedian, 71" .
The New York Times . July 22, 1989. p. 1 10. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Alfonso A. Narvaez (July 22, 1989).
"James Collins, Conservative, 73; Texan Was in Congress 14 Years" .
The New York Times . p. 1 10. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Joseph P. Fried (July 25, 1989).
"William T. Whisner Jr., 65, Pilot; Was U.S. Fighter Ace in 2 Wars" .
The New York Times . p. B 5. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
Allan Kozinn (July 24, 1989).
"Martti Talvela, 54, Imposing Bass Regarded as Peerless in 'Godunov' " .
The New York Times . p. D 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
Herbert Mitgang (July 24, 1989).
"Donald Barthelme Is Dead at 58; A Short-Story Writer and Novelist" .
The New York Times . p. D 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
Ari L. Goldman (July 24, 1989).
"Hank Greenspun, 79, Publisher" .
The New York Times . p. D 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Claude Harmon Is Dead at 73; Taught Golf to Four Presidents" .
The New York Times . July 25, 1989. p. B 5. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Daniel Rhodes, 78, Ceramic Sculptor, Dies" .
The New York Times . July 28, 1989. p. A 10. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Peter B. Flint (July 27, 1989).
"Steve Rubell, Studio 54's Creator And a'Pasha of Disco,' Dies at 45" .
The New York Times . p. A 19. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
Herbert Mitgang (August 2, 1989).
"Michael Harrington, Socialist and Author, Is Dead" .
The New York Times . p. D 23. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .