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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.
June 1989
1
Dharmasena Attygalle , 64, Sri Lankan politician.
Emery Hawkins , 77, American animator.
Aurelio Lampredi , 71, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer.
Alexis Lichine , 75, Russian wine writer and entrepreneur.
[1]
Edward J. McShane , 85, American mathematician, congestive heart failure.
Charles Vanden Wouwer , 72, English-Belgian international footballer.
2
Guido Agosti , 87, Italian pianist and piano teacher.
Smith Barrier , 72, American sports journalist.
Ted à Beckett , 81, Australian test cricketer.
Dick Mayer , 64, American professional golfer.
Frederic Prokosch , 83, American writer.
[2]
Takeo Watanabe , 56, Japanese musician and composer.
3
4
5
6
Richard P. Graves , 82, American director of the League of California Cities.
Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn , 83, British economist.
Michael O'Farrell , 40, American vice-president of Oakland Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, murdered.
Ernest John Primeau , 79, American Roman Catholic bishop.
Laxman Singh , 81, Indian last ruling Maharawal (Maharaja) of the state of Dungarpur.
7
Donn Beach , 82, American adventurer, businessman and World War II veteran, liver cancer.
[5]
Jorge Córdova , 76, Chilean international footballer.
Jim Cristy , 76, American swimmer and Olympic medalist, financial manager for the Updike Company.
William McLean Hamilton , 70, Canadian politician.
Chico Landi , 81, Brazilian Formula One racing driver.
Nara Leão , 47, Brazilian singer, brain tumour.
[6]
Paulo Leminski , 74, Brazilian writer, poet and journalist, liver cirrhosis.
George Roughton , 79, English footballer.
Jane Weiller , 77, American golfer.
8
9
George Beadle , 85, American geneticist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
[10]
Rashid Behbudov , 73, Azerbaijani singer and actor.
[11]
Norman Brearley , 98, Australian commercial and military pilot, pioneer of Australian airline industry.
James Horstead , 91, Anglican bishop of Sierra Leone and Archbishop of West Africa.
Vladimir Kasatonov , 78, Soviet military leader and fleet admiral.
Huang Yan , 76, Chinese politician.
José López Rega , 72, Argentine politician, Minister of Social Welfare, diabetes.
[12]
[13]
Wolfdietrich Schnurre , 68, German writer, heart failure.
Piotr Vasiliev , 80, Soviet realist painter.
10
James Greenway , 86, American ornithologist.
Martin Kottler , 79, American NFL footballer.
Juan Bustillo Oro , 85, Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer.
Richard Quine , 68, American actor, director and singer, suicide by shooting.
[14]
Suleyman Rustam , 83, Soviet poet, playwright and translator.
Joe Stripp , 86, American Major League baseballer.
11
12
13
Fran Allison , 81, American television and radio personality, myelodysplasia.
[16]
William Grasso , Italian-American mobster, murdered.
Ray Sherry , 64, Australian politician, member of the Australian Parliament.
Howard Simons , 60, American editor of Washington Post at time of the Watergate scandal, pancreatic cancer.
[17]
14
Dame Zara Bate , 80, Australian fashion entrepreneur, wife of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt.
Pete de Freitas , 27, English musician and producer, motorcycle accident.
Wei Guoqing , 75, Chinese government official, military officer and political commissar.
Heber Austin Ladner , 86, American politician, Secretary of State of Mississippi, heart disease.
Joseph Malula , 71, Congolese archbishop and cardinal.
[18]
Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss , 87, Israeli rabbi, heart attack.
15
Maurice Bellemare , 77, Canadian politician, diabetes.
Roberto Camardiel , 71, Spanish theatre director and actor, bone disease.
Victor French , 54, American actor and director, lung cancer.
[19]
Judy Johnson , 89, American Negro League baseballer.
[20]
Ray McAnally , 63, Irish actor, heart attack.
[21]
Luis Ricceri , 88, Italian Roman Catholic priest.
16
17
18
Ennio Balbo , 67, Italian film, television and voice actor.
Bobby Cross , 57, American NFL footballer.
George C. Pimentel , 67, American chemist and researcher, intestinal cancer.
[23]
I. F. Stone , 81, American investigative journalist, writer and author, heart attack.
[24]
19
20
Dona Drake , 74, American singer, dancer and film actress, pneumonia.
21
Ron Bailey , 75, Australian international rugby league footballer.
Lee Calhoun , 56, American hurdler, dual Olympic gold medalist.
[25]
Aleksandr Safronov , 36, Soviet speed skater and Olympian.
Edmond Sollberger , 68, Turkish-Swiss–British museum curator, scholar of the Sumerian language.
22
Anton Dermota , 79, Slovene lyric tenor.
[26]
William Fletcher-Vane , 80, British politician, member of the House of Lords.
Robert Körner , 64, Austrian international footballer.
Henri Sauguet , 88, French composer.
[27]
Isaac Starr , 94, American physician, heart disease specialist and clinical epidemiologist.
[28]
23
Michel Aflaq , 79, Syrian philosopher and Arab nationalist, complications from heart surgery.
[29]
Werner Best , 85, German Nazi Party leader, organiser of the SS-Einsatzgruppen paramilitary death squads.
[30]
Timothy Manning , 79, Irish-American Roman Catholic archbishop.
[31]
24
25
Idris Cox , 89, Welsh communist activist and newspaper editor.
M. A. Daniel , 35, Sri Lankan politician, murdered.
26
27
Sir Alfred Ayer , 78, English philosopher.
[34]
Jack Buetel , 73, American film and television actor.
[35]
Dorothy Bullitt , 97, American businesswoman and philanthropist.
Michele Lupo , 56, Italian film director.
[36]
Gregory McMahon , 74, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Stevan Vilotić , 63, Yugoslav footballer and manager.
28
29
30
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Frank J. Prial (June 2, 1989).
"Alexis Lichine, 76, an Author and Expert on Wine" .
The New York Times . p. D 15. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Frederic Prokosch Is Dead at 81; Novelist and Portrayer of Literati" .
The New York Times . June 3, 1989. p. 1 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Dik Browne; Cartoonist Drew 'Hagar,' 'Hi and Lois' " .
Los Angeles Times . June 6, 1989. Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^ Knudde, Kjell (August 6, 2021).
"Dik Browne" .
Lambiek Comiclopedia .
Lambiek . Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^
"Donn Beach, Restaurateur, 81" .
The New York Times . June 9, 1989. p. D 17. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Cronologia Nara Leão" [Nara Leão Chronology] (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^
"Bibb Falk, Ballplayer, Dies at 90" .
The New York Times . June 10, 1989. p. 1 12. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Constance L. Hays (June 12, 1989).
"Albert Spaggiari, 57, Mastermind Of Notorious Riviera Bank Heist" .
The New York Times . p. D 13. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Emil Verban, 73; All-Star Infielder" .
The New York Times . June 14, 1989. p. D 24. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"George Beadle – Facts" .
NobelPrize.org . Nobel Prize Outreach AB. 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^ Sharifov, Azad (Winter 1997).
"With a Song in His Heart: Rashid Behbudov (1915–1989)" .
Azerbaijan International . Vol. 5, no. 4. Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^
"Jose Lopez Rega" . historiadelpais.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (October 13, 2021).
"José López Rega | Argentine leader" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^
"Richard Quine, 68, Actor Who Directed 'Murder Your Wife' " .
The New York Times . June 14, 1989. p. D 24. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Ronald Bishop, Plane Designer, 86" .
The New York Times . June 14, 1989. p. D 25. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Anderson, Susan Heller (June 14, 1989).
"Fran Allison, 81, the Human Side Of 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' Show" .
The New York Times . p. D24. Retrieved November 6, 2021 .
^
Alex S. Jones (June 14, 1989).
"Howard Simons, Dies at Age 60, An Ex-Editor at Washington Post" .
The New York Times . p. D 25. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula" .
Catholic-Hierarchy . David M. Cheney. July 11, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021 .
^
"Victor French, 54, Actor on TV" .
The New York Times . June 16, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved November 6, 2021 .
^ Al Harvin (June 17, 1989).
"Judy Johnson, a Star 3d Baseman In the Negro Leagues, Dies at 89" .
The New York Times . p. 1 29. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Ray McAnally, Irish Character Actor" .
The Washington Post . June 17, 1989. Retrieved November 6, 2021 .
^
"John Matuszak, 38, A Former Lineman For N.F.L. Raiders" .
The New York Times . June 19, 1989. p. D 13. Retrieved July 4, 2023 .
^ Glenn Fowler (June 21, 1989).
"George C. Pimentel; Chemist Who Led Mars Study Was 67" .
The New York Times . p. D 25. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^ Peter B. Flint (June 19, 1989).
"I. F. Stone, Iconoclast of Journalism, Is Dead at 81" .
The New York Times . p. D 13. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Lee Calhoun" . Olympedia . OlyMADMen. Retrieved November 5, 2021 .
^
"Anton Dermota, Tenor In Mozart, Dead at 79" .
The New York Times . June 27, 1989. p. B 5. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
Bernard Holland (June 23, 1989).
"Henri Sauguet, French Composer On the Satie Model, Is Dead at 88" .
The New York Times . p. A 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Dr. Isaac Starr, 94, Heart Researcher, Dies" .
The New York Times . June 28, 1989. p. D 21. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Michel Aflaq Dies in Paris at 79; Founder of Iraq's Baathist Party" .
The New York Times . June 25, 1989. p. 1 26. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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"Werner Best" . Holocaust Historical Society. 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2021 .
^
"Timothy Cardinal Manning, 79; Guided Los Angeles Archdiocese" .
The New York Times . June 24, 1989. p. 1 29. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
^
"Popular Singer's Funeral Held Amid Nationwide Mourning" .
AP News . July 22, 1989. Retrieved November 7, 2021 .
^
"Vasili Romanov, 81, Nephew of Last Czar" .
The New York Times . AP. June 28, 1989. p. D21. Retrieved November 7, 2021 .
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^
"Michele Lupo" .
Turner Classic Movies, Inc. Retrieved November 7, 2021 .
^ Peter B. Flint (June 30, 1989).
"Joris Ivens, 90, Dutch Documentary Film Maker" .
The New York Times . p. A 14. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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"Hilmar Baunsgaard" (in Danish). www.gravsted.dk. Retrieved November 7, 2021 .