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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.
May 1989
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Bennie Benjamin , 81, Virgin Islands–born American songwriter.
James Crabe , 57, American cinematographer, complications of AIDS.
Veniamin Kaverin , 87, Russian writer, dramatist and screenwriter.
Albert H. Kelley , 94, American film director.
Charlie May , 90, Australian Rules footballer.
Giuseppe Siri , 82, Italian cardinal.
[2]
3
Christine Jorgensen , 62, American trans-gender woman, actress and singer, bladder and lung cancer.
[3]
George Lowrie , 69, Welsh international footballer.
John Mackey , 75, Irish hurler.
Muriel Ostriche , 92, American silent-screen actress.
Roland Robinson , 82, British politician and Governor of Bermuda.
William Squire , 72, Welsh actor of stage, film and television.
John Wiethe , 76, American NFL footballer, NBL basketballer.
[4]
4
Chalam , 59, Indian film actor.
Larry Fleisher , 58, American attorney and sports agent, heart attack.
[5]
Herschel C. Loveless , 77, American politician, Governor of Iowa, lung cancer.
[6]
Jean-Marie Tjibaou , 53, French New Caledonian politician, leader of Kanak independence movement, assassinated.
Evelle J. Younger , 70, American lawyer, California Attorney General.
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Lou Brock , 71, American NFL football player.
Miranda Campa , 75, Swiss-Italian actress.
Frank Cluskey , 59, Irish politician, leader of the Labour Party, cancer.
Howie Moss , 69, American Major League baseballer.
Anton Rønneberg , 86, Norwegian writer and theatre critic.
8
Luizinho das Arábias , 31, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.
Felice Mario Boano , 85–86, Italian automobile designer and coachbuilder.
Phil Grimes , 60, Irish hurler.
Andreas Hillgruber , 64, German historian, throat cancer.
[8]
Tony Lucadello , 76, American professional baseball scout, suicide by shooting.
Ruggero Maccari , 69, Italian screenwriter.
Rudolf Uhlenhaut , 82, British-German engineer.
[9]
9
Karl Brunner , 73, Swiss economist.
[10]
Alex Fraser , 72, Canadian politician, member of the B.C. Legislative Assembly.
Fred Halsted , 47, American gay pornographic film director, actor, publisher and sex club owner, suicide.
Enrique Lucero , 68, Mexican actor.
Kenneth A. Roberts , 76, American lawyer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, heart failure.
[11]
Keith Whitley , 34, American country music singer and songwriter, alcohol poisoning.
[12]
10
Joseph Brennan , 88, American professional basketballer.
Stewart Perowne , 87, British diplomat, archaeologist, explorer and historian.
[13]
Kalu Rinpoche , 84, Tibetan Buddhist lama, meditation master, scholar and teacher.
Woody Shaw , 44, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, kidney failure.
[14]
Hassler Whitney , 82, American mathematician, stroke.
[15]
11
Vin Brown , 67, Australian rules footballer.
Xiao Wangdong , 78, Chinese Communist revolutionary and a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army.
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Lamar Allen , 74, American college football player and coach, and Negro League baseballer.
Ralph Gibson , 83, Australian communist organiser and writer.
Josephine R. Hilgard , 83, American developmental psychologist, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Théodore Strawinsky , 82, Russian-Swiss painter.
17
Hallvard Eika , 68, Norwegian politician, member of the Norwegian Parliament.
Walter Gross , 85, German actor.
Finn Juhl , 77, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer.
Lucia Moholy , 95, Austro-Hungarian–born photographer and publications editor.
Specs Toporcer , 90, American Major League baseballer, injuries sustained from a fall.
18
Donald Hiss , 82, American legal secretary, younger brother of
Alger Hiss .
[17]
Hermann Höcherl , 77, German politician and lawyer, member of the Nazi Party.
Ed McIlvenny , 64, Scottish footballer who represented the United States.
Dorothy Ruth , 67, American daughter of US baseballer Babe Ruth and his mistress Juanita Jennings.
19
Anton Diffring , 72, German actor, cancer.
Abel Herzberg , 95, Dutch lawyer and writer.
John J. Muccio , 89, Italian-American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, Iceland and South Korea.
[18]
Gerd Oswald , 79, German director of American film and television, cancer.
Yiannis Papaioannou , 79, Greek composer and teacher.
Robert Webber , 64, American actor, Lou Gehrig's disease.
[19]
20
John Hicks , 85, British economist, Nobel Memorial laureate in Economic Sciences.
Pavel Juráček , 53, Czech screenwriter and film director.
Lyn Murray , 79, English-American composer, conductor and arranger of music, cancer.
[20]
Gilda Radner , 42, American actress, comedian, writer and singer, ovarian cancer.
[21]
Warren G. Magnuson , 84, American lawyer and politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
[22]
Gōgen Yamaguchi , 80, Japanese martial artist, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
21
Tito Colliander , 85, Finnish Eastern Orthodox Christian writer.
Margot Zemach , 57, American illustrator of children's books, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
[23]
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Ansa Ikonen , 75, Finnish film and theatre actress.
James Kay Thomas , 87, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of West Virginia.
George Thomas , 61, American NFL footballer.
Georgy Tovstonogov , 73, Russian-Georgian theatre director, heart attack.
Earle Wilson , 73, American triple-jumper and Olympian.
24
S. K. Dey , 82, Indian politician.
Guus Dräger , 71, Dutch footballer.
Tom Harper , 86, American football player and coach.
Steve McCall , 55, American jazz drummer.
Tripti Mitra , 63, Indian actress.
25
Ben H. Brown Jr. , 75, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, cancer.
Ab DeMarco , 73, Canadian ice hockey player.
Jean Despeaux , 73, French boxer and Olympic gold medalist.
Soma Wickremanayake , 74, Sri Lankan educator and politician, member of the Ceylonese Parliament.
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Wally Anderzunas , 43, American basketballer.
Abbas Nalbandian , 39–40, Iranian playwright, suicide.
Iván Palazzese , 27, Italian-Venezuelan motorcycle racer, racing accident.
Baltasar Lopes da Silva , 82, Portuguese writer, poet and linguist, cerebrovascular disease.
John M. Systermans , Belgian-missionary and priest.
Muttathu Varkey , 76, Indian novelist, short story writer and poet.
29
Nora Barlow , 103, British botanist and geneticist, granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
John Cipollina , 45, American guitarist, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
George C. Homans , 78, American sociologist, founder of behavioral sociology, heart ailment.
[26]
Joseph Van Ingelgem , 77, Belgian international footballer.
Donald L. Katz , 81, American chemist and chemical engineer.
Tariq Mehmood , 50, Pakistani military officer of Pakistan Army, parachute accident.
Giuseppe Patanè , 57, Italian opera conductor, heart attack.
Bob Waters , 50, American footballer, Lou Gehrig's disease.
30
Jane Fauntz , 78, American swimmer and diver, and Olympic medalist, leukemia.
James Harry Lacey , 72, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot in World War II.
Thoreau MacDonald , 88, Canadian illustrator, graphic and book designer, and artist.
Zinka Milanov , 83, Croatian operatic dramatic soprano, stroke.
[27]
Claude Pepper , 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, stomach cancer.
31
Heinz Hasselberg , 75, German cyclist and Olympian.
Edward Hubbard , 51, English architectural historian, ankylosing spondylitis.
C. L. R. James , 88, Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist writer, chest infection.
[28]
Owen Lattimore , 88, American Orientalist and writer.
[29]
Raisa Orlova , 70, Russian writer and American studies scholar.
G. Vanmikanathan , 88, Indian scholar and author.
Unknown date
References
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"Douglass Watson, 67, Theater and TV Actor" .
The New York Times . May 6, 1989. p. 1 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Giuseppe Cardinal Siri Of Genoa Is Dead at 82" .
The New York Times . May 3, 1989. p. D 27. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ John T. McQuiston (May 4, 1989).
"Christine Jorgensen, 62, Is Dead; Was First to Have a Sex Change" .
The New York Times . p. D 22. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"John A. Wiethe, Politician, 76" .
The New York Times . May 5, 1989. p. D 17. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Fleisher Service Tomorrow" .
The New York Times . May 7, 1989. p. 1 44. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Herschel Loveless, 77, Ex-Governor of Iowa" .
The New York Times . May 6, 1989. p. 1 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ William N. Wallace (May 7, 1989).
"Earl (Red) Blaik, 92, Army's Top Football Coach" .
The New York Times . p. 1 44. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Eric Pace (May 25, 1989).
"Andreas Hillgruber, 64, Historian In West German Dispute, Is Dead" .
The New York Times . p. D 22. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Rudolf Uhlenhaut, Automotive Engineer, 82" .
The New York Times . May 20, 1989. p. 1 34. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Eric Pace (May 10, 1989).
"Prof. Karl Brunner Is Dead at 73; Economist and Early Monetarist" .
The New York Times . p. D 29. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Kenneth Roberts, 76, Former House Member" .
The New York Times . May 12, 1989. p. B 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Keith Whitley Is Dead; Country Singer Was 33" .
The New York Times . May 13, 1989. p. 1 31. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Stewart Perowne, 87, Diplomat and Author" .
The New York Times . May 16, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Jon Pareles (May 12, 1989).
"Woody Herman Shaw, 44, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies" .
The New York Times . p. B 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Glenn Fowler (May 12, 1989).
"Hassler Whitney, Geometrician; He Eased 'Mathematics Anxiety' " .
The New York Times . p. B 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Nicholas Wilder, 51, Artist and Art Dealer" .
The New York Times . May 16, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Glenn Fowler (May 20, 1989).
"Donald Hiss, 82, Ex-U.S. Official And Lawyer in Washington Firm" .
The New York Times . p. 1 34. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Howard W. French (May 22, 1989).
"John J. Muccio, 89; Was U.S. Diplomat In Several Countries" .
The New York Times . p. D 11. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ G. S. Bourdain (May 20, 1989).
"ROBERT WEBBER, ACTOR, DIES AT 64" .
The New York Times . p. 1 34. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Lyn Murray, 79, Dies; Composed Film Scores" .
The New York Times . June 10, 1989. p. 1 12. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Dennis Hevesi (May 21, 1989).
"Gilda Radner, 42, Comic Original Of 'Saturday Night Live' Zaniness" .
The New York Times . p. 1 46. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Wolfgang Saxon (May 21, 1989).
"Warren G. Magnuson Dies at 84; Held Powerful Positions in Senate" .
The New York Times . p. 1 46. Retrieved July 4, 2023 .
^ Glenn Collins (May 23, 1989).
"Margot Zemach, 57, Author, Dies; Also Illustrated Books for Children" .
The New York Times . p. A 27. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Alfonso A. Narvaez (May 26, 1989).
"Dr. Robert R. Sears, 80, Is Dead; Child Pyschologist and Educator" .
The New York Times . p. A 18. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Phineas Newborn Jr., 57, Top Jazz Pianist" .
The New York Times . May 28, 1989. p. 1 38. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"George Homans, 78, Sociologist And Harvard Professor Emeritus" .
The New York Times . May 31, 1989. p. A 20. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Harold C. Schonberg (May 31, 1989).
"Zinka Milanov, Soprano, Is Dead at 83" .
The New York Times . p. A 20. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ C. Gerald Fraser (June 2, 1989).
"C. L. R. James, Historian, Critic And Pan-Africanist, Is Dead at 88" .
The New York Times . p. D 15. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Eric Pace (June 1, 1989).
"Owen Lattimore, Far East Scholar Accused by McCarthy, Dies at 88" .
The New York Times . p. B 8. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .