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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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
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"Augie Lio, 71, Editor And Ex-Football Star" .
The New York Times . September 5, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"Charles Russell, 85, Ex-Governor of Nevada" .
The New York Times . September 15, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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"Robert Penn Warren, Poet and Author, Dies" .
The New York Times . September 16, 1989. p. 1 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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"Leon Culberson Outfielder, 71" .
The New York Times . September 23, 1989. p. 1 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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"Jack Smith, Film Maker, 57" .
The New York Times . September 22, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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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 .
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"Murry Dickson, Pitcher, 73" .
The New York Times . September 22, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved July 4, 2023 .
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Marilyn Berger (September 23, 1989).
"Irving Berlin, Nation's Songwriter, Dies" .
The New York Times . p. 1 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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"John E. Hunt, 79, Ex-Jersey Congressman" .
The New York Times . September 26, 1989. p. B 20. Retrieved March 23, 2024 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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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 .