Deaths in May 1989
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
1
- Antonio Janigro, 71, Italian cellist and conductor.
- Edward Ochab, 82, Polish communist politician, Chairman of the Polish Council of State.
- Douglass Watson, 68, American actor, heart attack.[1]
2
- 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.
5
- Dolph Eddy, 71, Australian politician.
- Wolfgang Neuss, 65, German actor and Kabarett artist, cancer.
- Peter P. Stevens, 79, American NFL football player and coach.
- Naval Tata, 84, Indian industrialist and philanthropist.
6
- Earl Blaik, American football player and coach.[7]
- Adolfo Constanzo, 26, Cuban-American serial killer, drug dealer and cult leader, assisted suicide.
- Karl Heinrich Knappstein, 83, German journalist and diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States.
7
- 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.
12
- Nicholas Wilder, 51–52, American art dealer, complications from AIDS.[16]
13
- Jack Grout, 79, American golfer.
- Charlie Mutton, 98, Australian politician.
- Bjørn Puggaard-Müller, 67, Danish film actor.
14
- Nikifor Kalchenko, 83, Soviet politician.
- Joe Primeau, 83, Canadian professional ice hockey player.
- Hans Stubbe, 87, German agronomist and plant breeder.
- E. P. Taylor, 88, Canadian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist.
15
- Johnny Green, 80, American songwriter, conductor and pianist.
- Noel O'Brien, 56, Australian rules footballer.
- Noriko Tsukase, 43, Japanese voice actress and singer, rectal cancer.
16
- 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]
22
- Carlton Massey, 59, American NFL footballer.
- Rush Rhees, 84, American philosopher.
- Robert Richardson Sears, 80, American psychologist.[24]
23
- 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.
26
- Phineas Newborn Jr., 57, American jazz pianist, growth on lungs.[25]
- Don Revie, 61, English international footballer and manager, motor neurone disease.
- Kazuko Takatsukasa, 59, elder sister to Emperor Akihito of Japan, heart failure.
27
- Jerry Anderson, 35, American NFL footballer, drowned.
- Jess Sweetser, 87, American golfer.
- Arseny Tarkovsky, 81, Russian poet and translator.
28
- 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
- John Sutton, 60–61, Irish hurler.
References
- ^ "Douglass Watson, 67, Theater and TV Actor". The New York Times. May 6, 1989. p. 1 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "John A. Wiethe, Politician, 76". The New York Times. May 5, 1989. p. D 17. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "Fleisher Service Tomorrow". The New York Times. May 7, 1989. p. 1 44. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rudolf Uhlenhaut, Automotive Engineer, 82". The New York Times. May 20, 1989. p. 1 34. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kenneth Roberts, 76, Former House Member". The New York Times. May 12, 1989. p. B 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "Keith Whitley Is Dead; Country Singer Was 33". The New York Times. May 13, 1989. p. 1 31. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "Stewart Perowne, 87, Diplomat and Author". The New York Times. May 16, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Phineas Newborn Jr., 57, Top Jazz Pianist". The New York Times. May 28, 1989. p. 1 38. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "George Homans, 78, Sociologist And Harvard Professor Emeritus". The New York Times. May 31, 1989. p. A 20. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
