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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 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.
April 1989
1
2
E. Chambré Hardman , 89, Anglo-Irish photographer.
Daniel Spry , 86, Canadian Army officer during World War II.
Zainon Munshi Sulaiman , 86, Malaysian educator and politician, member of the Malaysian Parliament.
Inez Clare Verdoorn , 92, South African botanist and taxonomist.
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara , 73, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of North Central Province.
3
4
Gerard Casey , appr. 29, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot.
Woody Crumbo , 77, American artist, flute player and dancer.
5
Frank Foss , 93, American pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist.
Bill Gunn , 54, American playwright, novelist, actor and director, encephalitis.
[1]
Bill Hampton , 85, New Zealand lawn bowler.
Harold Hayes , 62, American journalist and writer.
[2]
Kurt Lischka , 79, German SS official, Gestapo chief and commandant of the Security police.
Bill Mehlhorn , 90, American professional golfer.
Karel Zeman , 78, Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator.
6
Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood , 72, British Army officer and member of Parliament.
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston , 86, American diver and dual Olympic gold medalist.
Pannalal Patel , 76, Indian author, brain haemorrhage.
Michael Reusch , 75, Swiss gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.
7
Hassan al-Amri , 68–69, Yemeni lieutenant general and Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic.
Cheng Nan-jung , 41, Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist, suicide by immolation.
Evelyn Finley , 73, American B-movie actress and stuntwoman, heart failure.
Basawon Singh , 80, Indian activist.
8
Albert Bormann , 86, German Nazi Gruppenführer, adjutant to Adolf Hitler, brother of Martin Bormann.
Mario Chiari , 79, Italian production designer and art director.
[3]
Joseph Crouch , 55, American politician, heart attack.
[4]
Lloyd Francis MacMahon , 76, American judge of the United States District Court, cerebral hemorrhage.
Charles A. Mobley , 92, American politician, mayor of the city of Flint, Michigan.
A. M. Rajah , 59, Indian playback singer and music director, train accident.
Bus Saidt , 68, American sports writer.
Windsor Utley , 68–69, American musician, artist, teacher and gallery owner.
John Wyer , 79, English automobile racing engineer and team manager.
9
10
Joan Barry , 85, British actress.
Gennadi Bondarenko , 60, Soviet footballer and coach.
William H. Brett , 95, American director of the United States Mint, pancreatic cancer.
[5]
George Genereux , 54, Canadian trap shooter and Olympic gold medalist.
Nikolai Grinko , 68, Ukrainian actor.
11
12
Gerald Flood , 61, British actor of stage and television, heart attack.
Abbie Hoffman , 52, American political and social activist, suicide by overdose.
[7]
Willie McNaught , 66, Scottish international footballer.
Sugar Ray Robinson , 67, American professional boxer, heart disease.
[8]
Tilda Thamar , 67, Argentine actress, car accident.
13
14
15
David Cuthbertson , 88, Scottish physician, biochemist and medical researcher.
Hu Yaobang , 73, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, heart attack.
[9]
Bernard-Marie Koltès , 41, French playwright and theatre director, complications from AIDS.
Alita Román , 76, Argentine film actress.
Connie Simmons , 64, American professional basketballer.
Charles Vanel , 96, French actor and director.
[10]
16
Jocko Conlan , 89, American baseball umpire.
John Dighton , 79, British playwright and screenwriter.
Harald Edelstam , 76, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to Algeria, cancer.
Wilhelm Ehmann , 84, German musicologist, church musician and conductor, Nazi Party member.
Kaoru Ishikawa , 73, Japanese organisational theorist and a professor.
Hu Juewen , 93, Chinese politician, vice chairperson of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
C. K. McClatchy II , 62, American newspaper publisher.
Dominic Olejniczak , 80, American real estate broker, politician and football executive, strokes.
[11]
Hakkı Yeten , 78, Turkish football player and club president.
17
Ken Gee , 72, English international rugby league footballer.
M. S. Kariapper , 89, Sri Lankan politician.
Charles Lampkin , 76, American actor, musician and lecturer.
Villano II , 39, Mexican Luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler), suicide by hanging.
18
Adil Atan , 60, Turkish wrestler and Olympic medalist.
Hilde Benjamin , 87, East German judge and Minister of Justice.
Alexander Barrett Klots , 85, American entomologist.
Julia Smith , 84, American composer, pianist and author on musicology.
Candan Tarhan , 46, Turkish football manager.
19
20
21
Princess Deokhye of Korea , 76, last princess of the Korean royal family.
Lou Gregory , 86, American long-distance runner and Olympian.
James Kirkwood Jr. , 64, American playwright, author and actor, AIDS-related complications.
[13]
Paul Mitchell , 53, Scottish-American co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems, pancreatic cancer.
Frank O'Keefe , 76, Australian politician, member of federal parliament.
James N. Rowe , 51, United States Army officer, assassinated.
Nicolaas Steelink , 98, Dutch-American labour activist.
Paulus Svendsen , 85, Norwegian professor and literary historian.
22
23
Marc Daniels , 77, American television director, congestive heart failure.
[14]
Hamani Diori , 72, Nigerien politician, president of Republic of Niger.
[15]
Hu Die , 81, Chinese actress, stroke.
Imre Hódos , 61, Hungarian wrestler and Olympic gold medalist.
Kurt Jung , 64, German politician and architect.
Stefan Korboński , 88, Polish-American politician, lawyer and journalist, aneurysm.
Howie Krist , 73, American Major League baseballer.
Harry Bolton Seed , 66, British-American geotechnical earthquake engineer, cancer.
[16]
24
Franz Binder , 77, Austrian international footballer and coach.
Clyde Geronimi , 87, American animation director.
[17]
Charles Grant , 82, English Roman Catholic bishop.
Joseph Jarabak , 83, American orthodontist.
Li Jingquan , 79, Chinese politician and Party Committee Secretary of Sichuan.
Lee Roberts , 75, American film actor.
Federico Saiz , 76, Spanish international footballer.
Edgar Sanabria , 77, Venezuelan diplomat and politician, interim President of Venezuela, stroke.
25
26
Lucille Ball , 77, American actress and comedienne, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
[19]
Carl Monroe , 29, American NFL footballer, accidental overdose.
27
Howard Brookner , 34, American film director, AIDS.
[20]
Jack Devine , 70, Canadian ice hockey administrator and radio sports commentator.
Konosuke Matsushita , 94, Japanese founder of Panasonic, pneumonia.
[21]
Breda Pergar , 36, Yugoslavian middle distance and long distance runner.
William Arthur Smith , 71, American artist.
28
Jack Cummings , 84, American film producer and director.
[22]
Géza von Cziffra , 88, Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter.
Pinchoo Kapoor , 61–62, Indian actor.
Esa Pakarinen , 78, Finnish actor, singer, accordionist and comedian, cancer.
Ralph H. Wetmore , 97, American professor of botany at Harvard University.
29
30
Yi Bangja , 87, wife of Crown Prince Euimin, last Crown Prince of the Korean Empire, cancer.
Edwin F. Kalmus , 95, Austrian-American music publisher.
Gottfried Köthe , 83, Austrian mathematician.
Sergio Leone , 60, Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, heart attack.
[25]
Stumpy Thomason , 83, American NFL footballer.
Taiji Tonoyama , 73, Japanese character actor.
Guy Williams , 65, American actor, brain aneurysm.
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References
^ C. Gerald Fraser (April 7, 1989).
"Bill Gunn, Playwright and Actor, Dies at 54 on Eve of Play Premiere" .
The New York Times . p. D 20. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Service for Harold Hayes" .
The New York Times . May 2, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Mario Chiari, Costume Designer, 79" .
The New York Times . April 11, 1989. p. B 12. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"VA. DEL. JOSEPH P. CROUCH, LYNCHBURG REPUBLICAN, DIES" . Washington Post . December 31, 2023.
ISSN
0190-8286 . Retrieved March 1, 2024 .
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"William H. Brett, 95, Former Mint Director" .
The New York Times . April 13, 1989. p. B 12. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ C. Gerald Fraser (April 13, 1989).
"Hiram Sherman, Actor, Was 81" .
The New York Times . p. B 13. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ John T. McQuiston (April 14, 1989).
"Abbie Hoffman, 60's Icon, Dies; Yippie Movement Founder Was 52" .
The New York Times . p. D 17. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Dave Anderson (April 13, 1989).
"Sugar Ray Robinson, Boxing's 'Best,' Is Dead" .
The New York Times . p. A 1. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Nicholas D. Kristof, Special To the New York Times (April 15, 1989).
"Hu Yaobang, 73, Dies in China; Led Communist Party in 1980's" .
The New York Times . p. 1 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Charles Vanel, Stage And Screen Actor, 96" .
The New York Times . April 16, 1989. p. 1 36. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Dominic Olejniczak, Sports Executive, 80" .
The New York Times . April 17, 1989. p. D 15. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Herbert Mitgang (April 20, 1989).
"Daphne du Maurier, 81, Author Of Many Gothic Romances, Dies" .
The New York Times . p. B 13. Retrieved July 4, 2023 .
^ Constance L. Hays (April 22, 1989).
"James Kirkwood, Author of Book For Musical 'Chorus Line,' Dies" .
The New York Times . p. 1 33. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Marc Daniels, 77, Dies; Directed 'I Love Lucy' " .
The New York Times . April 29, 1989. p. 1 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Hamani Diori, 72, the Founder Of an Independent Niger, Is Dead" .
The New York Times . April 25, 1989. p. B 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"H. Bolton Seed, 66, Expert on Earthquakes" .
The New York Times . April 26, 1989. p. B 5. Retrieved July 4, 2023 .
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"Clyde Geronimi, 87, An Animator at Disney" .
The New York Times . April 30, 1989. p. 1 40. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Glenn Collins (April 27, 1989).
"George Coulouris, 85, Is Dead; Actor Relished Villainous Roles" .
The New York Times . p. B 16. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Peter B. Flint (April 27, 1989).
"Lucille Ball, Spirited Doyenne Of TV Comedies, Dies at 77" .
The New York Times . p. A 1. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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Stephen Holden (April 29, 1989).
"Howard Brookner, 34, Director" .
The New York Times . p. 1 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Steve Lohr (April 27, 1989).
"Konosuke Matsushita, Industrialist, Is Dead at 94" .
The New York Times . p. B 16. Retrieved July 4, 2023 .
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"Jack Cummings, 84, a Producer at M-G-M" .
The New York Times . April 30, 1989. p. 1 40. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Suzanne Slesin (April 30, 1989).
"DONALD DESKEY, INNOVATIVE DESIGNER, DIES A 94" .
The New York Times . p. 1 40. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
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"Richard Lord, 78, Professor of Chemistry" .
The New York Times . May 6, 1989. p. 1 10. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .
^ Peter B. Flint (May 1, 1989).
"Sergio Leone, 67, Italian Director Who Revitalized Westerns, Dies" .
The New York Times . p. B 8. Retrieved March 24, 2024 .