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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.
March 1989
1
Annie Ackerman , 75, American political activist, cancer.
Mukul Dey , 93, Indian pioneer of drypoint-etching.
Vasantdada Patil , 71, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan.
Odie Payne , 62, American Chicago blues drummer.
Frank W. Preston , 92, English-American engineer, ecologist and conservationist.
Mark M. Ravitch , 78, American surgeon, colon and prostate cancer.
[1]
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3
Ned McGehee , 81, American football and baseball coach.
Richard B. Morris , 84, American historian, melanoma.
[2]
Dong Qiwu , 89, Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army.
Pauline Toner , 53, Australian politician, cabinet minister Victorian Parliament, cancer.
4
Tiny Grimes , 72, American jazz and R&B guitarist, meningitis.
E. Wilson Lyon , 84, American diplomatic historian, president of Pomona College.
[3]
Edward Makuka Nkoloso , 69–70, member of Zambian resistance movement.
Randolph Rose , 87, New Zealand middle-distance runner.
Lewis K. Sillcox , 102, American president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Paul Boesch , 76, American professional wrestler and promoter, heart attack.
Jean Colin , 83, English actress.
Norman Saunders , 82, American commercial artist.
Karel Velebný , 57, Czech jazz musician, composer, arranger, actor and writer.
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9
André Hornez , 83, French lyricist and screenwriter.
Robert Mapplethorpe , 42, American photographer, complications from AIDS.
[6]
Sam Melville , 52, American film and television actor, heart failure.
Hilda Strike , 78, Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist.
10
Selwyn Jepson , 89, English mystery and detective author and screenwriter.
Maurizio Merli , 49, Italian film actor, myocardial infarction.
11
William Challee , 84, American actor.
James Kee , 71, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
[7]
John J. McCloy , 93, American lawyer, diplomat, banker and presidential advisor, pulmonary edema.
[8]
12
Maurice Evans , 87, English actor, heart failure.
[9]
Sarge Ferris , 60, American professional poker player.
John Baptist Lucius Noel , 99, British mountaineer and filmmaker.
Chet Soda , 80, American businessman.
Luigi Tosi , 73, Italian actor.
13
Carl Dahlhaus , 60, German musicologist, kidney failure.
James G. O'Hara , 63, American soldier and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, lung cancer.
Fahrettin Özdilek , 90–91, Turkish military officer and politician, acting Prime Minister of Turkey.
14
Edward Abbey , 62, American author, environmentalist and anarchist, complications from surgery.
[10]
Stephen Bechtel Sr. , 88, American president of Bechtel Corporation.
Francesco Paolo Bonifacio , 65, Italian politician and jurist, Minister of Justice, tumour.
Zita of Bourbon-Parma , 96, last Queen of Hungary and Empress of Austria.
Murder of Mark Kilroy , 21, American kidnapped and murdered in Mexico.
Gladys Pyle , 98, American educator and politician, United States Senator.
15
16
Eddie Buczynski , 42, American archaeologist, parasitic infection.
Jesús María de Leizaola , 92, Spanish politician, President of the Basque government in exile.
Marcus Morris , 73, English Anglican priest.
Charlie Vaughan , 67, English footballer.
17
Beulah Ream Allen , 92, American nurse and physician, civilian physician during World War II.
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna , 69, Indian Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, consequence of surgery.
Merritt Butrick , 29, American actor, toxoplasmosis complicated by AIDS.
Jacob Pieter Den Hartog , 87, Dutch-American mechanical engineer.
Farman Karimzade , 52, Azerbaijani writer, screenwriter, film director and film producer, heart attack.
18
Ian Begg , 78, Scottish Anglican prelate.
Harold Jeffreys , 97, British geophysicist, opponent of plate tectonics.
Ryūzō Kikushima , 75, Japanese writer and film producer.
Piet Kruiver , 51, Dutch international footballer.
George P. Mahoney , 87, American politician.
Duane Purvis , 76, American footballer and javelin thrower.
Max Tishler , 82, American organic chemist, emphysema.
[11]
19
Alan Civil , 59, British horn player, liver and kidney failure.
[12]
Juliette Compton , 89, American actress.
Ethel Hays , 97, American syndicated cartoonist.
Charles Lamb , 88, British stage, film and television actor.
20
Archie Bleyer , 79, American song arranger, bandleader and record company executive.
[13]
Alan Gifford , 78, American-actor who worked mainly in the UK.
Nelson Lemmon , 80, Australian politician, played a key role in establishing the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Mogens Lüchow , 70, Danish fencer and dual Olympian.
Dina Sfat , 50, Brazilian actress.
21
Otis Douglas , 77, American NFL footballer and coach.
[14]
Louis Dupree , 63, American archaeologist and anthropologist, lung cancer.
[15]
Milton Frome , 80, American actor, congestive heart failure.
[16]
John Kenneth Hilliard , 87, American acoustical and electrical engineer.
Samuel Sezak , 82, American football and basketball coach.
22
Park Am , 64, South Korean actor.
Ivan Antonov , 68, Russian sniper in the Red Navy.
Wally Heider , 66, American recording engineer and recording studio owner.
[17]
Margaret Kidd , 89, Scottish legal advocate, editor and politician.
Russ Meredith , 91, American NFL player and politician.
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24
Robert Arundell , 84, British diplomat, Governor of the Windward Islands and Barbados.
Arnett Cobb , 70, American tenor saxophonist.
[18]
Reuben David , 76, Indian zoologist.
Edward P. Hurt , 89, American football, basketball and track coach.
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May Allison , 98, American stage and silent screen actress.
Malcolm Cowley , 90, American writer, editor, historian, poet and literary critic, heart attack.
[19]
Cláudio Santoro , 69, Brazilian composer, conductor and violinist.
Jack Starrett , 52, American actor and film director, kidney failure.
28
Nick Bremigan , 43, American Major League baseball umpire.
[20]
Fang Chih , 93, Chinese politician, diplomat, author and Kuomintang official.
William D. Cox , 79, American businessman and sports executive.
Ian Dalrymple , 85, British screenwriter, and film director, editor and producer.
Richard H. Ellis , 69, United States Air Force general.
Josiah Zion Gumede , 69, president of unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
Ippei Kaneko , 76, Japanese politician, finance minister.
Madeleine Ozeray , 80, Belgian stage and film actress, cancer.
Antonín Rýgr , 67, Czech international footballer and manager.
Patrick Vallençant , 42, French alpinist and skier, pioneer in ski mountaineering, abseiling accident.
Lockwood West , 83, British actor, cancer.
Robert J. Wilke , 74, American film and television actor.
29
Bernard Blier , 73, French actor.
[21]
Aleksandr Prokopenko , 35, Soviet international footballer, choking.
Xiao Jinguang , 86, Chinese Commander of People's Liberation Army Navy, colon cancer.
Nicolae Steinhardt , 76, Romanian writer, Orthodox monk and lawyer.
Charles Taylor , 78, English businessman and politician.
30
Alan Albon , 68, British anarchist, pacifist and publisher.
Bill Chappell , 67, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, bone cancer.
[22]
Mike Sekowsky , 65, American comics artist.
Arto Tolsa , 43, Finnish footballer.
31
Piotr Belousov , 76, Ukrainian and Russian graphic artist and painter.
Karl Fuchs , 68, German politician.
Stan Penberthy , 82, Australian rules footballer.
Francis H. Russell , 84, United States Ambassador to Tunisia, Ghana and New Zealand, heart attack.
[23]
Millard Sheets , 81, American artist and architectural designer.
References
^ Glenn Fowler (March 4, 1989).
"Mark M. Ravitch Is Dead at 78; A Surgeon, Professor and Author" .
The New York Times . p. 1 34. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
^ Peter B. Flint (March 6, 1989).
"Richard B. Morris, Colonial Historian, Dies at 84" .
The New York Times . p. D 13. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"E. Wilson Lyon, 84, Ex-College President" .
The New York Times . March 24, 1989. p. B 5. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
^ Andrew L. Yarrow (March 8, 1989).
"Harry Andrews, Actor, Dies at 77; In 'The Hill' and 50 Other Movies" .
The New York Times . p. B 10. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Stuart Hamblen, 80, Singer and Candidate" .
The New York Times . March 9, 1989. p. B 18. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
^ Andy Grundberg (March 10, 1989).
"Robert Mapplethrope, Photographer, Dies at 42" .
The New York Times . p. D 16. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"James Kee Dies at 71; Former House Member" .
The New York Times . March 14, 1989. p. D 27. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"John J. McCloy, Lawyer and Diplomat, Is Dead at 93" .
The New York Times . March 12, 1989. p. 1 44. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Maurice Evans, Stage Actor, Dies at 87" .
The New York Times . March 14, 1989. p. D 27. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Edward Abbey, 62, Writer and Defender Of U.S. Wilderness" .
The New York Times . March 15, 1989. p. D 19. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
^ Michel Marriott (March 20, 1989).
"Max Tishler Is Dead; Pioneer in Making Of Cortisone Was 82" .
The New York Times . p. B 10. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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Allan Kozinn (March 22, 1989).
"Alan Civil, Hornist Of BBC and Beatles; Londoner Was 59" .
The New York Times . p. D 27. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Archie Bleyer, 79, Musical Director, Dies" .
The New York Times . March 21, 1989. p. B 8. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Otis Douglas, Coach, 77" .
The New York Times . March 23, 1989. p. D 22. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
^ Alfonso A. Narvaez (March 23, 1989).
"Louis Dupree, 63, Anthropologist And Expert on Afghanistan, Dies" .
The New York Times . p. D 22. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Milton Frome Is Dead; TV Straight Man, 78" .
The New York Times . March 24, 1989. p. B 5. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Wally Heider Is Dead; Recording Engineer,66" .
The New York Times . March 25, 1989. p. 1 11. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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Stephen Holden (March 28, 1989).
"Arnett Cobb, 70, a Saxophonist" .
The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
^ Albin Krebs (March 29, 1989).
"Malcolm Cowley, Writer, Is Dead at 90" .
The New York Times . p. D 25. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Nick Bremigan, Baseball Umpire, 43" .
The New York Times . March 29, 1989. p. D 24. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Bernard Blier, Actor, Dies at 73" .
The New York Times . March 31, 1989. p. D 21. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Bill Chappell Jr. Is Dead at 67; Served in the House for 20 Years" .
The New York Times . March 31, 1989. p. D 21. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .
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"Francis Russell, 84, U.S. Envoy to 3 Lands" .
The New York Times . April 2, 1989. p. 1 30. Retrieved March 28, 2024 .