In the year 1989
648 Notable deaths
Ted Bundy
American serial killer (1946–1989).
Born November 24th, 1946 in Burlington.
Died January 24th, 1989 at 42 years old in Florida State Prison (electrocution).
Lucille Ball
American actress (1911–1989).
Born August 6th, 1911 in Jamestown.
Died April 26th, 1989 at 77 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (abdominal aortic aneurysm).
Bette Davis
American actress (1908–1989).
Born April 5th, 1908 in Lowell.
Died October 6th, 1989 at 81 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (breast cancer).
Hirohito
Emperor of japan from 1926 to 1989.
Born April 29th, 1901 in Akasaka Estate.
Died January 7th, 1989 at 87 years old in Tokyo Imperial Palace (duodenum adenocarcinoma).
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989).
Born May 11th, 1904 in Figueres.
Died January 23rd, 1989 at 84 years old in Figueres (cardiac arrest).
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme leader of iran from 1979 to 1989.
Born May 17th, 1900 in Khomein. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1989 at 89 years old in Tehran (myocardial infarction).
Laurence Olivier
English actor and director (1907–1989).
Born May 22nd, 1907 in Dorking. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1989 at 82 years old in West Sussex (kidney failure). [ref]
Ferdinand Marcos
President of the philippines from 1965 to 1986.
Born September 11th, 1917 in Sarrat.
Died September 28th, 1989 at 72 years old in Honolulu (kidney failure).
Gilda Radner
American actress and comedian (1946–1989).
Born June 28th, 1946 in Detroit.
Died May 20th, 1989 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (ovarian cancer).
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Dictator of romania from 1965 to 1989.
Born January 26th, 1918 in Scornicești.
Died December 25th, 1989 at 71 years old in Târgoviște (gunshot wound).
Abbie Hoffman
American activist (1936–1989).
Born November 30th, 1936 in Worcester.
Died April 12th, 1989 at 52 years old in Solebury Township (drug overdose).
John Cassavetes
Greek-american actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929–1989).
Born December 9th, 1929 in New York City.
Died February 3rd, 1989 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (liver cirrhosis).
Lee Van Cleef
American actor (1925–1989).
Born January 9th, 1925 in Somerville.
Died December 16th, 1989 at 64 years old in Oxnard (myocardial infarction).
Sugar Ray Robinson
American boxer (1921–1989).
Died April 12th, 1989 at 67 years old in Culver City (diabetes).
Mel Blanc
American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989).
Born May 30th, 1908 in San Francisco.
Died July 10th, 1989 at 81 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (pulmonary emphysema, coronary artery disease).
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989).
Born January 8th, 1941 in Stoneygate.
Died October 4th, 1989 at 48 years old in Maidstone (oropharynx cancer).
Huey P. Newton
Co-founder of the black panther party (1942-1989).
Born February 17th, 1942 in Monroe.
Died August 22nd, 1989 at 47 years old in Oakland.
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989).
Born April 13th, 1906 in Foxrock. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1989 at 83 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Rebecca Schaeffer
Actress (1967-1989).
Born November 6th, 1967 in Eugene.
Died July 18th, 1989 at 21 years old in Hollywood (gunshot wound).
Amanda Blake
American actress (1929–1989).
Born February 20th, 1929 in Buffalo.
Died August 16th, 1989 at 60 years old in Sacramento (liver failure, AIDS related disease).
John Matuszak
American actor and american football player (1950–1989).
Born October 25th, 1950 in Oak Creek.
Died June 17th, 1989 at 38 years old in Hollywood (drug overdose).
Sergio Leone
Italian filmmaker (1929–1989).
Born January 3rd, 1929 in Rome.
Died April 30th, 1989 at 60 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
Keith Whitley
American country singer (1954–1989).
Born July 1st, 1955 in Ashland.
Died May 9th, 1989 at 33 years old in Nashville.
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
Colombian mob boss (1947-1989).
Born May 14th, 1947 in Hospital.
Died December 15th, 1989 at 42 years old in Tolú.
Robert Mapplethorpe
American photographer (1946–1989).
Born November 4th, 1946 in Floral Park.
Died March 9th, 1989 at 42 years old in Boston (death from AIDS-related complications).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe