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In the year 1989
648 Notable deaths
John Cipollina
American musician (1943–1989).
Born August 24th, 1943 in Berkeley.
Died May 29th, 1989 at 45 years old in San Francisco (pulmonary emphysema).
Beatrice Lillie
Canadian-born british actress (1894–1989).
Born May 29th, 1894 in Toronto.
Died January 20th, 1989 at 94 years old in Henley-on-Thames (Alzheimer's disease).
Pat Finucane
Irish human rights lawyer and murder victim (1949-1989).
Born March 21st, 1949 in Belfast.
Died February 12th, 1989 at 39 years old in Belfast.
James Bond
American ornithologist and inspiration for the name of the fictional spy (1900-1989).
Born January 4th, 1900 in Philadelphia.
Died February 14th, 1989 at 89 years old in Philadelphia (cancer).
Ricky Berry
American basketball player (1964–1989).
Born October 6th, 1964 in Lansing.
Died August 14th, 1989 at 24 years old in Fair Oaks (gunshot wound).
Donald Barthelme
American writer, editor, and professor (1931–1989).
Born April 7th, 1931 in Philadelphia.
Died July 23rd, 1989 at 58 years old in Houston (laryngeal cancer).
Richard Quine
American actor and director (1920-1989).
Born November 12th, 1920 in Detroit.
Died June 10th, 1989 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (gunshot wound).
Carlos Arias Navarro
Spanish politician (1908–1989).
Born December 11th, 1908 in Madrid. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1989 at 80 years old in Madrid.
Kōnosuke Matsushita
Founder of panasonic (1894-1989).
Born November 27th, 1894 in Wakayama.
Died April 27th, 1989 at 94 years old in Moriguchi (pneumonia).
Elaine de Kooning
American painter (1918-1989).
Born March 12th, 1918 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1989 at 70 years old in Southampton (lung cancer). [ref]
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Japanese former princess; daughter of emperor shōwa and empress kōjun (1929–1989).
Born September 30th, 1929 in Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Died May 26th, 1989 at 59 years old in Tokyo.
Mary Treen
American actress (1907-1989).
Born March 27th, 1907 in St. Louis.
Died July 20th, 1989 at 82 years old in Newport Beach (cancer).
Antonia Brico
American conductor (1902–1989).
Born June 26th, 1902 in Rotterdam.
Died August 3rd, 1989 at 87 years old in Denver.
Kaoru Ishikawa
Japanese business theorist (1915–1989).
Born July 13th, 1915 in Tokyo.
Died April 16th, 1989 at 73 years old in Japan (watershed stroke).
Alfred Herrhausen
German banker (1930–1989).
Born January 30th, 1930 in Essen.
Died November 30th, 1989 at 59 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (explosive device).
Claude Pepper
American politician (1900–1989).
Born September 8th, 1900 in Dudleyville. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1989 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C. (stomach cancer). [ref]
Raul Seixas
Brazilian recording artist; singer and songwriter (1945-1989).
Born June 28th, 1945 in Salvador.
Died August 21st, 1989 at 44 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction, pancreatitis).
Hassan Fathi
Egyptian architect (1900–1989).
Born March 25th, 1900 in Alexandria.
Died November 30th, 1989 at 89 years old in Cairo.
Brigid Bazlen
American actress (1944-1989).
Born June 9th, 1944 in Fond du Lac.
Died May 25th, 1989 at 44 years old in Seattle (cancer).
Hibari Misora
Japanese singer and actress (1937-1989).
Born May 29th, 1937 in Isogo-ku.
Died June 24th, 1989 at 52 years old in Hongō (pneumonia).
Lefty Gomez
Baseball player (1908-1989).
Born November 26th, 1908 in Rodeo.
Died February 17th, 1989 at 80 years old in Greenbrae.
Albert Spaggiari
French criminal (1932–1989).
Born December 14th, 1932 in Laragne-Montéglin.
Died June 10th, 1989 at 56 years old in Hyères (esophageal cancer).
Emilio G. Segrè
Italian physicist and nobel laureate.
Born February 1st, 1905 in Tivoli. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1989 at 84 years old in Lafayette (myocardial infarction).
Irving Stone
American writer (1903–1989).
Born July 14th, 1903 in San Francisco.
Died August 26th, 1989 at 86 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 648
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius