Deaths in May 1989
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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
- Jim Barclay, 55, New Zealand Olympic field hockey player (1960).[1]
- Antonio Janigro, 71, Italian cellist and conductor.
- Sally Kirkland, 76, fashion editor at Vogue and Life, emphysema.
- Scooter Lowry, 69, American child actor (Our Gang). (body found on this date)
- Marion Mack, 87, American film actress (The General), heart failure.
- Edward Ochab, 82, Polish communist politician, Chairman of the Polish Council of State.
- Binyamin Sasson, 85-86, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1951-1955).
- Muneyoshi Tokugawa, 91, Japanese army officer and politician.
- Douglass Watson, 68, American actor (Another World), heart attack.[2]
- David Webster, 44, South African anti-apartheid activist, assassinated.
2
- Bennie Benjamin, 81, Virgin Islands–born American songwriter (Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Wheel of Fortune)).
- James Crabe, 57, American cinematographer (Rocky, The China Syndrome, The Karate Kid), complications of AIDS.
- Veniamin Kaverin, 87, Russian writer and dramatist.
- Charlie May, 90, Australian rules footballer.[3]
- Gerald Scarpelli, 60–61, American mobster and hitman (Chicago Outfit), suicide.
- Giuseppe Siri, 82, Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Genoa.[4]
- Virgil Stallcup, 67, American MLB player (Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals).[5]
- Maki Yūkō, 95, Japanese mountain climber.
3
- Sheikh Abbas, 76–77, Algerian diplomat and writer, rector of the Great Mosque of Paris.
- Walter Brödel, 63, German Olympic fencer (1952).[6]
- Gordon Dailley, 77, Canadian-born British ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1936).[7]
- Christine Jorgensen, 62, American trans-gender woman, actress and singer, bladder and lung cancer.[8]
- Aaron M. Kohn, 78, crime investigator and FBI agent.[9]
- Muriel Ostriche, 92, American silent-screen actress.
- Roland Robinson, 82, British politician (Member of Parliament), and diplomat (Governor of Bermuda).
- William Squire, 72, Welsh actor (Callan).
- John Wiethe, 76, American NFL player (Detroit Lions).[10]
4
- Adnan Khayr Allah, 49, Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law, Minister of Defence, helicopter crash.
- Chalam, 59, Indian film actor (Mattilo Manikyam).
- Morris Copeland, 93, American economist (flow of funds analysis).
- Larry Fleisher, 58, American attorney and sports agent, founded the National Basketball Players Association, heart attack.[11]
- John R. Heller Jr., 84, American director of the National Cancer Institute, known for the Tuskegee syphilis study.
- Herschel C. Loveless, 77, American politician, Governor of Iowa, lung cancer.[12]
- James McKeown, 88, Irish missionary in the Gold Coast (Ghana), founded the Church of Pentecost.
- Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, 68, Indian writer.
- Jacques Perrier, 60, French Olympic cross-country skier (1952).[13]
- Lydia Pasternak Slater, 87, Soviet research chemist and poet.
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou, 53, French New Caledonian politician, leader of Kanak independence movement, assassinated.
- Evelle J. Younger, 70, American lawyer, Attorney General of California.
5
- Joe Batchelder, 90, American MLB player (Boston Braves).[14]
- Frank Easton, 79, Australian cricketer.[15]
- Jón Ingi Guðmundsson, 79, Icelandic Olympic water polo player (1936).[16]
- Hermann Hölter, 89, German Olympic modern pentathlete (1928), Nazi German army general.[17]
- Sister Mary Leo, 94, New Zealand religious sister, trained some of the world's best sopranos.
- Wolfgang Neuss, 65, German actor and Kabarett artist, cancer.
- Jennifer Hodge de Silva, 38, Canadian filmmaker.
- Eddie Scharer, 87, American NFL player (Detroit Panthers/Wolverines, Pottsville Maroons).[18]
- Peter P. Stevens, 79, American football player and coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Temple Owls).[19]
- Naval Tata, 84, Indian industrialist and philanthropist.
- Stefan E. Warschawski, 85, Russian-born American mathematician (conformal maps, minimal surfaces, harmonic functions).
- Don Wheeler, 73, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1947-1955).[20]
6
- Earl Blaik, 92, American football player and coach (United States Military Academy).[21]
- Tally Brown, 64, American singer and actress.
- Adolfo Constanzo, 26, Cuban-American serial killer, drug dealer and cult leader, assisted suicide.
- Thakin Soe, 82–83, Burmese politician, founding member of the Communist Party of Burma.
- L. D. Weldon, 80–81, American track and field coach of decathletes.
- Ron McDonnell, 87, Republican member of the Montana Legislature.
7
- Lou Brock, 71, American NFL player (Green Bay Packers).[22]
- Miranda Campa, 75, Swiss-Italian actress.
- Frank Cluskey, 59, Irish politician, leader of the Labour Party, cancer.
- Willie Covan, 91, American tap dancer, actor and vaudeville performer (The Duke Is Tops).
- Darío Echandía, 91, Colombian politician, acting president of Colombia, Colombian ambassador to the U.K.
- Earl J. Hamilton, 89–90, American historian.
- Mills Lane, 77, American banker (Citizens & Southern National Bank).
- Howie Moss, 69, American MLB player (New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians).[23]
- John Whittet, 63, American officer in the U.S. Navy, drowned.
8
- Anders Andersson, 60, Swedish politician, MP (since 1983), plane crash.[24]
- Hendrik Allik, 88, Estonian politician (Estonian Communist Party).
- Felice Mario Boano, 85–86, Italian automobile designer and coachbuilder (Fiat).
- Mariga Guinness, 56, English-born architectural conservationist, co-founder of the Irish Georgian Society, heart attack.
- Andreas Hillgruber, 64, German historian, throat cancer.[25]
- Tony Lucadello, 76, American professional baseball scout, suicide by shooting.
- John-Olof Persson, 50, Swedish politician, twice mayor of Stockholm, plane crash.[26]
- Ruggero Maccari, 69, Italian screenwriter (Profumo di donna, La Famiglia).
- Rudolf Uhlenhaut, 82, British-German engineer (Mercedes-Benz).[27]
- Bob Webb, 71, New Zealand cricketer.
9
- Karl Brunner, 73, Swiss economist.[28]
- Timothy Farrell, 66, American actor (Jail Bait, The Violent Years, Glen or Glenda)
- Alex Fraser, 72, Canadian politician, member of the B.C. Legislative Assembly.
- Fred Halsted, 47, American gay pornographic film director and actor, suicide.
- Enrique Lucero, 68, Mexican actor (Canoa: A Shameful Memory).
- Devereaux Mytton, 64, Australian Olympic sailor (1956).[29]
- Kenneth A. Roberts, 76, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1951-1965), heart failure.[30]
- Keith Whitley, 34, American country music singer and songwriter (When You Say Nothing at All, I'm No Stranger to the Rain), alcohol poisoning.[31]
10
- Wilhelm Bleckwenn, 82, Nazi German Wehrmacht general.
- Joseph Brennan, 88, American ABL basketballer (Brooklyn Visitations).
- Richard Green, 52, American teacher, New York City Schools Chancellor, cardiac arrest due to asthma.
- Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, 35, Macedonian mountaineer, first Macedonian to climb Mount Everest.
- Stewart Perowne, 87, British diplomat and archaeologist of the Middle East.[32]
- Kalu Rinpoche, 84, Tibetan Buddhist lama and teacher.
- Woody Shaw, 44, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, kidney failure.[33]
- Hassler Whitney, 82, American mathematician (singularity theory), stroke.[34]
11
- Vin Brown, 67, Australian rules footballer.
- Howard Francis Corcoran, 83, American attorney and district judge.[35]
- Johan Schouten, 78, Dutch Olympic wrestler (1948).[36]
- Xiao Wangdong, 78, Chinese Communist revolutionary and a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army.
12
- Arthur Hart, 83, Australian rules footballer.[37]
- Paul Haynes, 79, Canadian NHL player (Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens).[38]
- Nicholas Wilder, 51–52, American art dealer, complications from AIDS.[39]
13
- James Buchanan, 81, South African cricketer.
- Jack Grout, 79, American golfer.
- Charlie Mutton, 98, Australian politician.
- Vera Neferović, 82, Croatian Olympic discus thrower (1936).[40]
- Bjørn Puggaard-Müller, 67, Danish film actor.
- Al Reiss, 80, American MLB player (Philadelphia Athletics).[41]
- Tony Ries Sr., 75, South African Olympic wrestler (1948).[42]
- Joanna Roos, 88, American actress and playwright.[43]
14
- Marv Colen, 74, American basketball player.[44]
- 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.
- Joe Hinson, 69, Australian rules footballer.[45]
- Noel O'Brien, 56, Australian rules footballer.
- Kenneth Sellar, 82, English rugby union player and cricketer.
- Jack Shewchuk, 71, Canadian NHL player (Boston Bruins).[46]
- Noriko Tsukase, 43, Japanese voice actress and singer, rectal cancer.
16
- Lamar Allen, 74, American college football player and coach, and Negro League baseball player.
- Fred Dean, 80, Australian rules footballer.[47]
- Aharon Efrat, 78, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974-1977).
- 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
- Ed Brett, 75, American NFL player (Chicago Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates).[48]
- Good Rockin' Charles, 56, American blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter.
- Hallvard Eika, 68, Norwegian politician, member of the Norwegian Parliament.
- Walter Gross, 85, German actor.
- Ota Hofman, 61, Czech literature and screenwriter.
- Finn Juhl, 77, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer.
- Lucia Moholy, 95, Austro-Hungarian–born photographer and publications editor.
- József Remecz, 82, Hungarian Olympic discus thrower (1932).[49]
- Specs Toporcer, 90, American Major League baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), injuries sustained from a fall.[50]
- Frank Vukosic, 74, American basketball player.[51]
18
- Donald Hiss, 82, American legal secretary, younger brother of Alger Hiss.[52]
- 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 baseball player Babe Ruth and his mistress Juanita Jennings.
- Józef Szewczyk, 39, Polish footballer.[53]
- Doris L. Thompson, 83, American politician.[54]
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.[55]
- 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.[56]
20
- Peter Evans, 38, American actor.[57]
- Walter Heap, 67, American football player (Los Angeles Dons).[58]
- Sir 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.[59]
- Warren G. Magnuson, 84, American lawyer and politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate.[60]
- Gilda Radner, 42, American actress, comedian, writer and singer, ovarian cancer.[61]
- Mike Reinbach, 39, American Major League baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), car accident.[62]
- Gōgen Yamaguchi, 80, Japanese martial artist, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
21
- Tito Colliander, 85, Finnish Eastern Orthodox Christian writer.
- Harry Cozart, 72, American Negro Leagues baseball player.[63]
- Ena Stockley, 82, New Zealand Olympic swimmer (1928).[64]
- Gerard Yantz, 71, American Olympic handball player (1936).[65]
- Margot Zemach, 57, American illustrator of children's books, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[66]
22
- Les Jones, 66, Australian rules footballer.[67]
- Inge Limberg, 65, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (1956).[68]
- Carlton Massey, 59, American NFL footballer (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers).[69]
- Rush Rhees, 84, American philosopher.
- Robert Richardson Sears, 80, American psychologist.[70]
- Bettina Somers, 84, Canadian painter.[71]
- Karen Ulane, 47, American airline pilot, plane crash.[72]
23
- Ansa Ikonen, 75, Finnish film and theatre actress.
- Ursula Knab, 59, German Olympic sprinter (1952).[73]
- James Kay Thomas, 87, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of West Virginia.
- George Thomas, 61, American NFL footballer (Washington Redskins, New York Giants).[74]
- Georgy Tovstonogov, 73, Russian-Georgian theatre director, heart attack.
- Earle Wilson, 88, American triple-jumper and Olympian (1924).[75]
24
- S. K. Dey, 82, Indian politician.
- Guus Dräger, 71, Dutch footballer and Olympian (1948).[76]
- Virgil Geddes, 91-92, American playwright.
- Tom Harper, 86, American football player and coach.
- Steve McCall, 55, American jazz drummer.
- Tripti Mitra, 63, Indian actress.
- Henry Prior, 90, South African cricketer.
- Cyril Shiner, 81, British painter.[77]
- Butch Simas, 80, American NFL player (Chicago Cardinals).[78]
25
- Brigid Bazlen, 44, American film, television, and stage actress.[79]
- John Brewis, 69, Scottish politician, MP (1959-1974).[80]
- 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 (1936).[81]
- Soma Wickremanayake, 74, Sri Lankan educator and politician, member of the Ceylonese Parliament.
26
- Pierre Everaert, 55, French racing cyclist.
- Clifford Grainge, 61, English cricketer.
- Eugene Keogh, 81, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1937-1967).[82]
- Wingate H. Lucas, 81, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1947-1955).[83]
- Phineas Newborn Jr., 57, American jazz pianist, growth on lungs.[84]
- Don Revie, 61, English international footballer and manager, motor neurone disease.
- Kazuko Takatsukasa, 59, elder sister to Emperor Akihito of Japan, heart failure.
- Albert Woodbury, 79, American composer (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?).[85]
27
- Jerry Anderson, 35, American NFL footballer (Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), drowned.[86]
- Emmet Lanigan, 79, Australian cricketer.[87]
- Jess Sweetser, 87, American golfer.
- Arseny Tarkovsky, 81, Russian poet and translator.
28
- Wally Anderzunas, 43, American basketballer (Cincinnati Royals).[88]
- Mike Corgan, 70, American football player (Detroit Lions) and coach (Nebraska Cornhuskers).[89]
- George Hague, 73, American Olympic rower (1936).[90]
- Camille Médy, 86, French Olympic cross-country skier (1924, 1928).[91]
- 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
- John Oliver Andrews, 92, British WWI flying ace and RAF officer.
- 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.[92]
- 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.
- William Sobey, 61, Canadian businessman.[93]
- Bob Waters, 50, American footballer, Lou Gehrig's disease.
30
- Jane Fauntz, 78, American swimmer and diver, and Olympic medalist, leukemia.
- Frank Holmes, 89, Australian rules footballer.[94]
- 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.[95]
- Claude Pepper, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, stomach cancer.[96]
- Les Peterson, 80, American NFL player (Green Bay Packers, Staten Island Stapletons, Brooklyn Dodgers).[97]
31
- Heinz Hasselberg, 75, German cyclist and Olympian (1936).[98]
- Willi Horn, 80, German Olympic sprint canoeist (1936).[99]
- Edward Hubbard, 51, English architectural historian, ankylosing spondylitis.
- C. L. R. James, 88, Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist writer, chest infection.[100]
- Owen Lattimore, 88, American Orientalist and writer.[101]
- Frank Nolan, 73, Australian rules footballer.[102]
- Raisa Orlova, 70, Russian writer and American studies scholar.
- G. Vanmikanathan, 88, Indian scholar and author.
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- John Sutton, 60–61, Irish hurler.
