Celebrity Deaths in 1989
148 notable figures died in 1989. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Jim Backus
1913 – 1989 · Actors, Authors and Writers -
Barend Barendse
1907 – 1989 · Entertainers Jan 1 -
Bruce Chatwin
1940 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz
1919 – 1989 Jan 1 -
Ibu Devi Dja Assan
1914 – 1989 · Entertainers Jan 1 -
Leonard P. Geer
1914 – 1989 · Actors Jan 1 -
Madeline Fairbanks
1900 – 1989 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Norma Varden
1898 – 1989 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Hirohito
1901 – 1989 · Royalty Jan 7 -
Beatrice Lillie
1894 – 1989 · Actresses Jan 20 -
Salvador Dali
1904 – 1989 · Artists and Architects Jan 23 -
Ted Bundy
1946 – 1989 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 24 -
Earl John Adams
1894 – 1989 · Sports Figures Feb 2 -
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Elaine de Kooning
1918 – 1989 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
Hazel I. Derthick
1906 – 1989 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Ida Ehre
1989 · Actresses Feb 2 -
John Cassavetes
1929 – 1989 · Actors Feb 2 -
Richard Willard Armour
1906 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Rick Burks
1960 – 1989 · Actors Feb 2 -
Lionel Newman
1916 – 1989 · Musicians and Composers Feb 3 -
Jethro
1920 – 1989 · Comedian, Country Music Feb 4 -
Osamu Tezuka
1928 – 1989 · Artists and Architects, Celebrities, Film Director Feb 9 -
Lefty Gomez
1908 – 1989 · Baseball Feb 17 -
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Edward Paul Abbey
1927 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
Juliette Compton
1899 – 1989 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Maurice Evans
1901 – 1989 · Actors Mar 3 -
Milton Frome
1908 – 1989 · Actors Mar 3 -
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Stephen Davison Bechtel
1900 – 1989 · Business Magnates Mar 3 -
Stuart Hamblen
1908 – 1989 · Actors Mar 3 -
William Challee
1904 – 1989 · Actors Mar 3 -
Merritt Butrick
1959 – 1989 · Actors Mar 17 -
Charles Lamb
1900 – 1989 · Actors Mar 19 -
Valerie Quennessen
1957 – 1989 · Actresses Mar 19 -
Jack Starrett
1936 – 1989 · Actors, Director Mar 27 -
May Allison
1890 – 1989 · Actresses Mar 27 -
Ann Thomas
1914 – 1989 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Evelyn Finley
1916 – 1989 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4 -
Giles Edwin Miller, Sr
1920 – 1989 · Business Magnates Apr 4 -
Greg Bond
1954 – 1989 · Actors Apr 4 -
Madeline Hurlock
1899 – 1989 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Clyde Moody
1915 – 1989 · Bluegrass Music Apr 7 -
Sugar Ray Robinson
1921 – 1989 · Boxers Apr 12 -
Clyde Geronimi
1901 – 1989 · Artists and Architects, Director Apr 24 -
Lucille Ball
1911 – 1989 · Actresses, Comedian Apr 26 -
Sergio Leone
1929 – 1989 · Celebrities, Film Director, Musicians and Composers Apr 30 -
Marion Mack
1902 – 1989 · Actresses May 1 -
Brigid Bazlen
1944 – 1989 · Actresses May 5 -
Geoff Brewer
1958 – 1989 · Actors May 5 -
Julio De Grazia
1920 – 1989 · Actors May 5 -
Muriel Ostriche
1896 – 1989 · Actresses May 5 -
Thomas Luther Coley
1913 – 1989 · Actors May 5 -
Timothy Farrell
1922 – 1989 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5 -
Keith Whitley
1954 – 1989 · Country Music May 9 -
Anton Diffring
1916 – 1989 · Actors May 19 -
Gilda Radner
1946 – 1989 · Actresses May 20 -
Gerd Oswald
1919 – 1989 · Actors May 22 -
Ruhollah Khomeini
1902 – 1989 · Politicians Jun 3 -
Christopher Bernau
1940 – 1989 · Actors Jun 6 -
Dik Browne
1917 – 1989 · Artists and Architects Jun 6 -
Dorothy Stimson Bullitt
1892 – 1989 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
Eric Clavering
1901 – 1989 · Actors Jun 6 -
Glenn S. Dumke
1917 – 1989 Jun 6 -
Jack Beutel
1915 – 1989 · Actors Jun 6 -
Stanley David “David” Griggs
1939 – 1989 · Astronaut Jun 6 -
Victor French
1934 – 1989 · Actors Jun 6 -
George Beadle
1989 · Scientists and Inventors Jun 9 -
Richard Quine
1920 – 1989 Jun 10 -
Richard Quine
1920 – 1989 · Actors Jun 10 -
Fran Allison
1907 – 1989 · Actresses Jun 13 -
Dona Drake
1914 – 1989 · Actresses, Singer Jun 20 -
Jack Buetel
1915 – 1989 · Actors Jun 27 -
Andrei Gromyko
1909 – 1989 · Politicians Jul 2 -
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Delia Del Carril
1884 – 1989 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
Graciela Cimer
1963 – 1989 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Hank Greenspun
1909 – 1989 Jul 7 -
Juan Carlos Altavista
1929 – 1989 · Entertainers Jul 7 -
Lauro Corona
1957 – 1989 · Actors Jul 7 -
Mary Treen
1907 – 1989 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Steve Rubell
1943 – 1989 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
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W.T. Grace
1907 – 1989 Jul 7 -
William Brooks Ching
1913 – 1989 · Actors Jul 7 -
Mel Blanc
1908 – 1989 · Actors, Comedian Jul 10 -
Laurence Olivier
1907 – 1989 · Actors Jul 11 -
Herbert von Karajan
1908 – 1989 · Celebrities, Film Director Jul 16 -
Rebecca Schaeffer
1967 – 1989 · Actresses, Model, Victims of crime and disaster Jul 18 -
Forrest Anderson
1913 – 1989 · Politicians Jul 20 -
Amador Bendayán
1920 – 1989 · Entertainers Aug 8 -
Antonio Garisa
1916 – 1989 · Actors Aug 8 -
Bill Cody, Jr
1925 – 1989 · Actors Aug 8 -
Chrissie White
1895 – 1989 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Henry Blight “Toby” Halicki
1940 – 1989 · Actors Aug 8 -
Hubert Beuve-Mery
1902 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
Hugo del Carril
1912 – 1989 · Actors Aug 8 -
Joseph V DeSantis
1909 – 1989 · Actors Aug 8 -
Joseph Wright Alsop
1910 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
Juanita Leone “Pulsipher” Leavitt Brooks
1898 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
Richard Alexander
1902 – 1989 · Actors Aug 9 -
Raleigh Bond
1935 – 1989 · Actors Aug 10 -
William Shockley
1910 – 1989 · Scientists and Inventors Aug 12 -
Amanda Blake
1929 – 1989 · Actresses Aug 16 -
Diana Vreeland
1903 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Aug 22 -
Yusef Hawkins
1973 – 1989 · Victims of crime and disaster Aug 23 -
Morris Dalitz
1899 – 1989 · Gangster Aug 31 -
Georges Simenon
1903 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Sep 4 -
August Anheuser “Gussie” Busch, Jr
1899 – 1989 Sep 9 -
Bart Giamatti
1938 – 1989 Sep 9 -
Doris Vinton
1910 – 1989 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Robert Warren
1905 – 1989 · Authors and Writers, Poet Sep 15 -
Jay Stewart
1918 – 1989 · Entertainers Sep 17 -
Chen Boda
1904 – 1989 · Politicians Sep 20 -
Richie Ginther
1930 – 1989 · Race Car Driver Sep 20 -
Irving Berlin
1888 – 1989 · Musicians and Composers Sep 22 -
Ferdinand Marcos
1917 – 1989 · Politicians Sep 28 -
Del Wood
1920 – 1989 · Country Music Oct 3 -
Bette Davis
1908 – 1989 · Actresses, Sex Goddess Oct 6 -
Fred L. “Freddie” Agabashian
1913 – 1989 · Sports Figures Oct 10 -
Graham Chapman
1941 – 1989 · Actors Oct 10 -
Paul Shenar
1936 – 1989 · Actors Oct 11 -
Barry Sadler
1940 – 1989 · Country Music, Military Figures Nov 5 -
Cookie Mueller
1949 – 1989 · Actresses, Authors and Writers Nov 10 -
Lynn Bari
1913 – 1989 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Lynne Gorman
1920 – 1989 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Norma Terris
1904 – 1989 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Robert Gerringer
1926 – 1989 · Actors Nov 11 -
Grant Adcox
1950 – 1989 · Athletes, Sports Figures Nov 19 -
Lynn Bari
1913 – 1989 · Actresses Nov 20 -
Alvin Ailey Jr
1931 – 1989 · Entertainers Dec 1 -
Frances Bavier
1902 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 6 -
Sammy Fain
1902 – 1989 · Musicians and Composers Dec 6 -
Carlos DeLuna
1962 – 1989 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 7 -
Haystack Calhoun
1934 – 1989 · Wrestler Dec 7 -
Aileen Pringle
1895 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Alvin Ailey, Jr
1931 – 1989 · Entertainers Dec 12 -
Audre Joan Monture Knecht
1930 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 12 -
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Benny Binion
1904 – 1989 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Clinton H. Anderson
1903 – 1989 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12 -
Frances Elizabeth Bavier
1902 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Josephine Hill
1899 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Lindsay Crosby
1938 – 1989 · Actors Dec 12 -
Mildred Evelyn Brook
1898 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Samuel Beckett
1906 – 1989 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Andrei Sakharov
1921 – 1989 · Politicians Dec 14 -
Jock Mahoney
1919 – 1989 · Actors Dec 14 -
Lee Van Cleef
1925 – 1989 · Actors Dec 16 -
Silvana Mangano
1930 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 16 -
Nicolae Ceaușescu
1918 – 1989 · Politicians Dec 25 -
Doug Harvey
1924 – 1989 · Hockey Dec 26 -
Mildred Brook
1898 – 1989 · Actresses Dec 30