Deaths in March 1989
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
Mukul Dey , 93, Indian artist (drypoint-etching).Vasantdada Patil , 71, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan .[ 1] Odie Payne , 62, American blues drummer.[ 2] Frank W. Preston , 92, English-American engineer, ecologist and conservationist.[ 3] Mark M. Ravitch , 78, American surgeon (surgical staples ), colon and prostate cancer.[ 4]
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Liviu Cornel Babeș , 46, Romanian electrician and painter, committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.John Bryans , British actor (Blake's 7 Luigi Firpo , 74, Italian historian and politician.Tamás Kertész , 59, Hungarian international footballer and coach (Ferencvárosi , Hungary ).Ernest Steven Monteiro , 84, Singaporean physician, Singapore Ambassador to the United States, Cambodia and Brazil, liver failure.[ 5]
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Agha Ibrahim Akram , 65, Pakistani army general.Tiny Grimes , 72, American jazz and R&B guitarist, meningitis.[ 9] Viktor Nikiforov , 57, Soviet ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.[ 10] Edward Makuka Nkoloso , 69–70, member of Zambian resistance movement, planned to beat the U.S. and Soviet Union to the moon.[ 11]
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Prithvi Singh Azad , 96, Indian independence activist, founder of Ghadar Party .[ 12] Daniel Webster Cluff , 72, United States Coast Guard officer, rescued thirty-two survivors from SS Pendleton .[ 13] James Edwin Doyle , 86, American advertising executive, co-founder of Doyle Dane Bernbach agency, emphysema.[ 14] Richmond Barthé , 88, American sculptor of busts.[ 15]
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Harry Andrews , 77, English actor (The Hill The Agony and the Ecstasy [ 16] Alla Ilchun , 62, Chinese-born Kazakh fashion model.[ 17] Raja Hossain Khan , 50–51, Bangladeshi composer and violinist, road accident.Franca Marzi , 62, Italian film actress (Nights of Cabiria Amir Habibullah Khan Saadi , 79, Indian-born Pakistani freedom fighter.
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Paul Boesch , 76, American professional wrestler and promoter (Houston Wrestling ), heart attack.[ 18] Jerry Bywaters , 82, American artist, museum director and art critic.[ 19] Jean Colin , 83, English actress.[ 20] Avis DeVoto , 84, American culinary editor and cook, pancreatic cancer.Gi Hyeong-do , 28–29, Korean poet (The Black Leaf in My Mouth [ 21] Judson Philips , 85, American writer, emphysema.[ 22] Norman Saunders , 82, American commercial artist.Jack Stanton , 67, American NBL basketballer (Anderson Duffey Packers ).Karel Velebný , 57, Czech jazz musician and composer.
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Elisaveta Bykova , 75, Soviet chess player and dual Women's World Chess Champion .[ 23] Charles Exbrayat , 82, French fiction writer.Stuart Hamblen , 80, American singer and songwriter (This Ole House Billy Graham crusader, brain cancer.[ 24] Herman Kogan , 74, American journalist (Chicago Daily News , Chicago Sun-Times ).[ 25] Robert Lacoste , 90, French socialist politician, member of the National Assembly and senator.Chhuttan Lal Meena , 68, Indian politician, Member of Parliament.Stanley Wijesundera , 65, Sri Lankan professor of Biochemistry, vice chancellor of the University of Colombo , assassinated.[ 26]
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Kermit Beahan , 70, American officer in the U.S. Air Force, bombardier on the Bockscar atomic bomb flight, heart attack.[ 27] André Hornez , 83, French lyricist (C'est si bon Rien dans les mains, rien dans les poches Robert Mapplethorpe , 42, American photographer, complications from AIDS.[ 28] Sam Melville , 52, American film and television actor, heart failure.[ 29] Sean O'Sullivan , 37, Canadian politician and Roman Catholic priest, leukemia.[ 30] Mihemed Şêxo , 41, Kurdish folk singer.Hilda Strike , 78, Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist.[ 31]
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William Challee , 84, American actor (Five Easy Pieces [ 32] Joseph Ferriola , 61, American mobster, boss of the Chicago Outfit , complications after heart transplant.[ 33] James Kee , 71, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[ 34] John J. McCloy , 93, American diplomat and presidential advisor, Assistant Secretary of War, pulmonary edema.[ 35] Edward A. Weeks , 91, American writer, editor of The Atlantic .[ 36]
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Maurice Evans , 87, English actor (Planet of the Apes Bewitched [ 37] Jakob Gimpel , 82, Polish-born concert pianist.[ 38] Kiyoshi Mutō , 86, Japanese architect and structural engineer (Keio Plaza Hotel , Kasumigaseki Building ).[ 39] John Baptist Lucius Noel , 99, British mountaineer and filmmaker (1924 British Mount Everest expedition ).[ 40] Chet Soda , 80, American businessman, general manager of the Oakland Raiders .Carlos Terry , 32, American NBA basketballer (Washington Bullets ), car accident.[ 41] Luigi Tosi , 73, Italian actor.
13
L. E. Baynes , 86, English aeronautical engineer, developed the Scud gliders .Carl Dahlhaus , 60, German musicologist, kidney failure.Carl von Horn , 85, Swedish Army general.Aubrey Menen , 76, British author and theatre critic.[ 42] James G. O'Hara , 63, American soldier and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, lung cancer.[ 43] Fahrettin Özdilek , 90–91, Turkish Army general and politician, acting Prime Minister of Turkey.
14
Edward Abbey , 62, American author (The Monkey Wrench Gang Desert Solitaire [ 44] Stephen Bechtel Sr. , 88, American president of Bechtel Corporation .[ 45] Charles Billingslea , 74, American general in the U.S. Army (Distinguished Service Cross ), pneumonia.[ 46] Charles Roy Henderson , 77, American statistician (Best linear unbiased prediction ), pioneer in animal breeding.[ 47] Happy Humphrey , 62, American wrestler, heaviest professional wrestler of all time (364 kg), heart attack.[ 48] Mark Kilroy , 21, American kidnapped and murdered in Mexico.[ 49] Omar Knedlik , 72, American inventor and businessman (ICEE frozen drink ).[ 50] Timothy Meyers , 43, American actor (Grease [ 51] Egon Morbitzer , 62, German violinist, concertmaster of Staatskapelle Berlin , cancer.Gladys Pyle , 98, American politician, U.S. Senator.[ 52] Zita of Bourbon-Parma , 96, last Queen of Hungary and Empress of Austria, wife of Charles I .[ 53]
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Raymond Affleck , 66, Canadian architect, founder of architectural firm Arcop (Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver ).[ 55] Georges Blond , 82, French writer, sympathiser with fascism.Eddie Buczynski , 42, American archaeologist and follower of Wicca , parasitic infection.[ 56] Jesús María de Leizaola , 92, Spanish politician, President of the Basque government in exile.[ 57] George Lynn , 73, American composer, conductor and pianist.[ 58] Marcus Morris , 73, English Anglican priest, founded the Eagle weekly comic.Alan Redpath , 82, British-American evangelist and author.
17
Beulah Ream Allen , 92, American nurse and physician, civilian physician during World War II (Medal of Freedom ).Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna , 69, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh , consequence of surgery.Merritt Butrick , 29, American actor (Square Pegs Jacob Pieter Den Hartog , 87, Dutch-American mechanical engineer.George Vernon Russell , 83, American architect in California.
18
Helen Beebe , 80, American teacher of the deaf and pioneer of auditory-verbal therapy .Harold Jeffreys , 97, British geophysicist, opponent of plate tectonics.Ryūzō Kikushima , 75, Japanese writer and film producer (Throne of Blood The Hidden Fortress Piet Kruiver , 51, Dutch international footballer (Feyenoord , PSV Eindhoven , Netherlands ).George P. Mahoney , 87, American politician.William Olander , 38, American curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art , AIDS.[ 59] Duane Purvis , 76, American footballer and javelin thrower.Max Tishler , 82, American organic chemist, emphysema.[ 60]
19
Alan Civil , 59, British horn player (BBC Symphony Orchestra ), liver and kidney failure.[ 61] Normie Glick , 61, American NBA basketballer (Minneapolis Lakers ).Ethel Hays , 97, American syndicated cartoonist (Raggedy Ann Charles Lamb , 88, British stage, film, radio and television actor (Mrs Dale's Diary ).Valérie Quennessen , 31, French theatre and film actress (Summer Lovers , Conan the Barbarian ), car accident.Joe Rose , 23, Canadian LGBT rights activist, murdered.
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Sneeze Achiu , 86, American NFL footballer (Dayton Triangles ).David Cairns , 79, English Navy rear-admiral, president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich .Otis Douglas , 77, American NFL footballer and coach (Philadelphia Eagles , Calgary Stampeders ).[ 63] Louis Dupree , 63, American archaeologist and anthropologist, lung cancer.[ 64] Milton Frome , 80, American actor, congestive heart failure.[ 65] John Kenneth Hilliard , 87, American acoustical and electrical engineer.
22
Park Am , 64, South Korean actor.Ann Harrison , 15, American murder victim.Wally Heider , 66, American recording engineer and recording studio owner.[ 66] Gino Piserchio , 44, American actor, composer and musician, AIDS.
23
F. W. S. Craig , 69, Scottish psephologist , suicide.Adrien Deschryver , 49, Belgian photographer and conservationist, chief warden of Kahuzi-Biega National Park .Pavle Gregorić , 96, Yugoslavian communist politician, Minister for Croatia.George Marthins , 83, Indian hockey player and gold medalist.Bob McTaggart , 43, Scottish politician, Member of Parliament, heart attack.Berl Repetur , 86–87, Soviet-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
24
Robert Arundell , 84, British diplomat, Governor of the Windward Islands and Barbados.Arnett Cobb , 70, American tenor saxophonist.[ 67] Reuben David , 76, Indian zoologist, founder of Kankaria Zoo .Edward P. Hurt , 89, American football, basketball and track coach.St. Julien R. Marshall , 85, American officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, cardiopulmonary arrest.
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Albert Guérisse , 77, Belgian general and resistance leader.Māris Liepa , 52, Latvian ballet dancerMarina Ried , 67, Russian-German stage and film actress.Lewis William Walt , 76, United States Marine Corps four-star general.Harry Wicks , 83, British socialist activist (Communist Party of Great Britain ).Hai Zi , 25, Chinese poet, suicide.
27
May Allison , 98, American stage and silent screen actress (David Harum ), respiratory failure.Don Basham , 62, Bible teacher and author.Malcolm Cowley , 90, American writer, heart attack.[ 68] Scott Safran , 21, American video gamer, set world-record score on Asteroids , fall from building.Cláudio Santoro , 69, Brazilian composer, conductor and violinist.Jack Starrett , 52, American actor and film director (Blazing Saddles First Blood
28
Joseph Adefarasin , 67, Nigerian lawyer and High Court judge.Nick Bremigan , 43, American Major League baseball umpire (American League ), heart attack.[ 69] Fang Chih , 93, Chinese politician, diplomat, author and Kuomintang official.William D. Cox , 79, American businessman and sports executive (Philadelphia Phillies , International Soccer League ).Ian Dalrymple , 85, British screenwriter, film director and producer (The Lion Has Wings The Wooden Horse Richard H. Ellis , 69, United States Air Force general, commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command .Josiah Zion Gumede , 69, president of unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia .Arthur Hill , 94, Irish peer, Marquess of Downshire.Madeleine Ozeray , 80, Belgian stage and film actress, cancer.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.
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Abdullah al-Ahdal , Imam of Belgium, shot.Bernard Blier , 73, Argentina-born French actor.[ 70] Chico Che , 43, Mexican musician, singer and songwriter, stroke.Fernand Gambiez , 86, French Army general.Aleksandr Prokopenko , 35, Belarusian international footballer (Dinamo Minsk , Soviet Union ), choked on food.Xiao Jinguang , 86, Chinese fleet admiral, Commander of People's Liberation Army Navy, colon cancer.Nicolae Steinhardt , 76, Romanian writer and Orthodox monk.Charles Taylor , 78, English businessman and politician, Member of Parliament.
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Bill Chappell , 67, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, bone cancer.[ 71] Peter D'Aguiar , 76–77, Guyanese-Portuguese businessman and politician, Minister of Finance.Mike Sekowsky , 65, American comics artist (Wonder Woman Arto Tolsa , 43, Finnish international footballer (Beerschot , KTP , Finland ).Huang Wei , 85, Chinese Nationalist military general.
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Edgar C. Erickson , 92, United States Army major general, Chief of the National Guard Bureau .Francis H. Russell , 84, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, Ghana and New Zealand, heart attack.[ 72] Millard Sheets , 81, American artist and architectural designer.[ 73] Carlos Tobalina , 63–64, Peruvian-born American adult filmmaker and actor, suicide.
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