Deaths in September 1989

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.

September 1989

1

  • Frank Collier, 56, English international rugby league footballer.
  • Kazimierz Deyna, 41, Polish international footballer, car accident.
  • Bart Giamatti, 51, American Commissioner of Major League Baseball, heart attack.
  • Dipa Ma, 78, Indian meditation teacher.
  • Albert Outler, 80, American Methodist historian, theologian and pastor.
  • Shah Azizur Rahman, 63, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

2

  • Clifton Parker, 84, British composer.
  • Brian Robinson, appr. 27, Northern Ireland loyalist militant, shot.

3

  • Franzisca Baruch, 87, German–Israeli graphic designer.
  • Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins, 90, Royal Australian Navy officer.
  • Augie Lio, 71, American NFL footballer.[1]
  • Sten Mellgren, 89, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist.
  • Gaetano Scirea, 36, Italian international footballer, car accident.
  • Rip Sewell, 82, American Major League baseballer.
  • Meena Shorey, 67, Pakistani film actress.

4

  • Bernard Belleau, 64, Canadian molecular pharmacologist.
  • Colin Clark, 83, British and Australian economist and statistician.
  • Wilfred Payton, 75, English clergyman and first-class cricketer.
  • Georges Simenon, 86, Belgian writer, complications from a fall.[2]
  • Ronald Syme, 86, New Zealand-born British classicist and historian.[3]

5

  • Les Allen, 78, Australian rules footballer.
  • Sir John Philip Baxter, 84, British-Australian chemical engineer.
  • Michael Fidler, 73, British politician.
  • Geneviève Kervine, 68, French film actress, cancer.
  • William Mann, 65, English music critic.
  • J. Barkley Rosser, 81, American logician, aneurysm.

6

7

  • Tom Blackaller, 49, American yachtsman and world championship gold medalist, heart attack.[4]
  • Valery Goborov, 23, Soviet basketball player and Olympic gold medalist, car crash.

8

9

  • Heinrich Angst, 74, Swiss bobsledder and Olympic gold medalist.
  • Fred Ashworth, 82, English rugby union and rugby league footballer.
  • John McShain, 92, American building contractor, complications from pneumonia.

10

11

  • Bill Weiley, 88, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  • Bill Wood, 67, Australian rules footballer.

12

  • George Gniel, 70, Australian rules footballer.
  • Anton Lubowski, 37, Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate, assassinated.
  • Sterjo Spasse, 75, Albanian prose writer and novelist.
  • Seamus Twomey, 69, Irish republican activist, militant and chief of staff of the Provisional IRA.[5]
  • Don Walker, 81, American Broadway orchestrator and composer.[6]

13

14

  • John Bright, 81, American journalist, screenwriter and political activist.
  • Benjamin Peary Pal, 83, Indian plant breeder and agronomist.
  • Dámaso Pérez Prado, 72, Cuban bandleader, pianist and composer, popularised the Mambo, complications from a stroke.
  • Wayne Sabin, 74, American tennis player.

15

  • Harry Cave, 66, New Zealand cricketer, captain of New Zealand test team.
  • Jan DeGaetani, 56, American mezzo-soprano, leukemia.
  • Michael Klinger, 68, British film producer and distributor.
  • Joseph M. Pettit, 70, American engineer, dean of Stanford University School of Engineering, cancer.
  • Robert Penn Warren, 84, American poet, novelist and literary critic, complications from prostate cancer.[8]

16

17

18

  • Jack Smith, 56, American filmmaker, actor and pioneer of underground cinema.[10]

19

20

21

  • Bill Barron, 62, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.
  • Troy Davis, 42, American convicted murderer of police officer, executed.
  • Ertem Eğilmez, 60, Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter.
  • Murry Dickson, 73, American Major League baseballer, emphysema.[12]
  • Corrado Gaipa, 64, Italian actor and voice actor.

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28

  • Dorothy Andrus, 81, American tennis player.
  • José Arribas, 68, Spanish professional footballer and manager.
  • Thomas Keller, 64, Swiss president of FISA, governing body of international rowing.
  • Ferdinand Marcos, 72, Filipino dictator, politician and statesman, President of the Philippines.
  • Evan McCaskey, 24, American guitarist, suicide.
  • Qian Zhidao, 78, Chinese chemist.

29

30

References

  1. ^ "Augie Lio, 71, Editor And Ex-Football Star". The New York Times. September 5, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Eric Pace (September 7, 1989). "Georges Simenon Dies at 86; Creator of Inspector Maigret". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Ronald Syme, 86, Classics Scholar And Historian at Oxford, Is Dead". The New York Times. September 7, 1989. p. B 19. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Barbara Lloyd (September 8, 1989). "Tom Blackaller, 49, Competitor in America's Cup". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  5. ^ "Seamus Twomey, 70, a Leader of Provisional I.R.A.". The New York Times. September 14, 1989. p. D 24. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  6. ^ Richard F. Shepard (September 13, 1989). "Don Walker, 81, an Orchestrator Of Broadway Musical Comedies". The New York Times. p. B 8. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  7. ^ "Charles Russell, 85, Ex-Governor of Nevada". The New York Times. September 15, 1989. p. B 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Robert Penn Warren, Poet and Author, Dies". The New York Times. September 16, 1989. p. 1 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "Leon Culberson Outfielder, 71". The New York Times. September 23, 1989. p. 1 6. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  10. ^ "Jack Smith, Film Maker, 57". The New York Times. September 22, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  11. ^ Eric Pace (September 30, 1989). "Chen Boda, 85, Leader of Chinese Purges in 60's". The New York Times. p. 1 29. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  12. ^ "Murry Dickson, Pitcher, 73". The New York Times. September 22, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  13. ^ Marilyn Berger (September 23, 1989). "Irving Berlin, Nation's Songwriter, Dies". The New York Times. p. 1 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  14. ^ "John E. Hunt, 79, Ex-Jersey Congressman". The New York Times. September 26, 1989. p. B 20. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  15. ^ "John Koehler, 85, Former Federal Official". The New York Times. September 27, 1989. p. D 26. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  16. ^ Glenn Fowler (September 27, 1989). "Darlington Hoopes, Socialist, 93; Twice Party Choice for President". The New York Times. p. D 27. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  17. ^ "Horace G. Alexander, A Quaker Writer, 100". The New York Times. October 5, 1989. p. B 22. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  18. ^ Walter Sullivan (October 3, 1989). "Prof. William N. Fairbank, 72, Physicist and Pioneer in Quarks". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  19. ^ John Rockwell (October 1, 1989). "Virgil Thomson, Composer, Critic and Collaborator With Stein, Dies at 92". The New York Times. p. 1 42. Retrieved March 23, 2024.