Deaths in December 1989 explained
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.
December 1989
1
- Alvin Ailey, 58, American dancer, director and choreographer, founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, AIDS.[1]
- Leo Amino, 78, Japanese-born American sculptor.[2]
- Michał Antoniewicz, 92, Polish equestrian, dual Olympic medalist.[3]
- Danilo Atienza, 38, Filipino air force pilot, plane crash.[4]
- André Charles Biéler, 93, Swiss-born Canadian painter.[5]
- Billy Lyall, 36, Scottish singer, keyboard player and flautist (The Alan Parsons Project, Bay City Rollers), AIDS.[6]
- Nikolai Patolichev, 81, Soviet politician, Ministry of Foreign Trade.[7]
- Bill Stout, 62, American journalist (CBS News), cardiac arrest.[8]
- Mitchell Ucovich, 74, American NFL footballer (Washington Redskins).[9]
- William Vandivert, 77, American photographer, co-founder of Magnum Photos.[10]
2
- Harland Bartholomew, 100, American civil engineer and urban planner.[11]
- Norman Davis, 76, New Zealand professor of English language and literature (Oxford).[12]
- Keith Ewert, 71, Australian accountant and politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives.[13]
- Oldřich Hanč, 74, Czechoslovakian speed skater and Olympian.[14]
- Ruth Mary Reynolds, 73, American political and civil rights activist.[15]
- Richard Shannon, 69, American film and television actor (The Tin Star).[16]
- William Taylour, 85, British archaeologist (Mycenaean Greece).[17]
3
- Sourou-Migan Apithy, 76, Beninese politician, president of Dahomey.[18]
- Mario Astorri, 69, Italian footballer and coach (Napoli).[19]
- Connie B. Gay, 75, American country musician, cancer.[20]
- Fernando Martín, 27, Spanish basketball player and swimmer, five-time Spanish swimming champion, traffic collision.[21]
- Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi, 57, Pakistani religious leader.
- Jean-Paul Moulinot, 77, French actor.[22]
- Alexander Obukhov, 71, Soviet geophysicist and applied mathematician (atmospheric physics).[23]
- Paul Wei Ping-ao, 60, Chinese and Hong Kong actor (Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon).
- Carlo Rim, 86, French film screenwriter, producer and director.[24]
- Nihal Silva, 35, Sri Lankan comedian and actor, shot.[25]
4
- Gerald Carson, 90, American advertising executive, social historian and writer.[26]
- Émile Janssens, 87, Belgian colonial official and military general.
- Elwyn Jones, 80, Welsh barrister and politician, Lord Chancellor.[27]
- Steve Lembo, 63, American Major League baseballer (Brooklyn Dodgers).[28]
- Kathleen Manners, 95, English aristocrat.[29]
- Angelo Ruggiero, 49, American mobster, member of the Gambino crime family, cancer.[30]
- May Swenson, 76, American poet and playwright, chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.[31]
5
- Juan Manuel Acuña, 68, Chilean international footballer (Chile national football team).[32]
- Edoardo Amaldi, 81, Italian physicist, coined the term "neutrino".[33]
- Nathan Huggins, 62, American historian and author, cancer.[34]
- Sofiya Kalistratova, 82, Soviet lawyer and human rights activist.
- Li Keran, 82, Chinese painter and art educator, heart attack.[35]
- George Machin, 66, British politician, Member of Parliament.[36]
- Tadeusz Miksa, 63, Polish footballer (Lechia Gdańsk).
- John Pritchard, 68, English conductor, music director of the San Francisco Opera, lung cancer.[37]
- George Selden, 60, American author (The Cricket in Times Square), gastrointestinal hemorrhage.[38]
6
- Frances Bavier, 86, American stage and television actress (The Andy Griffith Show), heart failure.[39]
- C. L. Dellums, 89, American labor activist, leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.[40]
- Sammy Fain, 87, American composer ("Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella", "I'll Be Seeing You"), heart attack.[41]
- David Hardman, 88, British politician, Member of Parliament.[42]
- Rolf Johannesson, 89, Nazi German and West German naval admiral.[43]
- Marc Lépine, 25, Canadian mass murderer (École Polytechnique massacre), suicide.[44]
- Mélinée Manouchian, 75–76, French-Armenian member of the French Resistance and widow of Missak Manouchian.[45]
- Art Parks, 78, American Major League baseballer (Brooklyn Dodgers).[46]
- John Payne, 77, American film actor (Miracle on 34th Street, The Restless Gun), heart failure.[47]
- Ćamil Sijarić, 75, Yugoslavian novelist and short story writer, traffic collision.[48]
7
- Haystacks Calhoun, 55, American professional wrestler.
- Phil Dokes, 34, American NFL footballer (Buffalo Bills), heart failure.[49]
- Hans Hartung, 85, German-French abstract painter and soldier.[50]
- Lucien Le Guével, 74, French racing cyclist.[51]
- Carlos DeLuna, 27, American convicted murderer, executed.
- Stuart Novins, 75, American television journalist, CBS News correspondent, respiratory failure.[52]
- Sirima, 25, English-French singer, murdered.
- Vadim Spiridonov, 45, Soviet film actor and director, heart failure.[53]
- Luis Calderón Vega, 77–78, Mexican politician and writer, co-founder of the National Action Party.[54]
- Melchior Wezel, 86, Swiss gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.[55]
8
- Albert Barrett, 86, English footballer (Fulham).[56]
- Bruno Carette, 33, French humorist and comedian, member of Les Nuls.
- Szymon Datner, 87, Polish historian and Holocaust survivor.[57]
- Max Grundig, 81, German businessman, founder of Grundig AG.[58]
- Mykola Livytskyi, 82, Soviet Ukrainian politician, prime minister and president of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile.
- Stanley Steingut, 69, American politician, speaker of the New York State Assembly, lung cancer.[59]
9
- Brett Austin, 30, New Zealand swimmer and Olympian.
- Edward J. Bloustein, 64, American president of Rutgers University, heart attack.[60]
- Gunnar Bøe, 72, Norwegian politician and economist.[61]
- William P. Ennis, 85, American general in the United States Army.[62]
- Basil Hayward, 61, English footballer and manager (Port Vale), heart attack.[63]
- Takeshi Kaikō, 58, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and journalist, esophageal cancer.
- Doug Scovil, 62, American football player and NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles), heart attack.[64]
- S. Somasundaram, 70, Indian Carnatic vocalist.
- R. G. Springsteen, 85, American B movie and television director.[65]
10
- Frank Baker, 71, English footballer (Stoke City).[66]
- Sam Barkas, 79, English footballer and manager (Bradford City, England).[67]
- Paul Collaer, 98, Belgian musicologist, pianist and conductor.[68]
- George Edmonds, 96, English professional footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).[69]
- Nico Gardener, 83, Latvian-born British bridge player.[70]
- Frank Gulotta, 82, American judge, diabetes.[71]
- Frederick Hedges, 86, Canadian rower and Olympic medalist.[72]
- Robin Hughes, 69, Argentinian-born British actor, liver disease.[73]
- Steve Sebo, 75, American football and baseball player and coach.[74]
- Harold Thomas, 75, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player (Salford, Wales).[75]
- Huang Zhen, 80, Chinese politician, ambassador to Hungary, Indonesia and France.[76]
11
- Allez France, 19, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[77]
- Carlos Almaraz, 48, Mexican-born American artist, AIDS.[78]
- John Buxton, 76, British poet and ornithologist.[79]
- Lindsay Crosby, 51, American actor and singer, suicide.[80]
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 94, American photographer (Harper's Bazaar), pneumonia.[81]
- Howard Lang, 78, English actor (The Onedin Line).[82]
12
- Carlos Barral, 60–61, Spanish poet and politician, member of the European Parliament, abdominal aortic aneurysm.[83]
- Sid Colin, 74, English scriptwriter (The Army Game).[84]
- Helen Creighton, 90, Canadian folklorist and author.[85]
- Bill Kennedy, 77, Scottish footballer (Southampton).[86]
- Suihō Tagawa, 90, Japanese manga artist.[87]
13
- Paul Crowe, 65, American NFL footballer (San Francisco 49ers).[88]
- Peter de la Mare, 69, New Zealand physical organic chemist.
- Michele Fanelli, 82, Italian long-distance runner and Olympian.[89]
- Sammy Lerner, 86, Romanian-born American film and musical songwriter, cancer.[90]
- Roderick Mackenzie, 85, Scottish soldier and peer, chief of Clan Mackenzie.[91]
- Felix McGrogan, 75, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).[92]
- Stan Randall, 81, Canadian businessman and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
14
- Lucien Aguettand, 88, French art director.[93]
- Reuben Bennett, 75, Scottish professional footballer and manager (Hull City).[94]
- Robert D. Blue, 91, American politician, governor of Iowa, stroke.[95]
- Ants Eskola, 81, Estonian actor, singer and artist.[96]
- Gerry Healy, 76, British political activist, leader of the Workers Revolutionary Party.[97]
- Seiichi Katsumata, 81, Japanese politician, Soviet spy, member of the House of Representatives.[98]
- Jock Mahoney, 70, American actor and stuntman (The Range Rider), stroke.[99]
- Frederick Nolting, 78, American diplomat, ambassador to South Vietnam, cardio-pulmonary arrest.[100]
- Georges Poitou, 63, French mathematician.[101]
- Andrei Sakharov, 68, Soviet nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics, dilated cardiomyopathy.[102]
- Howard Walton, 73, British tennis and table tennis player.
15
- Anders "Akka" Andersson, 52, Swedish ice hockey player and dual Olympian.[103]
- Ben Barzman, 79, Canadian journalist, screenwriter and novelist (El Cid), stroke.[104]
- Emile de Antonio, 70, American documentary director (Rush to Judgment), heart attack.[105]
- José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, 42, Colombian drug lord, leader of the Medellín Cartel, shot.[106]
- Charles Holland, 81, British road-racing cyclist and Olympic medalist.[107]
- Mikhail Kuznetsov, 76, Soviet flying ace, Hero of the Soviet Union.[108]
- Philly Lutaaya, 38, Ugandan musician, AIDS.[109]
- Arnold Moss, 79, American actor, lung cancer.[110]
- Diptendu Pramanick, 79, Indian film personality.
- Ali Şen, 70, Turkish actor.[111]
- Vanja Sutlić, 64, Yugoslavian philosopher.[112]
- Edward Underdown, 81, English actor.[113]
16
- Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo, 48, Irish artist, traffic collision.
- Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, 76, Argentinian racing driver, pancreatic cancer.
- Charlie Long, 51, American AFL football player (Boston Patriots).
- Silvana Mangano, 59, Italian film actress (The Verona Trial), lung cancer.[114]
- Gianni Poggi, 68, Italian tenor.[115]
- Aileen Pringle, 94, American stage and silent-screen actress.[116]
- John Ramsbotham, 83, British Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Wakefield.
- René Tavernier, 74, French poet and philosopher.[117]
- Lee Van Cleef, 64, American actor (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), heart attack.[118]
- Robert Smith Vance, 58, American judge, letter bomb.[119]
- Marjorie Westbury, 84, English radio actress and singer.[120]
- Priscilla White, 89, American diabetes researcher, heart attack.[121]
17
- Gilbert Allart, 87, French hurdler and Olympian.[122]
- Walt Bachrach, 84, American politician, mayor of Cincinnati, stroke.[123]
- Edward Boyd, 72–73, Scottish writer (The View from Daniel Pike).[124]
- Zeb Eaton, 69, American Major League baseballer (Detroit Tigers).[125]
- Ghalib Halasa, 57, Jordanian novelist and short story writer.
- Gustav Engel, 96, German historian.[126]
- Josephine Hill, 90, American silent-screen actress.
- Asen Panchev, 83, Bulgarian international footballer (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria).[127]
- Luciano Salce, 67, Italian film director and actor (Le pillole di Ercole), myocardial infarction.[128]
- Gheorghe Vlădescu-Răcoasa, 94, Romanian politician, journalist and diplomat, ambassador to the Soviet Union.
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer, 93, American army general.[129]
- William Wiswesser, 75, American chemist (Wiswesser line notation).[130]
18
- Ewen Bain, 64, Scottish cartoonist (Angus Og), influenza.[131]
- Brad Beckman, 24, American NFL football player (New York Giants), traffic collision.[132]
- Olwen Brogan, 89, British archaeologist.[133]
- Bobby Capó, 67, Puerto Rican musician, heart attack.[134]
- George Harvie-Watt, 86, British barrister and politician, Member of Parliament.[135]
- Sydney Irving, 71, British politician, Member of Parliament.[136]
- Enar Josefsson, 73, Swedish cross-country skier and Olympic medalist.[137]
- Jack Kilpatrick, 72, British ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.[138]
- Louise Little, early 90s, Grenadian-born American activist.[139]
- Jerzy Rutkowski, 75, Polish political activist and resistance fighter.
- Robert E. Robinson, 42, American attorney and council member, murdered.[140]
- William Saltonstall, 84, American educator, principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.[141]
- Stanley Senanayake, 72, Sri Lankan police officer, Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police.[142]
- Jean Strauss, 77, Luxembourgian sprint canoeist and Olympian.[143]
19
- Herbert Blaize, 71, Grenadian politician, prime minister of Grenada, prostate cancer.[144]
- Abdul Jalil Choudhury, 63–64, Bengali Deobandi Islamic scholar and politician, member of Assam Legislative Assembly.
- Audrey Christie, 77, American actress, singer and dancer (The Voice of the Turtle), emphysema.[145]
- Lois Darling, 72, American author and illustrator, leukemia.[146]
- Barthold Fles, 87, Dutch-born American literary agent and author, diabetes.[147]
- Stella Gibbons, 87, English author, journalist and poet (Cold Comfort Farm).[148]
- John Heddle, 46, British politician, Member of Parliament, suicide.[149]
- Floyd Jones, 72, American blues musician (On the Road Again), heart failure.[150]
- Óndra Łysohorsky, 84, Czechoslovakian poet.[151]
- Kirill Mazurov, 75, Soviet politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia.[152]
- Georges Rouquier, 80, French film director, screenwriter and actor.[153]
- Henry Theel, 72, Finnish singer.
20
- Irma Beilke, 85, German operatic soprano and concert singer (Städtische Oper Berlin).
- Kurt Böhme, 81, German bass.[154]
- Elisheva Cohen, 78, German-born Israeli designer and museum curator.[155]
- Gentry Crowell, 57, American politician, Tennessee Secretary of State, suicide.[156]
- Jiro Harada, 95, Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army.[157]
- Donald L. McFaul, 32, American Navy SEAL, killed in U.S. invasion of Panama.[158]
21
- Ján Cikker, 78, Czechoslovakian composer.[159]
- Sir Hugh Elliott, 76, British ornithologist, conservationist and hereditary peer.[160]
- Inma de Santis, 30, Spanish actress, car accident.[161]
- Rotimi Fani-Kayode, 34, Nigerian-born English photographer, AIDS.[162]
- Elsie Griffin, 94, English opera singer.[163]
- Harry Hibbs, 47, Canadian musician, cancer.[164]
- Ralph "Blackie" Schwamb, 63, American Major League baseballer (St. Louis Browns) and convicted murderer.[165]
- Soedjatmoko, 67, Indonesian politician and diplomat, ambassador to the United States, cardiac arrest.[166]
- Ethel Swanbeck, 96, American politician, member of Ohio House of Representatives.[167]
- José Zacarías Tallet, 96, Cuban writer.[168]
- Dwane Wallace, 78, American aircraft designer, president of Cessna.[169]
- Edmund Warwick, 82, British actor.
22
- Andrés do Barro, 42, Spanish singer-songwriter, liver cancer.[170]
- Samuel Beckett, 83, Irish-French novelist, playwright and short story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature, emphysema.[171]
- Howard Bowen, 81, American economist, president of Grinnell College and the University of Iowa.[172]
- Theodore M. Burton, 82, American Mormon Genealogical Department director.[173]
- Archie Campbell, 86, American Major League baseballer (Cincinnati Reds).[174]
- Giorgio Cavallon, 85, Italian-born American abstract artist.[175]
- Harry Kraf, 82, American politician, member of the New York State Senate.[176]
- Vasile Milea, 62, Romanian general and politician, Minister of National Defence, suicide.[177]
- Gustavo Pizarro, 73, Chilean international footballer.[178]
- Massimo Serato, 72, Italian film actor (El Cid, The Sun Still Rises), heart attack.[179]
23
- Jeff Alexander, 79, American conductor, arranger and composer, cancer.[180]
- Peter Bennett, 72, British stage and television actor.
- John Cavendish, 73, British politician (House of Lords).[181]
- Milko Gaydarski, 43, Bulgarian international footballer and Olympic medalist (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria).[182]
- Clem Hawke, 91, Australian politician, father of Bob Hawke, stroke.[183]
- Shahzad Khalil, 44–45, Pakistani television director and producer (Tanhaiyaan), heart attack.
- Lord Richard Percy, 68, English zoologist.
- Richard Rado, 83, German-born British mathematician (Erdős–Rado theorem).[184]
- Lennart Strandberg, 74, Swedish sprinter and Olympian.[185]
24
- Victor Fontana, 41, Romanian biathlete and Olympian, shot.[186]
- Danny Huwé, 56, Belgian journalist, shot by sniper.[187]
- Charles Moore, 79, British hereditary peer, managing director of the Financial Times.[188]
- Ernest Nathan Morial, 60, American politician, Mayor of New Orleans, heart attack.[189]
- Florică Murariu, 34, Romanian international rugby union player (Steaua București, Romania), shot.
- Roger Pigaut, 70, French actor and film director, cardiovascular disease.[190]
- Ollie Savatsky, 78, American NFL footballer (Cleveland Rams).[191]
25
- Benny Binion, 85, American career criminal who established illegal gambling operations, heart failure.[192]
- Gus Dahlström, 83, Swedish film actor.
- Betty Garde, 84, American actress (Call Northside 777, Cry of the City).[193]
- Türkan Hanımsultan, 70, Ottoman princess and chemical engineer, daughter of Enver Pasha.
- George Hotchkiss, 83, American NBL basketball coach (Oshkosh All-Stars).[194]
- Frederick F. Houser, 85, American politician and judge, Lieutenant Governor of California, heart attack.[195]
- Masaad Kassis, 71, Israeli Arab politician, member of the Knesset.
- Joseph Livingston, 84, American business journalist and columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner.[196]
- Jean-Étienne Marie, 72, French composer of contemporary music.[197]
- Billy Martin, 61, American Major League baseballer and manager (New York Yankees), traffic collision.[198]
- Riccardo Morandi, 87, Italian civil engineer, noted for his bridge designs.[199]
- Robert Pirosh, 79, American screenwriter and director (Battleground, Go for Broke!), heart failure.[200]
- Bo Randall, 80, American knifemaker, founded Randall Made Knives.[201]
- Wally Ris, 65, American swimmer, dual Olympic gold medalist and world record holder.[202]
- Domenico Scala, 86, Italian cinematographer (Ossessione).[203]
- A. J. Seymour, 75, Guyanese poet, essayist and memoirist.[204]
- Romanian politicians executed by firing squad:[205]
26
- Lennox Berkeley, 86, English composer, respiratory infection.[206]
- Walter Bromley-Davenport, 86, British politician, Member of Parliament.[207]
- Sybil Cholmondeley, 95, British noblewoman and socialite, Chief Staff Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service.[208]
- Buck Crump, 85, Canadian president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[209]
- Doug Harvey, 65, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), cirrhosis.[210]
- Kōyō Ishikawa, 85, Japanese photographer.[211]
- Paul Jennings, 71, English author.[212]
- Roy Joiner, 83, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).[213]
- K. P. Krishnakumar, 31, Indian sculptor and painter, suicide.[214]
- Jörgen Lehmann, 91, Danish-Swedish physician and chemist (tuberculosis).[215]
- James J. Manderino, 57, American politician, speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, heart attack.[216]
- Maryon Pearson, 88, Canadian spouse of the prime minister.[217]
- K. Shankar Pillai, 87, Indian cartoonist, founded Shankar's Weekly.
- Mohan Singh, 80, Indian army general and politician, member of the Rajya Sabha, cancer.[218]
- Peggy Thorpe-Bates, 75, English actress (Rumpole of the Bailey).[219]
- Seán Walsh, 64, Irish politician.
27
- Rodney Arismendi, 76, Uruguayan politician and political writer.[220]
- Kurt Baum, 89, Austro-Hungarian–born American tenor (Metropolitan Opera).[221]
- Maurice Dunkley, 75, English footballer (Manchester City) and first-class cricketer (Northamptonshire).[222]
- Finlay Hart, 87–88, Scottish communist politician.
- Gene Johnson, 87, American football and basketball coach, created the full-court press.[223]
- Dada Amir Haider Khan, 89, Pakistani communist activist.
- Gerard Maarse, 60, Dutch speed skater and dual Olympian.[224]
- Arthur Rhames, 32, American guitarist, tenor saxophonist, and pianist, AIDS.[225]
- Walter Rose, 77, German footballer and manager (SpVgg Leipzig).[226]
- John Monteath Robertson, 89, Scottish chemist and crystallographer.[227]
- Ron Ulmer, 76, New Zealand track cyclist and national champion.
- George William Weidler, 63, American saxophonist and songwriter, husband of Doris Day.
28
- Solomon Birnbaum, 98, Austro-Hungarian, British and Canadian expert in Yiddish linguistics and Hebrew paleography.[228]
- Marin Ceaușescu, 73, Romanian economist and diplomat, brother of Nicolae Ceaușescu, suicide.[229]
- Brian Coburn, 53, English actor who portrayed himself as Scottish.[230]
- Earl Patrick Freeman, 57, Canadian professional wrestler, heart attack.
- Karl Humenberger, 83, Austrian footballer and manager (Floridsdorfer, Austria).[231]
- Pavel Kurochkin, 89, Soviet army general.[232]
- Ricardo López Méndez, 86, Mexican poet and lyricist ("Amor").[233]
- Hermann Oberth, 95, Austro-Hungarian–born German physicist and rocket pioneer.[234]
- Ian Parry, 24, British photographer and photojournalist, plane crash.[235]
- Charles Rinker, 78, American lyricist.
- William Scott, 76, Northern Irish abstract painter, Alzheimer's disease.[236]
29
- Süreyya Ağaoğlu, 86, Azerbaijani-born Turkish writer and lawyer, cerebral hemorrhage.[237]
- Adrien Albert, 82, Australian medicinal chemist.[238]
- Scott Burton, 50, American sculptor, AIDS.[239]
- Saman Piyasiri Fernando, 31, Sri Lankan politician, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, murdered.[240]
- Hap Glaudi, 77, American sportscaster (WWL-TV), lung cancer.[241]
- Marion Keisker, 72, American record producer, first person to record Elvis Presley.[242]
- Saša Večtomov (born Alexandr Večtomov), 59, Czechoslovakian cellist, suicide.[243]
- Bernard Lewis Welch, 77–78, British statistician (Welch's t-test), stroke.[244]
30
- Sten Abel, 90, Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.[245]
- Øyvind Anker, 85, Norwegian librarian.[246]
- Charles H. Blosser, 94, American after whom Blosser Municipal Airport is named.[247]
- Augusto Del Noce, 79, Italian philosopher and political thinker.[248]
- Paul-Henri Grauwin, 75, French army doctor.[249]
- Etienne Leroux, 67, South African writer.[250]
- Esther McCoy, 85, American architectural historian and author, emphysema.[251]
- Yasuji Miyazaki, 73, Japanese swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.[252]
- Fumiteru Nakano, 74, Japanese tennis player.
- Madoline Thomas, 99, Welsh actress, complications from broken hip.
31
- Christia Adair, 96, American suffragist and civil rights activist.[253]
- Lilly Daché, 97, French-born American hatmaker.[254]
- Georges de Bourguignon, 79, Belgian fencer and Olympic medalist.[255]
- Margaret Gordon, 50, British children's book illustrator (The Wombles).[256]
- Clarence Hammar, 90, Swedish sailor and Olympic medalist.[257]
- Ignatius Kilage, 48, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.[258]
- Mihály Lantos, 61, Hungarian international footballer and manager (MTK Hungária, Hungary).[259]
- Francis B. Loomis Jr., 86, American general in the U.S. Marine Corps.[260]
- Wendell Mosley, 57, American football player and coach.[261]
- Bendt Rothe, 68, Danish actor (Gertrud).[262]
- Gerhard Schröder, 79, West German politician, Minister of Defence.[263]
- Madhuri Singh, 66, Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha.
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- Martin Bartesch, 63, Romanian-born member of the SS (Mauthausen concentration camp).[264]
- Ruth Moore, 85–86, American writer.[265]
- Nora O'Mahoney, 76–77, Irish actress and lay missionary (Darby O'Gill and the Little People).
- Dietrich Prinz, 86, German-born computer science pioneer.
- Yem Sambaur, 76, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia.
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- Jaan . Uhelszki . Courtney to Get Behind the Camera . 25 October 1999 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071002015702/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5923063/courtney_to_get_behind_the_camera/ . dead . 2 October 2007 . Rolling Stone . 4 October 2006 .
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204836/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-02-me-38-story.html KCBS Commentator Bill Stout, Newscasting Pioneer, Dies at 62
- Web site: Mitch Ucovich Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College . 2023-04-12 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
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- Book: The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Colin Larkin (writer). Virgin Books. 1997. Concise. 1-85227-745-9. 448.
- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-david-hardman/index.html Mr David Hardman
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- https://nbl.snl.no/Gunnar_B%C3%B8e Gunnar Bøe
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- http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersB/BioBarkasS.html Sam Barkas
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- https://www.ebu.co.uk/biographies/nico-gardener Nico Gardener
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/12/obituaries/frank-a-gulotta-82-ex-new-york-justice.html Frank A. Gulotta, 82, Ex-New York Justice
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/36159 Frederick Hedges
- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjqt7tTB7h9p9XQ7xxfVP3 Robin Hughes
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jv-lzE4PNaKFhquI6aYICKA3gVV0uTQA/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Steve Sebo 10.12.89
- https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harold-thomas/summary.html Harold Thomas
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/11/obituaries/huang-zhen-80-beijing-envoy-who-helped-plan-nixon-s-visit.html Huang Zhen, 80, Beijing Envoy Who Helped Plan Nixon's Visit
- https://www.france-galop.com/en/content/allez-france-history-tribute-great-mare Allez France History: A tribute to a great mare
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- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1990.tb00289.x John Buxton (1912-1989)
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- https://aberdeen-fc.com/aberdeen-fc-player-profile-1941-1950/reuben-m-bennett.html#gsc.tab=0 Reuben Mitchell Bennett
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/17/obituaries/robert-d-blue-dies-former-iowa-governor.html Robert D. Blue Dies; Former Iowa Governor
- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwxHrbBqDyV7jPHKJvmBP Ants Eskola
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- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/83610 Anders Andersson
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- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/20/obituaries/emile-de-antonio-is-dead-at-70-maker-of-political-documentaries.html Emile de Antonio Is Dead at 70; Maker of Political ...
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/16/world/a-top-medellin-drug-trafficker-dies-in-a-shootout-in-colombia.html A Top Medellin Drug Trafficker Dies in a Shootout in Colombia
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14769 Charles Holland
- https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/41011/Kuznetsov-Mikhail-Vasilyevich.htm Kuznetsov, Mikhail Vasilyevich
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61464435 Philly Lutaaya: The Ugandan singer who led the fight against HIV prejudice
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- https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/judge-vance-murder Judge Vance Murder
- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgH7GYHjgGgRttxTCm68C Marjorie Westbury
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- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68027 Gilbert Allart
- News: . 1989-12-19. Walton Bachrach, ex-mayor. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2021-12-19. newspapers.com.
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- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGfMshyiAVYRLuV_4faWji_vSIJ_2eDJ/view?usp=sharing Memorial Plaque: Luciano 'Pilantra' Salce 17.12.89
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- https://www.mcall.com/1989/12/19/william-j-wiswesser-75-distinguished-berks-chemist/ William J. Wiswesser, 75, Distinguished Berks Chemist
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-62579449 Ewen Bain's Angus Og cartoons to be digitised and conserved
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/19/sports/sports-news-briefs-car-crash-kills-falcon-tight-end.html Sports News Briefs; Car Crash Kills Falcon Tight End
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T8rHEjub7WkiVl-vUT-Ord93GpJ-JQs7/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Lady Olwen Phillis Frances Kendall Hackett 18.12.89
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/20/obituaries/bobby-capo-pop-composer-68.html Bobby Capo, Pop Composer, 68
- https://membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org/members/4272 George Harvie-Watt
- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-sydney-irving/1968 Mr Sydney Irving
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87648 Enar Josefsson
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87934 Jack Kilpatrick
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/obituaries/louise-little-overlooked.html Overlooked No More: Louise Little, Activist and Mother of Malcolm X
- https://apnews.com/domestic-news-domestic-news-general-news-cc1eaebafa6d48e2a2777100606bd0ea Alabama man, 83, executed for judge’s 1989 mail-bomb slaying
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/21/obituaries/william-g-saltonstall-84-dies-was-principal-of-phillips-exeter.html William G. Saltonstall, 84, Dies; Was Principal of Phillips Exeter
- https://www.sundaytimes.lk/101128/Plus/plus_01.html Salute to an era
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/10302 Jean Strauss
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/20/obituaries/herbert-blaize-71-grenada-chief-who-won-vote-after-the-invasion.html Herbert Blaize, 71, Grenada Chief Who Won Vote After the Invasion
- News: Audrey Christie, 79; Singer and Dancer Became an Actress . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 29 December 1989 . B 8.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/21/obituaries/lois-darling-72-dies-an-artist-and-a-writer.html Lois Darling, 72, Dies; An Artist and a Writer
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- News: Stella Gibbons Is Dead; British Author Was 87 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 20 December 1989 . D 22.
- https://members.parliament.uk/member/713/career John Heddle
- Web site: Sadly, Legendary Bluesman's End Draws As Little Notice As His Music. Papajohn, George. Chicago Tribune. June 2, 2015.
- https://biblio.hiu.cas.cz/records/a3f27b1f-5a35-416e-a42c-58ab70fd9b4b?locale=en Łysohorsky, Óndra, 1905-1989
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/21/obituaries/kirill-t-mazurov-soviet-official.html Kirill T. Mazurov, Soviet Official
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- Web site: Elisheva Cohen . catalogue.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/22/obituaries/gentry-crowell-57-top-tennessee-aide.html Gentry Crowell, 57; Top Tennessee Aide
- https://generals.dk/general/Harada/Jir%C5%8D/Japan/1.html Harada, Jirō
- http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=2072 Donald L. McFaul
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- Fitter . R. . 1990 . Obituaries. Sir Hugh Elliott (1913–1989) . Ibis . 132 . 4 . 620–621. 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1990.tb00288.x . free .
- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwHf3CdfT3MryFJYcHt8C Inma de Santis
- https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/rotimi-fani-kayode Rotimi Fani-Kayode
- Web site: Elsie Griffin - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGyX1hKoolDciWE5Whe-EjErj4vFQt84/view?usp=sharing Obituary: Henry Thomas Joseph “Harry” Hibbs 21.12.89
- https://www.mlb.com/player/blackie-schwamb-121907 Blackie Schwamb #20
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- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/23/obituaries/dwane-l-wallace-78-is-dead-pioneer-leader-at-cessna-aircraft.html Dwane L. Wallace, 78, Is Dead; Pioneer Leader at Cessna Aircraft
- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdx4QpvFTHdTvKJXCKWXd Andrés do Barro
- News: Mel Gussow . Mel Gussow . Samuel Beckett Is Dead at 83; His 'Godot' Changed Theater . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 27 December 1989 . A 1.
- https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/archives/guides/rg05/rg05.01.12.htm Papers of Howard R. Bowen
- https://www.thechurchnews.com/1989/12/30/23262197/elder-burton-dies-at-82/ Elder Burton dies at 82
- Web site: Archie Campbell Stats - Baseball-Reference.com . baseball-reference.com . 24 April 2023 .
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/23/obituaries/giorgio-cavallon-85-a-pioneer-in-abstract-art.html Giorgio Cavallon, 85, a Pioneer in Abstract Art
- News: Harry Kraf, Lawmaker From West Bronx, 82 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 25 December 1989 . 1 64.
- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/12/29/Romania-sheds-decades-of-totalitarian-rule/1700630910800/ Romania sheds decades of totalitarian rule
- https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93734/Gustavo_Pizarro.html Gustavo Pizarro Gustavo de Jesús Pizarro Delgado (Player)
- Web site: Massimo Serato - filmportal.de . filmportal.de . 24 April 2023 . de .
- News: Jeff Alexander, 79; Composer for Screen . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 17 January 1990 . B 10.
- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-cavendish/index.html Mr John Cavendish
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24290 Milko Gaydarski
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120868572 Bob Hawke mourns his father's death
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1991.0021 Richard Rado, 28 April 1906 - 23 December 1989
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76393 Lennart Strandberg
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/85780 Victor Fontana
- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/12/26/Belgian-journalist-killed-at-least-four-other-wounded/6790630651600/ Belgian journalist killed, at least four other wounded
- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-moore-2/index.html Mr Charles Moore
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/25/obituaries/ernest-morial-former-mayor-of-new-orleans.html Ernest Morial, Former Mayor Of New Orleans
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- Web site: Ollie Savatsky Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com . pro-football-reference.com . 24 April 2023 .
- News: Benny Binion Is Dead; Casino Owner Was 85 . subscription . 1 April 2022 . . 27 December 1989 . D 18.
- News: Betty Garde, 84, Dies; Actress in 'Oklahoma!' . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 28 December 1989 . B 12.
- Web site: Obituaries: George H. Hotchkiss . . 12. Newspapers.com. December 26, 1989 . November 23, 2019.
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-29-mn-1144-story.html F. F. Houser, 85; Superior Court Judge, Lt. Governor, Legislator
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/27/obituaries/joseph-livingston-84-won-pulitzer-in-1964.html Joseph Livingston, 84; Won Pulitzer in 1964
- Web site: Jean-Étienne Marie . data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- News: Chass. Murray. Murray Chass. Billy Martin of the Yankees killed in crash. The New York Times. December 26, 1989. A1. February 6, 2017. March 24, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170324010734/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/26/obituaries/billy-martin-of-the-yankees-killed-in-crash-on-icy-road.html. live.
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- News: Robert Pirosh, 79, Veteran Of Combat And Author, Is Dead . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 31 December 1989 . 1 32.
- https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/12/27/bo-randall-dies-at-80-famous-for-quality-knives/ Bo Randall Dies at 80, Famous for Quality Knives
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51533 Wally Ris
- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtMqHTkbFg4Xxdp4dHpyd Domenico Scala
- https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.382504.c4788fc3d0 Bocas Lit Fest pays tribute to AJ Seymour
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolae-Ceausescu Nicolae Ceaușescu
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/27/obituaries/sir-lennox-berkeley-composer-dies-at-86.html Sir Lennox Berkeley, Composer, Dies at 86
- https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11972867.last-of-the-tory-squires/ Last of the Tory Squires
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- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/484485212/ Calgary Herald from Calgary, Alberta, Canada • 45
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/27/obituaries/doug-harvey-65-hockey-defenseman-in-the-hall-of-fame.html Doug Harvey, 65; Hockey Defenseman In the Hall of Fame
- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpJbptfbyywRQPgD7BByd Kōyō Ishikawa
- News: Obituary: Paul Jennings. Igoe. W J. 29 December 1989. The Independent.
- https://www.mlb.com/player/roy-joiner-116652 Roy Joiner #19
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678339 Mutable Bodies: K.P. Krishnakumar and the Radical Association
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- https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/pearson-maryon-1901-1989 Pearson, Maryon (1901–1989)
- Web site: Mohan Singh . catalogue.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- Web site: 2016-10-27 . Peggy Thorpe-bates BFI . 2024-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027194622/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba449d424 . October 27, 2016 .
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/arismendi-rodney-1913-1989 Arismendi, Rodney (1913–1989)
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- Web site: Maurice Dunkley . worldfootball.net . 24 April 2023 .
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-29-sp-1407-story.html The Sidelines : First Olympic Hoops Coach Dies
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95708 Gerard Maarse
- Web site: Arthur Rhames . data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/24140/Walter_Rose.html Walter Rose (Player)
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1994.0020 John Monteath Robertson, 24 July 1900 - 27 December 1989
- News: Solomon Birnbaum, Scholar, 98 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 3 January 1990 . D 19.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/29/world/upheaval-east-ceausescu-s-kin-brother-deposed-leader-dies-vienna-reportedly.html Upheaval in the East: Ceausescu's Kin; Brother of Deposed Leader Dies In Vienna, Reportedly by Suicide
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