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, choreographer, and activist, AIDS.[1]
- Leo Amino, 78, Japanese-American sculptor.[2]
- Danilo Atienza, 38, Filipino pilot in the Philippine Air Force, plane crash.
- André Charles Biéler, 93, Swiss-born Canadian painter.
- Billy Lyall, 36, Scottish singer, keyboard player and flautist with The Alan Parsons Project and the Bay City Rollers, AIDS.[3]
- Nikolai Patolichev, 81, Soviet politician, Soviet Minister of Trade.[4]
- Bill Stout, 62, American journalist, cardiac arrest.
- William Vandivert, 77, American photographer.
2
3
- Sourou-Migan Apithy, 76, Beninese politician, president of Dahomey (Benin).[8]
- Connie B. Gay, 75, American country musician, cancer.[9]
- Fernando Martín, 27, Spanish NBL basketballer (Real Madrid, Spain), Spanish swimming champion, traffic collision.[10]
- Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi, 57, Pakistani religious leader.
- Alexander Obukhov, 71, Soviet physicist and applied mathematician (Monin–Obukhov length).[11]
- Paul Wei Ping-ao, 60, Chinese and Hong Kong actor.
- Nihal Silva, 35, Sri Lankan comedian and actor, shot.
4
- Émile Janssens, 87, Belgian colonial official and military officer.
- Elwyn Jones, 80, Welsh barrister (Moors murders, Nuremberg trials) and politician, Lord Chancellor, cancer.[12]
- Kathleen Manners, 95, English aristocrat, wife of John Manners.
- Angelo Ruggiero, 49, American mobster, member of Gambino crime family, cancer.[13]
- May Swenson, 76, American poet and playwright, heart attack.[14]
5
- Edoardo Amaldi, 81, Italian physicist (neutrino).[15]
- Nathan Huggins, 62, American historian and author, cancer.[16]
- Li Keran, 82, Chinese painter and art educator, heart attack.[17]
- John Pritchard, 71, English conductor, music director of the San Francisco Opera, lung cancer.[18]
- George Selden, 60, American author (The Cricket in Times Square), gastrointestinal hemorrhage.[19]
6
- Frances Bavier, 86, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D.), heart failure.[20]
- C. L. Dellums, 89, American labour activist, cardiac arrest.[21]
- Sammy Fain, 87, American composer and musician (I'll Be Seeing You), heart attack.[22]
- David Hardman, 88, British politician, Member of Parliament.[23]
- Marc Lépine, 25, Canadian mass murderer (École Polytechnique massacre), suicide.[24]
- John Payne, 77, American actor (Miracle on 34th Street, The Restless Gun), congestive heart failure.[25]
- Ćamil Sijarić, 75, Yugoslav novelist and short story writer, traffic collision.[26]
7
- William "Haystacks" Calhoun, 55, American professional wrestler.[27]
- Carlos DeLuna, 27, American convicted murderer, executed.[28]
- Phil Dokes, 34, American NFL football player (Buffalo Bills), heart failure.[29]
- Hans Hartung, 85, German-French abstract painter and soldier.[30]
- Stuart Novins, 75, American television journalist (CBS News), respiratory failure.[31]
- Werner Ranck, 85, Nazi German army general.[32]
- Sirima, 25, Sri Lankan-English singer, murdered.[33]
- Vadim Spiridonov, 45, Soviet film actor and director, heart failure.[34]
8
- Bruno Carette, 33, French humorist and comedian, leuco-encephalopathy.
- Szymon Datner, 87, Polish historian and Holocaust survivor.[35]
- Max Grundig, 81, German businessman, founder of Grundig.[36]
- Mykola Livytskyi, 82, Ukrainian politician, prime minister and president of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile.
- Stanley Steingut, 69, American politician, speaker of the New York House Assembly, pneumonia.[37]
9
- Edward J. Bloustein, 64, American president of Rutgers University, heart attack.[38]
- William P. Ennis, 85, American general in the U.S. Army.[39]
- Basil Hayward, 61, English footballer and manager (Port Vale), heart attack.[40]
- Takeshi Kaikō, 58, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and television documentary writer, pneumonia.
- Doug Scovil, 62, American football player and coach, heart attack.[41]
- S. Somasundaram, 70, Indian vocalist.
- R. G. Springsteen, 85, American B movie and television director.[42]
- Sir John Wedgwood, 82, British politician.
10
- Sam Barkas, 79, English footballer and manager (Bradford City, England).[43]
- Frank Gulotta, 82, American judge, diabetes.[44]
- Huang Zhen, 80, Chinese politician, Chinese ambassador to Hungary, Indonesia and France.[45]
11
- Carlos Almaraz, 48, Mexican-born American artist, AIDS.[46]
- John Buxton, 76, British poet and ornithologist.[47]
- Lindsay Crosby, 51, American actor and singer, son of Bing Crosby, suicide.[48]
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 94, American photographer (Harper's Bazaar), pneumonia.[49]
- Howard Lang, English actor (The Onedin Line).
12
13
14
- Reuben Bennett, 75, Scottish professional footballer and manager (Hull City).[54]
- Robert D. Blue, 91, American politician, governor of Iowa, stroke.[55]
- Narciso Busquets, 58, Mexican actor and voice-over, pulmonary emphysema.[56]
- Gerry Healy, 76, British political activist, leader of the Workers Revolutionary Party).[57]
- Seiichi Katsumata, 81, Japanese politician, Soviet spy, member of the House of Representatives.
- Jock Mahoney, 70, American actor and stuntman (The Range Rider), stroke.[58]
- Frederick Nolting, 78, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam, cardio-pulmonary arrest.[59]
- Andrei Sakharov, 68, Soviet nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics, dilated cardiomyopathy.[60]
15
- Emile de Antonio, 70, American documentary director, heart attack.[61]
- Ben Barzman, 79, Canadian journalist, screenwriter and novelist (El Cid), stroke.[62]
- José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, 42, Colombian drug lord, leader of the Medellín Cartel, shot.[63]
- Charles Holland, 81, British road-racing cyclist and Olympic medalist.[64]
- Mikhail Kuznetsov, 76, Soviet flying ace.
- Philly Lutaaya, 38, Ugandan musician, AIDS.[65]
- Arnold Moss, 79, American actor, lung cancer.[66]
- Diptendu Pramanick, 79, Indian film personality.
- Ali Şen, 80, Turkish actor.[67]
- Edward Underdown, 81, English actor.[68]
16
- Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo, 48, Irish artist, road accident.
- Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, 76, Argentine racing driver, pancreatic cancer.
- Charlie Long, 51, American AFL football player (Boston Patriots).
- Silvana Mangano, 59, Italian film actress (The Verona Trial), lung cancer.[69]
- Gianni Poggi, 68, Italian tenor.[70]
- Aileen Pringle, 94, American stage and silent-screen actress.[71]
- Lee Van Cleef, 64, American actor (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), heart attack.[72]
- Robert Smith Vance, 58, American judge, assassinated.[73]
- Marjorie Westbury, 84, English radio actress and singer.
- Priscilla White, 89, American diabetes researcher, heart attack.[74]
17
- Edward Boyd, 72–73, Scottish writer.[75]
- Ghalib Halasa, 57, Jordanian novelist and short story writer.
- Josephine Hill, 90, American silent-screen actress.
- Luciano Salce, 67, Italian film director and actor, myocardial infarction.[76]
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer, 93, American Army general.[77]
- William Wiswesser, 75, American chemist (Wiswesser line notation).[78]
18
- Ewen Bain, 64, Scottish cartoonist (Angus Og), influenza.[79]
- Brad Beckman, 24, American NFL football player (New York Giants), traffic collision.[80]
- Bobby Capó, 67, Puerto Rican musician, heart attack.[81]
- Sir George Harvie-Watt, 86, British barrister and politician, Member of Parliament.
- Sydney Irving, 71, British politician.
- Louise Little, early 90s, Grenadian-born American activist, mother of Malcolm X.
- Robert E. Robinson, 42, American attorney and council member, murdered.[82]
- William Saltonstall, 84, American educator, principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.[83]
- Stanley Senanayake, 72, Sri Lankan police officer, Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police.[84]
19
- Herbert Blaize, 71, Grenadian politician, prime minister of Grenada, prostate cancer.[85]
- Abdul Jalil Choudhury, 63–64, Bengali Deobandi Islamic scholar and politician, member of Assam Legislative Assembly.
- Audrey Christie, 77, American actress, singer and dancer, emphysema.[86]
- Lois Darling, 72, American author and illustrator.[87]
- Barthold Fles, 87, Dutch-born American literary agent and author, diabetes.[88]
- Stella Gibbons, 87, English author, journalist and poet.[89]
- John Heddle, 46, British politician, suicide.[90]
- Floyd Jones, 72, American blues musician (On the Road Again), heart failure.[91]
- Óndra Łysohorsky, 84, Czechoslovakian poet.[92]
- Kirill Mazurov, 75, Soviet politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia.[93]
- Georges Rouquier, 80, French film director, screenwriter and actor.[94]
- Henry Theel, 72, Finnish singer.
20
- Kurt Böhme, 81, German bass.[95]
- Gentry Crowell, 57, American politician, Tennessee Secretary of State, suicide.[96]
- Jiro Harada, 95, Japanese army general.[97]
- Donald L. McFaul, 32, United States Navy SEAL, killed in U.S. invasion of Panama.[98]
21
- Ján Cikker, 78, Czechoslovakian composer.[99]
- Sir Hugh Elliott, 76, British ornithologist, conservationist and hereditary peer.[100]
- Rotimi Fani-Kayode, 34, Nigerian-born English photographer, AIDS.[101]
- Elsie Griffin, 94, English opera singer.[102]
- Harry Hibbs, 47, Canadian musician, cancer.[103]
- Inma de Santis, 30, Spanish actress, car accident.
- Ralph "Blackie" Schwamb, 63, American Major League baseballer (St. Louis Browns) and convicted murderer.[104]
- Soedjatmoko, 67, Indonesian politician and diplomat, Ambassador of Indonesia to the United States, cardiac arrest.[105]
- Dwane Wallace, 78, American aircraft designer, president of Cessna.[106]
- Edmund Warwick, 82, British actor.
22
- Andrés do Barro, 42, Spanish singer-songwriter, liver cancer.
- Samuel Beckett, 83, Irish-French novelist, playwright and short story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature, emphysema.[107]
- Howard Bowen, 81, American economist, president of Grinnell College and the University of Iowa.[108]
- Theodore M. Burton, 82, American Mormon Genealogical Department director.[109]
- Giorgio Cavallon, 85, Italian-born American abstract artist.[110]
- Vasile Milea, 62, Romanian general and politician, Ministry of National Defence, suicide.[111]
- Massimo Serato, 73, Italian film actor (El Cid, The Sun Still Rises), heart attack.[112]
23
- Jeff Alexander, 79, American conductor, arranger and composer, cancer.[113]
- Peter Bennett, 72, British actor.
- John Cavendish,, 73, British politician (House of Lords).
- Milko Gaydarski, 43, Bulgarian international footballer and Olympic medalist (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria).[114]
- Clem Hawke, 91, Australian politician, father of Bob Hawke, stroke.[115]
- Shahzad Khalil, 44–45, Pakistani television director, heart attack.
- Lord Richard Percy, 68, English zoologist.
- Richard Rado, 83, German-born British mathematician (Erdős–Rado theorem).[116]
- Lennart Strandberg, 74, Swedish sprinter and Olympian.[117]
24
- Danny Huwé, 56, Belgian journalist, shot by sniper.[118]
- Charles Moore, 79, British hereditary peer, managing director of the Financial Times.[119]
- Ernest Nathan Morial, 60, American politician, Mayor of New Orleans, heart attack.[120]
- Roger Pigaut, 70, French actor and film director, cardiovascular disease.[121]
25
- Benny Binion, 85, American career criminal who established illegal gambling operations, heart failure.[122]
- Elena Ceaușescu, 73, Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania, wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, executed.[123]
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, 71, Romanian politician, dictatorial president of Romania, executed.[124]
- Betty Garde, 84, American actress.[125]
- Türkan Hanımsultan, 70, Ottoman princess and chemical engineer, daughter of Enver Pasha.
- Frederick F. Houser, 85, American politician and judge, Lieutenant Governor of California, heart attack.[126]
- Billy Martin, 61, American Major League baseballer and manager (New York Yankees), traffic collision.[127]
- Riccardo Morandi, 87, Italian civil engineer, noted for his bridge designs.[128]
- Robert Pirosh, 79, American screenwriter and director (Battleground, Go for Broke!), heart failure.[129]
- Bo Randall, 80, American knifemaker, founded Randall Made Knives.[130]
- Wally Ris, 65, American swimmer, dual Olympic gold medalist and world record holder.[131]
- A. J. Seymour, 75, Guyanese poet, essayist, memoirist.[132]
26
- Lennox Berkeley, 86, English composer, respiratory infection.[133]
- Walter Bromley-Davenport, 86, British politician, Member of Parliament.[134]
- Sybil Cholmondeley, 95, British noblewoman and socialite, Chief Staff Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service.[135]
- Buck Crump, 85, Canadian president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[136]
- Doug Harvey, 65, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), cirrhosis.[137]
- Paul Jennings, 71, English author.[138]
- K. P. Krishnakumar, 41, Indian sculptor and painter, suicide.[139]
- Maryon Pearson, 88, wife of Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada.[140]
- K. Shankar Pillai, 87, Indian cartoonist.
- Mohan Singh, 80, Indian army general and politician, cancer.[141]
- Peggy Thorpe-Bates, 75, English actress (Rumpole of the Bailey).
27
- Rodney Arismendi, 76, Uruguayan politician and political writer.[142]
- Kurt Baum, 89, Austro-Hungarian-born American singer (Metropolitan Opera).[143]
- Dada Amir Haider Khan, 89, Pakistani communist activist.
- Arthur Rhames, 32, American guitarist, tenor saxophonist and pianist, AIDS.[144]
- Walter Rose, 77, German footballer and manager (SpVgg Leipzig).[145]
- 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.[146]
- Marin Ceaușescu, 73, Romanian economist and diplomat, brother of Nicolae Ceaușescu, suicide.[147]
- Brian Coburn, 53, English actor who portrayed himself as Scottish.
- Earl Patrick Freeman, 57, Canadian professional wrestler, heart attack.
- Pavel Kurochkin, 89, Soviet army general.
- Hermann Oberth, 95, Austro-Hungarian–born German physicist and rocket pioneer.[148]
- Ian Parry, 24, British photographer and photojournalist, plane crash.[149]
- Charles Rinker, 78, American lyricist.
- William Scott, 76, Northern Irish abstract painter, Alzheimer's disease.[150]
29
- Süreyya Ağaoğlu, 86, Azerbaijani-born Turkish writer and lawyer, cerebral hemorrhage.[151]
- Adrien Albert, 82, Australian medicinal chemist.[152]
- Scott Burton, 50, American sculptor, AIDS.[153]
- Saman Piyasiri Fernando, 31, Sri Lankan politician, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, murdered.[154]
- Hap Glaudi, 77, American sportscaster (WWL-TV), lung cancer.[155]
- Marion Keisker, 72, American record producer, first person to record Elvis Presley.[156]
- Saša Večtomov (born Alexandr Večtomov), 59, Czechoslovakian cellist, suicide.
- Bernard Lewis Welch, 77–78, British statistician (Welch's t-test), stroke.[157]
30
- Augusto Del Noce, 79, Italian philosopher and political thinker.[158]
- Paul-Henri Grauwin, 75, French army doctor.
- Etienne Leroux, 67, South African writer.[159]
- Esther McCoy, 85, American architectural historian and author, emphysema.[160]
- Yasuji Miyazaki, 73, Japanese swimmer and Olympian.[161]
- Madoline Thomas, 99, Welsh actress, complications from broken hip.
31
- Christia Adair, 96, American suffragist and civil rights activist.[162]
- Lilly Daché, 97, French-born American hatmaker.[163]
- Margaret Gordon, 50, British children's book illustrator (The Wombles).
- Ignatius Kilage, 48, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.[164]
- Mihály Lantos, 61, Hungarian international footballer and manager (MTK Hungária FC, Hungary).[165]
- Francis B. Loomis Jr., 86, American general in the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Bendt Rothe, 68, Danish actor.[166]
- Gerhard Schröder, 79, West German politician.[167]
- 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).[168]
- Ruth Moore, 85–86, American writer.[169]
- Nora O'Mahoney, 76–77, Irish actress and lay missionary.
- Dietrich Prinz, 86, German-born computer science pioneer.
- Yem Sambaur, 76, Cambodian politician, prime minister of Cambodia.
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- News: Jennifer Dunning . Jennifer Dunning . Alvin Ailey, a Leading Figure In Modern Dance, Dies at 58 . subscription . 29 July 2019 . . 2 December 1989 . 1 1.
- https://americanart.si.edu/artist/leo-amino-87 Leo Amino
- 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 .
- Web site: Nikolai Patolichev - filmportal.de . filmportal.de . 10 April 2023 . de .
- News: Joan Cook . Harland Bartholomew, 100, Dean of City Planners . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 7 December 1989 . D 22.
- https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/exhibitions/rhodes_scholars/pdf/norman_davis.pdf Norman Davis
- https://centroarchives.hunter.cuny.edu/repositories/2/resources/42 Ruth M. Reynolds Papers
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- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/12/05/country-music-promoter-connie-b-gay-dies-at-75/9fe65494-ecbb-44bc-bb6d-d146a2a1eb9e/Country Music Promoter Connie B. Gay Dies at 75
- Web site: Olympedia – Fernando Martín . olympedia.org . . 10 April 2023 .
- https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF00122458.pdf Alexander Mikhailovich Obukhov
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/06/obituaries/lord-elwyn-jones-80-nuremberg-prosecutor.html Lord Elwyn-Jones, 80, Nuremberg Prosecutor
- News: Leonard Buder . Angelo Ruggiero Is Dead at 49; Longtime Associate of John Gotti . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 6 December 1989 . D 27.
- News: Richard Bernstein . Richard Bernstein (journalist) . May Swenson, a Humorous Poet Of Cerebral Verse, Is Dead at 76 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 5 December 1989 . D 24.
- News: Edoardo Amaldi, Italian Physicist, 81 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 6 December 1989 . D 27.
- News: Alfonso A. Narvaez . Nathan I. Huggins, Educator, 62; Leader in Afro-American Studies . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 7 December 1989 . D 22.
- Web site: Li Keran . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica Online . 24 April 2023 .
- News: John Rockwell . John Rockwell . Sir John Pritchard, Music Director, Is Dead at 68 . subscription . 8 April 2021 . . 6 December 1989 . D 27.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/06/obituaries/george-selden-60-writer-of-tales-describing-a-cricket-s-adventures.html George Selden, 60, Writer of Tales Describing a Cricket's ...
- News: Frances Bavier Dead; TV Performer Was 86 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 8 December 1989 . D 17.
- News: C. M. Dellums, 89; Led Rail Porters Union . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 8 December 1989 . D 17.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/07/obituaries/sammy-fain-87-prolific-composer-of-pop-ballads.html Sammy Fain, 87, Prolific Composer of Pop Ballads
- https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-david-hardman/index.html Mr David Hardman
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/polytechnique-tragedy École Polytechnique Tragedy (Montreal Massacre)
- News: Peter B. Flint . John Payne, 77, Actor, Is Dead; Lawyer in 'Miracle on 34th Street' . subscription . 1 April 2022 . . 8 December 1989 . D 17.
- Web site: Ćamil Sijarić . data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/from-the-archives-1971-haystack-leaves-them-gasping-20211201-p59dsm.html From the Archives, 1971: Haystack leaves them gasping
- https://innocenceproject.org/the-phantom-the-unjust-execution-of-carlos-deluna/ ‘The Phantom’: The Unjust Execution of Carlos DeLuna
- Web site: Phil Dokes Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com . pro-football-reference.com . 24 April 2023 .
- News: John Russell . Hans Hartung, European Pioneer Of Abstract Painting, Dies at 85 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 10 December 1989 . 1 60.
- News: Stuart Novins Is Dead; TV Reporter Was 75 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 9 December 1989 . 1 31.
- https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/16273/Ranck-Werner.htm Ranck, Werner
- https://www.elanka.com.au/remembering-sirima-by-des-kelly/ “Remembering Sirima” – By Des Kelly
- Web site: Vadim Spiridonov - filmportal.de . filmportal.de . 24 April 2023 . de .
- https://www.jhi.pl/en/articles/szymon-datner-a-man-with-a-biography-enough-for-a-few-people,73 Szymon Datner – a man with a biography enough for a few people
- News: Max Grundig Is Dead at Age 81; Founded an Electronics Company . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 12 December 1989 . D 24.
- News: Eric Pace . Eric Pace . Stanley Steingut, 69, Ex-Speaker Of New York Assembly, Dies at 69 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 9 December 1989 . 1 31.
- News: Craig Wolff . Craig Wolff . Edward J. Bloustein, 64, Is Dead; President of Rutgers Since 1971 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 10 December 1989 . 1 61.
- News: William P. Ennis, 85; Headed War College . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 14 December 1989 . D 27.
- Web site: Basil Hayward . worldfootball.net . 24 April 2023 .
- News: Doug Scovil, 62, Dies; A Pro Football Coach . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 10 December 1989 . 1 60.
- Web site: R. G. Springsteen - filmportal.de . filmportal.de . 24 April 2023 . de .
- https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/25015/Sam_Barkas.html Sam Barkas Samuel Barkas (Player)
- 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.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
- Web site: Oliver. Myra. 1989-12-14. C. Almaraz, 48; Chicano Artist of Urban Scene. live. 2021-02-23. Los Angeles Times. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20201003232343/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-14-mn-128-story.html . 2020-10-03 .
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1990.tb00289.x John Buxton (1912-1989)
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/13/obituaries/lindsay-crosby-51-a-son-of-bing-dead.html Lindsay Crosby, 51, A Son of Bing, Dead
- Web site: Louise Dahl-Wolfe - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- Web site: Sid Colin - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-helen-creighton Helen Creighton
- Web site: Suihō Tagawa . catalogue.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- News: Sammy Lerner, 86; Hollywood Songwriter . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 16 December 1989 . 1 33.
- 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
- Web site: Narciso Busquets . catalogue.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- https://www.dib.ie/biography/healy-thomas-gerard-gerry-a10340 Healy, Thomas Gerard ('Gerry')
- News: Jock Mahoney Is Dead; Film Stuntman Was 70 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 19 December 1989 . D 21.
- News: Eric Pace . Eric Pace . Frederick Nolting Jr., U.S. Envoy To Saigon in 60's, Is Dead at 78 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 16 December 1989 . 1 33.
- News: Francis X. Clines, Special To the New York Times . Andrei Sakharov, 68, Soviet 'Conscience,' Dies . subscription . 24 April 2023 . . 15 December 1989 . A 1.
- 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 ...
- News: Ben Barzman Dead; Scriptwriter Was 79 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 21 December 1989 . D 20.
- 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.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61464435 Philly Lutaaya: The Ugandan singer who led the fight against HIV prejudice
- News: Marvine Howe . Arnold Moss, 80, Popular Actor Famous for Shakespearean Roles . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 17 December 1989 . 1 60.
- Web site: Ali Şen . catalogue.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- Web site: Edward Underdown - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie. AllMovie.
- News: Peter B. Flint . Silvana Mangano Is Dead at 59; Starred as Peasant in 'Bitter Rice' . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 17 December 1989 . 1 60.
- Web site: Gianni Poggi - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- News: Aileen Pringle, Actress, In 60 Films, Dies at 94 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 18 December 1989 . D 13.
- News: Lee Van Cleef, 64; Actor Was a Villian In Many Westerns . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 18 December 1989 . D 13.
- https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/judge-vance-murder Judge Vance Murder
- News: Priscilla White, 89, Researcher of Diabetes . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 18 December 1989 . D 13.
- Web site: Edward Boyd - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGfMshyiAVYRLuV_4faWji_vSIJ_2eDJ/view?usp=sharing Memorial Plaque: Luciano 'Pilantra' Salce 17.12.89
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/20/obituaries/gen-albert-c-wedemeyer-92-noted-military-planner-for-us.html Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, 92, Noted Military Planner for U.S.
- 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://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/20/obituaries/bobby-capo-pop-composer-68.html Bobby Capo, Pop Composer, 68
- 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.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
- Web site: Barthold Fles - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- 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
- Web site: Georges Rouquier - filmportal.de . filmportal.de . 24 April 2023 . de .
- Web site: Kurt Böhme . data.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
- Web site: Ján Cikker . data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 24 April 2023 . French .
- Fitter . R. . 1990 . Obituaries. Sir Hugh Elliott (1913–1989) . Ibis . 132 . 4 . 620–621. 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1990.tb00288.x . free .
- 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://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-31-1948-ralph-blackie-schwamb-earns-his-only-win-in-major-leagues/ July 31, 1948: Ralph ‘Blackie’ Schwamb earns his only win in major leagues
- News: Soedjatmoko, 67, Indonesia Diplomat And Social Scientist . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 22 December 1989 . A 37.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/12/29/Romania-sheds-decades-of-totalitarian-rule/1700630910800/ Romania sheds decades of totalitarian rule
- 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://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.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
- Web site: Roger Pigaut - filmportal.de . filmportal.de . 24 April 2023 . de .
- News: Benny Binion Is Dead; Casino Owner Was 85 . subscription . 1 April 2022 . . 27 December 1989 . D 18.
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolae-Ceausescu Nicolae Ceaușescu
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolae-Ceausescu Nicolae Ceaușescu
- News: Betty Garde, 84, Dies; Actress in 'Oklahoma!' . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 28 December 1989 . B 12.
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-29-mn-1144-story.html F. F. Houser, 85; Superior Court Judge, Lt. Governor, Legislator
- 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.
- Web site: Riccardo Morandi - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- 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://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.382504.c4788fc3d0 Bocas Lit Fest pays tribute to AJ Seymour
- 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
- Web site: Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley - Social Networks and Archival Context . snaccooperative.org . 24 April 2023 .
- 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
- News: Obituary: Paul Jennings. Igoe. W J. 29 December 1989. The Independent.
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678339 Mutable Bodies: K.P. Krishnakumar and the Radical Association
- 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 .
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/arismendi-rodney-1913-1989 Arismendi, Rodney (1913–1989)
- News: James R. Oestreich . James R. Oestreich . Kurt Baum, Tenor, Is Dead at 81; He Sang at Met in 40's and 50's . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 29 December 1989 . B 8.
- 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)
- 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
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/31/obituaries/hermann-oberth-95-german-rocket-expert.html Hermann Oberth, 95, German Rocket Expert
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vjbc7 Who Killed Ian Parry?
- News: Peter B. Flint . William Scott, 76, a British Artist Devoted to Still Lifes and Figures . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 1 January 1990 . 1 26.
- https://zib.jura.uni-koeln.de/en/deutsch-tuerkisches-studium/german-turkish-masters-programme-in-business-law-llm-cologne-istanbul-bilgi-ueniversitesi/previous-years-and-name-giver/suereyya-agaoglu-year-2011-12 Süreyya Agaoglu-year 2011/12
- https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/albert-adrien-11 Adrien Albert (1907–1989)
- News: Roberta Smith . Roberta Smith . Scott Burton, Sculptor Whose Art Verged on Furniture, Is Dead at 50 . subscription . 10 April 2023 . . 1 January 1990 . 1 26.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/29/world/sri-lanka-reports-death-of-top-sinhalese-militant.html Sri Lanka Reports Death of Top Sinhalese Militant
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q_z2SjqZ-AjOBEAxxDFkGR2vIzBRRDBe/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Hap Glaudi 29.12.89
- Web site: Marion Keisker - MusicBrainz . musicbrainz.org . 24 April 2023.
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- https://thedailyeudemon.com/kirk-and-del-noce-two-philosophers-connected-through-history/ Kirk and Del Noce: Two Philosophers Connected through History
- Web site: Etienne Leroux . biografischportaal.nl . 24 April 2023 . nl .
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/31/obituaries/esther-mccoy-is-dead-architecture-critic-85.html Esther McCoy Is Dead; Architecture Critic, 85
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48806 Yasuji Miyazaki
- https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/adair-christia-v-daniels Adair, Christia V. Daniels (1893–1989)
- https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/02/obituaries/lilly-dache-97-creator-of-hats-for-the-fashion-set-of-yesteryear.html Lilly Dache, 97, Creator of Hats For the Fashion Set of Yesteryear
- Book: Ethnology. 1990. University of Pittsburgh. 110.
- http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25723 Mihály Lantos
- Web site: Bendt Rothe . catalogue.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 5 February 2023 . French .
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerhard-Schroder Gerhard Schröder
- https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/military/2014/10/20/expelled-nazis-granted-social-security/23675456007/ Expelled Nazis granted Social Security benefits
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/moore-ruth-1903-1989 Moore, Ruth 1903-1989
