Deaths in January 1989 explained
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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.
January 1989
1
- Charles Cornell, 77, American Communist (Socialist Workers Party).[1]
- Musa Mwariama, 61, Kenyan revolutionary leader (Mau Mau rebellion), ingested snake venom.
- Joseph Petre, 74, English peer.
- G. Sankara Pillai, 58, Indian playwright, literary critic and director.[2]
- Anthony Pini, 86, Argentinian-Scottish cellist (London Philharmonic Orchestra).[3]
- Irvin Shapiro, 82, American producer, film importer and film distributor, complications from Parkinson's disease.[4]
- Aleka Stratigou, 62, Greek actress
2
- Safdar Hashmi, 34, Indian playwright and director, and communist activist, murdered.[5]
3
- Robert Banks, 67, American chemist (Phillips Petroleum, Perkin Medal).[6]
- Betty Behrens, 84, British historian and academic (University of Cambridge).
- Errol Le Cain, 47, British animator and children's book illustrator (Hiawatha's Childhood – Kate Greenaway Medal).
- Laurence Grafftey-Smith, 96, British diplomat, member of the British Consular Service.
- Eddie Heywood, 73, American jazz pianist and composer (Soft Summer Breeze, Canadian Sunset).[7]
- Bernhard Krüger, 84, Nazi German SS Sturmbannführer.
- Lina Prokofiev, 91, Spanish singer[8]
- Sergei Sobolev, 80, Soviet mathematician.[9]
- Robert Thomas, 61, French writer, actor and film director.
- Nick Virgilio, 60, American haiku poet, heart attack.[10]
- Jean Willes, 65, American film and television actress (The King and Four Queens, Invasion of the Body Snatchers), liver cancer.[11]
4
- Srikrishna Alanahalli, 41, Indian novelist and poet (Kaadu, Parasangada Gendethimma).
- Ratanlal Brahmin, 88, Indian politician, Member of Parliament.
- Pino Calvi, 58, Italian pianist, conductor and composer (Accarezzame).
- Junko Furuta, 17, Japanese student, murdered.[12]
- Clare Leighton, 91, English–American artist, writer and illustrator, known for wood engravings.[13]
- D. R. Nanayakkara, 73, Sri Lankan cinema actor (Rekava, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
- Robert Watson Pomeroy, 86, American businessman and politician, member of the New York Senate, heart failure.[14]
- Naomi Chapman Woodroof, 88, American agriculturalist, known for increasing peanut yields five-fold.[15]
5
- Philip Herschkowitz, 82, Romanian-born composer and music theorist.[16]
- Dexter Masters, 79, American editor and novelist (One World or None: a Report to the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb).[17]
- Nell O'Day, 79, American equestrian and actress, heart attack.[18]
6
- Eduardo Balderas, 81, Mexican-born American translator for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[19]
- Hans von Campenhausen, 85, Baltic German Protestant theologian.
- Jim Hurtubise, 56, American race car driver, winner of 1966 Atlanta 500, heart attack.[20]
- Illingworth "Buck" Kerr, 83, Canadian painter, known for landscape paintings of Saskatchewan and Alberta prairies and foothills, suicide.[21]
- Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, 69, American figure in civil rights and women's movement, director of the United States Women's Bureau, heart attack.[22]
- Sir Edmund Leach, 78, British social anthropologist, president of the Royal Anthropological Institute.[23]
- Elisa Lispector, 77, Brazilian novelist (Além da Fronteira, O Muro de Pedras).[24]
- George Mercer, 44, American rapist and murderer, executed.[25]
- John Donald Robb, 96, American composer and arts administrator.[26]
- Kehar Singh, 53–54, Indian co-conspirator in the Indira Gandhi assassination, executed.[27]
- Satwant Singh, 26–27, Indian co-assassin of Indira Gandhi, executed.[28]
7
- Frank Adams, 58, British mathematician, Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge (Adams spectral sequence, Adams conjecture).[29]
- Alfred Dieck, 82, German archaeologist whose work has been largely discredited.[30]
- Hirohito, 87, longest reigning Emperor of Japan, cancer.[31]
- Josef Moll, 80, Nazi German Wehrmacht and West German Bundeswehr officer, Inspector of the Army.
- Aslam Pahalwan, 61, Pakistani professional wrestler and world heavyweight champion.[32]
- Timothy Plowman, 44, American ethnobotanist, known for study of Erythroxylum, AIDS contracted from inoculations.[33]
- Stuart Rhodes, 78, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club).[34]
8
- Mieczysław G. Bekker, 83–84, Polish American vehicular engineer, contributed to design and construction of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
- Ronald DiPerna, 41, American mathematician in nonlinear partial differential equations.[35]
- Johnny Jordaan, 64, Dutch singer of levenslied.[36]
- Kenneth McMillan, 56, American actor (Rhoda, Dune), liver disease.[37]
9
- Richard Barr, 71, American theatre director and producer, president of the League of American Theatres and Producers, AIDS-related liver failure.[38]
- Walter Köhler, 91, German Nazi Party politician, Minister President of Baden.
- Marshall H. Stone, 85, American mathematician at Harvard (Stone–von Neumann uniqueness theorem), stroke.[39]
- Bill Terry, 90, American Major League baseballer (New York Giants).[40]
- John K. Waters, 82, American general in the U.S. Army, heart failure.[41]
10
- Chris Avram, 57, Romanian-Italian film actor
- Yi Eungro, 84, Korean-born French painter and printmaker, heart attack.
- Kai Fjell, 81, Norwegian painter.
- Karl Geiringer, 89, Austrian-American musicologist and biographer of composers, complications from a fall.[42]
- Valentin Glushko, 80, Soviet engineer, program manager of the Soviet space program.[43]
- Royal Little, 92, American founder and chair of Textron.[44]
- Herbert Morrison, 83, American radio journalist, voice of the Hindenburg disaster.[45]
- Colin Winchester, 55, assistant commissioner in the Australian Federal Police, assassinated.[46]
11
- George Abell, 84, English civil servant and cricketer, director of the Bank of England.[47]
- Hai Deng, 86, Chinese Buddhist monk and martial artist, emeritus abbot of Shaolin Temple.
- Michael Forrestal, 61, American National Security Advisor of President John F. Kennedy, aneurysm.[48]
- Ray Moore, 47, British broadcaster, host of early morning show on BBC Radio 2, throat cancer.[49]
- José Bustamante y Rivero, 94, Peruvian politician and diplomat, President of Peru.[50]
- Jackie Wright, 84, Northern Irish comedian, bald-headed sidekick of Benny Hill.
12
- Ray Morehart, 89, American Major League baseballer (Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees).[51]
- Percy Price Jr., 52, American amateur boxer and Olympian.[52]
- Nikos Psacharopoulos, 60, Greek-American theatre producer and director, co-founder of Williamstown Theater Festival, colon cancer.[53]
- Satyam, 55–56, Indian composer.
- Willy Schneider, 83, German schlager singer.
13
- Hermann Bartels, 88, Nazi German architect and member of the SS.
- Sterling Allen Brown, 87, American professor and poet, Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia, leukemia.[54]
- Thelma Cazalet-Keir, 89, British feminist and politician, Member of Parliament (Conservative Party).[55]
- Candy Csencsits, 33, American professional female bodybuilder and actress, breast cancer.[56]
- Hiram E. McCallum, 89, Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto.
- John Moorman, 83, English Bishop of Ripon.
- José María Peña, 93, Spanish international footballer and manager, Olympian.[57]
- Joe Spinell, 52, American actor (The Godfather, Rocky, Taxi Driver)
14
- Ernie Blake, 75, German-American co-founder of Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico, pneumonia.[58]
- Robert Lekachman, 68, American economist, promoter of social justice, liver cancer.[59]
- Robert Lembke, 75, German television presenter and game show host (Was bin ich? – What's my Line)
- Ramesh Prasad Mohapatra, 49, Indian archaeologist, curator for archaeology at Odisha State Museum.[60]
- Marco Vassi, 51, American author, noted for erotica, pneumonia.
- Richard Warner, 77, English actor (George and Margaret, When We Are Married)
- Nguyễn Văn Xuân, 96, Vietnamese politician, prime minister of Vietnam.
15
- Wendy Foster, 51, British architect, co-founder of Team 4 and Foster Associates, cancer.
- Helen Logan, 82, American screenwriter.
- Ibrahim Shihab, 65, Maldivian writer and politician.
- Wilf Slack, 34, English international cricketer (English national team, Middlesex), heart attack.[61]
- Trevor Swan, 71, Australian economist (Solow–Swan growth model).[62]
16
- Mick Baxter, 32, English footballer (Preston North End, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth), cancer.
- Pierre Boileau, 82, half of French crime-writing duo Boileau-Narcejac (Les Diaboliques, Vertigo).
- Joseph Henry Lynch, 77, British artist (Tina, Autumn Leaves, Woodland Goddess).
- Prem Nazir, 62, Indian actor (Vida Parayum Munpe, Iruttinte Athmavu), measles.[63]
- George Ray Tweed, 86, American radioman in the U.S. Navy, known for evading capture for more than two years, car accident.[64]
- Trey Wilson, 40, American actor (Raising Arizona, Bull Durham), cerebral hemorrhage.[65]
17
- Gordon Allott, 82, American politician (Republican), U.S. Senator.[66]
- Wajid Ali Khan Burki, 88, Pakistani ophthalmologist, lung cancer.[67]
- Michael Francke, 42, American judge, director of New Mexico and Oregon Corrections Departments, murdered.[68]
- Sam Longson, 88, British businessman, chairman of Derby County Football Club.
- Óscar Vargas Prieto, 71, Peruvian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Peru.
- Georges Schéhadé, 83, Lebanese playwright and poet (Histoire de Vasco).
- Alfredo Zitarrosa, 52, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and poet (Doña Soledad, Crece desde el Pie, Recordándote).
18
- Bruce Chatwin, 48, British travel writer and novelist (On the Black Hill, Utz), AIDS.[69]
- Buster Clarkson, 73, American Major League and Negro League baseballer (Boston Braves).[70]
- John D. Hickerson, 90, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines and Finland, cancer.[71]
- Irving Resnick, 72, American mobster, boxing promoter and manager, heart failure.[72]
19
- Devi Dja, 74, Indonesian-American dancer, actress and singer (Dardanella theatre company), cancer.[73]
- Viva Tattersall, 90, British stage and film actress (The Whispering Shadow).
- Norma Varden, 90, English-American actress (Casablanca, The White Cliffs of Dover, The Sound of Music), heart failure.[74]
- Octavio Vial, 70, Mexican international football manager and World Cup coach.
20
- Mete Adanır, 27, Turkish Cypriot footballer (Altay, Samsunspor), team bus accident.[75]
- Józef Cyrankiewicz, 77, Polish communist politician, prime minister and president of Poland.[76]
- John Harding, 92, British Army Field Marshall, Governor of Cyprus.[77]
- Alamgir Kabir, 50, Bangladeshi film director and cultural activist, drowned.[78]
- Beatrice Lillie, 94, Canadian-British actress, singer and comedic performer (Inside U.S.A., High Spirits).[79]
- Whistlin' Alex Moore, 89, American blues pianist and singer (Blue Bloomer Blues, Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls), heart attack.[80]
- Morris Starsky, 55, American political and social activist, philosophy professor (Arizona State University), heart disease.[81]
- Halsey Stevens, 80, American music professor, biographer and composer.[82]
21
- Muharrem Bajraktari, 92, Albanian Muslim guerrilla fighter (National Committee for a Free Albania).
- William O. Burch, 84, American rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.[83]
- Morley Drury, 85, Canadian-American footballer (University of Southern California).[84]
- Carl Furillo, 66, American Major League baseball player (Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers), heart attack.[85]
- Leslie Halliwell, 59, British film critic (Filmgoer's Companion, Halliwell's Film Guide), esophageal cancer.[86]
- Gulabrao Patil, 67, Indian politician, Member of Parliament.
- Robert H. Pierson, 78, American president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.[87]
- Billy Tipton, (Dorothy Lucille Tipton), 74, American transgender jazz musician and bandleader, peptic ulcer.[88]
22
- Miodrag Andrić, 45, Serbian actor.
- James Francis Collins, 83, American general in the U.S. Army, prostate cancer.[89]
- Sydney Goldstein, 85, British mathematician (Fluid dynamics).[90]
- Joseph Mattsson-Boze, 83, Swedish-American minister, pastor of Chicago's Philadelphia Church.
- Ugo Pignotti, 90, Italian fencer and Olympic gold medalist.[91]
- S. Vithiananthan, 64, Sri Lankan writer, vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
- Willie Wells, 82, American Negro League baseballer, congestive heart failure.[92]
- Sándor Weöres, 75, Hungarian poet and author.[93]
23
- George Case, 73, American Major League baseballer (Washington Senators), emphysema.[94]
- Nguyễn Minh Châu, 58, Vietnamese novelist.
- Salvador Dalí, 84, Spanish artist (Cabaret Scene, The Basket of Bread, The First Days of Spring), cardiac arrest.[95]
- M. Govindan, 69, Indian writer and cultural activist (Nokkukuthi).
- Robert Kelly, 75, American officer in the U.S. Navy, known for evacuating General Douglas MacArthur from the Philippines, pneumonia.[96]
- John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 81, Italian-born British peer and soldier, member of the House of Lords.
- Hans Karl Meyer, 90, Nazi German admiral in the Kriegsmarine and flotilla admiral of the West German navy.
- Angus Morrison, 86, English pianist, Order of the British Empire.
- Lars-Erik Torph, 28, Swedish rally driver, rally crash as a spectator.
- Gilbert L. Voss, 70–71, American conservationist and oceanographer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute).[97]
24
- Ted Bundy, 42, American serial killer, executed.[98]
- Matelo Ferret, 70–71, French guitarist and composer, cancer.
- Roberto Figueroa, 84, Uruguayan international footballer and Olympic gold medalist.[99]
- George Knudson, 51, Canadian professional golfer, cancer.[100]
- Sasha Putrya, 11, Ukrainian artist, leukemia.
- Michael Scott, 83, Irish architect (Busáras building, Cork Opera House, Abbey Theatre).[101]
- Les Spann, 56, American jazz guitarist and flautist.
- Chauncey Stillman, 81, American philanthropist, art collector, conservationist and banking heir.[102]
- Siegfried Wischnewski, 66, German stage and film actor (Derrick, Der Kommissar)
25
- David Basnett, 64, British trade union leader, president of the Trades Union Congress.[103]
- Carlisle H. Humelsine, 73, American diplomat and military officer, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration.[104]
- Gustavo Álvarez Martínez, 51, Honduran military officer, head of the Honduran armed forces, assassinated.[105]
- Alvin Robinson, 51, American rhythm and blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (Something You Got).
- Bikki Sunazawa, 57, Japanese woodcarver, painter, artist and sculptor, bone marrow cancer.[106]
- Dave Underwood, 60, English footballer.
26
- Morton DaCosta, 74, American theatre and film director and producer, writer and actor (Plain and Fancy, Auntie Mame, The Music Man), heart failure.[107]
- Donnie Elbert, 52, American soul singer and songwriter (Where Did Our Love Go, I Can't Help Myself), stroke.[108]
- William Forrest, 86, American theatre, film and television actor, heart failure.[109]
- Albert Hofstadter, 78, American philosopher.[110]
- H. Claude Hudson, 102, American businessman and civil rights advocate, founder of Broadway Federal Savings and Loan Association.[111]
- Segundo Llorente, 82, Spanish Jesuit missionary, philosopher and author.[112]
27
- Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, 62, Irish writer (Dialann Deoraí, Deoraithe).[113]
- Abu Baker Asvat, 46, South African medical doctor, murdered.[114]
- David Buck, 52, English actor and voice actor (Horatio Hornblower, The Lord of the Rings)
- Bayani Casimiro, 70, Filipino dancer.
- Bob Haymes, 65, American singer, songwriter, actor and radio and television presenter (That's All), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[115]
- Robert A. Henle, 65–66, American electrical engineer (semiconductors).[116]
- Vasily Konovalenko, 59, Soviet artist (gemstone sculptures), cerebral hemorrhage.[117]
- Willibald Kreß, 82, German international footballer and manager (Dresdner SC).[118]
- Arthur Marshall, 78, British writer, raconteur and broadcaster (Call My Bluff).
- Sir Thomas Sopwith, 101, British aviation pioneer and yachtsman, European ice hockey champion.[119]
28
- Michael Behrens, 77, British financier, banker, stockbroker, and restaurant and gallery owner, co-owner of the Ionian Bank.
- Eugene Emond, 68, American officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Choekyi Gyaltsen, Panchen Lama, 50, Tibetan Buddhist leader, heart attack.[120]
- Halina Konopacka, 88, Polish discus thrower and Olympic gold medalist.
- Olli Puhakka, 72, Finnish Air Force ace in World War II.
- Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia, 80, Indian scholar and archaeologist.
- Marc Stevens, 45, American erotic performer, AIDS.
- Yoshimaro Yamashina, 88, Japanese ornithologist.[121]
29
30
- Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, 52, heir of the Spanish monarchy in the event of restoration, skiing accident.[122]
- Pegeen Fitzgerald, 84, American radio personality (The Fitzgeralds), breast cancer.[123]
- Jack George, 60, American NBA basketballer (Philadelphia Warriors, New York Knicks).[124]
- Friedrich Solmsen, 84, German-American philologist and professor of classical studies.[125]
31
- Yasushi Akutagawa, 63, Japanese composer and conductor.[126]
- Audrey Beecham, 73, English poet and historian, asthma.
- Jack Douglas, 80, American comedy writer.[127]
- Bob Dunn, 80, American cartoonist, entertainer and gagwriter.[128]
- Arthur Reginald Evans, 83, Australian coastwatcher, rescuer of JFK.[129]
- Fernando Gonçalves Namora, 69, Portuguese writer and medical doctor (Retalhos da Vida de um Médico).[130]
- William Stephenson, 92, Canadian soldier, fighter pilot, businessman and spymaster (British Security Co-ordination).[131]
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- Lewis Goram, 63, Scottish footballer (Bury F.C.).
- Leo Holzer, 86–87, Austrian-Czech firefighter and Holocaust survivor.
- Oliver Sipple, 47, American who prevented assassination attempt on U.S. President Gerald Ford.[132]
- Violet Winspear, 60, British romance author, cancer.
Notes and References
- https://www.trotskyana.net/Trotskyists/Bio-Bibliographies/bio-bibl_cornell.pdf
- https://www.veethi.com/india-people/g._sankara_pillai-profile-4635-42.htm G. Sankara Pillai Profile
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/109213/Pini_Anthony Anthony Pini Profile
- News: Irvin Shapiro, 82, Distributor of Films By Foreign Directors . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 6 January 1989 . D 15.
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/safdar-hashmi-a-death-foretold/cid/1680637 Safdar Hashmi: A death foretold
- https://plasticshof.org/members/dr-robert-l-banks/ Dr. Robert L. Banks
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-05-mn-82-story.html 'Canadian Sunset' Composer's Career Shortened by Injury : Eddie Heywood Jr.; Popular Jazz Pianist
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/05/obituaries/lina-prokofiev-91-widow-of-the-composer.html Lina Prokofiev, 91, Widow of the Composer
- https://ecmiindmath.org/2021/06/30/sergey-sobolev Sergey Sobolev
- News: Nick Virgilio, 60, Poet Known for His Haiku . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 5 January 1989 . B 11.
- News: Jean Willes, Actress, 65 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 9 January 1989 . D 10.
- https://www.forevermissed.com/junko-furuta/about Junko Furuta (1971-1989)
- https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/clare-leighton Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/10/obituaries/robert-pomeroy-86-an-ex-legislator-dies.html Robert Pomeroy, 86, An Ex-Legislator, Dies
- https://www.caes.uga.edu/alumni/recognitions/georgia-ag-hall-of-fame/portrait-gallery/naomi-woodroof.html University of Georgia
- https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/composer/Philip-Herschkowitz/ Philip Herschkowitz profile
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/06/obituaries/dexter-masters-80-british-editor-warned-of-perils-of-atomic-age.html Dexter Masters, 80, British Editor; Warned of Perils of Atomic Age
- https://www.b-westerns.com/ladies6.htm The Heroines – Nell O'Day
- https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/eduardo-balderas-1907?lang=eng&timelineTabs=all-events Eduardo Balderas
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/14/obituaries/james-e-hurtubise-race-car-driver-56.html James E. Hurtubise, Race-Car Driver, 56
- https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/illingworth-kerr-fonds Illingworth Kerr fonds
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/08/us/elizabeth-koontz-69-dies-led-teachers-union.html Elizabeth Koontz, 69, Dies; Led Teachers' Union
- https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archive-centre/online-resources/online-exhibitions/fields-of-study-sir-edmund-leach-the-social-anthropologist Fields of Study: Sir Edmund Leach, the Social Anthropologist
- https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/lispector-elisa Elisa Lispector 1911–1989
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/06/us/man-executed-in-missouri-for-killing-waitress.html Man Executed in Missouri for Killing Waitress
- https://www.bruceduffie.com/robb.html Composer / Administrator John Donald Robb
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-13-mn-170-story.html Sikhs Kill 36 in Wake of 2 Executions
- https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19890131-indira-gandhi-assassination-trial-satwant-singh-and-kehar-singh-hanged-815690-1989-01-30# Indira Gandhi assassination trial: Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh hanged
- https://www.math.uchicago.edu/~may/PAPERS/68.pdf Memorial Address for J. Frank Adams
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wijnand-Sanden-2/publication/294870225_Imaginary_people_-_Alfred_Dieck_and_the_bog_bodies_of_Northwest_Europe/links/5c61978492851c48a9cd3241/Imaginary-people-Alfred-Dieck-and-the-bog-bodies-of-Northwest-Europe.pdf Imaginary People - Alfred Dieck and the Bog Bodies of Northwest Europe
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/07/obituaries/hirohito-124th-emperor-of-japan-is-dead-at-87.html Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan, Is Dead at 87
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071227095418/http://geocities.com/goodfaith747/aslam_pahalwan/ The Uncrowned King of the Wrestling World
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/14/timothy-plowman-expert-on-coca-plant/ TIMOTHY PLOWMAN, EXPERT ON COCA PLANT
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/stuart-rhodes-19659 Stuart Denzil Rhodes
- http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb4t1nb2bd&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00016&toc.depth=1&toc.id= Ronald J. DiPerna, Mathematics: Berkeley
- Web site: Legendarische volkszanger Johnny Jordaan dertig jaar geleden overleden . . 15 April 2024 . nl . 8 January 2019.
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-10-mn-30-story.html Kenneth McMillan, 56; Veteran Movie, TV and Stage Performer
- News: Andrew L. Yarrow . Richard Barr, a Figure in Theater, Is Recalled at a Sardi's Gathering . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 21 March 1989 . B 8.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/11/obituaries/mh-stone-acclaimed-mathematician-dies-at-85.html M.H. Stone, Acclaimed Mathematician, Dies at 85
- News: Thomas Rogers . Bill Terry, a .400 Hitter for the Giants, Dies at 90 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 10 January 1989 . B6.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/13/obituaries/gen-john-knight-waters-82-fought-in-world-war-ii-and-korea.html Gen. John Knight Waters, 82; Fought in World War II and Korea
- News: Will Crutchfield . Will Crutchfield . Karl Geiringer, 89, Musicologist And Composers' Biographer, Dies . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 12 January 1989 . B 12.
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valentin-Petrovich-Glushko Valentin Petrovich Glushko
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/14/obituaries/royal-little-pioneer-in-forming-of-conglomerates-is-dead-at-92.html Royal Little, Pioneer in Forming Of Conglomerates, Is Dead at 92
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-11-mn-31-story.html Herbert Morrison; Radio Reporter at Hindenburg Crash
- https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/96488-colin-winchester-murder COLIN WINCHESTER MURDER
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/george-abell-8626 George Abell
- News: Glenn Fowler . Michael V. Forrestal Dies at 61; A Lawyer and Ex-U.S. Official . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 13 January 1989 . B 5.
- https://andywalmsley.blogspot.com/2011/01/ray-moore-broadcasting-legend.html Ray Moore - Broadcasting Legend
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/01/14/jose-bustamante-y-rivero-dies/3c018290-d5a2-4e42-8bd3-fff38fd3062a/ JOSE BUSTAMANTE Y RIVERO DIES
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/15/sports/ray-morehart-yankee-with-ruth-dies-at-89.html Ray Morehart, Yankee With Ruth, Dies at 89
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/8748 Percy Price, Jr.
- News: Richard F. Shepard . Nikos Psacharopoulos, 60, Co-Founder of Theater . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 13 January 1989 . B 5.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/17/obituaries/sterling-a-brown-87-poet-and-educator-is-dead.html Sterling A. Brown, 87, Poet and Educator, is Dead
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342702643_Women_of_History_Thelma_Cazalet-Keir Women of History: Thelma Cazalet-Keir
- http://www.wpwmagazineonline.com/Magazines/WPWJanFeb89/WPW%20January%20February%201989%20Magazine%20Issue.pdf In Memory of Candace Marie Csenscits
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24935 José María Peña
- News: Ernie Blake, Ski Resort Owner, 75 . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 19 January 1989 . B 16.
- News: Glenn Fowler . Robert Lekachman Is Dead at 68; Teacher and Writer of Economics . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 16 January 1989 . B 5.
- https://rameshprasadmohapatra.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/136/ Tribute to Dr. R. P. Mohapatra
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/wilf-slack-20206 Wilf Slack
- https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/swan-trevor-winchester-15792 Trevor Winchester Swan (1918–1989)
- https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/19890215-actor-politician-prem-nazir-dies-768517-2013-02-26 Actor-politician Prem Nazir dies
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/19/obituaries/george-r-tweed-86-eluded-foe-on-guam.html George R. Tweed, 86; Eluded Foe on Guam
- News: TRey Wilson, 40, Dies; A Stage and Film Actor . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 17 January 1989 . B 11.
- News: Sen. Gordon Allott, 83, Pushed for Water Projects . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 18 January 1989 . B 9.
- https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/wajid-ali-khan-burki Wajid Ali Khan Burki
- https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6603 FRANK GABLE
- News: Albin Krebs . Bruce Chatwin, 48, Travel Writer And Author of 'Songlines,' Dies . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 19 January 1989 . B 16.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clarkbu01.shtml Baseball Reference
- News: John D. Hickerson, 91; Foreign Service Officer . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 20 January 1989 . B 5.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/20/obituaries/irving-resnick-gambling-figure-72.html Irving Resnick, Gambling Figure, 72
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-24-mn-734-story.html Devi Dja Dies; Directed Asian Dance Troupes
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/22/obituaries/norma-varden-90-tv-and-film-actress.html Norma Varden, 90, TV and Film Actress
- https://cyprusscene.com/2022/01/14/remembering-mete-adanir-a-turkish-cypriot-icon/ Remembering Mete Adanir, a Turkish Cypriot icon
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/01/22/polish-leader-cyrankiewicz-dies-at-77/be0ea434-20a3-41f4-bf89-0fc5ebf4e110/ POLISH LEADER CYRANKIEWICZ DIES AT 77
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Harding-Baron-Harding-of-Petherton John Harding, Baron Harding of Petherton
- https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/530978 Alamgir Kabir remembered on his 32nd death anniv
- News: Albin Krebs . Beatrice Lillie, Comedienne And Lovable Eccentric, 94 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 21 January 1989 . 1 34.
- https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/moore-alexander-herman Moore, Alexander Herman (1899–1989)
- http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/starsky.xml Morris J. Starsky Papers 1937-2005
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-25-mn-989-story.html Halsey Stevens; Composer, Conductor, Scholar
- News: William Burch Jr. . 21 September 2021 . The Paducah Sun . 24 Jan 1989.
- News: Morley Drury, Former Football Star, 85 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 25 January 1989 . D 27.
- News: Carl Furillo, 66, the Right Fielder With 'Boys of Summer,' Is Dead . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 23 January 1989 . D 11.
- News: Leslie Halliwell, 59; Wrote Guides to Film . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 31 January 1989 . D 23.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/01/28/robert-pierson-an-adventist-leader-dies/d9ac6bb1-d7d4-41d5-8e81-ec6ffb65940d/ ROBERT PIERSON, AN ADVENTIST LEADER, DIES
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-02-mn-2585-story.html Death Reveals Musician Who Lived as Man to Be Woman
- News: James F. Collins, Is Dead at 85; General Headed Red Cross in War . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 25 January 1989 . D 27.
- News: Joan Cook . Prof. Sydney Goldstein, 85, Dies . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 24 January 1989 . D 22.
- https://www.coni.it/it/italia-team/atleti/scheda-atleta/scheda_atleta/1110 Ugo Pignotti profile
- News: Willie Wells, 82, Dies; Star in Negro Leagues . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 25 January 1989 . D 27.
- https://behir.hu/a-nap-sztorija-weores-sandor-a-koltozseni A nap sztorija – Weöres Sándor, a költőzseni (The story of the day - Sándor Weöres, the poetic genius)
- https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/george-case/ George Case
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/24/obituaries/salvador-dali-pioneer-surrealist-dies-at-84.html Salvador Dalí, Pioneer Surrealist, Dies at 84
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/01/27/robert-b-kelly-commander-of-pt-boat-in-wwii-dies/d58d417f-fb0c-44e6-963a-f398132ed2f9/ ROBERT B. KELLY, COMMANDER OF PT BOAT IN WWII, DIES
- News: Gilbert L. Voss, 70, a Conservationist, Dies . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 26 January 1989 . D 21.
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-24-mn-1075-story.html Bundy Electrocuted After Night of Weeping, Praying : 500 Cheer Death of Murderer
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27658 Roberto Figueroa
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/25/sports/george-knudson-pro-golfer-51.html George Knudson, Pro Golfer, 51
- https://www.dib.ie/biography/scott-michael-a7950 Scott, Michael
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/27/obituaries/chauncey-stillman-81-philanthropist-is-dead.html Chauncey Stillman, 81, Philanthropist, Is Dead
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/26/obituaries/lord-basnett-union-leader-64.html Lord Basnett, Union Leader, 64
- News: Susan Heller Anderson . Carlisle Humelsine, 73, Who Led Board of Colonial Williamsburg . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 28 January 1989 . 1 10.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/01/26/honduran-general-who-aided-us-on-contras-is-shot-dead/eb2922db-7241-48a0-bc9e-7aadadbf7c00/ HONDURAN GENERAL WHO AIDED U.S. ON CONTRAS IS SHOT DEAD
- https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/japanesemodernism/exhibits/show/transition-of-ainu-culture-thr/northern-king-bikky-sunazawa Northern King- Bikky Sunazawa
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-01-mn-1315-story.html Morton Da Costa, 74; Director Was Famous for Broadway Hits
- http://www.northernsoultrain.co.uk/artists/donnieelbert.html Donnie Elbert
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/07/obituaries/william-forrest-actor-86.html William Forrest, Actor, 86
- News: Albert Hofstadter, Philosopher, 78 . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 28 January 1989 . 1 10.
- News: Claude Hudson, 102, N.A.A.C.P. Director . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 28 January 1989 . 1 10.
- https://www.bishop-accountability.org/accused/llorente-segundo-1934/ Fr. Segundo Llorente
- https://www.dib.ie/biography/mac-amhlaigh-donall-peadar-a4986 Mac Amhlaigh, Dónall Peadar
- https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/victims/asvat_abu_baker.htm&tab=victims ASVAT, Abu-Baker
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/30/obituaries/robert-william-haymes-composer-65.html Robert William Haymes, Composer, 65
- News: Robert Henle, 64, I.B.M. Research Official . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 1 February 1989 . A 19.
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1c3gx1h Stories in Stone: The Enchanted Gem Carvings of Vasily Konovalenko
- https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11325 Willibald Kreß
- News: Thomas Sopwith, Aircraft Pioneer In 2 World Wars, Is Dead at 101 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 28 January 1989 . 1 10.
- https://tibetoffice.org/media-press/commentaries-opinions/tibets-panchen-lama-25-years-after Tibet's Panchen Lama: 25 Years After
- https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v106n04/p0721-p0721.pdf In Memoriam: Yoshimaro Yamashina
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/01/obituaries/alfonso-de-borbon-52-of-spain-dies-in-colorado-skiing-accident.html Alfonso de Borbon, 52, of Spain Dies in Colorado Skiing Accident
- News: Peter B. Flint . Pegeen Fitzgerald, 78, Radio Host Of Family-Style Talk Show, Dies . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 31 January 1989 . D 23.
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-jack-george-obituary-news-pr/31199007/ Jack George obituary, News-Press (Fort Myers, FL), February 3, 1989
- News: Friedrich Solmsen, Professor, 84 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 10 February 1989 . D 19.
- https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/a/y/yasushi-akutagawa.htm Jack Yasushi Akutagawa
- News: Jack Douglas, Writer For TV, Is Dead at 80 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 3 February 1989 . D 16.
- News: Bob Dunn, Cartoonist, 80 . subscription . 8 May 2024 . . 2 February 1989 . B 8.
- https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11057008 Lieutenant Arthur Reginald (Reg) Evans
- News: Fernando Namora, Novelist, 69 . 28 March 2024 . . 1 February 1989.
- News: Albin Krebs . William Stephenson, British Spy Known as Intrepid, Is Dead at 93 . subscription . 28 March 2024 . . 3 February 1989 . D 17.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/04/obituaries/ow-sipple-47-who-blocked-an-attempt-to-kill-ford-in-1975.html O.W. Sipple, 47, Who Blocked An Attempt To Kill Ford in 1975
