Contents
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.
February 1989
1
- Lillian Boyer, 88, American wing walker.
- James Drake, 81, British civil engineer, pioneer of the national motorway network.
- Blaze Foley, 39, American country music singer-songwriter, poet and artist, shot.
- Elaine de Kooning, 70, American artist.
- Grace Hayes, 93, American actress, singer, vaudeville entertainer and nightclub owner.
- J.C. Hoel, 84, American motorcycle racer, and founder of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
- Kenneth Morris, 71, American composer of gospel music.
- Erik Persson (footballer), 79, Swedish international footballer and Olympian.
- John Tootoosis, 89, Canadian First Nations leader.
2
- Yuri Bogatyryov, 41, Soviet actor (At Home Among Strangers), medication clash related to heart attack.
- Marie Poland Fish, 88, American oceanographer and marine biologist.
- Vladimír Lulek, 35, Czech family murderer, executed.
- Ondrej Nepela, 38, Czechoslovakian figure skater and Olympic gold medalist, lymph node cancer.
- Arnold Nordmeyer, 87, New Zealand politician, Leader of the Opposition.
- Nuno Oliveira, 63, Portuguese equestrian, horse trainer and dressage instructor.
- Walter M. Scott, 82, American set decorator (The Sound of Music, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid).
- Marie Syrkin, 89, American writer and Zionist activist.
3
- John Cassavetes, 59, Greek-American actor (Johnny Staccato, The Dirty Dozen), cirrhosis of the liver.
- Glenna Collett-Vare, 85, American amateur golfer, inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame.
- Betty Farrington, 90, American actress.
- Joan Grant, 81, English writer of historical novels (Winged Pharaoh).
- Frank Hursley, 86, half of American husband-and-wife television screenwriting duo Frank and Doris Hursley (General Hospital).
- Nina Kirsanova, 91, Russian-born Yugoslavian ballet dancer.
- Ebbe Langberg, 55, Danish actor and film director.
- John McCauley, 89, Australian Air Force senior commander, Chief of Air Force, stroke.
- Louis H. Narcisse, 67, American religious leader, founder of Mt. Zion Spiritual Church, heart attack.
- Lionel Newman, 73, American conductor, pianist and composer (Academy Award for Best Original Score for Hello, Dolly!), cardiac arrest.
- Kim Sung-jun, 35, South Korean boxer (WBC light flyweight champion), suicide by jumping.
4
- Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns, 68, American mandolinist, half of comedy duo Homer and Jethro, prostate cancer.
- Medford Bryan Evans, 81, college professor and Conservative political activist.
- Thorkild Hansen, 62, Danish novelist (Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves, Islands of Slaves).
- Trevor Lucas, 45, Australian folk singer (Fotheringay), heart attack.
- Grandizo Munis, 76, Spanish Trotskyist politician.
- Ham Seok-heon, 87, Korean Quaker.
- Ferris Webster, 76, American film editor (The Manchurian Candidate, The Great Escape).
5
- André Cheuva, 80, French international footballer and manager (Lille OSC).
- Roy Chicago, Nigerian musician and band leader.
- Percy Hoskins, 84, British crime reporter (Daily Express).
- Emrys James, 60, Welsh Shakespearean actor.
- Rajinder Kaur, 57, Indian journalist and politician, shot by terrorists.
- Joe Morrison, 51, American NFL footballer and coach (New York Giants), congestive heart failure.
- Killer Joe Piro, 67, American dance instructor, kidney disease.
- Joe Raposo, 51, American composer, singer and pianist (Sesame Street theme, Bein' Green), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
6
- Suri Bhagavantam, 79, Indian scientist, vice chancellor of Osmania University, director of Indian Institute of Science.
- André Cayatte, 80, French filmmaker (Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu).
- Ron Field, 55, American choreographer and dancer (Cabaret), brain lesions.
- Chris Gueffroy, 20, East German, last to be killed by use of firearms at the Berlin Wall.
- Netty Herawaty, 59, Indonesian actress (Rodrigo de Villa).
- Undine Smith Moore, 84, American composer and professor of music (Scenes from the Life of a Martyr), stroke.
- Otto Schulmann, 86, German-born conductor and vocal teacher.
- King Tubby, 48, Jamaican sound engineer, shot.
- Barbara W. Tuchman, 77, American historian and author (The Guns of August, Stilwell and the American Experience in China), stroke.
7
- Eric Jay, 81, British Anglican priest.
- Giuseppe Puca, 33, Italian criminal, boss of Nuova Camorra Organizzata, murdered after shootout.
- Sixto Rovina, 28, Netherlands Antilles international footballer, heart attack during game.
- Gilbert Simondon, 64, French philosopher.
- William Campbell Steere, 81, American botanist, expert on bryophytes, director of New York Botanical Garden.
- Simon Virsaladze, 80, Georgian ballet, film and opera designer.
- Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia, 69, German nobleman and diplomat.
8
- Cyril Luckham, 81, English film, television and theatre actor (Doctor Who, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em).
- Begum Khurshid Mirza, 70, Pakistani television and film actress.
- Webster B. Todd, 89, American Chairman of New Jersey Republican State Committee, heart attack.
9
- Ken Adachi, 59–60, Canadian writer and literary critic (Toronto Star).
- Bill Dalley, 87, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, All Blacks).
- Osamu Tezuka, 60, Japanese artist and animator (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion), stomach cancer.
10
- Darnley Alexander, 69, Nigerian jurist, Chief Justice of Nigeria.
- Irving Brown, 77, American trade unionist (Presidential Medal of Freedom).
- Agustín Ramos Calero, 69, decorated Puerto Rican soldier in the U.S. Army.
- Wayne Hays, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.
- Panini Ilangakoon, 69, Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament.
- Dan Kelly, 52, Canadian-American sportscaster, lung cancer.
- Emily Kimbrough, 89, American author and journalist (Our Hearts Were Young and Gay).
- Herbert Ryman, 78, American artist and Disney Imagineer (Sleeping Beauty Castle), cancer.
11
- Charles L. Bolte, 93, United States Army general, vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, stroke.
- T. E. B. Clarke, 81, British screenwriter (The Lavender Hill Mob).
- Leon Festinger, 69, American social psychologist (cognitive dissonance, social comparison theory), cancer.
- Roland Gross, 80, American film editor and television editor (None but the Lonely Heart).
- George O'Hanlon, 76, American actor, comedian and writer (The Jetsons), stroke.
- Cecil C. Steiner, 92, American dentist (Steiner method of analysis).
- Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, 83, ruler of Abu Dhabi.
- Katharine Lane Weems, 89, American sculptor (Dolphins of the Sea, Lotta Fountain).
12
- Thomas Bernhard, 58, Austrian novelist and playwright (Correction, Extinction), heart attack.
- Jorge Romero Brest, 83, Argentinian art critic.
- Attilio Dottesio, 79, Italian film actor and singer.
- Pat Finucane, 39, Irish lawyer, murdered.
- Pandit Narendra Sharma, 75, Indian writer and poet (Satyam Shivam Sundaram theme).
- Bill Speer, 46, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Boston Bruins), snowmobile accident.
13
- Ernestine Barrier, 80, American stage, film and television actress (Project Moonbase).
- Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, 79, member of the Greek Royal family.
- Hans Hellmut Kirst, 74, German novelist (Die Nacht der Generale).
- Hip Linkchain, 52, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (Change My Blues, That Will Never Do), mesothelioma cancer.
- Richard Roud, 59, American writer on film, co-founder of the New York Film Festival.
- Geoff Selby, 23, Australian rugby league footballer (Illawarra Steelers, St. George Dragons), car accident.
- Dave Tarras, appr. 94, Ukrainian-American clarinetist and bandleader, pneumonia.
14
- James Bond, 89, American ornithologist, curator of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Birds of the West Indies).
- Vincent Crane, 45, English keyboardist (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster), suicide by drug overdose.
- Krishnarao Dhulap, 68, leader of Peasants and Workers Party of India.
- Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič, 86, Belarusian politician, president of the government-in-exile of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.
15
- Hüseyin Akbaş, 56, Turkish wrestler and dual Olympic medalist.
- Sita Devi, 71, Indian Princess Consort of Vuyyur, the "Indian Wallis Simpson".
- Daniel Fox, 61, American polymer chemist (LEXAN).
- Robert Kerns, 55, American baritone (Vienna State Opera).
- Lee E. McMahon, 57, American computer scientist (sed stream editor).
- Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, 77, Indonesian statesman and economist, Prime Minister of Indonesia, heart attack.
- Sabo Bakin Zuwo, 54, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kano State.
16
- Andy Black, 72, Scottish international footballer (Manchester City, Scotland).
- Ida Ehre, 88, Austrian-German actor, theatre director and manager, heart attack.
- Mirza Abdul Halim, 23, Singaporean police constable, murdered.
- Paco Lagerstrom, 74, Swedish-American applied mathematician and aeronautical engineer (Caltech).
17
- Rudolf Brill, 89, German chemist.
- Francesco Buccitelli, 66, Italian artist, mayor of Pacentro.
- Ian Fraser, 78, British judge, member of the House of Lords, car accident.
- Lefty Gomez, 80, American Major League baseball player (New York Yankees), congestive heart failure.
- Guy Laroche, 67, French fashion designer.
- Marguerite Roberts, 83, American screenwriter, blacklisted for not cooperating with House Un-American Activities Committee, arteriosclerosis.
- Hanne Sobek, 88, German international footballer (Hertha BSC, Germany).
18
- John Bailey, 76, British screen and TV actor (The Forsyte Saga).
- Mildred Burke, 73, American professional wrestler, women's world champion, stroke.
- Dixie Deans, 75, Royal Air Force sergeant, Second World War bomber pilot.
- Dina Halpern, 79, Polish-born American actress.
- Kathleen Hite, 71, American writer for radio and television (Gunsmoke, The Waltons).
19
- Edward Beetham, 74, British colonial official, Resident Commissioner in Swaziland, Governor of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Rick Burks, 28, American musician and actor (Blood Diner), car accident.
- Eric F. Goldman, 72, American historian, presidential advisor (The Open Mind).
- Alec Merrison, 64, British physicist, vice-chancellor of University of Bristol, director of Lloyds Bank.
- Jack de Sequeira, 73, Indian politician, Leader of the Opposition of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly.
- Rosa Slade Gragg, 84, American activist and politician.
20
- Julio César Chaves, 81, Paraguayan historian.
- Percy Chen, 88, Trinidad-born Chinese lawyer, founding member of Hong Kong Bar Association.
- Erika Köth, 63, German operatic soprano.
- Anthony Leeds, 64, American anthropologist, heart attack.
- Betty Mars, 44, French singer and actress, Eurovision song contestant, suicide by jumping.
- Aleksandr Medvedkin, 88, Soviet film director (Happiness).
- Manuel Rosas, 76, Mexican international footballer (Atlante F.C., Mexico).
21
- Robert Dorning, 75, English musician, ballet dancer and actor, diabetes.
- Sándor Márai, 88, Hungarian writer, poet and journalist (Embers).
- Otar Taktakishvili, 64, Georgian composer and conductor (Sonata for Flute and Piano, Mindia).
- Alex Thépot, 82, French international footballer and Olympian (Red Star FC, France).
22
- Roxanne Arlen, 58, American film and stage actress.
- Harry Brand, 93, American press agent, credited with the fame of Shirley Temple, Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe, heart attack.
- Raymond Gower, 72, British politician, member of the House of Commons, heart attack.
- Abel Wolman, 96, American engineer, pioneer in sanitary engineering.
- Joan Woodbury, 73, American actress (The Eagle's Brood, Brenda Starr, Reporter).
23
- David Mowbray Balme, 76, British professor, Principal of the University College of the Gold Coast.
- Ramito, 73, Puerto Rican composer (Qué Bonita Bandera), suicide by gunshot.
- Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa, 82, Tibetan nobleman and statesman, Finance Minister of Tibet, stomach cancer.
- Roy Tyner, 55, American NASCAR Grand National driver, gunshot.
24
- Sparky Adams, 94, American Major League baseballer (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals).
- Paul M. Bator, 59, Hungarian-born American legal scholar and Supreme Court advocate, Deputy Solicitor General of the United States.
- Norris Cotton, 88, American politician, US senator.
- Joe Harvey, 70, English footballer and manager (Newcastle United, Bradford City).
- Margo Lion, 89, Ottoman-French singer and actress (Threepenny Opera).
- Paulaseer, 68, Indian preacher, 'faith healer'.
- Mallica Reynolds, 78, Jamaican artist and religious leader (Shining the Spring).
- William Thayer Tutt, 76, American ice hockey and figure skating executive.
25
- Paula Banholzer, 87, German love interest of Bertolt Brecht.
- Angna Enters, 91, American dancer, mime, painter and writer (Lost Angel, Tenth Avenue Angel).
- Robert Foulk, 80, American television and film actor (Lassie).
26
- Roy Eldridge, 78, American jazz trumpeter.
- Joseph Fenton, appr. 46, Northern Ireland estate agent, killed by Provisional Irish Republican Army (body found on this date).
- Reunald Jones, 78, American jazz trumpeter.
- Mouloud Mammeri, 71, Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist, car accident.
- Clayton Robson, 87, Indian-born English first-class cricketer.
27
- Paul Oswald Ahnert, 91, German astronomer (Kalender für Sternfreunde).
- Shiba P. Chatterjee, 86, Indian Professor of Geography.
- Mauricio Garcés, 62, Mexican actor and comedian (Fray Don Juan, Modisto de señoras).
- Kim Hyun-chul, 87, Korean independence activist and politician, Prime Minister of South Korea.
- Konrad Lorenz, 85, Austrian zoologist and author (Man Meets Dog), Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Nazi supporter.
- Sayuti Melik, 80, Indonesian political agitant (Proclamation of Indonesian Independence).
- Gilberto Molina, 52, Colombian emerald magnate and drug trafficker (Medellín cartel), murdered.
- Joe Silver, 66, American stage, television, film and radio actor, heart attack.
28
- Richard Armour, 82, American poet and author.
- Bernard Beryl Brodie, 81, English-born American biochemical and neurochemical pharmacology scientist.
- Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira, 78, Brazilian lexicographer, translator and writer (Aurélio Dictionary).
- Hermann Burger, 46, Swiss poet and novelist (Die Wasserfallfinsternis von Badgastein), suicide.
- Everett E. Hatcher, 46, American Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, shot during undercover operation.
- Douglas Kendrew, 79, British army general and rugby union player (Leicester, England), Governor of Western Australia.
- Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, 100, Indian yoga teacher.
- Alton C. Parker, 81, Canadian police officer, first black Canadian detective.
- Pak Se-yong, 86, North Korean poet and politician (Aegukka – North Korean national anthem).
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