Deaths in September 1989

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 1989.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

September 1989

1 Kevin Andrews, 65, American archaeologist and writer, drowned.Kevin Andrews and the Castles of the Morea, AIA Ettinghausen Lecture. Princeton University. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Paul Chung, 30, Hong Kong actor, suicide. Kazimierz Deyna, 41, Polish international footballer (Legia Warsaw, Poland), car accident.Ex-Socker Deyna Killed in Car Crash. L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Bart Giamatti, 51, American Commissioner of Major League Baseball, heart attack.Giamatti, Scholar and Baseball Chief, Dies at 51. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Cyril Gill, 87, British Olympic sprinter (1928). Dipa Ma, 78, Indian meditation teacher.Dipa Ma. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Albert Outler, 80, American Methodist historian and pastor, stroke.Theologian and Ecumenist Albert Outler Dies. Washington Post. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Shah Azizur Rahman, 63, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh.Ex-MP Shah Azizur Rahman dies. The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Leslie Runciman, 89, British shipping magnate.Walter Leslie Runciman, 1900-89, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford. Royal Museums Greenwich (year of death only). Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Tadeusz Sendzimir, 95, Polish engineer and inventor, stroke.Tadeusz Sendzimir, 95; Created Metals Process. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Yevgeny Veltistov, 55, Soviet writer and screenwriter.

2 Clifton Parker, 84, British composer. Brian Robinson, appr. 27, Northern Ireland loyalist militant (Ulster Volunteer Force), shot.UVF killer’s brother in ‘postpone parade’ plea. Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024.

3 John Augustine Collins, 90, Royal Australian Navy vice admiral, Chief of Navy.Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Augie Lio, 71, American NFL footballer (Detroit Lions). Sten Mellgren, 89, Swedish Olympic footballer (1924). Gaetano Scirea, 36, Italian international footballer (Juventus, Italy), car accident.Gaetano Scirea tribute. Juventus.com. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Rip Sewell, 82, American Major League baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).Rip Sewell, 'Eephus Ball' Pitcher For Pittsburgh Pirates, Dies at 82. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Meena Shorey, 67, Pakistani film actress (Ek Thi Larki).

4 Gastón Cibert, 71, Argentine Olympic sailor (1948). Colin Clark, 83, British and Australian economist and statistician (gross national product).Colin Grant Clark (1905–1989). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Zenon Kliszko, 80, Polish politician.Zenon Kliszko. WorldCat. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Hal Lee, 84, American MLB player (Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves/Bees). Carl-August von Schoenebeck, 91, Nazi German general in the Luftwaffe.Schoenebeck, von, Car-August (Generalmajor). Traces of War. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Georges Simenon, 86, Belgian writer (Jules Maigret), complications from a fall. Sir Ronald Syme, 86, New Zealand–born British classicist and historian (The Roman Revolution).

5 Les Allen, 78, Australian rules footballer. Sir Philip Baxter, 84, British and Australian chemical engineer, chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission.Sir John Philip Baxter (1905–1989). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Michael Fidler, 73, British politician, Member of Parliament.Mr Michael Fidler. UK Parliament (Hansard). Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. William Mann, 65, English music critic, complications from surgery.William Mann Dead; London Critic Was 65. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. J. Barkley Rosser, 81, American logician (Church–Rosser theorem), aneurysm.Deaths. Washington Post. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024.

6 Jessie Mae Brown Beavers, 66, American journalist. Edwin Arthur Burtt, 96, American philosopher.Obituary for Edwin Arthur Burtt. Newspapers.com (The Ithaca Journal). Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Imre Hennyei, 76, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1948, 1952). Mick Higgins, 78, Australian rules footballer. Muhammad Ibrahim, 77, Bangladeshi physician.Dr Ibrahim’s death anniv. The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Gina Manès, 96, French film actress.Manès, Gina (1893–1989). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Stephen Nankervis, 99, Australian rules footballer. Héctor Ricardo, 64, Argentine footballer. Jimmy Ruffell, 89, English international footballer (West Ham United, England).Jimmy Ruffell James William Ruffell (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024.

7 Tom Blackaller, 49, American yachtsman, World Championship gold medalist, heart attack. Valery Goborov, 23, Soviet basketball player, Olympic gold medalist (1988), car crash.Valery Goborov. Olympedia. Retrieved 13 Sep 2024. Mikhail Goldstein, 71, German composer and violinist.Mikhail Goldstein. WorldCat. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Joseph McCann, 63, Australian Olympic diver (1956).

8 Frederic L. Chapin, 60, American diplomat, ambassador to Ethiopia, Guatemala and Chad, cancer.Frederic L. Chapin, 60; Long a U.S. Diplomat. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Keef Cowboy, 28, American rapper, invented term "hip hop", drug overdose. Henri Disy, 76, Belgian Olympic water polo player (1936). Ann George, 86, English actress (Crossroads), cancer. Aleardo Simoni, 87, Italian cyclist. Paul Alfred Weiss, 91, Austrian and American biologist.Paul Weiss, Biologist Who Won Medal Of Science, Is Dead at 91. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024.

9 Elephter Andronikashvili, 78, Georgian physicist.Elepter Andronikashvili. WorldCat. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Heinrich Angst, 73, Swiss Olympic bobsledder (1948, 1956). Christopher Chancellor, 85, British journalist, general manager of Reuters.Christopher Chancellor, Who Led Reuters for 15 Years, Dies at 85. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Radharani Devi, 85, Indian poet.Radharani Devi. WorldCat. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Oleksiy Fedorov, 88, Soviet army general, Hero of the Soviet Union.Oleksiy Fedorov. WorldCat. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Josette Frank, 96, American children's literature expert, pneumonia.Josette Frank, 96, Dies; Children's Book Expert. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Tim Hovey, 44, American child actor, road manager of Grateful Dead, suicide.Tim Hovey, 44; Child Actor in the 1950s. L.A. Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Vince Hughes, 83, Australian rugby league footballer. John McShain, 92, American building contractor, "The Man Who Built Washington", stroke.John McShain, 90, Constructor Of Pentagon and Kennedy Center. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024.

10 Okie Blanchard, 86, American college football player and coach (Wyoming Cowboys). Dutch Elston, 70, American football player and coach. Charles H. Griffin, 63, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1968-1973). Jeff Stollmeyer, 68, Trinidad and Tobago test cricketer and captain (West Indies) and senator, wounds from home invaders.Jeffrey Stollmeyer. Wisden. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024.

11 Lucy Carnegie Ferguson, 89, American preservationist (Cumberland Island).Lucy C. Ferguson, 89, Island Preservationist. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Paul Gann, 77, American political activist, pneumonia.Paul Gann, Co-Author of California Tax Revolt Measure, Dies at 77. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Norman Goff, 68, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1956). Bill Wood, 67, Australian rules footballer.

12 Henry Benton, 70, Australian rugby league player. Josef Boháč, 75, Czechoslovak Olympic ice hockey player (1936). George Gniel, 70, Australian rules footballer. Gladys Jayawardene, Sri Lankan physician, chairman of State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka, assassinated.Rebels kill ex-president's relative. United Press International. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. John D. Landers, 69 American officer in the United States Army Air Forces.John Landers 1920-1989. Hood County News (Obituary). Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Anton Lubowski, 37, Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate, assassinated.Anton Lubowski 'one of the heroes of SA'. Stellenbosch University. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Fishbait Miller, 80, American Doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.'Fishbait' Miller, 80, Former Doorkeeper Of the U.S. House. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Sterjo Spasse, 75, Albanian prose writer and novelist. Seamus Twomey, 69, Irish republican militant activist, chief of staff of the Provisional I.R.A.. Don Walker, 81, American Broadway orchestrator and composer.

13 Acharya Aatreya, 68, Indian poet, playwright and screenwriter. Gilles Andriamahazo, 70, Madagascan general in the French army, head of state of Madagascar, heart attack.Gilles Andriamahazo Of Madagascar Is Dead. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Jack Baldwin, 68, American football player. Sir David Bartlett, 77, British Olympic fencer (1936). John Bunyan, 84, American NFL player (Staten Island Stapletons, Brooklyn Dodgers). Zoltán Dudás, 56, Hungarian Olympic footballer (1960). Arieh Dulzin, 76, Israeli politician. Géza Frid, 85, Austro-Hungarian–born Dutch composer and pianist.Géza Frid. WorldCat. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Sagarika Gomes, 27, Sri Lankan newscaster, abducted and murdered.Rebels kill television announcer. United Press International. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Kamal Irani, 57, Pakistani film actor (Shaheed), heart attack. Cyril Parsloe, 80, New Zealand cricketer. Charles H. Russell, 85, American politician, Governor of Nevada, heart attack. Ron Whyte, 47, American playwright, cerebral hemorrhage.Ron Whyte, 47, Dead; Playwright of Disabled. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. John Yovicsin, 70, American NFL footballer (Philadelphia Eagles), heart disease.John Yovicsin, 70; Coached Football 14 Years at Harvard. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024.

14 John Bright, 81, American journalist, screenwriter and political activist.John Bright, 81, a Screen Writer. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Tim Brown, 51, American figure skater, World Figure Skating Championships medalist, AIDS.Tim Brown. Olympedia. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Castor Elzo, 71, Spanish footballer. Eddie McLeod, 88, New Zealand cricketer. Marvin Middlemark, 69, American inventor of the Rabbit Ears television antenna.Battle of the 'Rabbit Ears' Heirs on Long Island. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Benjamin Peary Pal, 83, Indian plant breeder and agronomist, director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute.Benjamin Peary Pal, 26 May 1906 - 14 September 1989. Royal Society. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Dámaso Pérez Prado, 72, Cuban bandleader and composer, popularised the mambo, stroke.Damaso Perez Prado Dies at 72. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Heinz Schmidt, 82, German journalist and editor.Heinz Schmidt. WorldCat. Retrieved 7 Nov 2024. Tika Lal Taploo, 58, Indian politician, assassinated.14 September 1989, the day Kashmiri Hindu Tika Lal Taploo was killed by the Islamist terrorists in Kashmir valley. Jammu Kashmir Now. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Valentina, 90, Ukrainian-born American fashion designer, Parkinson's disease.Valentina, a Designer of Clothes For Stars in the Theater, Dies at 90. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024. Arnold Winkenhofer, 84, American football player and coach (Western Kentucky Hilltoppers).

15 Harry Cave, 66, New Zealand test cricketer and captain (Central Districts, New Zealand).Harry Cave. Wisden. Retrieved 15 Sep 2024. William C. Eddy, 87, American naval officer, engineer and inventor.William Eddy, 87, a Developer of TV, Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 15 Sep 2024.