The following is a list of notable deaths in November 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.
November 1989
1 Peter Childs, 50, English actor (Minder), leukemia. Haranath, 53, Indian actor, alcohol poisoning. Elise Harney, 65, American AAGPBL player. Robert James Moon, 78, American physicist, chemist and engineer (Manhattan Project).Gravestone: Dr Robert James Moon Sr. 1.11.89. Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Mihaela Runceanu, 34, Romanian singer, murdered.Mihaela Runceanu. WorldCat. Retrieved 3 Nov 2024. Max Streib, 76, Swiss Olympic handball player (1936). Hoimar von Ditfurth, 68, German physician and scientific journalist, thyroid cancer.Hoimar von Ditfurth. WorldCat. Retrieved 3 Nov 2024.
2 Inés Arredondo, 61, Mexican writer. Mildred Brown, 83, American journalist and newspaper publisher, co-founded the Omaha Star, severe cold.Publisher Mildred Brown Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. John Clymer, 82, American painter and illustrator.John Ford Clymer, Painter, 82. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Morris H. DeGroot, 58, American statistician, editor of Statistical Science, lung cancer.Morris DeGroot, 58, A Statistics Professor. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Elizabeth Hawley Gasque, 103, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1938-1939).Gasque, Elizabeth Hawley. Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 85, British hereditary peer, engineer and racing driver.Mr Frederick Gordon-Lennox. U.K. Parliament (Hansard). Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Henry M. Margolis, 80, American industrialist, lawyer and theatrical producer, director of the International Center of Photography.H. M. Margolis, 80, Industrialist. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Tom Mennard, 71, English comedian and actor, cancer. Steve Simpson, 41, American MLB player (San Diego Padres). Stefan Staszewski, 82, Polish communist politician.Stefan Staszewski. WorldCat (year of death only). Retrieved 3 Nov 2024. R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi, 78, Indian member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Shana Yardan, 46, Guyanese poet, cancer.Kyk-over-Al. Lafayette College (pp. 12–14). Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
3 Timoci Bavadra, 55, Fijian politician, Prime Minister of Fiji, cancer. Louis Craine, 32, American serial killer, AIDS. Dorothy Fuldheim, 96, American journalist and news anchor (Cleveland Press, WEWS-TV), stroke. Ed Kasid, 66, American basketball player. Leigh Leigh, 14, Australian murder victim. William Morris Jr., 90, American talent agent, president of William Morris Agency. Zelma O'Neal, 86, American actress (Paramount on Parade), singer and dancer.O'Neal, Zelma (1903–1989). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Edward J. Stack, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.Political Force Ed Stack Dies. Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
4 Pancho Coimbre, 80, Puerto Rican Negro League baseball player (New York Cubans), house fire.Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Neelkanth Ganjoo, 67, Indian high court judge, assassinated.1989 Neelkanth Ganjoo case: J&K Police reopens case of Kashmiri Pandit judge's murder. The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024. Trevor Kent, 49, Australian theatre and television actor, AIDS. Erkki Kerttula, 79, Finnish fencer and dual Olympian (1948, 1952). Clare Leighton, 91, English-American artist, writer and illustrator. Vivian Mercier, 70, Irish literary critic. Edwin Pemberton, 81, Australian rules footballer. Howard A. Rusk, 88, American physician, founder of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Keiichirō Ryū, 65-66, Japanese editor, screenwriter and historical fiction writer. John Taylor, 81, Canadian cross-country skier and Olympian (1932). Bohumil Váňa, 69, Czech table tennis player and world champion.
5 Vladimir Horowitz, 86, Russian-born American pianist and composer, heart attack. John O'Connell, 38, Australian rules footballer (Carlton).John O'Connell. Blueseum. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Barry Sadler, 49, American soldier, author and singer ("The Ballad of the Green Berets"), shot. Margot Seitelman, 61, German-born American businesswoman, executive director of American Mensa, cancer. Lu Watters, 77, American trumpeter and bandleader (Yerba Buena Jazz Band).Lucious (Lu) Watters, 77; Traditional Jazz Trumpet Player. L.A. Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Benigno Zaccagnini, 77, Italian politician, Minister of Labour and Social Security. Adem Čejvan, 62, Yugoslavian actor.Adem Čejvan. WorldCat. Retrieved 3 Nov 2024.
6 Margarete Buber-Neumann, 88, German writer.Buber-Neumann, Margarete (1901–1989). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Adrian Dullard, 71, Australian rules footballer. George Fett, 69, American cartoonist. Dickie Goodman, 55, American record producer, suicide.Gravestone: Dickie Goodman 6.11.89. Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Alex Jordan Jr., 75, American creator of House on the Rock, heart attack.Alex Jordan Jr. (1914-1989). Newspapers.com (Wisconsin State Journal). Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus, 91, French founder of Little Sisters of Jesus.Magdeleine de Jesus, Founder of Nuns' Order, 91. New York Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Yūsaku Matsuda, 40, Japanese actor, bladder cancer. William Murphy, 67, American film actor. Bjarne Rosén, 80, Norwegian footballer.
7 Paula Acker, 76, German correspondent, journalist and newspaper editor.Paula Acker. WorldCat. Retrieved 3 Nov 2024. Dai Astley, 80, Welsh international footballer (Aston Villa, Wales).Dai Astley David John Astley (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Andrey Borovykh, 68, Soviet World War II flying ace, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, stroke.Borovykh, Andrei Yegorovich. Traces of War. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. May Justus, 91, American children's author.May Justus Collection. University of Tennessee Knoxville. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Alec Mango, 78, English actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower).Alec Mango. WorldCat (year of death only). Retrieved 3 Nov 2024. Milton K. Ozaki, 76, American writer.(Obituaries). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Brunello Rondi, 64, Italian screenwriter and film director (La dolce vita), heart attack. Jan Skácel, 67, Czech poet. Tommy Tatum, 70, American MLB player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds).
8 Robert Gerringer, 63, American actor (Dark Shadows), stroke. Ray D. Hahn, 91, American football and basketball player and coach. Choi Ja-shil, 74, Korean pentecostal pastor, founded Yoido Full Gospel Church, heart attack.Yoido Full Gospel Church. Britannica. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Johnny Lanning, 79, American Major League baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).Johnny Lanning #17. MLB.com. Retrieved 5 Oct 2024. Lee Yuk-wing, 85, Macau-born American professor of electrical engineering.Lee Yuk-Wing. WorldCat (year of death only). Retrieved 3 Nov 2024. Yitzhak Raveh, 82, German-born Israeli judge (trial of Adolf Eichmann), heart failure.Yitzhak Raveh. WorldCat. Retrieved 3 Nov 2024. Mattie Rotenberg, 92, Canadian physicist and journalist.Mattie Rotenberg was Pioneer in Jewish Education. The Canadian Jewish news, December 21, 1989, page 19. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Maud Russell, 96, American social worker and writer (Young Women's Christian Association), lung cancer. Gino Soldà, 82, Italian cross-country skier and Olympian (1932). Elmer Wynne, 88, American NFL footballer and coach (Chicago Bears). Mary Agnes Yerkes, 103, American impressionist painter and photographer.
9 Cliff Ashburn, 83, American NFL footballer (New York Giants).Gravestone: Clifford L. Ashburn 9.11.89. Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA. Retrieved 5 Oct 2024. Kenny Hagood, 63, American jazz vocalist, cancer.Kenny (Pancho) Hagood; Jazz Singer and Balladeer. L.A. Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Arthur John Holland, 71, American politician, mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, cancer.Arthur Holland Mayor of Trenton For 26 Years, Dies of Cancer at 71. New York Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Enriqueta Mayora, 68, Mexican Olympic fencer (1948). Bill Neilson, 64, Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania, cancer.Obituary: Bill Neilson. Trove (Canberra Times). Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Roar Pedersen, 61, Norwegian ice hockey player and Olympian (1952). Nenad Petrović, 82, Yugoslavian chess player. Leen Vente, 78, Dutch international footballer (Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands). Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, 64, Indonesian general, ambassador to South Korea, fever.Sarwo Edhie Wibowo. WorldCat. Retrieved 3 Nov 2024.
10 Syd Dineen, 75, Australian rules footballer. Cookie Mueller, 40, American actress and author, AIDS.Tales of a late, great It Girl: Cookie Mueller’s stories live on in a new reissue. L.A. Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Niels Schibbye, 79, Danish Olympic sailor (1936). Craig J. Spence, 49, American journalist and lobbyist, suicide.Lobbyist Linked to Sex Case Is Found Dead. New York Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024.
11 Jay DeFeo, 60, American artist, lung cancer.Jay DeFeo, 60; Abstract Painter. L.A. Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Nicholas Freeman, 50, English politician, mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Jean Holloway, 72, American film, radio and television writer.Jean Holloway Tobin, Scriptwriter, 72. New York Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Natalio Pescia, 67, Argentinian international footballer (Boca Juniors, Argentina).Natalio Pescia (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024.
12 Harry Bergström, 79, Finnish pianist, conductor and composer. Thomas Dam, 74, Danish woodworker and fisherman. Zoltán Dudás, 56, Hungarian international footballer and Olympic medalist (Budapest Honvéd, Hungary). Stan Galazin, 79, American NFL player (New York Giants). Iolas Huffman, 91, American football player (Ohio State Buckeyes). Dolores Ibárruri, 93, Spanish communist politician of the Spanish Civil War, pneumonia.Dolores Ibarruri, 'La Pasionaria' Of Spanish Civil War, Dies at 93. New York Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Armour G. McDaniel, 73, American air force military officer.Armour G. McDaniel, Air Force Pilot, 73. New York Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Victor Putmans, 75, Belgian footballer. Mao Yisheng, 93, Chinese structural engineer and politician.Yi-Sheng Mao 1896-1989. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024.
13 Eurico Caires, 37, Portuguese footballer. Victor Davis, 25, Canadian world champion swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1984, 1988), pedestrian accident. Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, 83, Liechtenstein royal, reigning monarch.Liechtenstein’s Prince Franz Josef II, 83. L.A. Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Upatissa Gamanayake, 41, Sri Lankan politician, deputy leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, shot by government forces.3 Guerrilla Leaders Killed in 2 Days. Deseret News. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Roger Heman Jr, 57, American sound engineer (Jaws, Coal Miner's Daughter), lung cancer. H. B. Herath, 35, Sri Lankan politician, member of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, shot by government forces.3 Guerrilla Leaders Killed in 2 Days. Deseret News. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024. Arthur Hutchings, 83, English musicologist, composer and professor of music.Arthur Hutchings obituary, The Times, 17 November 1989, p. 18 Dorothea Krook-Gilead, 69, Latvian-born literary scholar, translator and professor of English literature.Krook (Gilead), Dorothea. Jewish Virtual Library (year of death only). Retrieved 17 Aug 2024.