Deaths in August 1989

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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 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.

## August 1989

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### 1

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* José Cândido de Carvalho, 74, Brazilian writer.
* Don Heffner, 78, American Major League baseballer (St. Louis Browns).[1]
* Art Herchenratter, 71, Canadian NHL player (Detroit Red Wings).
* John Hirsch, 59, Hungarian-born Canadian theatre director (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), AIDS.[2]
* John Ogdon, 52, English pianist and composer, pneumonia.[3]

### 2

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* Friedl Behn-Grund, 82, German cinematographer.
* Luiz Gonzaga, 76, Brazilian singer and songwriter.[4]

### 3

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* Dominic Behan, 60, Irish writer, songwriter and singer ("The Patriot Game"), pancreatic cancer.[5]
* Antonia Brico, 87, Dutch-born American conductor and pianist.[6]
* William Larimer Mellon Jr., 79, American philanthropist and physician, cancer and Parkinson's disease.[7]
* Peggy Montgomery, 84, American silent-screen actress (Arizona Days).
* Egon Orowan, 87, Hungarian-British physicist and metallurgist (crystal dislocation).[8]
* Ulla Sjöblom, 62, Swedish film actress.
* Colston Westbrook, 51, American teacher and linguist, cancer.[9]

### 4

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* Paolo Baffi, 77, Italian banker and economist, governor of the Bank of Italy.[10]
* Amador Bendayán, 68, Venezuelan actor and entertainer (Sábado Sensacional).[11]
* Maurice Colbourne, 49, English actor (Howards' Way), heart attack.[12]
* Geoffrey Cross, 84, British barrister and judge, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.[13]
* Wayne LaMaster, 82, American MLB player (Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Paul Murry, 77, American cartoonist and comics artist (Disney comics).
* Larry Parnes, 59, British pop manager, meningitis.
* Taghi Riahi, 78, Iranian officer in Iranian Imperial Army.
* Leo Riuttu, 76, Finnish actor (Miriam).
* W. Wallace Smith, 88, American grandson of Joseph Smith Jr., president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.[14]
* Wilhelm Stasch, 78, German Olympic boxer (1936).

### 5

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* Toni Breder, 63, German Olympic long jumper (1952).
* John Kinard, 52, American social activist and pastor, director of Anacostia Museum, myelofibrosis.[15]
* John Larsen, 75, Norwegian rifle shooter and Olympic gold medalist (1952, 1956).[16]
* Max Macon, 73, American Major League baseballer (Brooklyn Dodgers).[17]
* Helen Thomas, 22, Welsh peace activist (Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp), struck by police vehicle.[18]
* Stacey Toran, 27, American NFL footballer (Los Angeles Raiders), car accident.[19]

### 6

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* Hubert Beuve-Méry, 87, French journalist and newspaper editor (Le Monde), complications from a fall.[20]
* Beattie Casely-Hayford, 67, Ghanaian founder of the National Dance Ensemble, director of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.
* Don Clark, 65, American footballer and coach (San Francisco 49ers), heart attack.[21]
* Nat Levine, 90, American film producer (Mascot Pictures).[22]
* P.R. Olgiati, 87, American politician, mayor of Chattanooga.[23]
* William Scott, 86, English cricketer.
* Frank Sinkovitz, 66, American NFL footballer (Pittsburgh Steelers) and umpire.[24]
* Doc Zeigler, 93, American Negro Leagues baseball player.

### 7

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* Leopoldo Sánchez Celis, 73, Mexican politician, governor of Sinaloa.
* Gerhard de Kock, 63, South African Reserve Bank governor, colon cancer.[25]
* Robert Jani, 55, American event producer, Lou Gehrig's disease.[26]
* Mickey Leland, 44, American politician, anti-poverty activist, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-1989), plane crash.[27]
* Augie Lohman, 78, American special effects artist (The Last Voyage).
* Robert Stevens, 68, American television and movie director (Suspense), heart attack after beating.[28]
* Maria Thomas, 48, American writer, plane crash.[29]
* Mira Trailović, 65, Serbian dramaturg and theatre director, co-founder of Atelje 212, cancer.[30]

### 8

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* André Cochinal, 84, French Olympic diver (1924).
* Irving Cottler, 71, American percussionist, heart attack.[31]
* Bob Harris, 74, American MLB player (Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics).
* Robert Kaske, 68, American professor of medieval literature, brain tumour.[32]
* Enrico Lorenzetti, 78, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, 250 cc World Championship winner.[33]
* Brian Naylor, 66, British racing driver, boating accident.[34]
* Bobby Oxspring, 70, British Royal Air Force officer and flying ace during World War II.[35]
* George Papp, 73, American comics artist (Superboy).
* Mary Peppin, 76, half of a British twin-sister piano duo act, piano teacher at Guildhall School of Music.
* Audrey Russell, 83, British BBC Radio journalist and war reporter, Alzheimer's disease.[36]
* Maja Sacher, 93, Swiss art collector and philanthropist.[37]
* Morris Shenker, 82, American lawyer, known for connection to Jimmy Hoffa, pneumonia.[38]
* Johnny Vardian, 67, American AAFC player (Miami Seahawks, Baltimore Colts).
* Elsa Vazzoler, 69, Italian actress.
* László Willinger, 80, German-born American photographer, heart failure.[39]
* Franz Worisch, 63, Austrian Olympic diver (1948, 1952).

### 9

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* Richard Alexander, 86, American film actor.[40]
* Rosalind Byrne, 85, American film actress.
* K. Gunaratnam, 72, Sri Lankan film producer, murdered.[41]
* Don Nelson Laramore, 82, American judge.
* Duncan MacPherson, 23, Canadian ice hockey player, body found in melting glacier.[42]
* Kathleen Maguire, 63, American actress (The Time of the Cuckoo, A Flame in the Wind), esophageal cancer.[43]
* Albert Perikel, 76, Belgian cyclist.
* Julia Squire, 63, British film costume designer.
* Philip Sidney Whitcombe, 95, English cricketer and British army officer.

### 10

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* Tom Hughes, 82, American MLB player (Detroit Tigers).
* H. Montgomery Hyde, 81, Irish barrister, politician and author, Member of Parliament.[44]
* George Ignatieff, 75, Russian-born Canadian diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations.[45]
* Pierre Matisse, 89, French-born American art dealer.[46]

### 11

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* Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, 69–72, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan.
* Bill Cody Jr., 64, American child actor, suicide.[47]
* Goldup Davies, 75, British Olympic swimmer (1948).
* Léo Kemner Laflamme, 95, American-born Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1925-1930, 1940-1945).
* Robert W. Levering, 74, American lawyer and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959-1961).[48]
* John Meillon, 55, Australian actor (Crocodile Dundee, The Fourth Wish), cirrhosis.[49]
* Sonny Thompson, 72, American R&B bandleader and pianist ("Late Freight").[50]
* Richard Ward, 71, British army general, Commander British Forces in Hong Kong.[51]
* Hans Zeier, 90, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier (1928).

### 12

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* Mo Anthoine, 50, British mountaineer, brain tumour.[52]
* Wilfred Burne, 86, British Olympic diver (1928).
* Emyr Estyn Evans, 84, Welsh geographer and archaeologist.[53]
* Henri Goetz, 79, American-born French painter, member of the French Resistance.[54]
* Samuel Okwaraji, 25, Nigerian international footballer (Nigeria), heart failure.[55]
* Max Scott, 82, Australian rules footballer.
* William Shockley, 79, American physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics (Shockley diode), eugenicist, prostate cancer.[56]
* Olga Villi, 67, Italian model and actress (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians).[57]

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* Anton Cadar, 48, Romanian Olympic gymnast (1964).
* Willy De Bruyn, 75, Belgian trans-gender cyclist.[58]
* Hugo del Carril, 76, Argentinian actor, director and tango singer (Las Aguas Bajan Turbias).[59]
* Tim Richmond, 34, American race car driver, AIDS.[60]
* Larkin I. Smith, 45, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1989), plane crash.[61]

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* Robert Bernard Anderson, 79, American politician, secretary of the Navy and Treasury, throat cancer.[62]
* Bergen (Belgin Sarılmışer), 31, Turkish singer, shot.
* Ricky Berry, 24, American NBA basketballer (Sacramento Kings), suicide.[63]
* Roldano Lupi, 80, Italian film actor.[64]
* Sergio Nasca, 52, Italian film director and screenwriter.
* Dove-Myer Robinson, 88, New Zealand Mayor of Auckland City.[65]
* Ossie Wiberg, 84, American NFL player (New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers).

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* William Sydney Atkins, 87, English founder of Atkins engineering consultancy.[66]
* Wolfram Eberhard, 80, German-born Turkish and American professor of sociology.[67]
* Minoru Genda, 84, Japanese navy general noted for planning attack on Pearl Harbor, and politician.[68]
* Elvy Kalep, 90, Estonian aviator, country's first female pilot.[69]
* Mitsuneyama Keiji, 67, Japanese sumo wrestler.
* Heinrich Krone, 93, German politician, member of the Bundestag.
* Jussi Nordqvist, 72, Finnish Olympic sports shooter (1960).
* Anton Richter, 77, Austrian Olympic weightlifter (1936, 1948).
* Earl B. Ruth, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969-1975), governor of American Samoa.[70]
* Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, 92, Greek army general, chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff, ambassador to Yugoslavia.

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* Jean-Hilaire Aubame, 76, Gabonese politician, Foreign Minister of Gabon.[71]
* Amanda Blake, 60, American actress (Gunsmoke), AIDS.[72]
* Donald Friend, 74, Australian artist and diarist, pederast.[73]
* Milt Halliday, 82, Canadian NHL player (Ottawa Senators).
* Anton Nilson, 101, Swedish terrorist and convicted murderer.[74]
* Erasmo Vera, 66, Chilean footballer.

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* Richard Bryant, 85, Australian cricketer.
* Jack Chrisman, 61, American drag racer.
* Harry Corbett, 71, English magician, puppeteer and television presenter (Sooty).[75]
* Stavro Skëndi, 83–84, Albanian-American linguist and historian, Parkinson's disease.[76]
* Fred Frankhouse, 85, American Major League baseballer (Boston Braves).[77]
* Lawrence Stevens, 76, South African boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1932).

### 18

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* Robert Buckner, 83, American screenwriter and short story writer (Dodge City, Yankee Doodle Dandy).[78]
* Luis Carlos Galan, 45, Colombian politician, assassinated.[79]
* Claude Kietzman, 71, South African Olympic rower (1948).
* Yūji Koseki, 80, Japanese song and film score composer ("Roei no Uta", "The Bells of Nagasaki").
* Imre Németh, 71, Hungarian hammer thrower and Olympic gold medalist (1948, 1952).[80]
* Bert Oosterbosch, 32, Dutch racing cyclist, cardiac arrest.[81]
* Waldemar Franklin Quintero, 48, Colombian police officer, commander of National Police, assassinated.[82]
* Chrissie White, 94, British silent-screen actress (The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss), heart attack.[83]

### 19

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* Ernst van den Berg, 73, Dutch Olympic field hockey player (1936).
* Ivan Lindgren, 83, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (1936).
* Alfredo Montelibano Sr., 83, Filipino politician, Secretary of National Defense, governor of Negros and Siquijor Islands.
* Wayne Moore, 44, American NFL footballer (Miami Dolphins), heart attack.[84]
* Joseph A. Pechman, 71, American economist and taxation scholar, president of the American Economic Association, heart attack.[85]

### 20

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* George Adamson, 83, British wildlife conservationist and author in Kenya (Elsa the lioness), murdered.[86]
* Clarence Glacken, 80, American professor of Geography.[87]
* H. B. Halicki, 48, American director, stunt driver and actor (Gone in 60 Seconds), accident while filming.[88]
* Tom Hayward, 76, Australian rugby league footballer.
* Joseph LaShelle, 89, American cinematographer (Laura).[89]
* Tenryū Saburō, 85, Japanese sumo wrestler (Shunjuen Incident).
* Chuck Tollefson, 72, American NFL player (Green Bay Packers).
* Syd van der Vyver, 69, South African racing driver.

### 21

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* William F. Bolger, 66, American Postmaster General, president of the Air Transport Association of America.[90]
* William Danielsen, 73, Norwegian footballer.
* Scott Fenton, 24, Australian NBL basketballer (Sydney Supersonics, Perth Wildcats), car crash.[91]
* Heikki H. Herlin, 88, Finnish engineer, manager of Kone elevators.
* Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel, 78, German geographer, explorer and writer.
* Raul Seixas, 44, Brazilian rock singer, songwriter and producer, cardiac arrest.
* Phyllis Terrell, 91, American suffragist and civil rights activist.[92]
* Ted Wilks, 73, American Major League baseballer (St. Louis Cardinals).[93]

### 22

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* Stefan Ciapała, 66, Polish Olympic bobsledder (1956).
* Robert Grondelaers, 56, Belgian Olympic cyclist (1952).
* Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton, 85, British physician and politician.[94]
* Lillebil Ibsen, 90, Norwegian dancer and actress (Mannequin in Red).[95]
* Sunbeam Mitchell, 82, American businessman, hotel and nightclub owner, heart attack.
* Huey P. Newton, 47, American political activist, founder of the Black Panther party, probable murderer, murdered.[96]
* Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, 96, Indian musician.
* Gerhard Reinhardt, 73, East German politician and German Resistance fighter.
* Vlasta Vraz, 89, Czech-American relief worker, editor and fundraiser.[97]
* Diana Vreeland, 85, American fashion columnist and editor, editor in chief at Vogue, heart attack.[98]

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* Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, 45, Sudanese poet.[99]
* P. O. Ackley, 86, American gunsmith.
* Erik Almgren, 81, Swedish Olympic footballer (1936).
* Al Cass, 65, American musician and musical inventor.[100]
* Walter de Sousa, 68, Ugandan-born Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1948).[101]
* Katharina Jacob, 82, German member of the anti-Nazi German Resistance movement.
* R. D. Laing, 61, Scottish psychiatrist (psychosis, schizophrenia), heart attack.[102]
* Nebojša Mitrić, 58, Yugoslavian sculptor and painter, suicide.[103]

### 24

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* Jacques Godechot, 82, French historian of the French Revolution.[104]
* Dan Hill, 72, American college football player (Duke Blue Devils).
* Marjorie Pratt, 89, British aristocrat.
* Feliks Topolski, 82, Polish-born British expressionist painter and draughtsman, official war artist.[105]

### 25

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* Gunnar Berg, 80, Swiss-born Danish composer.[106]
* Jim Brideweser, 62, American Major League baseballer (New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox).[107]
* Jacques Castelot, 75, French film actor.[108]
* Al Cherney, 56, Canadian fiddler, lung cancer.[109]
* Yan Frenkel, 68, Ukrainian composer and performer.[110]
* Frank Henry, 79, American army officer and Olympic equestrian (1948).
* Herbert Loper, 92, American army officer.
* Jerry Masslo, 29, South African refugee.
* Sarjoo Pandey, 69, Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha.
* Roman Palester, 81, Polish composer of classical music.[111]
* Jean-Louis Verdier, 54, French mathematician (Verdier duality), car accident.[112]
* Bronwen Wallace, 44, Canadian poet and short story writer, cancer.[113]
* A. J. Witono, 64, Indonesian military officer and diplomat, ambassador to Japan.[114]

### 26

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* Hans Børli, 70, Norwegian poet and writer.[115]
* Juanita Brooks, 91, American historian and author, Alzheimer's disease.[116]
* Patrick Connor, 83, Irish politician.
* Jorge Franco, 65, Portuguese Olympic fencer (1952).
* Raffaello Gambino, 61, Italian Olympic water polo player (1952).
* Nick Nuccio, 87, American politician, mayor of Tampa, Florida.[117]
* Irving Stone, 86, American writer (Lust for Life, The Agony and the Ecstasy), heart failure.[118]

### 27

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* Brendan A. Burns, 94, American army officer.
* Hal Kelleher, 75, American MLB player (Philadelphia Phillies).
* Gloria Milland, 48, Italian actress.
* Eckart Muthesius, 85, German architect and interior designer (Manik Bagh palace).[119]
* Ramnandan Mishra, 83–84, Indian independence fighter.
* Burhan Shahidi, 94, Russian-born Chinese politician, governor of Xinjiang.[120]
* Bill Shirley, 68, American tenor, actor and producer (Sleeping Beauty, My Fair Lady), lung cancer.[121]

### 28

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* Joseph Alsop, 78, American journalist and newspaper columnist, CIA operative, lung cancer.[122]
* Håkon Askerød, 79, Norwegian footballer.
* Milan Ljubenović, 57, Yugoslavian footballer.
* Robert Macintosh, 91, New Zealand–born British anaesthetist.[123]
* Alex Moore, 71, Australian rules footballer.
* Ondine, 52, American actor, AIDS.
* Charles Sheaffer, 84, American Olympic field hockey player (1932, 1936).
* John Steptoe, 38, American author and illustrator for children’s books (Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters), AIDS.[124]
* Fred Waters, 62, American MLB player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
* Gerald Joseph Weber, 75, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania).
* Karl-Heinz Wegmann, 55, German Olympic shot putter (1956).

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* Buddy Dear, 83, American MLB player (Washington Senators).
* Giorgio di Sant' Angelo, 66, Argentinian-born American fashion designer, lung cancer.[125]
* Tage Holmberg, 76, Swedish film editor.
* Pua Kealoha, 86, Hawaiian-born American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1920).[126]
* Lorenzo Natali, 66, Italian politician, Minister of Public Works.[127]
* Peter Scott, 79, British ornithologist, conservationist and Olympic medalist in sailing (1936), heart attack.[128]

### 30

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* Max Ballantyne, 45, Australian rules footballer.
* Buddy Burbage, 82, American Negro Leagues baseball player.
* Joe Collins, 66, American Major League baseballer (New York Yankees).[129]
* Joe de Santis, 80, American actor and sculptor (A Cold Wind in August), pulmonary disease.[130]
* Seymour Krim, 67, American author, suicide.[131]
* Dinkar Mehta, 81, Indian politician and trade unionist, leader of the Communist Party of India, mayor of Ahmedabad.[132]
* Geneviève Morel, 73, French film and stage actress.
* Dink Roberts, 94, American banjo player.[133]
* Dorothy Schiff, 86, American businesswoman, owner and publisher of the New York Post.[134]
* Ekkehard Tertsch, 83, Spanish-Austrian journalist and Nazi diplomat.

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* Maribel Arrieta, 55, Salvadoran television host and model, Miss El Salvador, cancer.[135]
* Michele Cascella, 96, Italian artist.[136]
* Moe Dalitz, 89, American gangster, businessman and casino owner, heart and kidney failure.[137]
* Mickey Hawks, 49, American singer and pianist ("Bip Bop Boom").
* Gordon Lethborg, 81, Australian cricketer.
* Vladimir Littauer, 97, Russian and American horseback riding master and author.[138]
* Lou Louden, 70, American Negro Leagues baseball player.
* Claire Luce, 85, American actress, dancer and singer (Up the River, Under Secret Orders).[139]
* Skeeter Newsome, 78, American Major League baseballer (Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox).[140]
* Don Rainsford, 51, Australian rules footballer.
* Gerhard Scholz, 85, German professor and writer (Philology, German studies).
* Heen Banda Udurawana, 88, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Senate of Ceylon.[141]
* Ruth Wood, 73, British racehorse owner, Epsom Derby winner.

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* Bill Ainslie, 55, South African artist.[142]
* Louis Dolivet, 81, Austro-Hungarian–born French film producer and alleged Soviet spy, editor of Free World.

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67. ^ In Memoriam: Wolfram Eberhard, 1909-1989. "Asian Folklore Studies" (obit). Retrieved 8 Oct 2024.
68. ^ Peter B. Flint (August 17, 1989). "General Minoru Genda, 84, Dies: Planned Attack On Pearl Harbor". The New York Times. p. B 14. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
69. ^ Elvy Kalep, Early Flier, Friend Of Amelia Earhart. South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024.
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72. ^ "Amanda Blake, 60, Saloonkeeper On TV's 'Gunsmoke' for 19 Years". The New York Times. August 18, 1989. p. A 20. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
73. ^ Donald Stuart Leslie Friend. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
74. ^ Anton Nilson. WorldCat. Retrieved 8 Nov 2024.
75. ^ What were your memories of Sooty and its Bradford-born creator Harry Corbett?. Telegraph and Argus (year of death only). Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
76. ^ Stavro Skendi, 82, a Professor at Columbia. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
77. ^ Fred Frankhouse #14. MLB.com. Retrieved 8 Nov 2024.
78. ^ Gravestone: Robert Buckner 18.8.89. Panteón de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, San Miguel de Allende, San Miguel de Allende Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
79. ^ Colombian Presidential Candidate Is Slain at Rally. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
80. ^ Imre Németh. Olympedia. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
81. ^ Bert Oosterbosch. Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
82. ^ Colombia Police Chief Slain After Battling Drug Cartel. L.A. Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
83. ^ Chrissie White. Surrey Brass. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
84. ^ Former Dolphin Tackle Moore Dies Of Heart Attack. Deseret News. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
85. ^ "Aided 1986 Income Tax Changes". The New York Times. August 21, 1989. p. B 8. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
86. ^ George Adamson, Lions' Protector, Is Shot Dead by Bandits in Kenya. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
87. ^ Clarence James Glacken, Geography: Berkeley. Online Archive of California. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
88. ^ Creator of Crashes Killed on Film Set. L.A. Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
89. ^ Joseph La Shelle, 89, Cameraman of 'Laura'. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
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91. ^ Perth Wildcats coach Trevor Gleeson’s tribute to Scott Fenton: ‘He was a much loved player and person’. The West Australian. Retrieved 10 Oct 2024.
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93. ^ Ted Wilks. MLB.com. Retrieved 10 Oct 2024.
94. ^ Dr Charles Hill. UK Parliament (Hansard). Retrieved 11 Oct 2024.
95. ^ Lillebil Ibsen. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024.
96. ^ Huey Newton Killed; Was a Co-Founder Of Black Panthers. New York Times. Retrieved 11 Oct 2024.
97. ^ Vlasta Adele Vraz, 89, Czechoslovak Activist
98. ^ Bernadine Morris (August 23, 1989). "Diana Vreeland, Editor, Dies; Voice of Fashion for Decades". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
99. ^ Mohammed Abdul-Hayy. WorldCat. Retrieved 8 Nov 2024.
100. ^ Gravestone: Alfred S. 'Al Cass' Cassinelli 23.8.89. Sacred Heart Cemetery, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Retrieved 11 Oct 2024.
101. ^ Walter de Sousa. Olympedia. Retrieved 11 Oct 2024.
102. ^ John T. McQuiston (August 25, 1989). "R.D. Laing, Rebel And Pioneer On Schizophrenia, Is Dead At 61". The New York Times. p. D 17. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
103. ^ Nebojsa Mitric. WorldCat. Retrieved 11 Oct 2024.
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107. ^ Jim Brideweser #2. MLB.com. Retrieved 11 Oct 2024.
108. ^ Jacques Castelot. WorldCat. Retrieved 8 Nov 2024.
109. ^ Al Cherny. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11 Oct 2024.
110. ^ Yan Frenkel. WorldCat. Retrieved 8 Nov 2024.
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