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
4
- Georges Simenon, 86, Belgian novelist and short story writer, remembered for creating the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Died due to natural causes.
- Ronald Syme, 86, New Zealand-born British historian and classicist, expert in the history of the Roman Empire.
8
- Keef Cowboy, 28, American hip hop recording artist. Death caused by drug overdose. [1]
9
- Tim Hovey, 44, American child actor, musician, road manager, and audio engineer. Committed suicide by an intentional drug overdose. [2][3]
13
- Charles H. Russell, 85, American politician, governor of Nevada.[4]
14
- Pérez Prado, 72, Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer, and arranger. Death caused by complications from a stroke. [5]
15
- Robert Penn Warren, 84, American novelist, poet, and literary critic, co-founder of the literary journal The Southern Review. Death caused by prostate cancer.
21
- Gene Nobles, 76, American radio disc jockey.
22
- Irving Berlin, 101, Russian-born American composer, songwriter, and lyricist. Death caused by a heart attack. [6]
28
- Ferdinand Marcos, 72, Filipino politician and dictator, president of the Philippines. Death caused by organ failure in his kidney, heart, and lung. [7]
30
- Huỳnh Tấn Phát, 76, South Vietnamese communist politician and revolutionary, chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, and deputy chairman of the Council of State. [8]
- Virgil Thomson, 92, American composer and music critic.[9]
References
- "Gang Starr – in Memory of".
- "Tim Hovey, 44; Child Actor in the 1950s". Los Angeles Times. November 3, 1989. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
- Brioux, Bill (2007). "Ward, I'm Worried About the Beaver: TV Rumors Involving Child Stars". Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-275-99247-7.
- "Charles H. Russell". Reno Gazette-Journal. Carson City. September 15, 1989. p. 31. Retrieved June 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pérez Prado, Dámaso" (PDF). UNAM. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- "Irving Berlin, Nation's Songwriter, Dies", The New York Times, September 23, 1989
- "Manila Standard - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
- Narvaez, Alfonso A. (October 3, 1989). "Huynh Tan Phat, Vietcong Aide And Hanoi Official, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- von Rhein, John (October 1, 1989). "Virgil Thomson, Prize-winning Composer, Influential Music Critic". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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