Deaths in June 1989

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.

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  • Fran Allison, 81, American television and radio personality, myelodysplasia.[50]
  • William Grasso, Italian-American mobster, murdered.
  • Ray Sherry, 64, Australian politician, member of the Australian Parliament.
  • Howard Simons, 60, American editor of Washington Post at time of the Watergate scandal, pancreatic cancer.[51]

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References

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  2. ^ "Robert Leslie Chidlaw-Roberts". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Bernard Fauqueux". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  4. ^ Frank J. Prial (June 2, 1989). "Alexis Lichine, 76, an Author and Expert on Wine". The New York Times. p. D 15. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  5. ^ "Mark Petteway Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Marty Zoborosky Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Title". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  7. ^ "Olympedia – Juan Inostroza". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  8. ^ "Frederic Prokosch Is Dead at 81; Novelist and Portrayer of Literati". The New York Times. June 3, 1989. p. 1 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "Shirley Burden, 80, a Writer-Photographer". The New York Times. June 5, 1989. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  10. ^ "Omer De Bruycker". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  11. ^ "Dik Browne; Cartoonist Drew 'Hagar,' 'Hi and Lois'". Los Angeles Times. June 6, 1989. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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  15. ^ "Olympedia – Thio Ging Hwie". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  16. ^ "Ernie Barber Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  17. ^ "Fritz Nagy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  18. ^ "Barry Sullivan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Title". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  19. ^ "Whitey Glazner Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  20. ^ "Olympedia – Bohumil Steigenhöfer". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  21. ^ "Donn Beach, Restaurateur, 81". The New York Times. June 9, 1989. p. D 17. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  22. ^ "Olympedia – Jim Cristy". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  23. ^ "Cronologia Nara Leão" [Nara Leão Chronology] (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  24. ^ "Ballet dancers die in plane crash". UPI. June 15, 1989. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  25. ^ "25 jaar na drama Kleurrijk Elftal". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  26. ^ "Bibb Falk, Ballplayer, Dies at 90". The New York Times. June 10, 1989. p. 1 12. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  27. ^ "Glenn McQuillen Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  28. ^ "Olympedia – Erik Østrand". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  29. ^ Constance L. Hays (June 12, 1989). "Albert Spaggiari, 57, Mastermind Of Notorious Riviera Bank Heist". The New York Times. p. D 13. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  30. ^ "Emil Verban, 73; All-Star Infielder". The New York Times. June 14, 1989. p. D 24. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  31. ^ "Olympedia – Paul Zanolini". www.olympedia.org.
  32. ^ "George Beadle – Facts". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB. 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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  34. ^ "Jose Lopez Rega". historiadelpais.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  35. ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (October 13, 2021). "José López Rega | Argentine leader". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  36. ^ "Australian Football - Bill Tymms - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  37. ^ Basil Gray (1904–1989). Proceedings of the British Academy. Retrieved 14 Oct 2024.
  38. ^ "Marty Kottler Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  39. ^ "Richard Quine, 68, Actor Who Directed 'Murder Your Wife'". The New York Times. June 14, 1989. p. D 24. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  40. ^ "Australian Football - John Ryan - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  41. ^ "Ronald Bishop, Plane Designer, 86". The New York Times. June 14, 1989. p. D 25. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  42. ^ Murió Arnulfo Briceño. Año 1989 (in Spanish)
  43. ^ "Lloyd Cheatham Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  44. ^ "Olympedia – Jan de Man Lapidoth". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  45. ^ Defence, National (March 7, 2019). "Charles Smith Rutherford". www.canada.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  46. ^ "Article clipped from Monrovia News-Post". Monrovia News-Post. June 25, 1989. p. 17. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  47. ^ "Profile". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  48. ^ "Olympedia – Eduardo Dualde". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  49. ^ "Australian Football - Joe Knott - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  50. ^ Anderson, Susan Heller (June 14, 1989). "Fran Allison, 81, the Human Side Of 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' Show". The New York Times. p. D24. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  51. ^ Alex S. Jones (June 14, 1989). "Howard Simons, Dies at Age 60, An Ex-Editor at Washington Post". The New York Times. p. D 25. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  52. ^ "Profile". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  53. ^ "Pat Capri Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  54. ^ "Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula". Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. July 11, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  55. ^ "Olympedia – Richard Moran". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  56. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (June 21, 1989). "Thomas A. Pope, 94; Last Surviving Army WWI Medal of Honor Winner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  57. ^ "Olympedia – Albert Wolff". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  58. ^ "Victor French, 54, Actor on TV". The New York Times. June 16, 1989. p. A 28. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  59. ^ Al Harvin (June 17, 1989). "Judy Johnson, a Star 3d Baseman In the Negro Leagues, Dies at 89". The New York Times. p. 1 29. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  60. ^ "Ray McAnally, Irish Character Actor". The Washington Post. June 17, 1989. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  61. ^ "Palmieri, Edmund Louis | Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  62. ^ "Olympedia – Miloslav Bednařík". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  63. ^ "Olympedia – Helga Haase". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  64. ^ "Olympedia – Artur Häggblad". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  65. ^ "Keady, William Colbert | Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  66. ^ "Olympedia – Mino Maccari". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  67. ^ "Australian Football - Jock McKenzie - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  68. ^ "John Matuszak, 38, A Former Lineman For N.F.L. Raiders". The New York Times. June 19, 1989. p. D 13. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  69. ^ "Olympedia – Paulo Cavalheiro". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  70. ^ Glenn Fowler (June 21, 1989). "George C. Pimentel; Chemist Who Led Mars Study Was 67". The New York Times. p. D 25. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  71. ^ "Olympedia – Celestino Pinto". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  72. ^ "Olympedia – Walter Ryan". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  73. ^ "Steve Senteney Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  74. ^ Peter B. Flint (June 19, 1989). "I. F. Stone, Iconoclast of Journalism, Is Dead at 81". The New York Times. p. D 13. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  75. ^ "Olympedia – Andrey Prokofyev". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  76. ^ "Olympedia – Veikko Lommi". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  77. ^ "Olympedia – Conway Olmsted". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  78. ^ "Olympedia – Henri Rivière". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  79. ^ "Lee Calhoun". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  80. ^ "Olympedia – Aleksandr Safronov". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  81. ^ "Bjørn Skaare Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Title". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  82. ^ "Anton Dermota, Tenor In Mozart, Dead at 79". The New York Times. June 27, 1989. p. B 5. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  83. ^ "Dick Moje Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  84. ^ Bernard Holland (June 23, 1989). "Henri Sauguet, French Composer On the Satie Model, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. p. A 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  85. ^ "Dr. Isaac Starr, 94, Heart Researcher, Dies". The New York Times. June 28, 1989. p. D 21. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  86. ^ "Australian Football - Reynolds Webb - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  87. ^ "Michel Aflaq Dies in Paris at 79; Founder of Iraq's Baathist Party". The New York Times. June 25, 1989. p. 1 26. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  88. ^ "Rick Anderson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  89. ^ "Werner Best". Holocaust Historical Society. 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  90. ^ "Timothy Cardinal Manning, 79; Guided Los Angeles Archdiocese". The New York Times. June 24, 1989. p. 1 29. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  91. ^ "Olympedia – Arne Tuft". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  92. ^ "Svend Aage Eriksen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  93. ^ "Popular Singer's Funeral Held Amid Nationwide Mourning". AP News. July 22, 1989. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  94. ^ "Olympedia – Ghulam Raziq". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  95. ^ "Australian Football - Clarrie Tolson - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  96. ^ "Vasili Romanov, 81, Nephew of Last Czar". The New York Times. AP. June 28, 1989. p. D21. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  97. ^ "Olympedia – Graham Hamilton". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  98. ^ "Australian Football - Jack Kenny - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  99. ^ Macdonald, Graham; Krishna, Nakul (May 7, 2005). "Alfred Jules Ayer". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2018 ed.). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. ISSN 1095-5054. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  100. ^ "Olympedia – Fritz Bleiweiß". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  101. ^ "Jack Buetel". Films, TV and people. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  102. ^ "Olympedia – János Kulcsár". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  103. ^ "Michele Lupo". Turner Classic Movies, Inc. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  104. ^ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  105. ^ Peter B. Flint (June 30, 1989). "Joris Ivens, 90, Dutch Documentary Film Maker". The New York Times. p. A 14. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  106. ^ "Mike Sebastian Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  107. ^ "Acclaimed organist dies in plane crash". UPI. July 4, 1989. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  108. ^ "Olympedia – Oskar Nowak". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
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