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Abbie Hoffman
1936–1989
politician, psychologist, political activist
Official cause
drug overdose
Hiram Sherman
1908–1989
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
stroke
Francis H. Griswold
1904–1989
military leader, military aviator
Official cause
heart failure
Takehiro Irokawa
1929–1989
novelist, essayist, mahjong player
Official cause
myocardial rupture
William H. Brett
1893–1989
director
Official cause
pancreatic cancer
Nikolai Grinko
1920–1989
film actor, actor
Official cause
leukemia
Hilbert Philip Zarky
1912–1989
lawyer
Official cause
esophageal cancer
O'Neil Ray Collins
1931–1989
mycologist, botanist
Official cause
Hodgkin lymphoma
Cheng Nan-jung
1947–1989
journalist
Official cause
self-immolation
Harvey Jablonsky
1909–1989
American football player, military officer, business executive
Official cause
congestive heart failure
Louis Dupree
1925–1989
anthropologist, archaeologist
Official cause
lung cancer
Dina Sfat
1938–1989
actor
Official cause
breast cancer
Archie Bleyer
1909–1989
bandleader, conductor, pianist
Official cause
Parkinson's disease
Ray Cook
1936–1989
pianist, conductor, music arranger
Official cause
septicemia
Juliette Compton
1899–1989
actor, film actor, Ziegfeld girl
Official cause
disease
Joe Rose
1965–1989
LGBTQ rights activist
Official cause
blunt trauma
Valérie Quennessen
1957–1989
actor, film actor
Official cause
traffic collision
William Olander
1950–1989
exhibition curator
Official cause
death from AIDS-related complications
Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven
1909–1989
professor, translator
Official cause
stroke
Merritt Butrick
1959–1989
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
AIDS related disease; toxoplasmosis
Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa
1907–1989
diplomat, writer, historian
Official cause
stomach cancer
Joan Woodbury
1915–1989
actor, film actor
Official cause
disease
Sándor Márai
1900–1989
journalist, poet, translator
Official cause
shot to the head
Betty Mars
1944–1989
actor, singer
Official cause
falling