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Deaths in March 1989

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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.

March 1989

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  • Mukul Dey, 93, Indian artist (drypoint-etching).
  • Vasantdada Patil, 71, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan.[https://timescontent.timesgroup.com/photo/news/Death/408000 Death]. timescontent.. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Odie Payne, 62, American blues drummer.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMFJi9-QM3R6ogmjdXvqOL54zjN0yv1J/view?usp=sharing Odie Payne]. Headstone. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Frank W. Preston, 92, English-American engineer, ecologist and conservationist.[https://www.esa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2022/02/Preston_FW.pdf resolution of respect]. Ecological Society of America. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Mark M. Ravitch, 78, American surgeon (surgical staples), colon and prostate cancer.{{cite news |author1=Glenn Fowler |title=Mark M. Ravitch Is Dead at 78; A Surgeon, Professor and Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/04/obituaries/mark-m-ravitch-is-dead-at-78-a-surgeon-professor-and-author.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 March 1989 |page=1 34}}

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  • Liviu Cornel Babeș, 46, Romanian electrician and painter, committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
  • John Bryans, British actor (Blake's 7).
  • Luigi Firpo, 74, Italian historian and politician.
  • Tamás Kertész, 59, Hungarian international footballer and coach (Ferencvárosi, Hungary).
  • Ernest Steven Monteiro, 84, Singaporean physician, Singapore Ambassador to the United States, Cambodia and Brazil, liver failure.[https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/ernest-steven-monteiro Ernest Steven Monteiro]. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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  • Richard B. Morris, 84, American historian, melanoma.{{cite news |author1=Peter B. Flint |title=Richard B. Morris, Colonial Historian, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/06/obituaries/richard-b-morris-colonial-historian-dies-at-84.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 March 1989 |page=D 13}}
  • Dong Qiwu, 89, Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army.[http://wiki.china.org.cn/index.php?title=Dong_Qiwu Dong Qiwu]. wiki.china.org.cn. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Vytautas Vičiulis, 37, Lithuanian painter, self-immolation as a political protest.[https://baltimorereview.org/fall_2021/contributor/kerry-folan Empty Pedestals]. Baltimore Review. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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  • Agha Ibrahim Akram, 65, Pakistani army general.
  • Tiny Grimes, 72, American jazz and R&B guitarist, meningitis.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-08-mn-218-story.html Guitarist Lloyd (Tiny) Grimes, 72]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Viktor Nikiforov, 57, Soviet ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95843 Viktor Nikiforov]. Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Edward Makuka Nkoloso, 69–70, member of Zambian resistance movement, planned to beat the U.S. and Soviet Union to the moon.[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-zambian-afronaut-who-wanted-to-join-the-space-race The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race]. The New Yorker. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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  • Prithvi Singh Azad, 96, Indian independence activist, founder of Ghadar Party.[https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/unsung-heroes-detail.htm?3973#:~:text=After%20independence%2C%20he%20was%20given,at%20the%20age%20of%2096. Prithi Singh Azad]. amritmahotsav.nic.in. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Daniel Webster Cluff, 72, United States Coast Guard officer, rescued thirty-two survivors from SS Pendleton.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gOXKJroXZSDUFKqPvGO_CR-kqtHc0-Kc/view?usp=sharing Daniel W. Cluff]. Headstone. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • James Edwin Doyle, 86, American advertising executive, co-founder of Doyle Dane Bernbach agency, emphysema.{{cite news |author1=Glenn Fowler |title=James E. Doyle Is Dead at 86; Co-Founded Advertising Agency |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/07/obituaries/james-e-doyle-is-dead-at-86-co-founded-advertising-agency.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 March 1989 |page=D 25}}
  • Richmond Barthé, 88, American sculptor of busts.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMFJi9-QM3R6ogmjdXvqOL54zjN0yv1J/view?usp=sharing Richmond Barthe, Sculptor, Dies]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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  • Harry Andrews, 77, English actor (The Hill, The Agony and the Ecstasy).{{cite news |author1=Andrew L. Yarrow |title=Harry Andrews, Actor, Dies at 77; In 'The Hill' and 50 Other Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/08/obituaries/harry-andrews-actor-dies-at-77-in-the-hill-and-50-other-movies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=8 March 1989 |page=B 10}}
  • Alla Ilchun, 62, Chinese-born Kazakh fashion model.[https://www.academia.edu/110935421/Kazakh_Russian_Roots_of_Alla_Ilchun_yelshin_Combated_Against_Fascism_the_Future_Muse_of_Christian_Dior_december_10_1926_march_6_1989_ Kazakh-Russian Roots of Alla Ilchun (yelshin) Combated Against Fascism, the Future Muse of Christian Dior (december 10, 1926 - march 6, 1989)]. Academia.edu. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  • Raja Hossain Khan, 50–51, Bangladeshi composer and violinist, road accident.
  • Franca Marzi, 62, Italian film actress (Nights of Cabiria).
  • Amir Habibullah Khan Saadi, 79, Indian-born Pakistani freedom fighter.

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  • Paul Boesch, 76, American professional wrestler and promoter (Houston Wrestling), heart attack.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-paul-boesch-obit-march/15714652/ Paul Boesch obit march 1989]. Newspapers.com (Courier News). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Jerry Bywaters, 82, American artist, museum director and art critic.[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bywaters-williamson-gerald-jerry Bywaters, Williamson Gerald [Jerry] (1906–1989)]. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Jean Colin, 83, English actress.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/colin-jean-1905-1989 Colin, Jean (1905–1989)]. encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Avis DeVoto, 84, American culinary editor and cook, pancreatic cancer.
  • Gi Hyeong-do, 28–29, Korean poet (The Black Leaf in My Mouth).[https://library.ltikorea.or.kr/writer/201169 Ki Hyongdo(기형도)]. Digital Library of Korean Literature. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Judson Philips, 85, American writer, emphysema.{{cite news |author1=C. Gerald Fraser |title=Judson Philips, 85, Author, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/09/obituaries/judson-philips-85-author-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 March 1989 |page=B 18}}
  • Norman Saunders, 82, American commercial artist.
  • Jack Stanton, 67, American NBL basketballer (Anderson Duffey Packers).
  • Karel Velebný, 57, Czech jazz musician and composer.

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  • Elisaveta Bykova, 75, Soviet chess player and dual Women's World Chess Champion.[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizaveta-Ivanovna-Bykova Elizaveta Ivanovna Bykova]. Britannica. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Charles Exbrayat, 82, French fiction writer.
  • Winfried Freudenberg, 32, East German defector, gas balloon crash.{{Cite web |title=Freudenberg, Winfried {{!}} Chronicle of the Wall |url=https://www.chronik-der-mauer.de/en/victims/180604/freudenberg-winfried |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.chronik-der-mauer.de}}
  • Stuart Hamblen, 80, American singer and songwriter (This Ole House), Billy Graham crusader, brain cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Stuart Hamblen, 80, Singer and Candidate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/09/obituaries/stuart-hamblen-80-singer-and-candidate.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 March 1989 |page=B 18}}
  • Herman Kogan, 74, American journalist (Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times).{{cite news |author1= |title=Herman Kogan Dies; Chicago Writer Was 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/10/obituaries/herman-kogan-dies-chicago-writer-was-74.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=10 March 1989 |page=D 16}}
  • Robert Lacoste, 90, French socialist politician, member of the National Assembly and senator.
  • Chhuttan Lal Meena, 68, Indian politician, Member of Parliament.
  • Stanley Wijesundera, 65, Sri Lankan professor of Biochemistry, vice chancellor of the University of Colombo, assassinated.[https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2015/05/31/new52.asp Prof. Stanley Wijesundera remembered]. Sunday Observer. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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  • Kermit Beahan, 70, American officer in the U.S. Air Force, bombardier on the Bockscar atomic bomb flight, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Kermit Beahan, 70, Bombardier On Plane That Dropped A-Bomb |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/11/obituaries/kermit-beahan-70-bombardier-on-plane-that-dropped-a-bomb.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 March 1989 |page=1 33}}
  • André Hornez, 83, French lyricist (C'est si bon; Rien dans les mains, rien dans les poches).
  • Robert Mapplethorpe, 42, American photographer, complications from AIDS.{{cite news |author1=Andy Grundberg |title=Robert Mapplethrope, Photographer, Dies at 42 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/10/obituaries/robert-mapplethrope-photographer-dies-at-42.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=10 March 1989 |page=D 16}}
  • Sam Melville, 52, American film and television actor, heart failure.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-11-mn-689-story.html Sam Melville, 52; Actor Co-Starred in ‘Rookies’]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Sean O'Sullivan, 37, Canadian politician and Roman Catholic priest, leukemia.[https://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/5981 Sean O'Sullivan fonds RG 431]. Brock University. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Mihemed Şêxo, 41, Kurdish folk singer.
  • Hilda Strike, 78, Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/strike-hilda-1910-1989 Strike, Hilda (1910–1989)]. encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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  • William Challee, 84, American actor (Five Easy Pieces).[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-18-mn-159-story.html William Challee; Veteran Actor of Stage and Movies]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  • Joseph Ferriola, 61, American mobster, boss of the Chicago Outfit, complications after heart transplant.{{cite news |author1= |title=Joseph Ferriola, 61, Reputed Mob Leader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/13/obituaries/joseph-ferriola-61-reputed-mob-leader.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=13 March 1989 |page=D 10}}
  • James Kee, 71, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.{{cite news |author1= |title=James Kee Dies at 71; Former House Member |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/14/obituaries/james-kee-dies-at-71-former-house-member.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=14 March 1989 |page=D 27}}
  • John J. McCloy, 93, American diplomat and presidential advisor, Assistant Secretary of War, pulmonary edema.{{cite news |author1= |title=John J. McCloy, Lawyer and Diplomat, Is Dead at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/12/obituaries/john-j-mccloy-lawyer-and-diplomat-is-dead-at-93.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=12 March 1989 |page=1 44}}
  • Edward A. Weeks, 91, American writer, editor of The Atlantic.{{cite news |author1=Glenn Collins |title=Edward A. Weeks, 91, an Editor Of The Atlantic Monthly, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/14/obituaries/edward-a-weeks-91-an-editor-of-the-atlantic-monthly-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=14 March 1989 |page=D 26}}

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  • Maurice Evans, 87, English actor (Planet of the Apes), (Bewitched), heart failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=Maurice Evans, Stage Actor, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/14/obituaries/maurice-evans-stage-actor-dies-at-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=14 March 1989 |page=D 27}}
  • Jakob Gimpel, 82, Polish-born concert pianist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Jakob Gimpel, a Concert Pianist, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/15/obituaries/jakob-gimpel-a-concert-pianist-dies-at-82.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 1989 |page=D 19}}
  • Kiyoshi Mutō, 86, Japanese architect and structural engineer (Keio Plaza Hotel, Kasumigaseki Building).[https://www.nae.edu/188717/KIYOSHI-MUTO-19031989#:~:text=KIYOSHI%20MUTO%2C%20professor%20emeritus%20of,the%20age%20of%20eighty%2Dsix. KIYOSHI MUTO 1903-1989]. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • John Baptist Lucius Noel, 99, British mountaineer and filmmaker (1924 British Mount Everest expedition).[https://literarybibliography.eu/en/wiki/record/Q6220583? John Baptist Lucius Noel]. European Literary Bibliography. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Chet Soda, 80, American businessman, general manager of the Oakland Raiders.
  • Carlos Terry, 32, American NBA basketballer (Washington Bullets), car accident.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/03/13/ex-bullets-player-terry-dies-in-beltway-crash/4a7cc89e-7aff-4d69-ba76-2e80f4b20566/ EX-BULLETS PLAYER TERRY DIES IN BELTWAY CRASH]. Washington Post. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Luigi Tosi, 73, Italian actor.

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  • L. E. Baynes, 86, English aeronautical engineer, developed the Scud gliders.
  • Carl Dahlhaus, 60, German musicologist, kidney failure.
  • Salvatore Dell'Isola, 88, Italian conductor.[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/16/obituaries/salvatore-dell-isola-musical-director-88.html Salvatore Dell'Isola, Musical Director, 88]
  • Carl von Horn, 85, Swedish Army general.
  • James G. O'Hara, 63, American soldier and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, lung cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/16/obituaries/ex-rep-james-o-hara-63-dies.html Ex-Rep. James O'Hara, 63, Dies]. New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Fahrettin Özdilek, 90–91, Turkish Army general and politician, acting Prime Minister of Turkey.

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  • Edward Abbey, 62, American author (The Monkey Wrench Gang, Desert Solitaire), environmentalist and anarchist, complications from surgery.{{cite news |author1= |title=Edward Abbey, 62, Writer and Defender Of U.S. Wilderness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/15/obituaries/edward-abbey-62-writer-and-defender-of-us-wilderness.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 1989 |page=D 19}}
  • Stephen Bechtel Sr., 88, American president of Bechtel Corporation.{{cite news |author1=Andrew Pollack, Special To the New York Times |title=Stephen D. Bechtel Is Dead at 88; Led Major Construction Concern |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/15/obituaries/stephen-d-bechtel-is-dead-at-88-led-major-construction-concern.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 1989 |page=D 18}}
  • Charles Billingslea, 74, American general in the U.S. Army (Distinguished Service Cross), pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=Alfonso A. Narvaez |title=Charles Billingslea Is Dead at 74; Retired Major General in Army |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/18/obituaries/charles-billingslea-is-dead-at-74-retired-major-general-in-army.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 March 1989 |page=1 10}}
  • Charles Roy Henderson, 77, American statistician (Best linear unbiased prediction), pioneer in animal breeding.{{cite news |author1= |title=Charles Henderson, Statistician, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/18/obituaries/charles-henderson-statistician-dies-at-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 March 1989 |page=1 10}}
  • Happy Humphrey, 62, American wrestler, heaviest professional wrestler of all time (364 kg), heart attack.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gOmlBPDxhy2iCnouSyqD7CWgKr_A-wBN/view?usp=sharing William Joseph Cobb]. Headstone. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Mark Kilroy, 21, American kidnapped and murdered in Mexico.[https://www.fox7austin.com/news/ut-austin-student-mark-kilroy-murdered-in-mexico UT Austin student murdered in Mexico 35 years ago]. Fox 7 Austin. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Omar Knedlik, 72, American inventor and businessman (ICEE frozen drink).[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gPYvAQ0CH84CBuY5qEcqr-9kokpbKHsS/view?usp=sharing Omar S Knedlik]. Headstone. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Timothy Meyers, 43, American actor (Grease), AIDS.{{cite news |author1= |title=Timothy Meyers, Actor, 43 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/24/obituaries/timothy-meyers-actor-43.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 1989 |page=B 4}}
  • Egon Morbitzer, 62, German violinist, concertmaster of Staatskapelle Berlin, cancer.
  • Gladys Pyle, 98, American politician, U.S. Senator.[https://www.sdstate.edu/sdsu-archives-and-special-collections/incredible-gladys-pyle-collection Incredible Gladys Pyle Collection]. South Dakota State University. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Zita of Bourbon-Parma, 96, last Queen of Hungary and Empress of Austria, wife of Charles I.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zita-parma-1892-1989 Zita Of Parma (1892–1989)]. encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

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  • Henry Cass, 85, British director.
  • Muhammad Jameel Didi, 73, Maldivian politician, Minister of Justice and Attorney General.[https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/1989 Famous People Who Died in 1989]. onthisday.com. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

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  • Raymond Affleck, 66, Canadian architect, founder of architectural firm Arcop (Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver).[https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/raymond-affleck Fonds 62 - Raymond Affleck]. McGill University Archival Catalogue. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Georges Blond, 82, French writer, sympathiser with fascism.
  • Eddie Buczynski, 42, American archaeologist and follower of Wicca, parasitic infection.[https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/eddie-buczynski Eddie Buczynski]. LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • Jesús María de Leizaola, 92, Spanish politician, President of the Basque government in exile.[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/18/obituaries/jesus-de-leizaola-92-a-basque-leader-dies.html Jesus de Leizaola, 92, A Basque Leader, Dies]. New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  • George Lynn, 73, American composer, conductor and pianist.{{cite news |author1= |title=George Lynn, 73, Dies; Composer and Teacher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/24/obituaries/george-lynn-73-dies-composer-and-teacher.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 1989 |page=B 5}}
  • Marcus Morris, 73, English Anglican priest, founded the Eagle weekly comic.
  • Alan Redpath, 82, British-American evangelist and author.

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  • Sneeze Achiu, 86, American NFL footballer (Dayton Triangles).
  • David Cairns, 79, English Navy rear-admiral, president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
  • Otis Douglas, 77, American NFL footballer and coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Calgary Stampeders).{{cite news |author1= |title=Otis Douglas, Coach, 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/23/obituaries/otis-douglas-coach-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 March 1989 |page=D 22}}
  • Louis Dupree, 63, American archaeologist and anthropologist, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Alfonso A. Narvaez |title=Louis Dupree, 63, Anthropologist And Expert on Afghanistan, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/23/obituaries/louis-dupree-63-anthropologist-and-expert-on-afghanistan-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 March 1989 |page=D 22}}
  • Milton Frome, 80, American actor, congestive heart failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=Milton Frome Is Dead; TV Straight Man, 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/24/obituaries/milton-frome-is-dead-tv-straight-man-78.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 1989 |page=B 5}}
  • John Kenneth Hilliard, 87, American acoustical and electrical engineer.

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  • Park Am, 64, South Korean actor.
  • Ann Harrison, 15, American murder victim.
  • Wally Heider, 66, American recording engineer and recording studio owner.{{cite news |author1= |title=Wally Heider Is Dead; Recording Engineer,66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/25/obituaries/wally-heider-is-dead-recording-engineer66.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=25 March 1989 |page=1 11}}
  • Gino Piserchio, 44, American actor, composer and musician, AIDS.

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  • Robert Arundell, 84, British diplomat, Governor of the Windward Islands and Barbados.
  • Arnett Cobb, 70, American tenor saxophonist.{{cite news |author1=Stephen Holden |author-link1=Stephen Holden |title=Arnett Cobb, 70, a Saxophonist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/28/obituaries/arnett-cobb-70-a-saxophonist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 March 1989 |page=B 7}}
  • Reuben David, 76, Indian zoologist, founder of Kankaria Zoo.
  • Edward P. Hurt, 89, American football, basketball and track coach.
  • St. Julien R. Marshall, 85, American officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, cardiopulmonary arrest.

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  • May Allison, 98, American stage and silent screen actress (David Harum), respiratory failure.
  • Don Basham, 62, Bible teacher and author.
  • Malcolm Cowley, 90, American writer, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Albin Krebs |title=Malcolm Cowley, Writer, Is Dead at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/29/obituaries/malcolm-cowley-writer-is-dead-at-90.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 March 1989 |page=D 25}}
  • Scott Safran, 21, American video gamer, set world-record score on Asteroids, fall from building.
  • Cláudio Santoro, 69, Brazilian composer, conductor and violinist.
  • Jack Starrett, 52, American actor and film director (Blazing Saddles, First Blood), kidney failure.

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  • Bill Chappell, 67, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, bone cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Bill Chappell Jr. Is Dead at 67; Served in the House for 20 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/31/obituaries/bill-chappell-jr-is-dead-at-67-served-in-the-house-for-20-years.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 March 1989 |page=D 21}}
  • Peter D'Aguiar, 76–77, Guyanese-Portuguese businessman and politician, Minister of Finance.
  • Mike Sekowsky, 65, American comics artist (Wonder Woman).
  • Arto Tolsa, 43, Finnish international footballer (Beerschot, KTP, Finland).
  • Huang Wei, 85, Chinese Nationalist military general.

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  • Edgar C. Erickson, 92, United States Army major general, Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
  • Francis H. Russell, 84, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, Ghana and New Zealand, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Francis Russell, 84, U.S. Envoy to 3 Lands |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/02/obituaries/francis-russell-84-us-envoy-to-3-lands.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=2 April 1989 |page=1 30}}
  • Millard Sheets, 81, American artist and architectural designer.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Millard Owen Sheets |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85616451/obituary/ |access-date=26 May 2024 |work=Independent Coast Observer |place=Gualala, California |page=16 |date=7 Apr 1989 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920231855/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85616451/obituary/ |url-status=live }}
  • Carlos Tobalina, 63–64, Peruvian-born American adult filmmaker and actor, suicide.

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