1989 Deaths
- Abbey, Edward (14 March)
- Ball, Lucille (26 April)
- Beckett, Samuel (22 December)
- Berlin, Irving (22 September)
- Blanc, Mel (10 July)
- Bundy, Ted (24 January)
- Dali, Salvador (23 January)
- Davis, Bette (6 October)
- Hirohito (7 January)
- Hoffman, Abbie (12 April)
- Leone, Sergio (30 April)
- Newton, Huey
- Olivier, Sir Laurence (11 July)
- Radner, Gilda (20 May)
- Secretariat (4 October)
- Tezuka, Osamu (8 February)
- Tuchman, Barbara
- Van Cleef, Lee (16 December)