These skeletons weren't as poor as most, but they all stepped out in 1989.

January 23, 1989
Salvador Dalí, Spanish Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84.

April 12, 1989
Abbie Hoffman, peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52.

April 12, 1989
Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight Boxing Champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimers.

April 22, 1989
Huey Newton, black activist, shot dead at 47.

April 26, 1989
Lucille Ball, comedienne/actress, dies at 78 of a heart attack.

June 4, 1989
Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, of Iran, dies at 86 of internal bleeding.

July 3, 1989
Jim Backus, actor (Mr. Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia.

July 10, 1989
Mel Blanc voice of Warner Bros cartoons (Bugs Bunny and many more), dies at 81.

July 11, 1989
Sir Laurence Olivier, actor, dies at 82.

September 22, 1989
Irving Berlin, composer, dies at 101.

September 28, 1989
Ferdinand Marcos, former president of the Phillipines, dies.

Octobor 6, 1989
Bette Davis, actress, dies at 81.