Deaths
- February 4 - Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns, 68, of the Homer and Jethro comedy duo.
- March 8 — Stuart Hamblen, 80, one of radio's first country music superstars, whose later works reflected his religious convictions.
- May 9 — Keith Whitley, 34, honky tonk-styled singer who rose to fame in the mid-1980s (alcohol poisoning)
Read more about this topic: 1989 In Country Music
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