Deaths in July 1988
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 1988.
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.
July 1988
1
- James Edgar Broyhill, 96, American founder of Broyhill Furniture Industries.[1]
- Lex van Delden, 68, Dutch composer.[2]
- Guido Fibbia, 70, Italian World War II fighter pilot.
- Anton Leader, 74, American radio and television director.[3]
- Alice Nunn, 60, American actress (Pee-wee's Big Adventure), heart attack.
- Robert Riefling, 76, Norwegian classical pianist.
- Ed Sauer, 69, American Major League baseballer.
- Hermann Volk, 84, German Roman Catholic cardinal.
2
- Arnold Burmeister, 89, Nazi German general in the Wehrmacht.
- Vibert Douglas, 93, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist.[4]
- Johann Baptist Gradl, 84, German politician.[5]
- Mahmoud Mirza, 82, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
- Aldo Tonti, 78, Italian cinematographer.
- Eddie Vinson, 70, American alto saxophonist, heart attack.[6]
- Arno Wolle, 85, Danish naturopath and mathematician.
3
- Ed Birchall, 64, Ho-Ho the Clown, heart attack.[7]
- Gabriel Dell, 68, American actor, leukemia.[8]
- Fritz Wiessner, 88, German-American pioneer of free climbing, strokes.[9]
4
- Adrian Adonis, 34, American professional wrestler (American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation), traffic accident.
- Ralph Dennis, 56, American crime fiction author, kidney failure.[10]
- Shivkumar Joshi, 71, Indian author.
- Ferial Karim, 50, Lebanese-Indian actress and singer, Femina Miss India 1962, heart failure.
- Donald MacLaren, 95, Canadian World War I flying ace.[11]
- Tom Manley, 75, English footballer (Manchester United, Brentford).[12]
- Dave McKigney, 56, Canadian professional wrestler, traffic accident.[13]
- William Thetford, 65, American psychologist and professor, heart attack.
- Lee Weyer, 51, American Major League baseball umpire, heart attack.
5
- Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu, 67, Japanese judo champion.
6
- Hoang Van Chi, 74, Vietnamese political writer.
- John Drury Clark, 80, American rocket fuel developer, chemist and science fiction writer.[14]
- Víctor Junco, 71, Mexican actor (La Otra, Misterio).[15]
7
- William R. Cox, 87, American writer.[16]
- Jimmy Edwards, 68, English comedy writer and actor (Take It from Here, Whack-O!), pneumonia.
- Helen Gandy, 91, American secretary to Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, heart attack.[17]
- David Atlee Phillips, 65, American Central Intelligence Agency officer, cancer.[18]
8
- Ray Barbuti, 83, American sprinter and Olympic dual gold medalist.[19]
- Antony Fisher, 73, British businessman and think tank founder (Institute of Economic Affairs, Atlas Network), heart disorder.[20]
- Ranjit Khanwilkar, 27, Indian cricketer (Karnataka), train accident.[21]
- Mount Etna Morris, 87, American politician, State Treasurer of Missouri.
9
- Ian Allan, 70, Scottish Royal Air Force officer and World War II flying ace.
- Alexandru Graur, 88, Romanian linguist.
- Anthony Holland, 60, American actor, suicide.[22]
- Jackie Presser, 61, American labour leader, cardiac arrest.[23]
- Barbara Woodhouse, 78, Irish-British dog trainer, author and TV personality, stroke.[24]
10
- Alf Ackerman, 59, South African footballer and manager (Carlisle United).
- Noel Barber, 78, British novelist and journalist.
- Errol John, 63, Trinidad and Tobago–born English actor and playwright (Moon on a Rainbow Shawl).[25]
- Enrique Lihn, 58, Chilean poet, cancer.[26]
- N. Krishna Pillai, 71, Indian dramatist, literary critic, translator and historian of Malayalam language.
- Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, 85, American anthropologist, cardiac arrest.
11
- Mike Bamber, 57, British businessman and football executive (Brighton & Hove Albion).
- Robert Ferro, 46, American novelist, AIDS.[27]
- Milton Krims, 84, American screenwriter and novelist, pneumonia.[28]
- Jarava Lal Mehta, 75–76, Indian philosopher.[29]
- Lída Merlínová, 82, Czech writer.
- Barbara Wootton, 91, British sociologist and criminologist.
12
- Josephine Douglas, 61, British actress and producer (Six-Five Special, Emergency Ward 10), cancer.[30]
- Raymond W. Goldsmith, 83, Belgian-born American economist.[31]
- Michael Jary, 81, German composer.[32]
- Joshua Logan, 79, American stage & film director and screenwriter (South Pacific), supranuclear palsy.[33]
- John Massis, 48, Belgian strongman and teeth-acrobat, suicide.[34]
- Mitsuo Nakamura, 77, Japanese writer of biographies and stage-plays.
- Boyd Crumrine Patterson, 86, American mathematician, stroke.[35]
- Enzo Sacchi, 62, Italian road and track cyclist and Olympic gold medalist.
- Julian Trevelyan, 78, English artist and poet.
13
- Huub Bals, 51, Dutch creator and director of International Film Festival Rotterdam, heart attack.
- Ji Dengkui, 65, Chinese political figure, Vice Premier of People's Republic of China.
- Hilda Gobbi, 75, Hungarian actress.
- Christine Mohrmann, 84, Dutch linguist.[36]
- Phil Monroe, 71, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons), pancreatic cancer.[37]
14
- William Ofori Atta, 77, Ghanaian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Peter Raw, 66, Australian R.A.A.F. pilot and senior officer, lymphoma.
- Oronzo Reale, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Justice.
- Whitey Witt, 92, American Major League baseballer.
15
- Eleanor Estes, 82, American children's writer (Ginger Pye, The Moffats).[38]
- Tore Keller, 83, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist (IK Sleipner, Sweden).[39]
- Nozomu Matsumoto, 83, Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Pioneer Corporation.
- Armand Mouyal, 62, French world champion fencer and Olympic medalist.[40]
16
- Herbert L. Anderson, 74, American nuclear physicist (University of Chicago), lung failure due to poisoning.[41]
- Whitfield Connor, 71, American actor, director and producer, respiratory complications.[42]
- Ole Myrvoll, 77, Norwegian economist, professor and politician.
17
- Bruiser Brody, 42, American professional wrestler, stabbed.[43]
- Milton Krasner, 84, American cinematographer (Three Coins in the Fountain, Beneath the Planet of the Apes).[44]
18
- Valery Burati, 80, American Union organiser, acting chief of the Labor Division of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.[45]
- Elsa Gress, 69, Danish essayist and novelist.[46]
- Birger Kaipiainen, 73, Finnish ceramist and designer.[47]
- Emil T. Kaiser, 50, Hungarian-born American biochemist (enzyme modification).[48]
- Jake W. Lindsey, 67, American soldier in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient.[49]
- Nico, 49, German singer and actress (Chelsea Girls), cerebral hemorrhage resulting from fall.[50]
- Joly Braga Santos, 64, Portuguese composer and conductor, stroke.
- Miklós Szentkuthy, 80, Hungarian writer.
19
- Vilhelm Aubert, 66, Norwegian sociologist, co-founded the Norwegian Institute for Social Research.
- Geoffrey H. Bourne, 78, Australian-American anatomist and primatologist (histochemistry).[51]
20
- Mark Boxer, 57, British magazine editor, brain tumour.[52]
- John W. Galbreath, 90, American building contractor and sportsman, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[53]
- Iven Manning, 70, Australian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Western Australia.
21
- Jack Clark, 62, American television personality, game show host and announcer (The Cross-Wits), bone cancer.[54]
- Carroll William Dodge, 93, American mycologist and lichenologist.
- Raphael Soriano, 83, Greek-American architect and educator.
- K. Vijayan, 48, Indian film director.
22
- Avtar Singh Brahma, 36–37, Indian revolutionary and founder of the Khalistan Liberation Force.[55]
- Larry Clemmons, 81, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Walt Disney Company).[56]
- Duane Jones, 51, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), cardiopulmonary arrest.[57]
- Luigi Lucioni, 87, Italian American painter.[58]
- Patrick Newell, 56, British actor (The Avengers), heart attack.
- Andreina Sacco, 84, Italian field athlete.
- Guy Sanderson, 82, English Anglican Bishop of Plymouth.
- Alexey von Schlippe, 72, Russian-American painter.
23
- Jahangir Khan, 78, Indian test cricketer and Pakistani cricket administrator.[59]
- Stuart Legg, 77, English documentary filmmaker (Churchill's Island, Warclouds in the Pacific).[60]
- Heinz Pagels, 49, American physicist, mountaineering accident.
- Bandu Patil, 52, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist, cardiac arrest.
24
- Priscilla Bowman, 60, American jazz and rhythm and blues singer (Hands Off), lung cancer.[61]
- Ilona Elek, 81, Hungarian fencer and dual Olympic gold medalist.[62]
- John Harris, 71, Scottish footballer (Chelsea) and manager (Sheffield United).[63]
- Robert McClory, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.[64]
- G. Tyler Miller, 85, American president of Madison College.[65]
- Mira Schendel, 69, Brazilian artist, lung cancer.
- May Smith, 82, Indian-New Zealand artist.
25
- Judith Barsi, 10, American child actress (Jaws: The Revenge), murder-suicide by father.[66]
- Bob Currie, 70, English motorcycling writer and road tester (The Motor Cycle, The Classic Motor Cycle), heart failure.
- Memphis Tennessee Garrison, 98, activist for African Americans.[67]
- Douglas Hickox, 59, English film and television director (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Brannigan), complications from heart surgery.[68]
- Glenn Killinger, 89, American NFL footballer (New York Giants).[69]
- Anton Krásnohorský, 62, Czechoslovakian international footballer.
- Dave Tobey, 90, American basketball referee.
26
- Murari Mohan Mukherjee, 73, Indian plastic surgeon.[70]
- Grigori Pinaichev, 75, Soviet footballer and manager.
- Tetsuji Takechi, 75, Japanese theatre and film director, critic and author, pancreatic cancer.
- Lai Shiu Wing, 70–71, Chinese international footballer.
27
- Jack Drees, 71, American sportscaster, cancer.[71]
- Brigitte Horney, 77, German actress (Münchhausen).[72]
- M. Kalyanasundaram, 78, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
- Mary Simms Oliphant, 97, American historian.[73]
- Frank Zamboni, 87, American inventor and businessman.[74]
28
- Caleb Gattegno, 76, Egyptian educator, psychologist and mathematician.[75]
- Harold R. Harris, 92, American test pilot and U.S. Army Air Force officer.[76]
- Syed Modi, 25, Indian badminton player, murdered.[77]
- Charles Nicks, 47, American gospel musician, heart failure.[78]
- Tullio Pizzorno, 67, Italian sailor and Olympian.
- John Wheatley, 80, Scottish politician and judge.
29
- Ellin Berlin, 85, American author, wife of Irving Berlin.[79]
- Pete Drake, 55, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player (Stand by Your Man, Lay Lady Lay), emphysema.[80]
- Günther Radusch, 75, German Luftwaffe pilot.
- Paul Reardon, 78, American justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, heart failure.
- Georges Vuilleumier, 43, Swiss international footballer.
30
- William de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament.[81]
- Arthur Mooney, 63, Australian rules footballer.
- Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, 69, Icelandic novelist, short story writer and poet.
- Bob Woytowich, 46, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, heart attack.
31
- Stephen Murray-Smith, 65, Australian writer and editor, heart attack.[82]
- André Navarra, 76, French cellist.[83]
- Trinidad Silva, 38, American comedian and actor, car crash.[84]
- Raymond Stross, 72, British-film producer.[85]
- Jinadasa Weerasinghe, 61, Sri Lankan politician, assassinated.
Unknown date
- William Rolls, 73, British flying ace in World War II.
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