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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
edit1
edit- 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.
- Hermann Volk, 84, German Roman Catholic cardinal.
2
edit- 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]
3
edit- Ed Birchall, 64, Ho-Ho the Clown, heart attack.[7]
- Gabriel Dell, 68, American actor, leukemia.[8]
- Richard Schulze-Kossens, 73, Nazi German Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS, lung cancer.[9]
- Fritz Wiessner, 88, German-American pioneer of free climbing, strokes.[10]
4
edit- Adrian Adonis, 34, American professional wrestler (American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation), traffic accident.
- Ralph Dennis, 56, American crime fiction author, kidney failure.[11]
- 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.[12]
- Tom Manley, 75, English footballer (Manchester United, Brentford).[13]
- Dave McKigney, 56, Canadian professional wrestler, traffic accident.[14]
- William Thetford, 65, American psychologist and professor, heart attack.
- Lee Weyer, 51, American Major League baseball umpire, heart attack.
5
edit6
edit- Hoang Van Chi, 74, Vietnamese political writer.
- John Drury Clark, 80, American rocket fuel developer, chemist and science fiction writer.[15]
- Víctor Junco, 71, Mexican actor (La Otra, Misterio).[16]
- William Smythe, 95, American physicist at Caltech.
7
edit- William R. Cox, 87, American writer.[17]
- 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.[18]
- David Atlee Phillips, 65, American Central Intelligence Agency officer, cancer.[19]
8
edit- Ray Barbuti, 83, American sprinter and Olympic dual gold medalist.[20]
- Antony Fisher, 73, British businessman and think tank founder (Institute of Economic Affairs, Atlas Network), heart disorder.[21]
- Ranjit Khanwilkar, 27, Indian cricketer (Karnataka), train accident.[22]
9
edit- 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.[23]
- Jackie Presser, 61, American labour leader, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, cardiac arrest.[24]
- Barbara Woodhouse, 78, Irish-British dog trainer, author and TV personality, stroke.[25]
10
edit- 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).[26]
- Enrique Lihn, 58, Chilean poet, cancer.[27]
- N. Krishna Pillai, 71, Indian dramatist, translator and historian of Malayalam language.
- Vicente Saadi, 74, Argentinian politician, Governor of Catamarca.
11
edit- Mike Bamber, 57, British businessman and football executive (Brighton & Hove Albion).
- Robert Ferro, 46, American novelist, AIDS.[28]
- Milton Krims, 84, American screenwriter and novelist, pneumonia.[29]
- Jarava Lal Mehta, 75–76, Indian philosopher.[30]
- Lída Merlínová, 82, Czech writer.
- James Gordon Shanklin, 78, American FBI agent, known for the investigation of the J.F.K. assassination.[31]
- Barbara Wootton, 91, British sociologist and criminologist.
12
edit- Al Bedner, 90, American football player.[32]
- Josephine Douglas, 61, British actress and producer (Six-Five Special, Emergency Ward 10), cancer.[33]
- Raymond W. Goldsmith, 83, Belgian-born American economist.[34]
- Michael Jary, 81, German composer.[35]
- Joshua Logan, 79, American stage & film director and screenwriter (South Pacific), supranuclear palsy.[36]
- John Massis, 48, Belgian strongman and teeth-acrobat, suicide.[37]
- Mitsuo Nakamura, 77, Japanese writer of biographies and stage-plays.
- Katta Subba Rao, 48, Indian film director.
- Julian Trevelyan, 78, English artist and poet.
13
edit- 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.[38]
- Phil Monroe, 71, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons), pancreatic cancer.[39]
14
edit- William Ofori Atta, 77, Ghanaian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Peter Raw, 66, Australian R.A.A.F. pilot and senior officer, lymphoma.[40]
- Georg Stetter, 92, Austrian-German nuclear physicist.
- Whitey Witt, 92, American Major League baseballer.
15
edit- Eleanor Estes, 82, American children's writer (Ginger Pye, The Moffats).[41]
- Tore Keller, 83, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist (IK Sleipner, Sweden).[42]
- Nozomu Matsumoto, 83, Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Pioneer Corporation.
- Armand Mouyal, 62, French world champion fencer and Olympic medalist.[43]
16
edit- Herbert L. Anderson, 74, American nuclear physicist (University of Chicago), lung failure due to poisoning.[44]
- Whitfield Connor, 71, American actor, director and producer, respiratory complications.[45]
- Samuel Ruben, 88, American inventor, founder of Duracell.[46]
17
edit- Bruiser Brody, 42, American professional wrestler, stabbed.[47]
- Milton Krasner, 84, American cinematographer (Three Coins in the Fountain, Beneath the Planet of the Apes).[48]
18
edit- Valery Burati, 80, American Union organiser, acting chief of the Labor Division of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.[49]
- Elsa Gress, 69, Danish essayist and novelist.[50]
- Birger Kaipiainen, 73, Finnish ceramist and designer.[51]
- Emil T. Kaiser, 50, Hungarian-born American biochemist (enzyme modification).[52]
- Jake W. Lindsey, 67, American soldier in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient.[53]
- Nico, 49, German singer and actress (Chelsea Girls), cerebral hemorrhage resulting from fall.[54]
- Joly Braga Santos, 64, Portuguese composer and conductor, stroke.
- John W. Schaum, 83, American pianist and composer.
- Miklós Szentkuthy, 80, Hungarian writer.
19
edit- Vilhelm Aubert, 66, Norwegian sociologist, co-founded the Norwegian Institute for Social Research.
- Geoffrey H. Bourne, 78, Australian-American anatomist and primatologist (histochemistry).[55]
20
edit- Mark Boxer, 57, British magazine editor, brain tumour.[56]
- John W. Galbreath, 90, American building contractor and sportsman, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[57]
21
edit- Jack Clark, 62, American television personality, game show host and announcer (The Cross-Wits), bone cancer.[58]
- Raphael Soriano, 83, Greek-born American architect and educator.[59]
- K. Vijayan, 48, Indian film director.
22
edit- Avtar Singh Brahma, 36–37, Indian revolutionary and founder of the Khalistan Liberation Force.[60]
- Larry Clemmons, 81, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Walt Disney Company).[61]
- Duane Jones, 51, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), cardiopulmonary arrest.[62]
- Luigi Lucioni, 87, Italian American painter.[63]
- Patrick Newell, 56, British actor (The Avengers), heart attack.
23
edit- Jahangir Khan, 78, Indian test cricketer and Pakistani cricket administrator.[64]
- Stuart Legg, 77, English documentary filmmaker (Churchill's Island, Warclouds in the Pacific).[65]
- Heinz Pagels, 49, American physicist, mountaineering accident.
- Bandu Patil, 52, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist, cardiac arrest.[66]
24
edit- Priscilla Bowman, 60, American jazz and rhythm and blues singer (Hands Off), lung cancer.[67]
- Ilona Elek, 81, Hungarian fencer and dual Olympic gold medalist.[68]
- John Harris, 71, Scottish footballer (Chelsea) and manager (Sheffield United).[69]
- Robert McClory, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.[70]
- G. Tyler Miller, 85, American president of Madison College.[71]
- Mira Schendel, 69, Brazilian artist, lung cancer.[72]
25
edit- Judith Barsi, 10, American child actress (Jaws: The Revenge), murder-suicide by father.[73]
- 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.[74]
- Douglas Hickox, 59, English director (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Brannigan), complications from heart surgery.[75]
- Glenn Killinger, 89, American NFL footballer (New York Giants).[76]
- James Silver, 81, American history professor and author, fought for racial equality.[77]
- Giuliana Stramigioli, 73, Italian business woman and Japanologist.
26
edit- Murari Mohan Mukherjee, 73, Indian plastic surgeon.[78]
- Max Raison, 86, English cricketer (Essex) and publisher (Picture Post, New Scientist).[79]
- Tetsuji Takechi, 75, Japanese theatre and film director, critic and author, pancreatic cancer.
27
edit- Jack Drees, 71, American sportscaster, cancer.[80]
- Brigitte Horney, 77, German actress (Münchhausen).[81]
- M. Kalyanasundaram, 78, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
- Mary Simms Oliphant, 97, American historian.[82]
28
edit- Caleb Gattegno, 76, Egyptian educator, psychologist and mathematician.[83]
- Harold R. Harris, 92, American test pilot and U.S. Army Air Force officer.[84]
- Syed Modi, 25, Indian badminton player, murdered.[85]
- Charles Nicks, 47, American gospel musician, heart failure.[86]
- John Wheatley, 80, Scottish politician and judge.
29
edit- Ellin Berlin, 85, American author, wife of Irving Berlin.[87]
- Pete Drake, 55, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player (Stand by Your Man, Lay Lady Lay), emphysema.[88]
- Günther Radusch, 75, Nazi German Luftwaffe pilot and fighter ace.[89]
30
edit- William de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament.[90]
- Bob Woytowich, 46, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, heart attack.
31
edit- Stephen Murray-Smith, 65, Australian writer and editor, heart attack.[91]
- André Navarra, 76, French cellist.[92]
- Fanny Rowe, 75, English stage, film and television actress (Fresh Fields, After Henry).[93]
- Trinidad Silva, 38, American comedian and actor, car crash.[94]
- Raymond Stross, 72, British-film producer.[95]
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edit- William Rolls, 73, British flying ace in World War II.[96]
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