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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 edit
1 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.
- Aleksey Grinin, 68, Russian footballer and coach.
- Anton Leader, 74, American radio and television director.
- Alice Nunn, 60, American film and theatre actress, heart attack.
- Robert Riefling, 76, Norwegian classical pianist.
- Ed Sauer, 69, American Major League baseballer.
- 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.
- Johann Baptist Gradl, 84, German politician.[3]
- Mahmoud Mirza, 82, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
- Aldo Tonti, 78, Italian cinematographer.
- Eddie Vinson, 70, American alto saxophonist, heart attack.[4]
- Arno Wolle, 85, Danish naturopath and mathematician.
3 edit
- Ed Birchall, 64, Ho-Ho the Clown, heart attack.[5]
- Gabriel Dell, 68, American actor, leukemia.[6]
- Fritz Wiessner, 88, German-American pioneer of free climbing, strokes.[7]
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.[8]
- Tom Manley, 75, English footballer.
- Dave McKigney, 56, Canadian professional wrestler, traffic accident.
- William Thetford, 65, American psychologist and professor, heart attack.
- Lee Weyer, 51, American Major League baseball umpire, heart attack.
5 edit
- Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu, 67, Japanese judo champion.
6 edit
- John Drury Clark, 80, American rocket fuel developer, chemist and science fiction writer.[9]
- Víctor Junco, 71, Mexican actor.
7 edit
- William R. Cox, 87, American writer.[10]
- 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.[11]
- David Atlee Phillips, 65, American Central Intelligence Agency officer, cancer.[12]
8 edit
- Ray Barbuti, 83, American sprinter and Olympic dual gold medalist.[13]
- Antony Fisher, 73, British businessman and think tank founder (Institute of Economic Affairs, Atlas Network), heart disorder.[14]
- Ranjit Khanwilkar, 27, Indian cricketer, train accident.
- Mount Etna Morris, 87, American politician, State Treasurer of Missouri.
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.[15]
- Jackie Presser, 61, American labour leader, cardiac arrest.[16]
- Barbara Woodhouse, 78, Irish-British dog trainer, author and TV personality, stroke.[17]
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.
- N. Krishna Pillai, 71, Indian dramatist, literary critic, translator and historian of Malayalam language.
- Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, 85, American anthropologist, cardiac arrest.
11 edit
- Mike Bamber, 57, British businessman and football executive (Brighton & Hove Albion).
- Robert Ferro, 46, American novelist, AIDS.[18]
- Milton Krims, 84, American screenwriter, journalist, short-story writer and novelist, pneumonia.[19]
- Barbara Wootton, 91, British sociologist and criminologist.
12 edit
- Josephine Douglas, 61, British actress and producer (Six-Five Special, Emergency Ward 10), cancer.[20]
- Raymond W. Goldsmith, 83, Belgian-born American economist.[21]
- Nevin William Hayes, 66, American Roman Catholic bishop.
- Michael Jary, 81, German composer.
- Joshua Logan, 79, American stage and film director, progressive supranuclear palsy.[22]
- Pelagia Majewska, 55, Polish aeroplane and glider pilot and instructor, aircraft accident.
- Boyd Crumrine Patterson, 86, American mathematician, stroke.[23]
- Enzo Sacchi, 62, Italian road and track cyclist and Olympic gold medalist.
- 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.
- Phil Monroe, 71, American animator and director, pancreatic cancer.
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.
- Oronzo Reale, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Justice.
- Whitey Witt, 92, American Major League baseballer.
15 edit
- Eleanor Estes, 82, American children's writer (Ginger Pye, The Moffats).[24]
- Jean-Pierre Hoscheid, 76, Luxembourgian international footballer and manager, Olympian.
- Michael Illingworth, 55, New Zealand painter and farmer.
- Tore Keller, 83, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist.
- José Rafael Meza, 68, Costa Rican international footballer and manager.
- Sheldon T. Mills, 83, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, Afghanistan and Ecuador.
- Armand Mouyal, 62, French world champion fencer and Olympic medalist.
16 edit
- Herbert L. Anderson, 74, American nuclear physicist (University of Chicago), lung failure due to poisoning.[25]
- Whitfield Connor, 71, American actor, director and producer, respiratory complications.[26]
- Ole Myrvoll, 77, Norwegian economist, professor and politician.
17 edit
- Bruiser Brody, 42, American professional wrestler, stabbed.[27]
- Frank Carter, 77, Irish politician.
- Milton Krasner, 84, American cinematographer.[28]
18 edit
- Valery Burati, 80, American Union organiser, acting chief of the Labor Division of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.[29]
- Elsa Gress, 69, Danish essayist and novelist.[30]
- Nico, (Christa Päffgen), 49, German singer, songwriter, actress and model, cerebral hemorrhage resulting from fall.[31]
- Joly Braga Santos, 64, Portuguese composer and conductor, stroke.
- 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).[32]
20 edit
- Mark Boxer, 57, British magazine editor, brain tumour.[33]
- John W. Galbreath, 90, American building contractor and sportsman, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[34]
- Iven Manning, 70, Australian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Western Australia.
21 edit
- Jack Clark, 62, American television personality, game show host and announcer (The Cross-Wits), bone cancer.[35]
- Carroll William Dodge, 93, American mycologist and lichenologist.
- Raphael Soriano, 83, Greek-American architect and educator.
- K. Vijayan, 48, Indian film director.
22 edit
- Avtar Singh Brahma, 36–37, Indian revolutionary and founder of the Khalistan Liberation Force.[36]
- Larry Clemmons, 81, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Walt Disney Company).[37]
- Leonard Coulshaw, 92, British Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy.
- Duane Jones, 51, American actor, cardiopulmonary arrest.
- Patrick Newell, 56, British actor, heart attack.
- Andreina Sacco, 84, Italian field athlete.
- Guy Sanderson, 82, English Anglican Bishop of Plymouth.
- Alexey von Schlippe, 72, Russian-American painter.
23 edit
- Jahangir Khan, 78, Indian test cricketer and Pakistani cricket administrator.
- Stuart Legg, 77, English documentary filmmaker.
- Heinz Pagels, 49, American physicist, mountaineering accident.
- Bandu Patil, 52, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist, cardiac arrest.
24 edit
- Priscilla Bowman, 60, American jazz and rhythm and blues singer (Hands Off), lung cancer.[38]
- Ilona Elek, 81, Hungarian fencer and dual Olympic gold medalist.[39]
- Manuel González, 70, Spanish footballer.
- John Harris, 71, Scottish footballer and manager.
- Trevor Harvey, 71, Canadian footballer.
- Robert McClory, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.
- Mira Schendel, 69, Brazilian artist, lung cancer.
- May Smith, 82, Indian-New Zealand artist.
25 edit
- Judith Barsi, 10, American child actress (Jaws: The Revenge), murder-suicide by father.[40]
- 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.[41]
- Douglas Hickox, 59, English film and television director, complications from heart surgery.
- Glenn Killinger, 89, American NFL footballer.
- Anton Krásnohorský, 62, Czechoslovakian international footballer.
- Dave Tobey, 90, American basketball referee.
26 edit
- 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 edit
- Jack Drees, 71, American sportscaster, cancer.[42]
- Ann Mari Falk, 71, Swedish writer and translator.
- Brigitte Horney, 77, German theatre and film actress.[43]
- Frank Zamboni, 87, American inventor and businessman.[44]
28 edit
- Caleb Gattegno, 76, Egyptian educator, psychologist and mathematician.[45]
- Ray Martin, 78, Australian rules footballer.
- Syed Modi, 25, Indian badminton player, murdered.
- Tullio Pizzorno, 67, Italian sailor and Olympian.
- John Wheatley, 80, Scottish politician and judge.
29 edit
- Ellin Berlin, 85, American author, wife of Irving Berlin.[46]
- Pete Drake, 55, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player (Stand by Your Man, Lay Lady Lay), emphysema.[47]
- 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 edit
- William de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament.[48]
- 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 edit
- Li Fenglou, 76, Chinese footballer and manager.
- Stephen Murray-Smith, 65, Australian writer, editor and educator, heart attack.
- André Navarra, 76, French cellist.
- Trinidad Silva, 38, American comedian and actor, car crash.[49]
- Raymond Stross, 72, British-film producer.[50]
- Jinadasa Weerasinghe, 61, Sri Lankan politician, assassinated.
Unknown date edit
- William Rolls, 73, British flying ace in World War II.
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