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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 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.

August 1988

1

• Orville Carlisle, 71, American inventor of the model rocket motor.
• Red Coffey, 65, American voice actor and comedian (Tom and Jerry).
• John Dearden, 80, American Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit, pancreatic cancer.
• Florence Eldridge, 86, American actress (Long Day's Journey into Night).
• Yoshimoto Ishin, 72, Japanese businessman and Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest.
• Kim Yong-ki, 79, South Korean agrarian movement leader.
• Sheldon Kinser, 45, American race car driver, cancer.
• John F. Laboon, 67, American officer in the U.S. Navy and Roman Catholic chaplain.
• Steve Mills, 34, English footballer (Southampton), leukemia.
• Gertrude Welcker, 92, German stage and silent-screen actress (Chronicles of the Gray House, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler).

2

• Jack Breslin, 68, American university administrator (Michigan State University).
• Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate, the "Green Grocer", intestinal cancer.
• Raymond Carver, 50, American short-story writer (What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral), lung cancer.
• Nityanand Kanungo, 88, Indian politician, governor of Bihar and Gujarat, member of Lok Sabha.
• Nada Klaić, 68, Croatian historian.
• José Magriñá, 70, Cuban footballer (national team).

3

• Lillian Bilocca, 59, British fisheries worker, known for improving safety in the fishing industry, peritoneal cancer.
• Campbell Copelin, 87, English-born Australian actor.
• Tucker McGuire, 75, American-born British film and television actress.
• Krishnaswami Ramiah, 96, Indian agricultural scientist and geneticist, director of National Rice Research Institute.
• Vic Watson, 90, English international footballer (West Ham United, England).

4

• Allan Adair, 90, British army general.
• Brian Brake, 61, New Zealand photographer, heart attack.
• Richard Leppla, 74, Nazi German fighter ace.
• George Commey Mills-Odoi, 72, Ghanaian judge and Attorney General.
• Joe Vandeleur, 84, Indian-born Anglo-Irish British Army officer.
• Harry Lee Waterfield, 77, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.

5

• James Devereux, 85, American general in the U.S. Marine Corps, member of U.S. House of Representatives, pneumonia.
• Colin Higgins, 47, French-Australian-American screenwriter, actor and director (Harold and Maude, 9 to 5), AIDS.
• Arif Hussain Hussaini, 41, Indian-Pakistani revolutionary leader, assassinated.
• James M. Masters Sr., 77, American general in the U.S. Marine Corps, cancer.
• Ralph Meeker, 67, American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Paths of Glory), heart attack.
• Gil North, 72, British author of detective stories (Cluff).

6

• John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris, 79, English thriller, detective and spy novelist (My Name Is Michael Sibley), MI5 spy.
• James Hervey Johnson, 87, American atheist, writer and editor of The Truth Seeker, white supremacist, heart attack.
• Anatoly Levchenko, 47, Soviet cosmonaut, brain tumour.
• Illa Martin, 88, German dendrologist, botanist, conservationist and dentist.
• Francis Ponge, 89, French poet.
• J. Skelly Wright, 77, American circuit judge, prostate cancer.

7

• David L. Hoggan, 65, American author, neo-Nazi, anti-Semite and Holocaust denier, heart attack.
• Wilfred Jackson, 82, American animator (Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphony).
• David E. Skinner II, 67–68, American shipping heir, owner of the Space Needle and Seattle Seahawks, cancer.

8

• Alan Ameche, 55, American NFL player (Baltimore Colts), heart attack.
• Kid Chocolate, 78, Cuban boxer, World Junior Lightweight Champion.
• George Estregan, 49, Filipino film actor.
• Henri Frenay, 82, French military officer and member of the French Resistance.
• William Kininmonth, 83, Scottish architect.
• Félix Leclerc, 82, Canadian singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Liu Liangmo, 78, Chinese musician and Christian leader.
• Alan Napier, 85, English actor (Batman), pneumonia.
• Dominic Serventy, 84, Australian ornithologist, president of Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.

9

• Woodrow Adams, 71, American guitarist and harmonica player.
• Jimmie Fidler, 89, American columnist, journalist and radio and television personality.
• M. Carl Holman, 69, American civil rights advocate (Civil Rights Commission), cancer.
• Giacinto Scelsi, 83, Italian composer, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Ramón Valdés, 63, Mexican actor and comedian (El Chavo del Ocho), stomach cancer.

10

• Arnulfo Arias, 86, Panamanian politician, President of Panama, heart attack.
• Antoine Blanchard, 77, French painter (Cafe de la Paix).
• Jean Brachet, 79, Belgian biochemist (RNA).
• Gerd Grieg, 93, Norwegian actress.
• Benny Johnson, 40, American NFL football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.
• Guido Mannari, 43, Italian actor (The Driver's Seat), heart attack.
• Havzi Nela, 54, Albanian poet, executed.
• Adela Rogers St. Johns, 94, American journalist, novelist and screenwriter, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
• Paul Thek, 54, American painter and sculptor, AIDS.

11

• Nellikode Bhaskaran, 64, Indian Malayalam actor (Sarapancharam).
• Alfred Kelbassa, 63, German international footballer (STV Horst-Emscher, Borussia Dortmund, West Germany).
• Pauline Lafont, 25, French actress, hiking accident.
• K. Avukader Kutty Naha, 68, Indian politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala.
• Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 56, French opera director, pulmonary embolism following a fall.
• Anne Ramsey, 59, American actress (The Goonies, Throw Momma from the Train), cancer.
• Jack Regan, 75, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood).

12

• Jean-Michel Basquiat, 27, American artist (Hollywood Africans), heroin overdose.
• Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar, 92, Indian guru, writer and spiritual leader.

13

• Mel Almada, 75, Mexican Major League baseballer (Boston Red Sox).
• Fred Below, 61, American blues drummer, liver cancer.
• Keith Hancock, 90, Australian historian and academic.
• Martin Hellinger, 84, Nazi German dentist, convicted war criminal, tasked with removing gold filling from corpses at Ravensbrück concentration camp.
• Thomas Henty, 32, English actor, haemophilia.
• John Wendell Holmes, 78, Canadian diplomat, Canadian delegate to the United Nations.
• Gajanan Jagirdar, 81, Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, heart attack.
• Peggy Mann, 69, American Big Band singer.
• Otto Passman, 88, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.
• William H. Phelps Jr., 85, Venezuelan ornithologist and businessman, circulatory problems.
• Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao, 72, Indian author, author of the National Pledge of India.
• Tenor Saw, 21, Jamaican dancehall singjay, hit and run accident.
• Gordon H. Scherer, 81, American lawyer and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.
• Edward Bennett Williams, 68, American lawyer and businessman, co-founder of Williams & Connolly, colon cancer.

14

• Roy Buchanan, 48, American guitarist and blues musician, suicide.
• Robert Calvert, 43, South African–born British writer, poet and musician, heart attack.
• Michael Crowder, 54, British historian and author.
• Enzo Ferrari, 90, Italian motor racing driver and car maker, leukemia.
• Kōri Hisataka, 81, Japanese founder of Shōrinjiryū Kenkōkan Karate.
• Kailas Nath Wanchoo, 85, Indian Chief Justice.
• Monroe Wheeler, 89, American publisher and museum coordinator (Museum of Modern Art), stroke.

15

• Barry Bingham Sr., 82, American media patriarch in Louisville, Kentucky, brain tumour.
• Rudy Collins, 54, American jazz drummer.
• Han Deqin, 95, Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army.
• Ronald Stein, 58, American film composer, pancreatic cancer.
• Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, 86, German composer and music historian.
• Hartman Turnbow, 83, Mississippi orator and activist during the Civil Rights Movement.

16

• Rashad Barmada, 74–75, Syrian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Syria.
• Smokey Haangala, 38, Zambian poet and composer.
• Herbert Pagani, 44, Italian artist and musician, leukaemia.

17

• Jack Cutting, 80, American international content supervisor and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios.
• Nino Frank, 84, Italian-born French film critic and writer, coined the term "film noir".
• Bruno Mathsson, 81, Swedish architect and furniture designer.
• Connie Meijer, 25, Dutch cyclist, heart attack.
• Akhtar Abdur Rahman, 64, Pakistani Army general, plane crash.
• Arnold Lewis Raphel, 45, American diplomat, ambassador to Pakistan, plane crash.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 74, American lawyer and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, lung cancer.
• Siddique Salik, 52, Pakistani army officer, plane crash.
• Victoria Shaw, 53, Australian film and television actress, emphysema.
• Samuel Silkin, 70, British politician, Attorney General for England and Wales.
• Jack Straus, 58, American professional poker player, aortic aneurysm.
• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, 64, Pakistani military officer, President of Pakistan, plane crash.

18

• Frederick Ashton, 83, British ballet dancer and choreographer (Symphonic Variations, Ondine).
• Felix Maria Davídek, 67, Czechoslovakian Roman Catholic bishop.
• Li Gotami Govinda, 92, Indian painter, writer and composer.
• Seiryū Inoue, 56–57, Japanese photographer.
• Gary Little, 49, American judge, focus of sexual abuse allegations, suicide.
• Michael Perrin, 82, Canadian-born British scientist, directed first British atomic bomb program.
• Jessica Powers, 83, American poet and nun, stroke.
• Ernst Simon, 88, German educator and religious philosopher.

19

• Enrico Cerulli, 90, Italian scholar of Somali and Ethiopian studies, Governor of Scioa and Harar, ambassador to Iran.
• Patrick Donner, 83, British Member of Parliament.
• Don Haggerty, 74, American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Sands of Iwo Jima).
• Jerome Zerbe, 84, American photographer.

20

• Jean-Paul Aron, 63, French writer and journalist, AIDS.
• Leon McAuliffe, 71, American Western swing guitarist.
• Joan G. Robinson, 78, British author and illustrator of children's books (When Marnie Was There).
• Lazarus Salii, 51, Palau politician, President of Palau, suicide.

21

• H. G. Adler, 78, Czechoslovakian-English poet and novelist, Holocaust survivor, heart failure.
• Teddy Diaz, 25, Filipino musician and composer (The Dawn), murdered.
• Ray Eames, 78, American artist and designer.
• Chris Gittins, 86, British actor (The Archers).
• Stuart Leary, 55, South African footballer (Charlton Athletic) and first-class cricketer, suicide.
• Jerry Warren, 63, American film director, screenwriter and actor (Teenage Zombies), lung cancer.

22

• Rejhan Demirdžić, 61, Bosnian half of comedy duo Momo and Uzeir.

23

• Gerald Drayson Adams, 88, Canadian-American business executive and film writer (Dead Reckoning, The Big Steal).
• José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho, 76, Portuguese army general, Governor of Macau.
• C. Desmond Greaves, 74, English Marxist activist and historian.
• Laud Humphreys, 57, American sociologist and Episcopal priest, lung cancer.
• Josef Klehr, 83, Nazi German SS-Oberscharführer, concentration camp supervisor and war criminal.
• Hans Lewy, 83, Prussian-born American mathematician (partial differential equations), leukemia.
• Menotti Del Picchia, 96, Brazilian poet, journalist and painter.
• Jack Sher, 75, American newspaper columnist and film writer (Goodbye, Raggedy Ann), respiratory and heart problems.
• Robert Walcott, 78, American historian.

24

• C. Chhunga, 72, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Mizoram.
• Leonard Frey, 49, American actor (Fiddler on the Roof), AIDS.
• Kenneth Leighton, 58, British composer and pianist, oesophageal cancer.
• Abu Jafar Shamsuddin, 77, Bangladeshi writer.
• Nat Stuckey, 54, American country singer ("Sweet Thang"), lung cancer.

25

• Caziel, 82, Polish-born artist.
• Price Daniel, 77, American jurist and politician, Governor of Texas, stroke.
• Françoise Dolto, 79, French pediatrician and psychoanalyst, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Percy Foreman, 86, American criminal defense attorney (James Earl Ray), cardiac arrest.
• Henry Joseph Gallagher, 73, British soldier in the Korean War (Distinguished Conduct Medal).
• Jimmy Lloyd, 69, American actor (The Sea Hound).
• Irving Mansfield, 80, American producer, publicist and writer, heart attack.
• Art Rooney, 87, American owner of Pittsburgh Steelers NFL team, stroke.

26

• Donald De Lue, 90, American sculptor (Harvey S. Firestone Memorial).
• Oscar Marzaroli, 55, Italian-born Scottish photographer, cancer.
• Carlos Paião, 30, Portuguese singer and songwriter, car accident.
• Fred Peart, 74, British politician, leader of the Houses of Lords and Commons.
• Milton Sperling, 76, American film producer and screenwriter, owner of United States Pictures, cancer.

27

• Lala Aragami, 65, Indian poet.
• Jinavajiralongkorn, 91, Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.
• Max Black, 79, Azerbaijani-born British-American philosopher of language, mathematics, science and art, heart complications.
• Charles Farrell, 88, Irish-born stage, film and television actor.
• Gunther von Fritsch, 82, Austro-Hungarian born American film director (The Curse of the Cat People), stroke.
• Irene Higginbotham, 70, American songwriter and concert pianist ("Good Morning Heartache").
• John Lie, 77, Indonesian Navy rear admiral, stroke.
• Mario Montenegro, 60, Filipino film actor, heart attack.
• John Riordan, 85, American mathematician and author (combinatorics), Alzheimer's disease.
• William Sargant, 81, British psychiatrist (electroconvulsive therapy).
• Costas Taktsis, 60, Greek writer, murdered.
• Benjamin Willis, 86, American educator and school administrator, heart attack.

28

• Hazel Dawn, 98, American actress (The Pink Lady).
• Paul Grice, 75, British philosopher of language.
• Guy Hocquenghem, 41, French writer and philosopher, AIDS.
• Jean Marchand, 69, Canadian trade unionist and politician, Member of Parliament, Secretary of State for Canada.
• Max Shulman, 69, American writer and humorist (Dobie Gillis), bone cancer.

29

• David A. Hargrave, 42, American game designer and writer of fantasy and science fiction role-playing games (Arduin).
• Horace Henderson, 83, American jazz pianist, organist and bandleader.
• Wilfred Johnson, 52, American mobster, member of Gambino crime family, murdered.
• Algirdas Klimaitis, 77–78, Lithuanian paramilitary commander, antisemite (Kaunas pogrom).
• Mykola Lukash, 68, Ukrainian literary translator, cancer.
• Lưu Quang Vũ, 40, Vietnamese playwright and poet, traffic collision.
• Abuna Takla Haymanot, 70, Ethiopian patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
• Xuân Quỳnh, 45, Vietnamese poet, car crash.

30

• James N. Black, 48, American jazz drummer.
• Eren Eyüboğlu, 75, Romanian-born Turkish artist.
• Nikolai Fefilov, 42, Soviet serial killer, strangled in jail.
• Jack Marshall, 76, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• Helenus Milmo, 80, Irish lawyer in Britain and High Court judge.
• Leonidas Proaño, 78, Ecuadorian prelate, Bishop of Riobamba.

31

• Grace Eldering, 87, American public health scientist (whooping cough vaccine).
• Lin Jaldati, 75, Dutch-born, East German-based singer, Holocaust survivor.
• Vasil Mzhavanadze, 85, Georgian politician, First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party.

Unknown date

• Surat Alley, 82–83, Indian trade unionist and political activist in Britain.

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113. Don Haggerty. L.A. Times. Retrieved 12 Jun 2024.
114. Jerome Zerbe, 85, Photographer Of Cafe Society and a Columnist. New York Times. Retrieved 17 Jul 2024.
115. Jean-Paul Aron, Philosopher, 61. New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
116. Leon McAuliffe, Musician, 71. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
117. Joan Gale Robinson. WorldCat (year of death only). Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
118. "Second President of Palau Is Found Shot to Death" New York Times, 21 August 1988
119. Hans G. Adler, 78; Survived Nazis. New York Times. Retrieved 20 Jun 2024.
120. Douglas C. McGill (August 23, 1988). "Ray Eames, 72, a Founder of Firm That Designed the Eames Chair". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
121. Death of Chris Gittins. British Universities Film & Video Council. Retrieved 10 Jun 2024.
122. Obituaries in 1988. Wisden. Retrieved 20 Jun 2024.
123. Jerry Warren. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
124. We remember him as “Tale”: In Memoriam of Rejhan Demirdzic. Sarajevo Times. Retrieved 25 Jun 2024.
125. Gravestone: Gerald Drayson Adams 23.8.88 (year of death only). Retrieved 26 Oct 2024.
126. C. Desmond Greaves. Desmond Greaves archive. Retrieved 10 Jun 2024.
127. Robert Allan Humphreys; Priest, Author. L.A. Times. Retrieved 14 Jun 2024.
128. "Dr. Hans Lewy, 83, Mathematics Profesor". The New York Times. September 2, 1988. p. B 5. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
129. "Jack Sher, 75, Writer And Director of Films". The New York Times. August 24, 1988. p. D 18. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
130. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
131. Mel Gussow (August 25, 1988). "Leonard Frey, Actor, Dies at 49; Was in 'Fiddler' and Other Films". The New York Times. p. D 21. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
132. Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh). University of Edinburgh Archives (year of death only). Retrieved 26 Oct 2024.
133. Abujafar Shamsuddin. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
134. Stuckey, Nathan Wright II [Nat] (1933–1988). Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 11 Jul 2024.
135. Caziel. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
136. Alfonso A. Narvaez (August 26, 1988). "Ex-Senator Price Daniel, 77, Dies; Was Texas Governor for 3 Terms". The New York Times. p. D 15. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
137. Dolto, Françoise (1908–1988). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024.
138. Percy Foreman, Texas Lawyer, 86; Defended the Assassin of Dr. King. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Jun 2024.
139. "Film personality Jimmy Lloyd dies". The Kansas City Times. August 30, 1988. p. B 16. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
140. Irving Mansfield, 80, a Publicist, Author and Television Producer. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
141. Gerald Eskenazi (August 26, 1988). "Art Rooney, 87, Founder of N.F.L.'s Steelers, Dies". The New York Times. p. D 15. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
142. Donald DeLue, 90, Sculptor of Monuments. New York Times. Retrieved 4 Jun 2024.
143. Oscar Marzaroli: Photographer's first major show in 30 years captures social change in Glasgow. The Scotsman (year of death only). Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
144. Carlos Paião. Eurovision Universe. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024.
145. Tributes: Lord Peart. UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024.
146. Milton Sperling, Screenwriter, Is Dead at 76. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Jul 2024.
147. "Dr. Max Black, 79, Author and Philosopher". The New York Times. August 30, 1988. p. D 19. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
148. Charles Farrell. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
149. Gunther Von Fritsch, Director, Is Dead at 82. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Jun 2024.
150. The Mystery Of Irene Higginbotham. Indian Public Media (year of death only). Retrieved 12 Jun 2024.
151. Mario Montenegro. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
152. John F. Riordan, 85, Ex-Bell Labs Engineer. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024.
153. William Walters Sargant. RCP London. Retrieved 5 Jul 2024.
154. Deaths Elsewhere - Costas Taktsis. Washington Post. Retrieved 11 Jul 2024.
155. B.C. Willis, 86; Led Chicago Schools for 13 Years. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Jul 2024.
156. C. Gerald Fraser (August 31, 1988). "Hazel Dawn, Stage Actress, Is Dead at 98". The New York Times. p. D 21. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
157. Dolto-Marette, Françoise (1908-1988). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024.
158. L'écrivain Guy Hocquenghem est mort "La Beauté du métis". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 13 Jun 2024.
159. Jean Marchand, Canadian Politician, Dies at 69. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
160. James Barron (August 29, 1988). "Max Shulman, Humorist, Is Dead; Chronicler of Postwar Life Was 69". The New York Times. p. A 16. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
161. Gravestone: David Allen Hargrave 29.8.88. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
162. Horace Henderson, 83, a Pianist And Arranger for the Jazz Greats. New York Times. Retrieved 12 Jun 2024.
163. Man Linked to John Gotti Is Slain on Brooklyn Street. New York Times. Retrieved 15 Jun 2024.
164. Kiev Translator of Literature Mykola Lukash Dead at 68. The Ukrainian Weekly (p. 2). Retrieved 26 Oct 2024.
165. Model Dissent: Lưu Quang Vũ and the Melodramatic Performance of Renovation in Post-War Vietnam. Springer. Retrieved 21 Jun 2024.
166. Abuna Tekle Haimanot, Ethiopian Orthodox Leader, 70. New York Times. Retrieved 11 Jul 2024.
167. Xuân Quỳnh. WorldCat. Retrieved 26 Oct 2024.
168. James N. Black, Musician, 48. New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
169. Eren Eyüboğlu. Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 7 Jun 2024.
170. На Урале в поисках серийного маньяка казнили и преследовали невинных, а сам преступник ушел от возмездия суда (In the Urals, in search of a serial maniac, innocent people were executed and persecuted, and the criminal himself escaped the retribution of the court.. ural.kp.ru. Retrieved 7 Jun 2024.
171. New Zealand. Parliament (1988). Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives. p. 6401.
172. Philby's Interrogator. Newspapers.com (The Guardian). Retrieved 25 Jun 2024.
173. Proaño Villalba, Leonidas Eduardo (Bishop) (1910–1988). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024.
174. Developer of Whooping Cough Vaccine Dies. Deseret News. Retrieved 6 Jun 2024.
175. Art is My Weapon: The Life and Work of Lin Jaldati. University of Colorado Boulder (year of death only). Retrieved 14 Jun 2024.
176. "Vasi Mezhavanadze. warheroes (Russian)".

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